Battle Through the Heavens: The Alchemist Starting from the Ye Family

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"Then how did the family get into conflict with the Blackfire Sect?" This was also what puzzled Ye Chen. Could it be a hidden danger he left behind when he was in Qingyue City?

Ye Zhong continued, "This is still related to my trip."

"Previously, when Su Qian and I accidentally stumbled into an ancient ruin, we inadvertently triggered its restrictions, causing the ruin to collapse. Although we escaped unharmed, the commotion alerted the nearby Blackfire Sect, and we were subsequently hunted down by them..."

Ye Chen suddenly realized, there was actually such a joint...

However, his expression quickly darkened, and he said coldly, "The Blackfire Sect actually dared to hunt down you, Grandpa. Aren't they afraid of the wrath of the Pill Tower?"

The five great families of the Pill Domain are all powerful and influential families that can do whatever they want in the Pill Domain!

Before the Ye family completely lost power, the mere Black Fire Sect dared to openly hunt down the leader of the Ye family; they were simply courting death!

Ye Chen chuckled and said, "If my identity were exposed, they naturally wouldn't dare..."

"However, after chasing us for so long, how could I let them go so easily without making them pay a price..."

Holy crap! So that's the truth?

"Hmph! After killing the Blackfire Sect elder who was chasing us, I sent a message to the Blackfire Sect in the name of the Ye family, saying that I, Ye Chong, was the one who killed him, and that he should come and take revenge if he has the guts!"

"It's just a bit of a pity that the Blackfire Sect Master was so patient, saying that Zhao Tuo had come to the Ye family because of personal grudges and that he deserved to be killed. The Blackfire Sect is not prepared to clash with the Ye family over this person..."

Ye Zhong still seemed a little regretful when he said this.

"I had already prepared to make an example of them and even extended invitations to several of my friends in Danta."

If the Blackfire Sect dares to step forward then, we'll issue a joint statement denouncing them. Hehe, that'll be enough to give that Blackfire Sect leader a hard time..."

Ye Chen looked at his grandfather, whose face was filled with murderous intent, and was speechless.

So that's what you were planning all along!

However, if Grandpa's plan succeeds, the Blackfire Sect will be in real trouble when faced with the condemnation of several seventh-grade alchemists, especially those from the Pill Tower!

Even if the Blackfire Sect Master truly possessed the strength of a peak Dou Zong, facing a combined attack from numerous seventh-grade alchemists, the best outcome would be for him to personally apologize and settle the matter with money…

"Oh, right..." As if remembering something, Ye Zhong looked at Ye Chen again and said, "Zhao Tuo's strength is not weak. This time, we were able to kill him thanks to the righteous help of Lin Qingyue, the city lord of Qingyue City."

"Lin Qingyue?" Upon hearing this name, Ye Chen immediately pictured a glamorous woman dressed in revealing clothing.

"So it was her. That woman's cultivation is a level higher than yours, Grandpa. Moreover, we had an agreement that if anyone in the Ye family is in trouble, she must lend a helping hand. However, the Ye family will remember this favor."

Chapter 135 Distribution of Strange Flames

After learning the whole story, Ye Chen was no longer worried. Instead, he began to tell his grandfather and father about what he had gained from his trip to the Northwest Continent.

Of course, what the two valued most was the strange fire...

"Chen'er, have you found the strange fire you mentioned?" Father Ye asked impatiently.

Ye Chen smiled and nodded, saying, "Of course I found it."

"This time, I found that strange fire in a desert in a small country called the Jia Ma Empire in the Northwest Continent. It is the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, ranked nineteenth on the Strange Fire Ranking!"

"They actually found it?!" Ye's father was clearly surprised.

In his mind, the possibility of finding something like a Strange Flame was extremely small. Otherwise, none of the five major families in the Pill Domain, which had been established for hundreds of years, would have been able to possess a Strange Flame.

Although Ye Chen had said before leaving that he had obtained definite information about the strange fire, he didn't actually have much hope in his heart.

In comparison, Ye Zhong was much more composed.

"The Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, Chen'er, what are you planning to do with this strange flame? In my opinion, it would be better if you refined it yourself..."

Although he knew that his grandson was born with a special ability and possessed a strange companion flame, in the eyes of a traditional alchemist like Ye Zhong, a different kind of flame was nothing less than the king of all flames, and something that every alchemist longed for.

Ye Chen chuckled and shook his head, saying, "Grandpa, don't be in such a hurry. I only mentioned the strange fire I found in the Jia Ma Empire. Actually, on the way back to Zhongzhou, I obtained another strange fire..."

Ye Zhong: "...!"

Ye Lan: "...!"

Ye Zhong and his son Ye Lan were completely dumbfounded.

Even with Ye Zhong's composure, he couldn't remain calm after hearing this news.

"What did you say? There's another one?!"

Ye Chen nodded silently: "Sea Heart Flame, ranked 15th on the Strange Flame Ranking..."

"This...this is really..." Ye Zhong opened his mouth and stammered, but in the end he still couldn't say a complete sentence.

I feel like my grandson is a chosen one, because wherever he goes, he easily encounters treasures that others would crave their whole lives, and they always seem to appear in clusters...

Well, Ye Lan on the other side was speechless. He still seemed to be in shock.

Ye Zhong took a deep breath, his eyes filled with undisguised joy, and said, "Good! Good!"

With two different flames, as long as no major upheaval occurs, such as the Ye family being wiped out, these two different flames can be passed down indefinitely!

In other words, with these two different flames, the Ye family can be guaranteed to prosper for a thousand years, and there is even a chance to truly enter the core of the Pill Tower, the Lesser Pill Tower!

"Chen'er, what do you plan to do with these two strange flames?"

Although Ye Chen is still a minor, Ye Zhong now treats him as an adult and one of the people who can decide the future direction of the Ye family. Even Ye's father, the current head of the Ye family, is not qualified to do so!

Ye Chen already had a plan in mind for this question, so after Ye Chong asked, he directly said, "As for the Sea Heart Flame, Grandpa, you should refine it. That way, you can at least reach the level of the Ancestor..."

This "ancestor" refers to Ye Xun, who at his peak was a seventh-grade peak alchemist. If he hadn't been unable to break through to the Spirit Realm, Ye Xun might very well have reached the level of the Ye family's founding ancestor…

Unfortunately, for alchemists today, breaking through to the Spirit Realm Soul depends entirely on luck, so even with Ye Xun's family's strongest talent in hundreds of years, he couldn't break through this barrier.

Ye Zhong also realized from Ye Chen's two trips away from home that his grandson was definitely not an ordinary person and had a good chance of breaking through this constraint. This was also an important reason why he decided to let the latter participate in the decision-making of the family's future so early.

However, Ye Zhong hesitated somewhat regarding Ye Chen's suggestion.

"Chen'er, Grandpa knows his own aptitude very well. Even with a strange fire, he can only barely reach the peak of the seventh rank at most. It's impossible for him to reach the level of Ancestor Ye Xun. So, you should keep the Sea Heart Flame. I'll refine the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame instead..."

For the Ye family now, Ye Zhong represents the present, and Ye Chen represents the future. They can be said to be the most important people in the entire family, so this distribution is the most reasonable.

Ye Chen immediately rejected the suggestion, saying, "Grandpa, I've made up my mind. I won't refine either of these two strange flames!"

"Why?" Ye Zhong looked at his very opinionated grandson with great confusion.

Ye Chen pursed his lips before saying, "Well, if I really have to give a reason, it's because these two kinds of strange flames are ranked too low. If I were to refine them, they would at least be ranked in the top ten!"

Ye Zhong glared at his grandson, somewhat annoyed by his boastful words, and said irritably, "You really dare to say that! Do you know that there hasn't been any news about the top ten strange fires on the strange fire ranking list for nearly a thousand years?"

Ancestor Ye Xun once said that the top ten strange flames on the Strange Flame Ranking likely already have owners! Moreover, those terrifying beings are something that even the Pill Tower wouldn't dare to easily provoke, let alone my small Ye family..."

That's absolutely true!

Having read the original novel, Ye Chen naturally knew that among the top ten strange flames on the Strange Flame Ranking, apart from the top three, the fourth, the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, was in the hands of the ancient clan, and the fifth, the Flame of Life, was in the hands of Shennong the Elder.

Leaving aside the former, as the only two remaining powerhouses of the Xiao Clan after their fall, possessing the level of a late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng, Ye Chen had no courage to target them.

As for the mysterious Shennong Elder, he is one of the top three ninth-grade alchemists on the continent, and he has been living in seclusion in the Shennong Mountains for many years, making him a thousand-year-old recluse. He is impossible to find even if you want to...

Needless to say, the rest are either in the Yan Clan or the Medicine Clan. Only the Ninth Three Thousand Burning Flames is in the hands of the Pill Tower and cannot be subdued by anyone. The only one Ye Chen has a chance to obtain, and the one most suitable for him, is this Three Thousand Burning Flames!

Although Ye Chen knew all this information, he couldn't tell Ye Chongming, so he could only say directly, "Let's decide it like this. Grandfather, you refine the Sea Heart Flame, and as for the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame, I plan to have the younger generation fuse with it. This way, we can ensure that the younger generation of the Ye family will have someone who can stand on their own besides me."

If Ye Chen enters the Pill Tower in the future, and even wants to enter the Lesser Pill Tower, then the Ye family will definitely not be able to take care of him at all times.

Therefore, the Ye family must cultivate another person in the younger generation who can take over the family's reputation in place of Ye Chen. It is not acceptable for the other four major families to rely on their young people to take the lead, while the Ye family has to rely on Ye Zhong, an older generation member, to take the lead.

That would also make the Ye family lose face in front of others...

Chapter 136 You're Still Young

Under Ye Chen's insistence, Ye Zhong had no choice but to accept his suggestion. He would refine the Sea Heart Flame himself, while the remaining Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame would be chosen from among the younger generation of the Ye family who had the best alchemy talent besides Ye Chen.

In Ye Chen's view, there was no one else but Ye Xinlan.

Don't assume that Ye Xinlan is really bad just because she is described as having poor talent in the original work. You should know that among the younger generation of the Ye family, only Ye Xinlan is capable of raising her cultivation to the Dou Wang level and reaching the fifth rank of alchemist at the age of twenty.

"Grandpa, actually, the biggest gain from this trip to the Northwest Continent wasn't just these two strange flames..."

Seeing that Ye Zhong and Ye Lan had recovered from their initial surprise at the strange fire, Ye Chen threw out another question.

"What do you mean?" Ye Zhong asked, somewhat bewildered.

Ye Chen's lips curled slightly. "Grandpa, do you know anything about the Calamity Poison Body?"

"The Calamity Poison Body?!" Ye Zhong was suddenly shocked, and then looked at Ye Chen with a serious expression.

"Chen'er, don't scare me like that. Did you encounter another calamity-inducing poison body this time?"

Looking at his troublesome grandson, Ye Zhong suddenly felt his heart begin to give way...

That's the Calamity Poison Body! Every time it appears, it unleashes a catastrophe. In the words of many ordinary people, it's the true root of disaster, the source of death!

However, Ye Chen clearly had no intention of letting his grandfather and father have their way, and said with a light laugh, "The Calamity Poison Body is currently in my Ye family..."

"What?!" Ye Zhong jumped up, his eyes wide. "You've already brought him home?"

"Calm down, calm down. It's just the Calamity Poison Body. You're overreacting..." Ye Chen said leisurely, looking at Ye Chong and the other person who were too surprised.

"I'll stay calm, my foot!" Father Ye Lan couldn't help but swear.

"Do you know what the Calamity Poison Body truly means? And what trouble it would bring if our Ye family possessed a Calamity Poison Body? Do you know all of this?"

Ye Chen tapped his fingers on the table and said calmly, "Of course I know. But I know even more about the terrifying growth potential and immense strength of a Calamity Poison Body! As for what you're worried about, it's not a problem at all..."

Seeing that Ye Lan wanted to say more, Ye Zhong raised his hand to stop him, frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "Chen'er, what are your plans? Tell me."

Ye Chen smiled and said, "It's very simple. I have a method that allows the Calamity Poison Body to perfectly control its own power, so the things you're worried about are simply not a problem!"

"As for whether anyone will be interested in the Calamity Poison Body, we just need to be careful not to expose ourselves."

Another point is that once you've truly grown up, would you still be afraid of others coveting your things?

Ice Valley? Ice Master?

He's just a mere four-star Dou Zun. If he really dares to make a move on Little Fairy Doctor like he did in the original story, then Ye Chen wouldn't mind changing the Valley Master of Ice River Valley...

Rubbing his forehead, Ye Zhong looked up at his confident grandson and asked again, "Do you really have a way to prevent the Calamity Poison Body from erupting randomly?"

Even he had never heard of such a thing. In the records of the Ye family, the Calamity Poison Body that appeared in Zhongzhou always ended in tragedy, so Ye Zhong couldn't help but worry.

Ye Chen nodded and said, "Grandpa, don't worry. I wouldn't have brought her back so rashly if I wasn't absolutely certain. Besides, I didn't intend for her to stay in the family to cultivate..."

"Oh? So what are your plans?" Ye Zhong asked curiously, slightly relieved.

"Grandpa, do you still remember the valley I told you about before?" Ye Chen asked in return.

"You mean..." Ye Zhong suddenly realized, and then couldn't help but nod, saying, "If that's the case, then it's a good arrangement."

"Besides this Calamity Poison Body, I've also brought two people who are no less powerful than the former..." Ye Chen said with a smile after seeing that Little Fairy Doctor's problem had been solved.

Ye Zhong rolled his eyes at him, annoyed, and waved his hand, saying, "What else is there? Just say it all at once, otherwise my old heart can't take it!"

"Hehe, Grandpa, don't worry, these two aren't any trouble..." Ye Chen chuckled and told the story of Qing Lin and Queen Medusa.

As expected, this time Ye Zhong was only happy, not frightened.

"Azure Serpent Three-Flower Eyes? Is there really such a magical existence in this world?" Ye Lan, Ye's father, couldn't help but ask. He had no knowledge of the terrifying eyes that Ye Chen was talking about, which could forcibly enslave all snake-like magical beasts.

Ye Zhong pondered for a moment before saying, "The Azure Serpent Three-Flower Pupil... I originally thought it was just a legendary existence, but I never expected to actually see it with my own eyes. If it really is such a miraculous physique, then it is enough for my Ye family to cultivate it with all our might."

However, I remember that mastering this kind of miraculous physique is no easy feat, and given our understanding of the Azure Serpent's Three-Flower Pupil, we probably can't find a way to make it grow rapidly either.

Ye Chen also found this somewhat troublesome. In the original story, Qing Lin grew rapidly under the nurturing of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, and the Heavenly Serpent Mansion had been searching for people with such eyes, so they must possess some special methods...

"As for this matter, I plan to search for it thoroughly after I reach the Pill Tower, to see if I can find any information about the Azure Serpent's Three-Flower Pupil. If that doesn't work, then I'll have to take the last resort..."

As for how to proceed with this final step, that will naturally depend on the choices made by the Heavenly Serpent Palace...

"As for Queen Medusa, since you've already invited her to become a retainer of my Ye family, then my Ye family naturally cannot neglect her," Ye Zhong said in a deep voice. "How about this, I'll go see her in person tomorrow. As long as she's strong enough and loyal to my Ye family, then what harm is there in my Ye family providing all the resources she needs for her future cultivation!"

Ye Chen was speechless at these words. Clearly, in his grandfather's mind, although this Medusa Queen could also become a strong person in the future, she was different from Little Fairy Doctor Qing Lin. Her relationship with the Ye family was just a cooperative one based on interests.

"Forget it, I'll handle this myself. Anyway, I'm the one who found the person, so it doesn't matter whether you see them or not..."

Given his grandfather's attitude, Ye Chen was genuinely worried that it might cause the proud and arrogant Queen to harbor resentment.

He was still planning to completely bind the other party to the Ye family...

Upon hearing Ye Chen's words, Ye Zhong's eyes narrowed slightly, a strange glint flashing in them. He said in a low voice, "I remember that every generation of Medusa is naturally alluring, especially after evolution, they become even more captivating..."

"Chen'er, you're still young. You should focus on cultivating your battle qi and improving your alchemy skills. Other miscellaneous things are too early for you!"