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

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Looking at Alita, who was pretending to be deeply shocked, and Xiao Qinglin, who was trying to comfort her mother, Ye Chen shook his head speechlessly.

"Alright, stop putting on that fake act. Look, even Qinglin has been fooled by you..." Ye Chen exposed him without hesitation, but finally said, "I don't actually have any pills to help a Dou Shi cultivate right now. After all, those low-grade ones are useless to me. Let's go into the city first, then find a pharmacy, buy some herbs, and I'll refine some for you..."

Hearing Ye Chen's words, Alita, having achieved her goal, immediately perked up and chuckled as she thanked him, "Hehe, thank you, young master!"

As I entered Yushui City, I saw a bustling scene of people coming and going.

Although it is just a small town, many people set off from here to explore the wilderness because of its proximity, so the people in the town are all quite powerful.

This also made Medusa and the others, who were visiting Zhongzhou for the first time, realize the difference between Zhongzhou and the Northwest Continent. At the very least, the overall strength of Zhongzhou was much higher than that of the Northwest Continent.

Looking at the surrounding crowd, most of them possessed the strength of a Dou Ling or Dou Wang, and occasionally one could even spot a Dou Huang level individual.

Walked past me...

In Zhongzhou, only those who reach the Dou Zong level can be considered strong, and only Dou Zong can support a sufficiently stable force to survive.

Having found an inn, and considering that the two children and Alita were quite tired from their journey due to their weak strength, Ye Chen decided to leave them and the Yao brothers at the inn. He also asked Hu Tian to stay and watch over them, while he and Queen Medusa went to check out the pharmacies in the city...

Hu Tian was initially a little uneasy about this arrangement, but considering that Queen Medusa's combat power far exceeded his own, he figured that with her accompanying him, his young master's safety would be guaranteed, so he gave up on the idea.

Queen Medusa was utterly speechless at this...

"Your servant is indeed loyal, but isn't he being a little too cautious? With your current Dou Huang cultivation level, are you really afraid of something going wrong?"

After the two left the inn, Queen Medusa finally spoke her mind.

In response to her question, Ye Chen simply smiled and said, "After all, this is Zhongzhou, where danger is everywhere. Besides, as an alchemist, I can't just roll up my sleeves and rush into battle every time, can I? I'm not good at fighting..."

Well, Queen Medusa doesn't believe a single word of that!

Half an hour later, the two arrived at a luxuriously decorated pharmacy...

And to be honest, because of its proximity to the wilderness, many rare medicinal herbs from the wilderness are sold here. So Ye Chen was very satisfied with the variety of herbs in the pharmacy; at least most of the herbs he needed could be found here.

Perhaps it was the striking combination of the handsome man and beautiful woman, or perhaps it was simply the unique charm of Queen Medusa that captivated everyone, but the moment they stepped into the pharmacy, they immediately attracted the attention of everyone inside.

"Gentlemen, is there anything I can help you with?" A white-haired old man dressed in blue approached with a smile and asked Ye Chen and his companion politely.

Ye Chen glanced at the other person and found that he was actually a high-level Dou Wang, who seemed to be the shopkeeper or something similar.

Without any further ado, Ye Chen took out the list of medicinal herbs he had prepared beforehand and handed it to the other party.

The old man glanced at the list Ye Chen handed him, his face lighting up with delight, before he immediately began to examine it carefully.

"The essence blood of three sixth-tier magical beasts: lion, tiger, and bear; Azure Flame Grass; Black Gastrodia; Seven-Flavor Ginseng; Blood Dragon Fungus..."

Looking at the long list of names, the old man became increasingly pleased. Although the items here varied in quality, they mainly consisted of high-grade medicinal herbs, sixth-tier magical beast blood essence, and magic cores—all very expensive items, making this a truly lucrative business.

After reading it, the old man immediately smiled and led Ye Chen and the other person to the VIP room to sit down, and then said, "Guests, please rest here for a while, and I will go and prepare the materials on the list for you."

Ye Chen nodded and let the other party leave. He had encountered this scene more than once when he was in the Pill Domain, so he was happy to have some peace and quiet.

Queen Medusa watched all this silently. Having just arrived in Zhongzhou, she still needed time to adapt to the pace of life there.

Half an hour later, the old man reappeared, but his expression seemed somewhat gloomy. Could it be that something else had happened?

Chapter 128 An Unexpected Joy

An old man with a gloomy face approached Ye Chen and his companion, forcing a smile, and said, "I'm so sorry, we were able to gather all the materials on your list, but perhaps I've misremembered. The Blood Python Branch is sold out, so please forgive us."

Ye Chen nodded slightly. It was just one less medicinal herb; there was nothing strange about that. But why was the old man acting like this? Was there some hidden reason?

Of course, these are not important.

Anyway, it has nothing to do with us...

Although the Blood Python Branch is the main ingredient for refining the Fighting Spirit Pill, if we don't have it, we can just postpone refining it for now; it's not a big deal.

After acquiring Han Feng's collection, Ye Chen found several pills that could directly improve one's cultivation level, and the Battle Spirit Pill was one of them.

In addition, there are also Huangji Pill and Pozong Pill, which are very well-known sixth-grade pills in the original work.

As the old man gently clapped his hands, a series of tall, beautiful women walked in from outside, each carrying a purple wooden box...

"Guests, all the materials you need are here." After saying this, the old man turned to the women and said, "Open them..."

The woman at the front opened the wooden box in her hand, and a blue crystal the size of a fist appeared in front of everyone.

"A sixth-tier water-attribute magic core!"

With just one glance, Ye Chen recognized the true nature of this demonic core.

"It should be the magic core of a mid-tier sixth-level magical beast, barely enough..."

This is what Ye Chen plans to use to refine the Earth Spirit Pill. After all, he has obtained two kinds of strange fire, and he will definitely need to let the Ye family use them. However, the strange fire is too dangerous to refine, so he must be prepared.

Besides the Earth Spirit Pill, Ye Chen also prepared materials for refining the Blood Lotus Pill...

Next, the wooden boxes were opened one by one, and medicinal materials such as Blood Lotus Essence and Azure Flame Grass appeared one by one.

Finally, there were three jade bottles containing the essence blood of three lion, tiger, and bear-like magical beasts. Ye Chen carefully examined them and found that they were all at the advanced level of the sixth rank, meeting his requirements.

Nodding in satisfaction, he threw out nearly ten million gold coins, almost using up half of the cash he had on hand, and then walked out of the pharmacy under the old man's respectful gaze.

However, just as the two were about to go to other places, a furious shout suddenly rang out.

"You beast! How dare you steal from my Imperial Water Sect's treasury! You're asking for death!"

As the sound rang out, everyone in Yushui City could see several figures soaring into the sky from the Yushui Sect's headquarters in the western part of the city, and then heading towards the wilderness outside the city...

In the dim light, Ye Chen also saw a shadow disappearing rapidly in front of those people; it seemed to be a strange little snake...

"Was that... spatial power?"

Ye Chen thought to himself with some curiosity, then turned to Medusa, who was also a snake-type magical beast, and asked her.

"That should be a snake-like magical beast at most a fifth rank, so why can I sense such a strong spatial power emanating from it?"

Moreover, a fifth-tier serpentine magical beast not only managed to steal from the Water Control Sect's treasury but also escaped the pursuit of several Dou Huangs. That's quite interesting...

Queen Medusa's gaze swept over

After hearing Ye Chen's answer, Tiankong nodded affirmatively and said, "It should be a snake-type magical beast! Moreover, I also sensed spatial power from the direction it fled, which seems to be some kind of bloodline talent or ability..."

"Really?" Queen Medusa's words made Ye Chen's eyes light up.

A magical beast with a bloodline talent is no ordinary species, just like the seven-colored Sky-Devouring Python beside him...

"Can you still sense the other party's location?" Ye Chen asked excitedly, his interest completely piqued.

Both are snake-type magical beasts, and Queen Medusa is the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python with a higher bloodline, so she naturally has an absolute advantage over snakes. If we can capture her, we'll have to study her carefully.

Queen Medusa sensed it carefully, then nodded and said, "Yes, that little guy has already rushed into the Wilderness Mountains and should be hiding there."

Ye Chen pondered for a moment, then said softly, "It seems that the little snake won't show itself for the time being to avoid the pursuit of the Yu Shui Sect. So, how about this: let's go back and rejoin Hu Tian and the others, and then go out again once those people from the Yu Shui Sect have calmed down..."

"Okay," Queen Medusa readily agreed.

The two didn't wander around anymore, but went straight back to the inn.

It wasn't until nightfall that the powerful members of the Yu Shui Sect, having found nothing, returned from outside the city. Judging from their indignant expressions, they had clearly been tricked by that strange little snake.

"Can you still sense the location of that little snake?" Ye Chen asked Queen Medusa.

Queen Medusa nodded. "Yes, it's in the deep mountains, about two hundred miles away from us. We'll need to get closer to pinpoint the exact location."

"Okay, let's go!"

With an excited wave of his hand, Ye Chen and the two of them took advantage of the cover of night and soared into the sky. Then, led by Queen Medusa, they headed towards the direction of the little snake.

Because both of them had taken the special Breath Concealing Pill prepared by Ye Chen, they did not alert anyone in Yushui City.

The two hundred miles were covered in no time by the two flying at full speed. However, after getting within ten miles of the little snake, it seemed that the snake had also sensed the presence of Queen Medusa...

After all, the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python, an ancient and exotic species, has a bloodline level comparable to the Heavenly Demon Phoenix, and it has absolute suppression over all snake-type magical beasts.

The moment it discovered Queen Medusa's presence, the little snake was immediately terrified and turned to run away...

But in that instant, Queen Medusa's beautiful eyes widened, and an overwhelming suppressive force belonging to the superior bloodline surged over, causing the little snake's body to go limp and fall to the ground, completely unable to move!

When the two arrived at their destination, they saw a small black snake, less than a foot long, lying motionless on a blue stone...

Perhaps hearing the footsteps of the two, the little snake slowly turned its head, opened its round little eyes, and then met Queen Medusa's cold and stern gaze.

"hiss……"

Under Ye Chen's strange gaze, the little thing rolled over, looking extremely frightened, and immediately collapsed and fainted.

The moment it fell, its silver belly was exposed to Ye Chen's gaze, causing Ye Chen, who was guessing the true identity of this little thing, to be stunned. Then a name appeared in his mind.

Chapter 129 Subtle Influence

"This is... a Teng Snake?" Ye Chen asked in surprise, recalling the information about exotic beasts in his family.

"The Teng Snake?" Although Queen Medusa did not know if such a snake existed in the world, she still found information about the Teng Snake after searching through the inherited memories of her Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python.

The Tengshe, originally named the Tengkongshe, is an extremely rare snake-like magical beast, almost as rare as the Seven-Colored Devouring Python on the continent.

However, although this snake is special, its bloodline level is not high, and it cannot be compared with the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python, a terrifying existence that can be compared with the Dou Sheng.

The Teng Snake in the inherited memories was merely a sixth-tier magical beast, and unless it obtained an extraordinary opportunity to evolve its bloodline, it would never be able to break through to the Dou Zong realm or transform into human form in this lifetime...

If that were all, it wouldn't have surprised Ye Chen so much.

According to the ancient records of the Ye family, the Sky-Soaring Serpent is a spatial magical beast of the same level as the Void Pegasus Beast. Its adult form can also travel long distances across the sky, making it much stronger than the Sky-Splitting Flying Tiger that Ye Chen previously auctioned!

"Haha, just when I'm sleepy, someone brings me a pillow. If I can raise this little thing to adulthood, wouldn't I be able to have a mount like the Dan family's Void Pegasus Beast?"

Ye Chen happily picked up the little thing from the stone, looking at it from left to right, finding it so pleasing to the eye...

Don't let its small size fool you; according to records, an adult Flying Serpent can be over ten zhang long. It will be easy to fit a seat on its body.

but……

Ye Chen stroked his chin and fell into deep thought.

If it's just one seat, wouldn't it be a bit monotonous? But if it's made into a luxurious carriage like the Dan family's, it seems somewhat out of place...

After all, it's a snake, and having a snake pull a cart just seems a bit incongruous.

Suddenly, Ye Chen thought of someone...

Boa Hancock, the Pirate Empress!

This is my favorite anime character...

It seems that the empress's vehicle was a pirate ship called the Perfume Serpent, which was dragged by two giant snakes.

"A boat? That's a good choice..."

Just as Ye Chen was thinking about what kind of ship to build for himself to match his status and temperament, Tengshe, who had been scared half to death by Queen Medusa, finally woke up.

Upon waking up, it saw a giant human face right above its head, which frightened it so much that it turned its head and prepared to run away...

Unfortunately, just as he made a move, Tengshe felt his body tighten, and then his head was flicked by the other party's finger, making his head buzz.

"Little thing, you dare to run? If you run again, I'll have the Great Demon King eat you!" Ye Chen grabbed the Teng Snake's tail and lifted the little thing upside down, pointing towards Queen Medusa as he spoke.

This clearly shows that the little creature was genuinely terrified by Her Majesty the Queen. Upon seeing this, it quickly curled up and wrapped itself around Ye Chen's wrist, its entire body trembling.

Ye Chen chuckled, then glanced at Queen Medusa beside him, whose expression was somewhat unfriendly…

"Hehe, it seems that even without the Snake-People, Her Majesty's prestige remains undiminished. Her mere presence is enough to instill such fear in a fifth-tier magical beast with a sixth-tier bloodline."

Queen Medusa glared at the sarcastic fellow, then frowned and...

He explained, "What do you need it for? It's just a sixth-tier magical beast at most; it shouldn't be of much use to you, right?"

At this point, Ye Chen became quite animated and told Queen Medusa his entire plan.

Of course, this conversation inevitably touched upon the Dan family's Void Heavenly Horse Beast carriage, and the envy, jealousy, and hatred he felt when he first saw it...

"Hmph! Once my Tengshe ship is finished, I'm definitely going to ride it to Dancheng to find that guy Danxuan and show him what I'm made of!" Ye Chen said smugly, curling his lip.

Back in Dancheng, that guy Danxuan always subtly showed off in front of Ye Chen and Song Qing, and Ye Chen remembered that!

Queen Medusa: "..."

"childish!"

Her Majesty the Queen never imagined that this guy would have such a childish side.

Ye Chen raised an eyebrow. "Childish? What's wrong with being childish? I'm not even sixteen yet. Is it wrong to be childish?"