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

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"Great Battle Master, breakthrough complete!"

Chapter Seventeen: Preparing for the Travel

Although a Grand Dou Master isn't considered a strong person in Ye City, let alone in the far more dangerous Central Continent and Pill Domain...

However, as the first real threshold on the path of cultivation, breaking through to the Great Dou Master level is still of great significance to Ye Chen.

Sensing the immense power surging within his body, Ye Chen smiled with satisfaction. He slowly clenched his fist, and dense silver starlight rapidly covered its surface, finally erupting into a raging flame.

The moment the silver starlight flames appeared, the temperature in the entire room rose rapidly, and even the air itself seemed to distort slightly.

Over the past five years, the biggest change has actually been in Ye Chen's Starfire!

"With the enhancement of my Starfire, which is comparable to a fifth-tier beast fire, I can now easily defeat even a three-star Grand Dou Master..."

Sensing the changes in his own power, Ye Chen was also comprehensively assessing his current combat strength.

His only flaw is that he hasn't practiced any combat techniques in the past five years...

Unlike Xiao Yan, who had to rely on himself for everything, Ye Chen, born into a legitimate alchemy family, followed the path of a traditional alchemist.

As a traditional alchemist, who would rub their own arm...?

Both Yao Chen and Xiao Yan possess the most formidable combat strength, but the real reason for this is that they had to fight for everything on their own from the very beginning.

Let's not even talk about Yao Chen. Although he was born into the Yao Clan, he not only didn't receive any training from the clan, but was instead expelled...

Although Xiao Yan had a father who was the clan leader, the Xiao family was too weak. They couldn't even rank among the top families in a remote place like the Jia Ma Empire, let alone provide him with any help.

Of course, although Ye Chen devoted himself to alchemy, it does not mean that he, as a traditional alchemist, is weaker than others at the same level!

Alchemists fight in a completely different way than ordinary people...

Ye Chen began learning the Ye family's fire control technique when he was six or seven years old. Even though his own cheat-like abilities weren't that great, Ye Chen's control over flames had already reached a very high level.

If a battle were to actually break out, Ye Chen would be able to control two types of beast fire in combat. If his own star fire were included, that would be three types, which would be an extremely terrifying fighting force!

Looking at the distant sky, Ye Chen dispersed the starlight in his hand, sighed slightly, and said, "It's a pity that the Ye family did not pass down any methods of soul attack, otherwise even a Dou Ling level expert would not be my match."

His soul power far surpasses his own battle qi cultivation. If he could acquire a method of soul attack, with the intangible and intangible nature of soul attacks, killing a few battle spirits would be a piece of cake.

Think about why the legendary ancient alchemists were so powerful? A large part of the reason lies in their terrifying soul power!

Unfortunately, none of the five major families in the Pill Domain seem to have this kind of inheritance. If one wants to obtain cultivation of the soul, one can only have the opportunity to come into contact with it after entering the Pill Tower in the future.

Ye Chen shook his head slightly, temporarily putting these thoughts aside...

The most important thing now is to find my grandfather and realize my idea of ​​going out to gain experience.

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The Ye family has changed quite a bit in the past five years.

The most obvious change is that the head of the Ye family has been replaced by Ye Chen's adoptive father, Ye Lan. As for Ye Zhong, he currently holds the title of Grand Elder.

He has been diligently cultivating and secluded in seclusion to improve his strength and alchemist level.

Over the course of five years, Ye Zhong's strength improved considerably, and his alchemist level reached the advanced seventh rank. However, this seemed to be his limit, which was a major reason why everyone in the Ye family was worried.

The level of a seventh-grade advanced alchemist alone is not enough to secure the Ye family's position in the Pill Tower!

Stepping out of his room, Ye Chen made a rare departure from the bamboo forest where he had lived for many years, and strode towards the core area of ​​the family.

Seeing their young master, who rarely left the house, actually step out of his courtyard, the Ye family members along the way were all slightly surprised...

In fact, in the past five years, Ye Chen has almost never left the bamboo forest where he lives, and many servants haven't even seen his face for a year.

This is what a "true" otaku should be like!

Ye Chen was heading towards the courtyard where the Ye family patriarch lived.

Now that he's out here, he should at least meet his parents. Besides, given his status and importance to the Ye family, he can't just go traveling whenever he wants.

However, after entering the area where the direct descendants of the Ye family patriarch resided, more and more familiar faces appeared...

"Brother Chen!" A girl in a moon-white dress bowed to Ye Chen from afar and called out in a clear voice.

Ye Chen turned his head at the sound and saw the girl's slightly timid appearance. He was momentarily stunned before he remembered her identity.

"Yes, it's Xinyue!"

Ye Xinyue, Ye Chen's younger sister.

Yes, her half-sister...

In the Dou Qi Continent, there is no rule that a man can only marry one wife, nor is there the concept of a "concubine," so there is no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate wives.

For a family, the more of its bloodline, the better; only with a sufficient quantity can a sufficient quality be guaranteed...

Although there is no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children, the difference in status between different people is solely due to their "talent"!

As can be seen from the original work, if it weren't for Ye Chen being an anomaly, the overall talent of the next generation of the Ye family would be very mediocre.

This is true of Ye Chen's biological sister, Ye Xinlan, and it is no different for his half-sister, Ye Xinyue.

Ye Xinyue is two years younger than Ye Chen. Perhaps because of the different world levels, children grow up faster, and this eleven-year-old girl already looks graceful and elegant.

However, unlike Ye Chen, his younger sister was practically invisible from a young age. In addition, Ye Chen had shouldered all the hopes of the Ye family since childhood, and even started memorizing the medicine classics at the age of two, so he had almost no impression of his younger sister.

In his mind, the other person was still a three or four-year-old little kid. Now she has suddenly become a big girl, so Ye Chen didn't even recognize her at first.

However, now that he had met her, and she was his nominal sister, Ye Chen naturally couldn't act too coldly.

"I can't believe Xinyue has grown into such a beautiful young woman! How has your cultivation been going these past few years?"

Because they weren't really familiar with each other, Ye Chen could only awkwardly ask a couple of questions about the other person's recent situation.

What he didn't expect was that his casual remark would instantly turn the timid girl into a dejected figure, and even make her seem gloomy...

Chapter Eighteen: Adding Insult to Injury

Well, it's clear that Ye Chen's unintentional remark struck a chord with the young girl.

Feeling somewhat awkward, Ye Chen gave a few perfunctory replies and quickly left...

However, thinking about the growth of the younger generation of the Ye family over the past five years, he couldn't help but shake his head and sigh slightly.

As expected, the decline of the Ye family was inevitable!

Although his future was destined for limitless achievements, it was not a long-term solution for him to rely on himself alone in such a large family.

Unless he can directly break through to the Dou Di realm and elevate the entire Ye family's bloodline, he'll have to find another way...

"Father!"

In the study of the Ye family patriarch, Ye Chen met his father, Ye Lan.

Seeing her son enter, Ye Lan forced a smile onto her originally distressed face: "Chen'er, you're here."

Ye Chen was slightly taken aback by this appearance, and a bad feeling immediately arose in his heart.

"what happened?"

Ye Lan sighed deeply, and his originally handsome face suddenly showed signs of aging.

"Something's happened at the Yanghuo Ancient Altar!"

That short sentence sent a jolt through Ye Chen's heart.

As the young master of the Ye family and their only hope, Ye Chen naturally knew the importance of the Yang Fire Ancient Altar to the entire Ye family.

Putting everything else aside, the Ye family's inherited cultivation technique, "Heavenly Yang Profound Fire Technique," is only a low-level Earth-rank technique, but when combined with the Yang Fire within the Yang Fire Ancient Altar, its effects are comparable to a high-level Earth-rank technique!

Moreover, all of the Ye family's secret pill formulas require the use of the Yang Fire Ancient Altar to be refined. Now that the Yang Fire Ancient Altar has suddenly become ineffective, doesn't that mean that the Ye family will no longer be able to refine pills to enhance their strength in the future?

This is the biggest blow to the Ye family!

"Where is Grandpa?" Ye Chen asked hurriedly.

With such a big matter, Ye Zhong certainly couldn't possibly not show up; otherwise, his father, who was only at the Dou Huang level, wouldn't be able to control the situation.

Ye Lan said in a deep voice, "Your grandfather has been at the Yang Huo Ancient Altar for three days, trying to find out exactly what caused the Yang Huo to disappear..."

Ye Chen paused for a moment, then continued, "The news hasn't spread yet, but such a big matter can't be kept secret forever. I'm afraid the Ye family will be shaken again!"

This incident will have an impact on the Ye family no less than the death of Ye Xun, the family's patriarch, five years ago. Even if the Ye family tries to completely suppress the news, it will still have a significant impact on the family members.

Ye Chen nodded silently.

Knowing the original plot, he was already prepared for this, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon, which caught Ye Chen off guard.

"What does the family plan to do?" Ye Chen looked at his father, wanting to know how the family would handle this matter.

Ye Lan was also somewhat at a loss, and replied, "For the time being, we can only keep the news from the outside world and appease the clansmen. With the family's current collection, it should be able to sustain us for a few years."

Ye Chen nodded; this was a relatively safe approach.

Although the Ye family can no longer refine their secret elixirs due to the Yang Fire Ancient Altar, and the refining of other high-grade elixirs will also be greatly affected, the Ye family still has some stockpiles of these elixirs.

It is still possible to help the core members of the family improve their strength.

The biggest impact is on the younger generation, like Ye Chen.

Scratching his head, Ye Chen suggested, "Relying solely on our past achievements won't work; the family must find a new way forward. We can utilize the family's network to collect more prescriptions for enhancing the strength of Dou Wang and Dou Huang level cultivators, thus making up for the family's lack of elixirs."

As a family of alchemists with a history of hundreds of years, the Ye family has a large collection, especially a huge number of low-level prescriptions. However, the most important prescriptions are the sixth-grade pills used by Dou Wang and Dou Huang.

Ye Lan simply nodded silently at the suggestion, without any particular reaction.

A sixth-grade pill formula, especially one of the highest quality that enhances strength. Any one of these is the foundation of an alchemist's skill. How could it be so easy to obtain?

No matter how difficult it is, he has to try!

Since it's already difficult for the family to cultivate high-level alchemists, the strength of the family members must be improved, otherwise the Ye family will really become meat in other people's mouths!

Seeing his father's distressed expression, Ye Chen couldn't help but comfort him, "Actually, it's not too bad. The family can still hold on for a few more years. Give me three years, and within three years I will definitely be able to raise my alchemist level to at least the sixth rank. At my age, entering the Pill Tower won't be difficult. In that case, the crisis of my Ye family can be alleviated to some extent..."

Ye Chen also knew about the problem with the Yang Huo Ancient Altar; it was simply that the fire outlet below was blocked by the Earth Core Pearl.

The Earth Core Pearl, also known as the Earth Core Fire Pearl, is an energy pearl formed from the essence of energy deep within the earth over countless years. This pearl possesses extremely powerful energy, and it is said that it is used in the refining of some eighth-grade or even ninth-grade pills.

Earth Core Pearls are such special objects that they are considered among the wonders of nature, usually hidden deep within the earth and extremely difficult to find.

However, during some volcanic eruptions, some deep-seated Earth Core Pearls might be ejected, and generally speaking, most of the Earth Core Pearls found on the continent are obtained in this way...

Although the appearance of this thing caused the Ye family to lose their most important Yang Fire, if they could obtain a Core Pearl in the future, it would not be a loss.

After all, many people would not be able to cultivate such a precious natural wonder even if they wanted to!

"Unfortunately, if I want to retrieve that Earth Core Pearl from the depths of the earth, I'll need to wait until my soul power reaches at least 1500 soul points!"

According to the Dan Tower's classification of soul value, 1,500 soul value is enough to reach the level of a peak seventh-grade alchemist, and is almost at the limit of the mortal soul realm.

Even with the help of the Star Chart, it would take Ye Chen a very long time to reach such a soul value.

On the other side, Ye Lan listened to his eldest son's words of comfort, but couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said, "This is actually not what I'm most worried about right now. What I'm most worried about right now is that the Pill Tower is about to conduct an assessment of our five major families..."

"Currently, among the young people under thirty years old in our Ye family, the highest-ranking alchemist is the Fourth Elder's son, your uncle Ye Qing. However, he has only just passed the sixth-grade beginner alchemist assessment, and there is still a long way to go before he can pass the assessment..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ye Chen almost wanted to look up to the sky and sigh!

This is really adding insult to injury... The Ye family has really run into bad luck, their misfortune has reached this level!

Chapter Nineteen: Nourishing Essence Pill

The five major families of the Pill Domain all possess extremely strong power in the Pill Domain. Coupled with the reputation of the behemoth Pill Tower, they are basically able to do whatever they want in the Pill Domain.

However, this is not what the five major families value most. What they value most is actually the preferential treatment the Pill Tower offers to the five major families...

These five families have been passed down for a long time, and the patriarchs who founded these five families were all core members of the Pill Tower.

According to the conditions of the Pill Tower, as long as the five major families can meet the requirements of the Pill Tower in the future, they will all be able to occupy a seat in the elders' seat of the Pill Tower!

This is the only shortcut to the core of the Pill Tower, and countless people throughout the Pill Domain, and even the entire Central Continent, are eyeing it.

Furthermore, in order to absorb more new blood with strong talents, the Pill Tower conducts an assessment of the five major families every so often. Only by passing the assessment can a family maintain its status. If a family fails the assessment three times, it will lose its qualification as one of the five major families, and another powerful alchemist family will take its place...

This can be seen as a form of indirect constraint imposed by the Dan Tower on the five major families.

Hearing his father's words, Ye Chen couldn't help but sigh: "A sixth-grade beginner alchemist, huh? I remember the minimum standard for the Pill Tower's assessment is sixth grade, right? And to pass the assessment, one needs to be at least a seventh-grade alchemist?"