Alchemy Master

Chapter 314, Advancing to the Second Floor

Translator: Silavin

When the Seventh Princess asked for half of the Pills, Qin Yichen naturally refused, but he could not say it directly.

“Princess, what you may not know is that to refine the Jade Clear Ice Soul Pill, many other precious spirit medicines are needed…” Qin Yichen tried to express himself diplomatically.

“I will provide all the required materials.” Her single sentence blocked all his excuses. Seeing Qin Yichen’s stumped expression, a very faint curve appeared on her frost-like beautiful face.

Though it lasted only for a moment, Qin Yichen still caught it.

It was truly as shocking as seeing an iceberg melt.

“So beautiful…” He said dazedly, his gaze fixed on the young princess’s delicate lips.

*Hmph!* The Seventh Princess snorted in annoyance, which finally woke him up.

*Ahem.* Qin Yichen coughed twice to cover his embarrassment, then solemnly said, “Princess, you may not know that refining the Jade Clear Ice Soul Pill is actually very taxing on one’s Spiritual Energy.”

“Perfect, I have some Energy Revitalisation Pills bestowed by my Father, the  Emperor…”

“…” Qin Yichen was speechless.

He realised he seemed to have been intellectually outmaneuvered by this Royal Family’s Seventh Princess.

Whatever excuse he came up with, she could counter it.

But to give up half, Qin Yichen absolutely could not accept it.

“Princess, I’ll be honest – I can give you three Pills at most, absolutely no more!” He stubbornly declared.

“Deal!” To Qin Yichen’s surprise, she readily agreed.

Although she didn’t know how many Pills Qin Yichen could refine from this Jade Clear Ice Soul Spirit Herb, even those of Alchemy Central could at most produce three Pills.

No matter what, she believes she had profited!

If the medicinal effects were truly as Qin Yichen described, then she had gained even more.

“What a loss!” Qin Yichen cried out in apparent distress, but inside he was overjoyed.

Judging by the age and size of the Jade Clear Ice Soul Spirit Herb in her possession, he should be able to refine ten Pills. Even after giving her three Pills, he would still have seven remaining.

If the True Dragon Martial Soul in his Heaven Earth Spirit Pearl could be nourished by seven Jade Clear Ice Soul Pills, he probably would not have to worry about activating it for quite a while.

Of course, this was assuming his Yuan Energy and Spiritual Energy could keep up.

Everyone was satisfied.

The Jade Clear Ice Soul Spirit Herb would remain with the Seventh Princess for now.

The reason Qin Yichen did not take it was due to the fear of putting it in his Pill Furnace. This Pill Furnace would definitely absorb the medicinal properties of the Jade Clear Ice Soul Spirit Herb. IF that happens, he would truly be crying without tears to flow.

The three of them stood there, gazing at the Three-Tailed Spirit Devouring Fox in the distance.

*Ding!…*

Suddenly, a voice rang in Qin Yichen’s ears.

“Three days have passed, a total of six people have advanced to the second floor of the Tower of Trials!”

With this voice, the three of them suddenly vanished from the sea of flowers. At the edge of the sea of flowers, the Three-Tailed Spirit Devouring Fox growled reluctantly a few times before finally leaving.

However, one could imagine how tragic the fate the next group that entered would be.

Outside the Twilight Tower, many people had been waiting.

Liang Hongshen was one of them.

For these three days, he had stood outside the Twilight Tower, not daring to even blink.

This showed how nervous he was.

On the first day, after just a few hours, a Fully Accomplished Spirit Realm candandidate, who had barely made it into the top ten, was eliminated.

From his heavily wounded appearance, it was not hard to imagine what he had encountered inside.

On the second day, a Martial King was also eliminated.

At that point, Liang Hongshen’s palms were sweating.

On the third day, two Martial Kings were eliminated together…

What was remarkable was that among the six people inside, three were actually at Fully Accomplished Spirit Realm. No, there was also Qin Yichen, who was only at the Partially Accomplished Spirit Realm.

As time ticked by, the expression of a member of the Li Family standing outside the Twilight Tower grew increasingly grim.

If Qin Yichen could enter the second floor, after coming out, he would be granted the Baron title by the Grand Empire. At that time, it would be no simple matter for the Li Family to eliminate him.

More importantly, once word of the items in Qin Yichen’s possession spread through Twilight City, it would be impossible for the Li Family to monopolize everything.

However, events continued developing in the direction he did not hope to see…

Three days had passed!

“He did it!” Joy instantly bloomed on Liang Hongshen’s face.

“You’re quite fortuante.” The Earl casually commented.

This made the face of the expert from the Li Family to turn as dark as water.

*Hmph!* He snorted coldly, glancing at Liang Hongshen.

Li Aofeng was still inside. As long as Li Aofeng could find Qin Yichen, that was it. A corpse could not possibly receive a Noble title.

He had absolute confidence in Li Aofeng’s strength.

…

“Second floor of the Tower of Trials has begun. The one who obtains the Victor’s Key shall advance to the third floor!”

A mechanical, emotionless voice entered Qin Yichen’s ears. When he opened his eyes, he found the world before him completely different from the first floor.

Compared to the vastness of the first floor, the second floor was cave-like.

Everything before him seemed to be forged from metal, without any vitality. All objects reflected a metallic luster.

Not far away lay scattered remains.

Those were left behind by candidates who had entered the second floor.

This made Qin Yichen tense up.

However, to his surprise, the Seventh Princess and Lin Tianwei were beside him. They had not separated.

With the three of them together, their security was undoubtedly much batter.

“Princess, do you know what the Victor’s Key is?” Qin Yichen asked the Seventh Princess beside him.

The trial on the second floor seemed simple, but the core of the problem lay in the Victor’s Key.

The Seventh Princess glanced at him briefly. She was clearly surprised that Qin Yichen did not even know about the second floor’s Victor’s Key.

However, she still explained, “There is only one Victor’s Key.”

This single sentence contained a ton of meaning. In other words, regardless of how many people entered the Twilight Tower, only one person could advance to the third floor.

Presumably, that was also where the Grand Empire’s heir apparent had lost the Royal Seal.

This time, with the Royal Family increasing the reward, the competition for the Victor’s Key would undoubtedly become unprecedentedly fierce.

If Qin Yichen were to compete, he would undoubtedly encounter Li Aofeng!

“What must come will come…” There was no fear in Qin Yichen’s eyes though. Also he was not in any hurry. Instead, he found a rather hidden spot, preparing to refine Seven-Coloured Flora Pills from the Seven-Coloured Flower.

As long as his Spiritual Energy cultivation broke through to the Martial King Realm, what was there to fear about Li Aofeng?!