Alchemy Master

Chapter 553, A Bountiful Harvest

Translator: Silavin

Qin Yichen did not respond to Shen Ling’s exclamation, however, the smile at the corner of his mouth caused the former’s mind to short-circuit for a moment.

[If all these Shooting Star Spirit Crystals contained Spirit Seeds…] Thinking of this, Shen Ling only felt the world spinning around her. For the first time, she felt that this world was perhaps a bit too insane sometimes.

A single Spirit Seed was worth at least one million gold coins. If all those Shooting Star Spirit Crystals contained Spirit Seeds, wouldn’t that be equivalent to several million gold coins?!

Moreover, Qin Yichen had previously generously given her a Spirit Seed, and there was also the Mid Grade Spirit Seed that Gongshu Zhiyi treated as a toy…

In other words, in such a short period of time, Qin Yichen had made a fortune of several million, or even close to ten million in wealth?!

Thinking of that enormous figure, Shen Ling felt completely overwhelmed.

Originally, Alchemy Families were very profitable and lucrative, but such a massive amount of wealth would take even the Shen Family years to earn, and that was without counting the operational costs.

Yet this guy had simply taken a casual stroll around Water Moon Crystal House!

The disparity was simply too great.

“Sister Ling, you mustn’t speak of this matter to anyone.” Watching Shen Ling’s constantly changing expression, Qin Yichen hesitated for a moment, then reminded her with gravity.

Although the Spirit Seeds discovered in Water Moon Crystal House were somewhat beyond people’s expectations, they had still been deliberately exposed by Qin Yichen to a degree that people could accept.

However, if word got out that all the remaining Shooting Star Spirit Crystals contained Spirit Seeds, being blacklisted by the Major Crystal Houses would be the least of his worries. At that time, countless envious people would surely covet him, and in such circumstances, even without Ouyang Haotian making a move, he would find himself in an extremely dangerous situation.

“En!” Shen Ling nodded, her beautiful eyes showing a hint of unusual emotion.

She naturally had the sense not to speak carelessly about such matters, and the fact that Qin Yichen had not hidden such an important matter from her proved that in his heart, he did not consider her to be an outsider. This filled her heart with warmth.

Seeing Shen Ling’s sweet expression tinged with a hint of shyness, Qin Yichen could not help but recall last night’s graceful figure…

“You… rogue!” At this moment, Shen Ling also noticed his somewhat wandering gaze. Immediately she remembered that embarrassing incident, and a blush crept up her pretty face. With a reproachful cry, Shen Ling stamped her small foot and ran away in discomfort.

“Brother Yichen, what’s wrong with her?” Gongshu Zhiyi’s pair of beautiful large eyes blinked several times in confusion as she asked puzzledly.

“*Ahem* I don’t know either. Well, if you want to go out and play, take Shen Ling with you. She’s more familiar with this place. I have some matters to attend to first.”

Qin Yichen coughed dryly, gave Gongshu Zhiyi a few instructions, then headed towards his own room.

As Qin Yichen returned to his room, those few Shooting Star Spirit Crystals were also carried in.

There were two unopened ones from the first floor, and two from the second floor as well. He now had a total of four remaining.

All four of these contained Spirit Seeds, and moreover, one of them did not contain a Low Grade Spirit Seed, but a Mid Grade one!

“Another Mid Grade Spirit Seed…”

Looking at those few Shooting Star Spirit Crystals, Qin Yichen’s lips also curved into a brilliant smile. However, he did not think that the Shooting Star Spirit Crystals affair should end here.

In his previous life, to practise his Crystal Appraisal skills, his losses at Water Moon Crystal House and the various Major Crystal Houses were no small sum. This time, although he had harvested two Mid Grade Spirit Seeds and several ordinary Low Grade Spirit Seeds. Compared to his previous losses, this probably did not even amount to a tiny fraction!

After opening the few Shooting Star Spirit Crystals and revealing several crystal-clear Spirit Seeds, Qin Yichen finally sat down cross-legged slowly.

“Let’s first break through to the Mid Stage Martial King Realm.”

Looking at the three Low Grade Spirit Seeds and one Mid Grade Spirit Seed in his hand, Qin Yichen hesitated for a moment, then temporarily set aside the Mid Grade Spirit Seed.

Previously, he had intended to use a High Grade Spirit Seed to break through to the Mid Stage Martial King Realm, but he had somewhat underestimated the destructive nature of Spirit Seed’s energy. If not for his unusual Yuan Energy forcibly absorbing that energy, it would likely have caused him unbearable harm.

All the energy from the High Grade Spirit Seed had entered his Martial Body Bead, strengthening his Yuan Energy several-fold, but it had not allowed him to break through to the Mid Stage Martial King Realm as he had hoped.

This time, to avoid such an accident occurring again, Qin Yichen decided to use two Low Grade Spirit Seeds for the breakthrough first, keeping the Mid Grade Spirit Seed and one ordinary Spirit Seed.

After slowly exhaling a breath of stale air, Qin Yichen’s eyes gradually closed. The Yuan Energy within his body began circulating according to the Spirit Body Technique. In just one circulation, his physical condition was adjusted to its peak.

Subsequently, guided by his consciousness, the two Low Grade Spirit Seeds in his hand transformed into streams of peculiar energy that seeped into his meridians through his palms.

Although the meridians that had been tempered by the High Grade Spirit Seed were much more resilient than before, Qin Yichen still dared not be careless. He immediately guided this Low Grade Spirit Seed’s energy to circulate along the pathway of his Spirit Body Technique.

What Qin Yichen needed to do now was to refine and completely absorb this Low Grade Spirit Seed’s energy.

Although this time was much easier compared to the first absorption of the High Grade Spirit Seed—at least his body was not destroyed into a devastated state by the Spirit Seed energy, it was still difficult to completely suppress this energy.

Finally, left with no choice, Qin Yichen could only first control a small portion of this energy. As for the other energy, he let it rampage chaotically within his body. Fortunately, his meridians had already suffered the torment of a High Grade Spirit Seed’s energy, so although their chaotic movement would cause Qin Yichen some pain, it did not cause too much harm for the time being.

Under careful guidance, after a portion of the Spirit Seed’s energy circulated once through his meridians, it was finally channelled by Qin Yichen into his Dantian.

With the injection of this energy, the Martial Body Bead within white mist in Qin Yichen’s Dantian seemed to become slightly denser, while the originally surging Yuan Energy also trembled.

*Buzz…*

A suction force suddenly erupted violently from within Qin Yichen’s body. At this moment, the originally relatively calm room suddenly experienced Yuan Energy turbulence, as streams of World Energy rapidly poured into his body.

Under the continuous injection of external World Energy, Qin Yichen also rapidly refined and absorbed them, then guided the Spirit Seed’s energy within his body to circulate along with his Spirit Body Technique.

As Qin Yichen cultivated, he was completely unaware that the room where he was located had become like a huge vortex. The dense World Energy had almost formed a lustrous light screen several metres around his body, which was an extremely magnificent sight.