Alchemy Master

Chapter 572, Night Conversation

Translator: Silavin

Shen Fangu’s silence caused the gazes of several Shen Family Elders to dim, the hope in their eyes turning to ash.

They did not blame Shen Fangu.

Because, in the Imperial City, and even across the various Imperial Dynasties, no one could clearly explain what exactly needed to be done to break through to become an Earth Grade Alchemy Master.

If someone truly knew, then the various Imperial Dynasties would not have such a scarcity of them.

“Fangu, don’t take it to heart. As long as you’ve broken through, that’s what matters. Now, what you need to do is stabilise your cultivation.”

The Shen Family’s First Elder, seeing his furrowed brow, immediately spoke to console him, his tone faintly revealing great excitement.

Because the Alchemy Manor Summit was approaching, and if at this time the Shen Family produced an Earth Grade Alchemy Master, it would greatly elevate the Shen Family’s status.

“First Elder, fellow Elders, when I broke through, Fangu actually had some insights…”

After Shen Fangu came to his senses, he first took a deep breath, then spoke with solemn importance.

“Hmm?” Several Elders who originally held no hope were obviously stunned upon hearing these words.

Then, the First Elder reacted, and with a meaningful look, two Elders stood up and walked out one after another, closing the doors and windows tightly.

The two Elders did not come back in, but instead stood outside the courtyard.

“Tell us, what insights did you have?”

After confirming that no one would be able to spy on them from the surroundings, the First Elder asked Shen Fangu.

“The Spiritual Body.” Shen Fangu’s face was solemn. “I first communicated with my Spiritual Body, and only then did I activate my Divine Hands.”

“This…” The First Elder was obviously stunned, then his gaze flickered with uncertainty.

[Communicate with one’s Spiritual Body? Is that even possible?]

Actually, it was not as if no one had tried this before, but there had been no results whatsoever, and no one had ever succeeded. So, gradually, Alchemy Masters came to conflate the Spiritual Body with a Martial Artist’s Martial Body Bead, believing that the Spiritual Body was merely a mass of energy.

But communicating with one’s Spiritual Body would be equivalent to overturning current knowledge of the world.

[Could it be that the Spiritual Body was an independent entity?! A so-called independent entity was essentially equivalent to a living being?]

All living things in the world were independent entities.

If the Spiritual Body was also an independent entity… not to mention the First Elder, even Shen Fangu himself, after comprehending these things, found it extremely incredible.

But at the same time, a completely different path appeared before Shen Fangu. He seemed to understand how cultivation should proceed after this step.

The First Elder fell into a long period of silence, obviously unable to accept this subversive fact immediately.

However, with Shen Fangu as a living example right before him, his deeply rooted concepts began to waver…

“If this is effective, Fangu, you will be the greatest contributor to our Shen Family!” The First Elder was very clear that if this was effective, then their Shen Family would usher in a completely new bountiful era.

It could be said that mastering the direction of advancement meant that as long as Family Disciples had sufficient talent, they could become Earth Grade Alchemy Masters!

What kind of concept was this?

Just thinking about it made the First Elder feel extremely excited.

Hearing these words, Shen Fangu’s lips curved into a bitter smile.

He was very clear that all of this was granted to him by Qin Yichen; he had no merit in this whatsoever. He was merely a beneficiary of his advice.

“This matter will become our Shen Family’s greatest secret, only to be known by the successive Patriarchs and First Elders!”

The First Elder’s latter statement obviously already regarded Shen Fangu as the Shen Family Patriarch, and he did not let down Shen Ling either.

With Shen Fangu having advanced to Earth Grade Alchemy Master, his becoming the Patriarch would absolutely meet with no objection from anyone in the Shen Family!

Moreover, Shen Ling’s talent was plain for all to see.

Furthermore, as Shen Fangu’s Daughter, with careful cultivation from Shen Fangu, a now Earth Grade Alchemy Master, the possibility of her becoming an Earth Grade Alchemy Master was also very high.

Standing to one side, Shen Ling was so excited she did not know what to say.

However, she knew that from now on in the Shen Family, she and her Father would never again suffer any bullying or oppression!

And all of this was because of Qin Yichen!

…

After coming out, Qin Yichen remained in his room cultivating, while Shen Fangu dealt with those Elders until deep into the night. Only after all those Elders had departed did he stand up.

“You go and rest, I’ll go out for a walk.” He gave Shen Ling instructions, then walked out.

“Yichen!” After coming out, Shen Fangu went directly to Qin Yichen’s room.

“Manor Master, please come in.” Qin Yichen’s voice came from within the room; obviously he had not gone to sleep either.

“Thank you for this.”

Shen Fangu pushed open the door and entered. Looking at Qin Yichen, who was still sitting cross-legged in cultivation even though it was deep into the night, he rubbed his hands together and spoke.

“I merely offered some guidance. Being able to break through so quickly is because of your accumulation, and steady effort over the years.”

Qin Yichen shook his head and smiled. At this moment, he also stood up and poured two cups of tea.

“In any case, I still need to thank you!” Shen Fangu smiled self-deprecatingly, still spoke gratefully.

Was this really from his own effort?

Even if it was, it absolutely was not without Qin Yichen’s guidance. Without his guidance, he absolutely could not have communicated with his Spiritual Body so easily.

It could be said that without Qin Yichen, he probably would not have had any hope of breaking through the shackles and becoming an Earth Grade Alchemy Master in this lifetime!

After chatting casually for a few sentences, Shen Fangu’s expression became serious as he said, “Yichen, are you prepared? The Alchemy Manor Summit will begin in two days.”

“Is the Manor Master worried that Qi Zhu will target me?” Looking at Shen Fangu’s somewhat grave expression, Qin Yichen smiled.

Hearing this, the latter nodded with a bitter smile and sighed, “Qi Zhu’s Master is famous even in Heavenly Dragon Imperial City. According to what the Elders said, since you’ve crossed him. With the Qi Family’s petty and calculating nature, Qi Zhu probably won’t let this matter rest.”

“Well, I didn’t want to have a conflict with him either…” Qin Yichen shrugged his shoulders with an innocent expression, then stretched lazily and said, “But since it has already happened, whatever he wants to do, I’ll just deal with it accordingly.”

With Qin Yichen’s strength, he truly was not afraid of Qi Zhu. The latter surely would not drag out that person behind him to personally deal with a youth like him, would he?

Seeing Qin Yichen speak this way, Shen Fangu could not say much more, and moreover, he had always had great confidence in Qin Yichen.

It was just that Qin Yichen had helped him, yet because of the Shen Family, had needlessly made such a formidable enemy as Qi Zhu, which really made him feel somewhat guilty.

The Heavenly Dragon Imperial Dynasty’s Alchemy Manor Summit was one of the grand events of the Heavenly Dragon Imperial Dynasty.

Held only once every ten years, participants included not only all the Alchemy Manors, but all outstanding Alchemy Masters throughout the entire Imperial Dynasty. As long as one could pass the first round of preliminaries at the Alchemy Master Guild, they could participate.

Those like Qin Yichen, who directly skipped the preliminaries and entered the Alchemy Manor Summit, were allocated limited spots from each Alchemy Manor.