Alchemy Master

Chapter 864, You Are All Of It?!

Translator: Silavin

By the time half of the sixth day had passed, the light cocoon’s dimming had become quite obvious.

“What’s happening?”

Beside the lake, everyone naturally noticed this situation.

After confirming that the figure within the light cocoon didn’t seem adversely affected by this development, they became even more confused.

Because this situation appeared as if the Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance was about to be exhausted!

“Could… could there be some kind of mistake?” One of the Inner Sect Elders asked doubtfully.

They even suspected whether the Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance had somehow leaked away.

However, the Sacred Lake showed no abnormalities whatsoever.

This left them puzzled. Could it be that someone had absorbed and exhausted all the Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance in the Sacred Lake?

How could that be possible?!

One must understand that even Yu Qianyu back then had spent over half a month absorbing and refining before completely consuming all the Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance in the Sacred Lake.

Moreover, that remained the only instance in the Sacred Land’s past several tens of thousands of years where the Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance had been entirely exhausted.

Yet now, only six days have passed!

But if it had not been absorbed completely, they could not explain the current situation.

Their gazes immediately fixed rigidly on that figure within the light cocoon beneath the lake.

After all, there was only that one person down there!

“Big Brother…” Mu Yanzhen looked at her Brother beside her, who wore an equally grave expression, her emotions extraordinarily complex.

In her view, Li Yuanba was already a monster.

But now it seemed Qin Yichen, who she thought was originally unremarkable, appeared to be an even more monstrous existence than Li Yuanba!

She clearly remembered that during the Imperial Dynasties Assembly, Qin Yichen had still needed Li Yuanba’s protection. How had his strength suddenly skyrocketed in such a brief time, even surpassing Li Yuanba!?

She simply could not understand it.

Of course, if her memories had not been erased by the Demon Subduing Great Saint, she would not have been so surprised.

What Qin Yichen had obtained was the inheritance from the Demon Subduing Great Saint, who could once rival a Human Deity!

This was merely with his Supreme Tyrant Body having just entered Partially Accomplished Stage, it already possessed such might. One could imagine that if the Supreme Tyrant Body reached Full Accomplishment, he truly could, like the Demon Subduing Great Saint, bare-handedly snap apart weapons used by the Sacred Lands!

“He still hasn’t emerged. Could he be planning, like Senior Yu Wenyu, to only come out after absorbing all the Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance in the Sacred Lake?” Mu Yanzhen couldn’t help gently biting her lip, her small hands involuntarily clenching as she thought, [How is that possible? How could a Martial Emperor compare with Senior Yu Wenyu!?]

“If that’s his plan, it would be somewhat understandable for him to emerge later…” At this moment, Mu Yanfeng beside her smiled bitterly and sighed.

Hearing these words, the four Elders and Mu Yanzhen all trembled, suddenly recalling that if Qin Yichen truly had such a plan, staying twenty days before emerging would be acceptable. After all, that would at most match Yu Wenyu’s record.

However, if he emerged now, after merely six or seven days, while Yu Wenyu had taken nearly twenty days back then!

This would indicate his speed of absorbing and refining Hundred Refinement Golden Energy exceeded Yu Wenyu’s by more than double!

Thinking this, everyone felt a chill run through them, immediately followed by surging joy. Could their Brilliant Sky Sacred Land be about to produce another Yu Wenyu!?

Deep within the Brilliant Sky Sacred Lake, that golden cocoon had become extremely dim. The Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance surging from all directions grew increasingly sparse. When the final strand of pure Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance entered the mouth of the little beast on Qin Yichen’s shoulder, the entire cocoon began slowly dissipating.

“Mm?” Qin Yichen, immersed in cultivation, furrowed his brow as his tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.

“This…” The moment he opened his eyes and discovered that the seemingly endless Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance had completely vanished without a trace, disbelief flooded his gaze.

“Yi ya!” Just as he felt puzzled, the little beast on his shoulder seemed to burp contentedly, cutely extending its small head toward him with a completely satisfied expression.

“You ate all of it?” Watching the little beast, whose appearance had undergone considerable changes, Qin Yichen’s eyelid twitched. His heart contracted sharply as he asked tentatively.

When he saw the creature blink its innocent large eyes and nod understandingly, his mind immediately filled with a stampede of ten thousand beasts. A sense of absurdity surged through him.

“You ate an entire Sacred Lake’s worth of Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance!?” After a brief moment of shock, Qin Yichen could not help shouting somewhat hysterically. He grabbed the creature by its tail, shaking it continuously, as if trying to make it regurgitate something.

“Yi ya! Yi ya!” Being shaken up and down continuously, the little beast seemed to emit humanlike pleading sounds.

“I wanted to break through to the Late Stage Martial Emperor Realm, and you ate it all! You ate everything!” Qin Yichen scolded verbally while internally pondering how to explain if the situation inside was discovered.

[Should I tell the truth?] Glancing at the somewhat dizzy small beast, then at its body barely larger than a palm, Qin Yichen abandoned this idea. Such a tiny creature eating all the Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance in the entire Brilliant Sky Sacred Lake… who would believe such a claim?

“I’ll settle accounts with you later!” Qin Yichen took a deep breath, suppressing his rampaging emotions. He stuffed the creature into his embrace, then stretched his body and looked upward.

Without any Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance left, the water in the Sacred Lake had become somewhat transparent. He could even keenly sense several gazes locked firmly on his location.

[Well, this is just perfect…] Qin Yichen’s mouth twitched. He could sense those gazes likely belonged to the Elders. At this point, quietly leaving without alerting anyone was clearly impossible.

*Splash!*

Above the Brilliant Sky Sacred Lake, the lake water suddenly began boiling. Wave after wave surged upward, emitting tremendous roaring sounds.

This sudden change immediately attracted the attention of everyone beside the Sacred Lake. Their gazes fixated intently at the vortex within the lake, breaths held in anticipation.

Doubt and uncertainty filled their eyes.

Was Qin Yichen about to emerge? Had he reached his limit, or had he completely absorbed all the Hundredth Refined Golden Radiance in the Brilliant Sky Sacred Lake?

Under the watchful eyes of the four Elders, Mu Yanzhen, and Mu Yanfeng, the Sacred Lake’s surface continuously trembled. That vortex gradually showed signs of collapse, growing smaller and smaller.

In merely moments, that enormous vortex had shrunk to a passage less than three meters across.