The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 514: Chapter 514: Pill Spirit Conference

Even though he hadn’t stepped into the Daoist Master Realm, within the entire Lanqu County, there were only a few people who could pose a threat to Jing Yan, so Jing Yan wasn’t in a hurry to advance to the Daoist Master Realm.

For the sake of temporary satisfaction, harming the foundation of his Martial Arts would be a loss far outweighing the gain! The Daoist Master Realm was far from the ultimate goal Jing Yan pursued.

During these three years, besides practicing Martial Arts, Jing Yan had spent almost all his time on Alchemy and studying Formations.

In the realm of Alchemy Dao, Jing Yan could now casually refine Sixth-level Elixirs. It could be said that within the entire Lanqu County, Jing Yan’s Alchemy ability was the strongest. Even the current President of the Alchemist Association, Liu Wen, was only a Fifth-level Pill Master, far inferior to Jing Yan. Moreover, many of the Elixirs that Jing Yan could refine were from formulas that had long been lost, which other Pill Masters could not refine at all.

In the realm of Array Dao, although Jing Yan still couldn’t arrange Intermediate Arrays, his research on Basic Arrays had already become very deep. Arranging a Basic Array posed no difficulty for him.

Jing Yan had set up Guardian Arrays in both the Jing Family’s residence in Lanqu County City and the Jing Family Mansion in Donglin City. Moreover, Jing Yan’s Arrays weren’t just single formations but Chain Arrays. Defensive Arrays contained Attack Formations, and within the Attack Formations, there were Trapping Arrays hidden.

It could be said that both the Jing Family’s residence in Lanqu County City and the Jing Family Mansion in Donglin City were impregnable. For ordinary people wanting to break through, it was genuinely difficult.

Jing Yan was confident that Basic-level Array Masters on the Heavenly Origin Continent absolutely couldn’t break the Chain Arrays he had set up. Even some lower-skilled Intermediate Array Masters would find it difficult to decipher the Chain Arrays that Jing Yan had arranged. And if one wanted to use brute force to break it, the difficulty was similarly great; without the joint efforts of dozens of Daoist Masters, there wasn’t much hope of breaking the Chain Arrays.

After these three years of development, the Jing Family had become as powerful as some of the second-tier forces within Lanqu County City. Especially the Martial Artists in the Innate Realm, they even slightly outnumbered some second-tier families.

Jing Family Patriarch, Jing Chengye, had successfully stepped into the Dao Spirit Realm a year ago. And Eighth Elder, Jing Qingzhu, had already reached the very limit of the Peak of Innate, and was preparing to advance to the Dao Spirit Realm.

During these three years, the large number of Elixirs that Jing Yan had refined had many flowing into the Jing Family, which also caused a rapid climb in the number of Martial Artists in the Late Innate and Peak of Innate stages.

According to the current momentum of the Jing Family’s development, in ten years’ time, the Jing Family could fully contend head-on against any family or power in Lanqu County City, apart from the Three Great Families.

Moreover, under the leadership of the Jing Family, Donglin City had now risen to become a third-tier city in Lanqu County, even stronger than Haofeng City. The annual auction held by the Splendid Pill Tower in Donglin City had gained massive fame throughout Lanqu County. Many Martial Artists considered the Splendid Pill Tower auction in Donglin City to be one of the most important auctions in the entire region.

Even many Martial Artists in the Dao Spirit Realm would make special trips to Donglin City to attend the annual large-scale auction at the Splendid Pill Tower. Many of the Elixirs that appeared at the Splendid Pill Tower auction were usually very hard to purchase.

One day, while Jing Yan was meditating on Zhang Minfeng, Zhao Qi, the North Peak Master, suddenly arrived.

”Peak Master!”

”Jing Yan!”

Upon meeting, they greeted each other with clasped hands.

”Jing Yan, the Prince just sent someone over asking you to come over!” Zhao Qi said seriously after exchanging pleasantries.

”The Prince is looking for me?” Jing Yan’s eyes slightly narrowed. ”I’ll head over to the Prince Manor right away!”

Soon, Jing Yan arrived at the Prince Manor. Now entering the Prince Manor, Jing Yan felt as if he were returning to his own home; the guards of the Prince Manor wouldn’t ask an extra word but, after a salute, directly let Jing Yan enter without needing to report his arrival.

”Jing Yan, you’re here.” Zhou Shangyun, from afar, smiled and waved to Jing Yan.

”Lord Prince, you were looking for me?” Jing Yan also smiled.

”Yes, I asked you to come because there’s a matter I wish to discuss with you.” Zhou Shangyun, in his residence, gestured for Jing Yan to sit down.

With a trace of curiosity, Jing Yan quickly took a seat, his gaze fixed on Zhou Shangyun.

”Jing Yan, have you ever heard of the Pill Spirit Conference?” Zhou Shangyun immediately asked.

”Pill Spirit Conference?” Jing Yan’s gaze sharpened.

He had heard of the Pill Spirit Conference but did not understand it in detail. All he knew was that the Pill Spirit Conference was one of the most important events on the Heavenly Origin Continent.

Moreover, the organizer of the Pill Spirit Conference was none other than Pill Country, whose status was extraordinarily high, almost akin to that of Holy City. Moreover, it was said that the Pill Spirit Conference was held only once every hundred years.

”Lord Prince, I have indeed heard about this Pill Spirit Conference, but I am not very familiar with it,” Jing Yan shook his head and said.

Zhou Shangyun naturally nodded his head.

The Pill Spirit Conference was held once every hundred years, and Jing Yan, being just over twenty years old, already knowing about the Pill Spirit Conference, was pretty good.

”This Pill Spirit Conference is organized by Pill Country and takes place once every hundred years. Every session of the Pill Spirit Conference attracts countless strong figures from the Alchemy Dao across the continent, and even ordinary warriors will attend. At the Pill Spirit Conference, if a warrior has enough resources, they can almost exchange for anything they desire,” Zhou Shangyun explained the Pill Spirit Conference to Jing Yan.

”Additionally, an extremely important part of the Pill Spirit Conference is the update of the new talents on the Pill King List. Being listed on the newcomer Pill King List is a tremendous honor, and even many powers in Holy City pay great attention to this list.”

”And to be listed on this list, one needs to participate in an Alchemy Ceremony. Only the most outstanding newcomer Pill Masters are eligible to be listed on the newcomer Pill King List. Moreover, to participate in the Alchemy Ceremony, two conditions must be met, one is that the Pill Master must be below one hundred years old, and the other is holding a recommendation letter. The Prince Manor of Lanqu County has one slot for a recommendation letter, and Jing Yan, your age is also well below one hundred years,” Zhou Shangyun explained slowly.

Hearing Zhou Shangyun’s words, Jing Yan roughly understood the reason why Zhou Shangyun had called him over. Zhou Shangyun likely wanted him to participate in the Pill Spirit Conference’s Alchemy Ceremony.

However, Jing Yan was genuinely not interested in this Alchemy Ceremony.

At the Alchemy Ceremony, many excellent Pill Masters would compete in refining pills, exchanging experiences. But for Jing Yan, with the Qiankun Pill Path within him, he simply had no need to learn any Alchemy experience from other Pill Masters.

”Lord Prince, I am not interested in this newcomer Pill King List,” Jing Yan bluntly said.

”Don’t rush, listen to me first,” Zhou Shangyun waved his hand.

He had anticipated that Jing Yan wasn’t very concerned about these honors.

”If you can get listed on the Alchemy newcomer rankings, there is a reward involved. This award is very substantial,” Zhou Shangyun said, a spark of intensity flashing in his eyes.