Alchemy Master

Chapter 1135, Qing Luan

Translator: Silavin

“Everyone present, the Pills I introduce will absolutely make this trip worthwhile!”

With Yao Jie and his group gone, every gaze in the Medicine Market converged upon the front of Xiang Linzi’s shop.

Amid Mei Ler’s melodious voice, the crowd gradually came to understand the nature of the Pills that were about to go on sale.

And yet, for all that Mei Ler had said about universal use across every Race, and those three legendary-sounding effects, no small number of people remained sceptical.

After all, nothing of the sort had ever been heard of anywhere across the entire World of Alchemy.

Had it not been for the fact that Qin Yichen had defeated even Yao Jie, he would likely have been drowned in a flood of spittle long before now.

“Do these Pills of yours truly have such effects?” In the midst of the crowd’s hesitation, a voice suddenly rang out, and a green-robed young man was seen strolling forward at an unhurried pace.

This young man did not carry a strong aura, yet as he walked, there was a quality of quiet authority that radiated from him, a presence that compelled one to regard him seriously, even without any conscious effort on his part.

“It’s Qing Luan of the Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race!”

“*Siii…* he actually came to the Medicine Market!”

“Heavens, meeting Yao Jie was already surprising enough, and now I’m actually fortunate enough to lay eyes on Qing Luan as well!”

The moment this figure came into view, the enormous crowd of onlookers erupted into a wave of thunderous clamour.

The Heaven Devouring Green Marten was a Top Tier Race. Though their numbers were few, the fact that they could still hold a place among the Top Tier Races spoke volumes about the strength of their Bloodline. Even in the past several thousand years, when unfavourable rumours about the Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race had trickled out in an unbroken stream, the deep foundation accumulated by a Top Tier Race that had endured through countless ages was not something an ordinary person could even begin to fathom.

[Oh? The Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race?] At the sight of this young man, Qin Yichen’s eyes narrowed ever so slightly.

He retained a fairly clear impression of the Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race from his memories.

By the time Qin Yichen had made his name, however, the Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race had already faded from the stage of the Myriad Races.

Rumour had it that this was because the Race had suffered a generational gap: their Supreme Expert had reached the end of their lifespan, and before a new Supreme Expert could be born, several other Top Tier Races had joined forces to target them.

In the end, following a great battle that shook the entire Myriad Races, the Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race had vanished from sight, while those several Top Tier Races had each sustained grievous damage to their foundations.

[To think a member of that Top Tier Race would appear here, in a Medicine Market situated near the outer region…] This was already telling, that the Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race’s situation was genuinely dire.

Not that any of that particularly concerned Qin Yichen.

What he had his eye on was the influence of a Top Tier Race.

Qing Luan of the Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race was not like Li Shan, Xiang Linzi, and their group. One could say that so long as he could make this person believe him, a great deal of tedious explanation could be spared.

And moreover, he was confident that the Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race needed him. Setting aside the Elf Race, there was likely no one else who, quite like him, possessed life-extending Pills that defied all expectation.

“So it is Brother Qing Luan. Your name has long since reached my ears.” Qin Yichen smiled and cupped his hands in greeting, unhurried and unassuming.

[Oh! What composure.] Observing Qin Yichen’s bearing, Qing Luan found himself offering a quiet, private word of admiration.

Even without deliberately releasing any pressure, as a powerful member of the Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race, he naturally carried an innate authority about him. Under the weight of that authority, for the other man to remain so thoroughly at ease was telling. He was clearly not the charlatan Qing Luan had originally taken him for.

“May I ask how I can address you, and from which Race you hail from?” Qing Luan gave a small nod and asked.

At his words, more than a few pupils in the crowd quietly shrank.

That way of addressing. It was roughly equivalent to calling a man one’s equal. This was reserved for those of comparable standing, identity, and strength.

The proudly aloof Qing Luan had actually addressed this person so?

Did he truly consider this fellow worthy of such treatment?

“My name is Qin Yichen. Would Brother Qing Luan care to try one of these Pills?”

Qin Yichen replied with a faint smile, with none of the flattered, overwhelmed expression the onlookers had half-anticipated.

At that, Qing Luan’s brow furrowed slightly. The other man’s words were a clear deflection away from the question of his Race, yet what struck Qing Luan as curious was that even with all his experience, he could not discern from Qin Yichen’s person exactly which Race he belonged to.

As a general rule, even those from Races with foundations as deep as their Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race would, after assuming Human Form, still carry some faint trace of their Race’s aura about them, however subtly.

Yet the fellow standing before him, this Qin Yichen, appeared for all the world to simply be a member of the Human Race, with nothing whatsoever to suggest what Race he had been born into.

It was not Qing Luan alone who was puzzled. Not a single person present had allowed the possibility of Qin Yichen being Human to cross their mind.

After all, though the Human Race had secured a territory of their own, in the hearts of the vast majority of the other Races, Humans were nothing more than livestock to be raised for food.

Perhaps only those powerful Races that had actually dealt with the Human Race knew the truth: that the Human Race counted Supreme Experts among their number, and that in terms of strength, they were not so much weaker than the Top Tier Races as the others assumed.

Yet countless Races kept a covetous eye on that territory of theirs at all times.

Humans, the most spiritually gifted of all living things. Those born in that land were more flavourful than the farmed variety, and beyond that, the proportion of powerful individuals among them was far higher. For the powerful members of any Race, consuming them constituted no small opportunity for advancement.

And so, even with Supreme Experts standing guard over the Human Race’s territory, it was exceedingly rare for a powerful Human to venture beyond its borders.

Because once their identity was exposed, they would simply never return.

“Oh? Is this Pill of yours truly as remarkable as stated, Brother Qin?”

Seeing that Qin Yichen had no intention of disclosing his identity, Qing Luan did not press the matter. After all, to have cultivated one’s Human Form to such a degree of perfection, the Force behind the other man was likely no weaker than those of his own Heaven Devouring Green Marten Race.

And besides, he had not forgotten: his purpose in coming here was to draw Qin Yichen to their side.

“Brother Qing Luan need only try one to know.” Qin Yichen smiled lightly, his tone carrying an unhidden undercurrent of confidence.

At his signal, Mei Ler produced a jade bottle and tipped a single Pill out into Qing Luan’s hand.

Staring at the perfectly round Pill resting in his palm, Qing Luan pressed his brows together. Beyond the fact that its apparent quality seemed noticeably superior to an ordinary Pill, it did not seem to possess any particularly unusual qualities.

Still, after a brief moment of thought, under the attentive, slightly breathless gazes of all those watching, Qing Luan tilted his head back and swallowed the Pill in one go.

At the sight, numerous people held their breath and fixed their eyes on Qing Luan. Across the entire packed Medicine Market street, with its crowds pressing in from every direction, not a single sound could be heard beyond the occasional slightly laboured breath.

Universally usable across every Race, with three different effects into one…

Could a Pill that seemed too impossible even to dare imagine truly exist in this world?