Immortal Emperor

Chapter 4: Astonishing Grandfather and Grandson

"The body refinement elixir from the lower realm, I hope it won't disappoint me."

Seated cross-legged, Ye Chen's expression carried a hint of anticipation as he drank the refined body refinement elixir in one go.

As the elixir entered his body, it rapidly spread throughout, and within a few breaths, Ye Chen felt every meridian, drop of blood, and bone in his body filled with medicinal power. A sharp pain gradually spread across his entire body.

"The strength of a martial adept, no longer needed."

Ye Chen whispered, directly shattering the original martial adept power within his body.

"In my past life, I obtained the Endless Dao Scripture relatively late and couldn't establish the strongest foundation from the beginning. This time, let's use the starry body from the Endless Dao Scripture for body refinement."

Ye Chen slowly closed his eyes, simultaneously activating the body refinement elixir. He also initiated the starry body cultivation, working on body refinement together.

Body refinement, like refining an instrument, continuously tempered the body. The excruciating pain came from every drop of blood and every inch of bone, enough to make one's heart wrench.

The terrifying power in the body refinement elixir constantly assaulted Ye Chen's entire body. The intense pain covered Ye Chen in an instant, causing him to break into a cold sweat.

However, his expression remained exceptionally tenacious. He bore the pain silently, as if the agony of body refinement didn't exist.

"Boom!"

After an unknown amount of time, a faint sound echoed within Ye Chen's body. Dazzling light suddenly bloomed from him, resembling stars, radiant and dazzling.

At this moment, Ye Chen appeared like a vast starry sky, emitting an infinite number of stars.

The radiant light resembling stars continuously fused into Ye Chen's body, transforming into a snow-white brilliance.

As time passed, Ye Chen remained immersed in body refinement, while Wu Qingxue walked out of the refining room, wearing a slightly puzzled expression.

"Is it so difficult to refine the Soul Condensing Pill? I've clearly added Wind-Eye Sand, so why can't the pill be condensed?" Wu Qingxue muttered softly, full of doubts.

During these days, she had attempted to refine the pill several times, but each attempt ended in failure. What troubled her most was that she couldn't figure out why she failed. Her grandfather refused to tell her and insisted she explore it herself.

Creak!

At this moment, Ye Chen walked out of the refining room, his expression showing a trace of disappointment.

The effects of the lower realm's herbs were indeed not comparable to those in the Immortal Martial Realm. Even with the dual refinement of body refinement elixir and the starry body, he only managed to break through to the third stage of body refinement.

In the Immortal Martial Realm, with top-notch spirit medicine configurations, Ye Chen would have been confident in completing body refinement and advancing to the Elemental Vein stage within three days.

Ye Chen was dissatisfied with this recovery speed, but others were extremely shocked, such as Wu Qingxue.

"Third stage of Body Refinement... How is this possible!"

Wu Qingxue subconsciously looked at Ye Chen beside her. With just one glance, her confusion turned into profound astonishment.

Although she didn't know Ye Chen, she remembered him.

Three days ago, he was just an intermediate martial adept. In just three days, he had directly broken through to the third stage of Spirit Martial Realm. Such cultivation speed was unheard of and unseen—unimaginable even for someone with her level of experience.

Even with her insight, she had never witnessed such a thing.

Not to mention witnessing it, she couldn't even dare to think about it.

Ye Chen glanced at Wu Qingxue and then strolled out. Today should be the day of the engagement between the Ye family and the Ouyang family.

It was time to collect the debt.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks and spoke, "Although Wind-Eye Sand is a neutralizing material that enhances the fusion of other herbs, any substance has limited space. Why occupy the space needed for condensing the pill with useless Wind-Eye Sand?"

Wu Qingxue's pupils contracted.

This problem had troubled her for several days. Now, hearing these words, she felt a sudden clarity.

Her mind raced, and a look of joy gradually appeared on her face.

"Hmm? Where did that person go?" Wu Qingxue suddenly woke up, but Ye Chen's figure was nowhere to be seen.

With sparkling eyes, she headed toward the top floor of the Pill Refining Hall.

On the top floor, a white-haired old man sat cross-legged. There was no aura emanating from him, but he exuded an unfathomable and profound mystery.

"Grandpa."

Wu Qingxue broke into the room and directly asked, "When fusing all the materials for the Soul Condensing Pill, should we treat the useless Wind-Eye Sand as impurities and refine them away when condensing the pill?"

The old man opened his eyes. His gentle gaze carried a sense of satisfaction. "That's right. It seems you can refine a third-grade Soul Condensing Pill and become a true third-grade alchemist."

Sure enough!

Wu Qingxue's heart trembled. Even her grandfather affirmed it. That person had guided her.

However, he didn't have soul power.

Also, how did he know what she was refining? Could it be from the glance three days ago?

At that time, she was only configuring the pill formula and hadn't listed all the spiritual materials. Could he deduce what she wanted to refine with just the incomplete formula?

This...

"Qingxue, what's wrong?" The old man stood up and asked.

Wu Qingxue explained what happened when she encountered Ye Chen in detail, including the required materials, the terrifying speed of improvement, and the guidance he provided.

"There's also this matter." The old man looked at Wu Qingxue and said, "Qingxue, show me that person's list."

Wu Qingxue didn't have a list, but her memory was exceptional. She immediately took out a pen and listed the items on the paper.

The old man looked at the list, feeling somewhat puzzled. Suddenly, his expression changed dramatically. The somewhat cloudy eyes burst into a brilliant light, like an awakening lion.

"Quick, take me to that person's refining room."

Although Wu Qingxue didn't understand why her grandfather's expression changed, she immediately hurried downstairs.

The grandfather and granddaughter arrived at the refining room where Ye Chen was. The old man looked at the remnants of the vessel with a little shimmering liquid, picked it up, smelled it gently, and his expression changed slightly.

Crash!

He exerted force, crushing the vessel in his hand. He dipped his fingers lightly into the liquid, placed it on his tongue, and in an instant, his initially surprised expression turned into profound shock and disbelief.

"This..." The old man was astonished.

"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Wu Qingxue asked curiously.

The old man said with a slight frown, "This is a peculiar liquid. Even I don't know how to formulate it. But what I can be sure of is that this liquid has a tremendous enhancing effect on martial artists in the Spiritual Martial Realm. If it were to be released, it would undoubtedly cause a sensation."

What!

Wu Qingxue's beautiful face was in shock, and her heart was pounding.

She knew who her grandfather was. He represented the highest level of alchemy in the Canglan Continent. But he also didn't know how to formulate this?

In other words, that young man was a remarkable alchemist.

It was ridiculous. Just a few days ago, she had scorned him, thinking he was being too ambitious and arrogant in attempting to self-study alchemy.

She even advised him to take it one step at a time, starting from an apprentice.

Reflecting on it now, she realized how ignorant she was at that moment.

The other person was not only an alchemist but also had a deeper accomplishment than her. He could refine a powerful liquid she didn't even know about, and he could even recognize her pill formula at a glance, speculating the reasons for her failure.

All these things indicated his strength.

And she had scorned him.

What qualification did she have to look down on him?

"Is this formulation, this liquid, could that person be..." The old man's astonished expression gradually turned somewhat dumbfounded. He then looked at Wu Qingxue and asked, "Qingxue, do you know who that person is?"

Coming out of her shock, Wu Qingxue shook her head slightly.

Three days ago, she despised Ye Chen. How could she care about who he was? She wanted to know before, but he had already left.

"No matter, such a person won't remain unknown. We will find him sooner or later." The old man sighed lightly, his gaze profound.