Age of Evolution

Chapter 647: Chapter 649: Elder Lin Zhen!

On the road, Lin Feng asked Lin Zhen, “Boss, I think it was improper for you to give the girl the elixir.”

“Why?”

“Those two men are certain to con the elixirs from her. Look at their eyes, like wolves. We should take the chance to get rid of them right away.”

“Haha! Of course, I know Xiao Man can’t protect those elixirs. She only just entered the Star Domain Stage and doesn’t need to detoxify the Dan poison yet. When someone needs it, they’ll find her, and eventually, the elixir will fall into others’ hands.”

“Then why did you still give it to her?” Lin Feng asked.

“Yes, I did, and I even said that only Xiao Man could take the elixir. If others took it, they would be poisoned and die.”

Lin Feng’s eyes widened: “What? Boss, you weren’t kidding about that?”

“Of course I wasn’t. Did you think I was joking?” Lin Zhen asked.

Lin Feng scratched his hair, “Not just me, I guess everyone thought you said it to stop others from stealing Xiao Man’s elixir.”

“Well, that’s a misconception. People always believe they are smart. Even if they die, they don’t want to blame anyone. I’ve put it plainly, if they choose not to believe me, what can I do?”

Lin Feng thought for a moment: “Boss, what if Xiao Man takes it?”

“First, there is no Dan poison to detoxify in her body, so she won’t take it. Secondly, if she does take it and gets poisoned, she can always come to me. Can’t I antidote the poison I administered? As for other people, if they get poisoned, finding someone to detoxify will not be easy!”

After hearing Lin Zhen’s words, Lin Feng couldn’t help but give him a thumbs up: “Boss, you’re utterly ruthless. You’ve accounted for every eventuality. It makes me think that the mind can be more useful than martial force at times.”

Lin Zhen waved his hand: “Martial force is more useful. When you have absolute strength, you don’t need any schemes.”

Lin Feng paused: “What is absolute strength?”

“When no one can pose a threat to you, that is absolute strength.”

Lin Zhen’s words gave Lin Feng an ambition, but he felt he could never achieve it. He believed Lin Zhen could, though. He saw countless unfathomable qualities in his adoptive boss.

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In Nan Liang City, a villa by the mountainside and river was purchased by Lin Zhen.

Its location was excellent. The owner didn’t want to sell initially, but faced with a one-billion-cash offer for a villa worth five to six hundred million, the owner promptly packed up and left gleefully.

Lin Zhen picked this place because it was just across the street from the Alchemist Guild in Nan Liang.

After buying the house, Lin Zhen stayed indoors for a month.

During this time, he refined all the familiar elixirs of Gu Yunting once, particularly the two Ancient Alchemy Recipes, to the point of perfection.

Being in possession of the memories of two alchemists, especially Gu Yunting— a peak sixth-grade alchemist and a peak sixth-grade dark alchemist, gave Lin Zhen a high mastery of alchemy after absorbing their memories completely.

He felt he surpassed Gu Yunting and was even on the verge of entering the seventh-grade alchemist rank. But it was just out of reach. Reaching seventh-grade wasn’t easy. In the entire Alchemist Guild within Nan Liang, only the President and Vice President were seventh-grade alchemists. The rest of the elders were only at the sixth grade.

To advance to the seventh grade, he had to create his unique superior elixir that was greatly beneficial to others. The standard? The elixir could eventually rank amongst the Ancient Alchemy Recipes.

Lin Zhen currently lacked an opportunity. As soon as he got a good chance of creating a superior elixir, he could break through to the seventh grade.

“Unless I gain the memory of a seventh-grade alchemist, I need to create a unique superior elixir.”

“Compared to devouring memories, I prefer creation. My Black Hole Beast body needs to digest for a few years after each soul absorbed. What I lack now isn’t alchemy. A skill highly treasured by others for its need for immense talent and great wealth is nothing to me. What I lack is martial force!”

Lin Zhen had secretly decided that the next soul he absorbs would be from a warrior with overwhelming power. Using their memories for his benefit, martial force was the strongest card for any Martial Artist.

After refining his alchemy to the extreme, Lin Zhen was ready to leave the house and go to the Alchemist Guild to gain a sixth-grade identity.

Before he could leave, the Dimensional Universe rang.

He initially thought it might’ve been an issue with Zhao Xiaoman, but surprisingly, the challenge battle information came again.

The dual-blade wielder from the Royal family, having assembled another ten billion, had come to challenge Lin Zhen once again.

There was no reason for Lin Zhen to refuse such windfall. He immediately entered the Dimensional Universe.

After a round of fighting, Lin Zhen narrowly won again.

Liang Chen had prepared thoroughly this time, thinking he wouldn’t give Lin Zhen any chance. But when he went into a frenzy to attack, Lin Zhen sneakily attacked him from behind with a flying dagger.

Liang Chen opted for a bold rush. He tried to emulate Lin Zhen— ignoring the flying dagger behind him and landing a pre-emptive strike.

But to his surprise, Lin Zhen had added thick protection to his chest area. His blade couldn’t pierce through, and he eventually got slain by Lin Zhen’s flying dagger.

Liang Chen felt wronged by his loss, he was unconvinced. After throwing down some harsh words, he returned again to raise funds.

Lin Zhen happily accepted the delivered ten billion, thinking to himself that if this guy lost again next time, he would probably react. Making money from this opportunity was on a decline, there wouldn’t be such chances after this.

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Nan Liang Alchemist Guild, President Nalan Chenxi’s room.

Nalan Chenxi and Vice-President Dewey were both observing a young man who came directly from Xianle County to take the Sixth-grade Alchemist examination.

Yes, in their view, Lin Zhen was just a young man. They had never seen such a young Fifth Grade Alchemist, who was just over a thousand years old.

To put it in perspective, as the presidents of the Empire’s Alchemist Guild, Nalan Chenxi and Dewey were both Longevity Warriors, with Nalan Chenxi being over twenty thousand years old and Dewey exceeding ten thousand years.

A thousand-year-old Star System Stage is not surprising in the Original World, but Alchemy required not only cumulative experience but also enormous financial support, especially since Lin Zhen was trying to test for the sixth-grade Alchemist.

This greatly piqued their interest, and they personally proctored the exam.

In fact, aside from them, no one else was qualified to monitor Lin Zhen because even the other Great Elders were only sixth-grade Alchemists.

The assessment of a sixth-grade Alchemist didn’t require any basic testing. As long as they could produce a qualified elixir, they could pass.

Lin Zhen wanted to refine Divine Power Pills.

These were the Ancient Alchemy Recipes from the auction house that could increase the user’s star power by at least twenty percent, but the side effects were significant and thus restricted.

Lin Zhen had been researching this elixir in recent days and now he finally had some insights, he wanted to give it a try here.

As long as he refined the Divine Power Pills, he would pass, but Lin Zhen wanted to make a breakthrough.

Under the watchful eyes of two seven-grade Alchemists, Lin Zhen began to act.

Nalan Chenxi and Dewey watched Lin Zhen’s seamless actions, exchanged glances, and nodded frequently in approval.

Lin Zhen’s basic alchemy skills were not outdone by both of them and they could tell at a glance that without extensive alchemy experience, this could not be achieved.

“Shhh~!”

Deep green flames burned in Lin Zhen’s hands, and this force was also not inferior to theirs.

At this time, Dewey suddenly asked, “Elder Lin Zhen, you are not old this year, but your skills are very pure. Does New World also have an excellent alchemy environment? How did you practice these skills?”

He was testing Lin Zhen. A good alchemist could refine elixirs even in complicated environments.

This isn’t just a matter of psychological quality, but also requires an Alchemist to have strong spiritual power.

Lin Zhen laughed, “The environment in the New World is not comparable to the Original World. It was particularly difficult to learn something at that time. When I was learning alchemy, I thought about giving up because it was too boring, but then I devoted myself to it and started to enjoy it. After that, I didn’t think it was boring anymore. I got used to it because these were the only things in my mind all the time.”

Lin Zhen bluffed lightly, speaking without any pressure, Dewey’s attempt to distract him was absolutely futile.

The elixir gradually took shape under the fierce fire. Lin Zhen introduced one after another purifying agents to remove the impurities and resolve the Dan poison without missing any steps while talking to Dewey.

“Phew~!”

A burst of freezing air bloomed in his palm and went straight into the pill furnace!

This was the advantage of Lin Zhen’s Ice-fire dual cultivation. He was using the freezing air to solve the Dan poison, which ordinary people cannot do.

Nalan Chenxi was also surprised, “Such a pure freezing air, you have mastered the Ice Atoms. No wonder you are confident about the sixth-grade examination. The efficacy of this elixir is bound to be extraordinary!”

Dewey also praised, “Being able to achieve ice and fire dual cultivation, Lin Zhen, you must have practiced a method with an internal world. I’m really curious how you got such a method in the New World.”

Lin Zhen didn’t say much. In front of Longevity Warriors, it was better to say less to avoid the risk of revealing any secrets.

Just as the elixir was about to take form, Lin Zhen suddenly pointed his finger!

A thunderbolt struck directly on the elixir!

“Click~!”

The elixir, under the strike of the thunderbolt, didn’t shatter, but instead turned out to be a finished pill!

Lin Zhen beckoned. This time, in order to guarantee success, he only refined one elixir, but this one elixir was warm and tepid, with faint thunderlight flickering on it, looking like a piece of artwork.

He handed the elixir to Nalan Chenxi, and the moment the President saw it, his pupils dilated!

“This… This elixir, refined from an ancient alchemy recipe, can actually increase the star power by forty percent! And the side effects are very small, it just takes three days to recover from the weak period, and during the weak period, the strength is only reduced by forty percent!”

Lin Zhen smiled slightly, “The final thunderlight that removed the toxins was a new idea I had. Luckily, it succeeded.”

“No! It was not luck!”

Nalan Chenxi waved his hand, “Ice, fire, thunder tri cultivation, is key in achieving this. Lin Zhen, based on this improved Ancient Divine Power Pill, I officially recognize you as a sixth-grade alchemist and appoint you as the Great Elder of our guild. I also require the headquarters to immediately dispatch two Longevity Warriors as your direct guards!”