Ancient One

Chapter 17 . 1: A Presumptuous Request

Doubt flashed in the eyes of the crowd . Jia Rong’s hands were as white as jade . There wasn’t even a hint of corrosion . Looking at his fearless appearance, could it be that Su Yuan Qiao had wrongly accused him?

At this moment, Su Yuan Qiao’s heart was also shaken . He stared wide-eyed at the pair of jade-like arms . Suddenly, a bad feeling surged up from within .

“How is this possible? How could you cure the poison from the Yin Wind Stone?” He suddenly focused his eyes and released his soul consciousness . “I want to thoroughly investigate your body . Even if you can cure the poison from the Yin Wind Stone, your soul power simply won’t even reach the level of a first-ranked Warrior Alchemist . I’ll expose you, you fake!”

Almost everyone released their soul consciousness and probed Jia Rong’s body . Jia Rong had a confident look as he coldly stared at Su Yuan Qiao . The ridicule in his eyes was as if he was looking at a clown praising him .

A moment later, Xu Han’s face turned ashen and said coldly, “Su Yuan Qiao, please give everyone an explanation now!”

Su Yuanqiao said in a panic, “How is that possible? He was definitely poisoned by the Yin Wind Stone . I am 100% sure!”

He frantically scanned Jia Rong’s body with his divine sense as his expression became more and more unsightly .

“Have you seen enough!? ”

Jia Rong suddenly shouted . A huge amount of soul force exploded out from his sea of consciousness . He ferociously charged at Su Yuanqiao’s soul consciousness while an invisible force twisted the air . Su Yuanqiao was suddenly attacked and hastily retracted his spiritual sense, but the other party was unwilling to let him go . He followed the trail and suddenly charged into his own sea of consciousness . His soul suddenly trembled!

Pfft!

With his consciousness injured, Su Yuanqiao spat out a mouthful of his painstaking blood and cried out involuntarily . “You… . How can your soul power be so strong!?”

Jia Rong smiled arrogantly and ridiculed, “I’m a genuine alchemist . My soul power is naturally much stronger than those fake ones . ”

“You…!” Su Yuanqiao was so angry that he spat out another mouthful of blood . “Good, good, good . ”

He said the word ‘good’ three times in a row as the expression between his eyes suddenly dimmed . His entire person was like a deflated ball . All of his mental energy was sucked out in an instant . He looked extremely old .

Xu Han’s face froze as he sighed . “Su Yuanqiao, why do you have to go through so much trouble?”

Su Yuanqiao’s mind became extremely dazed . Trembling, he said, “President, I, I, I am already old and weak . I would like to plead to return to my hometown and spend the latter years of my life there . I request for the President’s approval . ”

Everyone was stunned in shock . Su Yuanqiao actually attacked Jia Rong’s soul in anger, causing his own sea of consciousness to collapse and his soul power to rapidly drop to the level of an Apprentice Alchemist . Even Jia Rong was slightly surprised, but his heart was incomparably excited and happy .

He had only cultivated the soul refining technique for five days, yet his soul power could actually heavily injure Su Yuanqiao . One must know that even though Su Yuanqiao was only a first-rank Warrior Alchemist, he had been famous for a long time and his soul power had always been stabilized at the first rank .

“Young Master Yun, Young Master Yun, just who are you?!” At this moment, Jia Rong was completely convinced by that mysterious young man . To obtain this cultivation method, not to mention fifty days of hard work, even fifty years was worth it!

Xu Han shook his head helplessly . Su Yuanqiao had already lost his standard as a Warrior Alchemist and he was already old, so it was impossible for him to recover . Instead, staying at the Arcane Master’s a.s.sociation would require him to be on guard against the retaliation of others . When he was proud, he had offended many people .

Xu Han sighed . “Rest in peace and return home to recuperate . I will report everything to His Majesty!”

Su Yuanqiao said with a trembling voice, “Thank you, President!”

He lowered his head, not daring to look at anyone as he wasted no time leaving .

Xu Han let out a long sigh and said in a clear voice, “Due to Master Su Yuanqiao’s unwell condition, he has returned to his hometown . From now on, all grievances between him and everyone else shall be written off . No one shall use any reason to hara.s.s him! ”

After he finished speaking, his gaze fell on Jia Rong .

Jia Rong smiled and crossed his arms . He said indifferently, “President is right . ”

Only then did Xu Han relax . The soul power that Jia Rong had just displayed was already above that of a Warrior Alchemist . His future achievements were limitless . Just now, everyone was well aware that he had suddenly launched an attack, injuring Su Yuanqiao’s sea of consciousness . Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so angry that his cultivation level dropped . At this moment, no one would offend a future genius Arcane Master for the sake of a poor old man .

Everyone greeted Jia Rong . This was also a form of goodwill . Jia Rong’s face revealed a kind smile as he responded one by one, but he sneered in his heart .

【If it were not for Young Master Yun’s help, all of you would have beaten me to a pulp by now!】

“Jia Rong, your improvement is shocking even to me . ” Said Xu Han . He hadn’t thought that his soul power would be so stable, especially since he’d just advanced to the next realm . “Take Yun Chang to retrieve her Alchemist Emblem . ”

Jia Rong smiled as he accepted the order . He then completed all the procedures with Luo Yunchang .

Luo Yunchang’s heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she said: “Master Jia, I have a presumptuous request . ”

Chapter 17 . 2: A Presumptuous Request

“Oh?” Jia Rong smiled lightly . “Senior Yunchang, please speak your mind . ”

Luo Yunchang was one of the five great commanders of the Divine Guard, her strength and prestige above his, so he was extremely courteous to her .

“I have a student who, because of his body, is unable to cultivate in the Martial Way . However, he’s extremely interested in the art of alchemy and is quite well-versed in it . I hope to find a good teacher for him . I wonder if Senior Jia has any intentions of accepting a disciple? ”

Jia Rong frowned, “Accept a disciple? Master Yun Chang is an Arcane Master herself; her strength is not below mine . Why would you look for me?”

The requirements to be accepted as a disciple were extremely harsh . Even the royal family had to bend over backwards . If it wasn’t for the fact that that youth was extremely talented, she would have never thought of finding him a teacher .

Luo Yunchang sighed . “This person’s ident.i.ty is a bit special . As the commander of the country’s Divine Guard, it’s not appropriate for me to have a master-disciple relationship with him . To be honest, this person is the eldest grandson of the Marquis, the biological son of General Feilong . ”

Jia Rong suddenly said, “So that’s how it is . I also heard that General Feilong’s son is a martial arts trash . This matter should have been a big joke in the capital . However, Master Yunchang should be aware that the trash of the martial way, with a weak body, it would prove difficult to achieve success in terms of martial arts cultivation . ”

Luo Yun Chang nodded her head . “Yun Chang also knows, but this person is indeed unique . Even if he is unable to become Master Jia’s direct disciple, I still hope that you would be able to guide him a little .

Jia Rong’s eyes darkened and he coldly said, “Since that’s the case, I will meet this person . However, he still has to pa.s.s the soul power test . If he can meet the minimum requirements to become an Apprentice Alchemist, I will personally accept him as my disciple . Keep in mind that I am doing this in your behalf . ”

Luo Yunchang was overjoyed . “Thank you, Senior Jia . Yunchang will remember this . ”

Jia Rong slightly nodded his head and said impatiently, “Next time, bring him to do a soul power test . If he pa.s.ses, I will take him in as my disciple . If he can’t even meet the minimum standards, then he doesn’t need to see me . ”

Luo Yunchang looked at Jia Rong’s departing back and thought to herself: This man is the youngest of all the alchemists; his future is limitless . Making Li Yunxiao follow him could be considered returning a favor . At the same time, it would also let the Old Duke feel at ease . I just don’t know what’s going on with his soul power . I hope he won’t disappoint me . This is all that I can do .

… … …

Three days later . The annual evaluation time at Jia Lan Academy finally arrived .

After the exam, students would be given two months of vacation that was held once a year . The remaining students would advance to the next cla.s.s level in the next semester, while those who failed the examination would be chased out . Every year, a large number of n.o.ble and influential students would be eliminated . What was shocking, almost all the poor students were able to pa.s.s it . This was because once they were eliminated, they would have to wait for their fate to fall thus, all of them cultivated with all their might .

The evaluation venue was held in the academy’s largest martial arts arena . The martial arts arena was one of the academy’s signature buildings and it had been personally built by the previous president of  Sky Water Nation’s Arcane Master, Yang Di . It was made from several extremely precious ores . They covered an area of over a thousand square meters and was extremely imposing .

Not far from the martial arts arena was the most dazzling building in the academy—an enormous statue that flew in the air .

Gu Feiyang, who was on the statue, had one hand on his sword hilt as he gazed into the distance . A trace of a discouraged smile was drawn on his face . It was also personally crafted by his student, Yang Di, when Gu Feiyang fell fifteen years ago .

Yunxiao quietly stood at the side . He raised his head to look at his original face . His mind seemed to pa.s.s through layers of s.p.a.ce and slowly merged with his previous life .

“Heh, this Yang Di fellow can be considered to be considerate . ” Yunxiao bitterly smiled as he muttered to himself .

Students walked past Li Yunxiao and began discussing, intentionally or otherwise .

“I didn’t expect that after a few months of closed-door training, you would have condensed your Essence and become a Martial Warrior!”

“Haha, it’s all for the exam . Martial Warriors can directly enter the Elite Cla.s.s . ”

“Yeah, I’m in trouble . I only opened two meridians . ”

“Don’t worry, as long as you can open up one meridians, you’ll be able to level up . Look at that guy over there . That legendary young master of the Li Clan, he’s the typical trash . He’s a target for elimination . ”

“It can’t be! The young master of the Li Clan can also be eliminated?”

“Of course . What do you think this place is? Even if the King is here, he must still abide by the rules! ”

“Fxck!” Yunxiao cursed and naturally wouldn’t care about these small fries . He quickly walked to the martial arts arena and found that a large number of students had already gathered there . Many of them gathered around to watch the fun .

Han Bai walked over . “Young Master Yun, what took you so long?”

Yunxiao frowned, “Why are there so many people?”

Han Bai snorted coldly and swept his gaze over them one by one . “Aren’t they just here to watch us suffer? As you know, our cla.s.s has always been called the trash cla.s.s . These poor people are here to see how many people can advance . A dozen or so people in our cla.s.s had no plans to take the exam and directly packed their bags to go home . ”

Yunxiao took a look and saw that there were indeed fewer people .

Those who were able to enter had great backgrounds in the kingdom . Even if they were unable to thread the Martial Way, they would still be able to live a carefree life and have a bright future ahead of them .

Thus, although there were very few students in their cla.s.s who didn’t dare to offend them, they didn’t try to curry favor with them .

Chapter 17 . 1: A Presumptuous Request.

Doubt flashed in the eyes of the crowd . Jia Rong’s hands were as white as jade . There wasn’t even a hint of corrosion . Looking at his fearless appearance, could it be that Su Yuan Qiao had wrongly accused him?.

At this moment, Su Yuan Qiao’s heart was also shaken . He stared wide-eyed at the pair of jade-like arms . Suddenly, a bad feeling surged up from within

“How is this possible? How could you cure the poison from the Yin Wind Stone?” He suddenly focused his eyes and released his soul consciousness . “I want to thoroughly investigate your body . Even if you can cure the poison from the Yin Wind Stone, your soul power simply won’t even reach the level of a first-ranked Warrior Alchemist . I’ll expose you, you fake!”.

Almost everyone released their soul consciousness and probed Jia Rong’s body . Jia Rong had a confident look as he coldly stared at Su Yuan Qiao . The ridicule in his eyes was as if he was looking at a clown praising him

A moment later, Xu Han’s face turned ashen and said coldly, “Su Yuan Qiao, please give everyone an explanation now!”.

Su Yuanqiao said in a panic, “How is that possible? He was definitely poisoned by the Yin Wind Stone . I am 100% sure!”.

He frantically scanned Jia Rong’s body with his divine sense as his expression became more and more unsightly

“Have you seen enough!? ”.

 .

Jia Rong suddenly shouted . A huge amount of soul force exploded out from his sea of consciousness . He ferociously charged at Su Yuanqiao’s soul consciousness while an invisible force twisted the air . Su Yuanqiao was suddenly attacked and hastily retracted his spiritual sense, but the other party was unwilling to let him go . He followed the trail and suddenly charged into his own sea of consciousness . His soul suddenly trembled!.

Pfft!.

With his consciousness injured, Su Yuanqiao spat out a mouthful of his painstaking blood and cried out involuntarily . “You… . How can your soul power be so strong!?”.

Jia Rong smiled arrogantly and ridiculed, “I’m a genuine alchemist . My soul power is naturally much stronger than those fake ones . ”.

“You…!” Su Yuanqiao was so angry that he spat out another mouthful of blood . “Good, good, good . ”.

He said the word ‘good’ three times in a row as the expression between his eyes suddenly dimmed . His entire person was like a deflated ball . All of his mental energy was sucked out in an instant . He looked extremely old

 .

Xu Han’s face froze as he sighed . “Su Yuanqiao, why do you have to go through so much trouble?”.

Su Yuanqiao’s mind became extremely dazed . Trembling, he said, “President, I, I, I am already old and weak . I would like to plead to return to my hometown and spend the latter years of my life there . I request for the President’s approval . ”.

Everyone was stunned in shock . Su Yuanqiao actually attacked Jia Rong’s soul in anger, causing his own sea of consciousness to collapse and his soul power to rapidly drop to the level of an Apprentice Alchemist . Even Jia Rong was slightly surprised, but his heart was incomparably excited and happy

He had only cultivated the soul refining technique for five days, yet his soul power could actually heavily injure Su Yuanqiao . One must know that even though Su Yuanqiao was only a first-rank Warrior Alchemist, he had been famous for a long time and his soul power had always been stabilized at the first rank

“Young Master Yun, Young Master Yun, just who are you?!” At this moment, Jia Rong was completely convinced by that mysterious young man . To obtain this cultivation method, not to mention fifty days of hard work, even fifty years was worth it!.

Xu Han shook his head helplessly . Su Yuanqiao had already lost his standard as a Warrior Alchemist and he was already old, so it was impossible for him to recover . Instead, staying at the Arcane Master’s a.s.sociation would require him to be on guard against the retaliation of others . When he was proud, he had offended many people

Xu Han sighed . “Rest in peace and return home to recuperate . I will report everything to His Majesty!”.

Su Yuanqiao said with a trembling voice, “Thank you, President!”.

 .

He lowered his head, not daring to look at anyone as he wasted no time leaving

Xu Han let out a long sigh and said in a clear voice, “Due to Master Su Yuanqiao’s unwell condition, he has returned to his hometown . From now on, all grievances between him and everyone else shall be written off . No one shall use any reason to hara.s.s him! ”.

After he finished speaking, his gaze fell on Jia Rong

Jia Rong smiled and crossed his arms . He said indifferently, “President is right . ”.

Only then did Xu Han relax . The soul power that Jia Rong had just displayed was already above that of a Warrior Alchemist . His future achievements were limitless . Just now, everyone was well aware that he had suddenly launched an attack, injuring Su Yuanqiao’s sea of consciousness . Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so angry that his cultivation level dropped . At this moment, no one would offend a future genius Arcane Master for the sake of a poor old man

Everyone greeted Jia Rong . This was also a form of goodwill . Jia Rong’s face revealed a kind smile as he responded one by one, but he sneered in his heart

【If it were not for Young Master Yun’s help, all of you would have beaten me to a pulp by now!】.

 .

“Jia Rong, your improvement is shocking even to me . ” Said Xu Han . He hadn’t thought that his soul power would be so stable, especially since he’d just advanced to the next realm . “Take Yun Chang to retrieve her Alchemist Emblem . ”.

Jia Rong smiled as he accepted the order . He then completed all the procedures with Luo Yunchang

Luo Yunchang’s heart suddenly skipped a beat, and she said: “Master Jia, I have a presumptuous request . ”.

Chapter 17 . 2: A Presumptuous Request.

“Oh?” Jia Rong smiled lightly . “Senior Yunchang, please speak your mind . ”.

Luo Yunchang was one of the five great commanders of the Divine Guard, her strength and prestige above his, so he was extremely courteous to her

“I have a student who, because of his body, is unable to cultivate in the Martial Way . However, he’s extremely interested in the art of alchemy and is quite well-versed in it . I hope to find a good teacher for him . I wonder if Senior Jia has any intentions of accepting a disciple? ”.

Jia Rong frowned, “Accept a disciple? Master Yun Chang is an Arcane Master herself; her strength is not below mine . Why would you look for me?”.

The requirements to be accepted as a disciple were extremely harsh . Even the royal family had to bend over backwards . If it wasn’t for the fact that that youth was extremely talented, she would have never thought of finding him a teacher

Luo Yunchang sighed . “This person’s ident.i.ty is a bit special . As the commander of the country’s Divine Guard, it’s not appropriate for me to have a master-disciple relationship with him . To be honest, this person is the eldest grandson of the Marquis, the biological son of General Feilong . ”.

Jia Rong suddenly said, “So that’s how it is . I also heard that General Feilong’s son is a martial arts trash . This matter should have been a big joke in the capital . However, Master Yunchang should be aware that the trash of the martial way, with a weak body, it would prove difficult to achieve success in terms of martial arts cultivation . ”.

Luo Yun Chang nodded her head . “Yun Chang also knows, but this person is indeed unique . Even if he is unable to become Master Jia’s direct disciple, I still hope that you would be able to guide him a little

 .

Jia Rong’s eyes darkened and he coldly said, “Since that’s the case, I will meet this person . However, he still has to pa.s.s the soul power test . If he can meet the minimum requirements to become an Apprentice Alchemist, I will personally accept him as my disciple . Keep in mind that I am doing this in your behalf . ”.

Luo Yunchang was overjoyed . “Thank you, Senior Jia . Yunchang will remember this . ”.

Jia Rong slightly nodded his head and said impatiently, “Next time, bring him to do a soul power test . If he pa.s.ses, I will take him in as my disciple . If he can’t even meet the minimum standards, then he doesn’t need to see me . ”.

Luo Yunchang looked at Jia Rong’s departing back and thought to herself: This man is the youngest of all the alchemists; his future is limitless . Making Li Yunxiao follow him could be considered returning a favor . At the same time, it would also let the Old Duke feel at ease . I just don’t know what’s going on with his soul power . I hope he won’t disappoint me . This is all that I can do

… … ….

Three days later . The annual evaluation time at Jia Lan Academy finally arrived

 .

After the exam, students would be given two months of vacation that was held once a year . The remaining students would advance to the next cla.s.s level in the next semester, while those who failed the examination would be chased out . Every year, a large number of n.o.ble and influential students would be eliminated . What was shocking, almost all the poor students were able to pa.s.s it . This was because once they were eliminated, they would have to wait for their fate to fall thus, all of them cultivated with all their might

The evaluation venue was held in the academy’s largest martial arts arena . The martial arts arena was one of the academy’s signature buildings and it had been personally built by the previous president of  Sky Water Nation’s Arcane Master, Yang Di . It was made from several extremely precious ores . They covered an area of over a thousand square meters and was extremely imposing

Not far from the martial arts arena was the most dazzling building in the academy—an enormous statue that flew in the air

Gu Feiyang, who was on the statue, had one hand on his sword hilt as he gazed into the distance . A trace of a discouraged smile was drawn on his face . It was also personally crafted by his student, Yang Di, when Gu Feiyang fell fifteen years ago

Yunxiao quietly stood at the side . He raised his head to look at his original face . His mind seemed to pa.s.s through layers of s.p.a.ce and slowly merged with his previous life

“Heh, this Yang Di fellow can be considered to be considerate . ” Yunxiao bitterly smiled as he muttered to himself

Students walked past Li Yunxiao and began discussing, intentionally or otherwise

“I didn’t expect that after a few months of closed-door training, you would have condensed your Essence and become a Martial Warrior!”.

 .

“Haha, it’s all for the exam . Martial Warriors can directly enter the Elite Cla.s.s . ”.

“Yeah, I’m in trouble . I only opened two meridians . ”.

“Don’t worry, as long as you can open up one meridians, you’ll be able to level up . Look at that guy over there . That legendary young master of the Li Clan, he’s the typical trash . He’s a target for elimination . ”.

“It can’t be! The young master of the Li Clan can also be eliminated?”.

“Of course . What do you think this place is? Even if the King is here, he must still abide by the rules! ”.

“Fxck!” Yunxiao cursed and naturally wouldn’t care about these small fries . He quickly walked to the martial arts arena and found that a large number of students had already gathered there . Many of them gathered around to watch the fun

Han Bai walked over . “Young Master Yun, what took you so long?”.

 .

Yunxiao frowned, “Why are there so many people?”.

Han Bai snorted coldly and swept his gaze over them one by one . “Aren’t they just here to watch us suffer? As you know, our cla.s.s has always been called the trash cla.s.s . These poor people are here to see how many people can advance . A dozen or so people in our cla.s.s had no plans to take the exam and directly packed their bags to go home . ”.

Yunxiao took a look and saw that there were indeed fewer people

Those who were able to enter had great backgrounds in the kingdom . Even if they were unable to thread the Martial Way, they would still be able to live a carefree life and have a bright future ahead of them

Thus, although there were very few students in their cla.s.s who didn’t dare to offend them, they didn’t try to curry favor with them