The Lin's Patriarch is weird.

Chapter 166: 166. Alchemy Master.

Lin Xuan looked down at Su Haolang, who was struggling to rise from the shattered floor.

He raised the Heaven Rank saber and immediately, Su Haolang’s expression changed.

"Wait, Wait, Wait, Wait, Let me tell you somethi—"

The saber’s hilt struck directly against his lower abdomen.

Boom!

A terrifying force penetrated his body.

Su Haolang’s eyes widened as the spiritual energy within his dantian suddenly became chaotic. A moment later, a sharp crack resounded from within his body shattering his dantian.

The spiritual energy he had accumulated over decades dispersed like a broken dam, rapidly leaking from his meridians.

Su Haolang’s face turned pale.

His cultivation had been destroyed.

Lin Xuan did not spare him another glance as he turned toward the elders standing outside the treasury.

Several of them had just arrived and their expressions turned solemn as they stared at the masked intruder who had destroyed the patriach dantian.

For a moment, nobody moved until one of the elder shouted, "Attack!"

The elders immediately unleashed their cultivation.

Golden Core auras erupted throughout the treasury entrance.

But against a Nascent Soul cultivator, their resistance was futile.

In the span of mere seconds, Lin Xuan moved through them like a shadow.

One strike after another landed directly upon their dantians, crippling them, their accumulated cultivation collapsing in an instant.

By the time the elders realized what was happening, all of them had already fallen to the ground, their dantians destroyed.

Lin Xuan glanced over the fallen figures before calmly turning away.

He then extended his spiritual sense throughout the Su Family estate, in which he confirmed that no other Golden Core cultivators were approaching the treasury.

He had also taken everything of value that had caught his attention.

There was nothing left for him here.

Lin Xuan adjusted the red mask covering his face before silently disappearing into the darkness.

By the time Lin Xuan returned to Azure Willow City, the Su Family had already called off the Martial Spirit awakening ceremony.

The guests who had traveled to Clearbrook City were each sent away with an apology, while the Su Family did everything within its power to keep the night’s events concealed.

They clearly intended to cover up what had happened.

Lin Xuan, meanwhile, had already returned to the Lin Family.

As soon as he entered his courtyard, he closed the door behind him and began counting his spoils.

The Su Family’s treasury had indeed been wealthy.

There were numerous artifacts among the treasures he had taken, including the saber and the defensive armor he was currently carrying.

Of course, merely possessing an artifact did not mean he could immediately use its full power.

He still needed to properly attune himself to each artifact. Without doing so, even a powerful artifact would be little more than a particularly sharp weapon or a sturdy piece of equipment in his hands.

Still, that did little to diminish the value of what he had obtained.

Among the treasures was the very item he had entered the treasury for in the first place.

The Bracelet of the Phoenix.

Lin Xuan picked it up and examined it for a moment.

All he needed now were Pristine Spirit Stones.

Obtaining them would take some time, but it was not impossible.

After all, when Lin Zhaofeng had reached the Golden Core Realm, he was rewarded with twenty Pristine Spirit Stones by the myth grade artifact.

With that precedent, Lin Xuan was hopeful that the necessary stones could eventually be gathered.

He still had plenty of time to arrange for the Pristine Spirit Stones.

Next was the feather.

Lin Xuan picked it up and examined it carefully. Its surface carried a faint, peculiar radiance, and even after being stored within the treasury, it had retained an ancient aura.

He turned it between his fingers before speaking.

"System, what is this?"

The familiar mechanical voice responded.

[Name: Phoenix Feather]

[Description: Burn it to call for the help of a Phoenix.]

Lin Xuan stared at the feather for a moment.

’Isn’t this a bit too op?’

But before he could get any funny ideas, another line appeared.

[Friendly Advice: Phoenixes are extinct in this world. Keep it as a collection.]

Lin Xuan’s expression became changed as he looked at the feather again.

"...That’s useful."

He put the feather away.

He soon looked through all the other materials he had taken from the Su Family treasury.

Most of them were cultivation resources, pills, spiritual materials, and various artifacts. Nothing else immediately caught his attention to the same extent as the Bracelet of the Phoenix or the Phoenix Feather.

Lin Xuan carefully sorted everything into separate piles, memorizing what he had obtained.

Some items would be useful to the Lin Family.

Others could be traded for resources they needed.

As for the artifacts, they were not really that easy to come by and one could not buy one even if they had the money for it so he intended to keep it as it is and give it to promising kids if the situation arises.

After sorting through everything, Lin Xuan leaned back slightly and looked over the pile of treasures before him.

The trip to Clearbrook City had certainly not been wasted.

But his gaze eventually settled on the empty space before him.

There was still one thing he had yet to deal with.

Lin Xuan leaned back in his chair and muttered slowly,

"Now for the final treat."

The familiar screen immediately appeared within his mind.

[Mission Completed.]

[Reward: Alchemy Insights.]

Lin Xuan’s eyes focused on the words before him.

[ Would you like to accept the quest reward? ]

The moment he accepted the reward, an enormous amount of knowledge suddenly poured into his mind.

The knowledge reached the level of an Alchemy Master.

In this world, alchemists were divided into several ranks, corresponding to the highest level of pills they could reliably refine.

An Alchemy Apprentice could refine Rank One pills.

An Alchemy Adept could refine Rank Two pills.

An Alchemy Expert could refine Rank Three pills.

An Alchemy Master could refine Rank Four pills.

Above them was the Alchemy Grandmaster, an existence so rare that Lin Xuan had only ever heard about them in legends.

A Grandmaster capable of refining Rank Five and Rank Six pills was already considered an extraordinary existence.

With the knowledge he had just received, Lin Xuan was now comparable to the strongest known Alchemy Masters in the world.

Of course, he did not dare assume that this represented the absolute peak of alchemy.

The greater cultivation clans had existed for countless years, and all of their foundations were far deeper than anything the Lin Family currently possessed.

It was entirely possible that some of those ancient and powerful clans secretly possessed an Alchemy Grandmaster.

Lin Xuan had no way of knowing.

Even so, becoming an Alchemy Master was already a substantial gain.

The entirety of the Lin family currently had only one elder capable of refining Rank Two pills.

Compared to that, the knowledge he had just obtained was an enormous advantage.

In this world, pills were divided into six ranks.

Rank One Pills corresponded to the Body Tempering Realm, with Body Tempering Pills being one of the most common examples.

Rank Two Pills corresponded to the Qi Refinement Realm, including Qi Refinement Pills.

Rank Three Pills corresponded to the Golden Core Realm, with Golden Core Pills belonging to this rank.

Rank Four Pills corresponded to the Nascent Soul Realm.

Rank Five Pills corresponded to the Hollow Spirit Realm.

Rank Six Pills corresponded to the Spirit Severing Realm.

The higher the rank, the more demanding the refinement process became.

Even possessing the necessary ingredients did not guarantee success. The alchemist needed sufficient understanding, spiritual control, and flame manipulation to successfully refine the pill.

With the knowledge of an Alchemy Master now embedded within his mind, Lin Xuan could refine Rank One through Rank Three pills with considerable ease.

As for Rank Four pills, he could already attempt them.

His success would not be guaranteed, but he could refine Rank Four pills with a moderate degree of success.

Lin Xuan slowly opened his eyes.

A strange feeling lingered within him as he processed the knowledge.

He had not expected the system’s reward to be this whimsical.

After all, he had previously possessed a godlike ability with alchemy, but the system had taken that ability away from him.

Now, it had brought him to the level of an Alchemy Master.

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