Battle Through the Heavens: Marry Cao Ying, Reward is Devouring Ancestral Symbol

Chapter 348 In times without heroes, even a nobody can rise to fame.After Yao Ling left, Old Man Shennong arrived.

The old man walked into the Flower Hall leaning on his cane and got straight to the point: ”Did that girl come looking for you?”

Shen Wen nodded: ”We chatted for half a day.”

Old Man Shennong leaned back in his chair, his tone full of emotion: ”That girl Yao Ling’s talent is indeed excellent. Born with a Heaven State soul—the Medicine Clan hasn’t produced such a talent in many years.”

He paused, his tone shifting: ”This Pill Gathering is likely to be more lively than any previous one.”

Shen Wen raised an eyebrow.

Old Man Shennong counted on his fingers: ”Yao Ling is here, and her elder brother Yao Tian is coming too.”

The Yan Clan has sent people. Then there are those reclusive Alchemists—eighth-tier, Peak eighth-tier, and those old fellows who have touched the threshold of the ninth-tier—they’ve all come.”

He looked at Shen Wen: ”They are all coming for you.”

Shen Wen was startled.

”The zong ji pill has long since spread through the circles. Add to that my reputation.”

Old Man Shennong snorted, ”When those old fellows heard that a young man in his early twenties refined something they couldn’t refine in their entire lives, could they sit still?”

He leaned back in his chair, his tone teasing: ”The Pill Tower’s Pill Gathering was originally intended to give young people a chance to show themselves.”

Now, because of your meddling, it has become a grand assembly of heroes for the Central Plains’ Alchemy world.

The minimum is eighth-tier; have you ever seen a Pill Gathering with such a lineup?”

Shen Wen was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled: ”That’s just as well. It saves me from meeting them one by one; I can deal with them all at once and save some trouble.”

Old Man Shennong was stunned for a moment, then burst into hearty laughter, making the jade bottle on his cane clink.

”Good!” He stood up and walked toward the door. Reaching the entrance, he stopped, turned back, and said, ”You should keep an eye on Yao Ling’s elder brother, Yao Tian.”

Shen Wen looked at him.

”The strongest in Alchemy among the Medicine Clan’s younger generation isn’t Yao Ling, but her elder brother,” Old Man Shennong said seriously. ”That boy is someone who has truly touched the threshold of the ninth-tier. If you want to take first place, he should be your greatest opponent.”

Shen Wen nodded: ”This Disciple understands.”

Old Man Shennong said nothing more and turned to leave.

The Flower Hall fell silent. Shen Wen leaned back in his chair, his fingers lightly tapping the armrest.

A person who has touched the threshold of the ninth-tier.

Interesting.

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Pill City’s East District, the Medicine Clan’s base.

The courtyard was not large, but the layout was extremely refined. Several Danxia Spirit Trees had been transplanted into the courtyard, their leaves glowing with a faint red light in the twilight, and the air was filled with a crisp medicinal fragrance.

After Yao Ling returned from the Shen Residence, she locked herself in her room.

Several blank Jade Slips were spread out on the table. She picked up a brush and wrote a few lines, then crossed them out; wrote again, and crossed them out again.

Several crumpled balls of paper were scattered on the floor, all containing fragmented Alchemy insights—’Melting medicinal ingredients with the rhythm of the four seasons,’ ’Using the power of heaven and earth to feed back into the pill cauldron’...

She rested her chin in her hands, her gaze falling outside the window, as the words Shen Wen had spoken replayed repeatedly in her mind.

Simulating the changing of the four seasons with flames, allowing the medicinal ingredients to naturally release their properties within the rhythm of ’spring birth and summer growth’.

She had never heard such a theory, but upon careful thought, she felt it had its own logic.

medicinal ingredients are born of heaven and earth; refining them with the laws of heaven and earth seems to be the true path.

She couldn’t help but pick up her brush to write a few more lines when she suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

With a ’creak,’ the door was pushed open.

Yao Tian stood at the door, dressed in a brocade robe, his face handsome to the point of being effeminate.

His lips were very thin, and when slightly pursed, they carried a hint of a mean-spirited flavor.

His gaze swept over the paper balls on the floor and then fell on the messy Jade Slips on the table, his brow furrowing slightly.