Asura Sovereign VI

by Shian Jeen

  Very soon, one hour passed. Huwang Xiao was done refining the medicinal properties of the Dragon Buddha Pill.

  ‘At this speed, after one more month or so, I can break through to Fourth Order Saint realm.’ Huwang Xiao estimated. His cultivation was already at the farthest point of peak late-Third Order Saint realm.

  Huwang Xiao stood up, taking out that Golden Dragon Pill Refinement Tactic.

  Ever since he got the tactic from the Ancient Dragon Clan ruins, he didn't look at it even once. These days of traveling, Huwang Xiao understood from Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu that pill refinement was a crucial ability for a Saint realm expert, the reason being that after reaching the Saint realm, it was much more difficult to enhance one’s strength. One of the shortest and easiest methods was pill refinement.

  Divine grade spirit pellets played a huge role in a Saint realm expert’s cultivation. However, no one would place divine grade spirit pellets at auction houses, that was why Saint realm experts were forced to refine it themselves.

  Huwang Xiao didn’t know what this Gold Dragon Pill Refinement Tactic manual was made of, but it remained sturdy through millenniums, showing no signs of damage, yellowing, or erosion by the passage of time.

  Huwang Xiao went through the first to the last pages in a few quick glances, but there were only a dozen pages. It didn’t take long for Huwang Xiao to finish reading it.

  Huwang Xiao was dumbfounded when he finished.

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  Huwang Xiao was genuinely shocked, because this Gold Dragon Pill Refinement Tactic recorded all Dragon Clan’s divine spirit pellet refining methods and recipes. Not only that, the manual also recorded the Ancient Dragon Clan’s nine different refining tactics in detail.

  There were distinctions between high and low level pill refinement tactics—low, intermediate, high, and advanced, four levels in total. The four levels were further divided into common, middle, and pinnacle.

  Among the nine tactics of pill refinement recorded, six of them were middle grade advanced level tactics, and the remaining three were pinnacle grade advanced level tactics.

  In the current Martial Spirit World, the highest pill refinement tactic was middle grade advanced level. Pinnacle grade advanced level tactics were lost tens of thousands of years ago, yet this Gold Dragon Pill Refinement manual had three of them recorded inside!

  Three pinnacle grade advanced level pill refinement tactics! Huwang Xiao inhaled deeply. Disregarding the priceless pinnacle grade advanced level pill refinement tactics, a middle grade advanced level pill refinement tactic was worth more than a high-grade Heaven rank battle skill or cultivation technique.

  It took Huwang Xiao some time to calm down his rapidly beating heart. When he got this manual from the Ancient Dragon Clan ruins, he put it aside, assuming that it probably contained the Dragon Clan’s ordinary pill refinement tactics, never did he imagine that it would be the Dragon Clan’s highest level pill refinement tactics, moreover, it contained nine tactics!

  As long as he learned all nine tactics, Huwang Xiao believed that there would be no pill in the Martial Spirit World that he wouldn’t be able to refine. Now, it was crucial for Huwang Xiao to practice, familiarize himself with them and master these nine tactics. Despite having a plan, Huwang Xiao needed to have sufficient materials for him to practice and familiarize himself with these nine pill refinement tactics.

  In Huwang Xiao’s Asura Ring, there were many valuable herbs and elixirs, all more than ten thousand years old and above, such as Seven-color Spirit Mushroom, Nine Leaves Grass, or World Fire Fruit. Each of them were ingredients that others could only dream of, but using these as practice materials was too much of a waste.

  Even someone wealthy, like Huwang Xiao, was reluctant to do so. Thus, he could only wait until they exited the Demonic Beasts Forest and procure a batch of necessary materials when they arrived at Starcloud Continent.

  Although he couldn’t practice refining immediately, he could still study them.

  Huwang Xiao opened the Golden Dragon Pill Refinement Tactic again, beginning from the very first page, rereading everything. The first time, he was browsing over them in a quick glance, but this time, Huwang Xiao read every word and every line carefully and studiously.

  The first page recorded the first of the Dragon Clan’s middle grade advanced level tactic, named Dragons Weaving through the Clouds. According to the manual, after one mastered this tactic, performing it during pill refinement would cause the dragon qi to turn into multiple divine dragons.

  From cover to cover, Huwang Xiao read the instructions ten times, committing them to his memory. When that was done, Huwang Xiao exited the Godly Mt. Xumi. By this time, it was already morning.

  The group continued on their way.

  The Demonic Beasts Forest encompassed an enormous land area, equivalent to a demonic beasts empire.

  Moreover, Huwang Xiao’s group traveled during the day and rested at night to cultivate, which slowed down their speed. It took them more than twenty days to cross the entire Demonic Beasts Forest. The entire way, Huwang Xiao’s group avoided the center region of Demonic Beasts Forest as much as possible, hence saving them from unnecessary troubles.

  Still, there were some unavoidable troubles when they stopped to rest at night, demonic beasts that weren’t afraid of death charged over to attack Huwang Xiao’s group. No doubt, these demonic beasts were easily dealt with that there was never a lack of meat supply every night.

  Every time these demonic beasts attacked, Lil’ Tian looked as if fragrant barbecued meat was waving at him, and would be the first one rushing forward. Without exception, those demonic beasts died with a single punch to the head.

  Most of those demonic beasts merely had Xiantian level strength, how could they resist Lil’ Tian’s fist. The single punch not only shattered their skull, it even blasted the beast core in their heads.

  …

  “This is Starcloud Continent?” Out from the Demonic Beasts Forest, standing on a hill peak, Huwang Xiao looked up ahead, where a huge city stood some distance away.

  “Yes, Sovereign. This is Starcloud Continent.” Zhao Shu answered as he took out a map. Checking the map, he said, “We’ve just cut across the Demonic Beasts Forest from the south border, so according the location on the map, that city in front should be one of the cities in the South Oblast.”

  “South Oblast?” Huwang Xiao repeated.

  “Yes, Sovereign. Our current location is in the South Oblast, under the White Phoenix House’s sphere of influence.” Zhao Shu replied.

  Huwang Xiao nodded. White Phoenix House.

  “Let’s go.” Huwang Xiao said, pointing towards the looming city up ahead. He wanted to procure some materials to start practicing his pill refinement.

  Moreover, they had been eating nothing but roast meat these days, the spices he stocked inside the Asura Ring were about to be finish, he didn’t wish to end up with just wine the next time, that would greatly reduce his enjoyment.

  Although this South Oblast was said to be under the White Phoenix House’s jurisdiction, Huwang Xiao didn’t mind it too much. Hearing Huwang Xiao say that he wanted to enter the city, neither Zhao Shu nor Zhang Fu objected. Having decided, the several people headed toward the city.

  A short while later, they stood close to the city gates.

  “Great Prosperous City.” Huwang Xiao read the sign hung above the city gates.

  “Sovereign, this Great Prosperous City is the main city of South Oblast, the person controlling things is White Phoenix House’s Grand Elder, named Yang Qing.” Zhang Fu briefly explained to Huwang Xiao.

  An oblast city was equivalent to an empire’s imperial city, the capital city.

  The Starcloud Continent encompassed a vast land area, if it were some other cities, Zhao Shu and Zhang Fu probably wouldn’t have much information, but this Great Prosperous City was an oblast city, therefore both of them knew some surface information.

  “Oh, White Phoenix House’s Grand Elde
r, Yang Qing? How is this Yang Qing’s strength?” Huwang Xiao asked as he walked toward Great Prosperous City.

  “This Yang Qing is quite strong, at least a mid-late Tenth Order Saint realm.” Zhang Fu and Zhao Shu followed Huwang Xiao from behind.

  “Big brother, there’s a lot of people here!” Entering the city, Lil’ Tian, who had been keeping close to Huwang Xiao, exclaimed out loud, his eyes shining as he looked left and right at the sea of people moving along the streets.

  This was his first time leaving the Demonic Beasts Forest and also the first time he entered a human city. Seeing so many humans present at once was a novelty to him.

  Huwang Xiao laughed at his words, “How about we go eat something good later?”

  Lil’ Tian clapped his hands merrily, “Ah, I want to go, I want to go!” At the mention of food, Lil’ Tian was over the moon. Despite his small appearance, Lil’ Tian was a gourmand.

  “Let’s go, then.” Huwang Xiao chuckled. But Huwang Xiao decided to first head to the market selling pill refinement ingredients trading market.

  After asking around about the pill refinement market, Huwang Xiao, Zhao Shu, Zhang Fu, and Lil’ Tian made their way over there.

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  Very soon, Huwang Xiao’s group arrived at South Oblast City’s pill refinement ingredients market.

  Spirit pellets were very important in all of Martial Spirit World.

  This South Oblast City’s pill refinement ingredients market was huge and bustling, beyond Huwang Xiao’s imagination.

  Just as Huwang Xiao’s group stepped into the pill refinement ingredients market, a young man in common robes scurried over to them. This young man had a pair of shifty eyes and a mouse-like crafty face, quite funny overall.

  When the young man reached Huwang Xiao, he smiled widely, “Several guests, are you looking for pill refinement ingredients? Our Aowu Shop is the biggest shop in the entire South Oblast City, no matter what ingredients you want to buy, you can get them from our shop!”

  “Oh, is that so?” Huwang Xiao didn’t look interested in the least. It was apparent that this young man was sent over by this so-called Aowu Shop to lure customers at the trading market entrance. Loitering around the entrance, there were several young men performing the same task. Clearly, these young men were sent by other shops.

  That crafty looking young man grinned widely, “Yes, that’s right. The pill refinement ingredients sold at our Aowu Shop are the cheapest, but also most reasonable, not only that, our pill refinement ingredients are of best grade and quality too!”

  By this time, the other young men showed signs of approaching Huwang Xiao’s group, but the young man looked over with a fierce glare in their direction, and their movements halted abruptly. It was evident they were a little afraid of him.

  Still, a young man of a slightly dwarfed stature among the group walked over. Stopping in front of Huwang Xiao he said, “This Brother, don’t be deceived by this Iron-Skinned Dog, the Aowu Shop has always been tyrannical in doing business, forced selling and buying is something common in their shop.”

  The young man that was referred to as ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ narrowed his eyes maliciously hearing the short young man’s claim, “Brother Tu, please don’t fart nonsense here! Which eyes of yours saw our Aowu Shop behaving tyrannically?” Then he turned toward Huwang Xiao, “Brother, please don’t listen to this shorty’s words, he just can’t accept that our Aowu Shop has better business than them, deliberately slandering our shop’s reputation in front of several guests, this is defamation!”

  Huwang Xiao, Zhao Shu, and Zhang Fu exchanged a look.

  Huwang Xiao already had a conclusion.

  “I trust this friend over here, the prices at their Aowu Shop are the cheapest and also the most reasonable.” Huwang Xiao stated to the short young man with a slight smile while pointing at the crafty-looking young man.

  The crafty young man who was called Iron-Skinned Dog [1] laughed out loud, “This Brother is wise!”

  Whereas the short young man became anxious, just as he was about to speak, wanting to persuade Huwang Xiao, Huwang Xiao stopped him. At the same time, he casually threw a spatial ring to the short young man.

  The short young man was bewildered, unable to figure out Huwang Xiao’s intention.

  Huwang Xiao simply said, “Your reward.”

  “My reward?!” That short young was stunned.

  One spatial ring cost a lot of gold coins, although he also received big tips before, he had yet to have customers tip him with spatial rings. Customers that came to purchase pill refinement ingredients would, at most, give him a few hundred gold coins, whereas a spatial ring, even the smallest space inside needed several hundred thousand gold coins.

  The ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ young man saw Huwang Xiao casually throwing out a spatial ring to the short young man, and after a flash of surprise, a tiny spark of green shone in the depths.

  “Lead the way.” Huwang Xiao said to the ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ young man.

  That young man recovered from his daze, bowing and smiling in flattery, “Young Noble, this way, this way!” His attitude took a great change, more complaisant. In his eyes, Huwang Xiao had ballooned into a big fat sheep. A super big fat sheep.

  Huwang Xiao’s group then left, following the ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ young man to the aforementioned Aowu Shop.

  The short young man was still holding the spatial ring in a daze long after Huwang Xiao was nearly out of sight. He recovered just in time to see the several figures disappear. Sighing as he shook his head, he could only pray for that group of people to come out unscathed.

  The other young men tasked to accost customers at the entrance approached the shorty.

  “Tsk, tsk, Bro Tu, you’ve reaped a good one this time!”

  “If I knew earlier that I could get a spatial ring, even at the risk of offending that Iron-Skinned Dog, I would have still come over!”

  “Just this spatial ring is enough to support your whole life!”

  These young men looked at the shorty with envious eyes. All of them were the lowest of family disciples, limited by their talent, unable to breakthrough to Xiantian realm. Therefore, the value of one spatial ring was indeed enough to support their entire life.

  “Bro Tu, why don’t you open that spatial ring and look, who knows, there might be something good inside.” One of the young men urged.

  The shorty only thought of it after hearing that suggestion, thus opened the spatial ring.

  At that moment, his eyeballs nearly protruded out from their sockets staring inside, the young men close to him also saw the things inside, and each froze with disbelief on their faces.

  Inside the spatial ring was a mountain of gold coins!

  Gold coins stacked upon each other, hundreds, thousands of layers, as tall as a mountain!

  At the same time, that ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ young man led Huwang Xiao in the direction of Aowu Shop, grinning the entire way, “Young Noble, may I know what kind ingredient variety you are looking for?”

  Variety referred to the pill refinement ingredient’s quality. For example, a normal Second Grade Battle Qi Pill would use ingredients of different ages, thus the final grade and effect would be different.

  “Does your Aowu Shop have ingredients over a thousand years old?” Huwang Xiao’s tone was casual.

  Huwang Xiao’s question made the ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ young man’s eyes light up, “Young Noble, honest truth, in this South Oblast City, only our Aowu Shop has pill refinement ingredients above a thousand years.”

  “Is that So? But are you really selling them at a cheap price?” Huwang Xiao drawled.

  The ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ young man beamed, “Absolutely cheap, please be assured.”

  Huwang Xiao sneered coldly in his heart ar those words, he really wanted to open his eyes and see how ‘cheap’ they were. In fact, Huwang Xiao knew that what the shorty said was probably the truth, this Aowu Shop often did business using coercion.”


  However, Huwang Xiao had always been someone unafraid of trouble.

  As the ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ young man led Huwang Xiao’s group to the said Aowu Shop, he consistently blew about how great and wonderful their shop was.

  A short while later, they reached the Aowu Shop.

  Merely judging from the shop’s front, this Aowu Shop indeed looked grand for a shop, just like what the ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ young man said, the Aowu Shop was big.

  Inside the main hall, an old man in his sixties that seemed to be the supervisor instantly brightened seeing the ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ young man bringing Huwang Xiao into the shop. He hurried over to welcome the guests.

  When the ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ young man entered the hall, he bowed low in respect, greeting the old man, “Supervisor Lin.” Then, he blinked at the old man without anyone noticing. Seeing that, as if understanding a secret signal, Supervisor Lin’s eyes shone brighter as he looked toward Huwang Xiao’s group.

  ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’s meaning was loud and clear to Supervisor Lin: This is a group of big fat sheep.

  After that, ‘Iron-Skinned Dog’ turned to Huwang Xiao, “Young Noble, this is our Aowu Shop’s Supervisor Lin, whatever you want to buy, please tell our Supervisor Lin.”

  Supervisor Lin smiled cordially at Huwang Xiao, “What kind of ingredients is Young Noble looking for? Our Aowu Shop has almost everything! Out Aowu Shop, other than pill refinement ingredients, also sells spirit pellet, pill furnaces, even pill refinement tactics.” That look, that demeanor, it was overly warm and friendly.

  Note:

  The city’s name is Great Prosperous City, also referred to as South Oblast City, as it’s the representative City for the South Oblast region.

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  “Oh, you even sell pill refinement tactics here?” Huwang Xiao’s interest was piqued. Although pill refinement tactics were rare, some bigger shops did indeed sell them. Of course, these pill refinement tactics were usually low level, ordinary ones.