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11.57% The Wu Clan's Rise: Legends of the twin dragons / Chapter 11: Chapter 9- Practicing Alchemy Is Hard!!

Capítulo 11: Chapter 9- Practicing Alchemy Is Hard!!

The Central Continent was the biggest continent on planet Daiyu. It was also known as the Xingyun Dynasty, governed by the Xingyun imperial family, one of the two imperial families on the planet, besides the Tang Dynasty on the Tang Continent

Out of all the other continents, it was considered the most powerful and prosperous.

From the emperor and his ministers, down to the commoners in the 8 states, everyone was happily living their lives.

This situation where peace reigns throughout the empire, was due to the emperor's strict laws on corruption and violence. He was a man of benevolence who believe that the empire should place the protection of its citizens above all else, because, without them, there would be no empire to speak of.

To demonstrate this fact, he made a clear contrast between the cultivation world and the mortal world.

The large Sage level sects and clans had gotten a warning that if their conflicts or struggle over cultivation resources ever get the common people involved, then they would have to pay a heavy price.

The emperor himself was a Saint realm expert and not just an ordinary one, he was at the very peak of the Saint realm.

Under his command were his three generals, who were also Saint realm experts at the early stage. This lineup made it so that one word from the emperor could bring catastrophe to the sects and clans, making them afraid and wouldn't dare to go against his order.

The only exception where the cultivation world came in contact with the mortal world was when the sects held their disciple selection ceremony.

They would go into the mortal world and choose children who had developed Spirit roots to enter their sects. The emperor did not prevent this because for a sect to grow, a new generation of talented disciples was needed.

In fact, his second son was a core disciple of a Sage Sect called the Solitary Sword Sect and was considered to be extremely talented, being that he was only sixteen.

For most Sage Sects, a disciple would need to be at the Core Formation realm to qualify for a core disciple position, so, one can see the second prince's talents.

In contrast to him was his older brother the crown prince, who was at the late stage of the Foundation Building realm. But, even so, no one would look down on him for having a lower cultivation level than his little brother. Because, when he was born, it was discovered that he possessed one of the Legendary Physiques, the Nine Sun Extreme Yang Physique.

Due to his physique having a fire attribute, he had decided to become an alchemist.

And an alchemist was someone who studies the Dao of alchemy, by learning the different spiritual herbs, and concocted medicinal pills using pill formulas.

Alchemists could be separated into Grades 1 to 9.

A Grade 1 alchemist could only concoct grade 1 pills that only affect Qi Gathering stage cultivators, while a Grade 2 alchemist could produce grade 1, and grade 2 pills that can affect Foundation Building stage cultivators. There were some geniuses that could concoct grade 2 pills while still be in the Qi Gathering stage, but they were rare.

Alchemy masters have always been sought after. It was to the point where some sects and clans would go as far as to exhaust a countless number of resources to train their alchemy disciples, but, only a few could actually achieve something.

The number of people who had reached the 1st Grade was plenty, but going up the ranks they become fewer and fewer. The highest level of alchemy masters on planet Daiyu was the 5th Grade, and they could be counted on one hand.

The reason why practicing alchemy was so difficult, to begin with, was because, in addition to studying thousands of different spiritual herbs and their properties, while also memorizing hundreds of pill formulas, alchemists must also focus on cultivating their Spiritual Qi as well.

For example, if a Grade 1 alchemist wanted to concoct a grade 2 pill, they would have to be in the Foundation Building realm, if not then their Qi Gathering stage Spiritual Qi would run out before they could concoct the pill.

For most Qi practitioners, cultivating Spiritual Qi was already difficult, to begin with. And learning alchemy on top of that would only slow down their cultivation progress, so they consider it a waste of time learning it. At most, they would study the basics and that's it.

This year the crown prince was nineteen years old, and it was said that if he had focused on cultivation alone instead of diverting his attention to alchemy, he would have surpassed his younger brother's cultivation a long time ago.

When the crown prince had decided to become an alchemist, the emperor was very supportive of his son's decision.

He had taken the liberty to hire several renowned alchemy masters, to teach his son about alchemy. He even gifted his son a top-quality pill furnace used by Grade 4 alchemists and sent out an order to build a large courtyard that took up a third of the palace. Inside the courtyard, was an alchemy lab that had the best facilities and tools used by top-level alchemists.

The emperor had wanted his son to have the best of everything as he pursued his goal.

However, once the crown prince had actually started practicing alchemy, the emperor had immediately regretted his decision.

"Booooom….!!"

A loud explosion echoed from the imperial palace, situated in the country's capital.

Two palace guards that were guarding the palace gates turned their heads to look in the direction of the explosion. One of them sigh and said, "Is the crown prince really concocting pills? That's the sixtieth explosion today and it's still noon."

The other guard that was to his side shook his head said, "Your wrong, that's not the sixtieth, it's the sixty second." The guard who was corrected turned his head and looked at his compatriot with a bitter smile on his face as he said, "My bad, it looks like my ears are starting to fail me."

On the south wing of the palace, a miniature mushroom cloud could be seen rising into the air from a building.

At the building's entrance, a teenager with bright red hair wearing golden imperial robes could be seen coming out of the smoke.

After struggling out of the entrance, he coughed a few times before saying.

"Ah, it was a bust again."

Letting out a heavy sigh, he shook his head in disappointment.

"Crown prince, young master Li Fang is here to visit you."

A middle-aged man wearing a butler's attire said while approaching the teenager.

"Junior brother Fang has come to visit me?" The teenager said in a perplexed tone.

"I wonder why he decided to visit me, fine let him in."

The butler received the order and headed back to the courtyard's entrance.

After a while, another teenager could be seen strolling through the courtyard towards the smoky building.

He wore a black robe, along with white inner garments.

As he walked through the courtyard, he gave off the feeling of being one with heaven and earth, as if he and the heavens were in total balance. Even the pace of his steps was balance and equal, sounding as if someone was playing a piano key rhythmically. Each beat sounding alike with the same interval between them.

"Haha, Junior brother Fang what's with the sudden visit?"

The crown prince at the building's entrance had his hands behind his back while a smile spread across his lips.

If it wasn't for the black smudges on his face and clothes, he would've looked a bit more charming. Some of the black spots had even gotten on his teeth making his smile a bit weird.


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"Haha, Junior brother Fang what's with the sudden visit?" The crown prince at the building's entrance had his hands behind his back as a smile spread across his lips.

If it wasn't for the black smudges on his face and clothes, he would've looked a bit more charming. Some of the black spots had even gotten on his teeth making his smile a bit weird.

"Senior brother Bao, my father is a general under your father, his majesty's command. We've known each other since we were little, do I need a reason to visit you?"

Li Fang's response caused the crown prince to be taken aback for a moment.

"Well that's true, we could be considered close, but…"

The crown prince eyed Li Fang for a brief second before he continued.

"…I heard that general Ying's daughter is visiting the palace today. Did junior brother Fang perhaps wanted to meet with her?"

Li Fang was now standing in front of the crown prince and looking at the height of the two young men, one could tell that the crown prince was half a head taller than Li Fang.

After hearing the crown prince's question, Li Fang cocked his head over the prince's shoulder and said, "Senior brother Bao what kind of pills are you concocting? Do you mind if I see one?"

Realizing Li Fang was changing the subject, the crown prince blocked the view of the alchemy lab's entrance and said,

"Junior brother Fang, I'm not concocting any pills at the moment, it's just a little experiment. Now, don't change the subject and answer my question."

As if he didn't hear the prince's last words, Li Fang's eyes brighten as he said,

"Senior brother Bao since your not concocting any pills at the moment, why don't you show me around the palace, preferably the courtyards on the west wing that has beautiful sceneries."

When the crown prince heard that he couldn't help but shake his head.

The reason why the crown prince was so skeptical about Li Fang's visit was that he never visits!

Li Fang was known as one the top geniuses on the Central Continent, along with the crown prince himself and his brother. However, that was only one of his titles, another title he goes by was the Central Continent's number one debauchee!!

A very talented debauchee, a combination that can frighten any family's young daughters to death!

Due to his Legendary Physique, Li Fang gave off a natural aura that made him seem otherworldly, and couple that with his good looks, he would then go around and start seducing young daughters and talented girls from major clans and sects.

Even though he didn't go as far as forcing himself on any one of them, his behavior as a lecherer was still scorned upon by others. But, with his father as the first general under the emperor's command, no one would openly voice their opinions on the matter.

One of his new 'victims' he had set his sights on was the daughter of the second general, Hui Ying.

She was one of the top beauties on the continent with a natural cultivation talent to boot. At the age of seventeen, she was already in the mid-stage of the Foundation Building realm.

When Li Fang had gone to the Ying Clan some days ago wanting to seek an audience with her, he was immediately kicked out. But, as if he was a mosquito not willing to go away, he constantly came back.

It got so out of hand that the poor Hui Ying had to hold up in her clan, not going out in fear of running into him.

However, today something had warranted her visit to the palace, and for her to have left the clan without being spotted by Li Fang she had to disguise herself as one of the clan's maids and slipped out through the back door.

By some unknown source, Li Fang had found out about this and immediately rushed towards the imperial palace. And again by some unknown source, he was able to find out that she was staying in a courtyard on the west wing of the palace.

Even though Li Fang was considered shameless by some, he didn't want it to seem like he was following Hui Ying, so he decided to look for his good senior brother, the crown prince, he hadn't visited in a while to have him tour him around the palace and make it appeared as if he just so happened to bump into her.

The crown prince had seen through his ploy, but he could only shake his head.

"I'm heading to the treasury to get some herbs, and it just so happens to be on the west wing."

Li Fang's eyes brighten once again as he laughed and said, "You're a good senior brother, senior brother Bao."

"What's with the flattery? I'm just accompanying you around the palace." The crown prince walked past Li Fang and headed for the courtyard's entrance.

Li Fang smiled when he heard that and followed the crown prince, his monotone steps sounding out as he walked.

Sometime later, after they had walked past the different pavilions in the palace. They came upon an open courtyard that had two lifelike dragon sculptures at the entrance, along with a beautiful fountain in its center.

Before they could enter the courtyard though, a youth adorned in golden imperial robes similar to the crown prince appeared at the entrance.

It was the second prince of the Xingyun Dynasty and the little brother of the crown prince. The expression on his face was cold and indifferent.

"Oh, xiao di {little brother} when have you return? You should have informed me."

The crown prince said with slight surprise.

"I wasn't planning to stay for long, so there was no need to."

The second prince walked past the both of them, not even pausing his steps as his emotionless response flowed past his lips.

The second prince had walked by on the left, where Li Fang was. During the period when the second prince brushed past him, Li Fang felt a weird sensation that caused his Physique aura to fluctuate a little.

Shocked flashed past Li Fang's eyes, as he turned to look at the second prince with a contemplating expression.

The crown prince who was by his side saw his reaction and inquired.

"What's wrong junior brother Fang?"

Li Fang turned his head back around then said, "I felt something strange from the second prince."

"Oh, this is the first time you guys came face-to-face, you must have sensed the frigid aura from his Cultivation Technique. It's an ice base cultivation method called the 'Exquisite Ice Jade Body'. It's a very strong technique, but the downside is that it strips away a cultivator's emotions."

"I don't even know why father allowed him to cultivate something like that."

The crown prince let out a long sigh before his voice became melancholic.

"I can remember when he was younger, he would always come to me wanting to play, but ever since he went to the Solitary Sword Sect and started cultivating, he just became an emotionless block of ice."

While the crown prince was lamenting about his brother's change in character, Li Fang had his head down seeming to still be thinking about something.

"Anyways, I don't have much time to waste. I won't be following you into the courtyard, junior brother Fang you're on your own from here." Saying that the crown prince walked off to his original destination.

Li Fang raised his head and looked at the crown prince with an unwilling expression.

His plan was to have the crown prince escort him through the courtyard and 'accidentally' stumble upon Hui Ying. But if he just entered by himself now, she would probably just suspect him of following her.

Letting out a sigh, which seemed like the norm in this book, Li Fang stepped into the open courtyard.

Before he could reach far though, the crown prince's voice sounded out behind him.

"Oh! I almost forgot junior brother Fang, congratulations on beating that brat Longwei and placing third in the tournament."

Without turning around Li Fang said in a derisive tone.

"That little snake couldn't have beaten me even if I had both my legs chopped off!!"

As soon as Li Fang said that, back on the Wu Continent, in Longmin's courtyard. Longwei was sitting in the training grounds with his eyes closed when suddenly, he let out a loud sneeze interrupting his meditation.

"Is someone speaking badly about me?" Longwei asked.

Turning to his left, he kicked the knee of Longmin and said, "Hey little brother, you're not the one who was just thinking bad about me, were you?"

Longmin who was by his side, had his head buried in the book the Grand Elder had given him, while one of his arms was outstretched.

Revolving in his outstretched palm was a 2/3 completed, upgraded version of the Runic Seal Longwei had used.

Longmin had spent months trying to create it, and now, just when he had an epiphany on its final structural parts, Longwei's one kick sent everything to oblivion.

Looking at his brother who was just staring at the dissipating rune, Longwei kick again and said, "Hey! don't ignore your elder brother, I just asked you a question."

"Bastard!!" Longmin roared before his slightly red eyes turned to look at Longwei.

"....Huh?"

Was Longwei's only response.

Jumping from his seated position, Longmin sent out a kick of his own straight towards Longwei's head. Putting his arms in a cross, Longwei blocked the kick successfully but was sent flying across the training grounds, and landed against a wall, shattering it.

Not even sparing a glance, Longmin sat back down and started constructing the rune from scratch.

Over at the broken wall, Longwei's hands poked out from between the rubble and pulled his body halfway out. Fanning away the dust, he coughed out some dirt and said, "I guess it wasn't you…" 'cough, cough' "…It must have been that bastard Li Fang then. Wait till I see him."

Longwei had wanted to grit his teeth in anger, but the unbearable taste of soil in his mouth prevented him from doing so.

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~Fun Fact~

Li Fang's name in Chinese can be translated as; Li- upright, Fang- honest. So it can be read as honest and upright, but from his personality, you can tell that's a big joke... lol.


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