Alchemists and the Alchemist Guild, Tang Hao: No! I Must Hold Back!

Seeing Ma Hong Jun suffering agonizing torment in Ru Hua's arms,

that eye-searing scene made everyone's hearts tremble, and they hurriedly shifted their attention to another livestream.

In Tang Hao's livestream,

a Golden Light Pillar descended, and Tang Hao arrived in the Doupo World as well.

He was also in a mountain forest. Upon landing, Tang Hao immediately summoned his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul. Two yellow, two purple, four black, and one red Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet as he assumed a vigilant stance.

But when they saw Tang Hao in a tattered grayish-brown robe, with hair like a messy bird's nest, waxy yellow skin, and a dispirited expression, looking scruffy like a vagrant,

countless Soul Masters on the Douluo Continent froze, their eyes widening in utter disbelief.

Wait!

This was the famed Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao?

Why did he look like a vagrant?!

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy,

when Tang San saw Tang Hao's figure and appearance displayed in his livestream on the Heavenly Screen, he finally let out a long breath. A complicated look flashed through his eyes as though a great problem had been solved.

His Martial Soul was the Clear Sky Hammer, and his father's name was Tang Hao.

In truth, Tang San had sometimes wondered whether his father was from the Clear Sky Sect, whether he was the legendary Clear Sky Douluo.

But because Tang Hao had always looked like a drunkard, Tang San had never been able to be certain.

Now, though, it was finally confirmed!

In a mountain forest in the Doupo World,

"Phew!"

After landing, Tang Hao summoned his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and adopted a guarded stance. At the same time, he took several deep breaths, feeling invigorated and utterly exhilarated.

The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy in this Doupo World really was abundant!

This dense Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy could nourish the body and produce healing effects just by being breathed in.

There was no need to search for any Spiritual Medicine to heal his injuries.

If he simply breathed in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy of this Doupo World for a year or so, his injuries would probably recover!

Still, one needed to have goals.

Remembering that his purpose in coming to the Doupo World was to find miraculous elixirs capable of reviving his deceased father and his wife Ah Yin, who had turned back into a seed,

Tang Hao rallied himself and shot into the air, preparing to survey the surrounding area.

The moment he looked around, Tang Hao became excited.

Like Ma Hong Jun, he had actually been transported near a city.

Thus, after landing, Tang Hao immediately sprinted toward the city, intending to enter and inquire about the city and its surroundings to see whether there were any opportunities he could pursue.

However, as he reached the city gate and prepared to enter, Tang Hao was stopped.

"Stop right there!"

A guard shouted, "Where did this vagrant come from? Black Rock City is a major city. Vagrants aren't allowed to enter freely and ruin the city's appearance. Either clean yourself up before coming in, or get lost!"

As a Titled Douluo, when had Tang Hao ever suffered such humiliation? His expression stiffened at once, rage surging through his heart as he clenched his fists.

A mere gate guard dared speak to me like that?!

But when he remembered Hu Yan Zhen, who had died tragically at the hands of an ordinary mercenary, and Titan Giant Ape Er Ming, who had been beaten to death by a mob of village farmers, Tang Hao, despite his fury, merely got angry for a moment.

Hmph!

I have only just arrived in this world. As a civilized man, I shall give your Doupo World some face!

It is absolutely not because I fear you!

Faced with the gate guard's rebuke,

Tang Hao clenched his fists, silently turned around, and left. He ran back into the forest outside the city, found a small river, took a bath, and washed his clothes as well.

Only after making himself look completely refreshed did Tang Hao turn around and head back to Black Rock City, preparing to enter.

"Clear Sky Douluo is way too cowardly!"

"A few city gate guards scared him off?"

On the Douluo Continent,

seeing how cowardly Tang Hao was in the livestream, many Soul Masters could not help complaining.

However, some people nearby held the opposite opinion and immediately retorted.

"What do you know? This is called being cautious!"

"Didn't you see Sect Master Hu Yan Zhen die tragically at the hands of an ordinary mercenary, or that hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape get beaten to death by a group of farmers?"

"This city doesn't look small. The guards stationed at its gates definitely aren't weak either."

"If His Excellency Clear Sky wasn't a little more cautious, he might run into trouble too!"

In the livestream,

after finding a small river and washing himself clean, Tang Hao lined up to enter the city once more.

On the plaque above the city gate were the three large characters: "Black Rock City."

This time, Tang Hao entered Black Rock City without any trouble.

After entering the city,

Tang Hao wandered aimlessly around Black Rock City and soon noticed a particularly magnificent, towering black building.

"Excuse me, what is that building?"

Tang Hao found a street vendor and asked.

The vendor smiled proudly.

"Brother, you're from out of town, aren't you?"

"That is Black Rock City's tallest and most famous landmark building—the Alchemist Guild!"

"Inside are all esteemed alchemists!"

"Alchemists?"

Tang Hao was both puzzled and curious.

Wasn't everyone in the Doupo World a Dou Zhe who cultivated Dou Qi?

What kind of profession was an alchemist?

Tang Hao continued asking what an alchemist was.

"You don't even know what an alchemist is?"

The vendor looked incredulous. He had no idea which backwater place Tang Hao had crawled out of to not even know about alchemists.

Still, it was good that Tang Hao did not know.

The vendor cleared his throat a few times and put on an admiring expression as he began explaining alchemists.

"Alchemists are the noblest profession on the Dou Qi Continent. One must possess powerful Soul Power, and one's Dou Qi attribute must be fire. There must also be a trace of wood within that fire attribute before one can become an alchemist."

"Alchemists can refine medicinal ingredients into precious pills, allowing the ingredients' effects to be brought out to the fullest."

"As for how precious pills are, I don't need to explain that."

"Alchemists who can refine pills are naturally incomparably esteemed!"

Pills?!

Upon hearing that term, Tang Hao was startled and immediately thought of the miraculous elixirs introduced by the Heavenly Screen.

Could those miraculous elixirs refer to these pills?

Tang Hao could not help continuing to ask.

"Can alchemists refine pills that can bring people back to life?"

"Um..."

The vendor froze for a moment, looking hesitant.

"I haven't heard of such pills in Black Rock City, but legends say they do exist."

"Our Black Rock City is actually just a small city in a remote region of the Dou Qi Continent."

"Perhaps such pills can be found in the Central Continent, the core region of the Dou Qi Continent, within the legendary Human Emperor Hall or among the great Ancient Clans."

Hearing that such miraculous elixirs existed, hope immediately rose in Tang Hao's heart.

"So the miraculous elixirs of the Doupo World are all refined by these alchemists!"

On the Douluo Continent,

after learning through Tang Hao's livestream that the Doupo World had a profession known as alchemists,

countless Soul Masters became excited and exhilarated.

They felt that they finally had a direction for obtaining miraculous elixirs if they were transported there!

Among them, Yao Zi of Blazing Academy was especially thrilled.

Her Martial Soul, Blazing Thorns, was the perfect fire-and-wood attribute Martial Soul, wasn't it?

If alchemists required fire and wood attributes,

then didn't that mean she was a perfect fit?

The next time the Heavenly Screen made its selection, please choose me!

If I can successfully become an alchemist in the Doupo World

and return after surviving for a year, I will definitely lead Blazing Academy to rise up and become the number one Soul Master Academy on the continent!

Having learned how valuable the Alchemist Guild was,

Tang Hao was curious and walked toward it.

But just as he reached the entrance of the Alchemist Guild,

several burly guards emerged from the guild carrying buckets of black sludge filled with dregs and emitting a pungent stench.

"This is..."

For a moment, Tang Hao felt his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and Soul Power erupt with intense excitement and desire. He swallowed hard, his gaze locked firmly onto the guards' buckets.

But it was broad daylight.

Tang Hao could only forcibly suppress the desire in his heart.

No!

Hold back! I absolutely must hold back!