Killing Liu Xi

Alchemists enjoyed such treatment because of their rarity and practicality. The requirements for becoming an alchemist were exceptionally demanding.

First, one's innate attribute had to be fire. Second, that fire attribute had to contain a trace of wood energy, which served as a catalyst for refining medicine.

One had to know that, on the Dou Qi Continent, a person's attribute was determined by their soul. A soul forever possessed only one attribute; it was impossible for other attributes to be mixed in.

Therefore, it was basically impossible for one body to possess two attributes of differing strengths.

Of course, nothing was absolute. Among hundreds of millions of people, there would always be some with mutated souls, and those with mutated souls possessed the potential to become alchemists.

However, merely possessing a Fire-Wood Attribute soul was still not enough to become a true alchemist.

Because another essential requirement for an alchemist was equally indispensable: the soul's perceptive ability, also known as Soul Perception.

Under such harsh conditions, those qualified to become alchemists were naturally as rare as phoenix feathers and qilin horns.

And with so few alchemists, those miraculous pills were naturally scarce as well. Things were valuable because they were rare, and this was why alchemists possessed such an exalted, even somewhat distorted status.

Take Hai Bodong and Heavenly Fire Venerable from the original novel. In order to ask Xiao Yan to refine pills, they had no idea how many times they had risked life and limb. In the end, after Xiao Yan delivered the pills, they still had to thank him and owe him a favor.

From this, one could see just how lofty an alchemist's status was!

The next day.

"Lin Feng, you're finally here. Hurry to the back entrance and help load the goods." When the shopkeeper saw Lin Feng arrive at the trading house, he hurriedly stopped him. He looked rather anxious.

"Alright, I'll go right away." Seeing the shopkeeper like this, Lin Feng was somewhat curious. "Shopkeeper, why are you in such a rush?"

Hearing that, the shopkeeper clasped his hands behind his back, proudly raised his head, and boasted, "You weren't here yesterday, so of course you don't know. When I went to Town North City yesterday, I met a First-grade Alchemist at the Ten Thousand Flower Tower. I found out what the master liked, gritted my teeth, and spent tens of thousands of gold coins to buy a snake woman for him."

As he said this, the shopkeeper recalled the seductive and alluring snake woman from yesterday. A trace of heat and reluctance flashed through his eyes before being replaced by excitement.

He clapped his hands and said excitedly, "After receiving the snake woman, Master Liu Xi agreed that not only would our trading house be responsible for the medicinal herbs he needed for refining in the future, but we would also be allowed to sell twenty percent of the pills he refines each month."

Thinking of the endless enormous profits to come, the shopkeeper could not help imagining his sweet future life.

By now, Lin Feng understood why the shopkeeper was so happy today.

The trading house where he worked was one of Wutan City's top establishments, with monthly net profits of around several thousand gold coins. If it could attach itself to a First-grade Alchemist, those profits would likely double.

Wait, Liu Xi?

Lin Feng thought about it. Wasn't this the alchemist from the original novel who had helped the Jia Lie Family oppose the Xiao Family?

He remembered that Liu Xi was also the disciple of a Third-grade Alchemist. In that case, his assets should be quite substantial, right?

At that thought, an unusual gleam flashed through Lin Feng's eyes.

"Oh, right. I'm so happy today that I almost forgot. Go help immediately. If you delay my delivery of medicinal herbs to Master Liu Xi, don't blame me for making you suffer!" The shopkeeper suddenly remembered Lin Feng was still there and shouted.

"I'm going now." Lin Feng replied, then ran toward the back entrance.

Town North City.

Lin Feng followed the trading house's freight team to Liu Xi's Mansion. After unloading all the medicinal herbs with the others, he ran up to the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, I want to resign."

"Resign?" The shopkeeper was stunned by Lin Feng's words, then asked, "When?"

"Today," Lin Feng replied.

The shopkeeper froze. "Today? That urgent?"

"Yes." Lin Feng nodded. After probing indirectly over the past month, he had already learned Liu Xi's routine from the shopkeeper.

Now was the best opportunity to carry out his plan. If he missed this chance, he would have to wait several more months.

"Alright." The shopkeeper did not care much about a mere porter. He took out several gold coins and said, "This is your pay for this period."

"Thank you, Shopkeeper." Lin Feng accepted the gold coins, then left with a huge cloth bundle slung over his back.

After walking some distance, Lin Feng swiftly changed direction and ran out of the city.

After running several miles down the main road, he found a suitable tree in the nearby woods and climbed it in a few quick movements.

Holding an Explosive Bag containing a hundred pounds of Black Powder, Lin Feng carefully hid atop a large tree and patiently waited for his target to arrive.

His target this time was Liu Xi!

Ever since Lin Feng had learned about Liu Xi from the shopkeeper a month ago, he had struggled with the decision several times before finally deciding to take the risk and begin planning Liu Xi's assassination.

If he succeeded, not only could he obtain high-grade cultivation methods, but he could also acquire all kinds of items needed to learn alchemy.

Later, through a series of indirect inquiries, he learned Liu Xi's routine from the shopkeeper.

He learned that Liu Xi's teacher lived in another city not far from Town North City. Liu Xi had come to Town North City specifically to avoid his teacher's supervision.

However, Liu Xi visited his teacher every so often, and today was the day he was to see him.

Although he knew Liu Xi's schedule, Lin Feng's cultivation at the tenth stage of Dou Power clearly was not enough to defeat Liu Xi, not to mention the several Dou Zhe guards at his side.

Thus, Lin Feng made use of his advantage as a transmigrator. After tinkering for some time, he created an Explosive Bag filled with Black Powder!

Though this thing would have a hard time killing a Dou Zhe head-on, there was still a good chance of doing so in an ambush.

After waiting for some time, Lin Feng saw four burly men escorting a young man in white slowly enter his field of vision.

The young man in white leading them looked to be in his twenties and was rather handsome. However, the occasional lewd glint in his eyes utterly ruined that face.

At this moment, the young man's face was filled with impatience. Clearly, the daily sexual bliss of his life in Town North City made him unwilling to see his teacher.

As the group drew close, a trace of madness flashed through Lin Feng's eyes.

After transmigrating here, he had only wanted to live a better life. But the Dou Qi Continent was too cruel. If he could not grow stronger, he could only let others trample upon him!

When they reached a spot not far beneath the tree, he swiftly lit the fuse with a Fire Starter and threw it down. Then he hurriedly hugged the trunk and hid behind it.

He had tested the fuse's burning time. It lasted less than two seconds. Besides, these Dou Zhe did not know what an Explosive Bag was, so there was a high chance they would not be able to dodge it.

"Hmm?"

"Who goes there?!"

Seeing something suddenly fly down at them, the people below shouted and instinctively raised their weapons to block it.

Two of the burly men even drew their weapons and thrust them toward the Explosive Bag.

The instant the Explosive Bag was about to collide with their weapons, it emitted a dazzling flash. Then everyone heard a deafening boom as the cloth bundle exploded above their heads.

The countless iron fragments inside the cloth bundle were hurled in every direction by the scorching blast. Many branches in the surrounding forest were severed, while even more fragments buried themselves in the bodies of Liu Xi and the others.

The people below were also blasted several meters away by the shockwave. Two unlucky men were even blown directly into several pieces.

As the blast faded, large chunks of flesh and internal organs fell to the ground along with branches and leaves from the surrounding trees.

After a while, seeing no movement below, Lin Feng climbed down from the tree with trembling, weakened limbs. Looking at the wreckage scattered across the ground, he let out a breath of relief.

This operation had been a do-or-die gamble, but upon seeing the severed limbs everywhere, Lin Feng immediately felt somewhat nauseated.

Yet he knew people nearby would surely rush over after hearing the commotion, so he suppressed his nausea and began searching through the mangled flesh.

"Heh, there's something here."

Looking at the Storage Ring he had stripped from Liu Xi's finger, Lin Feng grinned. The assets of a First-grade Alchemist were an enormous fortune to him now.

However, he had no time to inspect them carefully. After putting it away, he continued looting.

Before long, Lin Feng had several more scrolls and a Gold Coin Card in his hands. Looking at the gold coins scattered across the ground, there were probably several thousand of them.

"Forget it. I need to leave quickly. Such a huge commotion means the others must already be on their way here."

Picking up his newly acquired spoils, Lin Feng casually wiped the blood off them with a scrap of cloth. He ran into the woods, led out the horse he had prepared beforehand, and swiftly rode away.

Several hours later, Lin Feng arrived at a cave. He decided to cultivate the method here before continuing on his journey. Otherwise, if he encountered bandits or marauders, he would be unable to deal with them without having cultivated a method.

Taking out the Storage Ring he had obtained from Liu Xi, Lin Feng slowly infused Soul Perception into the ring in his palm. A moment later, an irrepressible joy appeared on his face.

Liu Xi's Storage Ring contained an exceptionally abundant collection: cultivation methods and Dou Skills he urgently needed, Pill Recipes, a medicine cauldron, gold coins, pills, medicinal herbs, and other items.

"No wonder the ancients said murder and arson make one rich. They truly didn't deceive us!" He sighed as he looked at the Storage Ring in his palm.

He took out a scroll and examined the small writing on it. "Mysterious Tier Mid-grade Cultivation Method, Crimson Fire Art!"

He then picked up the other scrolls. Aside from a Mysterious Tier Low-grade Dou Skill, Crimson Fire Palm, the rest were Pill Recipes for First-grade and Second-grade Pills.

Seeing the Dou Skill, Lin Feng was somewhat disappointed. He had originally thought that, like the cultivation method, the Dou Skill would be Mysterious Tier Mid-grade. He had not expected it to be Mysterious Tier Low-grade. It seemed Liu Xi did not enjoy fighting.

However, this Dou Skill was paired with the cultivation method. When used, it should be somewhat stronger than ordinary Dou Skills of the same grade.

After a while, Lin Feng finished counting his gains and curiously picked up a Gold Coin Card to inspect it. This was his first time seeing a bank card from the Dou Qi Continent.

The Gold Coin Card resembled a savings card from Blue Planet overall, with the number one hundred thousand printed on it. It seemed to be the balance within the card.

After putting away the card, Lin Feng picked up the Mysterious Tier Mid-grade Cultivation Method and began cultivating it.

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