Great Emperor, Put That Power Away!

"Yao Chen, teach me alchemy!"

"Huh? I have no problem teaching you, but Great Emperor, my Alchemy shouldn't be of any use to you, should it?" Yao Chen agreed at once. He had already uploaded his Alchemy techniques to the Group Store, so there was no reason he couldn't teach Meng Chuan face-to-face.

"They're no use to me now, but that'll change once I learn them. Who knows? I might even teach you someday." Meng Chuan smiled. The Alchemy of Yao Chen's world was quite sophisticated. It might not help him now, but once he had mastered it, he could build on what came before and take the craft to greater heights.

Meng Chuan had come to the Battle Through the Heavens World for two reasons: to perfect his Dao Fire Furnace and to study this world's Heavenly Dao.

Alchemy was an important part of this world. It would surely help him comprehend the Myriad Daos.

For Meng Chuan, seeing and comprehending the Daos of different worlds was tremendously valuable now, especially for his Dao Shi Dao.

The Chat Group's appearance had greatly raised the ceiling of the Dao Shi Dao.

"Hahaha! True. If my Alchemy ever reaches this world's limit, I might have to come to you for advice, Great Emperor!" Yao Chen understood his point and laughed heartily.

If that day came, he would be delighted. Alchemy was what Yao Chen loved most in life.

Though that day might be a long way off.

"Maybe one day I'll even refine a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill from your world!"

"No, no. Yao Chen, if you cultivate to my level, refining a Nine-Turn Immortal Pill won't be a problem," Meng Chuan said.

The Nine-Turn Immortal Pill of the Shrouding the Heavens World was not refined through conventional alchemy. It was more like using a Heavenly Emperor's power to forge countless divine materials, then forcing them into a pill with the aid of the myriad Daos of heaven and earth.

Alchemy was hardly mainstream in the Shrouding the Heavens World. On the Emperor Path, those who did not fight died. Who had time to study alchemy? After becoming a Great Emperor, one finally had time, but even alchemy's crowning achievement, the Nine-Turn Immortal Pill, could not grant eternal life. Great Emperors spent two lifetimes searching for a path to longevity without finding one, let alone mastering alchemy.

In the original story, Emperor Zun and Ye Fan had both refined Nine-Turn Immortal Pills. But if their alchemical skill had matched their attainments in cultivation, then perhaps...

That was another reason Meng Chuan wanted to learn alchemy from the Battle Through the Heavens World: it would let him study the subject systematically.

"How are you planning Xiao Yan's training, Yao Chen? That promise to make him a Dou Zhe within a year is already out there," Meng Chuan asked with a smile.

"Haha, you'll get to see what I can do when the time comes, Great Emperor." Yao Chen smiled, then looked at Meng Chuan and added, "Just a few little tricks, of course."

"Hahahaha."

"Yao Chen, since I'm going to learn alchemy from you, I ought to give you a gift," Meng Chuan said. He couldn't just take lessons for free. He wasn't that kind of person.

"No need for that, Great Emperor. We're both group members. Why give me a gift? I'm not the sort of person who..." Yao Chen was about to refuse when he saw what Meng Chuan pulled from the void. He choked, then declared with righteous conviction:

"I'm not the sort of person who ignores proper etiquette! Since the Great Emperor wishes to give me a gift, I can't refuse. Wouldn't that tarnish your reputation?"

Meng Chuan stared at Yao Chen. Without so much as a flicker of embarrassment, Yao Chen met his gaze.

"Yao Chen, right now you're just like Little Meng."

So the three rotten apples in the Chat Group really are you three!

Yao Chen ignored him. You're the one who's like him. Everyone knows the Chat Group's worst villains are Big Meng and Little Meng.

"Great Emperor, where did you find this?" Yao Chen asked excitedly, looking at the skeleton before him.

"The Dou Qi Continent is a big place. There are bound to be places where Dou Di have died. I swept the entire continent with my divine sense and found several Dou Di skeletons. This is one of them. If you don't like it, you can have another."

Meng Chuan hesitated, then said, "Well, if you'd prefer the skeleton of a female Dou Di, I found one of those too. I could give it to you, though that might be a little awkward."

Meng Chuan really had found four Dou Di Bone Remains. Plenty of Dou Di must have died violent deaths throughout the Dou Qi Continent's history. Hadn't one died at the Bodhi Ancient Tree?

Yao Chen's face twitched. Great Emperor, do you hear yourself? What nonsense! What utter drivel! You're making things up out of thin air! You're beyond saving!

"No need. This one looks good to me. I like it a lot." Yao Chen gazed at the Dou Di Bone Remains, thoroughly pleased.

In the original story, he had used a Dou Zun Bone Remains and a Dou Sheng arm bone to make his new body. Now he had an entire Dou Di skeleton.

Woohoo! I'm going to soar!

"Now all I need for my new body is a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill and the essence of a Magical Beast's bloodline." Yao Chen was over the moon. Neither would be hard to obtain. At his current rate of recovery, he would soon be able to refine the pill himself. As for the bloodline essence, he only had to find a Magical Beast and draw some blood.

"Leave those to me. Since you're teaching me Alchemy and have decided to keep following the path of cultivating Dou Qi before ascending to the Great Thousand, I'll give you a grand gift." Meng Chuan gestured for Yao Chen not to worry.

Warmth surged through Yao Chen's heart as he looked at Meng Chuan. He had a thousand things to say, but only one came out: "May the Great Emperor live ten thousand years!"

Meng Chuan: ???

"You're cursing me to die young? Yao Chen, you've got some nerve!" Meng Chuan was furious. Blind fool! You don't know a good thing when you see it. I'm done staying in this ring!

Meng Chuan could live for more than ten thousand years in his first life alone, never mind his second. The path to becoming a Red Dust Immortal would take him through nine lives, after which his lifespan would be endless. And Yao Chen wished him ten thousand years?

How vicious!

"Hahaha, slip of the tongue." Yao Chen laughed awkwardly, realizing what was wrong with what he had said.

Yao Chen: [Image]

Yao Chen: A gift from the Great Emperor—a Dou Di Bone Remains!

Bibi Dong: Why did he give you a corpse?

Daigu Madoka: That's a bit shabby.

Meng Qi: If you love him, give him the very best!

Meng Chuan: @Meng Qi, want the full treatment?

Yao Chen had sent the picture straight to the group to show off.

Meng Qi seethed as he read the message. That privilege-abusing dog! Picking on an ordinary administrator like me! I swear I'll never let this go!

Meng Qi: The weather's lovely today, and you're as handsome as ever, Great Emperor.

Zhang Sanfeng: Sucking up?

Ignoring the group's "treasures," Meng Chuan began asking Yao Chen about Alchemy. He had finished studying the Ancient Spirit Cold Flame long ago.

"To become an Alchemist, your Dou Qi must have a fire attribute with a trace of wood," Yao Chen said. Then he saw the Heavenly Emperor-level magic power before him shift through a riot of colors—fire mixed with wood, then fire with water, then fire with metal—and muttered:

"The Great Emperor certainly meets that requirement."

"Next, you need exceptional Soul Perception. And when refining pills, a powerful flame makes the work twice as effective for half the effort."

Boom!

Solar True Flame ignited within a sliver of soul power Meng Chuan had released.

Yao Chen: "..."

Great Emperor, put that power away!

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