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Chapter 323 - 287 Black Iron Fist Set

Chapter 323: Chapter 287 Black Iron Fist Set

Time flowed like a river, and two days passed in the blink of an eye.

With the arrival of the Yanjing auction, martial artists from all over Huaxia and the world flooded into Yanjing from all directions over the past two days.

To ensure the safety of Emperor City, the leader of the Yanhuang Organization, the number one powerhouse of Huaxia, ’Yan’, personally issued an order to be on alert, requiring all members of the Yanhuang Organization to fulfill their duties with due diligence, strengthening patrols and vigilance.

Besides that, the spokesperson for the Yanhuang Organization also specially held a press conference, reading the alert order signed by Yan himself in front of many journalists, and sternly declared: should anyone dare to compromise the safety of Emperor City during the Yanjing auction, the Yanhuang Organization would spare no expense to kill the culprit and eradicate the organization they belong to!

In the afternoon, Ye Long, a member of the Yanhuang Organization Patrol Team, coordinated with relevant departments to be responsible for patrolling the airport area along with four colleagues.

Unlike the police’s patrolling methods, they didn’t check IDs during their patrols; instead, they used their consciousness to sense their surroundings. As soon as they detected the aura of a martial artist or magician, they would immediately approach them for questioning and only let them go after verifying their information.

And if the martial artists or magicians questioned happened to be members of some dangerous forces, they would be taken away directly and then expelled from Huaxia.

"I really didn’t expect this Yanjing auction to attract so many cultivators." A member of the patrol team with a thin face and monkey cheeks couldn’t help but remark.

"Yeah, I remember last year’s Dong Hai auction wasn’t even half as grand as this one," another member said.

"Are you guys dumb? Can last year even compare to this year?"

"That’s right, tomorrow there’s going to be the Qing bang competition in the Huaxia Martial Arts World, and all the competitors are trying to enhance their strengths, naturally looking to bid on some items at this auction."

The last member, who was on good terms with Ye Long, said enviously as he glanced at Ye Long, "Captain, I heard that the chief has given you three Plant Essences to exchange for a high-level Magic Artifact, so you can shine at next year’s Qing bang competition?"

Whoosh!

As his words fell, the other three Yanhuang Organization members also looked at Ye Long with envy.

The Yanhuang Organization, being the flag and management body of the Huaxia Martial Arts World, gets three entries to each Qing bang competition, and with Ye Long ranked second among the younger members, his participation in the Qing bang competition was a sure thing!

More than the qualification to participate in the Qing bang competition, they were even more envious of Ye Long’s opportunity to acquire a high-level Magical Artifact!

After all, among the younger generation, only the Martial Arts genius who was taken as a direct disciple by ’Yan’ owned a high-level Magical Artifact.

"Hmm."

Feeling his subordinates’ envious gazes, Ye Long smiled proudly.

"Captain, what high-level Magic Artifact is it that you need three Plant Essences to exchange for?" The thin-faced member couldn’t help but ask.

"It’s a secret for now."

Ye Long intentionally played coy, then lifted his wrist communicator to check the time, and said sternly, "The auction starts in three hours. I’ll be stepping away for a moment; keep a close watch and be sure not to make any mistakes."

"Yes, Captain!"

The four Yanhuang Organization members took their orders respectfully.

"The Captain has entered the Peak of Innate Realm for a year now and could break through to Innate Great Perfection at any time. If he does, coupled with the high-level Magic Artifact he’s about to exchange, except for Emperor Bai and Leng Feng, no one could be his match in the Qing bang competition, right?"

"Isn’t that stating the obvious?"

"Exactly, reaching Innate Great Perfection and equipped with a high-level Magic Artifact, he could practically sweep through any cultivator below the Gang Qi Realm."

...

After Ye Long left, the group couldn’t help but discuss in hushed tones.

Ye Long heard everything clearly but didn’t blame them; instead, he wore a self-satisfied smile.

Forty minutes later.

Ye Long returned home, entered his bedroom, and took out three ancient boxes that had been prepared in advance.

When he opened the boxes, the rich essence of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi rushed towards him. Just with a single inhalation, Ye Long felt invigorated as the Power Seed within him thrummed enthusiastically, as if pleading with him to absorb the three Plant Essences completely.

"What a pity, if I consumed these three Plant Essences, I would definitely step into the Innate Great Perfection Realm," Ye Long sighed as he looked at the three Plant Essences in the box.

As a Martial Arts genius ranked second among the younger generation of the Yanhuang Organization, he was very clear that a martial artist’s cultivation is divided into major and minor realms.

Among them, Postnatal and Innate constitute the major realm difference, while Entry, Great Success, Peak, and Great Perfection are distinctions of minor realms.

The elevation of a major realm signifies a qualitative leap, which places high demands on one’s insight into Martial Arts and spiritual cultivation. On the other hand, the advancement of minor realms is a quantitative change and has lower requirements for Martial Arts insight and spiritual cultivation; bottlenecks are easily broken through!

In fact, as long as one persists in absorbing the essence of Heaven and Earth and converts it into Power and Mind Power, they will eventually reach Great Perfection.

Of course, the best approach is to consume treasures like Plant Essence that contain the essence of Heaven and Earth Qi, converting it into the Essence of Power, which can greatly increase one’s strength in a very short time!

For example, powerful Wu Xue Sects invest massive resources in their Sect’s Martial Arts geniuses, including precious treasures like Plant Essence!

In such circumstances, those Martial Arts geniuses don’t have to worry about improving their strength and can use the time saved from absorbing Heaven and Earth Qi to practice martial skills, enhancing their combat effectiveness!

Of course, there’s one prerequisite!

That is, the Martial Arts geniuses must enter the Innate Realm through their own efforts!

Because... the Postnatal Realm is the stage where one lays their foundations; if the foundations aren’t solid, even if one uses external aids to increase their strength quickly, their future achievements will be very limited!

"Huh~"

After a moment of impulse, Ye Long took a deep breath to dispel the distractions in his mind, murmuring to himself, "Although Plant Essence is important, the high-level Magic Artifact ’Black Iron Fist set’ that will appear at the auction is even more precious. Touted as the best Magic Artifact for fist practitioners, once I get the ’Black Iron Fist set’, the power of Yanhuang Fist will increase significantly!"

"And as long as I make a brilliant appearance at next year’s Qing bang competition, my master will surely find a way to request more Plant Essence from the leader for me!"

Toward the end, Ye Long’s eyes shone brightly, "Furthermore, there is still plenty of time before next year’s Qing bang competition. I can definitely break through to the Innate Great Perfection realm based on my own strength!"

As his words faded, Ye Long closed the three ancient-looking boxes with determination and then packed them into a pull-along suitcase.

After finishing all this, Ye Long, pulling the suitcase, left his home and drove straight to the location of the auction.

Although there were still two hours before the auction, he had to get there early to assist the members of the Yanhuang Organization there, to ensure the safety of the auction venue together.

At the same time.

Inside the courtyard in Yanjing Sanlin Alley, where the primordial qi between heaven and earth was rich.

Ye Fan sat cross-legged on the stone table in the courtyard, with the Ghostly Gourd floating in front of him, acting as the ’Array Eye’ for the ’Gathering Essence Array’. Streams of Wood Element Qi, separated from the surrounding heaven and earth, plummeted down like a waterfall from the sky, entering the Medicine Furnace and continuously maintained the operation of the ’Fire Dragon Formation’ within it.

Ye Fan’s consciousness was divided, half controlling the slow entry of Wood Element Qi into the Medicine Furnace, and the other half using magic to stimulate the ’Fire Dragon Formation’ within the Medicine Furnace. It was somewhat strenuous, causing fine beads of sweat to appear on his forehead, but he did not wipe them away.

Because at this moment, he had to carefully control the fire, otherwise, the flames would burn the heavenly materials and earthly treasures within the Medicine Furnace and fail to extract their essence.

"Hiss hiss~"

Above the Medicine Furnace, flickering red flames crackled, and various herbs sizzled lightly under the flame’s grilling.

"Swoosh——"

After an unknown period, Ye Fan sensed that the essences of the heavenly materials and earthly treasures within the Medicine Furnace had been completely refined, he suddenly exhaled a mouthful of blood. The blood turned into a blood arrow as it entered the Medicine Furnace.

"Sizzle~"

As soon as the blood touched the black flames, it evaporated, transforming into a white vapor.

Pure Yang Qi!

That was the Pure Yang Qi contained within Ye Fan’s Life-bound Essence Blood!

"Clang——"

With the appearance of Pure Yang Qi, Ye Fan instantly withdrew the Fire Dragon Formation, and then with a thought, the lid of the Medicine Furnace rose into the air, swiftly capping the furnace.

Chu Ji’s heart tightened upon seeing this scene!

Although she did not practice alchemy, she had seen Ye Fan and Chu Xuanji perform alchemy on multiple occasions and knew that at this point Ye Fan had already refined the essences of various heavenly materials and earthly treasures and had injected the main material, his Life-bound Essence Blood, into them.

What Ye Fan needed to do next was to combine the essences of the heavenly materials and earthly treasures with the Pure Yang Qi contained in his Life-bound Essence Blood to form a pill.

This was the most critical moment in alchemy, where the slightest carelessness could lead to failure in pill formation, and all efforts would go down the drain!

"Combine!"

Just as Chu Ji was worried, Ye Fan suddenly let out a loud shout, a flash of golden light at his brow as telekinesis surged out, controlling the fusion of various essences of heavenly materials and earthly treasures with the rich Pure Yang Qi in the Medicine Furnace. At the same time, his hands rapidly formed the handprint for ’Combine’.

"Clang!"

As the handprint formed, a crisp sound echoed!

The lid of the Medicine Furnace flew up suddenly, and a rich fragrance wafted out from within, enveloping Ye Fan like a white fog.

"Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh..."

Immediately afterward, the sound of cutting through the air rang out as twenty red-tinted white ’Nirvana Pills’ burst forth from the Medicine Furnace, instantly intensifying the aroma.

Ye Fan, seeing this, did not hesitate. He quickly controlled the Nirvana Pills with his telekinesis, guiding them into an orchid porcelain bottle he had prepared beforehand to preserve their potency.

"Phew... It’s finally done!"

Upon witnessing this, Chu Ji quietly let out a sigh of relief. Her hanging heart gradually settled, and her tightly clenched fists relaxed.

Although she knew that Ye Fan’s medical skills were miraculous and his alchemy surpassed even Chu Xuanji, the fact that the twenty Nirvana Pills were so precious caused even her steadfast spirit to be unavoidably nervous!

In contrast, Ye Fan had been much more relaxed when using the Plant Spirit ’Five-Colored Flower’ to refine the ’Returning Essence Pill’ yesterday.

"I was originally planning to refine the Taiyin Xuan Sword and make Flying Knives out of it, but it seems I have no time now," Ye Fan himself also breathed a sigh of relief, then wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"What’s the rush?" Chu Ji handed Ye Fan a napkin with an exasperated tone, "The Flying Knives are for your own use, not for the auction. You can slowly refine them after the auction ends. Besides, who knows, there might be high-level magical artifacts in the form of Flying Knives at the auction, right?"

"That’s also true," Ye Fan replied with a smile as he stood up. Although he was capable of using the Taiyin Xuan Sword to make Flying Knives, because of the special material, they could barely be considered mid-level magical artifacts. To be classified as high-level magical artifacts, they would need to have formations added to enhance their power.

As Chu Xuanji had been immersed in alchemy in his later years and had not devoted much effort to artifact refining, his level of artifact crafting was merely at an elementary level.

Ye Fan, having inherited Chu Xuanji’s mantle, though showing signs of outstripping his mentor, could only barely manage to refine mid-level magical artifacts at best!

"Let’s go, the auction is about to start, and we shouldn’t be late," Chu Ji checked the time and reminded him.

"Alright."

Ye Fan nodded, collected the bottle of Nirvana Pills, and walked out of the courtyard with Chu Ji. They got into a car and headed straight for the site of the auction!

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