Nine Heavens Martial Emperor

In the VIP room of the Treasure Hunting Pavilion, a handsome, dignified middle-aged man was pacing restlessly.

Seeing the room was empty, a terrifying aura erupted from him, and the chair closest to him was instantly crushed to dust.

This man was none other than Lin Tianxiao.

After a brief conversation with the Treasure Hunting Pavilion’s Pavilion Master, he had rushed back to War Dragon City.

He clearly remembered the Pavilion Master telling him that Lin Hao would be waiting for him in the VIP room.

Now that he couldn’t find him, how could Lin Tianxiao not be anxious?

On the main road, he hadn’t seen Lin Tianhao and his son, so he guessed they probably hadn’t even thought of leaving War Dragon City.

’If Lin Tianhao and his son wait until I part ways with Lin Hao before capturing him, then even if I burn my Bloodline Power, I still won’t have a chance to turn the tables.’

At this moment, unable to find Lin Hao, a bad premonition arose in Lin Tianxiao’s heart.

"Third Uncle..."

Just then, a voice suddenly sounded at the entrance of the VIP room.

Lin Tianxiao spun around, overjoyed.

"Hao’Er, where did you run off to?" Lin Tianxiao asked dotingly.

Lin Hao grinned and raised his hand, pinching the pill between his thumb and forefinger.

"Third Uncle, hurry and eat this pill. Your internal injuries will heal after some more meditation," Lin Hao said, quite pleased.

’My injury was caused by recklessly using my Bloodline Power. There’s no pill on the continent that can treat it. This silly kid...’

As Lin Tianxiao saw it, Lin Hao must have begged for a pill for him from the Treasure Hunting Pavilion. Although he knew it couldn’t possibly be effective, he didn’t want to spoil Lin Hao’s mood, so he happily accepted it and swallowed it without a second thought.

"Third Uncle, quick, circulate your energy! Hao’Er will stand guard for you!" Seeing Lin Tianxiao swallow the pill, Lin Hao urged him on.

Lin Tianxiao was taken aback. His original plan was to swallow the pill, put on an act, and then tell Lin Hao it was working so he wouldn’t worry.

But seeing Lin Hao’s dead-serious expression, he smiled faintly and did as he was told.

Lin Hao turned and went to close the door to the VIP room.

Meanwhile, Master Dan had just arrived at the door.

"Old sir, my third uncle is about to circulate his energy to heal. Could you please wait at the door for a moment?" Although Lin Hao spoke politely to Master Dan, his expression was very solemn.

"Yes!" Master Dan glanced inside. He saw a pile of dust where a chair should have been, and when he looked again at the man sitting cross-legged not far away, his heart skipped a beat. He stood respectfully without moving.

Although they weren’t close, Master Dan could feel the pressure emanating from the man in the room. ’That is a true expert!’

’I’d love to see Lin Hao make a fool of himself, but now’s not the time. I’ll just have to wait.’

Inside, Lin Tianxiao had closed his eyes intending only to put on a show to reassure Lin Hao. But the moment his eyes were shut, he was utterly shaken. ’The pill... it seems to be actually working!’

Almost instantly, he began circulating his True Essence to absorb the pill’s medicinal power.

The True Essence of an Elemental Realm expert was swift and terrifying. It wrapped around the pill and instantly carried it into his Dantian.

The Dantian was where special constitutions stored their bloodline; the bloodline refined True Essence, making it the source of True Essence.

As soon as the pill entered the Dantian, it was dissolved by the True Essence and began to rapidly nourish his injured bloodline.

’It’s really working!’

Lin Tianxiao was overjoyed and continued the Refining process.

Half an hour later, Lin Tianxiao opened his eyes, which shone with a divine light.

"Hao’Er, this pill is miraculous! My internal injuries are more than halfway healed!" Lin Tianxiao shot to his feet, his face a mask of excitement.

Lin Hao’s small face was all smiles; he wasn’t the least bit surprised by this result.

"I can’t believe the Treasure Hunting Pavilion has such a Healing Divine Medicine! No, I have to go thank the Pavilion Master! Now that I’ve recovered, I can’t keep having him stand guard for me!"

A pill like this was an absolutely heaven-defying existence. Lin Tianxiao still thought it had come from the Treasure Hunting Pavilion, and for such a great favor, he had to go thank the Pavilion Master in person at the earliest opportunity.

"You wait here!" Lin Tianxiao didn’t give Lin Hao a chance to speak. Before his words had even faded, the VIP room door opened, and Lin Tianxiao was already gone.

Lin Hao didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Master Dan walked in with a strange expression on his face.

Lin Tianxiao’s voice had been very loud just now; he had heard it clearly from outside the door.

’Sigh, so this is how the young masters of great families become useless dandies. The adults spoil and indulge them.’ Master Dan sighed to himself.

He still thought Lin Tianxiao was just helping Lin Hao put on a show.

"Um... old sir, I’ll be leaving now. If my third uncle comes back, please tell him I’ve gone home." Master Dan’s strange look made Lin Hao uncomfortable. Now that his uncle’s problem was solved, he didn’t want to stay in the Treasure Hunting Pavilion any longer.

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Hao executed the Ghostly Divine Step and vanished in the blink of an eye.

「Not long after...」

"Damn it! I still had so much to say!" Master Dan’s exasperated roar echoed from the VIP room.

Lin Hao had really infuriated him. He had been mentally rehearsing his speech, trying to figure out how to make Lin Hao realize his mistake without offending him.

But just as he was getting his thoughts in order, Lin Hao had slipped away.

How could he not be furious?

Before Master Dan’s anger could subside, the Treasure Hunting Pavilion’s Pavilion Master returned.

"Pavilion..."

Before Master Dan could get the word "Master" out, Ninety-Five grabbed him by the collar.

Ninety-Five lifted Master Dan into the air with one hand. His face was red, his neck thick with rage, his eyes were wide as copper bells, and he roared, breathing heavily, "Speak! Where is Lin Hao?!"

’Haha, so the act has finally fallen apart.’ Master Dan gloated internally before quickly replying, "Pavilion Master, he went home."

Before the last word was out of his mouth, Ninety-Five threw him down and shot out of the room.

Caught off guard, Master Dan was thrown to the ground with a THUD. His old bones nearly shattered from the fall.

He had just scrambled to his feet when he jumped in fright, because the Pavilion Master had returned as quickly as he had left.

"Pavilion Master..." Master Dan called out.

Ninety-Five didn’t answer, merely staring at him with a burning gaze.

Just as Master Dan was starting to get creeped out by the stare, Ninety-Five finally spoke. "Master Dan, was Lin Hao performing Alchemy in here just now?"

"Y-yes, he was," Master Dan answered nervously. He thought the Pavilion Master was about to settle accounts with him.

Then, he realized he was wrong.

He saw Ninety-Five let out a long sigh of relief and ask, "So you’re saying you watched him perform Alchemy?"

"Y-yes. He even wrote down a dozen or so medicinal ingredients for me, and I personally fetched them."

"What?! Which ingredients did he use? Quick, tell me!" Without any warning, Ninety-Five went berserk again, and Master Dan was once again hoisted into the air.

"Let me think... I looked at the ingredients he wrote down. Several of them conflict with each other, so I didn’t pay much attention, I can’t remember..." Seeing the murderous look in Ninety-Five’s eyes, Master Dan quickly added, "But I can find the paper with the list of ingredients!"

"Go find it! Go find it now! The ingredients on that paper are for a priceless Healing Divine Medicine! You must find it!" Ninety-Five roared, his eyes bloodshot.

Master Dan was shocked. He scrambled to his feet, and then he heard Ninety-Five muttering to himself, "To have recklessly used Bloodline Power, and yet there’s a pill that can restore it... calling it a Divine Medicine is no exaggeration. We’ve struck it rich. We’re going to be rich."

Hearing this, Master Dan felt as if he had been struck by lightning!

Having lived a long life, Master Dan knew all too well the kind of damage caused by recklessly using one’s Bloodline Power.

Moreover, as an Alchemy Master, he knew better than anyone that there was currently no pill on the continent capable of healing bloodline injuries.

Just now, he had the chance to witness the birth of the continent’s first Divine Medicine, but he had missed it.

When he thought back on his actions just now, Master Dan was sick with regret.

SLAP!

After giving himself a sharp slap across the face, Master Dan ran off as fast as he could.

If he didn’t hurry and couldn’t find that paper, he didn’t know if he would hang himself out of despair...

Not many people came to the Treasure Hunting Pavilion today, so the attendants at the front desk were a bit idle.

Two attendants were gathered together, making fun of someone.

"That cheapskate Zhang San is finally getting what he deserves," one of them said, gloating.

The other chuckled. "Yeah, and lucky for us he’s cheap and didn’t treat us to a meal. Otherwise, we’d be like him today, shitting until we collapse from exhaustion."

"That’s true. He’s really unlucky. Did you notice? He used up all the toilet paper. He asked me for some just now, but I didn’t give him any. And guess what? He got so desperate he started digging through the trash can, HAHAHA..."

Thinking of Zhang San’s pathetic state, the two attendants burst out laughing.

Then they saw someone, who seemed to come out of nowhere, suddenly dive into the same trash can Zhang San had just been rummaging through and start digging around.

’Could it be another one who ran out of paper?’ they thought, and walked over.

One of them clapped the person on the shoulder. "Hey... Mas... Master Dan..."

"You’re just in time! Quick, help me find a piece of paper. It’s about this long and this wide, with writing on it. It mentions Thousand Blood Vine and Demon Flame Flower."

Master Dan continued to rummage while gesturing with his hands.

"Oh, oh, oh..." The two attendants quickly agreed and began digging through the trash pile alongside him.

"It’s not here! How can it not be here!" The three of them worked quickly, and soon the trash pile had been turned upside down. But Master Dan still couldn’t find the paper.

The poor old man was so anxious he was on the verge of tears.

"Master Dan, just now, Zhang San took a few pieces of paper from in here and went to the latrine," one of the attendants recalled.

"What?!" Master Dan froze, then without another word, took off running in the direction of the latrine.

The two attendants were left behind, staring at each other in utter confusion.

However, looking at the trash strewn all over the floor, the two attendants could only sigh, crouch down, and start putting it back.

They had just crouched down when one of them felt a pat on his shoulder.

He was about to curse, but when he turned around, he was nearly scared out of his wits. The one who had patted him was the Pavilion Master.

"I’m asking you, have you seen Master Dan?" Ninety-Five had been waiting for Master Dan to return for a long time and finally couldn’t sit still any longer. That piece of paper was too important; he decided it was more reliable to come out and look himself.

He could have just gone to find Lin Hao directly, but his prior dealings with Yi Mingcheng had left too deep an impression on him. In his mind, if he had to ask Lin Hao for such a priceless pill recipe, the price would be something he could not afford.

"H-he... he went to the latrine?" the two attendants stammered.

Ninety-Five’s expression changed drastically. He shot off in the direction of the latrine, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The two attendants’ heads were spinning. ’What is with today? Why is everyone running to the latrine?’