CHAPTER 436: CHAPTER 306: GHOST EMPEROR’S LAIR? YAN CITY

It seems that the principle of the Nirvana Cannon also involves converting the power of Elixir Pills into Primordial Power, erupting with astonishing lethality.

I remember the last time, when activating Little Jiao, Master Long Yu used five hundred Xuanyin Elixirs at once.

I wonder what kind of Elixir Pills this Nirvana Cannon needs?

Ye Lingyue opened the Elixir Slot, and at the position of the Elixir Slot, she saw three numbers: one thousand, two thousand, three thousand, corresponding to one shot, two shots, three shots.

Although she was prepared, Ye Lingyue still couldn’t help but tremble her eyebrows.

Too much of a gold burner, a thousand Elixir Pills for one shot, even if it uses the most ordinary Third-grade Xuanyin Elixirs, it’s still a considerable amount.

Ye Lingyue is an Alchemist, indeed, but she doesn’t refine Elixirs often because she feels that with a cheating artifact like the Qian Cauldron, Alchemy is simply a no-brainer.

Especially now that she is the Master of the Moon City, such trivial Alchemy work is left to the Alchemists of the Alchemist Mansion to do.

On a daily basis, she only carries around a few to a dozen bottles of commonly used Elixir Pills for her own use and occasional gifting.

Unable to determine what Elixir Pills the Nirvana Cannon needs to start, Ye Lingyue took out a few bottles of Elixir Pills and started experimenting, from the lowest level Soul Condensing Pills to the Xuanyin Elixirs.

After changing more than ten different kinds of Elixir Pills, they all got stuck at the slot’s mouth.

It wasn’t until Ye Lingyue put in a Fifth-grade Candle Dragon Elixir that the Elixir Pill had just entered the Elixir Slot, and with a ’clang’, like a shell being loaded, the Elixir Pill disappeared at the Elixir Slot.

Damn it!

It actually requires Candle Dragon Elixirs!

Ye Lingyue was on the verge of tears; Fifth Rank Elixir Pills, one Candle Dragon Elixir worth a fortune, and not just one but a thousand pills. Even for an Alchemist with built-in cheats like her, it was too expensive to afford.

Truly a death trap that takes lives without compensation, Xia Houhong that prodigal heir, spoiled rich kid, it seems the shot he used earlier to bomb me was worth a thousand Candle Dragon Elixirs.

The one who refined the Nirvana Cannon wasn’t some senior expert; it was outright a huge tycoon.

Ye Lingyue had actually misunderstood Xia Houhong.

When Xia Houhong learned that the Nirvana Cannon required Candle Dragon Elixirs to operate, he was also taken aback.

Heaven knows that before he went to the Xixia Plain, he never thought of using it to deal with Ye Lingyue. He just wanted to use the Nirvana Cannon to kill a few Ninth-grade Peak Spiritual Beasts. Who knew that in the end, it would result in the cannon being seized, and his tragic demise?

After discovering this fact, Ye Lingyue, who previously wanted to see how to refine the Nirvana Cannon, suddenly lost interest.

Let’s not even mention that refining the body of the cannon requires Nirvana Iron, just the shocking cost of one thousand Candle Dragon Elixirs per shot, on the mainland, how many people can afford that?

Ye Lingyue, who owns Ghost Sect and Drunk Immortal Inn, suddenly felt incredibly poor.

Fortunately, after inserting a Candle Dragon Elixir, the number near the Elixir Slot, which was originally one thousand, changed to a thousand and one.

It seems that before the assassination attempt on Ye Lingyue, Xia Houhong and his people had already fired one shot, and after dealing with Ye Lingyue, they used another one, leaving one shot remaining in the Nirvana Cannon.

Ye Lingyue counted her Candle Dragon Elixirs and found that from the last batch she refined using the Blood Cauldron, there were still five hundred and one left. However, to refine Candle Dragon Elixirs on such a large scale again, she would need the Blood Cauldron and a massive amount of medicinal ingredients, which she currently had no means to obtain.

If only... there was a way to get a large number of Candle Dragon Elixirs all at once.

Ye Lingyue smiled wryly, that thought was almost wishful thinking. Apart from robbing the Treasure Vault of the Beiqing Imperial Palace or raiding places like the Dan Palace, there were hardly any places where one could obtain so many Candle Dragon Elixirs all at once.

But no matter, at least she still had one cannonball left. If she really found herself in a critical situation, she could still save her life once.

With a thought, she left the Hong Meng Heaven.

Outside the house, it was quiet; Lan Cai’er and Aguduo had not yet returned.

Although the place was tidy, Ye Lingyue could still smell the scent of cattle and sheep inside the house, so she simply walked out.

As she reached the doorway, she saw a suspicious figure heading towards the village entrance.

"Old Monster, what are you sneaking around for in the dead of night?"

Ye Lingyue immediately recognized that it was Jin Wu Old Monster.

She had previously ordered Jin Wu Old Monster to patrol near the Pastoral Village with several Combat Alchemists.

Hearing Ye Lingyue’s voice, Jin Wu Old Monster shrank his neck like a mouse seeing a cat and obediently flew back.

Although he initially submitted to Ye Lingyue reluctantly, the more time passed, the more admiration Jin Wu Old Monster had for her. By now, he dared not have any second thoughts.

"Boss, hehe, why aren’t you sleeping yet? I’m just feeling a bit restless tonight, and wanted to satisfy the itch with a few brothers."

Jin Wu Old Monster had a sly smile on his face, the kind that was typical of a gambler.

"You wouldn’t be thinking of gambling, would you?"

Ye Lingyue raised an eyebrow. She didn’t oppose her subordinates having personal hobbies, but as a Martial Artist, moreover one in the Reincarnation Realm, it was rather unbecoming of Jin Wu Old Monster to indulge in such activities.

"No, no, no, Boss. Look at what you’re saying. How could I, Old Monster, have such a vice? To tell you the truth, my cultivation has hit a bottleneck recently. I want to scoop up some Elixir Pills to bolster myself a bit and also wanted to test my skills against others, so I thought of going to Yan City to practice."

Jin Wu Old Monster was also inspired by Ye Huangyu and Nie Fengxing’s sudden breakthrough into the Reincarnation Realm.

Additionally, having seen Luo Song from Three-Life Valley acting so pompous, Jin Wu Old Monster felt envious and resolved to surpass the haughty Luo Song.

Although he was currently working for Ye Lingyue—who occasionally rewarded him with a Reincarnation Elixir—for a Martial Artist like Jin Wu Old Monster, who wanted to break through the Reincarnation Three Paths, this was akin to a drop in the bucket.

So he took the opportunity of being in Li City to find a way to make some side money.

"Yan City? Is there such a place on the Xixia Plain?" Ye Lingyue remembered that the Xixia Plain had thirty-two cities, along with hundreds of villages and towns, but there wasn’t one named Yan City.

Seeing Ye Lingyue’s unfamiliarity with Yan City, Jin Wu Old Monster looked astonished.

"Boss, have you never heard of the Eighteen Yan Cities? These are Yan Cities under the Underworld Yama Palace, well-known among Martial Artists and Mercenaries on the Qing Province Continent. Oh, that’s not right—someone from a proper background like you would rarely come across such unconventional news." Jin Wu Old Monster said eagerly as he started to explain the origins of the Eighteen Yan Cities.

"So, there are a total of eighteen Yan Cities, each located in different countries and places, and they profit by selling various Elixir Pills, Spiritual Artifacts, and even Poisons, as well as holding regular competitions?" This was the first time Ye Lingyue heard about the influence of Underworld Yama Palace after getting to know Wu Zhong.

Previously, she had always thought of Underworld Yama Palace as a ghostly entity, hidden in the darkness. Little did she know that the power of Underworld Yama Palace had grown to such an extent that it casually established cities in different countries.