CHAPTER 388: CHAPTER 256: SEVENTH REALM PILL MASTER

Everyone around Qin Fang appeared flushed, not uttering a word.

At this moment, Zhou Li’s voice sounded by Chen Ku’s ear, carrying a hint of desolation and curiosity, asking:

"May I ask, Little Master Uncle, how long have you been cultivating the God Shaking Decision?"

When he held off Chen Ku’s staff, he clearly felt that Chen Ku’s strength was around Seven Dragons, only differing by several tens of thousands of pounds from his own...

But, how long has it been since the Master took him as a disciple on behalf of another?

In such a short time, how could it be possible to cultivate the God Shaking Decision to a level equivalent to his own skill of twenty years?

"God Shaking Decision?"

Chen Ku turned back upon hearing and truthfully replied:

"It was indeed passed down to me, but I haven’t had the chance to cultivate it yet."

Upon saying this.

Not only Zhou Li was shocked.

The other Guardians were even more at a loss for words.

"What? That’s impossible, how without cultivating the Master’s World-Surpassing Martial Arts—the God Shaking Decision—could his strength be on par with the Seventh Senior Brother."

"What kind of monster is he?" Only Qin Fang knew a bit, with eyes full of astonishment.

Still, Zhou Li couldn’t believe it and asked: "Really? Not even the First Layer cultivated yet?"

"Indeed." Chen Ku nodded.

Zhou Li, shocked, asked: "Then how much strength does Little Master Uncle have in your whole body now?"

"A number, not easy for me to calculate."

Upon hearing, Chen Ku looked at his Transformation Diagram, currently displaying Flood Dragon Transformation and Four Unlikes in the first two changes, just these two combined resulting in Six Dragons Power.

Five more remaining, namely Tang Yulin’s Electric Light Divine Walk, True Void Ancestor’s Spiritual Capture, Er Lang, Solid Bone Beast, and Five-colored Peacock.

Tang Yulin and True Void Ancestor each manifested an ability through Shape Shifting, but since their abilities were strong, he chose to equip them in battles.

Er Lang served as the Spiritual Calming method.

Solid Bone Beast roughly had six to seven Elephant Power, the Five-colored Peacock was the foundation of cultivating the Five Elements Body, already unable to be removed, needed as passive equipment.

If his own martial arts training was added in, it truly was about Seven Dragons Power.

"Still a bit behind you."

Chen Ku smiled at Zhou Li and said.

Resolving to take time to cultivate the God Shaking Decision, after all, once he had ’Four Dragon Power’, that is advancing the God Shaking Decision to the Fourth Layer, his strength could ultimately match Senior Brother Qin Yuxian’s ’Ten Dragons and Ten Elephants’.

"Haven’t cultivated the God Shaking Decision, yet possess Seven Dragons Power..."

Zhou Li was silent.

Upon hearing this, the other Guardians were even more inclined towards Chen Ku without any dissent.

"Seems they all accept my strength now."

Chen Ku looked at these silent Guardians and said with a smile:

"I know, solely defeating one of your Seventh Brothers might not make all of you accept me, at least, Third Guardian Situ Chun, your strength lies in making money, so today I didn’t just bring fists that convince you, but also a business proposition ensuring Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting earns tens of millions of revenue annually."

Upon hearing Chen Ku’s first half of the sentence, the Guardians couldn’t say a word.

Chen Ku showcased that this young seventeen or eighteen-year-old was completely a Little Overlord, a little monster, his aura surpassing even when their Master Qin Yuxian first came to Qiu Dragon Mansion.

But when Chen Ku mentioned bringing an annual business yielding millions of silver revenue to Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting.

Third Guardian Situ Chun, in his area of expertise, grew somewhat skeptical, bowing his head with a laugh and said:

"Little Master Uncle, we acknowledge your power, but claiming you can earn the Martial Association tens of millions of silver in one year isn’t as simple as training martial arts. Just as your talent heightens, your power skyrockets, even His Majesty, needs to fret over finances yearly. In such a vast dynasty, making money is the hardest thing, are you truly saying you can make tens of millions of silver a year?"

"You don’t believe?"

Chen Ku glanced at him plainly and said:

"Then take a look at this."

He took out an object from his Storage Bag and tossed it over.

Situ Chun reflexively caught it.

The other Guardians also looked over.

Situ Chun held a Pill Bottle, suspiciously glancing at Chen Ku.

Chen Ku signaled him to open it.

Situ Chun spread his hand and poured out some pills from the bottle, smelled them instinctively, then said:

"Just some ordinary pills... First Realm Activating Blood Powder, Hemostatic Pill, Qi Nourishing Pill... Second Realm Spirit Awakening Pill, Third Realm Muscle Powder, Fourth Realm Vitality Nourishing Pill... Oh, this bottle’s Fifth Realm ’Bone Strengthening Pill’, is indeed valuable though."

Saying so, he looked at Chen Ku and said:

"Just these few bottles of pills? What purpose can they serve?"

"What if I said, I can provide pills like these every day, producing thirty bottles of First Realm pills, ten bottles of Second Realm pills, five bottles of Third Realm pills, three bottles of Fourth Realm pills, one bottle of Fifth Realm pills daily, and even produce a fixed amount of Sixth Realm pills monthly..."

Chen Ku retrieved the Coiled Dragon Staff into his pocket, smiled lightly, and asked:

"How much money do you think this business could earn in a year?"

Situ Chun instinctively calculated:

"A bottle of pills contains ten pieces, thirty bottles a day means producing three hundred daily, and one piece of First Realm pill, the market price fluctuates around seventy taels to One Hundred Taels, as you said, daily production of three hundred means thirty thousand taels a day, ninety thousand a month..."

Having calculated, he immediately refuted to Chen Ku:

"That’s impossible, an unachievable feat, my acquaintance Alchemist told me, to maintain a perfect pill formation rate of First Realm pills, a minimum of Fourth Realm ’Pill Master’ alchemy experience is needed, and a Fourth Realm Pill Master at most could manufacture five bottles a day, an absolute limit.

Unless... you have six or seven Fourth Realm Pill Masters under your command?

No way!

You mentioned daily production of a bottle of Fifth Realm pills!

Monthly fixed production of a certain amount of Sixth Realm pills!

This,

This can only be achieved by a Seventh Realm Pill Master!

Even our Qiu Dragon Mansion, along with your former Three Emperors Ancestor Master Association and another ’Pill Family’, currently each having only one Sixth Realm Pill Master, already of advanced age, managing to produce just a few Sixth Realm pills annually is already considered prized among major powers.

What’s... what’s your jest, Little Master Uncle?"

After Situ Chun finished these words, others also nodded silently.

Chen Ku smiled and asked them in return:

"How can you be so sure I don’t have a Seventh Realm Alchemist with me?"

No matter how Situ Chun calculated it, his Fire Beak Pot had truly achieved the efficiency of producing pills daily during his own experiments.

If this is something only a Seventh Realm Alchemist can accomplish, then he, Chen Ku, is a Seventh Realm Alchemist!

Even more, as the level of the Fire Beak Pot increases, the pill formation rate will further improve!

"A Seventh Realm Alchemist?"

Situ Chun gasped, saying:

"Impossible! How could Qiu Dragon Mansion have a Seventh Realm Alchemist?"

"Believe it or not, just wait here for a few days."

Chen Ku said:

"Later, I will have people from the Three Emperors Ancestral Masters Association come to find you. When that time comes, I think utilizing the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting to integrate the Thirty-Six Martial Association channels to sell the pills shouldn’t be a problem, right?"

"If Master Uncle can truly achieve this, selling thirty bottles of pills a day would be a piece of cake for the Qiu Dragon Martial Meeting." Situ Chun said instinctively.

Thirty bottles of pills?

That number might be small, but just considering profit of ninety thousand silver a day, it’s completely different.

Moreover, this is only the price of First Realm pills.

Second Realm pills, Third Realm pills, Fourth Realm pills...

Although the quantity is less, the price is five to ten times higher than First Realm pills...

"Alright, it’s good to have your word."

Chen Ku said:

"I’ll be leaving first, and later someone will come to discuss this matter with you."

"Leaving now?"

Qin Fang was slightly dazed:

"Where is Master Uncle going?"

Chen Ku turned back, smiled faintly, and said: "Of course, to see how the Scholar exam is conducted, didn’t you say I’m not a Scholar yet?"

"What about Guan Hongluan..." Qin Fang hesitated to ask.

Chen Ku waved and said:

"When you guys reach a point where what I say goes, then we’ll discuss this matter, I’m leaving."

Thus,

The group of Guardians, including Zhou Li who clutched his chest, looked on in slight disbelief as Chen Ku arrived gracefully and left in a whirlwind.

They exchanged glances.

In each other’s eyes, a certain emotion surfaced:

"Could he really surpass us all in everything?"

"Apart from other things, today Seventh Young Master fought with him, caused such a commotion, I suppose it won’t take long before it’s spread that you lost to him." Ding Xiaoju sighed and said.

Zhou Li said calmly: "I admit to losing, losing is just losing, there’s nothing shameful."

Lost twice consecutively at Chen Ku’s hands.

If not for the competition, it’s as if he had died at Chen Ku’s hands twice already.

Moreover...

He had a vague, somewhat unreal fear.

It felt like, when this young Master Uncle fought him, he only showcased twenty to thirty percent of his skills.

But the thought seemed too unreal.

He himself wasn’t willing to believe it.

...

Meanwhile, Chen Ku had already arrived outside a residence.

It was the home of Scholar Tang Lie, who once hid the Divine Weapon Materials Jiuli Armor Leaf within Martial Arts Heaven and Earth.

One reason for coming here was at the invitation of the other.

The second was naturally to inquire about the content of the Scholar exam.

The third was to seize the opportunity to ask about the entry conditions for Destruction Tower.

Previously it was mentioned that for a sect to be established, it cannot do without the recommendation and assessment from people within the Martial Temple. Though the level of Destruction Tower surely exceeds that of Qiu Dragon Mansion’s Martial Temple...

But after all, they are under one system, so seeking information would be convenient.

This was also information Qin Yuxian had revealed to him.

...

At the same time.

News in the city travels fast, within just one or two hours, this matter had appeared on the table of various forces in the Prefecture City.

That Scholar from Baojiao County whom Qin Yuxian took as an apprentice?

Just arrived at Qiu Dragon Mansion, swiftly conquered the Twelve Guardians under Qin Yuxian.

Little Grandmaster Zhou Li lost twice consecutively!

The most crucial thing is, this Chen... is only seventeen or eighteen!

"Could he be another Champion Marquis?!!"

Back then, when Champion Marquis debuted in Qiu Dragon Mansion, he was merely sixteen years old, his Seventh Realm cultivation astonishingly impressive.

On Shuipo Liang Mountain, eight hundred miles east of Qiu Dragon Mansion.

This news was swiftly presented to the Pagoda-Bearing King.

A majestic figure like an iron tower, asked the surrounding people:

"Qiu Dragon Mansion hasn’t had such a stunning youth appear in decades.

It’s heard he is now Scholar, if he truly falls under the Imperial Court faction, he may really become a second Champion Marquis in the future, to avoid this happening.

Strategist, is there a way to bring him to Liang Mountain? To make him one of our good men of Liang Mountain?"