Chapter 135

There are still two days until the Gama Empire Alchemy Conference begins.

Alchemists from all over the country are still gathering in the Holy City of Gama, and the number of alchemists who have signed up for the conference has exceeded 2,000. If nothing unexpected happens, this alchemist conference will also be the one with the largest number of participants in the past hundred years.

Under such circumstances, the holy city of Gama is naturally unprecedentedly lively.

In contrast, at this moment the Yunlan Sect was filled with solemnity and silence, as if a violent storm was about to break out.

The atmosphere in the main hall of the Yun Lan Sect was extremely solemn. Yun Shan sat alone on the throne in the center of the hall, with many high-ranking members of the Yun Lan Sect standing below him.

The people below looked at the three heads held in the hands of the three disciples in front of them - Yun Leng, Yun Du, and Yun Sha. Everyone's eyes were filled with surprise and anger.

On the throne, Yunshan held in his hand a letter that was sent along with a human head, and the majestic fighting spirit flowing in his body exuded a gloomy and terrifying aura.

A moment later, the letter in Yunshan's hand was turned into powder, and his cold voice that suppressed anger echoed in everyone's ears.

"Investigate, investigate thoroughly! See which fish slipped through the net twenty years ago? The damned thing, after learning some skills, dared to come back to seek revenge on my Yunlan Sect. After catching him, my sect will tear him into pieces to relieve the hatred in our hearts."

Hearing Yunshan's harsh words, everyone in the hall felt a chill in their hearts. They had never seen Yunshan so angry before.

After a while, Yunshan concealed the anger on his face and looked at a middle-aged man with a gentle temperament below him - the second elder of the Yunlan Sect, the four-star Dou Wang Yun Ming.

"Yun Ming, you will temporarily take over the position of the Great Elder and take over the various affairs he handles. You must ensure the normal operation of the sect."

"Yes, Sect Master." Yun Ming responded respectfully.

"Everyone, please leave." Yunshan waved his hand, "Let this sect be alone and quiet, and accompany Yun Leng, Yun Du, and Yun Sha."

"Yes, Sect Master." After paying their respects, everyone left the hall.

However, not long after everyone left, the main hall door suddenly closed without warning. A strange black mist floated out from the darkness of the hall, followed by a sinister laugh.

"Hehehe, Yunlan Sect has lost three elders in a flash, and they were the most loyal to you. How sad. Yunshan, you and your sect are really incompetent."

Yunshan's expression darkened when he heard this. After thinking for a moment, he said respectfully, "Guardian Wu, you and the Soul Palace have great magical powers. Can you help me find out the mastermind behind this and eliminate him? According to the letter, this person seems to be intent on harming the Yunlan Sect."

However, a moment later, a cold and mocking laugh came from the black fog: "Hehehe, Yunshan, do you think that this Dharma Protector and the Soul Palace can intervene in your affairs with the Yunlan Sect? Is it because this Dharma Protector is too kind to you that you have some illusion?"

"You should handle this matter yourself. If you can't even handle this kind of thing, what qualifications do you have to be my Soul Palace partner?"

"This Dharma Protector has appeared today not to listen to your fantasies, but to inform you that you and this Dharma Protector will go to intercept the enemy one day in advance. You should prepare for this Dharma Protector. If you delay the important matter, it will not just be the three elders of the Yunlan Sect who will die, hehehe..."

"Always remember this. Everything that the Soul Palace and this guardian have given you can be taken back at any time."

Hearing this, Yunshan's expression changed slightly, and he looked a little more panicked. He laughed dryly and said, "Thank you for your reminder, Guardian Wu. I'll remember this and will not delay your business with the Soul Palace."

“In that case, then do your job well and ensure the usefulness of you and the Yunlan Sect. Don’t let me down.” The black mist fluctuated and gradually became illusory. After a moment, it completely dissipated in the hall.

Looking at the black fog that dissipated completely, the panic on Yunshan's face disappeared instantly, and a hint of mockery flashed in his eyes.

"It seems my acting skills are pretty good. That guy didn't notice or suspect anything at all."

"However, the bigger reason is that he simply doesn't bother to guess my thoughts and actions. After all, in the Douqi Continent, the thoughts of the weak are of no value to the strong."

"That's good. Since he is so disdainful of Yunlan Sect, then after I die, Yunlan Sect should no longer be qualified to be their pawn. This way, we should be able to safely weather this storm."

Thinking of this, Yunshan showed a bitter smile that was a bit sad and a bit relieved.

He sighed and looked at the three heads floating in the air with complicated eyes.

"Yun Leng, Yun Du, Yun Sha, the three of you are the most loyal to our sect. But, I'm sorry, for the continuation of Yun Lan Sect, our sect has no choice but to act this way. You are the heroes of our Yun Lan Sect, and you will be buried with me in the Gate of Life and Death in the future."

After calming down, Yunshan put the heads of the three people into his ring, as if he was also putting a heavy responsibility and sorrow deep in his heart.

Then, he reached into his robe sleeve and sent a message to the distance through the purple jade snake in his sleeve.

"My dear alchemist friend, Guardian Wu has changed the time of action. The interception operation has been moved forward by one day and will be carried out in three days."

The Mittel family's residence is in a training room in a quiet and secluded mansion.

Lin Yuan was sitting cross-legged on the stone platform with his eyes closed, his hands forming cultivation seals. The powerful aura emanating from his body showed that he had already passed the small bottleneck of the middle stage of the five-star realm.

At this time, Qing Lin's voice sounded outside the door, "Sir, important information."

Hearing this, Lin Yuan opened his eyes, put away the seal he was practicing, stood up and walked out.

Outside the door, Qing Lin saw Lin Yuan coming out and hurriedly came to greet him, saying anxiously: "There is an urgent message from Yunshan, and the Queen sister has also arrived in the Jiama Empire."

"Here are the details." As he spoke, Qing Lin looked into Lin Yuan's eyes. His emerald green eyes flashed, and he used the illusion of pupils to convey the specific information to Lin Yuan.

After Lin Yuan received the news, he quickly digested it and immediately understood the situation. "Did Guardian Wu advance the time of action by one day? The Queen also went to the reserved location in the Magic Beast Mountain Range as planned. Very good, this way we will have plenty of manpower."

He looked at Qing Lin and said, "Qing'er, since the other party has arrived earlier, let's also arrive earlier. Let's start preparing for action now."

Qing Lin heard this and nodded, "Yes, sir."

Immediately, the two formed the same seal with their hands, "Shadow Clone."

Soon, an incarnation of Qing Lin, whose strength was about that of a one-star Dou Wang, appeared in front of her.

Lin Yuan created two clones, one of which exuded the aura of a one-star Douhuang level, while the other exuded the aura of a strong soul power.

After the clone appeared, the seals on Lin Yuan and Qing Lin's hands changed, "Soul-Securing Clothes."

Soon, both of their clones were covered in mysterious soul clothes.

Qing Lin summoned the Winged Snake King, whose speed was comparable to that of a Dou Huang, while Lin Yuan threw a storage ring to the soul power clone. Immediately, the three clones rode on the Winged Snake King and flew towards Wutan City.

"Sir, just in case, my real body will go to the reserved location in advance. I will fully operate the Skydome network in the next few days to ensure smooth communication."

Although the communication distance of the Green Snake Three Flower Pupil has increased a lot after Qinglin's cultivation level has been improved, it is still unable to directly cross the distance from the Holy City of Gama to the City of Wutan.

Therefore, in order to seize the Xiao family's ancient jade, Lin Yuan planned to build the following communication line: Lin Yuan (Jama Holy City) - Qinglin's body - Qinglin's dependents - Qinglin's clone - Lin Yuan's clone (Wutan City). This newly designed line is enough to support the plan of seizing the ancient jade remotely. And Qinglin is going to the intermediate node selected by Lin Yuan.

"I'm sorry to have to trouble you these days, Qing'er, please..."

Before he could say "thank you", Qing Lin's index finger touched Lin Yuan's lips, interrupting him.

Qing Lin smiled, with a charming brilliance in his eyes, and said softly: "Don't say 'thank you', I am your Taoist partner, isn't this a matter of course?"

Immediately, without waiting for Lin Yuan to answer, she turned around, spread her wings, and flew towards the target location.

Lin Yuan stared at her back quietly for a while, and murmured: "Why did this girl become so proactive? What did the queen teach her in those days?"

Shaking his head, Lin Yuan withdrew his thoughts and did not continue thinking about this problem. Instead, he returned to the room and continued his hard practice.

He didn't want to waste the effect of Qingyuan Dan in accelerating his cultivation.

On the other side, Qinglin was flying towards her target location, her ears and face were flushed.

However, when she thought of Lin Yuan's shocked expression just now, she couldn't help but show a hint of excitement in her eyes, "I did it... I did it. Hehe, what the Queen taught me is indeed correct."

"Next, we need to keep working hard and make persistent efforts"

In a secret valley not far away from the Holy City of Jia Ma, Xiao Yan was trying to refine the Qing Yuan Zhu Ling Pill.

At this moment, the alchemy has reached the most critical step of melting the pill.

Xiao Yan stared at the medicine cauldron in front of him without blinking. The surging soul power spread out from between Xiao Yan's eyebrows. He concentrated on controlling and sensing the fusion of the multiple medicinal liquids in the cauldron.

However, a deep muffled sound suddenly came from the medicine cauldron in front of Xiao Yan. Violent energy exploded in the medicine cauldron, and the medicine cauldron in front of him actually had cracks. Light black ash scattered from the cracks in the medicine cauldron.

“Damn it!” Xiao Yan looked at the medicine cauldron in front of him with red eyes.

Just now he clearly felt that he was about to complete melting the pill, but this medicine cauldron that had been used for a long time could no longer hold up.

At this time, Yao Lao's voice sounded beside Xiao Yan's ears, and his voice was a little more severe than usual: "Do you feel very unwilling? You are just a little bit away from completing the most difficult step of melting the pill when refining the Qingyuan Zhuling Pill."

"However, I had actually expected you to fail this time."

"Because, this medicine cauldron you used for a long time but has not been maintained, it will definitely not be able to withstand the energy impact of the fourth-grade peak elixir melting at the moment."

"Too many successes have made you slowly forget and ignore some of the basic work before refining the elixir."

"Xiao Yan, remember, when learning alchemy, always keep a humble heart."

"I have taught you the preparations before refining the elixir. Although those steps may seem trivial, they are the common experience summarized by many predecessors. Don't forget them easily before you have reached a sufficient level."

Xiao Yan looked deeply at the medicine cauldron in front of him, nodded seriously, and said in a deep voice: "I remember, teacher."

"Hmm." Seeing the expression on Xiao Yan's face, the stern expression on Yao Lao's face also melted away. He chuckled and said, "Okay, there are still a few medicinal materials left. You still have a chance. Next, let me, the teacher, give you a live practical teaching after a long absence."

Xiao Yan was delighted when he heard this, his eyes showed a bit of longing, and he asked excitedly: "Teacher, what medicine do you want to refine?"

"Well, refine a sixth-grade pill." Yao Lao nodded slightly, took out the herbs from the bone inflammation ring, and said lightly: "I got some herbs from Tianshu yesterday, and there is a sixth-grade pill that can be used for emergency. It can be refined."

"This is also the reason why I brought you here today. This place is far away from Jia Ma Holy City and Yun Lan Sect. It will be much easier to conceal the strange phenomenon when the sixth-grade elixir is formed."

As he spoke, he took out the Black Demon Cauldron, and a ray of pale fire appeared at his fingertips.

As the extreme cold and heat spread, alchemy began.

Two days later, in the back mountain of the Mittel family.

Lin Yuan, who was sitting cross-legged on a piece of bluestone and practicing, suddenly opened his eyes, with a look of joy on his face, "Very good, all the points have arrived at the reserved positions. Next, it's time to test the remote scheduling."

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan stopped practicing, took out the purple jade snake, and connected to the Sky Dome Network.

Then, he controlled the purple jade snake and sent a pre-agreed signal to his clone thousands of miles away through the sky network for testing purposes.

After the message passed through Qinglin's original body, Qinglin's followers, and Qinglin's clone, it quickly reached Lin Yuan's clone.

At this time, Lin Yuan's shadow clone was in a valley not far from Wutan City.

After Lin Yuan's clone received the message, he immediately sent a reply.

This reply message passed through Qinglin's clone, Qinglin's followers, and Qinglin's original body, and soon arrived in Lin Yuan's hands.

Lin Yuan nodded slightly. After confirming the accuracy of the information, he felt relieved and began to calculate the time it took for the message to be transmitted back and forth.

"Less than two seconds? Excluding the time spent thinking in between, the message only takes less than one second. Hiss, the information is transmitted so quickly over such a long distance."

"Although there are many strange ways of communicating in Douqi Continent, the ability of the Green Snake's Three Flower Pupils to transmit messages should be the best among all the methods."

"Next, it's time to collect information through the clones, calibrate and perfect the detailed plan."

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan took out some maps and information, which he found in the Mittel family's data room. As a business family, the Mittel family attaches great importance to intelligence work and will carefully record various information near the auction site.

The materials in his hands recorded in detail a series of information including detailed maps and terrain of Wutan City and its surrounding areas.

Lin Yuan studied the information carefully, and kept drawing on the map with the pen in his hand, marking various possible situations and points that needed attention.

At the same time, with Qing Lin's help, Lin Yuan commanded his clones and Qing Lin's snake-shaped monster followers scattered inside and outside Wutan City to collect various information in order to calibrate the details of the plan.

As night fell, Lin Yuan finally completed the final calibration of the plan.

He rubbed his temples, stretched, then exhaled deeply and looked in the direction of Yunlan Sect with burning eyes.

"In this way, both the main plan and the backup plan are ready. Next, we just need to wait for Yunshan's news and start taking action."

(End of this chapter)