Guild Wars

Draco and Eva returned to the city of Morta in a far different mood compared to when they had left. Eva was aggrieved at her loss while Draco was smiling from ear to ear at his big W. Rather than return to the Morta Branch of the Dragon and Phoenix Palace, they went straight to the local Alchemy Association branch.

To clear Floor 35 they technically only had to clear 2 of their 3 tasks, those being to clear a Combat Mission, learning a Tradeskill, or reach the Bone Cleansing Realm.

From an objective point of view, these missions were designed carefully and quite ingeniously. Cultivation was a must on these floors, so it was not something you could run from.

Whether your talent was heaven-defying or trash, it was reasonable to ask a trial taker to at least climb to the second-highest realm of the Human Stage by the 35th floor. It was in the second task that the diversion showed.

Sect missions were usually combat-oriented, requiring one to venture here or there to either kill something, capture someone or do something physically challenging in general.

This way, for example, fellows like Boyd or Kiran would be able to have a way forward since their talent with Tradeskills was trash.

Similarly, being given the option to learn a Tradeskill was a way out for those with Tradeskill talent. Sure, Happy Scholar and Armonia could fight, but they were the exception to the rule. Noble Writer, for one, couldn't even lift a sword!

Draco had fulfilled the requirement to reach Bone Cleansing and they had completed the Sect Mission to eradicate the Demon Nest, so they could call it quits at any time and complete the floor.

However, the Evil Duo naturally wanted the full marks, even if it were to just spite this damned Tower, so they planned to complete everything perfectly without rushing things. As it were, Eva was seated cross-legged on Luxia's back, digesting the two new Cultivation Methods she had earned.

Her Phoenix Rebirth Mantra remained at the Blood Pulsation Realm level 1 out of 10, and she now had to kickstart the other two. The Light Angel Cultivation Method was called Pure Angel Tactics and her Heavenly God Cultivation Method was called Supremacy Theory.

Eva directly shared the Pure Angel Tactics with Draco, which automatically got converted by his Dark Angel Inheritance into a corrupted version, called Vile Angel Tactics. There was no need for him to head to the Devil Realm, assuming one existed here, because he was a Dark Angel, which happened to be a type of Devil.

Theoretically, he could learn a Devil Cultivation Method, but it would not be the same as using an Angel Cultivation Method. Let's not forget, this was the Martial Spirit World, and cultivation was based on the specific bloodline you were born with.

To give you a clearer example, if a person with a Thunder Hawk Martial Spirit were to use a Cultivation Method made for Thunder Hawks, they would naturally enjoy the full potential of their blood.

However, nothing but common sense was stopping them from using a Thunder Eel Cultivation Method on account of similar elements, or even a Ferocious Falcon Cultivation Method on account of similar races, but would it be the same? Of course not.

Devils were a general title, and were broken down into sub-races, with Dark Angels being the top thanks to the mixture of impure holy and unholy power that existed in them. In this case, it was better for Draco to learn an Angel Cultivation Method as he was a Dark Angel, as opposed to an Incubus Cultivation Method (for example) even though he had Incubus traits.

However, Eva needed a fuckload of energy to accomplish this. Draco had consumed around 5% of a planet-sized Dao Source to go from Muscle Tempering to Bone Cleansing.

Then again, this was part of the reason Draco was going to the Alchemy Association. He was certain that his recipes from the Main Plane could be replicated and converted here, but he also needed to find the local recipes for things to boost cultivation. If he could find them and replicate them on the Main Plane, Draco would accomplish the impossible.

He would be able to make consumables that could directly increase experience!

So far, the most that could be made were potions or scrolls that boosted experience gain rate, not experience amount. In other words, you still gotta go out there and kill monsters to enjoy your boon, and it even had a time limit too.

However, Draco knew that these cultivators were all drug addicts who threw pills into their mouths like junkies! There were definitely pills that directly raised cultivation without having to spend hours using a boosted version, though that too existed.

The Evil Duo arrived before the Alchemy Association, which was a large building that was extremely busy. Many workers went in and out, carting materials and resources bought from wholesalers over the city and sent out finished goods to retailers. It was an intricate system that was fully centralized by the association.

All sales of alchemical creations were licensed solely by the association. They were like a Food and Drugs Authority in modern countries. Without their seal of approval, you could not sell your product in town. And that was just their seal of approval.

The association collected the best talents and boasted the best methods and legacies, so the quality of their productions was higher than any other group. People always flocked to buy things sold from association-owned shops and scorned the other ones no matter how much they lowered the price.

What was that? Why wouldn't people buy the same thing if it's cheaper elsewhere, even if the quality may be lower?

Good point. People still bought Made in China even though they knew what they were getting, so why not buy this stuff? Well, buying a generic phone was not the same as buying a pill.

If you bought a healing pill from a non-certified store and got into a tough battle, win by the skin of your teeth and now get to reap your rewards, but toss in the pill and find it does nothing or even poisons you to death, how would you feel?

Was it worth the risk just to cheap out for a few Spirit Stones?

When Draco and Eva entered with the two Elders as well as Clarent, Qiong Qi, and Luxia, the whole place became silent from shock. Not only was there an actual Dragon, but a Divine Lion and a Light Phoenix?

What the hell?!

However, when many saw the Integration Realm Elders behind the two brats as well as their robes and emblems, their hearts chilled as they forcibly resumed what they were doing.

Holy shit, those two brats were the rumored Little Ancestors of the Dragon and Phoenix Palace! No wonder they rode a Dragon and Phoenix!

Nope! Not getting into any trouble here. I don't get paid enough for this shit.

As such, everyone minded their own business, allowing Draco and Eva to reach their target, the receptionist, without impediment. Draco then gazed down imperiously from where he stood atop Clarent and asked.

"What are the requirements to become an Immortal Alchemist?"

His question could be said to have made everyone who was purposefully minding their own business trip over themselves.

Dear Little Ancestors, how did I offend you? Why do you come here and do these things to me? Can't you see we are trying to ignore this?

The receptionist herself was lost, not even sure if Draco was trying to put her in a tight spot. She wanted to cry and ask what she had done wrong, but the tears didn't dare to fall.

As such, she could only answer in a shockingly straight voice. "We do not have any Rankings for Immortal Alchemists, Dear Sir. Currently, we Rank Alchemists by their Grade, which goes from Grade 1 to Grade 10."

Draco pondered. "Am I correct in assuming that each Grade equates to a Cultivation Realm?"

Surprised that Draco was not raising a fuss, the receptionist answered. "Yes sir, that is correct."

"Hm. Alright then, I'm a genius in Alchemy and Blacksmithing, able to make anything below the Immortal Grade. How do I prove this to the association?" Draco asked straightforwardly.

Once again, passersby tripped and fell to the ground. Tears formed in their eyes as they truly couldn't take any more blows from this Little Ancestor. Did he really have to say any crazy thing that came to his mind?!

"Er… well, we have ranked tests for each Grade, so you can apply for the Grade you're looking for in question…" The receptionist answered slowly, long having become numb to this experience.

"Are there any prerequisites or fees?" Draco further inquired.

"Yes, though the Grade 1 exam is exempt. For the Grade 10 examination, you need to pay 50 7th grade Qi Stones per attempt." The lady dutifully informed.

Many gasped, even the two Elders standing behind Draco and Eva had their expressions twitch slightly. Draco though, was not bothered, not because of his wealth, but because he understood the logic.

They were going to prove what would be the equivalent of top Epic materials for him to make a Grade 10 item for the exam, and an Alchemist of that level could make that money back easily most likely.

Draco had around 5 bags of Qi Stones of all Grades, so he paid one 8th grade Qi Stone and received the change of 50 7th grade ones. Obviously, the conversion was 1:100 for each Grade you wanted to rise.

Draco was led to an alchemy room that was privatized and quite high-end. In the center was an actual Epic Grade cauldron that emitted fumes of medicinal pills.

Draco was not moved by it for his Pair Dadeni was at the Legendary Rank, and quickly rising to the Divine Rank. He also quietly received the pill formula they wanted him to make and the materials.

He was given three hours to work, though Draco could just leave everything to his Grandmaster menu via auto-crafting. However, that would be against what he was trying to do here, so he decided to obviously keep working it out, honestly.

The process itself did not need much description at this point with how far Draco had come. He simply placed the items down following the recipe and did everything to mechanical perfection, all the while tossing a few low-grade Aether Crystals inside to fortify his success rate.

As such, it was no surprise when he opened the furnace for 20 pills to jump out, all of which had lines on them like blood vessels, a roll of mist floating around them that was soon struck by miniature lightning and purified into a sort of aura.

The examiners by the side who had watched everything had long become pale to the face, horrified by what they had just seen. A ten-year-old boy had just made a Grade 10 pill in about 3 minutes when he was given three hours, and not only was that Grade 10 pill of perfect quality, it went through all four stages of Pill Perfection.

Pill Veins, Pill Fog, Pill Tribulation, and Pill Aura. This was the best possible state a Grade 10 pill could ever be, and whoever swallowed this would enjoy at least, 5x the base benefits without any detriments at all like impurities or pill poison.

Draco inspected his creation before tossing them over to the judges.

｢Qi Purifying Pill– Consumable

Rank: Grade 10 (100% effectiveness)

Effect: Purify the Qi of a single person at the Qi Condensation Realm and above to its limit, eliminating hundreds of impurities in one go while condensing their Qi further.

Note: If taken in the Qi Condensation Realm, immediately jump cultivation to Sublimation Realm.｣

When the Elders received the pills and used their own means to inspect it, they almost frothed at the mouth. Grade 10 equated the late mid to peak of Integration, so pills of that level could only be taken by people of that power level.

Anyone lower would explode like a bomb, but Draco's pill was so perfect and docile that even Qi Condensation brats could enjoy its broken benefits?!