Night fell once more, and the light disappeared.
Xiao Chen revealed an expression of joy as he carefully put away the Dragon Phoenix Cauldron. "Many thanks."
"It's fine. I lost the bet. Indeed, one Grief Pendant cannot hire you for a year," Mo Chen said softly with a smile.
Then, Xiao Chen thought of something else. He asked, "Are there grandmaster Alchemists in the Shattered Cloud Sea?"
Mo Chen answered, "Grandmaster Alchemists are not easy to find. I believe that it would be hard to find one in the entire Cloud Sea Domain. Even if there were, the City Lords of the various sea domains would treat them as honored guests. They would not easily refine Medicinal Pills for others."
Indeed, it was as Xiao Chen guessed.
Even in the Medicine God Valley, there were only three grandmaster Alchemists. More accurately, there were only two now. Mister Wei and Mister Qin both died at Xiao Chen's hands.
However, the Medicine God Valley had a Divine Grade Alchemist. The death of two grandmaster Alchemists was not a calamity.
With the nurturing of the Medicine God, there would be no shortage of grandmaster Alchemists.
In the Cloud Sea Domain, where the peak combat power was only the Blue Robed Emperor, it would be difficult to find a grandmaster Alchemist.
"What Medicinal Pill do you want to refine? Perhaps I can help," Mo Chen said with a gentle smile.
"You know how to refine Medicinal Pills?"
Right after Xiao Chen finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that when the manservant introduced Mo Chen earlier, he said that she was skilled in zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She was skilled in medicine, and could even make weapons into armor. She was skilled in all of them.
She was skilled in refining treasures, refining Medicinal Pills, brewing wine, and many other miscellaneous things.
Xiao Chen handed the Alchemic Recipe to the other party with the attitude of giving it a try.
"Heavenly Origin Pill. This is a King Grade Medicinal Pill that can repair Law Energy. No wonder when I first saw Young Master Wen, your complexion did not look good and you looked weak. It turns out that you are severely injured."
Mo Chen was not too surprised. In her opinion, Xiao Chen had probably fallen from Inferior Grade Martial Sage to Martial Monarch. She would never have imagined that Xiao Chen was a horrifying great grandmaster-level Martial Sage.
Five Dragon Force, a Rank 4 Sage Body, great grandmaster-level Martial Sage cultivation, an Immortal Art Magic Skill, and a will of thunder and ice. Such strength was sufficient to sweep through the Cloud Sea Domain.
Even the Blue Robed Emperor of the Cloud Sea Domain, Xiao Chen, could not stop him if he wanted to leave.
That was in the past. If he had recovered his strength now, he would have been able to rise from the ashes. If Xiao Chen was unwilling, he wouldn't have been able to leave even if he wanted to.
"How is it? Are you confident?"
"A King Grade Medicinal Pill is a little difficult. I am still a distance away from becoming a Grandmaster Alchemist. I can barely achieve a success rate of 30%."
Mo Chen revealed an apologetic look in her eyes. She said honestly, "Even if I do my best, there is only a forty percent chance of success. Young Master Wen, you should look for someone else."
When Xiao Chen heard this, he rejoiced. He smiled and said, "Then it shall be you. I will prepare ten sets of materials for you. Unless your luck is extremely bad, you will definitely succeed at least once."
Ten sets of King Grade Medicinal Pill ingredients? Mo Chen was shocked. Even in the Southern Sea, there were not many youths who could be so extravagant.
Immediately, Mo Chen could not help feeling curious about Xiao Chen's identity. ---
Three days later, the Purple Cloud Warship arrived safely at Starry Cloud Island's harbor.
Starry Cloud Island was the Mo Clan's territory, the foundation of the clan. In the Shattered Cloud Sea, this Starry Cloud Island was rather famous.
It was even famous in the neighboring sea domains like the Broken Cloud Sea and the Heavenly Cloud Sea.
Merchant associations and cultivators came to purchase Secret Treasures in an endless stream all year round, creating a bustling place.
Right now, Mo Chen was the one in charge of the Mo Clan. She still had many matters to deal with.
Naturally, Xiao Chen did not have that much time. He followed her step by step, leaving only a strand of his Spiritual Sense on her before starting his own cultivation.
Time passed. The Magic Energy in Xiao Chen's sea of consciousness had already recovered most of it.
Xiao Chen's immortal will of thunder reached Small Perfection again. However, his saber soul was still scattered in his sea of consciousness. Collecting it was rather problematic, but it was just a matter of time.
The only thing that excited Xiao Chen was the will of ice. He could rely on the Thousand Year Flame that Mo Chen personally asked for.
The cultivation speed of the will of ice was gratifying. It had already broken through Small Perfection and was steadily advancing toward Great Perfection.
Xiao Chen thought about the will of thunder. He had spent more than two years and relied on all sorts of fortuitous encounters to cultivate it to Great Perfection.
Then, he thought about the cultivation speed of the will of ice. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it advanced at a rapid pace.
After one month, Xiao Chen finished grinding the Thousand Year Flame that Mo Chen had prepared.
Now, Xiao Chen's will of ice was at Great Perfection. It was even stronger than the recovering will of thunder.
The crystalline small saber in Xiao Chen's sea of consciousness gave off a cold light. Strands of cold Qi wrapped around the saber, sending out a boundless cold light.
With a thought, Xiao Chen's forehead flashed, and the three-inch-long ice saber appeared between his fingers, looking no different from a real object.
Xiao Chen moved his fingers, and the small saber spun around. The bone-chilling saber Qi turned into a saber wind howling.
Snowflakes drifted down in the courtyard, dancing in the air. The nimble movements of the small saber were as miraculous as Xiao Chen's extra fingers.
"Bang!"
The instant the small saber stopped moving, the wind and snow froze. Space and time seemed to freeze at this moment. The small ice saber between Xiao Chen's fingers had already vanished at some point.
A tree a hundred meters in front turned into an ice sculpture. It was like the ice had completely transformed from the inside out.
"Bang!"
The tree shattered, and ice shards flew everywhere. The ground in the courtyard was covered in shattered ice. A cold light flew over, and the small ice saber reappeared between Xiao Chen's fingers.
Xiao Chen did not dare to use his full power here, so he could only test it out in a small area. The effects were startling.
If he used the full might of this small saber made of the will of ice together with Xiao Chen's current strength, killing grandmaster-level Martial Sages would not be difficult.
"I do not have an ice-attributed Saber Technique. Even with the Great Perfection will of ice, I can only injure the enemy like this.
It is somewhat of a waste, "Xiao Chen said with some regret as he withdrew the small saber.
However, if he could infuse the will of ice into the Winter Saber, the might of the Winter Saber should increase significantly.
Heaven Ranked Martial Techniques were the peak of the world. However, with Xiao Chen's current cultivation, he naturally knew that there were even more powerful Martial Techniques above Heaven Ranked.
Most cultivators referred to Martial Techniques that surpassed Heaven Ranked as Profound Martial Techniques.
Xiao Chen's Subduing Dragon Profound Slash was a Martial Technique that surpassed Heaven Ranked. The Four Season Saber Technique's Cycle of Seasons could also be considered a Profound Martial Technique.
If Xiao Chen infused the will of ice into the Winter Saber, just this saber strike alone could reach the standard of a Profound Martial Technique.
"After not seeing you for one month, it looks like Young Master Wen's strength has improved again."
Mo Chen, who was wearing a veil, slowly walked in from outside the courtyard. There was a fatigued expression on her face, and she seemed to be in a somewhat dispirited state.
It looked like Mo Chen had been very tired in the past month for the sake of refining that set of Sage Grade Secret Treasures for the City Lord's Residence.
Although the Mo Clan was large, Mo Chen was the only one who could refine Secret Treasures. The others could only act as assistants at best and would not be of much help.
However, since Mo Chen already came out, it meant that the Secret Treasures had been refined and were about to be sent over.
"You want me to accompany you to Shattered Cloud City, right?" With a thought, Xiao Chen guessed Mo Chen's purpose in coming here.
"Yes. The crucial ingredients for refining the Heavenly Origin Pill can only be bought in Shattered Cloud City." Mo Chen said softly, "The Liu Clan suffered greatly the last time. They will definitely cause trouble again. To avoid exposing ourselves, I'll go with you alone."
Moving alone was fine. If he could rush to Shattered Cloud City, Xiao Chen did not have any objections.
"Come, let's depart now."
Mo Chen led Xiao Chen out of Starry Cloud Island's underground tunnel. Their movements were very secretive. Aside from a few of the Mo Clan's upper echelon, no one knew that the two had left.
Mo Chen and Xiao Chen walked on the surface of the sea, their figures hidden in the vast sea.
The two moved cautiously, flying along the vast sea with their own cultivation. Indeed, they did not run into any trouble.
"Shattered Cloud City is in front!"
Mo Chen said as she pointed to the blurry silhouette of a city on the vast sea at the limits of her vision.
That was a city built on the sea. Xiao Chen sent out his Spiritual Sense and carefully observed it.
Shattered Cloud City had transformed a vast island into a city. From a distance, it gave off the feeling of a city in the sea.
Aside from Shattered Cloud City, there were seven other similar cities in the sea in the Cloud Sea Domain.
Each of the eight City Lords ruled a sea. All of them had the cultivation of the Blue Robed Emperor. The position of Shattered Cloud City's City Lord in the Shattered Cloud Sea was like that of a noble in the mundane world. He was the absolute ruler of this sea.
The other factions had to submit to him in order to survive in the Shattered Cloud Sea. If they disobeyed, the consequences would be severe.
However, over the past few thousand years, the City Lord of Shattered Cloud City had changed several times.
As long as one had the cultivation of the Blue Robed Emperor and was confident of killing the City Lord, one could immediately ascend to the position of City Lord and become the ruler of the Shattered Cloud Sea.
The current Shattered Cloud City's City Lord was the one who had killed the previous City Lord a hundred years ago and replaced him as the new City Lord.
For more than a hundred years, the other factions of the Shattered Cloud Sea had not dared to resist. This was the principle of the strong being revered.
There were many cultivators like the two of them on the surface of the sea.
As the center of the Shattered Cloud Sea, Shattered Cloud City naturally did not lack people. It was a hundred times more bustling than Starry Cloud Island.
"Come, let's enter the city directly. We will go to the City Lord's Residence first. After that, we will buy the materials for refining the Heavenly Origin Pill."
Even though Mo Chen arrived safely in Shattered Cloud City, she did not show much joy on her face.
Xiao Chen could understand this. She had spent so much effort and resources to refine a Secret Treasure. It would be strange if she was in a good mood if she just gave it to someone else.
Given Mo Chen's talent, Starry Cloud Island's Mo Clan truly limited her development.
Shattered Cloud City demanded resources like this every year. Aside from maintaining the clan's development, there was not much left for Mo Chen.
If Mo Chen were in a large sect, given her talent and beauty, she would be able to obtain countless resources. Her accomplishments would be many times greater than what she was now.
Unfortunately, the Mo Clan seemed to be relying on Mo Chen alone. If she left, the Mo Clan would definitely be swallowed up in this world where the strong preyed on the weak.
"Is that Miss Mo Chen in front?"
A large black ship descended behind the two. A flag fluttered on the bow of the ship, with a flamboyant ancient character written on it.
A person with a sword at his waist stood below the flag. His clothes fluttered in the wind, giving him an elegant air as he called out to Mo Chen.
"Broken Cloud City's Young City Lord, Gu Jiange."
When Mo Chen saw this person, she frowned slightly and whispered his identity.
Xiao Chen looked carefully and discovered that this person's cultivation was passable, a Superior Grade Martial Sage. Based on this person's appearance, he looked to be about thirty years old. Such talent could barely be considered first-rate in the Kunlun Continent.
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