This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder

Chapter 522: Five Star Alchemist

Tianyi walked the streets of a prosperous city. Unlike normal cultivation worlds, mortals and warriors mingled together. Of course, the stronger a warrior becomes, the less unrelated ordinary mortals mingled with them. Walking behind him like an attendant was a middle-aged man with graying temples. He was Su Bojing!

Because Tianyi found leading the Emperor Hall annoying and tiring, he dragged Su Bojing to help him. Anyway, Nine Heavens Peak didn’t actually have much to do. It was like Jade Peak, and there wasn’t anything going on there, so nothing would happen if the steward was gone for a while.

“Young Master, this world is really interesting,” Su Bojing said.

“You still haven’t changed your address? Forget addressing me as Hall Master, you don’t even call me Grand Elder,” Tianyi complained.

Su Bojing laughed. “Young Master will always be Young Master in my heart.”

He also sighed. He sunk into his memories. Back then, his greatest ambition was to follow Su Wanyu, the hope of the Su Clan, and become a nascent soul grandmaster. He became Tianyi’s attendant because of Grand Elder Xi’s power. It was the moment that changed his life.

Originally, Su Bojing had no hope of transcending his Immortal Ascension Heavenly Tribulation. He never even thought of undergoing it and just wanted to live the maximum lifespan a mortal could. He couldn’t help it that the legendary Nine Heavens Emperor valued him so much that he used all kinds of treasures to make him a true immortal.

Now, the one with the largest authority in the Su Clan wasn’t Su Wanyu, but him, Su Bojing. Even if Su Wanyu was stronger than him, it didn’t matter. Who told Su Bojing to be the Nine Heaven Emperor’s attendant?

Just the little resources that slipped through Su Bojing’s fingers were enough to make countless clans jealous of the Su Clan. In fact, even Su Wanyu benefitted from Su Bojing and successfully became a true immortal with the resources given by Su Bojing.

He looked at the people, especially the warriors. Although he was looking with his eyes, his immortal sense was also scanning them. The information he could glean was even more accurate than a CT scan. Although they were still human, their physique had diverged from the typical human race in the Three Thousand Immortal Realms System.

Outwardly, these humans looked the same, but their bodies had been changed to fit better with the warrior cultivation method. Because of the environment, physiques suitable for the spiritual path and martial path became trash. As those people suitable for the spiritual and martial path became fewer, more and more people were born with a body suitable for the warrior path.

It really was picking up the sesame seed, only to lose the watermelon.

Tianyi could say with a hundred percent confidence that the warrior path was not as suitable as the spiritual path or martial path when it came to preparing the body to enter the Immortal Realm. It was too focused on battle, making it easy for hidden injuries to remain and decrease the overall lifespan limit. It was why not many warriors could live to their maximum lifespan of three thousand and six hundred years.

His steps stopped as a thought occurred to him. ‘Hm, maybe the protagonist of this world is someone not suitable to cultivate the warrior path and then stumbled onto a martial path or spiritual path inheritance? Then, he discovered the great plot of the realm and stopped it before unlocking the barrier, and becoming the first immortal in hundreds of thousands of years?’

Tianyi shook his head. ‘No way, right? What am I doing? I’m already thousands of years old and I’m still letting my imagination run wild.’

“Young Master?”

“Bojing, help me compile information on some promising juniors. He should be someone that originally didn’t have talent to embark on the path of cultivation, but after experiencing a huge setback, say a broken engagement, he suddenly displayed extraordinary talent and quickly rose up the ranks. Bonus points if he came from a barren location, like the edge of the continent,” Tianyi said.

“Huh, ah. Yes, right away, Young Master,” Su Bojing said. He didn’t understand why Tianyi wanted such information. Even if they are considered geniuses in the Impermanence Realm, it’s just that—a genius from a lower realm. How can they compare to true geniuses? Still, he had long since learned to comply with Tianyi’s orders, no matter how absurd or illogical.

Although Su Bojing continued to walk behind Tianyi, he already contacted his subordinates in the Immortal Embassy to get to work.

“Oh, is there an auction going on? Let’s check it out to kill some time,” Tianyi said. Naturally, Su Bojing wouldn’t disagree.

Once they came close to the entrance, a hand stopped their path. “Please show your invitation. Those without invitation aren’t allowed to take part.”

Tianyi didn’t get angry. After all, what the man said was very reasonable if that was the rules. A few people behind Tianyi also noticed and couldn’t help but want to watch the fun.

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“I don’t have an invitation, but is this good enough?” Tianyi asked, holding a badge with five stars circling a cauldron.

The eyes of the guard who stopped Tianyi couldn’t help but shrink into needle points. “F-f-five stars!?”

The people who wanted to watch a show couldn’t help but pause. Then, some people noticed the badge and couldn’t help but have the same reaction.

In the Impermanence Realm, people respected strength first and respected those who could help them gain strength second. So, even if alchemists didn’t have the same amount of power, they were still very respected, especially a five star alchemist, the highest grade available.

The guard didn’t think someone as young as Tianyi could be a revered five star alchemist, but the aura emanating from the badge was not false. In other words, Tianyi could only be a favored descendant of the five star alchemist!

“Please follow me!” the guard said, quite a bit louder than he intended because of his nervousness. As he led Tianyi and Su Bojing in, he quickly had another guard inform the leaders of the auction house.

Tianyi smiled and nodded. Of course the badge he showed wasn’t a real one. Although the Impermanence Realm lost the techniques of forging artifacts, they could still refine little trinkets like the alchemist badge. He didn’t feel bad about fabricating the alchemist badge. Not at all. After all, if he was certified, he’d be an eight star alchemist.

He was led toward one of the highest class suites for auction customers. Once inside, the guard quickly left, leaving only a maid to serve him and Su Bojing. One of the managers also arrived and talked to Tianyi before leaving.

They did not hope to form a connection with a five star alchemist through Tianyi. For the auction house, a five star alchemist was far too above them, like an ant against a human. They just hoped that Tianyi would leave peacefully and not cause any trouble.

Tianyi elegantly sipped his tea and placed it back on the table. Behind him, the two maids looked at him with shining eyes. They had already heard that Tianyi was the descendant of a five star alchemist. As long as they could cling to his thigh, they would transform into phoenixes, right? Even if they couldn’t cling onto his thigh, just one night was fine too!

The object of their desires didn’t know of their thoughts. He simply thought they admired his elegance and enjoyed their reverence. Su Bojing, on the other hand, swore to do everything in his power to stop these two vixens. If the young master’s wife knew he allowed them to seduce her husband while he was present, he would not have a good end.

Although Daoyi always had a gentle smile, Su Bojing always felt that she was more dangerous than his young master.

At this time, the auctioneer had already appeared in the middle of the stage. “Welcome ladies and gentlemen. Today, our Qingfeng Conglomerate has prepared many rare materials and even techniques. Our first item up for action is an intermediate mortal rank technique. It’s the Iron Fist Art. Anyone who cultivates a metal warrior method can train their fist to become as hard as iron!”

At the auctioneer’s words, the customers on the bottom floor burst into chatter and marvel. The auction house was split into three levels. The bottom floor was for ordinary customers, and they had to sit next to each other in rows of seats. Those with powerful enough influence sat on the second floor, while the third floor was reserved for the most honored of customers, each with their own private box and servants.

The reason for the people’s surprise was because of the technique he auctioned. All techniques in the Impermanence Realm were split into four ranks: nameless, mortal, earth, and heaven. Most forces in the central region practiced earth rank techniques, and only the most talent could see the heaven rank technique. For this auction, which was on the edge of the central region to put a mortal rank technique, as the first item was already amazing.

There was also another unofficial rank for technique, the immortal rank. But it was lost in the early years after immortal ascension was cut off.

Tianyi just smiled and laughed at the bidding war that occurred over the ownership of the Iron Fist Art. Not only to him, but any of the disciples of the Immortal Court would disdain to practice the Iron Fist Art. Even if they wanted to, it wouldn’t even be placed inside the scripture repository.

He watched with interest as the bidding war occurred. At first, only the people on the ground floor competed for the items. Then, the items and finally, the people in the suites. Just as Tianyi felt like leaving from growing bored with the whole affair, the auctioneer brought out an item that sparked his interest.

“And finally, we have this mysterious drop of blood!” the auctioneer shouted as an assistant pushed a cart onto the center of the stage. On the cart was a jade bottle sitting atop a plush cushion. “We don’t know the origin of the blood, only that it is very powerful, and it was discovered in an ancient ruin. I can guarantee that the monster that the blood came from was at least a grandmaster, possibly a venerable monster! Unfortunately, too much time passed, and the blood has weakened.”

“We tested it and it contains the energy of all five elements. In other words, anyone who cultivates using a warrior method of the five elements can absorb this. If a master warrior absorbs it, even if he can’t become a grandmaster, he will have a body comparable to a grandmaster!” the auctioneer said, causing the auction room to become heated.

Tianyi, who planned on leaving, had a surprised expression. His immortal sense easily scanned the content of the sealed bottle. Although he had never encountered the monster, or rather, demon, he still knew what kind of demon the blood came from. ‘I never expected to see a drop of blood from the five element peacock. The blood has not been properly preserved, and it’s useless to me. Maybe I can try to see if there is the skeleton of a five element peacock in the Impermanence Realm?’

While he was thinking, the bidding war reached a new high after everyone sensed the oppression of the blood, thanks to the auctioneer opening the bottle for a second. Most of the people bidding were from the second floor and third floor.

At least until someone on the first floor shouted out, “twenty-seven thousand thunder gold!”

The Impermanence Realm did not use spirit stones as currency, as those have become a non-renewable resource. Even if they wanted to, the number had long dwindled. So, they used thunder gold, a special type of gold that was more precious than regular gold and harder than steel. Still, their value paled in comparison to the depleted drop of five element peacock blood.

Tianyi looked down and saw a young man in his early twenties. Of course, if it was just his age and taking out money, Tianyi wouldn’t care that much. More importantly, the young man was wearing a skin mask, and the woman sitting next to him actually had a physique that resembled the five element peacock.

His protagonist senses were tingling. So, he looked at Su Bojing and said, “Get me everything you know about that man.”