Chapter 116 - 113: We Also Disagree

"What?!" At this moment, Yu Wenshuo and Lie Yao felt their hearts turn ice-cold.

Did the Third Princess just bluntly state that Asura could choose her? She was the charming, gentle, and uniquely graceful Third Princess! How could she willingly offer herself to someone else?

"No way! I disagree!" Yu Wenshuo shouted.

"We disagree too!" Shi Muyao couldn’t help but stand up and shout as well. Her outburst drew the gazes of everyone nearby.

Shi Muyao’s face flushed with embarrassment. It seemed she didn’t actually have a reason to object, did she?

"Anyway... we just disagree," Shi Muyao murmured with a red face before sitting back down.

"This is my own choice, which has nothing to do with any of you." The Third Princess couldn’t care less, continuing to cast flirtatious glances at Mo Qianqian.

The other major families cursed inwardly. She was using direct seduction! This was even more shameless than the Yuwen Family. The royal family was fighting dirty!

Mo Qianqian was left speechless. Weren’t these people exaggerating a bit too much? He was a married man. Yet everyone was throwing beautiful women at him, practically throwing themselves into his arms. What kind of person did they think Mo Qianqian was?

"Our Tai Xuan Academy also has quite a few female disciples. If Luo Shikui wishes to marry, we can make arrangements as well," the middle-aged man from Tai Xuan Academy spoke up. "Furthermore, our greatest advantage is that our presence in the Great Xia Dynasty is merely a branch. Our headquarters is located in the Holy State. By joining Tai Xuan Academy, you will be able to reach much greater heights in the future."

The crowd’s expressions shifted. Tai Xuan Academy had just offered a massive condition. The Tai Xuan Academy headquarters in the Holy State—such a prospect was undoubtedly a massive temptation for anyone. Of course, the speaker was just an Elder of Tai Xuan Academy, not the Dean or the Grand Elder. He didn’t specify the exact extent of what he could provide. His words were vague and ambiguous, which naturally gave Asura more to think about.

"Asura, are you willing to become my disciple?" Qiu Fengliang chimed in at this moment. "If you become my disciple, you can take your pick of any elixirs in the Ten Thousand Spirits Pavilion!"

Beside him, Wanya gracefully rested her chin on her hand, nodding and smiling at Mo Qianqian.

"Asura, become my disciple. The Third-Grade Spirit-Breaking Pill I’ve prepared is only missing one main ingredient." Chu Yiming finally spoke up. "If you become my disciple, once I find this main ingredient, the pill will be yours."

The bewildered crowd muttered in their hearts, wondering what the heck a Spirit-Breaking Pill was. Could a single elixir be more important than the bright futures and beautiful geniuses offered by other factions?

However, as soon as Chu Yiming spoke, the expressions of the Grand Elders from the various families drastically changed. Others might not know, but they were perfectly clear about it. The Third-Grade Spirit-Breaking Pill was an elixir used by a Second-Grade Spirit Master to break through and become a Third-Grade Spirit Master. When a Second-Grade Spirit Master, especially one at the peak of their grade, refined it, their chances of successfully breaking through would drastically increase! For a Second-Grade Spirit Master, nothing was more important than breaking through to the third-grade realm!

This was simply an astronomical offer!

"What?! Old Chu, you actually found the other main ingredient, the Jade Spirit Flower?" Qiu Fengliang couldn’t help but exclaim in shock.

The Jade Spirit Flower only bloomed once every thousand years on the Jade Spirit Tree. The tree itself grew in rare lands saturated with Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for millennia, making it incredibly difficult to find. Even he had never found a single trace of a Jade Spirit Tree. Yet Chu Yiming had already obtained it?

Of course, he was still missing the other main ingredient. The other main ingredient wasn’t as elusive as the Jade Spirit Flower, but it still required a massive price to obtain. If one hadn’t secured the Jade Spirit Flower first, finding the other ingredient would be pointless. Therefore, generally speaking, no one would spend a fortune to seek out the second ingredient before obtaining the Jade Spirit Flower.

"Naturally!" Chu Yiming nodded smugly, looking at Mo Qianqian with expectant eyes.

Under the gazes of Chu Yiming and the crowd, Mo Qianqian paused for a moment and asked, "Um, what exactly is a Third-Grade Spirit-Breaking Pill?"

Chu Yiming suddenly felt the urge to cough up blood. It was a Third-Grade Spirit-Breaking Pill! How could Master Kui Xiu Luo not know what it was? Qiu Fengliang, the other Spirit Masters present, and the Elders of the major factions were all rendered speechless. The crowd shared Mo Qianqian’s thoughts. They had their suspicions, but they weren’t entirely certain.

"The Third-Grade Spirit-Breaking Pill is an elixir used by a Second-Grade Spirit Master to break through and become a Third-Grade Spirit Master. If one has reached the peak of the second grade, the chances of a successful breakthrough are extremely high," Chu Yiming explained. "There isn’t a single one in the entire Great Xia Dynasty."

Hearing Chu Yiming’s words, Mo Qianqian’s eyes lit up. It really was an elixir for breaking through to become a Third-Grade Spirit Master! A high chance of success for a peak second-grade to break into the third grade! Not to mention, this was truly a massive temptation for him!

If he broke through to the Third-Grade Spirit Master Realm, how strong would his combat power become? A Third-Grade Spirit Master was equivalent in realm to the Ninth Level of Tongyou Realm! Even Patriarch Ling was only at the Ninth Level of Tongyou Realm. If he broke through to become a Third-Grade Spirit Master, he could sweep through the Ling Family! He might even possess combat power surpassing the Tongyou Realm!

Right now, he was only at the second grade, yet he already possessed the combat power of the Early-stage Realm of Communication with Ghosts. Mo Qianqian couldn’t help but fall deep into thought. After all, the benefits this offered him were simply too great!

However, there was a problem. Chu Yiming had only found one of the main medicinal ingredients. He hadn’t actually refined the elixir yet. Whether he could find the other ingredients and whether the refinement would succeed was an entirely different matter. After all, Chu Yiming wasn’t an Alchemy Spirit; he still needed a third-grade junior Alchemy Master to refine the elixir.

Of course, there was a difference between an Alchemy Master and a Spirit Master. Within each grade, Alchemy Masters were distinctly divided into junior and senior levels of strength. Finding a third-grade junior Alchemy Master was relatively easier than finding a third-grade senior Alchemy Master, who was equivalent to a Third-Grade Spirit Master. This was because breaking through a single grade as a Spirit Master was equivalent to an ordinary Cultivator breaking through nine layers, which was incredibly difficult. Meanwhile, an Alchemy Master breaking through a level was equivalent to an ordinary Cultivator breaking through four or five layers, making it much easier. Once a third-grade junior Alchemy Master was found to refine the Third-Grade Junior Elixir, Chu Yiming himself could advance to the third-grade senior level.

"Asura, if you join my Ling Family, it wouldn’t be impossible for our relationship to progress further in the future," Ling Qingxue spoke up at this moment.

Originally, she had been hesitating. She was the number one genius on the Hidden Dragon List. Asura, after all, was a Spirit Master. Although his current second-grade combat power was formidable, Spirit Masters had a notoriously hard time breaking through, making it difficult to say how far he could go in the future. Her best impression of Asura came solely from that fleeting, breathtaking glance just moments ago.

However, she needed to secure him first. Otherwise, he might end up siding with Chu Yiming. The conditions Chu Yiming offered were simply too tempting. Other than herself, the Ling Family no longer had anything else to attract Asura.

"What?! Ling Qingxue is interested in Asura too?"

"Ling Qingxue is the top ranker on the Hidden Dragon List! She reached the Tongyou Realm at the mere age of sixteen. Her future prospects are far beyond anyone else’s reach. If he can win her over, the future benefits will be astronomical!"

"The offers from these major factions are all extraordinary."

"It really makes you envious!"

"The status of a Spirit Master is truly lofty. What a pity we weren’t born with the fate to be one!"

The crowd exclaimed continuously, completely green with envy.

Chu He’s heart trembled violently! He was completely enamored with Ling Qingxue. Even unmasking Asura just now had been done as a favor for Ling Qingxue. He had completely forfeited his chance to win the championship and given up the opportunity to fight Asura properly.

Yet, simply because he had exposed Asura’s handsome face, Ling Qingxue now wanted to be with him instead?