Chapter 455 – Dan King’s Apprentice (1/2)
Apparently, the old man appeared to have already foreseen Chen Xiang and Hua Xiangyue’s arrival. Therefore, he wasn’t taken by surprise a bit. Chen Xiang and Hua Xiangyue, on the other hand, could not comprehend as to why there was someone here, in this enclosed space for many years?
At first, Hua Xiangyue thought that this old man was the Dan King Li Tianjun. However, Chen Xiang knew the Li Tianjun had already gone to the Heavenly Realm. Even Wu Canghong knew him.
“Who are you?” asked Chen Xiang, vigilance clearly written on his face. He and Hua Xiangyue just couldn’t see through this old man’s strength.
The elderly was wearing an old and worn dress. Nonetheless, he was dressed very neatly. Also, there was an amiable smile on his face as he replied, “I am someone who has been waiting for you!”
Only at this time did Chen Xiang and Hua Xiangyue came to notice that the place which was full of spirit herbs was protected by an array, and a very powerful one at that.
Deep as the herb garden under the earth was, this place was just like a mysterious realm; one could see the blue sky.
“Why have you been waiting for us here?” asked Chen Xiang, once more.
“Since the time this herb garden was built, I have been waiting for you! Right, this herb garden was built by my teacher. I have been looking after it for a very long time, I have already forgotten as to how many years had passed,” said the old man, a smile still on his face.
Chen Xiang and Hua Xiangyue were shocked, once more. To their surprise, this old man was Dan King Li Tianjun’s apprentice.
“No need to worry, you can get these herbs, however, you have to pass the test!” the old man stated.
Chen Xiang and Hua Xiangyue glanced at each other momentarily before Chen Xiang asked, “What test?”
Noticing that Chen Xiang and Hua Xiangyue were tightly holding each other’s hand, the old man asked doubtfully, “Are you husband and wife? Or brother and sisters? The gap between your strength is too big! Only if the man is stronger than the woman, it’s justifiable!”
Chen Xiang cracked a smile and said, “That’s right, we are husband and wife!”
“Hei hei, Kid, don’t lie to me! Although I may not have exited this place for many years, the outside world should not have gone through such tremendous changes!” That old man shook his head, smiling.
Hua Xiangyue rolled her eyes at Chen Xiang as she let go of Chen Xiang’s hand and said, “He and I are just friends. What’s the test exactly? If it’s dangerous, we won’t do it!”
“It’s not dangerous, all you have to do is compete with me in alchemy. You can use the spirit herbs in this herb garden for the competition. Furthermore, you have to refine the dan which I tell you to! Only when you have passed my test will you have the qualifications to have this herb garden. This isn’t too much, right?” the old man said, looking at Hua Xiangyue.
He was secretly astounded by the fire energy emanating from Hua Xiangyue’s body. He could see that Hua Xiangyue was a very powerful flame expert. Furthermore, she was extremely powerful. Evidently, she was a high-level alchemist.
As for Chen Xiang, he was completely disregarded by the elder. This put Chen Xiang ill at ease.
“No problem! However, your rules can’t be too harsh, you can’t ask me to refine an immortal dan, okay!” said Hua Xiangyue.
The elderly nodded his acknowledgment and asked, “What the highest level of dan you can refine?”
“Middle-grade Heaven-level dan!” Hua Xiangyue said, dismissively. But this shocked the hell out of Chen Xiang and that elderly. From the beginning, Chen Xiang believed that Hua Xiangyue’s limit should be a low-grade Heaven-level dan, because the one who could refine a middle-grade Heaven-level dan was a Dan Ancestor.
Just one level above the Dan Ancestor was Dan King, and that was the limit of the mortal world alchemists. Although there was only a gap of one level between Dan King and Dan Ancestor, it was rarely used in the mortal world. Even if one could refine high-grade Heaven-level dan, one would still be referred to as Dan Ancestor.