Chapter 10: The Dragon Family of the Capital! (Part 2)

  "Hunt and kill a thousand-year-old tree demon?" Tang Lin was startled.

  Xiao Hui smiled and said, "This thousand-year-old tree demon is a good thing. The energy in its internal elixir has accumulated for over a thousand years. Although it's a bit difficult to hunt with your current strength, as long as you're well-prepared, there's still a chance of success."

  Tang Lin looked at him suspiciously and said, "Are you sure? That's a thousand-year-old tree demon that has reached the transformation period and can still use demonic magic to bewitch people's hearts. Can we really hunt it down?"

  Xiao Hui said with a smile: "Don't forget, I'm a demon slayer, and I'm very familiar with demons. This thousand-year-old tree demon is most afraid of flames. If we use the fire from the talisman to burn it, its killing power will be even greater! However, before that, you must reach the level of high-grade martial artist, and then carve out a first-class regular talisman."

  "Advanced Martial Artist..." Tang Lin sighed, "I just broke through to intermediate martial artist not long ago, and it will take at least half a year to reach advanced martial artist. By then, the Red Carp Society would have already dealt with this tree demon."

  "With your current physique, the Qi and blood in your body are dense. In our Demon-Subduing Sect, there is a type of elixir that can make one's bones change, called 'Easy Bone Elixir'. If you can refine it and take it, you will immediately become a high-level martial artist. If luck is on your side, you might even directly break through to become a Martial Artist!"

  "Yi Gu Dan?" Tang Lin was taken aback for a moment, then furrowed his brow and said: "Although the increase in strength is fast, Father has said that if the foundation is not deep, forcibly increasing one's strength will only hinder one's path later on... isn't this not too good..."

  "Don't worry." Xiaohui smiled and said, "If it's said that all medicines have three parts poison, then this 'Yigudan' only has one part poison. Your body's qi and blood are dense and strong, so taking it won't affect anything. Besides, you're only at the Wusheng boundary now, and when you reach a higher level, you can re-cultivate your foundation again, there won't be any side effects."

  Tang Lin suddenly realized and nodded, "So that's how it is, then how much material cost does this Easy Bone Dan require?"

  "The cost of materials should be three times that of Blood Cloud Pill, right?" Little Grey estimated.

  "Three times..." Tang Lin calculated in his heart, "Originally, the Blood Cloud Pill was around 200 taels, three times that is 600 taels! If it's successfully refined and sold, I'm afraid it'll sell for over a thousand taels!"

  What luxury!

  Tang Lin gritted his teeth secretly, he still had the six hundred taels he earned today in his pocket, adding to what he earned this month, he had around three thousand taels.

  "Alright!" Tang Lin nodded firmly.

  "Alright, I'll tell you the formula." Xiao Hui immediately told Tang Lin the material formula and then said: "Prepare as soon as possible."

  Tang Lin got the formula and was completely stunned, seeing that there were seventeen or eighteen kinds of materials on it, such as "Water Cloud Grass" and "Fragrant Flower", which he had never heard of despite his extensive knowledge.

  "Never mind." Tang Lin shook his head, "Tomorrow, send a purchase notice to the free market, and you can buy it directly."

  ……

  The next day, Tang Lin returned from the academy and went straight to the free market. In front of the stall, he directly released a procurement list, immediately attracting the attention of many vendors.

  "I have this material, little friend, I'll give you a 20% discount."

  "This 'Meng Chong Cao' I have, only thirty taels."

  A large crowd gathered in front of Tang Lin's stall, and after more than ten minutes, Tang Lin had collected all the materials he needed. The number of people in this free market was extremely large, and no matter how rare the material was, it could be bought.

  "Go home." Tang Lin had a book basket on his back, quickly returned to the house of the Wu Guan, then took out all the materials from the book basket and put them on the desk.

  "What should I do?" Tang Lin asked Xiao Hui.

  "According to last time, first ignite the Longxiang charcoal, start the stove, then put 'Water Moon Grass' and 'Dragon Ginseng' into it, decoct them into a liquid..."

  Tang Lin's fingers began to move busily, following Xiao Hui's instructions, refining and decomposing the materials step by step.

  Time quietly slipped away.

  Tang Lin's fingers were steady, and a thin layer of cold sweat seeped from his forehead. If there was even the slightest mistake in any detail, all the materials might be scrapped, and that would be a waste of silver!

  Fortunately, the heavens blessed him. When a refreshing medicinal fragrance wafted out of the copper furnace, Tang Lin's heart finally felt at ease, and he let out a sigh of relief, wiping away the cold sweat on his forehead, a smile spreading across his face as he slowly opened the furnace lid, revealing inside a perfectly round, sky-blue dan medicine.

  "It smells so good." Tang Lin took a deep breath, and his pores seemed to open up, feeling an indescribable coolness and comfort.

  "Hurry up and eat." Little Gray urged.

  Tang Lin hastily took a wooden spoon from the side, scooped out the dan medicine, and carefully stuffed it into his mouth. This dan medicine was like honey, with a sweet and refreshing aroma, melting in his mouth as soon as it entered, flowing into his body like clear spring water.

  "Ah, ah"

  The skeleton inside his body suddenly made a rattling sound like beans jumping, Tang Lin was startled and looked down to find that all the bones in his body were trembling, as if there was a strange power inside him, twisting his skeletal system.

  A cool feeling spreads throughout the limbs and body.

  Tang Lin's entire body was numb, his skeleton seemingly disobeying his commands as it trembled nonstop. Amidst this trembling, the bones between his skeleton seemed to be squeezing each other, generating bursts of immense power.

  "Hmm, it's come to this." Tang Lin's heart suddenly skipped a beat, his entire skeleton trembling, gradually spreading along the spine, shaking up to the nape of his neck, all the way to the top of his head.

  Ouch!

  Tang Lin hugged his head tightly, his teeth clenched tightly, and his scalp was painfully numb like a cramp.

  "How could this be? Did the elixir go wrong?" Tang Lin's mind was in a panic, and the intense pain on his head pierced into his nerves like an awl.

  Everything went black before his eyes.

  Tang Lin fell backwards onto the bed and fainted.

  "You're really a simple kid." Little Gray stood beside him, shaking his head and sighing lightly. "If I had wanted to harm you, I could have killed you ten thousand times. Fortunately, I don't have any ill intentions towards you, so rest assured and sleep peacefully. When you wake up later, you'll feel your own transformation."

  ……

  Pure Yang Martial Arts Hall.

  Goose feather-like snowflakes gently fell from the sky, like giant beasts shaking off their fur, pattering down on the stone lions in front of the government office.

  On the snow-covered street, there was no one in sight. After a long time, three figures appeared from afar. The first was a man wearing golden brocade clothes with an embroidered dragon pattern on his chest.

  The other two followed him like attendants.

  The man in the golden robe walked to the front of the mansion, looked up at the fallen gilt large characters, and hummed coldly after a long time. With a wave of his sleeve, a powerful force opened the mansion gate from a distance.

  The man in golden clothes walked with an arrogant expression, his hands clasped behind his back, as he strode into the mansion and headed straight for the main hall.

  "Who are you? You can't just barge into our martial arts hall." A young disciple immediately shouted at the sight of the man in golden clothes.

  "Get out of the way!" The man in golden clothes let out a low hum, his sleeve fluttering as he exerted a great force that sent the youth flying backward, crashing into the beam above, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood.

  "Tang Tian, come out and see me!" The man in golden clothes said coldly.

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