Age of Evolution#

Chapter 825: Chapter 828 New Memories (Fourth Update)_1

Qian Tong could have never dreamed that Lin Zhen would be capable of shattering the protective light of the God Crystal!

In order to contend with Lin Zhen, he had tried all means at his disposal.

He manipulates Jin Nuo, threatens Lin Zhen, and offers Dan recipes as temptation.

If these strategies failed, Qian Tong was not afraid because he possessed the God Crystal.

This treasure that he had nearly exhausted his entire fortune to acquire could save his life in times of crisis.

Everything was planned perfectly, but he hadn’t considered that Lin Zhen could have the power to break through the defense of God Crystal. Lin Zhen launched an onslaught using both his main body and clone, relentlessly attacking the God Cystal’s protective light, and indeed shattered the defense!

Moreover, the God Crystal was snatched away by Lin Zhen and Qian Tong’s elixir weak period was also approaching.

And what was worse was the hovering Black Hole overhead!

Qian Tong didn’t want to be devoured by the Black Hole, he wanted to survive.

At this life or death moment, Qian Tong knelt down!

He fell to his knees with a thud, while defending against the Black Hole’s devouring power and hurriedly pleading for mercy.

“Lin Zhen! This old man recognizes his wrongs. Any number of apologies are insufficient, I shouldn’t harbor animosity towards you, and my wrongdoings are beyond measure. I beg you to consider the slight usefulness I possess, spare my life. I am willing to be your alchemist for life, to give all of my Dan prescriptions to you and will absolutely not harbor a second heart!”

The gazes of everyone around them fell on Lin Zhen’s face, wishing to see his final decision.

Lin Zhen snorted from his nostrils, “You should give up on this idea. From the moment you laid hands on my family, your destiny was sealed, Qian Tong, you may rest in peace now!”

With a shift in his thought, the devouring power of the Black Hole intensified!

Qian Tong let out a miserable shriek; his body spinning as it was sucked into the Black Hole!

Seemingly possessing some resistance, Qian Tong hovered and struggled within the Black Hole, refusing to dissolve into dust completely.

Meanwhile, Lin Zhen’s face displayed a trace of seriousness, as it seemed that devouring him wasn’t easy.

This standoff continued for a full five minutes!

Others saw it as a standoff, but only Lin Zhen knew that he was Soul Searching!

He hadn’t devoured another person’s soul for a long time. By now, most people weren’t worth him doing this because there wasn’t much he could learn from them.

However, Qian Tong was different.

As the only known Saint-Level Alchemist in the Original World, Qian Tong was undoubtedly a super talent in Alchemy.

Lin Zhen didn’t know if he was considered a talent in Alchemy, but that didn’t matter because he could devour talents.

Being a peak level-seven Alchemist himself, absorbing Qian Tong’s soul would surely warrant a promotion to the Saint-Level!

This man had long been included in Lin Zhen’s devouring plan.

To others, it appeared they were at a standoff in their battle. However, Lin Zhen had already caused Qian Tong’s brain to lose consciousness.

Upon forcible Soul Searching, Qian Tong’s memories rushed forth like a tidal wave!

Since using this in public, Lin Zhen worried about being discovered, so he directly discarded most of Qian Tong’s useless memories.

Despite that, the volume of Qian Tong’s memory was so immense that it made Lin Zhen feel slightly overwhelmed.

In the end, he hastily absorbed Qian Tong’s memories.

The Black Hole disappeared, and Lin Zhen, like a drunk man, was slightly unsteady on his feet.

He bowed to Jin Nuo, saying, “Fifth Brother, the weakness period of my medicinal power has arrived, and I have expended a lot. I can’t stay with Fifth Brother for long. Please give me a few days to recover.”

Seeing that Qian Tong was dead, Jin Nuo felt relief. He nodded at Lin Zhen, “Alright, go back and rest well. Don’t worry about anything else.”

Lin Zhen nodded, rose and walked toward his residence in the Holy Land.

“Oh right, since you killed Qian Tong, his possessions are your spoils of war. Others are not to harass or covet it. Otherwise, don’t blame the Holy Land if we show no mercy!”

Jin Nuo’s last statement was evidently to protect Lin Zhen, also declaring the rightful ownership of the God Crystal.

This silenced many others who were coveting the God Crystal. Jin Nuo had spoken, and anyone who still craved the God Crystal was absolutely courting death.

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The battle in the Holy Land by the Falling Star Lake had once again made people realize Lin Zhen’s strength.

Being able to kill Qian Tong, in the middle stages of the Divine Transformation, might not seem like a particularly remarkable feat. But considering that he accomplished this while Qian Tong was protected by the God Crystal, it was especially noteworthy.

However, many people believed that by killing Qian Tong, Lin Zhen would bring about endless trouble.

After all, Qian Tong was a Saint-Level Alchemist, the only known one, with many regular customers requiring his Saint-level Elixirs.

By killing Qian Tong, Lin Zhen cut off the source of Elixir for many people, which were crucial to the experts.

The loss of their Elixir source would surely cause the experts to vent their anger on Lin Zhen, making this a problematic situation.

Although the Fifth Prince of Holy Land, Jin Nuo had his back, Lin Zhen was safe for the time being. But what about the future? Could Lin Zhen spend his entire life under Jin Nuo’s protection?

Thus, many theorists believed that Lin Zhen’s victory brought more harm than good, even if he had acquired a priceless God Crystal.

Only if he could survive until the day he gets the God Crystal would it be of any use.

On the day Lin Zhen killed Qian Tong, many experts spoke up, seeking trouble with Lin Zhen, further proving people’s speculations.

Despite many who harboured jealousy towards Lin Zhen dared not express it, they were all eagerly waiting for the drama to unfold.

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Indeed, Lin Zhen had entered the weak period of the Divine Power Pill. However, this was unimportant. Having returned to his dwelling, the task at hand for Lin Zhen was absorption.

Being at the divine transformation middle stage, the amount of memory Qian Tong had was quite substantial.

His life had been extraordinary and he had experienced far more than most people.

Being a martial artist is just like that. If your absolute power is not strong enough, be it the pursuit of longevity or divine transformation, your downfall might be inevitable.

Having witnessed many such cases, Lin Zhen was compelled to constantly seek improvement.

Qian Tong’s martial skills were hardly worth mentioning, but his memory of alchemy was immense.

From a young age, Qian Tong had been delving into alchemy. Without a doubt, he was an alchemy prodigy, and for him, insight into alchemy was commonplace.

The Association of Alchemists in Da Qin had produced three Saint-Level Alchemists.

Alchemist God Shui Wuhen, Alchemist Saint Xi Erman, and Alchemist King Qian Tong.

Shui Wuhen and Xi Erman were figures from a distant past and had not made appearances for some time now.

But from Qian Tong’s memories, these two individuals should still be alive, though they had ventured into the Endless Star Sea a long time ago and it was unclear if they were still there.

Qian Tong was the only Saint-Level Alchemist who had chosen to stay on the surface of the Original World.

Having earned the title of an Alchemist King, Qian Tong’s abilities naturally went without saying.

He had mastered three types of Saint-Level elixirs alone.

The first was the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill. This was the signature elixir that helped Qian Tong ascend to the rank of Saint Master. Even if a person had died not long ago and his body hadn’t been torn apart, the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill could bring him back from the Ghost Gate.

Such an elixir was indeed against the natural order, and manufacturing it was also quite challenging.

The second elixir appeared to be rather commonplace, but it was equally important – the Yang Hua Pill.

The Yang Hua Pill was used to strengthen the Three Flowers atop a martial artist’s head. This elixir was important yet not that crucial.

When the three flowers on top of a martial artist’s head condensed, the strength of the Star Power largely depended on the degree of blooming of the Three Flowers – the more splendid the flowers, the stronger the power.

This process required a martial artist to constantly nourish the Three Flowers with Star Power, which was an incredibly lengthy process.

Even with enough patience, the Three Flowers may not fully bloom, as everyone’s talent was different.

Although Qian Tong had the ability to refine the Yang Hua Pill, his talent was relatively inferior, and his realm was entirely built upon the use of medicine. Consequently, he wasn’t able to make the Three Flowers fully bloom despite him having the Yang Hua Pills.

The Three Flowers on top of his head were only slightly bigger than flower buds. He then forcibly broke through to the Divine Transformation.

Since it was also difficult to refine the Yang Hua Pill and the consumption of medicine by martial artists had side effects, one must possess adequate talent, determination, and wealth to rely on Yang Hua Pill. Of these, Qian Tong only had wealth.

The last elixir was the Mental power God Pill.

The Mental power God Pill was an essential item for attacking the Divine Transformation once the last of the Three Flowers atop a martial artist’s head, viz., the Flower of Spiritual mind, had reached its peak.

The Three Flowers atop a martial artist’s head were the Flower of Vitality, the Flower of Qi, and the Flower of Spiritual mind.

The final transformation of the Flower of Spiritual mind was the Divine Transformation.

Without the Yang Hua Pill and Mental power God Pill, Qian Tong wouldn’t have been able to achieve Divine Transformation in eight lifetimes because of his mediocre talent.

These three elixirs were one more extraordinary than the other. It was no wonder Qian Tong had amassed a massive fortune.

After Qian Tong had been devoured by the Black Hole, his body hadn’t turned into dust but had been absorbed into Lin Zhen’s internal world. All of Qian Tong’s collections had been plundered by Lin Zhen.

Lin Zhen initially thought Qian Tong would have a lot of money. But it was only after acquiring his collection that Lin Zhen realized, in order to deal with him, Qian Tong had nearly squandered all of his wealth.

Lately, Qian Tong had been making elixirs at Falling Star Lake. Most of the elixirs he made were given to Falling Star Lake. With no source of income and with his savings dwindling rapidly, Qian Tong had hired multiple factions to deal with Lin Zhen, paid rewards, purchased wormhole eggs, and so on, leaving him with only over tens of billions left.

Luckily, Lin Zhen was not in need of money right now. Moreover, Qian Tong’s internal world had left quite a few medicinal materials, which were all taken by Lin Zhen in one fell swoop.

Now, Dark Star had literally become a planet full of medicinal materials, with an entire continent covered with medicinal plants.

It wasn’t until seven days later that Lin Zhen fully absorbed Qian Tong’s memories.

Lin Zhen then spent another three days getting familiar with the manufacture of several types of Saint-Level Elixirs.

Already a peak Seventh-Rank Alchemist and combining that with Qian Tong’s memory, Lin Zhen’s alchemy skills were far superior to Qian Tong’s.

If there was such a thing as a peak Saint-Level Alchemist, then Lin Zhen would certainly be one!

“About time, I can’t keep hiding. I need to find my son.”

Lin Zhen concluded his retreat, preparing to go find Jin Nuo, and set out in search of his son.

He took a casual glance at the Dimensional Universe, only to discover that Qian Tong’s death had caused quite a stir. His supporters had come forward looking to settle scores with Lin Zhen.