I Have the Alchemy Emperor in My Head

1825 A Shocking Change on the Prodigy List After Six Months

In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed since Chu Yunfan killed Wang Yifan, severely injured grand elder Jiang Wan’an, and became a true disciple. During this half a year, Chu Yunfan lived in seclusion and did not come out. Not many people could see him.

The storm that he had stirred up gradually calmed down. After all, big things happened in the Flying Celestials from time to time. Although his actions were shocking, he only got fifteen minutes of fame. As time passed, it was slowly forgotten.

Everyone was used to this. Among the true disciples, there was suddenly another big shot. Although Chu Yunfan had not popped up recently, the battle that day had established his position within the sect. Among the true disciples, he could be considered a mountain. Ordinary people could not afford to provoke such an existence. Half a year’s time was enough for the impact of that battle to slowly subside.

During this half a year, Chu Yunfan would occasionally communicate with You Chuyun to ask about the results of the construction of the external army. He did not care much for the outside world.

This period was a leisure time that he hadn’t had for a long time. Whether he was willing or not, he had to complete the six months of confinement. After all, even Jiang Wan’an, a grand elder, had to complete the three years of confinement obediently and couldn’t leave his quarters.

However, Chu Yunfan did not just sit idle for six months. Not only did he successfully break through to the second level of the Cosmos Stage, but he also pushed his cultivation to the peak. He was only one opportunity away from breaking through to the third level of the Cosmos Stage. Once he broke through, he would possess the capital to compete with those top-notch experts. He could even defeat them.

Apart from that, he was supervising You Chuyun’s construction of the external army. After all, this was his future base. Chu Yunfan had a large number of medicinal herbs that he did not need. He went to the Thousand Treasures Pavilion to exchange them for the medicinal herbs he needed. Within half a year, he had made many pills and distributed them to every soldier of the external army.

This was not surprising to those who had started Chu Yunfan earlier. They knew how Chu Yunfan did things. However, the new recruits were dumbfounded. In Grand Xia, there were countless generals who used the troops under their command to accumulate wealth. It was extremely rare for a general to use his own money to increase their strength.

It was clear that Grand Xia would not subsidize these pills. Otherwise, with so many troops in Grand Xia, the pills alone would drag down the finances of the empire. These medicinal pills would help them break through from the Golden Core Stage to the Abstract Stage.

Although this batch of new soldiers were all new recruits, they were the cream of the crop. They were all considered elites. After a few more battles, they would be the cream of the crop.

Their strength was strong, unlike the original Baotai garrison which was too weak. Just upgrading them to the Golden Core Stage required Chu Yunfan to expend a lot of effort.

With the help of these pills, coupled with the martial arts manuals and classics of various cultivation levels that the army had opened to them, the new recruits were shocked and excited.

In Grand Xia, most of these people were ordinary people. In fact, many of them were ordinary people who couldn’t even find the cultivation method of the Abstract Stage. They relied on their extraordinary talent to cultivate to this level. The reason why they chose to enlist in the army was that they hoped to obtain divine martial arts after they achieved various military merits.

In Grand Xia, these soldiers were allowed to take these innate techniques and pass them on to the next generation. After all, the number of sects that Grand Xia had destroyed was countless. It was unknown how many cultivation techniques there were. Even the people of Grand Xia themselves couldn’t tell.

Moreover, these divine abilities and martial arts techniques were ordinary techniques in the eyes of the higher-ups. Their grades were very low, and there was no need to restrict them.

However, although the conditions were very relaxed, they could obtain it as long as one made meritorious contributions. In fact, most recruits would die tragically in action not long after they entered a sect.

Humans had never stopped fighting internally, not to mention that there were many powerful races eyeing them covetously. As a result, battles in Grand Xia were very ordinary, and there were not many opportunities for them to obtain military merits.

Other than free internal energy techniques that could allow them to live longer and become martial artists, other resources were difficult to obtain. But now, Chu Yunfan was being so straightforward. It was not like what the other seniors had said, that he had to work hard for the general to obtain some military achievements from the general in the future and advance further. Now that Chu Yunfan had helped them reduce this step, who knew how many people would be saved?

With just these two points, Chu Yunfan had completely won over the garrison army. Even though they were fighting wars, it was clear that only by following a commander who knew how to empathize with the soldiers would they have a greater future.

In just half a year, the strength of the garrison army increased quickly, especially when tens of thousands of people had advanced to the Abstract Stage. It was a terrifying scene. If it were not for the array formation that Chu Yunfan had left behind to recover and block the aura, it would have caused a great uproar.

However, this also left Chu Yunfan quite poor. Other people used their troops to find ways to earn money and then secretly took the income, and Chu Yunfan’s behavior was unusual in this aspect. Not only did he not want the army to go out to earn money, but he even paid for their advancements himself. This undoubtedly caused a great sensation throughout the army.

The honest soldiers were all extremely grateful. If it weren’t for Chu Yunfan, they wouldn’t have had such a good life. Everything was like the silent spring rain. Chu Yunfan quietly increased his trump card. When no one knew, he was at least several times stronger than half a year ago. It was just that no one knew.

It was not until a new prodigy list was released that it ignited the attention of the younger generation’s experts. On the list, first place was still Li Qianyuan, Marquis Huntian of Grand Xia.

Li Qianyuan was born in a military family of Grand Xia. When he was young, he had a fortuitous encounter and was taken away by a strange beast. He then obtained the inheritance of an expert. After joining the army, he made many meritorious deeds and killed countless enemies. He was finally granted the title of Marquis Huntian. And his strength was not at the peak of the Cosmos Stage, but at the Creation Stage.