Huang Zhan, An Alchemist!!

"What?! Su Chen killed Eunuch Wei, injured you, and escaped?!"

Chu Yanran was fuming with rage within the Nurturing Beauty Palace.

Su Chen was just a dog she'd raised, but he'd killed her men, injured her guards, and escaped.

Where would she, the Ninth Princess, put her face after this?

Lin Wu-tung clutched his right shoulder and said with a pale face, "Your Highness, that Su Chen's

strength has increased greatly for some reason. When I was bringing him here, he suddenly

attacked. His strength was almost at the profound realm. This subordinate was caught off guard

and was ambushed. It was difficult for me to defend myself. His movement techniques are

outstanding and he ran very quickly, disappearing without a trace."

"His strength is close to the profound realm?" Chu Yanran was shocked, "How is this possible? He's

just a piece of trash. I've long since squeezed out all of his strength. He can only live for a few more

months at most. Could it be that this piece of trash had some kind of fortuitous encounter?"

"Quick, notify the Imperial Guards to seal off the Western Palace and search for Su Chen with all

their might. He must have some secrets on him."

"Haha, I've finally escaped. It turns out that the Clear Wave Footwork of the tenth level can only be

maximized in water. I'm afraid I can't outrun Lin Wutong on land, but in the water, she can forget

about catching up with me."

Su Chen hadn't thought that it would be so successful. After all, Lin Wu-tung was a profound realm

expert. Generally speaking, the difference between the profound realm and the origin realm was

like heaven and earth. Even ten tenth level origin realm experts would only be beaten up when they

met a first level profound realm expert.

It could only be said that the hundred level of the Solar Dragon Art was simply too domineering!

Su Chen quietly floated to the surface and looked around. He didn't know where he'd swum to.

This seemed to be the back garden of a palace, but the plants weren't flowers or plants. Instead,

they were precious herbs that emitted a strange fragrance.

Whoosh whoosh …

Two black shadows flew across the sky above the garden.

"It's an expert from the Imperial Guards. It must be Chu Yanran who gave the order to capture me.

It seems that I have to be careful."

After waiting for a while, Su Chen left the waterway and groped his way into the back hall. Seeing

that there was no one in the hall, he randomly found a room and went in.

"What a strong medicinal fragrance. Is this Pharmacist's residence?" Su Chen muttered. He found

that there were many shelves in the room, and each shelf was filled with various dried herbs, dried

fruits, and plant roots.

Not only were there a large number of cultivators in the Xuanyuan Continent, but there were also

many special professions, such as alchemists, blacksmiths, beast tamers, runemasters, and so on.

It was extremely difficult to get started in these professions. Without the strength of the Profound

Realm, one wouldn't be able to touch the threshold at all. It would be even more difficult to achieve

anything.

When Su Chen was in Long Province, he had only seen one Alchemist. His Third Brother had relied

on this Alchemist's help to subdue the officials and successfully seize the throne.

"That's right, there seems to be a life skill in the skill library. If I can learn the alchemy skill, wouldn't

I be able to reach the max level in minutes?"

Being an alchemist was much more difficult than being a cultivator. There might not even be one

alchemist in ten thousand cultivators.

If he could become a max level alchemist, he would be able to do whatever he wanted!

Thinking of this, Su Chen's heart became hot. He immediately rummaged through the room.

Su Chen really found a book related to alchemy.

"Alchemy is not a cultivation technique, so I can't cultivate it. How do I get this skill?"

Su Chen needed to have this skill in the skill library before he could use the skill points to upgrade

it.

"Whatever, I'll flip through it first."

Su Chen opened the book and started to read. But after just one glance, he felt a headache

coming.

"What kind of nonsense is this? Only a ghost would understand this!"

He had transmigrated into this body and inherited the memories and knowledge of the original

owner of this body. Born in the royal family, Su Chen could be considered to have a bit of knowledge, but Su Chen really couldn't understand a single word of the heavenly text in front of

him.

"Little fellow, are you saying that I'm a ghost?"

A sinister shadow suddenly darted out, scaring Su Chen into taking a few steps back.

After breaking through to the tenth level origin realm, his hearing and perception had improved

greatly, but he hadn't sensed anyone approaching. It was obvious that this old ghost's strength was

extraordinary.

"If you're not a ghost, then are you a human?"

Su Chen was quite speechless. He'd seen a white-furred zombie raised in the palace of Long

Province. That zombie was just like this old man. Its skin was pale and wrinkled, its hair was

sparse, and its nails were long and sharp.

It was a good thing that he was now a tenth level origin realm expert. He wouldn't be afraid even if

he ran into a malicious ghost.

The old man laughed heartily when he heard Su Chen's words.

"This old man is the number one alchemist in Chu, Huang Zhan. I've been imprisoned here for

seventy-eight years and haven't seen the light of day. That's why I'm like a ghost. But I'm a human,

a living human."

Su Chen was shocked. "Huang Zhan! Never heard of you. "

The old man stumbled and almost fell over.

"Are the young people nowadays so rude? This old man used to be a big shot. Even the emperor of

Chu had to show me some respect when he saw me."

"Then why were you imprisoned here?" Su Chen asked curiously.

The old man's weathered eyes flashed with the light of reminiscence.

"Back then, this old man failed in refining medicine and mistakenly refined the Life Continuation Pill

into the Death Pill, causing the previous emperor to die suddenly."

"Oh, I know. You were imprisoned by the new emperor of Chu."

The old man shook his head. "That's not true. No one in Chu can trap this old man. I was the one

who felt guilty and imprisoned myself in the Danqing Palace."

Su Chen sweated. Are you kidding me? Why did you lock yourself up? I think you're just running

away from reality.

Suddenly, Huang Zhan's tone changed as he stared intently at Su Chen. "Kid, you've hit the

jackpot. This old man doesn't have long to live. My only regret is that there's no one to pass on my

skills in alchemy. Since you've been brought here by fate, why don't you become my disciple? I'll

pass on all of my skills in alchemy to you in the next few months of my life."

Su Chen was overjoyed when he heard this. He hadn't thought that he would stumble upon such a

fortuitous encounter.

But after thinking about it for a moment, Su Chen immediately calmed down.

I'm a man with a million skill points. Why would I waste my time learning alchemy from you?

As long as I learn the most basic alchemy skills, I'll compliment you with my skill points and surpass

you in no time.

There's no need for me to become your disciple at all.

"Well, I'm sorry, Senior. This junior isn't very interested in alchemy. Why don't you lend me a book

on alchemy? I'll read it first before deciding if I want to be your disciple."

Huang Zhan looked at Su Chen in surprise.

There was actually someone in this world who wasn't interested in alchemy?

Was it because he'd been in seclusion for too long and was out of touch with the outside world?

"Alright, it'll be good for you to learn about it first." Huang Zhan stretched out his wrinkled hand and touched the jade ring on his thumb. Then, he took out a thick book and tossed it in front of Su

Chen.

Wow, this old man was really something. He even used a rare treasure like a storage ring.

"This is the alchemy secret manual that I learned when I was studying at the West Sea's Medicine

Master Island. If there's anything you don't understand, just ask me."

Huang Zhan still wanted to say something, but Su Chen had already picked up the secret manual

and started flipping through it.

"This, this, that, that, so it's like this. I've learned it."

After reading for less than ten minutes, Su Chen stood up confidently