All Things Are Contracts

Chapter 124: The Legacy Opens

The crowd was noisy, with many eyes full of anticipation. There were many legacies in the world, but Alchemist legacies were undoubtedly the rarest. An eighth-grade Alchemist was considered a grandmaster, and grandmaster legacies were uncommon. It’s worth noting that even the four great pill-making families known worldwide only had seventh-grade Alchemists presiding. An eighth-grade grandmaster could establish their own sect, on a different level from families.

Of the four grandmasters currently in the world, there was Master Changqing of the Changtian Medicine Sect, who was also the nominal city lord of Alchemy Capital; Ye Baisu, the master of Qinghe Valley where Cheng Lingxin came from; Gu Zhixian, the master of the Pill Tower in the Heavenly White Cloud Pavilion; and Du Guyehuo, the master of the Medicine Pavilion in the Earthly Yingyue Chamber. Unfortunately, the four grandmasters all lived in seclusion, and outsiders couldn’t meet them, let alone receive their guidance. Before these grandmasters and the forces behind them, the four great families of Alchemy Capital were nothing.

“It’s coming, it’s coming, the stone tablet is glowing!” After waiting for a long time, the crowd finally saw the secret realm opening. After the stone tablet lit up, the stone gate behind it also began to glow.

People looked at the stone gate, hesitating to move forward. A burly man showed a hint of disdain, pushed through the crowd, and was the first to walk in, leaving behind the words, “A bunch of cowards, how can you be worthy of opportunities?”

With this man taking the lead, others became bolder. Many people followed through the stone gate, understanding the principle of seeking fortune amidst danger.

Zhanyue and Gong Xiaoyun looked at each other, both seeing shock in the other’s eyes. “Could this legacy be real? How else to explain this teleportation gate?”

“Let’s go!” Gong Xiaoyun said. With her skill high and courage great, naturally she wasn’t afraid with her ability to challenge Spirit God Realm experts across realms.

Zhanyue nodded. He was truly the one who feared nothing. Even if there was a Nightmares Lord inside, he wouldn’t be afraid.

The crowd continued to surge towards the stone gate, all being teleported to the underground palace.

Seeing the spacious underground palace, everyone’s faces showed joy. The palace was large, though in ruins for many years. In the spacious hall were a hundred ancient pill furnaces, all in styles popular a thousand years ago. Those who came in first had already occupied positions at the furnaces.

“It seems it really is a Alchemist’s legacy. We’re not Alchemists, what benefits can we get?” Some people who followed in wondered. This setup seemed to require them to refine pills, but how could they?

In the palace, a humanoid mechanical puppet creaked and finally stood up. People looked at it warily, but then it spoke.

“Alchemists, refine any third-grade pill, can… can pass through the right door. Non-Alchemists, can go through the left door… other opportunities await.”

“Oh? It really is a legacy targeted at us Alchemists,” Some Alchemists were already delighted, and it only required third-grade pills. Most of them met this requirement.

The Golden Pill Cultivator, standing at the front, showed a bored expression. He refined a third-grade pill in just a moment, then was the first to enter the right door.

The burly man who had rushed in first wasn’t a Alchemist. He looked at the left door, then at the right door. He directly went towards the right. Soon after, people only heard a wail. The burly man flew back out, crashed into the palace wall, and was embedded in it, dead beyond dead.

“Not following the rules, trying to take advantage, he deserved to die!” People didn’t feel sad for the burly man, only feeling he brought it upon himself by trying to enter the right door as a non-Alchemist.

Some people with similar thoughts now only felt lucky they had acted late, and had to reluctantly walk towards the left.

“I’ll go left, you go right. I feel something’s wrong, be careful,” Gong Xiaoyun took out a gourd and handed it to Zhanyue. “If you encounter danger you can’t handle, open the gourd.”

Zhanyue looked at the gourd, appreciating Gong Xiaoyun’s righteousness. He had already started refining pills. Third-grade pills were simple, but he couldn’t do it as easily and quickly as the Golden Pill Cultivator. After all, the Golden Pill Cultivator was a true seventh-grade Alchemist.

The Golden Pill Cultivator went in first, naturally confident in his high skill. He was a Spirit God Realm expert, and even though he wasn’t skilled in combat, his cultivation realm was there, so he wasn’t careless for a moment.

However, when he walked through the door, passed through a long corridor, and arrived at another empty hall, what was more terrifying was that various fierce beast corpses were strewn about the hall. Just as he was confused, he was greeted by an arrow breaking through the air!

The Golden Pill Cultivator reacted quickly, immediately raising a spiritual energy shield. However, the shield was easily broken by this arrow like paper. The invincible arrow pierced the Golden Pill Cultivator’s right shoulder, carrying him into the air and pinning him directly to the wall behind.

The Golden Pill Cultivator endured the pain, trying to activate his contract object, a fire-red gemstone that gave him the ability to control flames. However, he found he couldn’t activate his contract object at all.

“Hit by my Demon-Sealing Arrow, don’t think about using your power again,” The attacker was the first seat of Night Lord’s 99 Demons – Demon Bow Huoxing. Night Lord didn’t have Spirit God Realm existences under him, but that didn’t mean there weren’t beings with combat power equivalent to Spirit God Realm. This Demon Bow Huoxing was a genius-like figure, subduing the Golden Pill Cultivator with just one arrow. Of course, this was also because the Golden Pill Cultivator’s own strength wasn’t strong.

The Golden Pill Cultivator gritted his teeth and took a seventh-grade pill. Instantly, his body was surrounded by golden light. The arrow piercing his body was deeply pushed out from behind, and even the wound healed considerably. This was the seventh-grade Golden Light Healing Body Pill. Even as a seventh-grade Alchemist, the Golden Pill Cultivator hadn’t been able to successfully refine many of these.

“As expected of a seventh-grade Alchemist. It’s really difficult to subdue you with just this Demon-Sealing Arrow,” Another figure appeared, the Blood Demon Bloodthroat. He was a rare Body Contractor, with his contract object being his own blood. His strength was comparable to the city lord of Rising Sun City.

But what was more terrifying wasn’t him, but the box he opened in his hand. Countless black shadows flew out of the box and attached themselves to the fierce beast corpses on the ground.

“Nightmares! You… you actually cooperate with Nightmares!” The Golden Pill Cultivator was shocked seeing this scene. The fierce beast corpses in the hall all stood up. The weakest were high-grade Nightmares, among them were several king-grade Nightmares, and even a lord-grade Nightmares.

“Let’s hand him over to these beasts first,” Bloodthroat smiled.

Countless Nightmares launched attacks at the Golden Pill Cultivator. Even with his Spirit God Realm cultivation, he was powerless to resist, especially against the lord-grade Nightmares possessing the crocodile, whose strength was extremely terrifying. Soon after, the Golden Pill Cultivator was covered in wounds.

“It’s our turn to pick up the pieces,” Seeing the Golden Pill Cultivator exhausted, Bloodthroat and Demon Bow, blocking the door, attacked simultaneously. Soon after, the Golden Pill Cultivator, having used up his pills and completely exhausted, fainted and was directly captured alive.

“If it were just the two of us, it wouldn’t be easy to take him down. Although Alchemists are weak in strength, they really have many treasures and pills. It’s good we had these Nightmares help us consume his pills and treasures,” Bloodthroat smiled. “Being able to capture the Golden Pill Cultivator alive is a great achievement, an unexpected joy. Boss, you take him away first. He probably needs your personal supervision to avoid any accidents.”

“Alright, I’ll take him away first. I’ll leave this place to you. Let these Nightmares be careful not to harm the lives of those Alchemists,” Demon Bow Huoxing reminded. He wasn’t afraid of any unexpected situations. With these convenient Nightmares and Bloodthroat guarding here, it should be fine.

“Don’t worry, these beasts are as docile as dogs. The Nightmares the master gave us will only obey our commands. I have to say, Stonemason’s plan was really good. It was so simple to gather so many Alchemists here. We should commend him before the master when we return,” Bloodthroat said.

Demon Bow Huoxing nodded and left first, dragging the bound Golden Pill Cultivator. This hall was like a black hole. Every Alchemist who came in would be captured alive, then carried away by a fierce beast possessed by a Nightmares. Until Zhanyue finished refining his pill and also walked in.