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Chapter 9: The Opening Curtains of the Medicine Competition

                According to what Yao Chen knew, the entire Yao clan making preparations for the Medicine Competition.

                This was a magnificent scene during which other major powers would be invited to attend. Many of the world's outstanding figures would emerge from this crop of elite disciples from the Yao clan.

                Many of the powers that had good relationships with the Yao clan or certain powers or families that were led by the Yao clan all hurried over.

                The Yao clan's Medicine Competition was not just an occasion for the Yao clan, but it was also the best opportunity for other powers to obtain rare and high ranking medicinal pills.

                Normally only a fixed amount of the Yao Clan's high tier medicinal pills were allowed to be traded. Only during the Medicine Competition would this restriction be lifted, allowing the needs of all the powerful people to be met.

                While there was still half a month before the Medicine Competition, within the Yao clan all kinds of transactions had already started. Each of the powerful families brought out all kinds of rare materials, and using various techniques they put out banners over the streets seeking for different kinds of medicinal pills.

                On the banners were written what material they had to trade for, and what kind of medicinal pills they wanted to exchange it for.

                Normally these kinds of pills could only be seen, but not sought. But right now within the Yao clan, any pill could be exchanged under the prerequisite that you had something that could move the Yao clan members.

                The powers that were qualified to enter the Yao clan to do business were definitely extremely distinguished. The pills they exchanged didn't necessarily have to be for their faction, but could be kept for themselves. If you were to bring out an item from the Yao clan to the rest of the world, although you might not be able to say it was invaluable and one of a kind, but it was a definite fact they it was hard to obtain.

                All kinds of pills could be exchanged for in the Yao clan. Even third tier pills or lower, as long as they were in sufficient quantities, would also be of great demand.

                One reason why the Yao clan would open its door and behave this way was in order to strengthen its relationships with the other powers, but even more importantly it allowed them to obtain all kinds of rare and precious medicinal ingredients.

                Although the Yao clan was strong, its forces were still limited. Only by borrowing the strength of the world's strongest factions could they gather all the different rare and precious materials under the heavens.

            Yao Lan was currently strolling through the streets as he browsed the banners, looking for medicinal ingredients he was interested in.

            The medicinal ingredients that were being offered in the Yao clan were ordinary, and while the clan treasury had quite a bit stocked, most of them required merit points in order to exchange for these rare medicinal ingredients.

            "Elder Yao Lan!" Suddenly a voice came from behind him.

            Yao Lan paused and turned around, "Oh, elder brother Liao, what do you need?"

            "Can we have a talk over here?"

            The person who had come up to talk to him was the patriarch of one of the clans that had adhered itself to the Yao clan, called Liao Yuntu. Currently he had an eager inviting expression.

            "Haha, ok." Yao Lan nodded. This kind of affair was something he had already met several times today.

            Normally Yao Lan would politely decline these private conversations. If you wanted to do business with him, then you had to follow the rules. However the Liao family had offered tributes and often paid many bribes to the Yao clan. Logically, Yao Lan could not refuse to give him just this little face.

            As expected, once they arrived to a secluded area with no people around, Liao Yuntu said, "I know that the esteemed elder Yao Lan is extremely busy. Even asking you to come here is overboard, speaking straightforwardly, please forgive me."

            "Elder brother Liao, your words are very many, but I still don't know what your Liao family requires. If it's something small I can still help you a bit."

            Yao Lan was under the impression that the Liao family wanted to purchase a large quantity of low grade medicinal pills that were more common, such as those that could nourish or heal the body. Although these were not uncommon outside the clan, but if you were to compare them in terms of quality to the Yao clan's pills, other alchemists simply were completely unable to compare. In terms of quality, the Yao clan's medicinal pills were so great, that if they could sell large amount of even the low level medicinal pills, the profits would be immense.

            The only thing was that in the Yao clan, only the younger disciples would ever refine these so called "not worth saving" lower grade pills. Most likely his reason for finding Yao Lan, who was in charge of the training of the younger disciples of the clan school, was in order to get these profits.

            Yao Lan was also already used to this. In order for the clan disciples to improve, they needed to refine a large quantity of lower grade medicinal pills. These pills were kept by the clan school, but they were simply put into storage. Comparatively, it was better to sell them if they could improve the clan's relationships.

            "Cough, rumor has it… that in this time's noble clan school's Great Competition, a so called Violet Flame Pill appeared? I wonder just how exactly this Violet Flame Pill compares to the Azure Flame Pill?" Liao Yuntu lightly asked, his words causing Yao Lan's expression to slightly change.

            "Elder brother Liao, you are interested in this Violet Flame Pill? It's just an ordinary third tier medicinal pill, and in addition it can't be refined in bulk quantities."

            "Haha, be that as it may, but I've heard that elder Yao Wanhuo had great praises for this pill, saying that it could help flame attribute Dou Qi cultivators to breakthrough bottlenecks. I also don't which for it for my personal benefit, it's just that I want to help my disappointing son, so I came seeking for this pill. He has already been stuck as a nine star Dou Shi for ten years… this might be his only chance."

            Hearing his say this, Yao Lan pursed his lips. Although the Yao clan would engage in business with the outer world, but they refused all parties who wanted to privately come into contact with the clan's elite disciples. This was to maintain the core clan's purity.

            All people had an instinct to care greatly about the first impression, so they couldn't let their disciples be subject to semi-understood foreign thoughts that could invade or dye their minds.

            In this kind of situation, the Liao family who wanted to meet the alchemist behind the Violet Flame Pill, Yao Chen, had no choice but to go through the clan school.

            Coming into private contact, if it didn't cause any problems, wasn't a problem. The Liao family clan had relations to the Yao family, and they could count as one of the clan's secondary members. However, at the most the Yao clan would turn a blind eye to this kind of meeting. But if there was a problem, then they could end up becoming enemies with the Yao clan, and that would be entirely not worth it.

            Yao Lan turned warm. The reason Yao Chen could suppress the decayed ancient formula that Yao Tong had completed was because the Voilet Flame Pill had the effect of breaking through bottlenecks. Although it wasn't a certainty, it was still a chance, which meant that even if the strange origin's Moon Suppressing Wind Pill was even better, it would still not be superior.  

            Even if it was more extraordinary, it was still just a medicinal pill used for combat. But the Violet Flame Pill had both uses, with its ability to increase fighting strength and for an unknown chance to advance levels. In reality, the Yao clan had all kinds of medicinal pills that could help breakthrough classes, but to refine those medicinal pills, the cost was extremely high, and only every few years would the Yao clan release a couple of pills. Every year, even the demands of just the clan could not be met by the supply.

            Not only was refining it difficult, as it had a low success rate, but the most important factor was that refining medicinal pills that could break through classes required a large amount of rare medicinal ingredients.

            While the Violet Flame Pill only offered a chance to advance classes, and was not a one hundred percent guarantee, but just having this chance was invaluable.

            With just a discreet inquiry anyone would unexpectedly find that the Violet Flame Pill was exclusive to Yao Chen, and that there was no other person who was capable of refining it.

            If you wanted to obtain the Violet Flame Pill, then you had get into contact with Yao Chen as soon as possible, or if you waited for the news to get spread around, then with the Liao family's currently strength, hoping to obtain a Violet Flame Pill in a short period of time would become extremely difficult, and it would solely depend on whether Yao Chen was willing to refine it.

            The Yao clan was a collective whole, but at the same time there was the individual himself. They wouldn't force any clan member to sacrifice anything they had. A clan that forced their clan members to sacrifice things they didn't want to was definitely not a clan that could survive a thousand years.

            "That's also fine; I will give you a referral for this opportunity. However, what you need to prepare in exchange should also be obvious.

            "Don't worry elder Yao Lan, in order to avoid failure I will definitely not disappoint you." Liao Yuntu joyously kept repeating thanks before leaving.

            After this disturbance, Yao Lan was no longer in the mood to resume wandering the streets.

            During this whole period, Yao Chen had not gone to the clan school, and Luo Shu had said that he was in seclusion.

            Towards Yao Chen's seclusion, he nevertheless shook his head. After obtaining the qualifications to attend the Medicine Competition along with the Violet Flame Pill, Yao Chen had already entered the eyes of the higher level Yao clan members. In the future he would obtain quite a few resources, so first he should finish up his foundation from the Triple Flame Agglomerating Flower Technique as fast as possible, and then obtain a higher quality cultivation technique from the clan.

            If Yao Chen was smart, then at this time he should be making a lot of movements and connections in order to get more benefits for the future. However for whatever reason, Yao Chen ended up going into seclusion, causing people to believe he was acting arrogant.

            No matter how Yao Lan thought about it though, he would not realize that Yao Chen's goal wasn't about his future prospects, but on obtaining the Medicine Competition's first place, shouting out his family name, and carving his name into the Clan Monument.

            The qualifications for the Medicine Competition had some people celebrating while others were worrying. Due to Yao Chen appearing on the list, Yao Yun had been squeezed out of the quota. This kind of enmity was something that Yao Yun couldn't forget in the slightest, and his head was full of poisonous thoughts.

            "Elder brother Feng, it's my incompetence." At this time, Yao Yun's head was lowered as he stood before a lofty, handsome youngster. The youngster's face was like white jade, and his slender eyes seemed to have a slight smile to them.

            This white faced youngster was the Yao Clan's younger generation's most well known figure, Yao Feng, who when he was only sixteen years old had advanced to Dou Shi.

            "No matter. Originally I expected you to be able to enter the top eight, but I didn't expect that some 'Yao something' would appear. Whatever his name is, he can still be considered as a new force to be reckoned with, I don't blame you."

            Yao Yun still didn't dare to raise his head, only saying, "Brother Feng, are you planning on inviting him over?"

            "Haha, naturally since he has harmed you by taking away your qualifications to attend the Medicine Competition I will take care of him, what is this talk of inviting him? All he is a broken low ranking disciple who managed to get lucky once. As long as you handle your affairs properly, your future prospects will also not be small."

            Yao Yun nodded his head, with a grateful expression he first added on some ingratiatingly words before taking his leave.

            As soon as Yao Yun left, Yao Feng's long and narrow eyes faintly sparkled, as a trace of coldness appeared. Pursing his lips, he suddenly said, "Yao Chen? His great-grandfather managed to get himself onto the Clan Monument, leaving his name… somewhat interesting."

            Time seemed to shuttle, as the half a month's time blinked past.

            However, what caused everyone to be surprised was that the person who everyone was paying great attention to, Yao Chen, unexpectedly stayed in seclusion over this whole half a month's time, and in the end no one ever saw him again for this whole month's time.

            Today was the Medicine Competition's formal start day, and the whole Yao clan was celebrating like a New Year celebration, as every single household hung out festive lanterns. In the same plaza as the Clan Monument, 10 tall stages had already been erected. The center stage was for the clan elders, and the other nine were for all the powerful figures that had come to watch.

            In front of the Clan Monument, over a hundred medicinal cauldrons had been arranged, and beside each cauldron was a stone table with a storage ring, in which all kinds of medicinal ingredients for refining were prepared. From all around, the clan's inner warriors were surrounding and watching over it, separating people in different layers.

            The Medicine Competition was different than the clan school's Great Competition. Admittedly, the Medicine Competition also had a large number of medicinal ingredients prepared, but at the same time they also allowed the usage of rare pre-prepared medicinal ingredients.

            Currently, the amount of resources the clan would give Yao Chen and thus his future prospects were based on him coming in first in the clan school's Great Competition, not in the Medicine Competition. By exhibiting his talent for everyone to see, and then relying on the Violet Flame Pill, he had managed to obtain this opportunity.

            The Triple Flower Agglomerating Flame Technique or even any other cultivation technique could be directly dropped and exchanged for another cultivation technique. If you were to fiercely do your best to catch up, it wasn't impossible for you to become one of the clan's core experts in the future.

            In reality, the clan's disciples' futures were all obtained in this way, and this was the best method to get a good future.

            Even if it was someone with Yao Tong's talent, they were still not an exception. Attracting the attention of the clan's core and thus obtaining the clan's inner resources would be equivalent to having your path in training be completely straight and unimpeded.

            And it was by shocking everyone with his amazing success in the clan school's Great Competition that Yao Chen managed to get this kind of opportunity. He managed to obtain first place based on elder Yao Wanhuo's judgement, and his Violet Flame Pill had the ability to help flame attribute Dou Shis to advance. Whether or not he decided to give the pill formula to the clan or keep it for himself, the resources he could obtain in the future would come from all over and would definitely not be lacking.

            And it was because of this that in elder Yao Lan's opinion, Yao Chen's decision to go into seclusion and not promote the Violet Flame Pill's special effects, made it seem like he had become so arrogant that everyone else was beneath him, like a newly rich person's stereotypical attitude.

            "This Yao Chen, he couldn't have gotten stage fright could he? The clan school's Great Competition's number one place… did it give him too much pressure?"

            After waiting half a day without seeing Yao Chen, and with Liao Yuntu urgently needing the Violet Flame Pill, he could no longer endure and impatiently opened his mouth.

            After the clan school's Great Competition, Yao Chen had immediately disappeared. This was a little strange, and there must be a reason. However no matter how he thought, the only explanation he could come up with was the pressure was too great.

            As for secluding himself to attack Dou Shi, no one would ever think he would do so. In just an extremely brief two months' time, attempting to use the Triple Flower Agglomerating Flame Technique to break through to a new class was basically just a madman's lunatic ravings.

            Yao Lan indifferently looked at Liao Yuntu, saying, "Whether he comes or not, it's up to him to make the decisions in his life."

                After saying these words, Yao Lan started to move towards the nearby stage for the elders as it was almost time to start the Medicine Competition. Liao Yuntu sighed, letting out a bitter laugh. If he were to speak honestly, continuously standing outside Yao Chen's house but still being denied entry caused a dissatisfied feeling to arise in his heart, but no matter dissatisfied he was, Yao Chen was still a Yao clan disciple. No matter what kind of temperament Yao Chen had, whether it was good or but, he could only laugh while suffering a loss. Let alone his present situation where he was coming to ask him for something. Merely he had not expected that the extremely fair and honest Yao Lan was actually somewhat dissatisfied with Yao Chen.

                Actually, during these past few days, the negative pieces of news about Yao Chen in the clan were too numerous to count.

                What talk about his aptitude; contemptible words about Yao Chen whirled through families like the wind, fluttering about. Even Liao Yuntu had heard some of it, however he had simply thought that these rumors were fabricated due to jealously before being passed around by certain people. But now it appeared the rumors which were like wind from an empty cave (unfounded), were not without reason.

            However, these kinds of talk had nothing to do with him. His purpose was merely to get a hold of the Violet Flame Pill, and as for what kind of person Yao Chen was, he didn't really care.

            Moreover, the worse Yao Chen's current stature in the clan was, the more likely he would be to obtain a Violet Flame Pill. This truly was a good thing for him, but he was afraid that the current number of people with this kind of thinking was also not small.

            The only people who were worried for Yao Chen were the three people from the Luo family, the father and sons.

            Currently Luo Bing was with his small squadron of clan soldiers to maintain order. The elder son Luo Shan was also following behind him.

            Although it was called maintaining order, but in reality it was simply standing in their arranged position in order to put on some general decorum. Luo Bing was looking all around. His assigned position just happened to be the contestant's competing area's entrance, and even until now he had yet to see Yao Chen.

            Looking towards the elder's stage, First Elder Yao Wanhuo had already stood up and was conversing with Clan Chief Yao Dan. The various seniors of the main bloodline and family heads of the branch bloodlines were all waiting.

            Looking at this, it should be almost time to officially declare the Medicine Competition's start.

            "Luo Shu, that kid, did he or did he not go find Yao Chen?" Luo Bing's eyebrows tensed. Luo Shan to his side was also a bit worried; if the Medicine Competition was officially started and Yao Chen had still not hurried over he would automatically be disqualified. When they started, the entire refining stage would all compete at once, "Dad, let me go find him."

            Luo Shan knew his little brother the best, and if you ever asked that kid Luo Shan to do something then you always had to be a bit worried about whether he could actually be relied on or not. As a captain of a small squadron, Luo Bing could send Luo Shan on a mission. However at the moment, from a distance two figures could be seen rushing quickly over. Amongst these two figures, one's figure was fat, and with a glance you could tell it was Luo Shu. 

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