Primordial Emperor
Chapter 432: Jade Cauldron Kingdom, Lingxi Commerce Guild

Chapter 432: Chapter 432: Jade Cauldron Kingdom, Lingxi Commerce Guild

"Boy, are you returning it or not?"

Zhao Rushi glared at Lin Chen, her appearance disheveled from alchemy, her hair messy and clothes unkempt, a far cry from her usual beauty. To put it bluntly, she looked like a madwoman.

"Not returning!"

Lin Chen said definitively.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Rushi wanted to punish Lin Chen, but then she thought that her cultivation was no longer a match for his, so how could she possibly discipline him?

Afterward, the two engaged in another dispute, but no matter what Zhao Rushi said, Lin Chen had no intention of handing over the herbal materials and the Pill Spirit Array.

Finally, both parties reached an agreement. As long as Zhao Rushi broke through to a new minor realm, Lin Chen would lend her the Pill Spirit Array for three months, and she could exchange for any herbal materials available at the Jade Cauldron Sect at will, until her cultivation reached the Fifth Layer of the Reverting Void Realm.

Once the agreement was reached, Lin Chen finally left Zhao Rushi’s alchemy room.

After Lin Chen had left, Zhao Rushi clenched her teeth and watched his retreating figure with resentment. She had secretly resolved to give Lin Chen’s real body a good lesson in the future.

She could not defeat his Second Soul Division now, but Lin Chen’s real body was not nearly as strong as this division, which she believed she could certainly bully.

However, little did Zhao Rushi know that even Lin Chen’s real body was no longer someone she could discipline; her plan was likely never to come to fruition.

Therefore, in order to gain access to the Pill Spirit Array, which greatly aided in alchemy, Zhao Rushi had no choice but to set aside her alchemy aspirations for the time being and focus solely on cultivation.

Zhao Rushi’s talent was extraordinary to begin with, and once she got serious, it took her less than ten days to break through from the First Layer of the Reverting Void Realm to the Second Layer.

Right after her breakthrough, she eagerly sought out Lin Chen, demanding he hand over the Pill Spirit Array as per their agreement.

Lin Chen was quite speechless at this. With such strong cultivation talent, why was Zhao Rushi so obsessed with alchemy?

If she had put that same effort into her cultivation, perhaps her cultivation would even surpass Xu Ma’an’s by now.

Nevertheless, Lin Chen did not offer much advice, for he knew it was impossible to persuade Zhao Rushi. He went to Crimson Dawn Peak and re-established the Pill Spirit Array in Zhao Rushi’s alchemy room.

However, as Lin Chen was leaving, he emphasized that if her cultivation realm was still at the Second Layer of the Reverting Void Realm after three months, he would come to take the Pill Spirit Array away.

Zhao Rushi was quite upset by this because Xu Ma’an and others had taken a full two years to move from the Second Layer to the Third Layer of the Reverting Void Realm. Expecting Zhao Rushi to do it in three months was asking too much.

Therefore, Zhao Rushi simply decided not to worry about it and enjoyed her three months of alchemy life first.

Lin Chen was even more exasperated at this.

Because Zhao Rushi had once again secluded herself in alchemy, none of the disciples on Crimson Dawn Peak knew about cultivating.

Out of necessity, Yang Yuemin had to take up this burden. Although she was not good at teaching, thankfully, there were not many people on Crimson Dawn Peak, just like Jade Bird Peak—they had only eight or nine female disciples, so she could still manage to teach and solve their problems reluctantly.

As for Wang Yilin, this girl often sneaked out to play with Hua Lianxin, even leaving Divine Sun City to venture into the dangerous forests outside.

Lin Chen was worried about them, after all, Hua Lianxin’s physique was special; if someone who recognized her physique discovered her, it would spell trouble.

However, Lin Chen couldn’t restrict Hua Lianxin’s freedom, so he simply followed the two of them out to the Demon Dragon Forest outside Divine Sun City.

And Wang Yilin and Xu Lianyu were as close as two peas in a pod. If they ventured out to Demon Dragon Forest and Wang Yilin was going, naturally, Xu Lianyu would be involved as well.

Upon knowing that Lin Chen would also join them, Wang Yilin, though she wanted to cultivate and catch up with Lin Chen’s pace, decided to set aside her cultivation for the moment and accompany them outside Divine Sun City. After all, this was a rare opportunity to spend time with Lin Chen.

As Lin Chen’s cultivation grew stronger, Xu Lianyu’s chances to draw close to Lin Chen had become increasingly scarce.

Moreover, this opportunity to spend time together also gave Xu Lianyu the chance to exchange pointers with Lin Chen, request his swordsmanship and the Blazing Fire Divine Technique, and have the opportunity for close contact with him.

However, although the Second Soul Division shared the same divine sense as Lin Chen himself, the personality of this Second Soul Division seemed to pursue cultivation and martial force even more, and it was rather dense regarding matters of romantic affection, completely missing the chance to give Xu Lianyu any close contact.

In Divine Sun City, the War Department, following the rewards published by the Jade Cauldron Sect, rewarded not only those who contributed to Divine Sun City and the Jade Cauldron Sect but also those whose cultivation made breakthroughs.

This surely ignited everyone’s determination to grow stronger, and many practiced their cultivation with diligence.

Having received rewards, their cultivation practices grew even more vigorous.

This decision was proposed by Lin Chen, and indeed, it significantly boosted the martial force within Divine Sun City.

The martial force of Divine Sun City’s War Department could now even be compared to the large army of Red Soul Hall that had attacked Divine Sun City initially.

If they were to battle once again against the army of Red Soul Hall, the martial force of Divine Sun City’s War Department would certainly be able to fight without falling behind, and perhaps even secure a complete victory.

Furthermore, the martial force of Divine Sun City’s War Department was divided by Lin Chen into two parts.

One part was the main force of the War Department, named the Golden Arrow Army, because the weapon these martial artists wielded were golden bows and arrows, refined by the Artifact Refiners of the Jade Cauldron Sect, modeled after the Golden Bow and Arrow in Lin Chen’s possession.

The other part of the War Department was called the Warship Battalion, comprising martial artists adept at manipulating magic artifacts and using formations.

The flying boats left behind in Divine Sun City by the Seven Sects, as well as the warships of Red Soul Hall, were all remodeled by Lin Chen’s team and had become warships with formidable destructive power. Operating these warships required skilled martial artists and the development of strong rapport, hence the establishment of the Warship Battalion.

Moreover, Zhao Lingxi was in charge of all commercial affairs within Divine Sun City. After two months of operation, the various commercial activities within Divine Sun City had returned to normal production, but Lin Chen was not satisfied with just this; he instructed Zhao Lingxi to expand the business to the neighboring empires.

The Great Flame Dynasty had since changed rulers, and Lin Chen simply renamed the empire as Jade Cauldron Kingdom.

As the commercial representative of Jade Cauldron Kingdom, Zhao Lingxi naturally needed a name for the guild. Lin Chen suggested using the former Wanxing Commerce Association, considering its renown in other nations, but Zhao Lingxi flatly refused.

Ultimately, Lin Chen decided to name it after Zhao Lingxi, calling it Lingxi Commerce Guild.