Summit Farmer
Chapter 441 - 440: Elixir Master Alliance

Chapter 441: Chapter 440: Elixir Master Alliance

Seeing those people leave, Tobia Armstrong sighed and looked at the remaining two with a grim expression on his face.

"Peter, I’m sorry for dragging you into this!"

Tobia Armstrong said to Peter Brown.

"Sect Masters, I still don’t understand what’s going on."

"Peter, you must be tired. Why don’t you take a bath and we’ll talk afterward."

Peter did feel uncomfortable all over, so he nodded slightly and went to take a bath.

When Peter finished bathing and changed into a fresh set of clothes, he was guided to a pavilion on a mountainside. Tobia Armstrong and the other two were talking there.

Seeing Peter walk over, Tobia Armstrong stood up and said, "Please have a seat, Peter."

After taking a sip of tea, Peter looked at the three of them, noticing the seriousness in their expressions.

"What’s wrong, still uneasy about the Elixir Master Alliance?" Peter couldn’t help but find it amusing that these sect masters were still so fearful of an alliance.

Ethan Thompson forced a bitter smile, "Peter, you have no idea how powerful the Elixir Master Alliance is!"

"I was just about to find out."

"Well, let me explain it to you!"

Peter took another sip of tea and waited for the explanation.

"The resources for cultivation on Earth are becoming increasingly scarce, especially for alchemists. After some inheritances were lost, their growth has become more difficult. Then, several alchemists emerged - some from Hua Nation, some from abroad. Somehow, they learned deeper alchemy knowledge and were able to refine many elixirs for those above the 10th layer of Qi refining. They quickly rose to prominence."

Tobia Armstrong began his introduction for Peter.

These alchemists were quite formidable, and some of them were even foreigners!

By now, Peter had a better understanding of how treasures were hidden all around the world. This situation indicated that many inheritances from Hua Nation had reached foreign lands.

Tobia Armstrong continued, "Their power is based on elixirs. At that time, they initiated the formation of the Alchemy Alliance. The alliance provides alchemy services at the lowest price for cultivators who join them. As a result, more and more experts joined, and their power quickly spread across the globe."

Peter finally had some idea about the situation - they used elixirs as bait.

Derek said, "Their greatest development was when they developed elixirs effective for experts at the 10th layer of Qi refining. At that point, they issued an order that all alchemists needed their certification before they could sell elixirs. Those without their certification would be considered illegal alchemists."

Tobia Armstrong added, "Joining is simple, but after joining, all elixirs must be subject to their annual management and a high management fee must be paid."

"Isn’t this just an attempt to control alchemists and thereby the Cultivation World?" Peter was surprised that he hadn’t heard of this before.

Tobia Armstrong nodded slightly.

Peter asked, "All sects should have alchemists, so why do they assume all alchemists would listen to them?"

Derek sighed, "At first, the sects didn’t pay attention to them. However, the situation quickly escalated when they issued a bounty to hunt down the alchemists of the various sects. Killing a sect’s alchemist would earn them elixir rewards, and these elixirs were effective for those above the 10th layer of Qi refining."

Ethan Thompson added, "It was a disaster! No one expected the bounty to result in numerous uncooperative alchemists from various sects being killed. Even those who weren’t killed were crippled in their martial arts. In a short time, the Elixir Master Alliance’s reputation spread throughout the world."

This resembled what Peter had done before.

"Did the sects just accept this?"

"Of course not. Some sects launched a counter-hunt against the Elixir Master Alliance. However, the Alliance was clearly prepared and hid themselves. Not only that, they also issued bounties against those sects chasing them. This time, many experts from the sects were killed, causing the sects to no longer dare pursue the Elixir Master Alliance."

Peter asked, "Is that Bounty Board controlled by them, too?"

Derek nodded, "Correct. After their power grew, they created a Bounty Board where people could post tasks. They gained huge profits from it, further expanding their power."

Tobia Armstrong said, "Their Elixirs are very attractive, all of them are useful for those above the 10th layer of Qi refining, and many Loose Practitioners would be willing to kill someone from a Sect in exchange for their Elixirs."

So that’s what’s going on!

Thinking about it, one could understand everyone’s feelings. Killing someone to obtain cultivation resources for oneself is also the way of the Cultivation World.

By now, Peter Brown had more or less figured out the situation. It turns out that those in the Elixir Master Alliance had established their monopoly by utilizing such methods.

Derek said, "Now the Elixir Master Alliance is becoming even more profitable in terms of Alchemy fees. Not to mention anything else, when refining a batch of Foundation-Establishment Pills, they first establish an agreement that success is not guaranteed, and then they also charge five times the cost of the Lingcao required for the Foundation Establishment Pill."

That’s such a rip-off!

Peter was speechless, thinking no wonder those Elixir Master Alliance people were so arrogant; it turned out this was the situation.

Peter asked, "What’s the situation with the alchemists of the various Sects now?"

"What else can they do? Each Sect, in order not to lose their own alchemy talents, can only bow their heads. The alchemists within the Sect have actually become a group of people controlled by them. Now they don’t belong to their own Sects anymore, they are specifically sent to a unified place, saying that centralized research can better serve their Sect."

"No one is going to kill them anymore?"

"Of course there are, every year some people go to kill them, but the people of the Elixir Master Alliance are very powerful. The so-called Master of their alliance is a powerful person, and it is said that he is likely to be a successful Foundation Builder."

Ethan Thompson said, "Actually, we also conducted a secret investigation, the reason why they are so powerful is that they obtained a large amount of Lingcao, and then used it to refine Foundation Establishment Pills. It is said that they have already succeeded in refining several of them, and these few pills have created their three Foundation Builders. It is precisely because we knew that they had people in the Foundation Establishment stage that we dared not act rashly."

With Foundation Establishment stage experts? Peter was somewhat surprised."

Tobia Armstrong slightly nodded his head and said, "This is what we secretly found out. We are weaker in terms of power, so we can only be cautious."

Peter asked, "Miles Cole should be a foreigner, right?"

"We’re not quite sure which country he is from, but he is indeed a foreigner."

Just as Peter was about to speak, Derek pointed at the computer screen in front of him and said, "Such a quick move!"

"What happened?" Ethan Thompson asked.

Looking up at Peter, Derek sighed and said, "Peter, this is very bad news for you. Now the Elixir Master Alliance has issued an Elixir Killing Order for you, with a reward for anyone who kills you."

Peter curiously walked over to take a look.

Indeed, it was the case; the Elixir Master Alliance had issued a highest-level Elixir Killing Order for everyone, and whoever killed Peter would be rewarded with a Qianyuan Pill by the Elixir Master Alliance.

Peter knew about Qianyuan Pills. These elixirs could significantly increase one’s True Qi and were very useful for breaking through barriers.

Qianyuan Pills were used just to reward his assassination?

Peter could only shake his head, thinking he didn’t think much of such elixirs.

"Peter, unfortunately, they used the Qianyuan Pills as a reward. Sigh, now you are in danger!"

Tobia Armstrong said, "Our Three Sects have also been warned by them, saying that if we don’t kill Peter, the Elixir Master Alliance will launch a hunt on us!"

Peter looked at the three of them and said, "If the three of you are troubled, just hand me over to them."

Derek bitterly smiled, "Not to mention that doing this would make our Sects a laughing stock, but just for the fact that you refined the Elixirs for us, we can’t do such a thing. Now we are worried that Miles Cole is a Foundation Builder, and we will not be able to defeat him in a fight."

"Yes, it’s a pity that we are not alchemists, otherwise, we would actively clean up them."

At this time, Peter also got angry, and said solemnly, "So how many Qianyuan Pills do they have, they look very valuable."

"How many? Ha, do you think Qianyuan Pills are easy to refine? They have only successfully refined a few."

Peter was speechless. They just wanted to kill him with only a few Qianyuan Pills, this Elixir Master Alliance was really lacking.