Lord of Bones

Chapter 655 Yaoxuanyun Tower
Li Yuan heard this and his face became serious: "Once I launch a challenge, the Tianyun Sect will definitely know my whereabouts."

"This is indeed a problem." Tan Qiuyun also realized this, "You can go to Yaodu first, and when the time is right, challenge Gong Yunya.

“As a large city in the Wen River Basin, Yaodu has a complex network of forces.

“More than half of the top seventy families in Wenhe have businesses there.

“Even the Tianyun Sect doesn’t dare to act rashly.

"As long as you can prevent Gong Yunya from participating in the duel with Wenjie as promised, the Tan family will do their best to support the Longyang Li family, or escort the Longyang Li family and the Jingshui Ruan family out of the Wen River Basin."

After careful consideration, Li Yuan nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you.

"I wonder how long the duel between Gong Yunya and Tan Wenjie will last?"

"Five months later." Tan Qiuyun replied.

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Yaodu is known as the holy land for alchemists in the Wenhe River Basin.

Here, precious pills and medicines are like stars, attracting the attention of Yuan masters all over the world.

In the early morning, before the pale sky had completely faded, a ray of golden sunlight gently caressed the walls of Yaodu, covering them with a faint golden glow.

At this moment, the entire medicine hall seemed to be slowly waking up from a deep sleep, and the quiet atmosphere was gradually replaced by the awakened vitality.

The air was filled with the rich aroma of medicine.

It is the natural fragrance emitted by countless rare medicinal herbs after being nourished by the essence of the sun and the moon.

The fragrance is pure, as if it can penetrate the soul and make people feel relaxed and happy.

The streets are crowded with people and merchants.

There are shops lining both sides of the street, offering a wide variety of goods.

The window displays colorful alchemy materials and pills, some of which are crystal clear, some are brightly colored, and some emit light.

These medicine-making materials and pills are either rare in the world or have extraordinary medicinal effects. They are all the fruits of the alchemist's hard work.

The charm of this prosperous medicine capital lies not only in the abundant availability of alchemy materials and elixirs, but also in the intricate network of power behind it.

Countless famous families and sects gather here.

In order to compete for the rare resources of alchemy materials and top alchemists, they have set up bases in Yaodu.

The atmosphere of competition and cooperation is everywhere in the streets and alleys.

The mansions of major forces are lined up one after another, and each mansion symbolizes the existence of a kind of power.

In the dense forest in the east of Yaodu, there is a magnificent building complex.

This forest is like a natural barrier, isolating the mansion from the outside world and making it a pure place.

This is the residence of the Xie family in Yaodu, which ranks 34th among the 100 families in Wenhe.

The mansion covers a vast area and is majestic. Every brick and tile reveals an ancient and solemn atmosphere.

The Xie family is world-famous for growing rare medicinal materials and training alchemists. Their medicinal materials are of high quality and their alchemists are highly skilled.

Whenever the materials for refining medicine mature or new elixirs are refined, countless forces will be attracted to come and trade.

As a result, the Xie family has become a force that cannot be ignored in the medicine capital.

The mansion is divided into three areas: planting, cultivation and living.

The planting area is a green land where all kinds of rare medicinal materials find their home.

These medicinal materials are carefully classified and planted according to their different properties and growth habits.

Each piece of land is carefully selected and prepared to ensure that the alchemy materials can thrive.

The breeding area is the core of the Xie family, where the family's best breeding facilities and technologies are gathered.

Under the care of the family's secret techniques, the growth cycle of rare medicinal materials has been greatly shortened and the quality has been greatly improved.

There is also a special training room in the training area for training alchemists.

The residential area of ​​the mansion has a simple and elegant architectural style, with green trees and the fragrance of flowers. Every corner exudes a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

In a room in this area, a young man in a blue robe was sitting cross-legged on the bed, immersed in cultivation.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, his breathing steady and deep.

This person was Li Yuan, who had traveled through space from Longshan City three times before arriving in Yaodu.

At this moment, he was practicing with full concentration, as if he had merged into one with the surrounding environment.

Li Yuan had two purposes in coming to the medicine.

First, he was asked by the Longshan Tan family to challenge Gong Yunya of the Shuiquan Gong family.

The reason why he lived in the Xie family was also arranged by the Longshan Tan family.

Although the Xie family is not the top force in Yaodu, it still holds a pivotal position.

Li Yuan had his initial contact with the Xie family on the merchant ship of the Longshan Tan family.

Through Xie Yiming, he had in-depth exchanges with many of Xie's medicine kings.

Many of the insights gained from their exchanges were like sweet rain that nourished his art of alchemy.

In the past, he always deduced on his own.

And with the experience of many medicine kings of the Xie family, his path to alchemy became wider and wider.

The second purpose is for the upcoming journey to the Xuanyin Thunder Realm.

The Xuanyin Thunder Region is full of unknowns and dangers, and alchemy materials and pills will be one of the keys to his survival there.

Therefore, Li Yuan chose to prepare sufficient materials and pills in Yaodu in advance to ensure that he would have no worries in the Xuanyin Thunder Domain.

Yaodu is one of the largest cities in the entire Wen River Basin.

Although the Xie family has a certain status in Yaodu, it is not as prominent as the Tan family in Longshan City.

Li Yuan recalled what Tan Qiuyun said. Even a powerful force like the Tianyun Sect needs to act with caution in Yaodu.

In the center of Yaodu stands a towering building, Yaoxuanyun Tower.

This building is like a shining pearl, inlaid in the center of the prosperous medicine capital, controlling the lifeblood of the entire city.

The Yaoxuanyun Tower rises high into the clouds. Its main body is white, inlaid with golden patterns, which shows its dignity and mystery.

The eaves of the roof are raised, like a phoenix spreading its wings about to fly.

The building is surrounded by light mist, as if it is a fairy palace floating in the air.

It shines even more brightly under the sunlight.

Various rare medicinal materials are planted around Yaoxuanyun Tower.

These materials either cling to the walls or take root in the soil beside the buildings, with lush green branches and leaves and colorful flowers.

The Yaoxuanyun Tower seemed to be an ocean of medicine-making materials that had been forgotten by the world.

Among them, the most eye-catching one is a thousand-year-old Ruizhi, which looks like a huge green umbrella with a faint luster on the surface.

The sunlight shines through the window lattice and onto the Ruizhi. The veins on the leaves are clearly visible, like an exquisite painting.

Next to Ruizhi, there grows a thousand-jointed cattail plant with thick and strong rhizomes that are deeply rooted in the soil, supporting its slender leaves.

The textures on the leaves are clearly visible, and they exude a unique and fresh fragrance.

This fragrance is said to have the magical effect of prolonging the lifespan of mortals. Just one breath of it can make you feel the vitality of life.

Deep inside Yaoxuanyun Tower, the furnace was blazing, and countless alchemists were busy refining various elixirs.

Their eyes were focused and their hands moved skillfully and quickly.

The firelight reflected on their faces, making their expressions more resolute.

The colorful rare materials around are shining like gems, some are red like fire, some are green like jade, some are blue like gems, and they come in various shapes.

They are hung on elaborately carved walls, like vivid paintings.

Or placed on rustic wooden frames, each layer is like a mini material museum.

Or soaking in the clear and transparent medicinal liquid, it feels like performing a mysterious ritual.

These materials were all collected by the alchemist from all over the city with great effort.

Each strain is carefully selected and sorted by them to ensure its purity and efficacy.

As the elixir was refined, waves of elixir fragrance filled the air, interweaving and blending in the air to form an indescribable elixir aura.

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This kind of elixir energy has the freshness and fragrance of the medicinal materials themselves, and also incorporates the mystery of the elixir-making process.

At the top of Yaoxuanyun Tower, thundercloud vortices of various sizes continued to condense.

These thundercloud vortices are either a single black color like ink, or a mixture of black and red.

Occasionally, there would be red and orange vortexes of thunder and cloud.

A huge two-colored thunder dragon will also emerge from the huge thundercloud vortex.

These thundercloud vortices echo with the Dan Qi below, creating a unique atmosphere.

The entire Yaoxuanyun Tower was shrouded in a mysterious atmosphere.

In addition, on the top floor of Yaoxuanyun Tower stands an otherworldly lotus.

This lotus does not grow in the mortal soil, but is carefully condensed by the complex and sophisticated power of the Yuan Array.

This lotus blooms with a soft and holy light, like the brightest moon in the night sky, hanging quietly in the air, illuminating the entire floor like a dream.

Every petal of the lotus is crystal clear, as if carved from the purest jade.

The edges of the petals are slightly curled, like the hem of a fairy's skirt, swaying gently in the breeze, giving it an otherworldly temperament.

Various rare medicinal materials are planted around the lotus.

Under the illumination of the lotus, the leaves of these medicinal materials become greener, the flowers become more beautiful, and the air is filled with bursts of rich medicinal fragrance.

However, this lotus is not easily accessible.

Only the King of Medicine who truly masters the art of alchemy can get close to it, absorb endless medicinal energy from it, and further improve his alchemy skills.

Yao Xuanyunlou is the real controller of Yaodu and has a huge force behind it.

It not only includes the twenty-one major families among the top seventy of the hundred families in Wenhe, but also many families outside the hundred families.

The twenty-one major families are strictly divided into three levels: A, B and C according to their strength and influence.

Such a strict division, in addition to the different strengths of each family, the most important thing is the division of profits of Yaoxuanyun Building.

The seven A-class families are all ranked in the top 30 among the 100 families in Wenhe, and all of them possess strong strength and profound heritage.

Among them, the Yuhuan Liu family is ranked 18th, and there are also the Donghong Zhao family ranked 20th, the Bomei Wu family ranked 22nd, the Ruozhou Xu family ranked 23rd, the Chengfu Qian family ranked 25th, the Hailing Gao family ranked 27th, and the Zheju Zhu family, which had some grievances with Li Yuan.

Although the seven B-level families are ranked slightly lower, their influence in the Wen River Basin should not be underestimated.

Each family’s influence in the Wen River Basin is no less than that of the Longshan Tan family, and all are ranked in the top 50.

Yaoxuanyun Tower is not only the material and elixir trading center of Yaodu, but also the only arena in this city for powerful Yuanshen realm warriors to compete.

The challenge between Li Yuan and Gong Yunya of the Shuiquan Gong family will also take place in this building.

A few months ago, when Li Yuan was transiting at the space teleportation point, he challenged Gong Yunya.

The time of the challenge was specially set three days before the duel between Gong Yunya and Tan Wenjie of Longshan Tan family.

The profound meaning of Li Yuan's move lies in his clever use of the rules of the Hundred Prodigies List.

For this list, the location of the matchup is based on the location of the challenger.

According to the information held by the Longshan Tan family, after Gong Yunya challenged Tan Wenjie, he went to Yaodu and never left.

This information undoubtedly became the key to Li Yuan's plan.

Daring to challenge Gong Yunya who was ranked fifty-eighth, Li Yuan's move was undoubtedly announcing his strength to all the disciples of the Hundred Families on the Hundred Families Prodigy List.

Those disciples of the Hundred Families who had originally planned to challenge Li Yuan as soon as the exemption period ended had to re-examine their own strength after learning the news.

After all, take the duel in which Li Yuan defeated Ren Zhiyuan as a reference.

Once Li Yuan takes action, it is very likely that their future path to promotion will be ruined, and they may even face the risk of falling.

If no one from the hundreds of families challenged Li Yuan, and Li Yuan had other challenges to face, his position would not be shared with the geniuses on the list.

.........

The bright sky gradually faded, and a ray of starlight penetrated the gap in the window.

Li Yuan exited his cultivation state and slowly opened his eyes.

With a flick of his fingers, the originally quiet lights in the room were instantly lit up.

The faint light was like a gentle caress, slowly dispelling the surrounding darkness.

Li Yuan flipped his hand, and an ancient jade slip appeared in his palm, emitting a warm luster, as if carrying the accumulation of years.

This was the key that Li Lieyang solemnly handed to him when he parted with the Longyang Li family.

As the best among the hundreds of families in Wenhe, the Longyang Li family once had a glorious past.

The place where the family practices is also the holy land that countless Yuan practitioners dream of.

However, as time went by, the magical effects of the place of cultivation gradually weakened, and the Longyang Li family gradually declined.

Even so, that place of training still contains a precious source of energy.

This jade slip was a gift from Li Lieyang to thank Li Yuan for everything he had done.

He could have tried to break through to the Half-Step Transformation Realm there to add some security to the upcoming journey to the Xuanyin Thunder Realm.

But Li Yuan knew that his cultivation level was improving too quickly and his foundation was not yet solid, so he chose to give up this opportunity temporarily.

Li Yuan stared at the jade slip in his hand, feeling deeply moved.

He didn't know whether he would step into that place of cultivation in the future.

But out of gratitude to the Longyang Li family, he left a layer of thunder membrane mark on Li Yuanlong's chest, which contained parasitic bone energy.

This cultivation thunder seal is the same one that Li Yuan planted on his tribesmen back then.

However, with his current strength, although the thunder seal he planted for cultivation has been specially controlled, the thunder membrane is still getting stronger very quickly.

If Li Yuanlong fails to break through to the Half-Step Transformation Realm within a hundred years, he will most likely die.

Of course, it can be removed if a strong person in the Huawen realm takes action.

In this way, Li Yuanlong is undoubtedly racing against time.

Li Yuanlong possesses top-level black bone, black dragon bone, and is gifted.

With the help of practicing the Thunder Seal, it should not be difficult to advance to the Half-Step Transformation Realm within a hundred years.

(End of this chapter)