Chapter 909: Heavenly Contract
When the voice of Hei Yu resounded in the back of Pill Tower Master, Han Siyu, everyone in the office were startled. This kind of eerie voice was only heard when the Assassin King, infamous all over the land, came over himself. The other pill refiners acted nervously when they heard the voice coming from within the room yet they couldn’t find the source. The anxiously huddled in a group with only Pill Tower Master Han Siyu seated on his chair looking around trying to sense someone’s aura. Even though he is only at Peak God King realm, it was more than enough to sense someone’s hidden presence in his own office.
Pill Tower Master, Han Siyu, looked at his coworkers and disciples, "You guys, go out for a while. I need space to talk with our guests."
"But master..."
"Wait outside. It should not take that long," said Pill Tower Master.
After the rest of the group had left the office as the Pill Tower Master commanded. Hei Yu left some of his people to watch over this group while he himself stayed in the office and waited inside the office waiting for the old man inside to speak up.
Pill Tower Master, Han Siyu, says, "Assassin King, this is the first time I have seen you run an errand for someone. Is that message of yours from the real master of the Evernight Manor?"
Hei Yu’s figure comes out at the darkness area of the room and walks towards the Pill Tower Master would composure that he is sure that no one can catch him at all. With a smirk at the corner of his lips, he sat on the table of the Pill Tower Master before talking back.
Hei Yu said, "Indeed, I am running an errand for the Mistress. She is already waiting outside the building. How about you accept the challenge first on her behalf. After all, she is also your master~"
"The Pill Tower didn’t have a Master!" Pill Tower Master Han Siyu said.
Hei Yu laughed and said, "Are you sure that you don’t have a master? Have you forgotten that the one who made this tower is all to welcome the Divine Doctor of this era?"
"How the hell did you know about that?! Who the hell are you?" Pill Tower Master Han Siyu exclaimed. He had never expected that someone truly knew the real background of the Pill Tower.
The first Pill Tower, Han Siyu’s master, told him before he died from old age that their Pill Tower was created by a powerful person only for one reason. That is to welcome the return of the Divine Doctor of this world. This is something only he is supposed to know. After all, only the Pill Tower Master had the right to know about this fact. Now this assassin king suddenly appeared before him saying that his future master told him to accept the challenge and that the existence of the Divine Doctor is real.
The Pill Tower Master, Han Siyu, turned serious at this moment. He is already half believing when this assassin king spoke that the real master of the Pill Tower is the Divine Doctor. This is the truth and is something that other people shouldn’t know about then he thought of the possibility that someone had told him. His master would be impossible, as he had died a long time ago. Then there is only one possibility, the Divine Doctor truly existed and sent the assassin king to run an errand for him passing to him this message that he had returned and that he must follow his order.
Meanwhile, in the hallway, among the people under the Pill Tower Master, someone had sneaked out to send a message to the Yun Clan waiting outside. But before this message was sent, he was caught by some people. These people are like Hei Yu, they can move in the shadows. With how sneaky this traitor is, of course he can only move in secret, a darker place that is completely hidden from a normal path.
This Pill Refiner seems to be the most trusted person of Pill Tower Master Han, his disciple, Han Siyan. When Han Siyan sneaked out somewhere to report to the other side, he was suddenly caught by people who came out of the darkness.
"This brat is a traitor!"
"Let’s catch it first and tell the Lord!"
"Do you think the Mistress will reward us for this?"
"I hope so. Maybe we can report it secretly behind the Lord’s back."
"I think you want to die."
At the entrance of the Pill Tower’s building, the Yun Clan was now feeling impatient. They had been shouting here for hours but no one even came out to see them. They are also waiting for their spy inside to report to them what is currently happening inside, only for no reports to come to their side after waiting for too long. The Fifth-grade alchemist had a bad feeling. Without the report from the inside, he felt that their spy must have been caught and that is the reason why the Pill Tower is wasting time not to meet them. They wanted to gather more information before confronting them.
Sensing this possibility, the Fifth-grade Alchemist shouted a provocation loud enough for everyone to hear.
"What is this!? Is the Pill Tower not confident enough to fight this old man!? If so, why don’t you just give up the Pill Tower to my Yun Clan! We will definitely take care of you better than right now!" said the fifth-grade Alchemist.
While in his mind he is already scheming how to turn over the whole Pill Tower just to find their inheritance. According to the rumors of the past, they said that the Pill Tower was created by a powerful person as a gift for the future Divine Doctor. Who is the Divine Doctor? The Divine Doctor is a peak existence that can even bring a dead person back to life. A legendary figure who can cure even the hardest illness and ailment in existence. Even curing an immortal is possible. However, after the fall of the former Divine Doctor, no other Divine Doctor came out in life. No one dares to impersonate this position. With proper medical skills, becoming a Divine Doctor is close to impossible. No one is foolish enough to play this role, as just having the Divine Doctor title meant that even old monsters who had hidden themselves in this world might come out to grab this doctor to check on them.
Pill Tower Master Han Siyu had finally come out of the building followed by his people except for that disciple of his which was now thrown in jail for betraying him.
He said, "Isn’t it only a challenge? What are you so in hurry about? Are you that excited to be reincarnated so early?"
"What the hell did you just say!?" The fifth-grade alchemist from the Yun Clan was offended. "Just a mere seventh-grade Pill Refiner!? You are weaker than this old man by two levels! How dare you look down on me!?"
Just as the Yun clan was about to make a move, one of their hidden elders had appeared and stopped the clan from making a move.
"Don’t make a move for no reason. There’s a lot of dangerous people watching the scene from the shadows. Win the Pill Tower in a proper battle. We can’t afford to make a mistake in this place," The Yun Clan’s hidden protector whispered to the Fifth-grade alchemist who had almost lost control himself in anger.
Cough. Cough.
"Alright! The Yun Clan officially challenge the Pill Tower into an Alchemy battle. A three way Pill refining battle. As long as one side won twice then the competition would end. The winner takes it all!" The alchemist from the Yun Clan threw out a contract towards the Pill Tower Master Han Siyu who had read the contract.
It was unexpectedly a Heavenly witnessed contract. Agreeing and signing this contract is no different that making a promise to the heavens itself. Once someone who had signed the contract broke it, the one who would give the punishment was heavenly will. It was something no other cultivators can defy. This just shows how serious the Yun Clan wanted to take over the Pill Tower and their secrets from within.
Pill Tower Master Han Siyu reads the content of the contract and frowns. He was asked to write three names of the participants on the parchment. Writing his name is definitely but he didn’t know who to write for the last two slots. After thinking about it for a long time, he had written his name and his brother’s name, who is also another Seventh-grade Alchemist like himself. Just as he was about to randomly write a name for the third slot, he heard a female voice in his mind. Authoritative and commanding, something he can never defy.
The female voice said, [Write this empress’s name. Yuelei Xuexia.]
Pill Tower Master Han Siyu’s hand moves to write the whispered name before he can recognize what he had written. Just when he woke up from his dazed, the contract had been activated. The six alchemists whose name was written in the contract were announced to the crowd by the parchment.
{Alchemy Battlefield had been created. The following players are Han Siyu, Han Siri, Yuelei Xuexi, Yun Zhou, Yun Ziyao and Yun Zen. Three months from now, the battlefield for the alchemists would open. The listed names above would be pulled inside for a challenge and only one winner who stood above all will receive the rewards. The championship reward is the ownership of the Pill Tower in the Inner Haven and the Yun Clan’s Alchemist Organization in the Core Region.}