I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property-Chapter 1647 - 1651: Unless There’s a Higher-Level Alchemist

In the Zhan Family's core area, stands a towering structure known as the Dragon Soul Tower, named by the Zhan Family themselves.

Though the Zhan Family has stepped back from the ranks of the Guardians, their family strength has not diminished much; on the contrary, the overall quality has actually improved considerably!

Within this Dragon Soul Tower, each level exudes an incredibly powerful aura of oppression. Training here necessitates bearing this pressure on the body, and one must even avoid letting this force affect the mind, which greatly benefits cultivation.

Training here is several times more effective than at Yanlan Empire's best training grounds, and the effects increase with each level, suitable for people of different strength tiers.

Thanks to this tower, people from the Zhan Family in the Divine Breath Realm are almost a level stronger than those from other families, which keeps their family flourishing.

The core of the Dragon Soul Tower is naturally the Agate Dragon's Essence acquired by the Zhan Family's elder years ago. This beast possessed the power of Divine Cultivation Realm Six in its life, and given the Dragon Clan's powerful gift, even humans of Divine Cultivation Realm Eight may not be able to contend with it.

Throughout the Yanlan Empire, the strongest individuals are merely at Divine Cultivation Realm Three, and even if they band together in tens, they still couldn't defeat the beast.

However, it seemed to have just completed reproduction, leading to a severe decline in power, and needing massive amounts of flesh energy at the time. This led to a slaughter throughout Yanlan Empire, forcing the Guardians to intervene.

Due to the beast's weakened state, they had the opportunity to injure it and then kill it.

Inside Zhan Qing's room.

"Young Master, I've returned," an aide approached Zhan Qing.

"How is it? What is the background of this Zhang? When did our Empire get such an Artifact Refiner master?"

"Young Master, we found hardly any information about him. It's as if he appeared out of thin air in our Yanlan Empire. There's no lodging record, nor any entry or exit records. I even asked our Yanlan Empire's Artifact Refiners' Guild to help investigate this Zhang and found no registration either. He seems not to have registered with the Artifact Refiners' Guild."

"Hmph, indeed suspicious!" Typically, any Artifact Refiner would register with the Artifact Refiners' Guild, not for vanity, but because registered Artifact Refiners often receive great advantages, such as discounts in all trading places, and occasionally, privileges.

As for those who can craft Saint Grade weapons, they are figures celebrated across the continent, treated with respect even by Kings of High-Grade kingdoms. Such individuals could walk unchallenged wielding their identity in kingdoms like theirs.

If he indeed had such status, he could simply seek the King and apply pressure.

He could even, hyperbolically speaking, summon a group of strong men to storm their family and negotiate terms or seize things!

Yet, he hasn't, suggesting he lacks deep confidence.

This greatly raises suspicion about his true identity.

"Although not much good news has come, this is still a worthwhile find," The threat of Zhang Menglong in Zhan Qing's mind significantly diminishes.

"By the way, Young Master, the elder has emerged from seclusion today."

"Oh? Let me have a look!"

Zhan Qing quickly rose, knowing that his father, Zhan Xun, had been secluded within the Dragon Soul Tower for over a decade; could he have broken through?

...

"Father!" Zhan Qing knocked on Zhan Xun's door, "Heard you've come out of seclusion, is there a breakthrough?"

Zhan Xun is a physically robust man; seemingly, having just completed training in the Dragon Soul Tower, he exudes a dragon's might, as though a dragon deity stands before him.

"Divine Cultivation Realm breakthroughs are not so easily made," Zhan Xun smiled wryly, "Breaking through within a century is already good news; the realm is too profound, requiring years of contemplation and constant accumulation, I'm still quite a distance away."

"Father, you're too modest. Compared to this generation of Guardian families, you're already deemed the strongest." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

"It's all thanks to the Dragon Soul Tower; if your grandfather hadn't fought desperately to slay the Agate Dragon, how could our family have acquired such a treasure?"

"How's your grandfather?" asked Zhan Xun.

"Damn servants, grandfather's fire poison acted up today; had he not taken the medicine in time, the consequences would've been dire!"

"The elder's temper is large; sometimes, those people can't keep track of him, no surprise there. Send more guards to look after him, just don't let him find out."

"Yes!"

Just then, hurried footsteps suddenly came from outside the room, bluntly interrupting the conversation between father and son.

"Enter," Zhan Xun said.

The arrival's face appeared grave and hurried, "The head of the house, Young Master, the old headmaster is in trouble!"

"What?" Both Zhan Xun and his son stood abruptly, "Grandfather took medicine at noon, why did it act up? The timing of fire poison flare-ups has always been punctual."

"This time it's different," the servant said anxiously, "Previously, the old master's fire poison occurred internally; this time, it's spread, igniting the entire house. We have no idea how to handle it now."

"The medicine? Was it taken?"

"Taken, but didn't suppress it; this time it might be…"

"Shut up!" Zhan Qing immediately silenced the crow-like servant, "Let's go see first!"

...

They quickly reached the Zhan Family elder's residence, other children also poured in upon hearing the news.

At this moment, the previously lavish house turned into a charred wasteland; the entire area was enveloped in scorching fire poison, this poison is not ordinary flames but highly toxic high-temperature steam, distorting space within ten meters of the elder, with all clothes on his body completely burned away.

"Where's Master Yun?" Noticing the elder still had breath, Zhan Xun sighed slightly, but the situation was evidently dire, and if the fire poison wasn't controlled in time, given the elder's current state, he wouldn't endure long!

"Coming, coming!" Zhan Xun's brother's son hurriedly arrived with a white-robed old man.

This elderly man, named Yun Xiang, is Yanlan Empire's most renowned Alchemist, currently serving under the Royal Family. He once saved the Zhan Family elder's life and has been his health advisor, crafting life-prolonging pills over the years.

"Master Yun, what's happening?"

The master appeared solemn, "Terrible, the fire poison seed must have lost control, quicker than I imagined!"

Actually, Master Yun knew forced suppression would plant a time bomb in the elder's body, but he had no other choice back then given the urgency.

"Given this situation, the elder's fire poison has acted over ten times; is it so difficult for him to take his medicine on time?" Between his words, Master Yun had a hint of reproach.

Zhan Xun knew clearly; they ensured constant watch over the elder, but he enjoyed tranquility post-injury, often vanishing randomly to places where none could find him, missing medicine times several times resulting in fire poison flare-ups.

To this day, flares occurred at least thirteen or fourteen times.

"Master, now's not the time to speak of this; is there anything you can do?"

"No," Yun Xiang shook his head, "I told you then, my method only treats the symptoms, not the cause, it's beyond my capacity now. Unless you find an Alchemist higher-ranked than me, he won't last the night…"