Without the fusion powder, Morgan Yates could only leave. But just as Morgan Yates was about to go, his gaze was immediately drawn to a piece of talisman paper on the counter to the side, flickering with fluctuations of elemental energy. On this talisman paper, there was a symbol drawn with elemental force. Morgan Yates couldn’t understand the pattern, but he could feel the elemental energy emanating from the talisman, and this energy even carried a trace of lightning power.

“Talisman!” Morgan Yates’s eyes lit up, and the word popped into his mind. His father Quentin Yates had been sealed by a talisman that locked his dantian.

Although the Lingwu Continent had several mainstream secondary professions, such as alchemists and artifact refiners, the most prestigious identity was that of a talisman master. Talisman masters could craft talismans with various effects, and some could even use talismans to control beasts in battle.

In the vast Shiyan City, with a population of a million, there were only three talisman masters.

“What kind of talisman is this?” Morgan Yates walked over curiously and asked.

“This young man, this is a first-grade lightning attack talisman. It contains the power of lightning. Stick it to your palm, and you can unleash a lightning attack once. Its power is extremely strong. If a martial artist who cultivates a lightning attribute technique uses it, the effect is even greater. Generally, martial artists below the fifth level of the Qi Creation Realm don’t dare to face this lightning attack head-on.”

The attendant at the counter explained carefully.

“That’s a bit too powerful. How much is this talisman?” Morgan Yates asked.

“One tael of gold.”

Morgan Yates was immediately defeated by this steep price. Talisman masters really did make money—just casually making a talisman could sell for a tael of gold. Morgan Yates would never use his two taels of gold to buy that talisman. If he didn’t bring back the fusion powder, Elder Young would definitely blow up.

“I’ll go back first and come again tomorrow!”

Morgan Yates returned to his room. Little Grace had also been brought back to her own place by Mary Yates. Although Mary Yates had the temper of a young lady, she was very fond of her maid. Besides, Little Grace was diligent and kind—unless the young lady’s temper was truly terrible, there was no way not to like her.

Uncle Foster had already prepared dinner for him. After eating, Morgan Yates once again entered cultivation. Now, even without using the Essence Cultivation Pill, Morgan Yates could awaken two strands of dragon power, but his cultivation speed had slowed down. It was still difficult to break through the brain’s acupoint in a short time.

All night, Morgan Yates used the two strands of dragon power to attack the brain’s acupoint. Impacting the brain’s acupoint caused dizziness, which was why many martial artists left the brain’s acupoint for last.

Morgan Yates couldn’t take it anymore and could only choose to attack the acupoints in his legs. Once his brain recovered, Morgan Yates would go back to attacking the brain’s acupoint. After the two strands of dragon power disappeared, the Trapped Dragon Ascending Pillar would automatically absorb the world’s energy and refine two more strands of dragon power.

The next day, Morgan Yates practiced martial arts in the morning, and after lunch, hurried to the alchemy room. Morgan Yates opened the alchemy room and waited for Elder Young.

“Morgan Yates, why aren’t you starting the fire yet? Today I need to refine ten furnaces of Essence Stabilizing Pills.” A rough voice came from outside as Elder Young entered, carrying a large amount of medicinal herbs.

“Why do you need to refine so many Essence Stabilizing Pills today?” Morgan Yates asked.

“In two months, the Shiyan City Shiyan Ranking Tournament will be held. The clan leader asked me to refine more Essence Stabilizing Pills for the young masters to use, hoping they can make another breakthrough before the tournament.”

As Elder Young spoke, he realized something was off and immediately shouted, “Why are you, a little alchemy assistant, asking so many questions? Hurry up and start the fire! By the way, did you buy the fusion powder?”

The Shiyan Ranking was a list that all martial artists under sixteen could compete for. The top ten in Shiyan City could enter the ranking.

On the surface, the four great families were polite to each other, but in secret, they were always competing. The ranking was one such competition. Moreover, the top five on the ranking could catch the attention of the three major alliances, and their future would be limitless.

“Elder Young, I went to the Treasure Pavilion today, but all the fusion powder was bought by people from the The Quinn Family,” Morgan Yates said.

Upon hearing this, Elder Young pretended to remain calm and continued to shout, “You’d better hurry up and get me the fusion powder. Without it, I can’t refine the Essence Stabilizing Pills. If you don’t, I’ll take you to the punishment hall and charge you with dereliction of duty. Now hurry up and start the fire!”

“Hmph, once I get the fusion powder, I’m quitting!” Morgan Yates muttered to himself, obediently starting the fire. The other disciples of the Ye family, like Charles Yates, didn’t have to work and could enjoy Essence Cultivation and Essence Stabilizing Pills, but he could only fan the flames here.

Strength—everything was because of strength.

Chapter 10: The Third Strand of Dragon Power

Refining ten furnaces of pills left Morgan Yates utterly exhausted, and the elemental energy in his body was completely depleted.

However, seeing Morgan Yates in this state, Elder Young suddenly had a rare moment of kindness and gave Morgan Yates five Essence Stabilizing Pills. These were second-grade pills, with medicinal power ten times stronger than the Essence Cultivation Pills.

Morgan Yates excitedly hid the five Essence Stabilizing Pills, watched Elder Young leave, tidied up the alchemy room, and returned to his own room.