Chapter 1347 — The Alchemist
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And the reason the hidden Yu family knew of this matter was that years ago the Yu family's founding ancestor, in an ancient ruin, had seen records concerning it, and thereafter kept watch for any word of alchemists. Later, from transcribed ancient texts of strange tales and marvels, he learned that the Medical Sage Zhang Lifeng had also been an alchemist.
So this time, the moment Zhang Lifeng's tomb was discovered, the Yu family had attached the utmost importance to it, and at the risk of punishment by the Clan Arbitration Council had secretly dispatched an Earth-rank expert to take part in the tomb robbery — for the sake, besides the Qi-Gathering Pills and the physician's notes, of that all-important notebook of an alchemist's insights!
If an alchemist could arise in the hidden Yu family, then the whole order of the hidden clans and the ancient sects would change!
How could Old Yu possibly speak of something so important to these tomb robbers? If word got out, before the Yu family had produced an alchemist, the ancient sects would covet it — and that would be a disaster for the Yu family!
More than ten years ago, a certain sect had been wiped out by men. It was not an ancient sect, but one on par in strength with the hidden clans, and it was said that the misfortune came upon it because its young lord carried a treasure that aided cultivation!
And what virtue, what power did the Yu family have, to protect such an important notebook of an alchemist's insights?
Had there been no male bandit like Wei Zhao, Old Yu would not have needed such caution; he could have spoken freely of it, for he was confident that once they left the ancient tomb, he could kill them all and leave no trouble behind. Even copying the notes and insights out for each of them would have been of no consequence — he could simply seize them back afterward.
But now there had arisen such an uncertain factor as Wei Zhao!
With Wei Zhao's mutual-destruction true-qi bombs, Old Yu felt that if the youth wished to flee from him, it should be no great problem. So the notebook of alchemical insights truly could not be given to Wei Zhao to copy!
It seemed he would have to abandon the physician's notes. Let Wei Zhao copy a version of them; it would be of little use in his hands. Even if the Qi-Gathering Pill formula were in there, he was no alchemist, and could not refine it!
At this thought, Old Yu said in a low voice, "Hmph, I suppose you guessed right, boy! And what of it? There is indeed something else I want in the ancient tomb — the physician's notes of the Medical Sage, Zhang Lifeng. Even if you took them, they would be of no use to you. Such a thing fetches no money; it is worth nothing beside those antiques!"
Old Hei and James had thought that whatever Old Yu kept hidden and would not speak of must be some great treasure — they had never expected it to be this. They could not help feeling a little disappointed. The physician's notes would indeed fetch no price; how could it compare to those antiques?