Nie Li joins the Alchemy Association

After Alan returned to the Glory City, he returned to the Sacred Family. The Sacred Family asked him what he found in the Ancient Orchid City Ruins, but Alan gave them a detailed description of the Ancient Orchid City Ruins and informed the family about the Shadow Devil Demon Lamp.

The Sacred Family was delighted upon hearing his expedition's detailed description. Moreover, they were satisfied with the treasure he had found.

The Sacred Family allowed Alan to keep the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit and asked him to fuse with it after reaching the Silver Rank.

However, they remained oblivious to the fact that Alan was already a Black Gold Rank Demon Spiritualist. Moreover, he was cultivating the Heavenly God Technique so he could easily use this Shadow Devil Demon Spirit as his second spirit.

The process went even smoother as compared to fusing with his first spirit. Alan did see a notification, though.

[Host requires 1000 Celestial Points to perfectly subjugate the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit.]

Alan spent those Celestial Points without batting an eye. Soon, the imperfect fusion with the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit started to get perfect.

By the end of this fusion, the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit lost its powers to resist Alan.

This Shadow Devil Demon Spirit's cultivation base instantly jumped from 5 Star Bronze Rank to 5 Star Silver Rank. This was all thanks to gaining a pure supply of Alan's Soul Force.

The Shadow Devil Demon Spirit had a variety of techniques. The first technique was Void-Form. It allowed Alan to become completely invisible and undetectable, but he couldn't affect the world around him. This was an ideal technique to tail someone.

The second ability was known as Arm Sickle. Alan could create an extremely sharp slashing or piercing weapon on each arm. The total power output of this Arm Sickle couldn't compare with the White Tiger's Claw, but its piercing effect was much stronger than the latter.

Alan spent the next few days perfecting his control over the Shadow Devil Demon Spirit. During this time, Alan heard a piece of interesting information.

Nie Li visited the Alchemy Association and passed the test to become an Alchemy Master. Actually, Nie Li didn't just become an Alchemy Master. He seemed to have greatly impressed the President of the Alchemy Association into making him a valued member of this association.

'He has gained a lot of influence and wealth through this,' Alan knitted his brows.

To gather more information, Alan decided to visit the Chu Family. This was a long-standing family known for its many alchemists. In its history, they boast of having three senior alchemy masters, six intermediate alchemy masters, and over twenty primary alchemy masters.

Alan would snort in disdain if anyone said they didn't have connections within the Alchemy Association.

After visiting the Chu Family, Alan received some very valuable information. Apparently, an alchemy apprentice of the Chu Family was also taking the test along with Nie Li, but the latter badly humiliated him.

Thus, the entire Chu Family was extremely furious at Nie Li as they ruined a chance for one of their heirs to get into the Alchemy Association.

However, the Chu Family didn't dare to enact vengeance since Nie Li had gained favor with the President and all the high-ranking elders of the Alchemy Association.

It was rumored that he gifted them the five elixir formula as well.

Alan frowned upon hearing this information.

Nie Li used his extensive knowledge of Alchemy to create a solid foundation within the Alchemy Association. He wanted to use the Alchemy Association as his backup to confront the Sacred Family.

"Who are the elders of the Alchemy Association?" Alan asked.

The Chu Family gave him the names of all the elders of the Alchemy Association. Since it was impossible to throw Nie Li out of the Alchemy Association, Alan planned to set up his own mole among those elders.

It was impossible to win over an elder through bribery since an Alchemist wouldn't lack Demon Spirit Coins. He could only use fear to control one of these elders. However, meeting an elder was an issue in itself.

Alan knew the Chu Family wouldn't risk offending the Alchemy Association for the Sacred Family. Alan needed someone else to be a point of contact.

He asked for the names of all the members of the Alchemy Association. After gathering all their names, Alan smirked. It seemed that he didn't need to use fear to plant a mole in the Alchemy Association.

The next day, Alan visited the Fighter Apprentice Class of the Holy Orchid Academy.

Upon hearing that Alan had finally decided to attend the class, Huyan Lanruo came running.

In fact, Huyan Lanruo wasn't the only one excited upon seeing him in class. Two other beauties were very delighted. Xiao Ning'er and Ye Ziyun.

Both sat next to Alan, and it seemed as if the three were glued together. Xiao Ning'er felt sour upon noticing Ye Ziyun getting closer to Alan.

Xiao Ning'er recalled all the other incidents when Ye Ziyun had gotten anything she ever wanted and made up her mind that she wouldn't give up on Alan.

Meanwhile, Ye Ziyun recalled her time with Alan on the expedition and come to accept her feelings for him. Moreover, seeing Xiao Ning'er approaching Alan like that triggered her for some reason.

It felt as if someone was infiltrating her territory!

And all hell broke loose as Huyan Lanruo entered the Fighter Apprentice Class. All the students were startled and couldn't understand why all the three beauties of the Holy Orchid Academy after a single guy!

Huyan Lanruo even declared in the class, "I will be pursuing Shen Yue from now on. If anyone wants to pursue him, you need to seek my permission first!"

This declaration seemed to have ignited a fire in the classroom. Both Ye Ziyun and Xiao Ning'er were infuriated upon hearing that declaration.