Douluo III: Legend of the Dragon Phoenix

More than half an hour later, loud laughter erupted from the secret chamber. It was hearty, deafening laughter, as if the person laughing was releasing all the pent-up frustrations in their heart.

The sound contained terrifying Soul Power, causing the secret chamber to tremble slightly. Fortunately, the chamber was sturdy enough, and no cracks appeared in the walls.

The old man's laughter gradually subsided, but the smile on his face didn't diminish at all. He was still in the excitement of regaining a new life.

He touched his skin, face, and arms with reluctance to let go, even lifting his clothes to touch his belly, his behavior appearing strange.

After taking the Hundred Year Longevity Pill, his withered skin regained vitality. Now, he looked close in age to Le Zheng'en, no longer showing the signs of a dying old man.

"Congratulations, Father," Le Zheng'en said excitedly.

The old man laughed heartily and patted Le Zheng'en's shoulder in approval. "Zheng'en, it's thanks to you that I can live for another hundred years."

"This is what a son should do," Le Zheng'en said. In front of the old man, he didn't show the slightest bit of a Three-Star General's authority.

The old man patted Le Zheng'en's shoulder again, then looked at the angel statue, his expression becoming devout. He bowed respectfully to the statue.

Le Zheng'en also followed suit. Their Le family held this statue in particularly high regard, worshipping it as a deity.

In fact, it couldn't be said that they worshipped it as a deity; the prototype of this statue was a God, who had merely fallen two thousand years ago.

In the eyes of the world, this God ancestor was a villain, an evil person, and there was no shortage of insults and negative comments directed at her.

But in the eyes of their descendants, this was their pride, the faith of all members of the Angel Clan, worthy of eternal worship.

They also didn't think this ancestor had done anything wrong. If they had to say there was a mistake, it was losing the divine battle two thousand years ago to Sea God Tang San.

The victor is king, the loser is a villain. Regardless of whether you are inherently evil, in historical records, only the victor will always be praised, and the loser will be scorned.

If this ancestor had won the divine battle back then, then the ones being praised now would be the Angel God and Rakshasa God, and the one being scorned should be the Sea God.

"Since Le Zheng Tian has been granted another hundred years of life, I will definitely explore that realm and restore the supreme glory of my Angel Clan," Le Zheng Tian's eyes were incredibly firm...

The Spirit Transfer Pagoda, Shrek Academy, and Tang Sect people had basically returned to their respective bases, and the pills had arrived safely.

None of the three forces' people took the pills immediately. Instead, they had them taken for research, attempting to obtain the pill formula.

However, the pills refined by Yun Ze were not something they could decipher the formula of.

The pills were sent into special instruments for scanning and analysis. The results showed everything as unknown; not a single medicinal ingredient was analyzed, let alone the formula.

The strongest alchemists they had recruited also had no idea what the composition of these pills was.

Yun Ze's alchemy methods were very special. After the pills were refined, all the medicinal ingredients were perfectly fused together, making it impossible to analyze individual components. Not only were they unable to do it, but even the immortals in the Immortal Realm who specialized in alchemy couldn't analyze it. Therefore, their efforts were destined to be in vain. These forces were also persistent. Even though they couldn't decipher it for a while, they didn't give up and continued to try and crack the research. Only when they truly couldn't decipher it would they choose to let those who needed it consume it. Gu Ming, who had obtained the fifth Longevity Pill, took it directly. Keeping this thing was likely to attract trouble, so it was better to eat it early.

He was also smart. He didn't eat it secretly but had people from the Federation Research Institute witness it, so the news of him having taken the pill would naturally spread. The second pill likely extended his life by more than sixty years, making him even younger and full of vitality.

He also fulfilled his promise and secured Yun Ze a year of free access to the fifth-floor Library.

Even he had to put in some effort to get Yun Ze this year of free access.

The reason he gave the Council was that Yun Ze was young, only a little over six years old. Even if he went in, it wouldn't matter; he wouldn't be able to understand those profound and complex materials.

Soul Tools that could take pictures couldn't be brought in, so there was no need to worry about the materials inside being photographed and leaked.

Using this reason along with his status, he managed to persuade the Council and give Yun Ze a year of access.

In fact, these words were also his inner thoughts. He didn't think Yun Ze could understand anything by entering the fifth floor.

Those materials, let alone a six-year-old child, even a decades-old Rank 8 Soul Master might not understand them.

It was precisely because of this thought that he agreed to Yun Ze's request. Otherwise, he really wouldn't have agreed to this matter so easily, after all, the materials inside were too important.

Starting from the second day after the auction, various forces came to visit the Dragon Phoenix Hall, including politicians, Soul Master powerhouses, and business tycoons.

Their purposes were roughly the same: first, to show goodwill to the Dragon Phoenix Hall, and second, to inquire about the Hundred Year Longevity Pill. Di Tian had said at the auction that the Longevity Pill might exist or might not, and this ambiguous answer made them itch with curiosity, eager to know the exact answer.

For the Hundred Year Longevity Pill, these people who couldn't cultivate were even more enthusiastic than the Soul Masters who could cultivate, and they desperately wanted to get one. After all, for ordinary people like them, taking one meant extending their life by five or six hundred years. This kind of temptation was truly hard for many people to resist.

Some people, when received by Di Tian, even said that they were willing to pay anything to get the Hundred Year Longevity Pill, which showed their strong determination. The people who said these words were wealthy but not the most top-tier wealthy; otherwise, they would have directly spent money at the auction to buy the pill. There were also powerful politicians, most of whom were old and, with not much life left, were even more eager for the Longevity Pill. To get the pill, they were truly willing to pay anything, subtly hinting to Di Tian that they wanted to exchange something for power.

Facing these politicians who were not Soul Masters, Di Tian's answer regarding whether the Longevity Pill existed was clearer, giving them hope. After knowing that there was a high possibility of more Hundred Year Longevity Pills, these politicians' attitude towards Di Tian became even more amiable. Di Tian knew that winning over these politicians was not something that could be accomplished overnight, and he didn't rush to reveal his purpose directly. He controlled the conversation time with each politician to between twenty and thirty minutes. After a simple acquaintance, he let them leave.

It should be noted that those who could be personally received by Di Tian were either Federation Councilors, Military High-Level officials, or the heads of large families and major forces. Ordinary people, even Titled Douluo, as long as their status was not high enough, were still not qualified to be personally received by him, a peak powerhouse. In fact, if it weren't for the Federation election, with his arrogance, he wouldn't even meet these Federation Councilors and Military High-Level officials; he didn't think much of them.

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