Chapter 662 - Selection of Beast Flames
Long Chen followed Fang Chang to the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda. However, this time, they did not pass through the main entrance, but through a side door… ()
In front of the side door, there were a dozen guards standing there with a solemn expression. The Head of the Guards had secretly warned Long Chen that he should try his best not to cause any trouble here.
Although the Pill Tower was jointly controlled by the Huo, Fang and Chai families, due to the Pill Emperor Tournament, experts from the Pill Valley had been established recently. Thus, the rules had become even stricter.
Only now did Long Chen get the chance to ask about the situation in the Pill Emperor Hall. It turned out that the Pill Emperor Hall was holding a grand event that was held once every hundred years.
This gathering of all the elite powerhouses of the Eastern Wastelands was also for the selection of the super geniuses. Those ranked in the top ten would gain the qualifications to train in the Pill Valley.
Moreover, it was said that the reward for being first place was extremely generous and would cause countless geniuses to go crazy for it. However, the specific reward was different every year.
A reward that would make people go crazy? En, I like that. Hehe, the heavens have finally opened their eyes. Seeing that I have come all the way here, it would be embarrassing for me to leave empty-handed.
When they entered the door, Fang Chang checked their identity plates. Although they knew Young Master Fang, they did not dare to be careless with this procedure.
After letting them in, they entered the main hall. The two of them stood on a round table. The round table immediately rose up slowly, and below the round table, there was actually a formation engraved, sending them to a high place.
"The Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda. The first floor is the main hall. It is the place where all sorts of people are received and various matters are dealt with."
"The second and third floor are places for high level alchemist to refine pills. Tens of thousands of alchemists train here every day. Only the alchemist emperor has the right to enter." Fang Chang took Long Chen as his confidant and explained seriously.
Tens of thousands? Good heavens, this Pill Tower was indeed a huge monster. No wonder it was said that almost all the pills in the world were monopolized by the Pill Tower.
"The fourth and fifth levels are the soul nourishing zones. They have special formations that can nourish a person’s soul, and after exhausting themselves by refining pills, one only has to rest here for an hour before one’s soul force will be completely restored.
The Pill Tower had such a powerful pill refining ability, it was undeniable that this Soul Nurturing area was worthy of contribution. Moreover, this Soul Nurturing area could allow one’s soul to improve further. Many geniuses only joined the Pill Tower because of the Soul Nurturing area.
Cultivating in the Soul Nurturing Area for a long period of time was extremely beneficial to the growth of the soul. However, in order to nourish the soul, one had to contribute greatly to the Pill Tower.
“The sixth level is the area under Young Master Chai’s jurisdiction. That’s the Pill Tower’s treasure pavilion, which contains pill furnaces, precious medicines, beast fires, and all sorts of fire cultivation techniques. It has everything.” Saying this, a proud look appeared on Fang Chang’s face, this was the pride of the Pill Tower’s disciples. ad)
"Long San, I’ll first bring you to choose a beast fire. Your soul power is terrifying, but the pill fire is too rotten, and there’s still a month until the preliminary competition. During this time, you have to increase your strength, and the preliminary competition is an elimination system.
“Haha, you’re finally here!”
The young master was already waiting in advance. So this was the place where the Chai Family was responsible for. He had come to make things convenient for Long Chen.
“Let’s go, I’ll take you to the beast fire warehouse!”
The two of them followed Young Master Chai into a long passageway. At the end of the passageway was a metal door. The iron door was over three meters thick and it required a mechanism to be activated before it could be opened.
After passing through three iron gates in a row, suddenly, a terrifying wave of heat came crashing over, and a huge room appeared in front of them.
The entire room was made of steel, and there were many depressions on the walls. In each of the depressions, there was a bottle filled with various colored flames.
“Oh my god, there’s so much beast fire!”
Long Chen was startled. There were hundreds of grooves in the room, and each of them had a beast fire sealed within.
“Hehe, this is our Pill Tower’s beast fire storage. All of the beasts here are ranked in the top 100 of the Beast Fire Ranking. Other than the ones ranked in the top three, there is everything else. However, most of them are repetitive.” Chai Lie said with a smile.
Long Chen suddenly felt his arm heat up as he hastily held onto it. The Long Hao on his arm almost flew out.
Long Chen felt that the Long Hao was like a demon beast that had been starving for countless years. It finally saw the meat and wanted to swallow it whole.
"Little Fire, endure it for now. Now is not the time. I promise you, be patient. These will all be yours soon." Long Chen hastily comforted him.
Long Chen knew that Little Flame needed energy to grow, but the energy it could provide was too limited.
The most important thing was that Long Chen needed to cultivate. He didn’t have the time to keep feeding him, allowing him to stay hungry for a long time. After seeing so much beast fire this time, he immediately became anxious.
It was a good thing that Little Fire listened to Long Chen and held back. This made Long Chen secretly heave a sigh of relief.
"Long San, you can pick out any one of the beast fires here, but let me tell you the premise. The strong beast fire can allow you to concoct pills with half the effort in the future.
However, a strong Beast Flame will take a long time to suppress. If you choose the Flaming Python Scale Flame, you must be mentally prepared. If you are unable to suppress it within a month, it is very likely that you will make a mistake during the preliminary competition. " Chai Lie reminded him with good intentions.
This was because Chai Lie and Fang Chang both used Flaming Python Scale Fire, which was ranked fourth on the Beast Fire Ranking. It was extremely powerful. Although it was one rank lower than Long Chen’s Purple Phoenix Sparrow Flame, the difference in power was not that great.
Long Chen’s purple phoenix flame didn’t dare to show itself. If it did, it would expose his identity. However, with the Flame Python Scale Flame, it would be much more convenient.
As for suppression? Heh heh, that was simply a sneer. With the Earth Fire, what else can’t be suppressed?
“I’ll be choosing Flaming Python Scales. Big brothers, don’t worry. With my powerful soul power, I’ll be able to quickly suppress it.” Long Chen said extremely confidently.
As Long Chen spoke, he took the bottle of Flaming Python Scale Fire. There was only one bottle left.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, a cold shout was heard. A group of people charged into the warehouse. When Long Chen saw that it was Huo Wu Fang, leading three people, charging in.
However, Long Chen acted as if he hadn’t heard Huo Wu Fang’s words. He directly grabbed the Flaming Python Scale Flame in his hand. What a joke! The thing that this daddy has his eyes on is mine.
"Put down the Flaming Python Scale Flame. I already reserved this Flaming Python Scale Flame yesterday!" Huo Wu Fang said furiously.
"Has Young Master Huo been ordered? How come I didn’t know? " Jiang Chen said faintly.
A piece of paper appeared in Huo Wu Fang’s hand. “I submitted the application yesterday and came today to receive the Flaming Python Scale Flame. How can young master Chai dare to pretend to be official?”
Fang Chang was slightly startled. This was going to be troublesome. Huo Wu Fang had already reserved the Fiery Python Scale Flame in advance, so he would have to give the only Flaming Python Scale Flame in advance.
This was the rule of the Pill Tower. If a disciple met the requirements, they could apply to the Pill Tower for a corresponding beast fire.
With Duan Tian Jiao by Huo Wu Fang’s side, he was definitely helping Duan Tian Jiao apply. With Duan Tian Jiao’s ninth grade Earth Rank soul power, she could indeed apply for the Flaming Python Scale Fire.
“The date is indeed yesterday. However, I’m sorry, I cannot give you this Flaming Python Scale Flame!” Chai Lie said faintly.
“You dare?! If you don’t give it to me, I’ll file a complaint. How dare you break Pill Tower’s rules?!” Huo Wu Fang sneered.
“Go ahead, but let me tell you, your complaint is useless, because I already received Young Master Huo’s application three days ago, and the Flaming Python Scale Fire has already been reserved for you. Sorry, you came late, don’t you think so, Young Master Fang?” Chai Lie winked at Fang Chang in front of everyone, their intentions very clear.
Only then did Fang Chang “suddenly realize”. “That’s right, that’s right. I booked it three days ago. I’m sorry, hehe.”
"You all … “I don’t believe you! Take out the application!” Huo Wu Fang said angrily.
“The application is at my house. I forgot to take it. I’ll show you the application later!”
Huo Wu Fang’s nose was crooked from anger. This fellow was doing this on purpose, but the Chai Family held such authority in their hands.
As long as Chai Lie went back, he could get himself an application and then write the date down to three days ago. Thinking of this, Huo Wu Fang was so angry that his face turned green, but there was nothing he could do.
"Good, good. You just wait and see. Skywalker, Awakening the Seal, you choose another beast fire!" Huo Wu Fang had no choice but to let them choose a beast fire that was slightly weaker.
When Huo Wu Fang left with a gloomy face, Long Chen and the other two looked at each other and couldn’t help but laugh out loud. Especially Fang Chang and Chai Fen, their laughter was even happier than it had been in a long time.
“Long Chen, we’ll protect you! You, refine the Flaming Python Scale Flame!”
Long Chen nodded his head and took out the beast fire to begin refining it. To his shock, Fang Chang and Chai Lie were instead.
The violent Flaming Python Scale Flame was actually like a little rabbit that had been violently beaten up, obediently allowing Long Chen to absorb it. It didn’t even have the slightest intention of resisting.
They didn’t know that Long Chen had the Earth Fire. In front of the Earth Fire, the Beast Fire was like an ant facing a giant dragon, not daring to resist at all.
Long Chen originally wanted to feed the purple flames to Long Huo directly after refining the Flaming Python Scale Flame, but he suddenly had a thought. He wanted to try and see if he could refine two kinds of beast fire at the same time.
In the end, Long Chen was surprised to discover that under Little Flame’s suppression, the Flaming Python Scale Flame and the Phoenix Sparrow Violet Flame didn’t dare to fight each other.
"Haha, Little Fire, congratulations! In the future, two of your eggs will be laid for you to eat!" Long Chen was overjoyed.
Although Little Flame would reap a great harvest if it swallowed a beast fire all of a sudden, in the long run, it would be killing a chicken to reap its egg. It was not worth it.
Long Chen urged the small fire to suppress the two beast fires. The two beast fires immediately began to tremble in fear. Then, under Long Chen’s guidance, they began to release a certain amount of energy to feed the small fire.
Once they lost their energy, they immediately started to recover by absorbing Long Chen’s spirit energy. Long Chen was delighted. From now on, he would just let Little Fire watch over them. This way, Little Fire would be able to manage the flock of chickens on his own.
"Phew!"
Long Chen let out a light breath and slowly opened his eyes. At the same time, a scarlet flame appeared in his hand. The flame actually had faint ripples within it, like the appearance of scales.
“Isn’t this too exaggerated!?” Chai Lie and Fang Chang cried out in surprise.
Chapter 663 - Beast fire
Chai Lie and Fang Chang couldn’t believe their eyes.
"It took just an incense stick of time to refine it?" Is this a f * cking joke? "
"Perhaps my soul force is strong enough …"
Long Chen chuckled and extended his hand. The flame suddenly jumped back and forth between Long Chen’s five fingers without the slightest sign of stopping. It was extremely smooth, causing the two of them to be dumbfounded.
"Monster, this is definitely a monster!" The two of them came to a conclusion at the same time.
“Hehe, my two big brothers, I wish I could kill that idiot Huo Wu Fang right now!” Long Chen didn’t forget to express his stance after obtaining the beast fire to prevent them from becoming jealous.
After all, he was also a pill refiner, so he shouldn’t be acting so domineeringly. It would provoke both of them. After all, both of them had their own pride, so it would be uncomfortable to be attacked like this.
Hearing Long Chen’s words, Fang Chang felt a lot more at ease. Long Chen was one of them. The stronger Long Chen was, the better it would be for them.
"Brothers, I have a presumptuous request to ask of you." Long Chen said somewhat embarrassedly.
“What is there to be polite with your brother? Tell me, as long as big brother can do it, you absolutely won’t be ungrateful!” Fang Zhangzhong and Chai Lie pounded their chests as they guaranteed.
“Um, little brother suddenly realized that I have more than enough power to control the Flaming Python Scale Flame. I want to increase the power of the Flaming Python Scale Flame so that when I refine pills, I’ll be like a tiger with wings.” Long Chen said.
"Upgrade, how do I upgrade?" The two of them did not understand.
"I want to let the Flame Python Scale Flame devour some of the other beast fires so that I can become stronger. I wonder if this is convenient?" Long Chen said in embarrassment.
"There’s nothing inconvenient about it. The main thing is, can this work? “I’ve never heard of a beast fire that can fuse together!”
“Why don’t I try?” Long Chen said.
“That’s fine. In any case, my Chai Family has the final say here, so these beast fires aren’t too precious. As long as you write down a random consumption list and report it, it will be made up. Long Chen, try it!”
“I’ll absorb the seventh and ninth ranked beast fire first!”
Long Chen was also not polite and directly took out the two beast fires and began to refine them together. Long Chang and Chai’s muscles twitched, but he did not stop them.
It wasn’t until Long Chen had refined seventeen different types of beast fire that Chai Lie finally gave in. “Third brother Long, look and see if you can keep some. If this goes on, brother won’t be able to explain himself if there’s too much of it!”
Seventeen types of Beast Flames, and they were all top-ranked Beast Flames. Long Chen only needed a few breaths to devour one of them.
After all, the Chai Family was in charge of the accounts. If the loophole was too big, it would be easily discovered.
"Phew!"
Suddenly, a ball of flame appeared in Long Chen’s hand. Within the red flame, there was actually a trace of purple. The terrifying high temperature caused one’s expression to change.
"This… What kind of flame is this? "
"It mutated?"
What they didn’t know was that Long Chen had fused the Flaming Python Scale Flame and the Phoenix Sparrow Purple Flame together. No one had ever seen such a flame before.
However, this sort of flame appeared to be intimidating, but was actually not as powerful as the true Phoenix Sparrow Purple Flame. Rather, it was much more powerful than the Flame Python Scale Flame. The reason Long Chen said this was to tell the two of them that Long Chen had succeeded.
Long Chen had indeed succeeded. He had successfully tricked seventeen different kinds of beast fire. Adding the Flaming Python Scale Flame and Long Chen’s Phoenix Sparrow Purple Flame, he now had a total of nineteen different kinds of beast fire.
Currently, the nineteen types of beast fires were like hens trapped in cages. Under the tyrannical influence of Long Hao, they desperately “laid down” and replenished their spirit essence with the dragon’s spirit energy.
Now that the Long Hao had become a farmer, with its nineteen flames, it was very satisfied and had flames to eat at all times.
After Long Chen advanced to the Xiantian realm, the spirit essence within his body became as vast as the sea. If they absorbed it at will, then he wouldn’t need to feed Little Flame anymore. Little Flame would be able to graze on its own and feed itself.
“Long San, you’re simply a monster!” Chai Lie was finally convinced.
"My two big brothers, I am from a poor family, but the pills I concoct are all of low quality. I have never even touched high quality pills before."
Regarding some high level pill refining techniques, to be honest, I’m not too interested. Look, can you lend me some pill refining skills or something so that I can learn them? "Long Chen said.
“What are you borrowing? Aren’t we brothers the ones who are in charge of this? How about this, I will bring you to the Secret Scripture Pavilion. As long as you don’t take the manual with you, you can take a look at everything inside.”
Chai Lie was very straightforward. It took Long Chen directly to the Secret Scripture Pavilion. The bookshelves within a thousand feet radius were filled with all sorts of pill refining experiences. Long Chen couldn’t help but be ecstatic as he started to study them.
When they saw Long Chen reading like a demented pill, Chai Lie and Fang Chang didn’t disturb Long Chen and went outside to wait for Long Chen.
After seeing the two of them leave, Long Chen directly threw his life’s worth of pill refining experiences onto the bookshelf. He didn’t have the nerve to read out this trash.
This Secret Skill Pavilion was mainly divided into three parts. The first part was the comprehension of alchemy insights, and it was all written by the seniors.
Part of it was a variety of high grade pill formulas. However, they weren’t top grade pill formulas, so Long Chen wasn’t interested in them.
Long Chen was most interested in the Ardent Flames Battle Skill area. It was true that Long Chen had the Pill God’s memories, but they were incomplete. Other than pill techniques and pill formulas, there was nothing else.
Therefore, even though Long Chen was a powerful Pill Cultivator, he had very little experience with Pill Fire combat skills. Even though he had a terrifying Pill Fire, he still used the simplest method to fight with it. Long Chen’s face was slightly red.
“Flaming Cloud Wings, Pill Fire Transformation Wings, soar through the sky. Good heavens, this isn’t a battle skill, this is a skill. This is a treasure! I want to learn this!” Long Chen couldn’t help but rejoice.
Ordinary battle techniques were divided into Heaven, Earth, and Mortal levels. However, these three levels were only used against cultivators below the Xiantian realm.
Cultivators at the Xiantian realm and above could use their own qi to draw upon the energy of heaven and earth, transforming it into various symbols that could unleash earth-shattering attacks. These attacks were already beyond the scope of combat abilities, and were called arcane spells.
Spells did not differentiate between high and low levels. There was not a single string between them that said who was higher and who was lower. It mainly depended on who could grasp it better.
After reaching the Xantian stage, he was like a fuse, responsible for igniting the energy of heaven and earth and unleashing even more terrifying power.
Spells are like fuses. The key point is how much energy you trigger, that depends on your own ability.
“Damn it! With it, even if I don’t advance to the Sea Cleaving Realm, I can fly into the sky! Hahaha! Summoning a pair of Flamewing Wings for a fight, that’s just too cool!”
Long Chen was laughing so hard that he could barely keep his eyes open. This Pill Tower was worth it. Originally, Long Chen’s ultimate goal was to condense the medicinal herbs from the palace’s Ascending Star.
However, he had just gotten familiar with Fang Chang and Chai Lie, so he couldn’t go to the medicine warehouse so quickly. The most important thing was that Long Chen didn’t have a suitable reason.
But so far, everything had gone smoothly. Not only had he obtained a large amount of beast fire, he had also learned fire-type skills. This made Long Chen so happy that his heart was about to burst.
Suddenly, a thought struck Long Chen and he hastily ran back to his original reading position. His posture hadn’t changed as he continued to “wholeheartedly” practice.
“Long San, why don’t you watch first? We have to leave first.” Fang Chang said.
However, Long Chen was still as still as a stone and didn’t move at all. He didn’t even hear their words. The two of them looked each other in the eye and directly left.
"Not only is this Long Chen a monster, he is also this diligent. In the future, he will definitely become a genius."
“The most important thing is that this person is very loyal, and he dares to go against the Huo Family for the sake of a meal. We’ve finally found a treasure,” Fang Chang said as they walked.
He left Long Chen in the Secret Scripture Pavilion and instructed the guards to guard him. If Long Chen came out, he would bring him to his residence.
After all, there was still a large group of people over there. They needed to establish a good relationship with the family, and they also needed to report some news. There were many things they had to do, and they couldn’t just stay with Long Chen.
“You’ve finally picked up a gem. With my heart, I’m really envious and jealous!” Young Master Chai said sourly.
Fang Chang snapped, "Forget it, why are you jealous? With our talents, it’s impossible for us to enter the Pill Valley with seventh grade earth-step soul power.
What we need to do now is to destroy the Huo family through Long San. The Huo family is too arrogant now.
We’re not willing to do the sales properly and have already extended our hands into our two families’ territory. If we don’t retaliate now, we’ll be wiped out by them.
Now that Long San has come, if he can take first place in the Pill Emperor Tournament, then his glory will be ours and his family’s. Once Long San enters the Pill Valley, wouldn’t it be easy for us to work with and destroy the Huo family?
Why are we suppressed by the Huo Family? Wasn’t it because there were people from the Hao Family’s Pill Valley? If Long Chen also enters the Pill Valley, we’ll reveal the shady side of the Huo family.
When the time comes, will Long San help out in the Pill Valley and take down the Huo family?
Damn their cake, let’s see who dares to say that it will burn dry wood in the future! “If I don’t shatter his head and stuff it into his butt, I won’t be surnamed Fang.”
“Come on, come on, come on. You don’t need to mention these two lines. My words are particularly popular. This Long San is indeed a good person. He’s a very honest person and knows how to repay favors. Our investment will definitely be reaped a hundred times over!”
“But I have to say, that son of a b * tch of the Huo Family has secretly made so much money in the recent years. He didn’t even give us a single copper coin.”
Did you see that, whether it’s to expel the poison or to change the Earth Dragon, Jin Yan, in his hands, if it’s us two families, we would have to tear down our houses and sell our land, but they didn’t do anything to us.
"F * ck, you still dare to look down on us in the primary exam, using the pills that we painstakingly refined, going out to eat kickbacks, then coming back to look down on us? F * ck his grandmother!" Fang Chang was furious.
“Alright, alright. Everyone’s got a belly full of fire, but there’s nothing we can do about it. Let’s go back and carefully plan things out. We’ll see how we can use Long San’s blade to stab the Huo family to death …”
Time flew. As Long Chen was desperately studying it, a long voice suddenly came from the fire magic:
"Long San, come out! The preliminary round is about to begin!"
Chapter 664 - Shameless Old Man
“It’s been a month already?” Long Chen couldn’t help but be stunned. Time passed too quickly. He had only managed to comprehend a dozen or so fire attribute skills.
In less than a month’s time, he had already comprehended more than ten arcane skills. If the outside world were to find out, it would definitely explode.
Arcane skills were different from ordinary combat skills. They required extremely deep comprehension to be able to control them, and they were also very dangerous. If one didn’t have precise control, they wouldn’t dare to use them.
Rather than saying that it was for Xiantian realm experts to cultivate, it would be more accurate to say that it was for Xiantian realm experts to cultivate it. After all, Xiantian realm experts didn’t dare to use any magic at all.
Only when one reached the Sea Cleaving Realm and gained sufficient enlightenment of Heaven and Earth would one dare to use magical techniques. Even powerful cultivators of the Sea Cleaving Realm would have to be extremely careful when using magical techniques. A slight misstep would result in a backlash.
It could bestow you with great power, and it could also destroy you. Unlike battle skills, most of the arcane skills were released outside your body.
Just like how, back in the Bedlam Lands, those evil Sea Cleaving Stage experts used the Heaven Shrouding Hand as a type of art to draw upon the energy of heaven and earth in order to launch terrifying attacks.
Here, Long Chen was completely immersed in the mysteries of fire-attribute magic. He was unable to extricate himself, and could only stare with rapt attention.
He possessed the Pill God’s memories, so it could be said that his control over the Pill Fire was unparalleled. For Long Chen, learning these magical techniques wasn’t difficult at all.
However, in terms of usage, Long Chen still needed a certain amount of time to adapt. Moreover, each of these techniques was incomparably mysterious and attractive.
“Long San, you really are a dandified alchemist. There are only five days left before the preliminaries. You really don’t know how to eat and sleep!” Fang Chang was speechless.
He had left Long Chen here, but had yet to hear any news of him coming out. He had been here a few times, but he had always seen Long Chen as if he were a wooden log, reading books and paying no attention to the outside world.
In reality, Long Chen was intentionally putting on an act for him to see. After he left, Long Chen immediately started learning techniques.
“I’m sorry.” Long Chen smiled.
“There’s nothing to be embarrassed about. You have such a terrifying Inherent skill and you’re also so eager to learn. If you’re not worthy, then there’s no justice at all.”
However, the preliminaries are coming soon. You really shouldn’t stay here to practice. You need to refine some pills and let yourself enter the state of alchemy. Come, I will bring you to choose a suitable pill furnace!
With that, Fang Chang brought Long Chen directly to the warehouse to pick out a pill furnace for Long Chen.
The pill furnaces here were all of the highest quality. However, the tier 5 pill furnaces here were obviously not as good as Long Chen’s original pill furnaces. One had to know that Huo Wu Fang’s pill furnaces were definitely of the highest quality.
In the end, Long Chen chose a relatively thick pill furnace. Long Chen liked those who looked sturdy.
After selecting the pill furnace, Long Chen returned to his residence and had Long Chen concoct a batch of pills in front of him.
Long Chen knew that Fang Chang was still worried about him. He was afraid that he wouldn’t be able to adapt to the new Pill Fire and would be in trouble during the preliminaries.
When refining a Rank 5 pill, Long Chen could not only cultivate it with his eyes closed, he could even use his feet to refine it with his eyes closed. After all, he was too familiar with refining a Rank 5 pill.
However, there was one thing that was true. Using the Flaming Python Scale Flame was indeed somewhat flawed. After all, this was the first time using it. Coupled with Long Chen’s deliberate concealing of his abilities, the pills only managed to produce a single Tri-Dazzling Pill.
However, looking at this Tri-Dazzling Pill, Fang Chang heaved a sigh of relief. At the same time, he gave Long Chen a thumbs up. Long Chen was definitely a genius amongst geniuses.
He could also see that Long Chen still wasn’t used to the Flame Python’s scale flames. When the flames transformed, the Flame Python’s scale flames would still have some flaws, but Long Chen had always been using his powerful soul power to minimize these flaws.
Moreover, this was the first time Long Chen had used the Flaming Python Scale Fire to concoct pills. If he hadn’t known that Long Chen had a bad mouth, he would have thought Long Chen was pretending.
It was his first time using the beast fire. Even if he used it two or three times, it would still be within the normal range. Since Long Chen could form the pill at once and had a Tri-Dazzling Dan, it was no wonder that the knowledgeable young master Fang had to give him a thumbs up.
“Long Chen, I won’t disturb you in the next few days. Familiarize yourself with the beast fire and refine a few more batches of pills. As long as you can concoct the Tri-Dazzling Dan during the preliminary competition, you can definitely advance.” Fang Chang left after giving his instructions.
After Fang Chang left, Long Chen used the medicinal materials left behind by Fang Chang to refine a few more batches of pills. After getting used to the Flame Python Scale Flame, he didn’t waste any more time.
Looking at the remaining medicinal ingredients on the ground, Long Chen rolled his eyes. Earlier, he had tactfully told Fang Chang that although he was familiar with the recipes for the Rank 5 Medicinal Pills, there were some that had not been refined. He hoped that he could bring himself to the warehouse to select some medicinal ingredients.
In actuality, Long Chen wanted to go take a look and search for the ingredients needed to concoct the Immortal Pill from the storage of the Pill Tower.
But this Fang Chang was too enthusiastic. He gave her a pile of Tier 5 pill recipes and an interspatial ring. Inside were all the ingredients required for the pill formulas, enough for Long Chen to practice with.
In addition, Fang Chang also said that the preliminaries weren’t too difficult. In the past, the preliminaries had always been standard practice. As for Long Chen saying that he wanted to go to the warehouse, that would have to wait until after the preliminaries.
However, when Long Chen saw that Fang Chang trusted him a lot, he did not suspect anything. This made Long Chen feel touched.
Actually, with Long Chen’s identity, there were still many loopholes. Moreover, there were also many problems with his alchemy skills, he was clearly just a half-baked alchemist from a ravine, so why would he have such a strong alchemy skill?
However, Fang Chang did not question him at all. It was obvious that he believed in his eyes even more.
Whether it was because of his confidence in his eyes, or his confidence in Pill Tower’s strength, no one would dare to lie to Pill Tower. Long Chen owed them all a favor.
"Alright, for the sake of your trust, I have decided to help you all take down the Huo Family. Isn’t that a little shameless? "
Long Chen had a little bit of guilt in his heart, but after thinking about how the three families had teamed up with each other since they were on the same side, that little bit of guilt also disappeared.
Five days later, the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda’s arena was still there. But a high platform in front of the arena was filled with people.
These people were the experts of the Huo, Fang, and Chai Family. They had entered the competition as guests since they were the masters of the Pill Tower.
All of the people on the stage were the backbone of the three families. The family masters of the three families were here, and the master of the Huo family was a square-faced old man. His eyebrows were like swords, giving him quite a dignified appearance.
This person was called Huo Changsheng and was also Huo Wu Fang’s great-grandfather. His cultivation base was at the peak of Sea Cleaving. He was also from the Pill Sect and was said to be capable of refining Rank 7 pills.
Apothecary, alchemist, apothecary, Pill King, Pill Emperor, Pill Elder, Pill Saint, Pill God, these were the grades of alchemy. They were from the 1st to 9th rank and their levels were very clear.
The tier of a pill cultivator was not related to the Cultivation base. The Cultivation base was merely an auxiliary. If a Sea Cleaving cultivator could only concoct a tier 3 pill, then he would forever be an alchemist.
However, such a person had long concealed his identity as an alchemist. He should be a martial cultivator now, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.
Beside Huo Changsheng was a thin looking old man. He was also a late stage Sea Cleaving Realm martial artist. This person was the Fang family’s patriarch, Fang Mingyuan.
Beside Fang Mingyuan was a bald old man. This person was the family head of the Chai Family, Chai Gao Yang. He was also a Sea Cleaving powerhouse.
"In the past Imperial Pill Competition, the top ten places were occupied by the Huo Family, and the top three are all under our control. Hehe, how boring. We can’t even find a single opponent for you.
In this world, the strong are revered, and the weak have abdicated. This is a trend that is irreversible. Huo Changsheng looked at the two of them and said aggressively.
Currently, the Fang family, the Chai family, and the Huo family had changed from a hidden battle to a open struggle. They were already used to hiding daggers in their words.
"Hehe, the Heavenly Dao is hard to find and the might of the heavens is hard to predict. The general trend is not something that a single person can decide.
“That’s right, I haven’t seen Huo Tianxiong for a few days. He couldn’t have died young, could he?” Chai Gaoyang suddenly said as he stared fixedly at Huo Changsheng.
The Huo Tianxiong that Chai Gao Yang spoke of was Huo Wu Fang’s father. He was an expert from the Huo Family. Whether it was cultivation or alchemy, he was a top character and his reputation was extremely resounding.
“Hmph, there’s no need to worry about it. Tianxiong is in good health,” Huo Changsheng said indifferently, but when he spoke, he sounded a little unnatural.
How could this unnaturalness escape the eyes of two people? Chai Gaoyang suddenly said, "I heard that the Huo Family has gotten into trouble again. A few days ago, it seems like the Xuantian Sect has come to our doorstep. I wonder if they are here to deliver their gifts or if the kickback issue has not been resolved?"
Huo Changsheng’s face darkened, “Chai Gao Yang, things without shadows, it’s best not to speak carelessly. Be careful not to say anything bad.”
“Hahaha, just kidding. Brother Changsheng, don’t be angry!”
Chai Gao Yang laughed out loud. He exchanged a glance with Fang Mingyuan and could see some clues. It seemed like there really was a problem with the Huo Family.
After all, they were old rivals, and there were no airtight walls. Even if there were any movements in the wind, it would still be possible to find some clues.
After such a huge incident occurred in the Chaos Domain, the Xuan Dao Sect came looking for him. If they didn’t have a connection, then something must have happened.
Furthermore, a few days ago, the Huo Family was suddenly in a state of chaos. Although the news had been sealed off, something strange had happened. It seemed that something had happened to Huo Tianxiong, which was why Chai Gao Yang had issued the test today.
Although they couldn’t know the truth, they knew that the Huo Family wasn’t as calm as they looked. It was enough.
At this moment, a commotion broke out on the stage. All of the pill elites participating in the Large Competition entered the stage one by one.
Long Chen slowly walked to his own high platform and lifted his head to look in front of him. He saw Fang Mingyuan and the others with a single glance.
Fang Mingyuan had heard about Long Chen from Fang Chang, so when he saw Long Chen looking at him, he smiled and nodded to show his encouragement.
At this moment, Lord Ta Fu walked into the examination hall with a prideful expression on his face. He stood on the main platform.
Long Chen saw Fang Mingyuan nod and gave a slight bow. After all, he was of the Fang family’s grandfather’s generation, so he couldn’t act too arrogantly.
Long Chen saw Huo Changsheng. At this moment, Huo Changsheng was also looking at Long Chen. Huo Changsheng also smiled, but his smile was filled with ridicule and disdain.
Long Chen was infuriated as he pointed at Huo Changsheng and said loudly, "Lord Ta Fuu, I report that an old man shamelessly tried to sell me a smile, affecting my match!"
Chapter 665 - Deliberate Concealment
Once Long Chen’s words came out, the entire exam grounds went deathly silent. Everyone followed Long Chen’s gaze and immediately saw Huo Changsheng, who had a cold smile on his face…
Everyone was stunned for a moment. Wasn’t Long San too daring? He actually dared to provoke the head of the Huo family? Was he giving up his life?
Even Fang Mingyuan and Chai Gao Yang couldn’t help but be stunned. However, seeing Huo Changsheng’s face that was as black as the bottom of a pot, the two felt extremely comfortable in their hearts.
At the same time, they were secretly praising him in their heart. This brat was expressing his loyalty to them. This was the most effective way to gain a reputation.
If he wanted to survive, he would have to rely on the Fang family’s protection. This was Long Chen’s smart point, and he had gained the Fang family’s trust in him in an instant.
“Brat, you’re courting death!”
The killing intent in Huo Changsheng’s eyes overflowed. When had he received such an insult?
“Beginner’s competition ground, stop all noise!”
The lord of the pagoda shouted coldly at Long Chen, “If you continue to make a ruckus, I’ll expel you from the arena!”
“But he did it on purpose. That’s unfair!” Long Chen shouted.
“You have to abide by the rules of the Pill Tower to participate in the Large Competition. As long as people outside don’t insult or curse you, all actions are permitted.”
If he didn’t have this bit of mental fortitude, how could he be an alchemist? “You’re Long San, right? As long as you’re from the Wilderness and don’t know the rules, this is a warning. If you dare violate them again, expel them immediately and don’t let them go!” Ta Fu said.
Fang Chang and Chai Fen broke out in a cold sweat for Long Chen. Seeing that Master Ta Fu didn’t expel Long Chen, they felt relieved.
However, Long Chen had directly opened his mouth and scolded Huo Changsheng. This made them admire Long Chen’s courage, and also the loyalty he had shown to the other party’s family. This was just too great.
Long Chen smiled inwardly. It was just as he had expected.Ta Fu was only responsible for the invigilating. He didn’t care about anything else and didn’t care about giving face to anyone, so he would only make a small “mistake” and wouldn’t be expelled.
Although it was a bit risky, he could win the complete trust of the Fang family and the Chai family with a single sentence. This deal was definitely worth it.
You just don’t say anything, right? Good!
Long Chen suddenly extended his fist towards Huo Changsheng in front of everyone. The center of his fist rose as his middle finger rose high into the air.
"Hahaha …"
Even though Fang Mingyuan and Chai Gao Yang were normally notorious, they could not help but laugh out loud.
Huo Chang was so angry that his hair stood on end and his eyes seemed as if they were about to spew fire. However, he couldn’t speak because if he spoke to Long Chen directly, he would be reprimanded by the Tower Lord.
Even in the Pill Valley, the people in charge of the exams were all in departments. Even in the Huo family, there was no room for discussion.
Therefore, even if Huo Changsheng was able to cover the sky with his hands in the Pill Tower and had connections in the Pill Valley, he did not dare to offend Lord Ta Fu, whose cultivation was much lower than his. He could only swallow his anger.
However, Fang Mingyuan and Chai Gao Yang’s laughter was even harder to accept than Long Chen’s humiliating posture.
“It’s only a temporary thing for a lowly person to achieve his goals. Let’s wait and see!” Huo Changsheng said coldly.
However, Fang Mingyuan and Fang Wei did not speak, only smiling and not speaking. This kind of silent counterattack made Huo Changsheng even angrier.
"The content of the examination is announced below."
Lord Ta Fu suddenly waved his hand. Long Chen discovered that a large amount of words had appeared on his table. It was a pill recipe.
"Soul Solidifying Elixir!"
Long Chen was slightly surprised. This kind of pill was rather unpopular, and was usually one that Soul Cultivators would need. It was a type of high-level Soul Nurturing Pill that could calm the soul and nourish the blood.
This was a type of Rank 5 pill, and its difficulty was Intermediate. Fang Chang once said, the difficulty of the pill refined during the preliminaries was elementary, so there was a slight difference in difficulty.
Thinking of this, Long Chen’s heart skipped a beat. He purposefully made his expression turn ugly as panic surfaced in his eyes.
“Mm, what’s wrong with this Long San?” “That Blood Soul-Melting Pill shouldn’t be too difficult for him, right?” Chai Gaoyang asked with some doubts.
"I’m afraid there’s a problem. According to what Fang Chang said, this Long San grew up deep in the mountains. Many of the high grade pill recipes have only been seen before and not refined.
Fang Chang had left a lot of pill formulas for him to practice on, and all of those were low difficulty pills. It seems like this Long San hadn’t concocted this kind of pill before, and there might be some herbs inside that he didn’t recognize. "Fang Mingyuan said with a serious expression.
As a pill refiner, to concoct a pill, one must first have the recipe, then know all the characteristics of the medicinal ingredients, which was the preferred method of concocting the pills, and which was the preferred method of fusing them.
Moreover, the medicinal properties of each medicinal herb were different, so they needed to be refined with different levels of fire. If one didn’t understand the medicinal properties of each medicinal ingredient, then one would truly become a blind person.
"Ai, as expected, his mouth has no hair, but his work is not good. This child, Fang Chang, is still far off." Fang Mingyuan sighed.
Since he clearly knew that Long San had such a huge weakness, he should have told the family in advance that the family would specially send someone to assist Long Chen. Now he was in big trouble.
On the arena, when Fang Chang and Chai Huo saw Long Chen’s expression, they immediately understood and couldn’t help but feel anxious.
But now, there was nothing to worry about. This wasn’t the first selection, so he couldn’t say anything. He could only pray for Long San’s good fortune.
Lord Ta Fu said coldly, "The exam this time is about the Blood Soul Pill. Each person will receive three portions of ingredients and the refining time will be six hours."
As long as one reaches the third level of the Blood Soul-Fusion Pill, they pass. If they don’t, they will be eliminated, and the time starts now! "
As Master Ta Fu’s words faded, all the participants quickly began to warm up the furnaces to refine medicine. The Blood Solidification Pellet was a big challenge to some people as well.
Pill refining had a huge failure rate. Furthermore, this was a competition ground, so there were countless people watching from the outside. With Senior Alchemists present, it put a lot of pressure on them.
Fortunately, there was the first test, and he had already refined a pill. He was a little familiar with the new area, or else the failure rate would be even higher.
Actually, this Blood Soul Fusion pill was nothing to Long Chen. However, he had to pretend that he couldn’t figure out the medicinal ingredients as he continuously tested the medicinal properties of the ingredients.
It was only when the "test" was almost done that Long Chen started to refine the medicinal powder again. Long Chen still needed to make his method seem a bit immature, which made it a bit difficult for Long Chen.
However, Long Chen was a very dedicated person. Every detail, every flaw, they could all be described very meticulously. It was enough to prove that he was indeed a novice.
"Hehehe, this Long San is the genius you’ve won over? “Hahahaha…” Now it was Huo Changsheng’s turn to sneer.
He did not even know the medicinal properties of the main ingredients of the Blood Soul Pill and needed to test them a little. He was simply an amateur who did not even have the basic qualities of an alchemist.
While Long Chen was busy refining the medicinal powder, the others who were faster than him had already sealed the furnace.
Bang.
Suddenly, a muffled sound rang out. One of the pill refiners had a look of regret on his face. He had been a little careless. The pill furnace had turned into a pile of ashes.
The man hurriedly calmed himself down and started concocting the pills again. This kind of mistake should not have happened.
However, they were used to concocting pills in the secret room without any distractions. Now that they had switched to such a noisy environment, it was really hard for them to get used to it.
Bang.
Bang.
As expected, when the first person failed, two other people also followed in his footsteps. One after the other, they failed. Not only were they losing in alchemy, they were losing in soul power. They had reached the Core Formation stage.
The so-called Core Formation was when the powder condensed into a medicinal liquid. Before it could condense into a medicinal liquid, the firepower was not enough, causing a portion of the medicinal liquid to solidify. This way, it would be unable to continue later.
Before the pill was formed, all the medicinal essence had to remain liquid. Only when the pill was formed could one increase the power of the fire and the output of the soul, forcing a portion of the water out, could it be condensed into a pill.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion and a strong aroma filled the entire arena.
“Heavens, the pill has been formed! There’s no fire!”
The people on the outside cried out in alarm. The people on the inside didn’t want to cause a commotion, but it wasn’t directed at them. They all looked towards Huo Wu Fang.
A proud expression appeared on Huo Wu Fang’s face as he slowly lifted the lid. Within the lid lay nine plump pills, glowing with dazzling light.
“There’s actually one such pill! As expected of Huo Wu Fang, known as the number one pill refining genius in the past thousand years of the Huo Family!”
Some people were amazed. The difficulty of refining the Blood Soul-Solidification Pellet was not small. Furthermore, it was made in such a noisy environment, and he had refined it so quickly. It was indeed worthy of respect.
In just an hour, he had successfully refined the pill. This was partly because of his beast fire; after all, he was ranked first on the Beast Fire Ranking, Earth Dragon Jin Yan.
On the other hand, it also showed that Huo Wu Fang’s mental fortitude and pill forging techniques were indeed exquisite, and he couldn’t help but be convinced.
Huo Changsheng looked at Huo Wu Fang, his eyes filled with pride. He had paid such a heavy price to save Huo Wu Fang, and everything had been worth it.
"Phew!"
Suddenly, the flames flew everywhere and a flame rushed out of the Dragon and Dust Pill Furnace. It actually caught fire, causing everyone to be stunned for a moment.
“Idiot, he’s actually the first to fuse tobacco and Flame Dragon Roots. Does he even understand alchemy?” Some people in the distance couldn’t help but mock him. The two types of powder couldn’t be fused directly.
After a few failures, Long Chen simply didn’t move and just stood there watching others refine pills.
“Not bad, you’ve learned how to be smart.” Fang Mingyuan smiled faintly.
Rather than trying to figure it out for yourself, you might as well take a look at the sequence of the others. The Blood Soul-Solidification Pill was only a general pill formula and could not be refined in the slightest.
“Hmph. Only now do I understand that it’s too late. There’s still over an hour left, and time is almost up. There’s no hope for him,” Huo Changsheng said with a cold smile.
Only then did Chai Gao Yang look at the hourglass at his side. As expected, there weren’t many hourglass left. His expression couldn’t help but change slightly.
Long Chen looked at it for a long time and finally felt that it was about time. He opened fire and threw the ingredients one by one into the pill furnace.
"F * ck, is he still going to act cool at this time?" The people outside cried out in alarm.
Chapter 666 - Soul Ascension Pill
Seeing that Long Chen was using the same trick again, he poured all the medicinal powder into the pill furnace in one go. One had to know that this was different from the last time.
The last time Long Chen refined the pill, there were only a few types of powder. But now, he had refined a tier 6 pill, and there were more than 107 types.
"Hmph, idiot, You thought you were going to refine a Rank 2 pill?"
“Heh heh, even if he isn’t an idiot, he can’t do it because he doesn’t have enough time. He can only gamble everything he has!”
“Eh? Brother Guangyuan, don’t you usually like to comment? Why aren’t you saying anything today?”
The person called Brother Guangyuan stood in the crowd and shook his head. “I won’t say anymore, but my face is in pain.”
Last time when Long Chen was refining pills, he gave the most comments and slapped his face the loudest. However, this person’s breadth of mind was not bad and only replied faintly.
"Phew!"
When the 107 types of powder entered the pill furnace, Long Chen’s massive soul force surged into the pill furnace, forcefully separating the 107 types of powder. Although the pill furnace was heating up, the powder didn’t mix together.
If it were to be completely mixed at this time, then it wouldn’t be refining pills but a pot of paste. But when Long Chen released his soul force and refined all 107 different types of pills, it caused all of the alchemists present to be greatly shocked. Even Lord Ta Fu, Huo Changsheng, and the others were moved.
They could divide the medicines in the furnace, but how old was Long Chen? Not even a fraction of their age, just how terrifying was this soul force?
"This Long Chen is simply a genius. What a pity. If he had been raised by us since childhood, his accomplishments would have made us look up to him." Fang Mingyuan praised.
Such a pearl had been buried deep in the mountains, in the woods, and he didn’t even know the main ingredients of the Blood Soul Merging Pill. It would truly be a pity if he were to lose today.
It had to be known that the competition was held once every hundred years, and there was a limit to one’s age. If Long San missed this opportunity, then he would never have the opportunity to compete with the Pill Emperor.
“This is bad. This Long San actually fused the Freshmen Grass and the Flowering Heart Flower. This will greatly reduce the quality of the pills …” Fang Mingyuan’s expression changed.
If Long Chen were to do this, although he could still refine it into a pill, the quality of this pill would drop by a lot. Let alone a small town, even a beautiful pattern would be difficult to refine.
Chai Gao Yang and Fang Mingyuan could not help but reveal bitter expressions. Their hearts were filled with regret, blaming themselves for not putting enough emphasis on Long San and not taking the preliminaries seriously. One wrong move, and they would lose everything.
Currently, everyone on the stage was done concocting pills. However, according to the rules, time was not up yet, and no one was allowed to make any noise, lest it affect others.
Ninety percent of the people present had successfully refined the pill. There were also a few people with poor mental qualities who had failed and lost more and more patience. But after three chances, they still hadn’t refined the Tri-Splendid Soul Merging Pill and were completely eliminated.
“There’s still half an incense stick of time. I wonder if Long San will make it in time?” someone said outside.
“Sigh, no matter what, even if he fails, I’ll be damned if I accept it. Just with this terrifying soul power, I’ll be a f * cking dog. Too abnormal!” Facing Long Chen’s soul power, countless people prostrated themselves before it.
“Don’t worry, he’s definitely been eliminated. The fusion of the Freshmen Grass and the Flowering Heart Flower has doomed him to failure. This is what happens when he acts tough. Serves him right. He doesn’t even recognize any medicinal herbs, what is he acting so pretentiously for!” Some people were extremely jealous of Long Chen.
“F * ck off. If you had that kind of terrifying soul power, you could also act cool. You don’t have the ability to spray out your motherf * cking feces!” A person beside him mocked coldly.
“That’s right. You don’t have the ability, and you don’t like others. How can you be so dark? Serves you right for life, you can only be a small Pill King!” Someone saw the nameplate on that person’s waist and sneered.
That person was infuriated, but seeing so many people glaring at him with such hostility, and most of them were of the Pill Emperor level, he couldn’t afford to offend them. With a face as red as a monkey’s butt, he turned and fled.
He had no choice but to slip away. He was worried that someone would remember his face, so he decided to wear a pair of small shoes for him in the future. Then he would be finished.
"The pill fragrance is coming out!" Someone cried out in alarm.
Within the pill furnace was a pulsating pill aroma. A portion of the moisture within the furnace had been forced out, forming the aroma of a pill.
However, Fang Chang and Chai Lie were not the least bit excited. Instead, their faces were full of dejection. Who would’ve thought that during the preliminaries, the difficulty had increased? The pill formulas and herbs that had been left for Long Chen were completely useless.
Long Chen sensed the pill within the pill furnace and could not help but sigh. "Now is the time to show off. For the sake of Ascending Star and to refine the dragon blood, I, your father, am willing to give my all!"
"Boom!"
With an explosive sound, Long Chen’s soul force gushed out, forming a 100 foot wide transparent vortex above the pill furnace.
"What?"
As they looked at the transparent vortex, everyone let out cries of surprise. Even Lord Ta Fu was moved and he stood up.
"This… Spiritual pill techniques? "He can actually use his soul power, just how thick is it?" Fang Mingyuan could not help but have a hint of shock appear in his eyes.
The Spirit Increasing Pill Technique was a technique that one could use before the pill was formed. It could absorb a portion of the pill’s fragrance from before, and once again enhance the pill’s quality.
Basically, everyone present knew about the technique, but 99% of the people had never used it before.
It wasn’t that they didn’t want to use it, but they couldn’t afford it. They didn’t even have that much soul power, so of course a powerhouse from the Pill Sect could use it to concoct a Rank 5 pill.
However, which expert of the Pill Sect would waste their precious soul power to refine a Rank 5 pill just because they had nothing better to do? There must be something wrong with his head.
On the other hand, refining a Rank 6 pill consumed a large amount of soul power. Thus, there was no need to use soul power to use the Soul Boosting Pill Art.
It could be said that the Spirit Pill Ascension Technique was a trash technique that everyone understood. Although the principle was simple, it had no value in using it.
When Long Chen unleashed this technique, not everyone was shocked by it, but they were stunned by Long Chen’s boundless soul force.
Even though there were so many old alchemists present, he had never seen a person with such vigorous soul power.
The most important thing for a pill refiner was the quality of his soul force. In other words, it was a test of the grade of his soul force during the first test, as it determined the strength of his soul force.
Secondly, there was the capacity of the soul force. However, this was usually not tested by anyone because 99% of alchemists had the same capacity. Even if there was a gap, it wouldn’t be too much difference.
The capacity of soul force wasn’t important to a pill refiner as long as it could be used to concoct a batch of pills. He would only need to wait until his soul force was fully recovered before concocting the next batch.
It wasn’t because they didn’t have that much soul power. But now that Long Chen had used the Soul Ascension Pill, it shocked everyone.
"Buzz!"
Long Chen’s Soul Ascension Pill technique formed a huge vortex in the air, and the surrounding aura was crazily poured into the pill furnace.
"I understand. Good boy, if it really is him, he might be able to do it." Fang Mingyuan suddenly slapped his thigh, exclaiming in admiration.
Chai Gao Yang also nodded his head and said, "Right now, hundreds of people are refining the Blood Soul-Melting Pill at the same time. The air is filled with an extremely strong medicinal fragrance.
The Spirit Pill Ascension was just enough to absorb the medicinal energy in the air that had yet to disperse, and infuse it back into the pill.
If he was refining pills on his own, his improvement would be limited, but it would be different now. Hehe, this is really a rascal who dares to think about doing such things!
“Time’s up!” An official shouted loudly as he saw all the sand in the hourglass flow out. Everyone’s heart trembled at the thought that the time was up.
"Boom!"
An explosive sound rang out, almost at the same time as the voice of the timer. This sound entered the ears of the Fang family and Chai family members, as if it were the sound of nature itself.
Even with Chai Gao Yang and Fang Mingyuan’s calmness, their hearts still jumped a few beats faster.
As for Chai Lie and Fang Chang, their hearts were in their throats. Long Chen was a genius in alchemy, no, he should be a genius. They had personally witnessed this.
Long Chen’s alchemy potential was limitless. If Long Chen were to die here, they would probably want to commit suicide.
Long Chen’s face was incomparably “perturbed.” He reached out and slowly lifted the lid. Nine pills were lying inside the pill furnace. Eight of them were dark, and only one of them was glowing brightly. There were three lines of patterns on its surface.
“Oh yeah, it’s a success!”
Long Chen clenched his fists as he raised his arms and shouted. However, he secretly cursed in his heart. Acting was truly too tiring.
He activated the Soul Boosting Pill Technique and absorbed the surrounding medicinal fragrance before pouring it into the pill furnace. Long Chen guided the energy into one of the pills.
The energy of the pills that filled the sky poured into the pills. Long Chen saw with his own eyes that a pill had produced three dazzling patterns. If Long Chen wanted to continue, he could still continue to improve.
Even though he already knew the result, he still had to pretend to be nervous and then ecstatic. Even Long Chen himself admired himself. He was becoming more and more shameless.
"Hahaha, success, success!"
Now that the preliminaries were over, Fang Chang and Chai Lie laughed crazily. Long Chen’s dramatic reversal made them ecstatic. They wanted to hug Long Chen and kiss him.
"The preliminaries are over. Those who qualify will be exchanged for tokens and enter the next semifinals." With a wave of his hand, someone immediately went forward to exchange tokens. Those who failed could only dejectedly leave.
“Young man, you’re quite good!” Before Lord Ta Fu left, he unexpectedly praised Long Chen before leaving.
“Haha, Long San, let’s go back and celebrate.” Fang Chang pulled Long Chen along as he walked out of the arena.
The preliminaries were over. In the end, Long Chen made the final perfect counterattack. The radiance completely overshadowed Huo Wu Fang, who had refined the first six Chasers. Huo Wu Fang’s face darkened as he left with everyone.
“Hahaha, Brother Chai, let’s go. We’ll go back as well and join the children in the liveliness!” Fang Mingyuan laughed heartily and left with Chai Gao Yang without even looking at the gloomy-looking Hao Changsheng.
“Long San, right? Just you wait for this old man. You really don’t know your place!”
Chapter 667 - Medicinal Herbs Treasury
The Fang Residence was in the west of the city, located in the center of the city. The Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda could be seen here, and it wasn’t too far away.
Currently, the Fang Residence was bustling with people and it was abnormally lively. The Fang Clan was holding a banquet to celebrate the successful passage of the preliminaries.
In fact, those who were able to be pulled into the Fang family’s camp were all elites among elites. It was not difficult for them to refine pills in such a difficult level.
The Fang family held a banquet, and the members of the Chai family also arrived. The two families had a good relationship and directly celebrated together. Even the two families’ Patriarchs personally made an appearance, causing the atmosphere to become even more lively.
“Long San, well done!” Fang Mingyuan patted Long Chen’s shoulder, his eyes full of praise.
This sort of praise was not only for Long Chen’s talent, it was also for his performance today. It was an admiration that came from the bottom of his heart.
Long Chen slapped Huo Changsheng’s face in public, indicating that he wanted to live and die with the Fang family. He dared to do this before the situation was clear. This was a great courage.
Brother Chang and Brother Lie have shown me kindness and nurtured me. If it wasn’t for the two of them, how would I, Long San, have obtained the beast fire and passed this trial?
Although Long San was born into the underworld, he still believed that one should know how to repay favors and not forget their roots when they call themselves people. " Long Chen solemnly said.
Long Chen didn’t have much of a relationship with the Fang family and the Chai family, but Fang Changzhong and Chai Huo were actually very much to his liking. Although the two of them were from aristocratic families, they didn’t have any annoying aura, and were completely different from Huo Wu Fang.
Most importantly, Long Chen felt that he had used these two people. He felt guilty, because he didn’t like this feeling. What he needed to do now was to give his all to help these two people deal with the Huo Family.
“Good, well said, drink some water and think source, don’t forget your roots. Nowadays, the human heart is very treacherous, capricious and unpredictable, and Long San can still keep your heart. This is truly rare. Come, drink with this old man!” What shocked everyone was that Fang Mingyuan actually took the initiative to clink glasses with Long San, what kind of honor was that this was.
All of a sudden, those alchemist experts who had pledged their allegiance to the Fang family and Chai family were envious. However, there was nothing they could do about it. After all, their talents were displayed right before their eyes.
After drinking a cup of wine, Fang Mingyuan said, "Long San, there’s no need to speak about your talent. Fang Mingyuan has never seen a soul power more vigorous than yours.
However, good techniques needed to be used on the blade. No matter how good the Xiantian talent was, one would need to continuously train hard in order to achieve any results.
Right now, your weakness is that your knowledge is limited and you are lacking in the basics of medicinal herbs. Even though you have a strong soul force, you are unable to fully utilize it. Today was too dangerous!
At this point, the experts from the Fang family and the Chai family all nodded in secret. This Long San was like a thick piece of divine equipment, but he hadn’t even unleashed his blade and the edge of his blade hadn’t been revealed.
"Thus, from tomorrow onwards, I will arrange for Fang Chang to bring you to the medicine warehouse to identify the various medicinal herbs and to understand the various pill formulas."
By now, the preliminaries had just ended and the semifinals would begin in a month’s time. The preliminaries were only a process, and the difficulty of the semifinals would be at least 10 times greater than that of the preliminaries.
Therefore, this period of time is very critical. If you can make it through the second selection, you’ll have another month. At that time, you can compete with Huo Wu Fang in the finals.
The Pill Emperor Competition this time will not only be a battle between our Fang family, the Chai family, and the Huo family, it will also be an opportunity for you to change your fates.
One had to know that the top fifty of the Large Competition would receive a disciple token from the Pill Valley, allowing them to enter the Valley to train in the future.
As for the top 10, the rewards were even more bountiful. As for the top 3? "Heh heh, according to previous experiences, even we old men would have to be envious of that abundance of experience." Fang Mingyuan laughed.
Apart from Long Chen, everyone else was rushing to become disciples of the Pill Valley. The Pill Valley was a holy land for alchemists.
“Therefore, during this period of time, it’s extremely important for you, Long San. Therefore, I’ll lock you up in the storehouse. You need to continuously replenish your basic knowledge, do you have any objections?” Fang Mingyuan looked at Long Chen.
"No objections, absolutely no objections! I thank the clan head for cultivating me!" Long Chen was extremely excited. This was not an act, it was true excitement.
Wasn’t acting cool all this time just for this opportunity? He finally had the chance to sneak into the medicine warehouse. Long Chen seemed to see the Ascending Star waving at him.
Seeing Long Chen so happy, Fang Mingyuan couldn’t help but nod his head. Not only was this Long Chen loyal, he was also meticulous and diligent in his studies. He knew this was a rare opportunity.
Long Chen was currently in a great mood. He picked up wine bowls with Fang Chang, Chai Lei, and the others, and drank a lot. When Fang Chang mentioned that they were acquainted with Long Chen because the people from the Huo family were slapping them, the two family’s higher-ups didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
Chai Lie drank a little too much and his tongue also grew bigger. He suddenly said, "Who do you think the Huo family is? Isn’t it just someone in charge of selling drugs? A group of shameless and despicable people, using their position to secretly create a difference in order to earn money out of the dark?
“After earning so much money in the past few years, they become more and more powerful. They actually extended their hand into the territories of our Chai and Fang Families. I’ll f * ck them and even said that they wanted our two families to get out of Pill Pagoda. Who do they think they are?”
Hearing Chai Lie words, the upper echelons present were stunned. Chai Gao Yang wanted to reprimand him. This kind of thing shouldn’t be said in front of everyone, it wouldn’t be good if the influence was not good.
Long Chen suddenly said loudly, "That’s right. From top to bottom, there isn’t a single good bird in the Huo family. That Huo Changsheng is even smiling at me.
Brother Chai, if you dare make a move on the Huo family, I, Long San, will be the first to charge in and kill this bunch of bastards for you.
“F * ck, I’m going to train as hard as I can this time and get first place. When I sneak into the Pill Valley, we’ll work with outsiders and completely destroy this group of bastards!”
“Haha, good brother, I knew you had the most balls. Come, Fang Chang, let’s drink together!”
"Plop!"
Chai Lie had drunk too much. The alchemist’s physique was poor, so the alcohol was strong. Chai Lie was completely stoned.
When everyone had gone back to their rooms to rest, Fang Mingyuan said to Chai Gao Yang in a low voice: "What do you think about this Long San? "Is it reliable?"
“When this child speaks, his soul fluctuations follow his emotions and the rhythm is completely consistent. He doesn’t show any signs of being fake. He probably speaks from the bottom of his heart and is very reliable,” Chai Gao Yang said.
“What a pity. If we’d discovered that this person had one year to cultivate, then with his abnormal soul power, he would’ve been able to completely counter us.” Fang Mingyuan sighed.
"That’s right, the Huo Family is closing in on us and is beginning to infiltrate into our two families. Among our two families, there are already many people who are secretly betraying us.
But we know, but there is nothing we can do about it. After so many years of the Huo Family’s business, they have accumulated a lot of wealth and made connections.
If Huo Wu Fang obtains the result of first place again and is groomed by the Pill Valley, our two families will either leave the Pill Tower or be destroyed.
Originally, we were already prepared to fight to the death, but with this Long San’s appearance, things seemed to have turned for the better.
“Unless it’s absolutely necessary, we can’t use that move. I hope that Long San will bring us a new opportunity,” said Chai Gao Yang.
"That’s fine, but we can’t just place all our hopes on him. We have to hurry on that aspect as well.
If plan three doesn’t work, we’ll continue to use our original plan. Hmph, you want us to scram? “He’ll also have to pay a terrifying price!” Fang Mingyuan said.
“Alright, I will pass down the instructions tomorrow. The entire warehouse, whether it’s the medicine warehouse or the Secret Scripture Pavilion, is open to Long San.”
“That’s good as well. Long San’s appearance immediately attracted the attention of the Huo family. He’ll be more beneficial to our plan!”
The next morning, Long Chen had just woken up and was taken away by a woman. When he entered the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda, Long Chen finally got his wish and entered the medicine warehouse.
"Heavens, this is too spectacular! How did they do it?"
As they entered the medicine warehouse, Long Chen was dumbfounded. This warehouse was hundreds of miles wide! How was this possible? How large was the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda?
“The herb storage is different from the other storage rooms. There is a formation engraved here, and it’s a spatial storage. The principle is similar to a spatial ring, but it’s much more complicated than a spatial ring,” the woman explained.
The space inside the spatial ring was still, and the space here was the same as the space outside. However, the space outside was very small, but the space inside was very vast.
"From level one to level six, there are millions of types of medicinal ingredients in here, distributed in six areas.
You don’t need to understand any herbs below the fourth step. You only need to understand the herbs of the fifth step and the sixth step.
Of course, as of right now, you only need to look from the area of the fifth step to identify the various herbs, as well as their pharmacology, habits and taboos.
"In front of every herb, there is a detailed explanation. In addition, these herbs are separated into commonly used and unpopular herbs. It is recommended that you start from the commonly used herbs."
Long Chen was brought to the Rank 5 pill area. On a shelf that seemed endless, there were all kinds of herbs. There was a label on each of the herbs and it was filled with detailed descriptions.
Even with Long Chen’s calmness, he still felt his heart beating wildly. The Pill Tower was truly the Pill Tower. This arm was simply too frightening.
Compared to this place, the species in Long Chen’s Chaos Dimension were nothing. They couldn’t even compare to him.
Long Chen only had a few thousand types of medicinal herbs, and they were all of any rank. But here, there were several million types of medicinal herbs for every rank. This was too frightening.
"Thank you. I have to start studying this, this …" "If you have nothing else to do, then go and busy yourself first!" Long Chen smiled in embarrassment.
“Alright, I’ll wait outside the warehouse. If you need anything, you can just call me!” The woman said before leaving.
"Hahahaha, your father is rich!"
Long Chen laughed maniacally in his heart, but he did not show it. He discovered that not only him, but others were entering and exiting the warehouse.
Some of them were here to collect medicinal plants, while others were here to replenish their medicinal plants. Long Chen continued forward and headed straight for the cold door area. There were some uncommon and rare medicinal plants there.
These precious medicines were hard to come by in the outside world, otherwise the Hua Yun Sect would have already helped Long Chen obtain them.
"Hehe, Ascending Star, wait for me!"
Chapter 668 - Crazy Transplantation
“Glazed Grass, my baby. I’ve finally met you!”(hahaha he droped in the heaven)
“My god, I’m sorry to keep you waiting.”
"Nine Leaves Mansa Pearl Flower? It’s so good to see you. "
When Long Chen saw these medicinal ingredients, he was a bit at a loss of words. These were all ingredients used on the pill; it was impossible to buy them in the outside world.
“This won’t do. There are a lot of herbs here. Someone specially prepared for me has to think of a way to count them. Oh right, I’ve got it!”
Long Chen’s heart skipped a beat and he immediately moved a stalk of Glass Grass into the Chaotic Space. The Space circulated and the dried up Glass Grass instantly revived and its vitality began to recover.
Seeing this, Long Chen directly removed a part of the root of the Glass Grass and placed it in the soil, continuing to grow. The Glass Grass was already useless and Long Chen directly absorbed its life essence, turning it into a dried up medicinal plant.
All he needed was the Glass Grass to leave behind a portion of its roots in the Chaos Dimension. That was enough. With just one stalk of Glass Grass, he would have countless Glass Grass.
Long Chen followed this method and madly transplanted the precious medicine. Furthermore, Long Chen gave priority to the medicinal ingredients that were required for the pill.
"Hmm? “There’s actually one less … Heavenly Dragon’s Saliva!”
Long Chen suddenly felt a chill in his heart. He had found all of the twenty or so precious medicines that he was missing. All that was missing was a stalk of Heavenly Star Dragon’s Saliva.
The Heavenly Dragon’s Saliva was one of the three main ingredients of the pill, and couldn’t be replaced with any other precious medicine.
“Whatever. I can only think of another way slowly. First, I’ll transplant all the precious medicines that I don’t have!”
Therefore, Long Chen began to unrestrainedly search. There were some precious medicines that did not need to be transplanted into the original body. They only needed a small amount of rhizome, or even a bit of fruit.
It was very convenient to take the precious medicine because the missing parts did not affect the medicine itself much.
However, there were some precious medicines that needed to go through a process like the Glass Grass. Otherwise, if a portion of it was torn off, the precious medicine would become useless.
Long Chen had also learned to be smarter. In the chaos space, he had divided up another area. This was a place where he had grown rare herbs of the sixth step.
There were also a portion of herbs of the fifth step growing alone. This way, he wouldn’t have to trouble himself looking for more in the future.
In the blink of an eye, more than ten days had passed. Long Chen diligently walked around the precious medicines of the fifth and sixth stages. He replenished everything that he didn’t have in his Chaos Dimension. Txt Free Download)
"Mr. Long San, you …" Seeing Long Chen coming out of the warehouse, the woman hurriedly stood up.
“I’ve also learned enough. I’m ready to go back!” Long Chen said. No, it’s about time. I’ve taken what I should take and what I shouldn’t. There’s nothing left to take. It’s time to leave.
“But the Patriarch said that you must close up here until the semifinals …” The woman said somewhat awkwardly. It was clear that she couldn’t go against the Patriarch’s orders.
“I’ve already memorized the quality, medicinal properties, and advancement of all the Rank 5 and Rank 6 herbs. It’s just a waste of time here, so I’m going back to practice alchemy.” Long Chen said.
The woman was shocked, "How is that possible? “Even if it’s commonly used medicinal herbs, there are at least a million of them. This is absolutely impossible…”
Long Chen’s face darkened, “You don’t need to be suspicious about my matters. I don’t have the time to explain it to you. If you’re afraid of taking responsibility, then come with me to see the patriarch.”
Long Chen was too lazy to argue with her and directly returned to the Fang family estate. As expected, as soon as Long Chen returned to his own resting room, the woman went to complain to Fang Mingyuan and Fang Chang.
Long Chen gave a faint smile and made the two of them take the test themselves. The result left the two of them dumbfounded. The effects of common medicinal herbs were forbidden, and Long Chen recited them like the back of his hand.
Even some of the slightly unpopular medicinal ingredients could be described in great detail, causing Fang Mingyuan to be greatly shocked.
"Haha, this brat is untalented and has photographic memory. I will remember everything that I have seen in an instant. I will definitely not forget it." Long Chen said with a smile.
Fang Chang and Fang Mingyuan both came to a sudden realization. A person’s memory was related to their soul force. Long Chen’s soul force was as vast as the ocean, and he seemed to have some sort of photographic ability. It was understandable.
“Long San, now that you’re able to identify all sorts of precious medicine and are familiar with all sorts of pill recipes, you’re only missing refining pills to accumulate more experience.”
"Why don’t you go to the Pill Pavilion tomorrow? There are people there who specialize in concocting medicinal herbs for you. All you need to do is to mention the medicinal formula and the various medicinal herbs. Fang Chang said.
“Great! I came back this time because I wanted to refine pills. This is the fastest way to improve!” Long Chen’s face was filled with endless excitement, but he was too deep for tears.
I have the Pill God’s memories and I still need some refining experience, but if Long Chen doesn’t go, that would be completely illogical.
Not only did he have to go, he also had to pretend that he was elated. It was really difficult, but he could not do anything about it.
Thus, Long Chen was sent to the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda’s Alchemy Pavilion. When he thought of Fang Chang and Fang Mingyuan’s serious expressions, Long Chen wanted to cry.
Not only did he need to concoct pills, he also needed to concoct many pills to tell everyone how obsessed he was with pills.
In the end, Long Chen spent the rest of his days concocting pills and didn’t dare to concoct them too well. Sometimes, he even failed on purpose, making Long Chen want to puke.
When the Fang family’s father and son heard their subordinate’s report, Long Chen practically did not sleep at all. He concocted pills all the time, and they held incomparable admiration for Long Chen’s perseverance.
Not to mention them, even Long Chen himself admired him. If he continued to act so diligently, it would be impossible for him to do anything else.
Fortunately, ten days quickly passed. Fang Chang finally found out and pulled Long Chen back from the Seven Treasures Exquisite Pagoda.
After all, he couldn’t allow Long Chen to risk his life like this. Long Chen had concocted over a hundred pills in a single go. The soul loss was too great and he needed to give Long Chen some time to recover.
Long Chen was finally free. After returning home, he first slept for a day and a night. After a good rest, he went back into seclusion.
Seeing Long Chen fight to the death, Fang Chang was completely convinced that Long San was a maniac in alchemy.
However, Long Chen didn’t continue refining the pills. Instead, he crazily urged the Chaotic Space to continuously grow the precious medicine inside.
Under Long Chen’s meticulous nurturing, the medicinal field within a circumference of a hundred miles was filled with precious herbs of the fifth step and the sixth step. Just this medicinal field alone was a priceless treasure.
Now that Long Chen had reached the Xantian stage, his chaotic space had expanded to a radius of ten thousand miles, which was extremely terrifying.
Aside from the black soil in the center and a small herb field, Long Chen filled the entire space with trees. The chaotic space had turned into a dense forest.
These trees were the means of protection for Long Chen’s life. When he was injured, he needed to draw out their life force to heal his wounds.
However, Long Chen discovered that as his cultivation base increased, his fleshly body became more and more powerful. After being injured, he needed to consume more and more of his life force. These trees couldn’t keep up with his needs.
However, there were too few species of trees like this one. Since he couldn’t find a better variety, he could only continue to use them.
Long Chen estimated that although the size of the chaotic space had increased and the number of trees had increased by over a hundred times, Long Chen estimated that being able to recover three times in an instant when Long Chen was heavily injured was already his limit.
Before advancing, his body would have been crippled and could still recover around ten times. Now, he could only recover three times. It wasn’t that the tree’s vitality had become stronger, but that Long Chen’s body had become even more abnormal.
"If I refine the Green Dragon blood essence, will these trees still be of use?" Long Chen was somewhat vexed.
Refining the Azure Dragon’s blood essence required a tremendous amount of strength, and each weight equaled to three hundred thousand pounds. Right now, Long Chen estimated that his own strength was around five hundred kilograms, and he still had a long way to go before he could refine the blood essence of the Azure Dragon. If he were to practice normally, he would need to reach the Sea Cleaving Realm in order to have the power to refine the blood essence of the Azure Dragon.
However, Long Chen had the Nine Star Tyrant Body Technique. Once he opened up the Fourth Star and the four stars converged, his body would be strengthened again, and his strength would surge. At that time, he would have the opportunity to refine the Azure Dragon’s blood essence.
Moreover, the dragon race expert once said that after refining the Azure Dragon’s blood essence and practicing the dragon blood body refining technique, his body would become unimaginably strong.
"An unimaginable height? Could it be comparable to a magical equipment? Or was it comparable to a treasure? "Eh, where is the blood?"
Long Chen suddenly thought of the Blood Drinking Drink. Long Chen hadn’t used it since the last battle and had always placed it on a high platform in the Chaos Dimension. However, right now, the platform was empty.
Long Chen scanned the area with his divine sense and suddenly discovered that there was a blood wine on top of the huge dark gold phoenix vein. He was shocked. Why was the blood wine moving on its own?
He hastily focused his attention and felt waves of strange energy being slowly absorbed by the blood. Long Chen was surprised.
"The blood drink is actually absorbing the energy of the Phoenix Blood Dark Gold, could it be … Was the Phoenix Blood Dark Gold making the same thing? It wants to absorb energy to heal itself? "
Long Chen’s heart trembled violently as he recalled Mo Yi’s words before his departure. He had mentioned that the blood drinking in Long Yun’s hands was also a treasure, and an extremely terrifying one at that. It seemed that its rank was higher than the Mo Mountain Seal, but it was slightly damaged and the artifact spirit was still in deep slumber.
Seeing the blood drink slowly absorb the dark gold energy of the phoenix blood, Long Chen couldn’t help but be overjoyed. Absorb, absorb with all your might, restore yourself as soon as possible.
The blood drink absorbed the dark gold energy of the phoenix blood and healed his wounds. This was a great fortune for Long Chen. If the blood drink was restored, then Long Chen would have such a terrifying treasure.
Just as Long Chen was overjoyed, there was a knock on the door. Long Chen’s soul hurriedly left the chaotic space.
It turned out that the person knocking on the door was Fang Long. Unknowingly, time flew by quickly. Today was the day of the semifinals.
"Long San, how is it? Are you confident?" Fang Chang laughed.
“Hehe, don’t worry. This time, I will make sure to vent some of my anger.” Long Chen left with Fang Chang in high spirits. Long Chen was in a very good mood today, which meant that some people’s mood would be very bad.