Chapter 384

After Feng Tiancheng finished speaking, all the Gu Kings in the arena cast their gazes toward Long Xiaoyao, their gazes full of deep meaning.

"Hmph! As a Fourth Grade Alchemist, can't you even recognize the Nine Nether Nether Fire?"

"Only Fen Tian Old Ancestor has the Nine Nether Nether Fire. Fen Tian Old Ancestor is the tenth-ranked demon cultivator on the wanted list, wanted worldwide."

"Eliminating demons and defending the Dao is everyone's responsibility. What's wrong with my Long Clan acting on behalf of heaven?"

"Just because he is a contestant, can't we move against him? What kind of logic is this?" Long Xiaoyao instantly thought of his rhetoric and said righteously.

Feng Tiancheng cursed inwardly that he was cunning. Long Xiaoyao clearly assassinated first and discovered that the person assassinated was Fen Tian Old Ancestor later.

Otherwise, he would never have sent ten Long Clan Gu Kings to their deaths.

Just when Feng Tiancheng wanted to fight back, Long Xiaoyao didn't give him the chance and said again: "Speaking of Fen Tian Old Ancestor, I would like to ask you instead."

"Fen Tian Old Ancestor is surnamed Feng and comes from your Feng Clan. In order to win the gamble, you actually dared to collude with Fen Tian Old Ancestor. What great courage."

"Fen Tian Old Ancestor steals the unique secret techniques of all clans, and everyone should kill him. Aren't you afraid of offending the public?"

"Fen Tian Old Ancestor is on the Gu Imperial City's must-kill list. Does your Feng Clan not even take the Gu Imperial City seriously?"

Long Xiaoyao questioned loudly, deliberately letting everyone hear. At this time, all the onlookers cast strange gazes toward Feng Tiancheng again.

"You're talking nonsense!" Feng Tiancheng's face changed drastically. He pointed at Long Xiaoyao's nose and shouted angrily: "Stop slandering people! When did we collude with Fen Tian Old Ancestor? You must have evidence when you speak!"

"How would we know why Fen Tian Old Ancestor appeared in the competition arena? We Feng Clan didn't invite him; he came by himself. What does it have to do with our Feng Clan!"

Feng Tiancheng had a black face. He had thought that using this matter could damage the Long Clan's reputation, but he didn't expect to be countered by Long Xiaoyao.

If this matter is not handled well, it will offend the public, and it may even offend the Gu Imperial City.

He realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately said: "Eliminating demons and defending the Dao is everyone's responsibility. Fen Tian Old Ancestor should be killed by everyone. Now that he has appeared in the territory of the Heavenly Phoenix Empire, we naturally cannot ignore it."

"To prove our innocence, my Feng Clan will take the lead in organizing manpower to encircle and suppress Fen Tian Old Ancestor."

"My Feng Clan is willing to send twenty Gu Kings. Who else is willing to participate in this demon-slaying mission?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene was silent, and no one responded for a long time.

Fen Tian Old Ancestor's great name is known to everyone. The Gu Imperial City has organized massive manpower many times to encircle and suppress him but failed to kill him. How could he be killed just because this group of people said so?

If they really had the power to kill Fen Tian Old Ancestor, then Fen Tian Old Ancestor would not have come over at all.

Since he dared to run to Heavenly Phoenix City alone to participate in the alchemy competition, he must have absolute certainty of retreating unscathed.

Qin Shang finally broke the long silence and sighed: "Although the number of Gu Kings attracted by this alchemy competition is large enough to launch a demon-slaying order at any time, Fen Tian Old Ancestor cannot be killed just by having many people."

"He has three Heavenly Fires, which are the thirty-first ranked Nine Nether Nether Fire, the twenty-ninth ranked Nine Heavens Bright Moon Fire, and the twenty-fifth ranked Extinction Life Flame."

"Once the three Heavenly Fires are released, the high temperature produced is not something any Gu King can withstand."

"Under the high temperature, all Gu Kings must retreat three times. Even if ten thousand Gu Kings come, not one can get close to him. In front of the three Heavenly Fires, what is the use of having more people?"

"The only ones who can kill him are strong people of the same rank who restrain him, such as Gu Kings carrying Heavenly Water. If there are no means to restrain him, no matter how many Gu Kings come, it's useless."

"That's right!" Wang Wu said solemnly: "Fen Tian Old Ancestor is precisely because he fears those Gu Kings in the Gu Imperial City who carry Heavenly Water that he blew up all the teleportation arrays, making it impossible for the Gu Kings who restrain him to appear here in a short time."

"Once the teleportation array connecting to the Central Region is destroyed, he is already invincible here."

"Organizing manpower to encircle and kill him is just looking for death. We must never anger him now, nor can we cancel his competition qualification. Otherwise, once he gets angry, this group of us is simply not enough to look at."

As soon as these words were spoken, the scene was silent.

Long Xiaoyao looked sideways at Feng Tiancheng. How could he not see that Feng Tiancheng had determined that human sea tactics could not kill Fen Tian Old Ancestor, and no one dared to deal with Fen Tian Old Ancestor, which is why he dared to initiate the demon-slaying mission.

Since no one participated in the demon-slaying mission, the demon-slaying mission would naturally end up with nothing. The Feng Clan's Gu Kings would not suffer any losses.

"Alright, stop acting. You just determined that this demon-slaying mission would definitely not be organized, which is why you dared to say so."

"When the Gu Imperial City's law enforcement arrives, I hope your rhetoric can fool the Gu Imperial City's law enforcement."

Long Xiaoyao snorted coldly and organized the Long Clan Gu Cultivators behind him to leave here with the corpses on the ground.

The other Gu Kings who were watching the fun had heavy moods and no longer had the heart to watch the fun, leaving one after another.

Many Gu Kings were afraid that they would have to participate in the mission to deal with Fen Tian Old Ancestor, so they left overnight.

Fen Tian Old Ancestor's name actually scared a group of Gu Kings to the point of being terrified...

In the inn, Long Xuan was preparing to sleep when an uninvited guest came from outside.

Looking at the old man who suddenly jumped in through the window, Long Xuan was a bit dazed. After seeing clearly who it was, he cheered up and said respectfully: "So it's Senior Long. I don't know if Senior Long has any important matters to order me to do by visiting late at night?"

Long Xiaoyao's expression was a bit exhausted. Looking at this Long Clan genius who was neither humble nor arrogant, he nodded with satisfaction, a look of appreciation appearing in his eyes.

"I suppose you should be clear about what happened outside. That's right, my Long Clan organized manpower to assassinate Feng Jiu, but the assassination operation failed."

"I can tell you very definitely now that that person is Fen Tian Old Ancestor, ranked tenth on the wanted list, and is a genuine Fourth Grade Alchemist."

"Now the hope for the Long Clan to win lies with you. Do you have the certainty to defeat him?"

Upon hearing this, the corners of Long Xuan's mouth couldn't help but twitch a few times. You ask a Third Grade Alchemist if he has the certainty to defeat a Fourth Grade Alchemist; isn't this asking a nonsense question? How could you think that?

He sighed inwardly. Sure enough, that Feng Jiu really was a Fourth Grade Alchemist. His caution was correct.

Long Xuan sighed and said helplessly: "Senior is joking. That is a Fourth Grade Alchemist. If I, a Third Grade Alchemist, said I had the certainty to defeat him, I'm afraid Senior wouldn't believe it either, right?"

Long Xiaoyao nodded and said bitterly: "I naturally don't believe it, but the hope of winning is not non-existent."

"Any strong person is arrogant. If a Gu King spars with a Spirit Gathering Stage Gu Cultivator, he will definitely suppress his realm to the Spirit Gathering Stage to fight him; he will never bully others by relying on his realm."

"Alchemists are the same, especially the number one person in the alchemy field. Fen Tian Old Ancestor is arrogant. If he competes on the same stage with a Third Grade Alchemist, he will definitely disdain to refine Fourth Grade pills to bully others. He will definitely refine Third Grade pills in the competition."

"He didn't use the power of a Fourth Grade Alchemist in the first two rounds of the competition, which has already explained everything."

"My meaning is, if he doesn't refine Fourth Grade pills, how much certainty do you have to defeat him!"

Long Xiaoyao looked at him with an extremely serious gaze, his eyes full of expectation.

Long Xuan showed a wry smile. This was a bit self-deceiving. How could one hope that the opponent would show mercy?

Although this possibility cannot be ruled out, what if there is more than one Fourth Grade Alchemist in the competition? Then would he still suppress his realm to compete?

Not to mention that the bet made by the Long and Feng Clans in this competition is truly too large. Whether it's life or face, smart people will know how to choose.

In his view, once he forces Fen Tian Old Ancestor into a corner, unless he is a fool, he will definitely refine Fourth Grade pills.

"If Fen Tian Old Ancestor doesn't refine Fourth Grade pills, I have the certainty to defeat him."

Long Xuan didn't state his point of view, so as not to make Long Xiaoyao despair and do irrational things again.

"Very good!"

Long Xiaoyao's eyes lit up, and his exhausted eyes finally had brilliance. He slowly took off a storage ring from his finger and threw it toward him, saying seriously:

"The rule for the third round of the competition is that all contestants enter the Feng Clan's Medicine Realm to collect herbs."

"The Medicine Realm is a small world that was shattered during the Great War of the Gods. The area is very large, and it is full of spirit herbs, controlled solely by the Feng Clan."

"The Heavenly Phoenix Empire's nation-protecting treasure, the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree, is planted in the Medicine Realm."

"All contestants entering the Medicine Realm can pick the spirit herbs on the ground at will for three days. Contestants must refine spirit pills according to the spirit herbs they have collected. The higher the value of the refined spirit pills, the higher the score."

"I suppose you have already guessed the key to winning. Although the Medicine Realm is full of spirit herbs, rare spirit herbs are definitely limited, and only rare spirit herbs can refine spirit pills of higher value."

"Finding rare spirit herbs requires luck, and the spirit herbs each person can collect cannot be controlled. This requires contestants to have enough pill formulas collected so that no matter what spirit herbs they collect, they can refine pills."

"Those who don't have enough pill formulas collected are very likely not to be able to refine a single pill in this round, eventually getting a zero score."

"This storage ring contains a massive amount of pill formulas. It is my collection of a lifetime. Both teachable pill formulas and non-teachable pill formulas are inside."

"If you can have a photographic memory, you must memorize all the pill formulas at the fastest speed now. Memorize as many as you can. You only have three days."

"Whether the Long Clan can win this gamble depends entirely on you. Don't let me down." Long Xiaoyao looked at him with an extremely serious expression.

Hearing that this storage ring contained Long Xiaoyao's lifetime collection, Long Xuan's eyes lit up, showing an excited glow.

He didn't expect that there would be such a good thing. Long Xiaoyao is the number one alchemist of the Long Clan; his collection of pill formulas is simply astonishing.

The wealth in this storage ring is priceless. It will provide him with a massive amount of inspiration when he creates his own pill formulas in the future, enough to benefit him for a lifetime.

Long Xuan clenched the storage ring tightly, suppressing the joy in his heart, raised his head, and asked again: "The rule for the third round of the competition is actually to enter a small world to collect spirit herbs."

"In this way, wouldn't alchemists with long-distance vision ability have a great advantage? Such a rule is probably not very fair to alchemists without Pupil Gu, right?"

Long Xiaoyao shook his head and explained patiently: "After all alchemists enter the Medicine Realm, they will lose all abilities. Except for having more strength than mortals, they will be no different from mortals."

"Long-distance vision ability naturally cannot be used in the Medicine Realm, including soul perception ability, which also cannot be used."

"The reason for such a rule is to prevent contestants from wantonly slaughtering other contestants in order to plunder more spirit herbs."

"In any place, the most dangerous thing is always people. If every contestant's ability is not sealed, then of the four hundred contestants entering the Medicine Realm, it would be good if one hundred could survive and come out."

"Those who can reach the third round are the most talented alchemists in the entire Western Region; not one can be lost."

"If a large area of Western Region alchemy geniuses were lost because of a competition, that would be too worthless."

(End of chapter)