Chapter 386

"The National Preceptor once prophesied that this big gamble would be won by our Long Clan. The prophecy may not be wrong; we still have a chance of winning." Long Xiaoyao said hurriedly.

"Do you mean that the genius named Long Xuan might win? Do you think a Third Grade Alchemist has the possibility of defeating a Fourth Grade Alchemist?" The Dragon Emperor said in a deep voice.

Although he said so, he was much calmer at this time.

"Not certain. If Fen Tian Old Ancestor is arrogant and doesn't refine Fourth Grade pills in the finals, then the hope of winning is not non-existent."

"Perhaps the reason why the National Preceptor prophesied that my Long Clan could win is based on the premise that Fen Tian Old Ancestor doesn't refine Fourth Grade pills." Long Xiaoyao's voice was a bit uncertain.

"Have you investigated his background clearly?" The Dragon Emperor said again.

Long Xiaoyao shook his head and said: "I haven't investigated. The Long Clan doesn't have any Third Grade Alchemists lost outside, and I don't know where he popped out from."

"But it is certain that his alchemy technique exceeds Princess Yuyao's. The hope of the Long Clan winning must be placed on him."

The Dragon Emperor nodded and said again: "Hmm! Send Gu Kings to protect him well. Although the Feng Clan has no reason to assassinate him, one has to guard against such things."

"I will be careful. No matter what, there can be no more accidents this time. There is no time to lose; I will go and arrange manpower." Long Xiaoyao clenched his fists, said goodbye, and finally put away the mirror and left.

With his departure, the room fell into silence again...

At this time, in another inn.

Two old men, one young man, and one beautiful woman sat around a table.

The table was full of dishes and wine...

"I really didn't expect that Fen Tian Old Ancestor is one of the contestants. I don't know if this person will have any impact on our plan after entering the Medicine Realm."

Burial Demon Old Ghost frowned and hesitated.

"Hmph! No matter how strong Fen Tian Old Ancestor is, he will lose all abilities after entering the Medicine Realm. As long as he is in the Medicine Realm, he won't be able to make much of a splash. No need to pay attention to him."

Jade-Faced Rakshasa glanced at him, showing a look of disdain, and then cast her gaze toward the young man dressed as a scholar sitting opposite, and said again:

"White-Faced Scholar, all four of us have arranged for a large number of alchemists to participate in this alchemy competition, but only your people have successfully walked into the third round."

"The key to the problem now is not Fen Tian Old Ancestor, but whether we can find the location of the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree within three days."

"Does the person you arranged have the certainty to find the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree in the Medicine Realm? If we can't find the location of the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree, then all the plans we have made will be in vain."

The White-Faced Scholar shook the folding fan in his hand and said bitterly: "Who can say for sure about this kind of thing?"

"The number of people we sneaked in is too small—only one. Relying on one person to find the location of the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree within three days, if we say we have absolute certainty, that would be self-deception."

"Moreover, everyone who enters the Medicine Realm will lose all abilities. Once spiritual power is imprisoned, spirit tools, spirit talismans, puppets, zombies, spirit beasts, Gu insects... all cannot be used."

"Once these things are disabled, I can't help him with anything. Whether he wants to find that Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree can only depend on luck. If luck is bad, I'm afraid the first step of our plot will die in the cradle."

The White-Faced Scholar shook the fan in his hand again, looking unhurried, as if he didn't take this matter to heart at all.

"Finding a spirit herb in a small world is no different from finding a needle in a haystack. In this way, isn't the success rate of our plot this time very low?"

"Not to mention how to find the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree, even if we find the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree, how to break the tree-protecting array and how to take it away safely are all huge problems." Burial Demon Old Ghost said with a gloomy face.

"No way, plans don't keep up with changes. Originally, it wasn't difficult to reach the third round. We have many alchemists in the Sinful Land who can reach this round."

"But the actions of that kid named Long Xuan were truly too heaven-defying. The people we arranged were all scared by him. Fearing being blown to death by him, they ran down in a panic when the pills were only half refined, leading to alchemy failure and being tragically eliminated."

"This also led to the fact that originally only half of the contestants were eliminated in this round, but now only two hundred people remain."

"If we could sneak in enough people, one person searching in one direction, the probability of finding the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree would still be very high."

Jade-Faced Rakshasa sighed lightly. At this time, she suddenly thought of the Master Wei she had inserted.

Master Wei had lost contact with her. She didn't know if Master Wei had died on the way, or if one of the remaining two hundred contestants was him.

The White-Faced Scholar put away the fan and said again at this time: "Finding the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree can only depend on luck. We have no other way, so let's stop discussing this matter."

"We should discuss now, if my people really find the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree, how should we take it away, and how should we break the tree-protecting array."

"The people I arranged to go in will lose all abilities and will definitely be unable to break the array. This step can only be left to us."

At this time, the black-clad old man who had been silent finally said: "As long as you give me a drop of that contestant's essence blood, I can accurately find his location."

"I have the Innate Spiritual Treasure Breaking Realm Pearl, which can break the space of the Medicine Realm. We can break the treasure-protecting array ourselves."

The White-Faced Scholar looked at him and said: "I know you have the Breaking Realm Pearl, which is why I joined this mission with you."

"But I understand this thing called the Breaking Realm Pearl. The power of a Gu King is still too weak. Manipulating the Breaking Realm Pearl with the power of a Gu King, the broken space can only be maintained for an instant."

"Do you have the certainty to break the treasure-protecting array in an instant? The array protecting the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree is definitely not so easy to break. If we don't even have the ability to break the array, then all previous plots are just doing useless work."

Black Mountain Old Man said: "You know I am a corpse cultivator, obtaining powerful strength through corpse control and corpse refining."

"But my corpse refining technique can not only refine human corpses, but also refine alien corpses into zombies."

"I discovered a Giant Demon corpse in a ruin. The Giant Demon's height reached a hundred zhang, and its weight was astonishing. Perhaps it can crush the treasure-protecting array with one foot."

"Of course, the time for the Breaking Realm Pearl to break the space is too short. My Giant Demon only has one chance to step on it, and it may not be able to crush the treasure-protecting array."

"If stepping on it doesn't succeed, we can only retreat. Plotting the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree itself is a matter with a very low success rate. We should just let nature take its course; don't take it to heart. Even if we don't succeed in grabbing the Enlightenment Dao Tea Tree, it doesn't matter."

Black Mountain Old Man's mentality was quite good, with no anxious expression on his face, as if he had already made psychological preparations for this matter not to succeed.

The three of them looked at him with solemn gazes together.

Black Mountain Old Man is the strongest among the Four Great Evils, known as the head of the Four Great Evils in the outside world.

Black Mountain Old Man is a very rare corpse cultivator in this world. He has zombies refined from strong people who have surpassed the Gu King realm, and also zombies refined from divine beast corpses.

Many heaven-defying top-grade Gu insects that died from others were also all refined into zombies by him, thereby obtaining endless lifespan, immortal and eternal.

There are simply too many unbelievable existences on Black Mountain Old Man. The other three evils of the four evils can only barely contend with him if they join forces.

Now that he has actually found another Giant Demon corpse, his strength has increased by another point. The Giant Demon was one of the ten great alien races in the ancient period. In this world, which Gu King can withstand the trampling of a Giant Demon?

(End of chapter)