Chapter 64

Soon.

Danxiangzi, Yao Bai Li and others inspected the pills refined by everyone.

Without a doubt, Ye Chen is the deserving first place!

Everyone was shocked.

This is a pill-refining exchange conference; Ye Chen's name will spread throughout Nan Huang!

Next, Gu Yuefang began announcing the results of this pill-refining contest.

"First place: Great Dao Sect, Ye Chen!"

"Second place: Yao Clan, Yao Huanhuan!"

"Third place: Yao Clan..."

"..."

The sect leader flicked his sleeve and began distributing rewards.

Ye Chen, being first place, received a huge amount of rewards.

Numerous genius pill-refining masters looked at Ye Chen with immense envy.

Half-Emperor-tier pill furnace! One Saint King-tier beast fire! One million top-grade spirit stones! One hundred Saint-tier spiritual herbs……

The harvest is too great!

But Ye Chen remained calm.

After all, his master had already given him something better.

The sect leader said quietly, "How does this kid Ye Chen look so unexcited?"

Gu Yuefang smiled faintly, "He's pretending. Ye Chen learned bad habits from following Lu Xuan. He seems calm on the surface, but inside he's dying of excitement."

The sect leader chuckled, "Ye Chen winning first place in the pill-refining contest is perfect. The only flaw is that his master is Lu Xuan."

Gu Yuefang's face twitched, "Ye Chen will surely become famous in Nan Huang! A sixteen-year-old Earth-tier pill refiner! This is unheard of, unseen! But by then, Lu Xuan's reputation will likely rise even higher."

The sect leader nodded, "Yeah! All along, other hegemon-level powers have been teasing Lu Xuan; after this, there will likely be another round of teasing."

Gu Yuefang said helplessly, "Lu Xuan has become a hot topic again. Though it's negative fame."

Sect leader: "..."

Cangli Elder, Danxiangzi and others surrounded Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, could you please summon that senior to meet us?"

Ye Chen frowned, "I'm afraid not."

Old Master Yao cannot easily show himself.

Danxiangzi sighed, "You little brat, at such a young age you have such fortune; your future achievements are surely immeasurable."

Ye Chen glanced at Lu Xuan, "It's all thanks to my master Lu Xuan's teaching."

Lu Xuan smiled faintly.

This kid Ye Chen never misses a chance to praise himself.

Not bad, not bad!

Everyone looked at Lu Xuan's expression with disdain.

Gu Yuefang teased, "Lu Xuan, is it really you who taught him?"

Lu Xuan nodded, "I merely lent a slight hand."

Everyone laughed loudly, "Lu Xuan, don't tell us you can refine pills?"

Lu Xuan casually said, "I know a little, I know a little."

His current pill-refining skill is also that of an Earth-tier refiner; before a crowd of Heaven-tier refiners, he still needs to keep a low profile.

Yao Bai Li smiled, "Sect Master Lu, why not show us a trick?"

As Yao Bai Li spoke, he flicked his sleeve, and a Saint-tier pill furnace and a Saint-tier beast fire floated before Lu Xuan.

Seeing this, Ye Chen's body trembled with excitement.

Could it be, could it be that his master truly displayed his strength?

According to Old Master Yao's speculation, his master's pill-refining skill, even if not surpassing Heaven-tier, is at the peak of Heaven-tier.

Once his master takes action, it will likely directly trigger heavenly-earthly phenomena, even a lightning baptism to temper the pills!

Ye Chen gritted his teeth, barely able to control himself.

Will his master finally shock all of Nan Huang?

Nan Huang, are you ready!

People, don't be too shocked!

Lu Xuan smiled faintly, he rolled up his sleeves.

But.

In the next instant, the sect leader directly blocked Lu Xuan's path, coughing wildly to hint to Lu Xuan, "Cough cough cough..."

Lu Xuan, can you refine pills with a hammer?

Yao Bai Li dug a pit for Lu Xuan, and Lu Xuan actually jumped right in!

The sect leader directly sent a mental transmission to Lu Xuan, "Speak nicely, definitely don't, I'm begging you!"

Lu Xuan: "..."

Since the sect leader said that, he could only give up.

However, his Earth-tier pill-refining skill is indeed not something he can bring out!

Better to forget it.

Seeing Lu Xuan give up, the sect leader breathed a sigh of relief.

Gu Yuefang's face twitched as he looked at Yao Bai Li, "Brother Bai Li, you're really wicked!"

Having Lu Xuan refine pills, isn't it just to watch him make a fool of himself?

Yao Bai Li gave a light smile, "Haha! Since that's the case, this saint-grade alchemy furnace and beast fire will be given to Ye Chen."

Ye Chen blinked slightly, "Thank you, Senior Yao!"

He felt a bit disappointed.

Master ultimately still didn't make a move!

What a pity, what a pity.

Yao Yan sighed, "Not being able to see Peak Master Lu Xuan personally refine pills is somewhat regrettable!"

Ye Chen said, "Perhaps there will be a chance in the future!"

The Sect Master looked at Ye Chen, "Ye Chen, first take your master back to Xuan Qing Feng."

Ye Chen nodded, bowed with clasped hands to the crowd, a divine rainbow rose beneath his feet, and he and Lu Xuan rose into the air, returning to Xuan Qing Feng.

Seeing Ye Chen's back, Elder Cangli suddenly said, "Daoist Gu Yuefang, before I leave, I want to have a private chat with Ye Chen. What do you think?"

Gu Yuefang looked toward Ancestor Cangxuan and the others.

Ancestor Cangxuan nodded, "It's fine."

Dan Xiangzi also said, "I have the same intention."

Yao Bai Li's eyes flashed with a sharp light, "Me too."

For a moment, dozens of Heaven-rank alchemists wanted to chat with Ye Chen before leaving.

The Sect Master couldn't help but sigh, "Ye Chen is going to make a name for himself in Nan Huang!"

Ancestor Cangxuan smiled, "To be honest, making Lu Xuan the master of Ye Chen and Ji Fuyao actually has an unexpected effect."

The Sect Master gave a wry smile, "It's because someone behind the scenes is guiding them, plus Ye Chen and Ji Fuyao have heaven-defying talent; what does it have to do with Lu Xuan?"

Everyone laughed, "That's also true."

……

Xuan Qing Feng.

Ye Chen followed Lu Xuan back to the cave dwelling.

Ye Chen, face full of excitement, bowed to Lu Xuan, "Master, thank you for your guidance. Without you and Elder Yao, I couldn't have won first place in the alchemy competition."

Lu Xuan smiled, "Actually, I didn't help much."

Yao Yan emerged from the jade pendant on Ye Chen's chest, "Peak Master Lu, not being able to personally witness your pill refining is truly regrettable. If there's a chance, could you let me broaden my horizons?"

Lu Xuan replied lightly, "Definitely next time."

He is currently only an Earth-rank alchemist!

If I were to show it off in front of Yao Yan, wouldn't that be showing off my modest skills before an expert?

I still need to keep developing.

Ye Chen suddenly said, "Master, for the next period I want to focus on cultivating martial arts. These three months, my main energy has been on alchemy, leaving little time to cultivate the Wilderness Heaven Secret."

Lu Xuan nodded, "Sure. Arrange it yourself."

Ye Chen said, "Thank you, Master!"

At this moment.

Yao Yan's soul re-entered Ye Chen's jade pendant, and he warned, "Someone is coming."

"Boom!"

A divine rainbow shot from afar and instantly landed on Xuan Qing Feng.

Elder Cangli, wearing a black robe, slowly entered Lu Xuan's cave dwelling.

He pointed at Lu Xuan, "You, get out! I have something to say to Ye Chen."

Lu Xuan: "???"

Huh?

Isn't this just pure inversion of the natural order?

You can't tell the big from the small, right!

Ye Chen immediately said, "Elder Cangli, if you have something to say, say it here; this is my master's cave dwelling."

Elder Cangli replied lightly, "Then let's go outside to talk."

Lu Xuan: "..."

He realized that Elder Cangli holds a strong opinion against him!

He looks down on people!

Ye Chen stood still, his expression solemn, saying, "Elder Cangli, I hope you can show some respect to my master. My master is far more than what appears on the surface."

Elder Cangli snorted and directly sat down at Lu Xuan's wooden table.

He casually glanced at Lu Xuan's paintings and poems.

"Jiang Taigong Fishing!"

"Zhuge Liang Borrowing the East Wind!"

"..."

Elder Cangli burst out laughing.

"Hehe... extravagant!"

Lu Xuan didn't mind, gesturing to Ye Chen, "Let's sit down and talk."

Elder Cangli took out a jade slip; his hand's spiritual art shifted, endless brilliant spirit patterns appeared on the jade slip, and soon a picture emerged in midair.

It was Ye Chen's alchemy technique.

Ye Chen blinked in surprise.

I never expected Elder Cangli to actually engrave his alchemy technique onto spirit patterns.

Elder Cangli gave a dry cough, 'Cough, cough, Ye Chen, I have a few questions I'd like to discuss with you.'

Ye Chen nodded, 'Elder Cangli, please speak.'

Elder Cangli began to ask Ye Chen about the 'Dao' and 'Rhyme' in his alchemy technique.

Ye Chen frowned slightly, looking toward his master Lu Xuan.

Because Elder Cangli's questions involved the secrets of the Five-star Pill Emperor's memories, he didn't know whether he could tell Elder Cangli.

Lu Xuan said lightly, 'You may tell Elder Cangli, but one question costs one million top-grade spirit stones—or an equivalent treasure!'

'Elder Cangli is a grandmaster of alchemy in Cloud Prefecture; a few million top-grade spirit stones should be nothing.'

Hearing this, Elder Cangli flew into a rage, slammed his hands on the table, and gritted his teeth, shouting, 'Lu! Xuan!'

Lu Xuan looked at Elder Cangli with a calm, carefree expression.

This made Elder Cangli even angrier.

The scene fell into deadly silence.

Elder Cangli said nothing, Ye Chen said nothing, and Lu Xuan also said nothing.

The situation was somewhat awkward.

Silence fell for a moment.

Elder Cangli took out a storage ring, placed it on the wooden table, and said, 'Three million top-grade spirit stones! Three questions!'

Lu Xuan gestured for Ye Chen to accept it.

Ye Chen accepted Elder Cangli's storage ring and began to dispel his doubts.

Several hours later.

Elder Cangli nodded, a faint divine radiance emanating from his body as if he had gained some insight.

His excited voice trembled, 'Excellent! Excellent! I can be certain that behind you, Ye Chen, stands a Pill Emperor!'

Ye Chen nodded ambiguously.

After a moment, Elder Cangli turned and left Xuan Qing Feng.

His voice echoed throughout Xuan Qing Feng.

'What a fine disciple—how did he end up with such a worthless master?'

Lu Xuan froze.

No.

This dead old man, just leave and still have to step on me!

Ye Chen pushed Elder Cangli's storage ring toward him, 'Master, these top-grade spirit stones?'

Lu Xuan said lightly, 'Take them to use. I don't need spirit stones.'

Ye Chen hesitated for a moment, then put away the storage ring, 'Thank you, Master.'

Lu Xuan's lips curled slightly, 'In a while, there will surely be other Heavenly-rank alchemists coming; then we'll keep this standard—one question, one million top-grade spirit stones!'

Ye Chen's mouth twitched, 'Fine.'

Yan Yan sighed, 'Dust child, your master has gone to great lengths for your cultivation resources! At his level, he naturally doesn't need spirit stones to cultivate; just accept them, work hard on your cultivation, and that will be repaying your master.'

Ye Chen nodded.

Next.

Danxiangzi and the others entered Lu Xuan's cave dwelling one by one.

As they were leaving, Danxiangzi and the others laughed and scolded, 'Where did this brat Ye Chen learn this trick? Not learning the good, but learning the bad!'

……