Chapter 102: The Primordial Sacred Land Plays Dirty Tricks; The Non-Martial Artist Region Faces Crisis

When Xu Chen took Yi Bingrou away, the expressions of everyone from the Primordial Sacred Land turned extremely grim.

They never expected Xu Chen to be so bold, nor did they anticipate that the Empress would personally intervene to protect him.

This left them in an utterly passive position, having even lost all face. They would definitely repay this grudge.

Yang Hao's eyes flickered; the other three Sacred Lands had not yet emerged, so perhaps they could form an alliance. As long as they united with the other three Sacred Lands, they would fear no Luo Shen.

By that time, would Luo Shen not be a plaything in the palm of his hand, Yang Hao's? Thinking this, Yang Hao narrowed his eyes slightly.

Xu Chen, Luo Shen, just you wait.

Having offended the Primordial Sacred Land, your outcome will not be as you wish. Observing the figures of both sides departing, the leaders of various sects could not help but speak out: "It has been several hundred years; it seems this is the first time the Primordial Sacred Land has been so humiliated."

"Indeed, in the past, the Jixia Academy did not possess such power."

"Mainly because Xu Chen could even make the Empress speak personally, which is truly astonishing."

"Yes! The Empress actually helped Xu snatch a woman; I am stunned!" Xu Chen led Yi Bingrou back to the imperial palace along the way.

Yi Bingrou felt sweet inside, her face showing shyness: "Thank you, Xu Chen."

Xu Chen nodded: "No need to thank me. Since I saved you, stay at the Jixia Academy." Yi Bingrou smiled: "I will not stay at the Jixia Academy; I want to follow you."

Xu Chen had a headache: "I already have quite a few women around me; do not follow me."

He now felt it was somewhat difficult to handle; with another one coming, he was becoming numb. Yi Bingrou declared firmly: "Either you kill me, or I follow you; you choose." Xu Chen was too lazy to pay attention to her: "You have a competition tomorrow; remember to do your best."

Having spoken, he drove all the heroines out and cultivated alone. Yi Bingrou stamped her jade foot: "Ahhh, is he usually like this?"

The Fire Qilin chuckled happily: "He is not like this at home; he does not drive people away at home. Today, he might just be cowardly." Bu Fengshuang said indifferently: "Adding you does make it a bit too many; just get used to it." Yi Bingrou smiled: "Hehe, it doesn't matter; let's continue to pester him then."

The heroines covered their mouths and laughed softly: "Agreed." Xu Chen sank his consciousness and continued to cultivate.

He vaguely felt he had already touched the threshold of the late stage of the Seventh Grade.

This was related to the dense spiritual energy, as well as his own talent, past experience, and even the cultivation technique.

In short, his cultivation speed was a hundred times faster than others.

So while others needed years to advance one level, he needed only one or two months, or even less. After cultivating for another day, on the second morning, the spiritual energy within Xu Chen's body became even more dense and powerful. "Today is the second match of the Tianzun Imperial Dynasty; it should be ending soon."

"Previously, Ye Xuan won the championship, but now with Yi Bingrou emerging suddenly, it might be a bit difficult."

"However, it does not matter; this should not cause a reincarnation cycle."

Presumably, Xu Chen, deep in thought, led the heroines again to the competition site of the two major regions.

As the second day's competition was nearing its end, an academy disciple arrived in a panic: "Sect Master, Young Sect Master, the situation is dire."

Xu Chen was stunned: "What is it?" He remembered there being no such turmoil in his past life!

Why did it look somewhat serious now?

"Over in the Alchemy and Artifact Refining areas, our people suddenly collapsed from poisoning."

"There is no cause; the Imperial Court cannot find one, but the people of the Primordial Sacred Land are acting exceptionally arrogantly."

"We suspect the people of the Primordial Sacred Land want to retaliate against us and are playing dirty tricks."

The disciple said immediately.

Shangguan Luoyun frowned: "The competition is almost over now."

Her expression turned slightly cold; even if they went up now, it would likely be too late to change the outcome.

This Primordial Sacred Land played a very tricky hand; they even calculated the timing perfectly. Both alchemy and artifact refining require time; alchemy takes at least two days, while artifact refining can take up to a month.

Their academy had only sent normal prodigies to compete, who originally still had a chance at the championship. Now, that chance was clearly gone.

Bu Fengshuang said: "The competition result is not very important to us, but we cannot lose face."

Li Ruoling's expression turned slightly cold: "Indeed, the Primordial Sacred Land has actively provoked us now." Xu Chen said helplessly: "I will go. Speaking of which, this matter is still my fault."

If he had not actively provoked them yesterday, the Primordial Sacred Land probably would not have pulled this stunt today.

Clearly, the Martial Artist area had no hope of recovery, so they wanted to regain face from the Alchemy and Artifact Refining area. A disciple of Jixia Academy sighed, "Our people were just short; alchemy succeeded, and artifact refining succeeded too."

"Now the elixir has turned to ash, and the artifacts are scrap. We have lost all face and are extremely embarrassed.

Over there, many are mocking us from Jixia Academy, saying we only know how to fight and nothing else." Xu Chen nodded, "I caused the problem; I will solve it."

Originally, he had not the slightest interest in that Alchemy and Artifact Refining area.

But since they had provoked and mocked him to this extent, he could not back down.

After speaking, Xu Chen, under the gaze of all, headed straight for the other Non-Martial Artist area.

Because Xu Chen was so conspicuous, the moment he moved, many noticed: "Heard Taichu Sacred Land played dirty tricks, causing the alchemists and artifact refiners of Jixia Academy to fail." "Yes, you can see it now; in the Non-Martial Artist area, there are no people from Jixia Academy left." "With less than half a shichen until the competition ends, what is Xu Chen going to do?"

"Not sure. He wouldn't be going to beat someone up, would he? Jixia Academy has no evidence; that would have a bad impact."

The crowd watched as Xu Chen quickly arrived at the Non-Martial Artist area.

What shocked him even more was that the alchemist was Yang Hao, and the artifact refiner was Peng Cai, the Holy Son of Fengsha Lou.

Bu Fengshuang said, "If Lingdan Men is the sect most skilled in alchemy on the surface, then Fengsha Lou is the most skilled in artifact refining."

Xu Chen nodded, "I understand. The surface is just the surface, but Taichu Sacred Land is not on the surface." Bu Fengshuang nodded, "Correct. Sects as strong as the Four Sacred Lands do not easily reveal themselves. Therefore, it is hard for the world to know just how powerful Taichu Sacred Land truly is.

This Yang Hao is one of Taichu Sacred Land's most outstanding young alchemists, above the seventh grade." Xu Chen nodded, then walked to the position originally occupied by Jixia Academy's alchemist.

He indeed found a trace of poison gas there.

"An extra herb was added among the spiritual herbs, and during refining, the fusion produced poison gas."

"There must be an extremely talented poison master over at Taichu Sacred Land."

Xu Chen said, his eyes revealing killing intent as he investigated.

After today, that poison master must die; he said so.

Afterwards, Xu Chen glanced again at the situation on the artifact refining side of Jixia Academy.

He found that many weapons were mostly refined, but no one could complete the final step. 0………… Begging for flowers…………

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Only low-grade fifth-tier weapons could be refined within two days. The entire arena was like this.

Otherwise, seventh-grade weapons would require at least half a month.

At that moment, Yang Hao, whose elixir was about to take shape, saw Xu Chen approach and immediately sneered, "Xu Chen, my combat power might be slightly inferior to yours, but I can crush you in alchemy. Moreover, even if you know alchemy, there is no time left. Hahaha."

His words were full of arrogance and conceit.

Xu Chen nodded, "Not bad, a very qualified villain. But unfortunately, I am even more qualified."

He asked, "Don't you know about the Calamity Turmoil?" Yang Hao frowned, "What Calamity Turmoil?"

Xu Chen sighed, "Forget it. A Holy Son who just emerged, and is arrogant to the point of looking down on everything; it is normal not to know." He glanced at the elixir Yang Hao was refining, the Seven Mysteries Life-Gate Pill, which could restore a vast amount of life force during severe injury to prevent immediate death.

This elixir was quite useful, but he judged Yang Hao's creation to be of mid-seventh-grade quality.

"A mere mid-seventh-grade Seven Mysteries Life-Gate Pill, and you dare to be arrogant?"

"You have been refining for four or five shichen, just like a waste." Xu Chen said calmly.

Yang Hao's face darkened slightly, "Who told you that this Holy Son's elixir is only of mid-seventh-grade quality?" Xu Chen was too lazy to speak, "Didn't your useless master tell you this?

Your laziness in cultivating alchemy has resulted in too low an attainment. Although you are a seventh-grade alchemist, you are merely a mid-seventh-grade alchemist. I suggest you send your Sacred Land's strongest genius alchemist instead." As he spoke, Xu Chen ignited flames in the cauldron.

Yang Hao said coldly, "Wait and see how I refine a seventh-grade supreme elixir and summon an elixir tribulation."

Xu Chen laughed, "Not bad, you have successfully made me laugh." After speaking, under the stunned gazes of the crowd, Xu Chen, just like last time, threw over a hundred types of spiritual herbs directly into the cauldron.

Last time, Xu Chen had no cauldron, making refining slightly more difficult.

This time, with a cauldron, it would obviously be easier. His heart was not stirred at all, after all, such low-grade seventh-grade elixirs were not even worth his attention. This time, he only wanted to tell Taichu Sacred Land not to provoke his Jixia Academy; otherwise, he would not even bother to touch them.

"What? He threw over a hundred types of spiritual herbs in all."

"Damn, with him doing this, I don't even know what elixir he is refining."

"He's crazy. Who can control over a hundred types of spiritual herbs simultaneously?"

For a moment, the crowd was speechless, all thinking Xu Chen had gone mad. But the next second, they were dumbfounded.

Because in less than a few dozen breaths, those over a hundred herbs had completely melted into medicinal liquid.

Under Xu Chen's manipulation, the outline of an elixir slowly took shape.

"I, what am I seeing? In less than half a ke, he refined the spiritual herbs into an elixir outline?"

"The entire process had not a single flaw; the technique was so bizarre it is rare in the world."

"If he can successfully refine the elixir, it will change the entire alchemy world!"

At this moment, the people from sects coming from the borderlands or other places were utterly stunned.

They had lived so long, yet this was the first time they had seen someone refine alchemy to this extent.

How exactly did this Xu Chen cultivate?! Wan.