Asura Emperor Venerable
Chapter 397: Ill-intentioned Visitors

Chapter 397: Chapter 397: Ill-intentioned Visitors

North Silver Continent!

Hearing this name, everyone felt a chill in their hearts.

Yunding Star had a total of four continents, and it was said that South Wood Continent had the highest level of martial arts, looking down upon the world with pride. Next came North Silver Continent and West Rock Continent. As for which of the two had a higher level of martial arts, people from Eastern Fire Continent really didn’t know, since they didn’t even have the capability to go to other continents.

It was not that no one wanted to travel between the continents to do business or to enhance their strength in other lands; the key issue was that they simply couldn’t make the journey!

Dreadful ferocious beasts dwelt in the seas between the continents, capable of easily flipping over large ships. Even the presence of powerful beings from the Founding King Court would not suffice, as all would be swallowed whole.

Thus, people from Eastern Fire Continent only knew of the other three continents, but very, very few had ever made it there.

——To go even once was to risk one’s life.

Now, someone from North Silver Continent had suddenly come?

What did they want to do?

The senior Pill Master from the Fu Family also shivered, asking, "So it is a Daoist friend from North Silver Continent. May I ask what brings you here?"

The elderly man before them gave a slight smile, "Longxiao Pavilion too is a sect of the Alchemy Dao, and we consider ourselves kin to Pill Masters. Hearing that you are holding an alchemy competition here, hehe, these two juniors of mine heard of it and wished to exchange some pointers with the various masters of Eastern Fire Continent."

The old Pill Master from the Fu Family frowned slightly, "Doesn’t this seem a bit against the rules?"

The competition had already progressed to the second round, and now these people from Longxiao Pavilion wanted to barge in suddenly; it was unfair to both those who had passed the first round and those who hadn’t.

"How about it, you dare not agree now that this old man has spoken?" The elder from Longxiao Pavilion’s face suddenly changed, radiating terrible murderous intent, "Believe it or not, this old man could slaughter you?"

Boom, nine seats of the Royal Court emerged, mercilessly rolling towards the old Pill Master from the Fu Family.

Poor old Pill Master from the Fu Family, though a Self-Observation, was nothing but an ant in front of the Ninth King, with only trembling to his lot.

"Daoist Friend, let’s talk this over properly!" An aged voice rang out, and a white-haired, white-bearded old man appeared, smiling warmly at the elder from Longxiao Pavilion, "May I inquire as to how the Daoist Friend addresses himself?"

The elder from Longxiao Pavilion glanced at the white-haired old man and showed a proud demeanor, "A mere Fourth King dares to speak to this old man with such an attitude?"

The white-haired old man’s face turned sour. Everyone belonged to the Founding King Court, and even if you were a Ninth King, such arrogance was uncalled for!

Consider on Eastern Fire Continent, the Founding King Court represented the highest level. Since he had reached this realm, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?

"What’s the matter, feeling wronged?" scoffed the elder from Longxiao Pavilion, "A frog in the well, thinking you’re something great? You are only so in this backward continent. Otherwise, hmph, the difference of one King is like that of heaven and earth, would you even qualify to call this old man a Daoist Friend?"

The white-haired old man was about to explode with anger, but he knew well the gap in their realms. A difference of one King indeed meant a huge gap in strength; a Ninth King could sweep through Seven Elixirs City in a fight.

Moreover, the man was from West Silver Continent; those from that land naturally considered themselves a cut above the rest!

Thinking of this, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "This old man is Yuan Kang, may I ask how to address Daoist Brother?"

"That’s more like it!" The elder from Longxiao Pavilion spoke indifferently, "This old man is Zuo Duming, also a Five-star Pill Master. I’ve brought these two disciples out to gain some experience and wish to take part in your Alchemy Dao competition. Any objections?"

Yuan Kang pondered for a moment, then replied, "Daoist Brother has come from afar and is a distinguished guest. Since the distinguished guest has made a request, naturally, I must grant this face."

Zuo Duming then smiled and said, "You two, go ahead."

"Yes, Uncle-Master!" Both young men bowed with great respect.

But once they turned around, their faces couldn’t help but reveal a haughty expression.

"The nobodies from the Eastern Fire Continent, my name is Lu Qi, and today I’ll let you witness what true alchemy technique is!" said the man clad in green.

"You are lucky to be able to watch mine and Senior Brother Lu’s alchemy technique, this is a blessing you’ve cultivated over three lifetimes!" said the man clad in gold with equal arrogance.

Hearing the scorn from these two, not only were all the Pill Masters present unable to contain their rage, but even the onlooking crowd outside the arena was highly displeased.

Too excessive.

"Men of the Eastern Fire Continent, let them see our strength!"

"Yeah, beat them until they’re fleeing in panic and peeing themselves!"

"Don’t leave them any dignity, completely crush them!"

The crowd was furious, all shouting loudly.

"Enough noise!" Zuo Duming uttered softly, buzz, the nine Royal Courts emerged again, emitting terrifying presence, shrouding the entire square.

Immediately, everyone felt as though a hand was clutching their throat, making it hard to breathe, only able to utter "uh uh uh" sounds, with faces turning beet red.

Yuan Kang’s face turned somewhat dark; although he was only one of the Fourth Kings, he was still a member of the Founding King Court. To be disregarded by you as if he was nothing, wasn’t that too much?

Don’t you know the principle that a guest should not overpower the host?

He coughed and said, "The second round of the Alchemy Dao competition begins now!"

Suddenly, every competing Pill Master was filled with combative spirit. They were all infuriated by Lu Qi and Lu De and had mustered their determination, aiming to utterly defeat these two in alchemy, proving that even though the Eastern Fire Continent might not be strong in martial prowess, it wasn’t inferior in all aspects.

This time, the alchemy was time-limited to just two hours, which meant that for most, there was only one opportunity for refinement.

Therefore, everyone was extremely cautious.

"A bunch of trash, it’s just a one-star Elixir. Even if I close my eyes to refine, I can achieve the highest quality," Lu Qi mocked while he began his refinement.

"Haha, don’t even dream of surpassing us; it’s impossible!" Lu De was also overly confident.

The crowd didn’t speak, but they were all resolute in their aim to perform at their best and give those two a good face-slapping.

Everyone was engrossed in their alchemy, creating a tension-filled atmosphere.

Shi Hao, on the other hand, felt no tension; but he was also annoyed. He was already very focused, and now he concentrated even more.

Using Sunfire and controlling the temperature with Spiritual Fire, he could produce the best possible Elixirs.

In theory, if one could precisely control the furnace temperature, like suddenly increasing by a hundred degrees, or quickly dropping by fifty degrees, or maintaining three hundred degrees for a while without any fluctuation, then, one could refine a perfect Elixir.

However, in reality, it’s impossible to control the temperature so precisely, one can only try to get as close as possible. Therefore, the resulting Elixir can at best be near perfect.

But even being near perfect is astoundingly difficult; common Pill Masters could at most refine a qualified Elixir, far from perfect.

Yuan Chengmie’s Alchemy Dao level was quite high, but when it came to the word "perfect," he was still a long way off, and even though Shi Hao had made significant improvements and was much better than the average Pill Master, he was still a great distance away from perfection.

But now, he had the Sunfire!

The word perfect, at last, seemed within reach.

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