Nine Yang Alchemy Emperor
Chapter 88: Blasting the Disabled

Chapter 88: Chapter 88: Blasting the Disabled

Boom!

The Thunder Elixir inside the Pill Furnace was already very dangerous, but Ouyang Xiu maliciously sabotaged it using Sword Qi to try and destroy it.

As a result, it truly became a case of Earth Fire Attracts Heavenly Thunder, a tragedy.

The violent explosion completely destroyed the Pill Furnace. The glamorous girl went to watch the excitement, not expecting such misfortune.

After the severe pain in her face, she fainted on the spot.

"Ah, ah, my hands..." Ouyang Xiu fared even worse. Despite his status as a Sword Master, the explosion was too sudden. He had no chance to guard himself and instantly lost both of his arms.

That was not all; his body was riddled with holes, as if struck by a meteor shower.

Blood gushed violently from his mouth, and his face was scorched black, his already ugly visage definitely suffered secondary disfigurement.

The dean and others moved quickly, dashing over to rescue the injured.

Chu Feng awkwardly got up from the ground, looking innocently at the injured Ouyang Xiu and Chen Yanjuan, as if telling everyone it wasn’t his fault.

From a distance, Xie Bing, after the initial shock, stared intently at Chu Feng with her beautiful eyes.

While others thought this incident was unrelated to Chu Feng, she thought otherwise.

Ever since Chu Feng, the underperformer, began to reverse his fortunes recently, he had repeatedly shocked her and completely overturned her previous perception of him as a poor student.

Other poor performers might improve gradually, bit by bit.

Chu Feng, however, defied all logic and rules, experiencing a direct turnaround, not only dazzling his class but now it seems he might even dazzle the whole grade, possibly even the entire Alchemy Academy.

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Chen Yanjuan was not seriously harmed; she was just shaken by the explosion and received a minor lesson.

After the dean intervened personally, Ouyang Xiu’s life was saved, but he ended up permanently disabled. Having lost both arms, he might now be even less capable than a common person.

It could be considered a case of retribution; he got what he deserved.

The Alchemy Competition continued as usual, and after Chu Feng’s catastrophic explosion, every participant was extremely cautious.

The competition did not conclude until the evening.

After the rankings were announced, Chu Feng’s name was not in the top ten. Since Ouyang Xiu was left disabled by the explosion, he harbored deep hatred for Chu Feng, insisting that the elixirs inside the furnace were still unformed when the lid was opened.

Since only Ouyang Xiu had witnessed the scene inside the furnace, the dean and others had no choice but to accept his word.

Ultimately, Chu Feng, who had the skills to clinch the first place, got brushed aside.

However, the dean was known for being extremely fair. Although Chu Feng’s elixir-making was not ’successful’, his fire control and alchemy techniques were outstanding. Thus, he was given high marks.

He ranked twelfth in the entire school.

This result, relatively speaking, was quite dazzling. Especially since Chu Feng was still just a lower-grade student, and had always been at the bottom of his class rankings.

The sudden reversal, rising to rank twelfth school-wide, was enough to make numerous people take a fresh look at this low-grade student.

For this, Chu Feng received fierce ridicule from the Second Prince and others.

Although the Second Prince was flashy, his strength was truly formidable, managing to achieve the sixth rank in the entire school.

As a member of the Royal Family, he was very wealthy. Other students might only have the chance to practice alchemy two or three times a month. However, the Second Prince could practice daily, and it didn’t matter if he ruined the materials.

After all, the Royal Family had plenty of money to spend.

Moreover, the Second Prince also hired a Pill Master to teach him alchemy, allowing him to receive one-to-one guidance anytime.

With such advantageous conditions, even a pig could achieve something.

The Second Prince scoring sixth in the whole school is really nothing to brag about.

There’s one more thing worth mentioning.

Chu Feng made a bet with Qiao Sheng, ending up in this messy situation, Chu Feng originally thought he would lose for sure. He even prepared himself to lose Silver and bark like a dog.

Unexpectedly, Qiao Sheng’s luck was even worse, totally jinxed.

During the Alchemy Competition, no one knows how he managed it, but he actually caused an explosion in the Pill Furnace. Of course, it wasn’t as loud as Chu Feng’s.

It was just a "bang" of a muffled sound.

Chu Feng barely made it to the twelfth place, while Qiao Sheng uncharacteristically performed so poorly, ending up in one of the last places.

After the Alchemy Competition ended, Qiao Sheng, with a gloomy face, was about to sneak away. But Chu Feng caught him red-handed.

"Qiao Sheng, where do you think you’re going?"

"The bet agreement is still here standing, hurry up, follow the agreement!"

Chu Feng is never lenient with his enemies. If he can slap them dead, he won’t leave them crippled.

Qiao Sheng, feeling a bit guilty, glanced around at the people nearby and whispered, "Chu Feng, you won’t miss out on the Silver! I assure you, I’ll deliver it all within three days!" Right after the Alchemy Competition ended, it was crowded with people everywhere.

There was no more spectacle to watch, and if Qiao Sheng was made to bark like a dog in public, how could he face anyone after that?

He thus tried to turn a blind eye, intending to brush this matter under the carpet.

As for paying Silver, Qiao Sheng really couldn’t produce it; he was plotting on how to wriggle out of this bet.

"Just paying Silver? It looks like Young Master Qiao is quite forgetful! Let me repeat the content of the agreement for you!" Chu Feng pulled out the betting agreement from his sleeve, which both parties had signed and sealed with their fingerprints.

He wasn’t afraid of Qiao Sheng defaulting on the bet.

"Hey, hey, hey, fellow juniors and seniors passing by, come take a look at this lively scene, we need a witness here!"

"I’m Chu Feng, from the fifth class of lower grades, and the content of my bet with Qiao Sheng from the first class of lower grades goes like this. In this Alchemy Competition, whoever loses must kneel and bark like a dog..." Chu Feng loudly announced the content of the agreement to the public.

With this commotion, the onlookers immediately surrounded both Chu Feng and Qiao Sheng.

Three layers inside and three layers outside, the scene was extremely spectacular.

Qiao Sheng’s handsome face had turned the color of pig liver; a tree fears peeling, a person fears revealing shame. He had hoped to drag this bet with Chu Feng for ten or eight years, hoping to shrug it off somehow.

Since the Sword King Mansion had already declined, they lacked the ability or the guts to go to the Qiao Family to demand debts.

If Chu Feng dared to take the bet agreement to the Qiao Family to demand payment, Qiao Sheng would surely order his house slaves and guards to beat Chu Feng like a dead dog.

Now that Chu Feng had made this public, Qiao Sheng’s face was utterly lost.

The crowd’s gazes toward him were filled with mockery and ridicule. Everyone seemed to be reveling in his misfortune, some even heckled him to kneel down and start barking quickly.

"Haha, I really didn’t expect that the worst student in Class Five would show such an explosive fighting power!"

"This must be the second time he’s brought down Qiao Sheng, the top talent of Class One, right?"

Many people still clearly remembered Qiao Sheng kneeling on the playground a few days ago, loudly cursing himself as an idiot.

"Qiao Sheng, you really are incurably stupid! You lost last time and still didn’t learn your lesson, betting with Chu Feng again. The title ’idiot’ really suits you to a T!"

A student, who usually held a grudge against Qiao Sheng, took the opportunity to fiercely humiliate him.