The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron
Chapter 1192 - Chapter 1192 Chapter 1191 Challenge from the Seven Seas

Chapter 1192: Chapter 1191: Challenge from the Seven Seas Chapter 1192: Chapter 1191: Challenge from the Seven Seas Regarding how to deal with Fang Lin, the four Heaven Kings had never managed to agree on a result, even with Dragon Haotian’s involvement.

Although the North Spirit King had changed his stance, believing that Fang Lin’s crimes were not punishable by death and should be dealt with leniently, the Western Moon King and the South Zodiac King were biting hard and not letting go, and with no solution in sight from the East Pole King, they could only keep delaying.

This delay lasted three months.

Although there was no conclusion on how to deal with Fang Lin, the internal strife within the Pill Alliance had been quelled.

Elder Tiangang’s faction was appeased and did not stir up trouble, but some undercurrents of dissent were inevitable.

Since Elder Tiangang had died, Elder Tiankui was imprisoned, and Elder Tianhong was ordered not to leave the Ancient Pill Court due to his involvement in prior events, and Elder Tianjun, due to his advanced age, was no longer involved in managing Pill Alliance affairs, most of the affairs were handled by the remaining three elders.

Fortunately, these three elders were capable and efficient, and although the Pill Alliance was not entirely peaceful, it did not fall into chaos and continued to operate as usual.

As Fang Lin was imprisoned, the position of North Town Hall Master was temporarily taken over by Elder Wang, the most senior.

The most impacted was the Inspection Hall.

The Inspection Hall lay in ruins, with two Vice Hall Masters dead. Although Situ Zheng survived, he was severely injured and nearly crippled.

The Inspection Envoys of the Inspection Hall, who had once held their heads high within the Pill Alliance, believing they were above everyone else, now found it impossible to maintain their pride.

These Inspection Envoys, now rootless drifters, faced an awkward situation due to their previous abuses of power. No one within the Pill Alliance even spared them a glance; they were completely ostracized.

Pitifully, these Inspection Envoys, previously met with reverence wherever they went, now clung together for warmth within the Pill Alliance.

Since the Inspection Hall is a very important institution, its absence, if prolonged without its deterrence, could lead to utter chaos within the Pill Alliance.

While the former Inspection Hall arguably had too much power and conducted itself with partiality, it cannot be denied that its presence ensured compliance, both inside and outside the Pill Alliance.

But now, with the Inspection Hall gone, the Inspection Envoys were like dogs who had lost their homes, lacking any deterrent, and it was uncertain whether such a vast entity as the Pill Alliance would remain orderly.

Indeed, it was so; with the Inspection Hall destroyed, numerous incidents occurred within and outside the Pill Alliance, such as Poison Pill Masters brazenly using the common folk from remote areas to test their poisons.

Therefore, the four Heaven Kings temporarily established an institution similar to the Inspection Hall, managed by four high-ranking officials of the Pill Alliance. The Inspection Envoys were also under the control of this institution.

As a result, the Pill Alliance’s enforcement of punishments was temporarily restored, and violations of the code of conduct significantly decreased.

One day, a message from the Seven Seas Pill Alliance arrived.

The message was personally conveyed to the four Heaven Kings by the Tianlan Elder, stating that the Seven Seas would send people to the Nine Countries Pill Alliance for an Alchemy Tao competition.

Upon hearing the news, the four Heaven Kings immediately sensed that there was more to this event than met the eye, speculating that the Seven Seas’ initiative to engage in an Alchemy Tao competition likely had ulterior motives.

The most obvious suspicion was that the Seven Seas were dissatisfied with the Pill Alliance’s establishment and growth in their territory and sought to make the Pill Alliance retreat through the challenges of the competition.

Beyond that, the move might also include probing intentions towards the Nine Countries since a great war between the two regions was on the cusp of breaking out. The timing of the Seven Seas dispatching delegates was a clear indication of their intentions.

“Since Seven Seas wants a competition, let’s have one and see whether our Pill Alliance’s Alchemy Tao is stronger, or if they are indeed a notch above,” the East Pole Heaven King immediately decided to engage in an Alchemy Tao contest with the Seven Seas faction.

The other three Heaven Kings had no objections. When it came to external affairs, these kings were quite unified.

Moreover, there was no reason to refuse. The Seven Seas faction wanted an Alchemy Tao contest, and as the Pill Alliance that governed all pill refiners under heaven, could they possibly decline?

Should they refuse, wouldn’t that be tantamount to telling the world that the Pill Alliance didn’t dare to engage in an Alchemy Tao contest with the Seven Seas faction? Such a blow to the Pill Alliance’s prestige would be simply too great.

“Those Barbarians from Seven Seas actually want to compete with our Pill Alliance?”

“It’s laughable, mere overseas Barbarians, yet they have the audacity to speak of Alchemy Tao?”

“Truly overestimating themselves, let’s see how they will make fools of themselves when the time comes.”

“Our Pill Alliance is teeming with talent, masters like clouds. What kind of capable characters could a small place like Seven Seas have?”

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Within the Pill Alliance, the reaction to the Alchemy Tao contest actively proposed by Seven Seas was intense; most pill refiners believed that the Seven Seas faction was out of its league by wanting to compete with the Pill Alliance in Alchemy Tao–wasn’t this just asking for discomfort?

Nearly all the genius pill refiners from the Nine Countries were within the Pill Alliance. Even if Seven Seas also had an Alchemy Tao heritage, how could they possibly stand up against the Pill Alliance?

Of course, there were a very few people who remained cautious about this contest proposed by Seven Seas, thinking that Seven Seas might have come prepared, and the Pill Alliance should not underestimate them.

But such people were few and far between, and basically, everyone in the Pill Alliance did not take the Seven Seas Alchemy Tao seriously.

It’s no wonder then, although Seven Seas did have an Alchemy Tao, compared to the pill refiners from the Nine Countries who claimed the orthodox heritage, they really seemed insignificant.

The Seven Seas three sect only had the Taoist Sect with an Alchemy Tao lineage, which had always been mediocre until recent years when the Taoist Sect’s Pill Pulsar started to gradually develop.

And the Taoist Sect’s Pill Pulsar was indeed the biggest obstacle to the Pill Alliance’s expansion in Seven Seas, frequently causing conflicts.

This challenge initiated by Seven Seas naturally meant that individuals from the Taoist Sect’s Pill Pulsar would fight. According to the information passed back from Elder Tianlan, although the Taoist Sect’s Pill Pulsar had risen rapidly in recent years, it was still far behind the abundance of talent in the Pill Alliance.

Therefore, almost no one was worried about this contest, all eager for the moment the people of Seven Seas arrived, so they could teach them a profound lesson, letting them know the strength and power of the Pill Alliance.

Half a month later, the people of Seven Seas indeed came.

In Tang Country’s Flat Sea City, just like Sea Moon City, is a city by the sea, and this time the people of Seven Seas also arrived in Nine Countries from here.

Within Flat Sea City, the elderly Elder Tianjun, accompanied by several high-ranking members of the Pill Alliance, came to greet the people of Seven Seas.

Tang Country also dispatched its own masters. It wasn’t just a show of support but also a precaution in case the Seven Seas faction tried anything deceitful, ensuring that they could suppress any incident in time.

The entire Flat Sea City was buzzing with people, at least ten times busier than usual.

Martial artists and pill refiners from all over gathered in Flat Sea City with the sole purpose of witnessing the pill refiners from Seven Seas.

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