ebookland Chapter 439 Alchemy Competition 0.5
Chapter 439 Alchemy Competition 0.5
Qingyang Immortal Lord keenly sensed something was wrong and reached out to stop Qingxu Immortal Lord, who was about to continue his attack: "Look into the secret realm."
In the empty side chamber where only two people were present, a transparent figure slowly emerged. The figure was tall and slender, and its face was shrouded in a layer of mist, making it impossible to see clearly. With each breath, the newcomer seemed to resonate with the world around them.
He simply reached out, and the venomous dragon that had been stirring up storms on the Cangwang Sea instantly appeared in his palm.
An Qi stared blankly as the man who had just shared life and death with him disappeared along with the poisonous dragon.
Before the mandala, the Gu King lay limply on the ground, its plump white body swaying, clearly a sign of being overfed. And in this world, there was also the figure of its host.
Piles of insects lay scattered on the yellow sand around Fang Lan, a sight that chilled anyone to the bone. Sensing something amiss, she turned around—ah! The person was gone!
Her expression remained calm as she refocused her attention on the alchemy furnace. The insects weren't all killed yet, and the lack of an insect repellent device would cause trouble later!
Little did she know that because of her cruel actions, even the poisonous insects that only obeyed her commands wanted to stay far away from her.
It is truly awe-inspiring to insects.
Sai Qianjin lay softly on the ground, ignoring the cold of the icy plain, panting heavily. Her companions and the wolf brother who had been chasing her had vanished!
Regardless of who broke the deadlock, he was grateful to her!
He was exhausted!
The once invincible, dominating venomous dragon now struggles in agony within that palm, roaring and writhing silently before being refined by the golden flames.
Pure and immense energy flowed into Cheng Jiu's body, and warm spiritual power flowed into Cheng Jiu's limbs and bones.
Cheng Jiu was overwhelmed by this spiritual energy. Not only did his soul feel full, but the spiritual energy and vitality that had been lost from his body were also completely replenished. The shallow pool of cultivation within his body seemed to be flooded with it as if a dam had been opened.
The spiritual energy poured into the cultivation pool was pure and abundant, even surpassing the original spiritual energy in Cheng Jiu's cultivation pool.
Such an infusion of cultivation has no side effects other than the possibility that Cheng Jiu's strength might not be able to keep up with the cultivation level for a short period of time.
Cheng Jiu's aura continued to surge, from the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage to the mid-Nascent Soul stage, then to the peak of the mid-Nascent Soul stage, and finally to the late Nascent Soul stage...
His soaring strength only stopped at the peak of the Nascent Soul Realm!
Cheng Jiu felt every bone and tendon in his body groaning with pleasure!
The remaining spiritual energy flowed through Cheng Jiu's body, continuously converging into the elixir.
The medicinal liquid inside the furnace bloomed like a lotus flower.
Ding-dong, ding-dong, the sound like pearls falling on a jade plate seemed to gently ring in Cheng Jiu's ears.
The elixir is complete!
Cheng Jiu felt a strange sense of peace.
Five round pills flew out of the furnace. The illusory figure behind them waved his hand, and five thin, almost inaudible bolts of lightning struck them. As if they were transforming from cocoons into butterflies, a strange fragrance of pills filled the room.
The illusory figure stood silently behind Cheng Jiu, making no further move.
Cheng Jiu's eyes widened slightly. "Is this even possible?"
As the alchemist who refined these pills, Cheng Jiu was most able to sense that after the five bolts of lightning struck, these five pills had been recognized by the Heavenly Dao.
Coming back to his senses from the shock, Cheng Jiu then noticed the stranger in the side room.
Noticing Cheng Jiu's gaze, the transparent man took out a long, transparent, dragon-like object and handed it to her.
"Is this a gift for me?" Cheng Jiu was somewhat flattered.
The invisible man nodded; this was an apology to the young alchemist!
Cheng Jiu reached out and took it. It felt like jade to the touch, with long, resilient tendons.
In terms of quality, it seems to be even better than the bow made from the dragon sinews in the master's private stash.
Cheng Jiu didn't ask where it came from. She almost suffered such a big loss, so she wanted to make amends. What's wrong with that?
She felt perfectly justified.
The invisible man stood beside the unconscious man, neither speaking nor urging him on.
Awaiting Cheng Jiu's choice.
Cheng Jiu put away the four pills and fed the remaining one into the mouth of the unconscious man. The moment the pill was fed, golden flames enveloped the man, and the seemingly harmless flames instantly filled the ear chamber.
The man vanished from Cheng Jiu's sight, along with the suddenly appearing invisible man.
The closed side chamber revealed the door Cheng Jiu had seen at the end, and outside the door stood an ancient and enormous altar.
This is clearly the end point of Cheng Jiu and his team's assessment.
The four doors in front of Cheng Jiu opened simultaneously the instant they were opened.
The other four people, who were originally scattered around the secret realm, stepped in together from outside the door.
The five people looked at each other in bewilderment.
Cheng Jiu's sudden increase in strength cannot be fooled by others.
Sai Qianjin spoke first: "It seems that the final winner is Junior Sister Guiyuan Sect!"
The other three didn't have any particular thoughts, after all, they had all witnessed the difficulty of this trial! They accepted that they couldn't save that person due to their lack of strength.
The focus now is on the altar in front of us. Why are they all here?
Cheng Jiu was also confused, because she hadn't received any clues in the side room. The only person she might know, the invisible man, only appeared for a moment before disappearing.
She thought for a moment, then took out the dragon tendon that the invisible man had given her. This was probably the only thing that might have some connection to it!
The altar remained completely still!
It seems there's no contact! Cheng Jiu put the dragon tendon back.
Senior Brother An Qi noticed the commotion around Cheng Jiu and inexplicably felt that the aura coming from the dragon chopsticks was very familiar, the kind of familiarity that made him feel sore all over just thinking about it.
Sai Qianjin rushed over to check the unmoving altar. Logically speaking, now that they've come this far and the winners have come out, they should be allowed to leave!
The moment Sai Qianjin lunged at the altar, a gentle aura suddenly erupted, softly separating the people!
Sai Qianjin stood to the side, unperturbed: "It's activated! It's activated!"
The five people stood beside the altar, waiting for the altar to make its move.
Then the altar seemed to lose power, and its aura disappeared!
"???"
The five people looked at each other in bewilderment.
Is it broken?
Sai Qianjin stepped forward, wanting to replicate her previous actions.
Then a crack appeared in the sky, and the Ghost Emperor walked out from it.
"Ghost, Your Majesty the Ghost Emperor!" Sai Qianjin quickly withdrew her hand, her voice filled with fear and unease!
It can be said that, apart from Immortal Lord Qingxu and his disciples, no one wants to see this great god anywhere in the cultivation world.
Isn't this supposed to be a competition? What brings this expert here?
"Oh, Little Nine is here too!" The Ghost Emperor glanced at the five children in front of him, his gaze settling on Nine!
"Uncle-Master!" Cheng Jiu bowed to him. "Uncle-Master, is there something you need?"
The Ghost Emperor glanced at the secret realm and said calmly, "The Ghost Realm is missing a judge. I've come to find my judge!"
"The judge?" Cheng Jiu and the other five looked at each other in disbelief. The judge of the ghost realm!
It is a rather special official position. Not only does it require one to have a lot of merit, but it also requires one to have outstanding talent in ghost cultivation and to be fair and impartial. Simply put, it is an important assistant to the Ghost Emperor in managing the Ghost Realm. It is a position that has been recognized by the Heavenly Dao!
As long as it's in the Xuan Tian Continent, even a Mahayana Realm cultivator who dares to attack a judge will be punished by Heaven. If it were in the era of divine beasts, that would be considered a human immortal.
Because the conditions are so stringent, there are very few judges. Each judge is the apple of the Ghost Emperor's eye, and losing even one would increase his workload!
So when the Ghost Emperor realized that one of his judges had inexplicably disappeared, he followed the trail and came looking for him!
Unexpectedly, I met Cheng Jiu here.
Cheng Jiu thought of the unconscious man in the side chamber. He was upright and seemed to have good talent. Could it be?
Clearly, not only Cheng Jiu had thought of it, but the other four had as well.
Therefore, the other four people slowly turned their gazes to Cheng Jiu.
Cheng Jiu: "..."
This was a competition; she didn't even know it!