Swordsman the Wanderer
Ch. 739 - Let's Bet Our Lives
Zhang En's gaze then swept across the entire participants there was this round.
He looked at Mu Hawk's whereabouts among the participants, but when his gaze turned to the figure of the woman wearing a white dress next to him, Zhang En trembled slightly. Joy appeared in his eyes.
"Is she Xiao Fei, the princess of the Buddhist kingdom in my former world that I have met?"
Even though the woman was wearing a veil, Zhang En recognized her at a glance.
Zhang En approached him in haste.
Clearly the woman saw Zhang En walking towards himself. For a split second, there was panic in her beautiful eyes.
In the instant Zhang En reached the place where Xiao Fei was, his eyes bright as stars were fixed on him, "Xiao Fei is that you?"
"I'm sorry, you're wrong." Xiao Fei's response to Zhang En looked cold as he added, "I don't know who you are."
Zhang En was stunned for a moment.
Although Xiao Fei hid it very well, the glint of unease in the depths of his eyes was clearly captured by Zhang En. He was sure that he recognized her.
Mu Hawk then interrupted, his words sounding hostile, “Did you hear what he said, Zhang En? Xiao Fei said he doesn't know you! Get out of here!”
Mu Hawk recognized this veiled woman and even mentioned her name. He knew this from his Clan Patriarch who said, a few years ago, the Ancestor of the Sky Tower Sect had raised a female disciple, and he had to approach her at any cost!
Now, Mu Hawk was very upset.
Zhang En turned his head towards Mu Hawk, looking at him with a terrifying killing intent as he spoke, "Be out from before me!"
After which, Zhang En's auara rumbled, containing an overwhelming murderous aura.
The other disciples around all turned to look towards Zhang En and Mu Hawk.
The anger in Mu Hawk's heart seemed to explode. In his life, there were only times when he had told others to scramble, and today, this Zhang En had him scramble from before him in front of many people. The curvature of his finger whitened as it clenched its fists violently, demonic energy surged all around him, but the adrgan from a few days ago when he was sent flying by Zhang En with just one strike flashed across his mind, immediately quell his anger.
"That's so good Zhang En!" Mu Hawk took a deep breath while glaring at Zhang En.
He then said with gritted teeth, “Zhang En, I admit that you are a little stronger than me, but dare you compete with me in alchemist? We will determine the winner according to our ranking in this round!”
Zhang En replied, "In terms of strength, you are inferior to me, and in concocting pills, you are even less qualified to compete with me."
Hearing Zhang En's reply, Mu Hawk laughed furiously, “You said I wasn't qualified to compete in alchemy with you? Don't overestimate yourself, don't you feel ashamed to say that I'm not qualified to compete with you? You're the one who doesn't qualify!”
Zhang En scoffed, "Since you insist on competing with me, let's risk our lives!"
Mu Hawk immediately choked.
“Let's risk our lives. Whoever loses in alchemist, will blow up
their souls are in place!” Zhang En coldly stated his terms.
Mu Hawk's face was getting ugly. Although he was certain that his alchemist was one level above Zhang En, he had no guts to risk his life for it.
Mu Hawk's face was on the verge of collapse but in the end said nothing. He turned around in a huff and left. When he came out of Zhang En Zhang En's sight, killing intent surged in his eyes. He was going to tell Zhang En who was truly unqualified!
Zhang En turned his attention back to Xiao Fei, “I don't know what happened since I first ascended the Intermediate Realm and continued to wander everywhere, but after several hundred years had passed, it was only after, I didn't expect to find you here again.”
Without waiting for a response, Zhang En turned around and left.
The next round was about to begin, so everything had to wait until after.
Although he did not know what had happened to Xiao Fei, how his fate had been since then, he believed that Xiao Fei must be fine..
Xiao Fei looked at Zhang En's back. His eyes became slightly red, but because of his veil, no one noticed it.
In the front courtyard of the main hall of the Alchemist Union, Mou Li's face darkened watching Zhang En seem to be familiar with Xiao Fei, the disciple that their Ancestral Sect raised while passing through one of the Worlds in the Lower Realm.
Moreover, Xiao Fei had never mentioned his origins all along, no one in the Sky Tower Sect knew about his past.
Mou Li's eyes lit up brightly, no one could guess what she was thinking right now.
A few minutes later, the competition on this day finally began.
Zhang En and all the other participants of the numbered stones were given. In accordance with the number listed on the stone, each participant walked and stood in a predetermined location.
A formation was set up above the competition field and its surroundings, locking down the entire area. The space inside was then separated again into many rooms.
When each of the anini chambers activated, the participants would be isolated from the outside world, blocking any interference during pill refining.
On the other hand, this arrangement was like a glass wall, all participants could see the situation of the other participants.
The ten Great Elders of the Alchemist Union became supervisors this time and each took turns to declare one of the rules.
After the rules were announced, Elder Chu Yan tapped on the sign gong at the start of this round.
Right then, in many isolated rooms, different colored flames were visible there.
The ranking in this round will be determined by the quality of the pills.
If the grade and quality of the pill were the same, the time used to make it would be taken into account to determine the rank.
"That's the Ancient Demon Pill Refining Technique"
When Zhang En started the first step, a few people in the crowd outside shouted.
Zhang En turned to look. Not far from him, following the movements of Mu Hawk's hands, all the ingredients of the potions in his room flew into the air in succession, forming various kinds of figures of living beings!
Furthermore, streams of black energy that glittered like crystals flowed profusely from void space.
Looking at Mu Hawk, one of the Great Elders of the Alchemist Union looked at him enthusiastically and with interest.