Chapter 642: Narrow Escape

lt very angry, but now thought that without it, he wouldn't have learned how to wisely use magical power. Although it was only used for alchemy competitions now, he might find its utility in the futur...Chapter 642 - Near-death Experience

In the arena, only around fifty to sixty people were still competing. The young beauties who were performing seductive dances had already left, leaving the audience of men thoroughly entertained and hoping for more.

However, this was a blow to those alchemists with weak willpower, as they were eliminated due to their broken hearts.

“We only wanted to provide some entertainment with the beauties, lightening up this dull alchemy competition. Yet we didn’t expect their actions to have such profound impacts on so many young minds, truly a pity. As for the remaining contestants, you should thank me because I helped eliminate many of your competitors…” The old man laughed heartily and pervy, making the eliminated alchemists grind their teeth in hatred, wishing to throw a brick at him and break his remaining teeth.

Creating the True Elemental Dan was relatively effortless for most of the alchemists present, but they were using very low-quality ingredients and unsatisfactory furnaces that made the process extremely frustrating. Their performances were thus affected, regardless of whether they successfully produced something or not.

As for Shen Xiang, it wasn’t a concern. Even without an alchemy furnace, he could still utilize ingredients to their fullest extent. This was his principle in alchemy, and at this point, he had reached the middle stage of the process. All ingredients were burned away, releasing a unique medicinal essence and pure medicine powder when combined together. Fusion was all that remained to be done, leading into the final condensation phase.

In this area, he was far ahead of everyone else. Only Shen Xiang and Lin Xi Yi were unaffected by the seductive storms that plagued others in the arena. Although none of them detonated their furnaces, everyone else had been indirectly affected.

In the Sacred Alchemy Realm, women alchemists were just as scarce as in the Profound Martial World. Thus, these women were pursued by young nobles.

During the Profound Martial World, Shen Xiang knew of Flower Fragrance Yue and Senior Immortal Medicine, two renowned female alchemists who left a name for themselves. However, after spending some time in the Sacred Alchemy Realm, he had not heard of any renowned female alchemists.

Du Yanyao was the only exception, but her fame was just a matter of attention rather than respect and recognition. She wasn’t considered one of them.

Yan Zilan suddenly appeared, flying from a distance. Only someone of her calibre could casually fly within Sacred Alchemy City.

“The next round will be hosted by Zilan. Please cooperate and maintain silence for the alchemists’ sake,” said Yan Zilan with a calm smile, attracting many people’s attention.

Everyone cheered silently when they saw the old man who had previously made many people angry leave. Particularly those eliminated alchemists were filled with hatred and wished to throw a brick at him.

Those who had hoped to receive the Desiccated Yang Holy Water saw their hopes dashed by that heartless gift. Many were thus eliminated, but this served as an unexpected test for them, as they could only blame themselves for their weak willpower.

The arena fell silent, awaiting the outcome.

“Be careful! There’s a situation!” Long Xuyi suddenly shouted. At the same time, Yan Zilan transformed into an indigo shadow and rushed at Shen Xiang like lightning. With her jade palm, she unleashed a burst of indigo qi to disperse the attacking energy that targeted Shen Xiang.

Although Yan Zilan managed to block the powerful energy, Shen Xiang still felt a surge of lightning and fire qi heading his way. His alchemy furnace was also affected, showing cracks.

“Dare you to do such a thing here! Zilan is right behind me,” the old man shouted coldly.

Then, an adult suddenly appeared in the arena and said frostily, “My son died and was injured by him. I’ll kill him today to avenge my family!”

The incident where Shen Xiang and Chaos Mountain’s people clashed resulted in injuries on both sides, a fact known to everyone. Now that someone had come looking for trouble, it was clear who they were looking for.

Yan Zilan naturally knew about this incident. Although the Sacred Alchemy Sect was not directly involved, she took responsibility because Shen Xiang was a benefactor of hers.

“This is an alchemy competition hosted by our Sacred Alchemy Sect. No one is allowed to disrupt the proceedings. Your two sons started fighting with others first, and their deaths and injuries were due to inferior skills. As fathers, you are strong enough in strength but still take such actions against your junior members. Aren’t all of Chaos Mountain shameless” Yan Zilan’s words were sharp, leaving the middle-aged man unable to refute.

Despite this, he still raged: “I’ll seek revenge regardless of the circumstances!”

“If you wish to take revenge, do so after the competition ends. If you insist on taking out your anger against Shen Xiang now, our Sacred Alchemy Sect won’t stand idly by and will intervene. Chaos Mountain should not provoke us any further,” Xie Shilong appeared, standing on the high platform of the arena and observing several people in the crowd. He immediately recognized them as strong members from Chaos Mountain, all of equal strength to him.

The Sacred Alchemy Sect’s sect master had appeared, and he spoke such words. Chaos Mountain could not engage in conflict with Sacred Alchemy Sect now and had to tolerate them.

“Very well, Shen Xiang’s time of death will come after the competition ends!” The middle-aged man spoke his threat before leaving.

Shen Xiang sighed in relief, and everyone was impressed by his calmness. Despite the burning eyebrows moment, he managed to concentrate on alchemy and stabilize his cracking furnace.

The cracks were clearly visible on the top of the furnace, and the floor underneath was similarly cracked. It could be seen that Chaos Mountain’s people had targeted him earlier.

Just then, Lin Xi Yi exclaimed, “I’m done!”

Shen Xiang noticed that she had successfully created five True Elemental Dains and of superior quality, meaning that she would advance to the next round. Only twenty people could enter the next round, so those who were slower would be left behind.

“Shen Xiang, your alchemy furnace was damaged due to the incident earlier. We can only offer you a replacement alchemy furnace and some top-quality ingredients, but there might not be enough time to prepare it,” said Xie Shilong. He saw Shen Xiang’s calm demeanor, which reminded him of a mountain, and silently sighed.

Shen Xiang simply replied, “No need.”

Even if he had to start again, there wouldn’t be enough time. He could not enter the next round if more than twenty people produced True Elemental Dains before him.

“Looks like I’ll have to use the Replacement Furnace Technique!” Shen Xiang thought. He had successfully used this technique in his previous competition against Fan Yakun.

As for the other two people, Shen Xiang would have completed his alchemy much earlier if he hadn’t been affected by the incident. However, in order to stabilize his furnace, he had no choice but to slow down.

Meanwhile, Fan Yakun was the second person after Lin Xi Yi to complete his alchemy. He wasn’t worried about Shen Xiang at all, instead, he was eagerly anticipating the moment when he could witness Shen Xiang’s amazing technique. He saw more and more cracks on Shen Xiang’s alchemy furnace, which made him slightly excited. He knew that he would soon be able to witness one of Shen Xiang’s techniques!這讓身後兩名男子擔心他突然出手奪取，暗中提防著。“這把冰龍劍很不簡單，感覺裡麵有一種非常熟悉的力量。”“劍鞘有問題！劍鞘和聖龍劍的劍鞘不一樣，你仔細看看，這劍鞘材質和那三個寶箱一樣，難道是鑰匙？”龍雪怡急忙說道。他從混沌山裡麵弄出來的三個寶箱一直無法打開，如今有點眉目了，哪能不讓他動心？隻是這把冰龍劍是人家的，而且他已經感覺到這間賣兵器法寶的店鋪裡麵，有一個很厲害的角色，他覺得他無法把這把冰龍劍搶...