Chapter 391: The Trick of the King’s Continent
Chapter 391: The Trick of the King's Continent
Although the middle-aged man who asked Shen Xiang a question just now was unhappy, he still smiled and said, "I see. I think the King's Martial Arts Association will be much dimmer without Young Master Shen. It's a pity."
"To be honest, I really want to participate, but my strength is indeed not enough. If I can reach the ultimate realm within half a year, I will sign up!" Shen Xiang said with a smile.
Reaching the ultimate realm within half a year? Many people here are strong men in the Nirvana realm. They think this is impossible. In their eyes, Shen Xiang is just a warrior of the seventh stage of the True Martial Realm, and entering the ultimate realm is not that simple. If he said that he entered the ninth stage of the True Martial Realm, that would be reasonable.
"If Young Master Shen can really do it, he will definitely be the number one genius in the martial arts world! Of course, this excludes the warriors from our King's Continent." After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he sat down.
Shen Xiang had learned before that many of the warriors with the blood of the Human King here had reached the ultimate realm at a young age. This was indeed amazing.
Shen Xiang just smiled. He was a genius if he had a strong fist. Seeing the people from the King's Continent showing off their strength so loudly made him more eager to reach the ultimate realm as soon as possible and make those guys from the King's Continent unable to laugh.
At this time, the peaceful old man smiled slightly and said, "Let's start the alchemy competition now. Young Master Shen's time is very urgent."
"The rules of this final are very simple. The one with the highest total value of all the pills you refine within the limited time will be the winner! You need to prepare the herbs yourself. I think you have already made sufficient preparations when you came here."
Hearing this rule, Shen Xiang frowned slightly. The strong men from other continents also whispered to each other, complaining about their dissatisfaction with this rule because it was not good for Shen Xiang.
Shen Xiang looked at the other four young men beside him. They all looked at Shen Xiang with arrogant and provocative eyes, as if they were looking at a loser.
"Also... you can't refine the Hundred Beasts Pill. This kind of pill is meaningless! As for the value of the pill, we have a reference price here. When evaluating the final result, it will be evaluated according to our reference price."
Shen Xiang was secretly angry in his heart. He felt that this alchemy competition was like a trap prepared for him, just to make him lose the competition and then make the reputation of the King's Continent even greater.
A man came over and handed Shen Xiang and the others a piece of paper with the prices of some pills written on it. This was the reference price.
"The Foundation Establishment Pill is 800,000 crystals each, the Soul Forming Pill is 100 crystals, the Five Elements True Essence Pill is 1 million crystals..." What surprised Shen Xiang was that the three most expensive Xuan-grade lower-grade pills were actually the three most skilled ones he made, and there were many more Xuan-grade lower-grade pills below, and the prices were all between 500,000 and 800,000, and these were all some niche pills.
Shen Xiang had done some research here before. There were still some medicinal materials for some unconventional pills here, but they were very expensive. Some of them were not difficult to refine. If there were large amounts of medicinal materials, he could still win by refining them in large quantities.
"Hmph, these side-door pills are not worth the price at all. They deliberately raised the prices of the Foundation Establishment Pill, the Soul Formation Pill and the Five Elements True Essence Pill. This way, it doesn't matter if those side-door pills are a little higher! I'm sure they have a lot of medicinal materials for the side-door pills, but these pills are useless! And they think you don't have many medicinal materials for the precious pills on hand." Su Meiyao sneered.
Wu Kaiming gave Shen Xiang a look at this time, as if asking Shen Xiang whether he wanted to give up the competition, because the competition was not in his favor now. Many people could see the trick in this. The King's Continent was vast and rich in resources, and the alchemists here must have more medicinal materials than the alchemists in other continents.
What they are competing for now is not the alchemy skills, but who has more resources. This is not fair at all. It is obvious that this is designed to make Shen Xiang lose the game. Moreover, he is not allowed to refine the Hundred Beasts Pill. It makes people angry just thinking about it.
"Young Master Shen, is everything okay?" the old man asked with a faint smile.
"No problem!" Shen Xiang responded with a smile, looking full of confidence.
Shen Xiang has no shortage of the medicinal materials for the three most expensive elixirs. He still has eighty Foundation Building Pills, one hundred Five Elements True Essence Pills, and one hundred Yuan Shen Pills. However, he only plans to refine the Five Elements True Essence Pills, because they produce a lot of pills, and one furnace can produce ten pills! The maximum number of Foundation Building Pills is only four, and the number of Yuan Shen Pills is three.
Moreover, he had long wanted to refine a large number of Five Elements True Essence Pills to reach the ultimate realm!
"The competition will last for three hours. If you are all ready, take out the alchemy furnace now and let the referees check it." said the old man.
Shen Xiang took out the Flame Dragon Treasure Furnace and handed it to Hua Xiangyue. Hua Xiangyue smiled at him charmingly, as if encouraging him.
"Now let me introduce the participating alchemists. You are all very familiar with Young Master Shen, so I don't need to waste any more words!" said the old man, standing up.
"First is our Shenwu Pavilion's genius alchemist, Xian Yaoming. He is thirty-five years old this year, but he can refine Xuan-level middle-grade pills. Then there is..."
Shen Xiang did not listen. He felt that it was irrelevant. Even if he knew all the details of his opponent, it would be of no use in this game.
While the old man was introducing the four young talented alchemists, Shen Xiang was communicating with Hua Xiangyue using his spiritual sense.
"Sister Xiangyue, you seem to have a lot of confidence in me!"
"Of course, you little rascal can give Meng'er so many medicinal ingredients for life-saving pills, and you have captured the unparalleled beauty Liu Meng'er without any hesitation. How can I not have confidence in you?" Hua Xiangyue's tone was filled with jealousy.
Chen Xiang smiled and said: "Sister Xiangyue, to be honest I don't want you to be my maid, it will be unfair to you!"
"I'm not afraid of being wronged. I think this will be fun." Hua Xiangyue became excited when talking about this matter, which made Shen Xiang feel that Hua Xiangyue was a loyal maid to him in her previous life.
"Okay, I will think about this matter for a while. At least I have to deal with the matter between Sister Meng'er and me." Shen Xiang said.
Hua Xiangyue could understand Shen Xiang, because this was indeed a very troublesome matter.
"Who told you to eat your fairy wife's master? Now you know you're in trouble! Hehehe, if you take me as your maid, I'm afraid your little fairy won't say anything." Hua Xiangyue said with a laugh.
Although everyone was listening to the old man introducing the four talented alchemists, everyone's eyes were focused on Shen Xiang, because Shen Xiang was staring blankly at Hua Xiangyue, the charming woman, while Hua Xiangyue seemed to pretend not to see Shen Xiang, and held her cheek with one hand, as if she was thinking about something.
Only Liu Meng'er knew that Shen Xiang was communicating with Hua Xiangyue using his spiritual sense. When she saw the naughty smile on Shen Xiang's lips, she knew that they must be saying some ambiguous words, which made her secretly jealous.
"Ahem, have you finished checking the alchemy furnace?" The old man was secretly angry. Shen Xiang was actually looking at the beautiful woman while he was talking, and he was so absorbed in it. This made him wonder how Shen Xiang could become an alchemist with such a state of mind?
Hua Xiangyue is very beautiful, charming and alluring. Any normal man would want to look at her enchanting face, but most of the people here are strong and know that this is extremely rude, so they would not look at a beautiful woman so unscrupulously.
Shen Xiang came back to his senses and saw the strange looks from everyone. He coughed twice and asked, "By the way, what is the reward for this alchemy competition?"