Battle Through the Heavens: Who put Laozi in my storage ring?

"Without any evidence, why are you slandering me!" Yan Li said righteously.

"The Rejuvenation Pill can restore one's appearance from twenty years ago..." Xiao Yan said.

"Then you should take out a Rejuvenation Pill and let me swallow it. If I can regain your so-called Yan Li appearance, I will be willing to withdraw from the competition." Yan Li suppressed his shock and took a deep breath.

"The Rejuvenation Pill... I don't have one," Xiao Yan said casually, but before Yan Li could smile, he continued, "But I can refine one now."

"..."

The entire venue fell into dead silence. Even Hai Bodong looked at Xiao Yan as if he had seen a ghost. A fifth-grade pill, refined on the spot?

Should we refine it for another half month? What if it fails?

I thought he had given up, but I never expected that he was preparing a big surprise.

"Hahahaha..." Yan Li laughed loudly, his eyes practically popping out of his head. His smile was full of mockery, and he glanced at Xiao Yan with some disdain: "I knew it. It's a disgrace that Fa Ma could produce such a fool as you. A seventeen-year-old peak fifth-grade alchemist?"

"Kid, I have my own questions too. Why should a mere brat like you be sitting in the referee's seat and presiding over the judgment? Where is the fairness in this Alchemist Competition of the Jia Ma Empire?" Yan Li questioned repeatedly, just as Xiao Yan was speechless and full of smugness.

Two flames rose from Xiao Yan's palms, swirling around the black cauldron like two dragons coiling around a pillar, protecting it and igniting it completely.

And the Bagua Furnace was completely lit up.

Xiao Yan still wore a warm smile on his face, and his aura rose inch by inch. He had now reached the peak of the nine-star Dou Ling, but the Dou Wei pressure he emitted was in no way inferior to that of a Dou Huang like Hai Bodong. In addition, he had the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts protecting him, so no one could detect his aura. And the faint golden wings on his back were hard to discern, so most people mistakenly thought that Xiao Yan was a Dou Huang.

"Fight, fight, fight, fight...Fighting Emperor!!!!"

Yan Li's pupils trembled, and his face gradually became blank.

A seventeen-year-old... Dou Huang powerhouse?

"Right now you're just a mere fourth-grade alchemist, ignorant and narrow-minded. You see me like a frog in a well gazing at the moon. When you're lucky enough to become a sixth-grade alchemist, you'll realize that seeing me is like a mayfly seeing the blue sky..."

Xiao Yan chuckled softly, and the two fire dragons burrowed into the furnace. The terrifying power of the flames rose up, dyeing the two sides of the sky dark green and light blue respectively. He sat cross-legged on the furnace, his eyes slightly closed.

At the same time, medicinal herbs were rapidly incorporated into the furnace.

Before the astonished eyes of countless alchemists, the alchemy was being refined simultaneously in each of the eight directions of this strange furnace!

Even Liu Ling and the little princess looked up, their faces filled with shock.

"What terrifying methods! Seventeen uses in one mind! This soul power is comparable to a seventh-grade alchemist, isn't it?" Fa Ma stared blankly for a long time before shaking his head, feeling a chill run down his spine.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

He naturally knew best how many tricks were hidden in what appeared to be an ordinary action to outsiders.

"Grandpa Fama, why is that?" Ya Fei leaned closer and asked curiously.

“When ordinary alchemists refine medicine, many fail at the step of refining medicinal materials. It is quite difficult to concentrate on one thing at a time. The slightest carelessness will destroy all the medicinal materials. Therefore, they need to refine them one by one. This is why the medicine refining time is so long. But he... managed to compress sixteen refining steps into one, refining them all at once.” Fa Ma’s voice trembled slightly. This bold method was unusually steady. Moreover, the furnace and cauldron of unknown origin were even more exaggerated. The eight positions were different, each corresponding to a different type of medicinal material.

"You can also think of it as sixteen sixth-grade alchemists of the same level working together seamlessly in the same furnace to refine medicine. Moreover, it should be noted that each medicinal herb has different properties, and the required fire temperature and roasting time are also different. This is simply... unheard of."

Fama exhaled a long breath, his face showing emotion.

"What?!" Upon hearing this, Ya Fei covered her red lips and looked at Xiao Yan in mid-air with shock.

Yao Ye's eyes were also filled with an undisguised fervor.

This is hardly a golden bachelor.

That's clearly a prehistoric crocodile...

Chapter 59 What do you mean by "you poisoned the pill"? Nalan Yanran's Visit (Part 2)

Two fiery dragons of different colors rushed into the furnace, churning and stirring within. As each medicinal herb was completely refined, the fragrance of the elixir within the furnace grew increasingly rich, its aura spreading outwards...

"Om..."

Just as Yan Li's face turned pale and he was praying for the failure of this alchemy, a buzzing sound came from the furnace.

In less than half a day, the fifth-grade pill, the Rejuvenation Pill, was completed.

"It's over, it's completely over this time..."

Yan Li held his head, his face deathly pale. He had always looked down on this fake identity of a seventeen-year-old fourth-grade alchemist, finding it too fake. But only today, upon seeing this seventeen-year-old sixth-grade alchemist, did he realize what a true frog in a well was.

"The elixir has actually been successfully refined, and in just half a day." Fa Ma's throat bobbed, and a look of emotion and relief flashed in his eyes. He had previously thought that this young man was just trying to save face and had dragged it out until now, but he never expected that in this man's eyes, the so-called fifth-grade elixir had no threshold or difficulty at all.

The entire venue fell silent, with countless people gazing up in awe at the young figure sitting cross-legged on the cauldron in the sky.

Even now, everyone can see it.

Yan Li was a fake 17-year-old fourth-grade alchemist. Although it was a bit of a pity, it made sense upon closer inspection. What was truly astonishing was that this farce actually revealed a genuine 17-year-old sixth-grade alchemist master!

Sixth rank!

To put it in perspective, among the four great empires around, only Dan Wang Guhe is a sixth-grade alchemist. The Snake-People tribe has no alchemists. If they want to find a sixth-grade alchemist, they would have to go to the more dangerous Black Corner Region or the core area of ​​the Northwest Continent.

And he was only seventeen years old...

When Dan Wang Guhe suddenly appeared, he was already a 20-year-old fourth-grade alchemist, which attracted everyone's attention. Countless girls admired him and countless young men worshipped him. And this 17-year-old sixth-grade alchemist...

“No, Xiao Yan also seems to be within the age range for the competition.” Ya Fei’s beautiful eyes flashed, and she suddenly spoke up.

"Hmm..." Yao Ye's beautiful eyes widened in surprise, then her red lips parted slightly, as if it really was true!

This young man possessed terrifying strength and alchemy skills, which led them to regard him as a top expert of the older generation, like Hai Bodong or Jia Xingtian. They always forgot his age; he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, a time when he should be competing on the same stage as Liu Ling and others.

"Om..."

As the last ripple emanated from the cauldron, smoke rose, and a pale purple pill appeared in Xiao Yan's hand.

The entire room fell silent, everyone waiting for the moment when the truth would be revealed.

"Here, please." Xiao Yan smiled and tossed the pill to the trembling Yan Li. "You should still have a few Rejuvenation Pills. You should be able to tell whether what I've refined is real or fake. Are you still planning to keep pretending?"

"Gulp~" Yan Li's eyelids twitched, and he glanced at Xiao Yan with some fear. Judging from their appearances, the two were clearly not much different in age, but...

One is real gold, the other is rusty iron disguised as gold.

Like an abyss, the gap is so vast that it inspires despair.

Yan Li took a deep breath and swallowed the pill. He was gambling that it was all just a smokescreen. Even though his experience as a fourth-grade alchemist told him that although it was magical, it was not a problem at all, he still refused to believe it.

A few seconds later, gasps of surprise rang out from the audience.

Under Xiao Yan's indifferent gaze, Yan Li's figure visibly swelled up, growing into a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties, bearing some resemblance to the seventeen-year-old boy from before.

"No, this isn't real..." Yan Li clutched his head, dejected and unwilling to accept his fate, and roared angrily.

"It really is you, Yanli." Fa Ma breathed a sigh of relief, but a murderous glint flashed in his eyes. "You infiltrated my Jia Ma Empire's Alchemist Competition under the guise of the Rejuvenation Pill, attempting to win the championship. Now there are tens of thousands of people here, and countless alchemists. You, Yanli, have utterly disgraced the Yun Empire..."

"Fama, I admit defeat this time. We'll see!" Yan Li glared at Fama with a dark expression, but still didn't have the courage to look at Xiao Yan again.

He needed to leave the imperial city of the Gama Empire as soon as possible.

otherwise……

These people will definitely not let me off easily.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!!"

He angrily shoved several people aside, but in reality, his figure transformed into a purple shadow and slipped into the crowd below, quickly disappearing from sight...

"Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, I'll have to trouble you two this time." Fa Ma glanced at Yan Li as he left, a cold glint flashing in his cloudy eyes, and spoke softly, leaning on his cane.

"Of course! It's been a long time since I've stretched my muscles." Hai Bodong stood up with a grin and twisted his neck.

Jia Xingtian's expression was equally cold. To some extent, the royal family and the alchemist association were one, sharing both glory and loss. Therefore, he also harbored murderous intent towards Yan Li.

"No need."

Just as the two were getting ready to fight, Xiao Yan slowly landed on the ground and walked towards them with a calm expression.

"Hmm?" Fa Ma was somewhat taken aback. "What do you mean by that, young friend Xiao Yan... Do you really mean to let him go?"

In his eyes, this young friend Xiao Yan was no pushover. The Mu family was a cautionary tale. Could it be that he had a past relationship with Yan Li? That shouldn't be the case. If they really had a friendship, why did he publicly refine the Restoration Pill to expose him?

Seeing the various expressions on everyone's faces, Xiao Yan said lazily, "No need to guess anymore. I poisoned the pill. In less than three quarters of an hour, the Netherworld Poison Fire accumulated in his body will inevitably erupt in an instant, backlashing and detonating his own fighting spirit."

"..."

Upon hearing this, everyone stared blankly at Xiao Yan in disbelief.

What did you say? You poisoned the pills?!

Or is it the Netherworld Poison Fire, a strange fire known for its poison?

So sinister?

Hai Bodong's face turned somewhat green. He had consumed several pills refined by Xiao Yan, but only today did he suddenly remember that this guy usually refined pills with strange fire. Didn't that mean...

"Hehe, everyone, there's no need to worry. My poisonous fire is controllable," Xiao Yan chuckled.

"..."

The crowd's expressions calmed down a bit. After all, the thought of an alchemist poisoning pills and then selling them on the market was terrifying.

What's even more terrifying is that this poisonous fire is colorless and odorless, and it only seeps into the meridians and bones of the user along the pill.

"Since he advocated combining poison and elixirs in the Izumo Empire, it's now happening to him... it's karma, isn't it?" Fa Ma sighed softly.

……

At the city gate of the capital.