Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 145 How can the alchemist's business be called a failure?

In the central stands of the square, a group of elders from Canaan College were warmly greeting each other.

"Haha, Lao Zhao, you're here too!"

"Yeah, Lao Li! I was on a mission out there! I rushed back as soon as I got the news, but I didn't expect you to be here today, you old rascal. Didn't you say you weren't coming?"

"Hehe. This old man was originally going to the Black Corner Region to find the ingredients for the Spirit-Boosting Pill, but no rush, I'll go after this selection competition!"

"Dou Ling Dan, didn't you say you'd collected them all?"

"Yes, we've collected them all, and not just one set, but three. But some old rascal told me that we've failed every time. If we want to refine them again, we'll need to use other medicinal herbs!" Elder Li looked somewhat resentfully at Elder Huo, who was sitting to the side with his eyes slightly closed, calmly sipping his tea and pretending not to hear.

Seeing Elder Huo's calm and composed demeanor, Elder Li felt so aggrieved that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

Alchemists are something else! They take the herbs I painstakingly collected to practice on, and if they succeed, I have to give them extra gifts. If they fail, they just pat their butts and casually say, "Collect more herbs and come back." It makes me want to punch them, but I have to put up with it. I can't offend them; I have to greet them with a smile.

There was no other way. The Battle Spirit Pill was a sixth-grade pill, and only Fengcheng in the Black Corner Region had a sure chance of success. He didn't have any connection with Han Feng in Fengcheng, and at Canaan Academy, only Elder Huo, a fifth-grade peak alchemist, had the best chance of success. What could he do? If he wanted the Battle Spirit Pill, he would have to let him practice on it!

"Tsk tsk. Old man Huo, you really failed three times in a row?" Elder Zhao said with a hint of teasing as he looked at the two of them.

"Nonsense! How can the work of an alchemist be called a failure? It should be called taking another step closer to success!" Elder Huo glanced at the two of them and said indifferently.

Elders Zhao and Li were speechless, as were the other elders watching the commotion. They stared at the stubborn and prideful old man, unsure of what to say.

"You've all come together today!" An old man, accompanied by a girl in red, arrived on the stands and said with a smile.

"Greetings, Vice Dean!" All the elders stood up and bowed.

"No need for formalities!" The old man walked to the seat in the center and sat down. The girl in red stood obediently behind him, but her darting eyes showed that she was not really that obedient.

"Seeing you all gathered here today, you must be here for that little guy, right?" The old man asked bluntly after scanning the room.

"Haha. The vice dean is wise. With this little fellow's cultivation level, he actually came to Canaan. I am indeed very curious!"

"Yes, yes, we're all quite curious!" The other elders nodded in agreement when someone spoke up.

"You guys," the old man shook his head. How could he not know that these old foxes came here not out of curiosity? They were curious to some extent, but not for the main reason. They had other purposes.

The elders of Canaan Academy are not all from the same faction. There is no shortage of struggles everywhere, whether for power, profit, or other reasons. Don't think that these elders are without desires just because they are fighting kings or emperors. On the contrary, their needs are even greater. Therefore, it is crucial to fight for the right to speak for the same camp.

These old foxes each represent a faction, including not only the elders of the outer courtyard but also the elders of the inner courtyard.

Even though the dean is not present in the academy, as long as there are thousands of elders and the Grand Elder above, this competition will not cause trouble and will help to keep the academy vibrant.

Therefore, Canaan Academy did not stop this division of factions. After all, cultivation is about competition—competing for resources and other things that help cultivation in order to achieve a higher level of cultivation.

Xiao Bai, who appeared this year, is now at the Dou Ling level. He has a clean background with no connections and has enormous potential.

Once they advance to the Dou Wang level, they can seek an elder position at Canaan Academy and bring him into their camp. As he grows stronger, they will also benefit from it. That is the purpose of their visit today.

As for whether Xiao Bai will grow up, they have no doubt at all. They have already seen the information about this boy. He was able to grow to this level in a small place like Wutan City in the Jia Ma Empire. Not to mention that he now has the abundant resources of Canaan Academy, which will only make him grow up faster!

"Don't even think about that kid. The Grand Elder is already keeping an eye on him!" The old man said slowly, looking at these hypocritical old folks.

The elders sitting in the stands exchanged glances upon hearing this. They looked at each other and noticed the disappointment on each other's faces. They had just been scheming against each other here!

Unexpectedly, the Grand Elder directly took the credit. They wanted to say something, but no one spoke. They all kept their mouths tightly shut. The Grand Elder was a Dou Zong cultivator and they couldn't afford to offend him!

Looking at everyone's expressions, the old man nodded in satisfaction. The Grand Elder really had the power to intimidate them! If it were just him alone, he might not have been able to shut them up!

"Hey, that kid clearly signed up, why hasn't he shown up yet?" The old man glanced around at the fights that had already begun below the stage, not seeing the young man they had just been discussing, and asked in confusion.

"He's probably still in the Monster Forest with his girlfriend!" Elder Huo, who had been silent all along, finally spoke up.

"How did you know?" The old man was taken aback when he heard this, looking at the old man with the second highest prestige in the outer courtyard, who was second only to him.

"I saw him in the Monster Forest not long ago, he's a fine lad!" Elder Huo pondered for a moment, then looked up and noticed the strange looks around him. He said arrogantly and disdainfully, "My encounter with him was accidental, not an attempt to win him over. Besides, I'm an alchemist, I don't need your kind of nonsense!"

Everyone was speechless. So what if they were alchemists?!

"Grandpa, who are you talking about?" At this moment, the girl in red, who had been listening for a long time but was still confused, leaned close to the old man and asked.

"Hehe... You think you're exceptionally talented? Today, Grandpa will show you what true exceptional talent really is!" The old man said with a mysterious smile, as if to say something meaningful.

"Tch!" The girl in red curled her lip in disdain. Her talent exceeded the highest potential value of Canaan Academy. There haven't been many people with this kind of talent over the years. How much higher could it be?

Seeing her expression, the old man ignored her. He hadn't brought her here today just to put her pride to rest, but because he had noticed that his granddaughter was showing some abnormal signs. She often harassed some pretty female classmates, but she was dismissive of male students no matter how outstanding they were, which filled him with worry.

He brought her here today to see if she had any different attitude towards Xiao Bai, this outstanding little guy. He wanted to test her, otherwise he would always be worried. Even though he knew that little guy was quite the ladies' man and had two girlfriends, it was still better than his granddaughter having some kind of special hobby!

If it's really as they suspect, then this old man will have completely lost face!

(End of this chapter)