You were put to guard a shabby mountain gate, yet all your disciples became Immortal Emperors.

The entrance to Xiaoqiong Mountain.

Elder Yun Qinghe of Danxiao Peak was looking at Xiao Fan, who was walking over leisurely, with a dark face.

Behind him stood an arrogant young disciple, Chen Xuan, the chief disciple of Danxiao Peak.

"Xiao Fan! You've finally come out!"

Upon seeing Xiao Fan, Chen Xuan couldn't help but sneer.

"I thought you were too scared to show your face!"

Xiao Fan ignored him completely, and simply cupped his hands in greeting to Yun Qinghe, who was at the head of the group.

"Elder Yun, what brings so many people to block the entrance of my Little Qiong Mountain?"

The moment Yun Qinghe saw Xiao Fan's face, he was reminded of the blue flame from the competition, and his heart clenched.

Strange Fire!

That's a legendary supreme treasure of alchemists!

The entire Danxiao Peak went crazy after hearing the news!

He suppressed his excitement and adopted the air of a senior expert.

"Xiao Fan, I have come here to offer you an immense opportunity."

"You possess a unique fire, yet you remain confined to this dilapidated Little Qiong Mountain; it's a waste of your talent!"

"As long as you are willing to become my disciple, I guarantee you will become a personal disciple of my Danxiao Peak, and you will have complete access to all the resources of the entire Danxiao Peak!"

Poaching talent?

They've dug right up to my Little Qiongshan Mountain?

Before Xiao Fan could speak, Lin Zhou's lazy voice came from the mountaintop.

"Old Yun, that's not fair of you. You're poaching my talent right in front of me. Do you think my Little Qiongshan has no one left to rely on?"

Yun Qinghe's face stiffened.

He then remembered that Xiao Qiongshan was no longer the pushover he used to be.

On this mountain sits a god of death who can sever the arm of a Nascent Soul elder with a single sword strike!

"Junior Brother Lin...it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

Yun Qinghe quickly put on a smiling face, "I'm just eager to nurture talent, so eager to nurture talent!"

"Alright, enough with the nonsense."

Linzhou's voice came again.

"Want to poach my apprentice? Fine, show me some real skills. If you win, my apprentice will go with you. If you lose, well, you'll see."

Upon hearing this, Yun Qinghe immediately felt more confident.

Comparing alchemy?

How could a dignified elder of Danxiao Peak possibly lose to a mere brat?

"Okay! It's a deal!"

His chief disciple, Chen Xuan, immediately stepped forward, his face full of arrogance.

"Xiao Fan, I've heard your fire control skills are quite good. Dare to have a contest with me?"

Xiao Fan's lips curled up slightly, revealing a standard villainous smile that his master had taught him.

"please."

Chen Xuan snorted coldly, stretched out his right hand, and a ball of blazing red flames suddenly burst forth from his palm.

The flames were extremely hot, and the surrounding air was distorted by the heat.

"This is the Crimson Sun True Fire, a secret technique passed down through my Danxiao Peak. In terms of fire control, if I claim to be second, no one dares to claim to be first!"

Chen Xuan said smugly.

Xiao Fan simply looked at him quietly, and then extended his right hand as well.

A small, bluish flame flickered gently at his fingertips, appearing harmless.

"That's it?" Chen Xuan curled his lip in disdain.

The next second, the expression on his face froze.

The cyan flame at Xiao Fan's fingertip seemed to have a life of its own. With a gentle flick, it transformed into a streak of light and rushed directly toward his Crimson Sun True Fire!

It's like a cat seeing a mouse!

Chen Xuan's Crimson Sun True Fire couldn't even put up a fight before it was instantly devoured by the blue flame, leaving not a single spark.

"puff!"

Chen Xuan felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow, and he spat out a mouthful of blood, his face filled with disbelief.

"My fire...where's my fire?"

The entire room fell silent.

The disciples of Danxiao Peak almost popped their eyes out.

Ye Ge, who was in the pit, silently raised the danger level of his senior brother by ten levels.

This senior brother... is a top-tier master who pretends to be weak while actually being strong!

I need to stay away from him from now on!

Yun Qinghe's expression also turned extremely ugly.

He personally took the initiative, took out a jade box from his storage bag, opened it, and inside lay a charred, blackened, and strangely smelly waste pill.

"Hmph! Fire control is just a minor skill! A true alchemist relies on keen eyesight!"

Yun Qinghe held up the discarded pill and looked at Xiao Fan with a troublesome expression.

"If you can explain why this pill failed to be refined, I'll consider you the winner of this round!"

This is a failed third-grade pill. Its pharmacological changes are extremely complex. Even an old alchemist who has been immersed in the Dao of Alchemy for decades may not be able to see through it at a glance.

He refused to believe that this young punk could understand!

However, Xiao Fan only glanced at it, and the vast amount of alchemy experience his master had instilled in him instantly began to operate in his mind.

He spoke calmly.

"The heat was applied for three breaths, and one of the ingredients, the purple monkey flower, was less than a hundred years old, so its medicinal properties were impure, leading to a conflict of medicinal effects."

Xiao Fan paused for a moment, then concluded.

"Rubbish."

Yun Qinghe's eyes widened instantly!

All correct!

What this kid said was exactly the same as what he had reviewed!

How could he possibly know?!

"You...you're talking nonsense!" Yun Qinghe exclaimed angrily.

"Anyone can talk the talk! If you're so capable, let's have a contest of alchemy!"

"Yes, that's possible."

Linzhou's voice drifted down from the mountaintop again, carrying a hint of a shrewd businessman's tone.

"You'll have to pay more."

"My apprentice's time is very valuable, so his appearance fee can't be low."

"How about this, if you lose, you leave behind the materials for ten Foundation Establishment Pills, okay?"

Ten portions?!

Yun Qinghe almost choked.

That's the material for ten Foundation Establishment Pills!

The entire Danxiao Peak doesn't produce this much in a month!

"Let's gamble!"

But now that things had come to this, he was in a bind and had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree.

Soon, two alchemy furnaces were placed at the mountain gate.

Yun Qinghe took a deep breath, summoned his alchemy furnace, and skillfully ignited the earth fire to begin refining his most proficient fourth-grade pill—the Heart-Clearing Pill.

Meanwhile, Xiao Fan calmly took out his broken alchemy furnace, flicked his finger, and the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame instantly surged into it.

His movements were fluid and graceful, each step so precise it was as if measured with a ruler.

Half an hour later.

Yun Qinghe was covered in sweat; the crucial moment for condensing the core had finally arrived.

"open!"

He shouted loudly, and the lid of the alchemy furnace shot into the sky, from which three round pills flew out, emitting a faint medicinal fragrance.

The fourth-grade elixir is complete!

A smug smile appeared on Yun Qinghe's face.

However, his smile froze on his face before it lasted for three seconds.

Over there, a small patch of colorful clouds had somehow gathered above Xiao Fan's alchemy furnace!

"Dan...Dan Yun?!"

Yun Qinghe screamed, his eyes almost bulging out!

Refining a third-grade elixir has attracted a cloud of elixir clouds?!

Is this something a human being could do?!

"rise."

Xiao Fan gave a soft shout.

The lid of the alchemy furnace flew off with a thud, and a Yuan-Nourishing Pill, entirely emerald green and even bearing several strange patterns, floated in mid-air.

The rich medicinal fragrance instantly overwhelmed the aroma of Yun Qinghe's three Qingxin Pills!

Quality, it's a complete blowout!