Battle Through the Heavens: I'm Just an Alchemist

Chapter 43 The Bet

"Master, please forgive my embarrassment." After calming down, Zi Nu wiped Nangong Wuxin's clothes, which were soaked with her tears, with embarrassment.

Nangong Wuxin grasped Zi Nu's hand and gently said, "If you have any grievances in your heart, Zi Nu, just tell me, okay?"

"Master, I feel honored that you treat me like family."

"Ah Zi, you should be punished. It took you so long to understand my personality."

Nangong Wuxin chuckled and pinched Zi Nu's cheek, then flicked her forehead.

Covering her forehead, Zi Nu laughed instead.

A flash of white light, and dozens of high-quality medicinal herbs appeared on the table.

"Master, of the medicinal herbs collected by the association recently, I've kept some of the best quality and rarest ones, and disposed of the rest."

"Yes, I trust Azi to do things."

Nangong Wuxin inspected the herbs and put them away.

Zi Nu smiled and followed Nangong Wuxin to the window, where she sat down, drinking tea and gazing at the scenery outside.

The peaceful and tranquil academy, the carefree life, and the fact that this strong and tall figure could solve all her problems—what more could she possibly want?

"Whoa! We're about to crash!"

"I won't crash, how about that, pretty awesome, right!"

"It's alright. I'll definitely be better than you when I can fly."

"Alright, then let's wait until you break through to the Dou Wang realm, and then we'll have a competition."

"Then let's have a competition... Master, when did you come back? I missed you so much!"

Yan Lingji hugged Nangong Wuxin from behind, rubbing her face against his like a restless kitten.

As soon as Zi Yan entered the room, she saw Nangong Wuxin and subconsciously slowed her pace.

Nangong Wuxin found the girl's reserved demeanor amusing and asked with a smile, "You two, you were just saying you wanted to have a race to see who can fly the fastest, right?"

"Yes, yes, once I break through to the Dou Wang level, I'll definitely have a competition with Zi Yan to see who can break through faster."

"Then, could we add a few more people to this competition?" Nangong Wuxin was somewhat tempted. Wouldn't it be interesting to hold a flying competition?

Flying freely in the sky and racing sounds like a lot of fun!

"Oh? You like competitions too? I thought you shared the same hobby as the old man."

Zi Yan stared wide-eyed in surprise and made no attempt to hide her preconceived notions about Nangong Wuxin.

Nangong Wuxin's lips twitched, and he pointed to his youthful face: "First of all, I want to emphasize that I'm only eighteen years old. Also, I'm just a bit more mature, but my hobbies are similar to those of other young people. Finally, don't run away from the Strong Ranking Competition in half a month, I'm going to give you a good beating, and Ziyan, don't cry then."

"Are you challenging Queen Ziyan to a duel? Fine, I accept! But you're not allowed to collude with the old man, or I won't let you off easy!" Ziyan chuckled, brandishing her little fists at Nangong Wuxin in a show of defiance.

"I won't collude with the elders behind the scenes; we'll just have to use our own methods when the time comes."

"Even if you lose, you can't take revenge."

Zi Yan remembered her Transformation Pill and quickly added.

"Do you think I'm like you, Queen Ziyan?" Nangong Wuxin rolled her eyes. This girl must be used to being shameless, that's why she thinks this way about others.

"Hehe, I'm just concerned about you~" Zi Yan scratched her head, a little embarrassed.

It's all the old man's fault; he always uses his status to suppress her, the Great Queen Ziyan.

"Shall we raise the stakes?" Zi Yan's eyes lit up as she remembered that Nangong Wuxin was a sixth-grade alchemist, absolutely rolling in money!

"Oh? What do you want to bet on?" Nangong Wuxin looked at the little girl with a smile, and her little thoughts were obvious from her face.

"How are the pills? Hehe..." Zi Yan blurted out her purpose, feeling a little embarrassed.

"Alright, if you win, this bottle of Grade 5 Qi Cultivation Pills is yours. If you lose, you'll have to call me Big Brother from now on, how about that?"

Nangong Wuxin took out a jade bottle, and the pills inside made a soft sound.

Upon hearing Nangong Wuxin's terms for the bet, Ziyan thought about it carefully.

"It's a deal, anyone who goes back on their word is a little dog!"

It's a deal.

In the following days, Nangong Wuxin relaxed his cultivation intensity somewhat. He continued to cultivate in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower during the day, leaving at sunset to return and continue refining the pills he hadn't yet made, thus increasing his stats.

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On the one hand, the Battle King realm is a hurdle. Even with the aid of pills, it is difficult to break through in less than a year of secluded cultivation in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.

On the other hand, Nangong Wuxin thought of a problem: as he breaks through to a higher realm, will the three-dimensional attributes he gains from the breakthrough directly double?

For example, breaking through to the Dou Wang level would directly increase the three-dimensional attributes tenfold, Dou Huang would increase them a hundredfold, and Dou Zong would increase them ten thousandfold...

It might not be that exaggerated, but it's still very possible.

In this situation, it seems better to add all the attribute points as early as possible. After various doubling effects, one point in the later stages may mean tens of thousands of points.

Although I won't deliberately suppress the speed of my realm breakthrough for this reason, I should still refine the fifth-grade and lower-grade pill formulas that I can currently refine as soon as possible.

I must say it again: the alchemy department has a really rich collection of pill formulas, including all sorts of unconventional ones, and the medicinal materials required are also very diverse, which has greatly deepened Nangong Wuxin's knowledge.

On the morning before the Strong Ranking Competition, Nangong Wuxin stopped cultivating. This was because the competition required participants to be listed on the Strong Ranking.

Nangong Wuxin was not yet ranked on the leaderboard, so he needed to obtain the qualification to participate first.

However, it won't be too troublesome. There are quite a few people on the top leaderboard in the arena now, and many who had been holding back before are now showing their strength.

With a simple victory over a five-star Dou Ling, Nangong Wuxin replaced the opponent's 45th place ranking and also secured a spot in the Strong Ranking Tournament.

"Nangong Wuxin, ranked forty-fifth on the ranking list... Student Wuxin, are you also participating in this ranking competition?"

Elder Qin Xuan, who was recording the rankings on the leaderboard, was stunned for a moment. He looked at the eighteen-year-old sixth-grade alchemist with some surprise.

"Yes, Elder. After all, I am now an inner court student. I can't miss such a good opportunity to spar in the Strong Ranking Competition."

"Good, good, good, this ranking competition is getting more and more interesting. No wonder those old guys all said they wanted to come..."

Qin Xuan smiled and nodded, understanding what the little guy meant.

(End of this chapter)