Chapter 697

Zhai Yao mentioned his mysterious teacher again, which made Yang Kai extremely curious. He didn’t know what kind of expert this was, but he also knew that if he asked directly, he would probably not get a result.

I have four Unsurpassed Third-Order who can escort me to the Looking Sky Cliff. How about you, Brother Zhai? Yang Kai continued to ask.

“Aogu will probably give me several Unsurpassed Realm experts. I don’t know exactly how many, but as long as we work together, there is a great chance. The initial battle will be between Unsurpassed Realm powerhouses, but once we reach the Looking Sky Cliff, it will be a battle between alchemists. Hehe, alchemists don’t have very strong strength. At that time, the two of us can easily occupy the Thousand-Year Devil Flower.” Zhai Yao said with a sinister smile.

“Well, it’s a deal. When the flower blooms, we will act together.” Yang Kai nodded heavily, put down the medicinal liquid he had condensed, and slowly raised a hand.

Zhai Yao was dumbfounded： “So fast？”

In the short time of speaking, Yang Kai had already condensed all the medicinal materials.

The old men monitoring on the high platform were obviously also taken aback and seemed a little disbelieving.

Before they could come back to their senses, the next moment, Zhai Yao also hurriedly raised his hand, only a little bit behind Yang Kai in time.

Immediately, a Saint-Level Alchemist flew down from the high platform, came to Yang Kai and Zhai Yao, checked those medicinal liquids, and announced their results loudly with a strange expression.

Du Wan, who was sitting upright on the high platform, smiled and stroked his beard, as if he had already expected such a scene, looking calm and very relieved.

Several of his old friends couldn’t sit still anymore. One of the yellow-faced elders said, “Brother Du, where did you find these two little monsters？ The speed at which they refine the medicinal liquid is on a par with ours.”

“Hehe, this is a secret.” Du Wan smiled and shook his head. “You just prepare to be slaughtered.”

The complexions of several elders immediately turned ugly. Only then did they understand that Du Wan clearly had the winning ticket in his hand for a long time. They were still stupidly falling into the trap of others.

But everyone was an old friend for many years. Naturally, they wouldn’t renege on their debts at this time, and the things in the Qiankun bags wouldn’t be transferred either.

On the contrary, the appearance of such two young alchemists with excellent qualifications was something they very much wanted to see. This indicated that the future of this generation was still full of hope.

In the first competition, more than half of the hundreds of people were eliminated. These people, within the specified time, failed to refine all the medicinal materials into medicinal liquid, or when refining, the number of failures was too many.

Mina successfully broke into the second level and was extremely happy.

After the first item was completed, they directly entered the second competition – engraving the spiritual array.

Using the mysterious-grade middle-rank alchemy furnace in the Qiankun bag, engrave the spiritual array mastered by the alchemists themselves in the alchemy furnace. There is no time limit for this competition. The more and more complex the spiritual array that can be engraved in the alchemy furnace, the better the result.

Yang Kai and Zhai Yao easily won the first place.

The third item, the control of the heat.

The fourth item, the configuration of the medicinal materials.

The fifth item, the sixth item…

It was not until the end that the competition of refining pills began.

There was no time to rest at all. In just one day, the alchemy competition completed the entire event, and in the end, only Yang Kai and Zhai Yao were left.

Mina was eliminated in the fourth item and was inevitably a little frustrated. However, it was already very rare for her to persist until this step at her age. After receiving a few compliments from Elder Du, her mood immediately became happy.

Under the eyes of everyone, in the final competition, Zhai Yao actively conceded defeat and did not compare with Yang Kai.

Because he knew that if he was serious, he was not Yang Kai’s opponent. Although the attainments of the two in alchemy were very close, there was still a little gap.

Zhai Yao also didn’t want to expose his and Yang Kai’s true alchemy standards in front of so many people. The previous competitions were just scattered items, and not many problems could be seen. If they really refined pills, some problems would be easily exposed.

The alchemy speed and methods of the two were too unusual.

Those people in the Alchemist Association were also a little astonishment. They don’t expect Zhai Yao to give up such a great opportunity. After noticing his indifferent attitude, they relieved.

“Brother Yang, see you another day. I’ve been out for a day, so I’ll go back first. Otherwise, my teacher will scold me again.” Zhai Yao said and walked towards the direction of the City Lord’s Mansion under the protection of those two Transcendent Realm black-armored warriors.

Liu Fu stepped onto the high platform and announced that the final winner of the competition was Yang Kai, and immediately distributed the rewards promised by the Alchemist General Association on the spot.

A Qiankun bag filled with rare medicinal materials and a saint-level alchemy furnace.

It made countless people envy.

Yang Kai casually threw the saint-level alchemy furnace to Mina, and the little girl was so excited that she almost wanted to kiss Yang Kai twice.

“Young friend Yang, come here.” Du Wan beckoned with a smile in a corner of the high platform.

Yang Kai nodded slightly and walked over.

“Little guy, who is your teacher？”

“Do you want to come to the Alchemist Association of our Sanchuan City？ It is much richer than Jushi City, and there are also many beautiful women.”

“Following Du Wan has no future. This old guy is half buried and will die soon. Come to us.”

As soon as he walked over there, the old men and women beside Du Wan chattered and shouted, all showing eager eyes and looking at Yang Kai.

Yang Kai was shocked. The enthusiasm of these old men and women was too high, almost surrounding him tightly.

“You old things, do you still have any face？” Du Wan shouted. “Do you really think Du is dead？ You actually poach my corner in front of me？ If anyone dares to say another word, Du will fight him to the death！”

“Du Wan, save your strength. You’re an old man. Why are you so excited？ Be careful not to sprain your back.” Someone laughed heartily.

“You’re not young either.” Du Wan snorted.

“Thank you for your kindness, seniors. I appreciate it.” Yang Kai thought for a while and made a circular bow. “However, I have no intention of studying alchemy for a lifetime. Well, I want to explore the extreme of martial arts. Learning alchemy is just to better study martial arts. So, I have to reject your kindness.”

The old men were suddenly dumbfounded, staring at Yang Kai with their mouths wide open. Even Du Wan was stunned.

“You want to study martial arts？ With such good alchemy qualifications, you want to study martial arts？ Young man, do you know what kind of capital you have？”

“Yes, this is too wasteful. If you want to protect someone, you should be more accomplished in alchemy. As long as your alchemist level is improved, there is nothing in the world that you can’t get. Wealth, power, reputation, status, beauty, you can have whatever you want. And you don’t need to do it yourself. Just release a message, and someone will do it for you naturally.”

“There are still many benefits after becoming an alchemy master. You will be treated with courtesy no matter where you go. Even if you go to the Demon Realm and the Monster Realm, those demons and monsters will not attack you. They will only treat you as a distinguished guest.”

A group of old men, one after another, described to Yang Kai the various beauties of the alchemist’s future with great pains, attempting to make him change his mind.

“I just want to reach the peak of martial arts！” Yang Kai said seriously, with a resolute expression on his face and no confusion in his eyes.

Everyone was speechless.

The peak of martial arts, this is indeed something that alchemy cannot achieve.

Feeling Yang Kai’s heart and determination, everyone sighed continuously, thinking that Yang Kai was too wasteful of his talents.

“Du Wan, have time to talk to this young man carefully. He is young and vigorous now, and I’m afraid he can’t see his future clearly.” The old man who warmly invited Yang Kai to Sanchuan City before, leaned into Du Wan’s ear and said softly.

Du Wan nodded slightly： “I’ll talk to him when I have a chance.”

Du Wan obviously also felt that with Yang Kai’s capital to pursue the long and boundless martial arts, it was far less promising than specializing in alchemy.

With a light cough, Du Wan said： “Let’s not talk about this for now. It’s also a good thing that Young Friend Yang has his own goals. Young people, of course, should have pursuits.”

He was afraid that the preaching of these old guys would have the opposite effect, which would not be wonderful, so he quickly changed the topic： “A bet is a bet. Are you all ready？”

When several old men heard this, their faces suddenly became ugly, and they gritted their teeth and stared at Du Wan: “You old fox!”

Although they said so verbally, yet one by one, they all took out their Qiankun Bags and threw them towards Yang Kai.

Yang Kai reached out to catch them, and in an instant, there were four or five Qiankun Bags in his hands.

“Hehe, who made you all so confident？” Du Wan laughed heartily and signaled to Yang Kai, “Little friend, don’t be polite. Take whatever you like. Anyway, the things in their Qiankun Bags weren’t earned by themselves through hard work.”

“Then… this junior won’t be too kind. Yang Kai also grinned and, under the nervous gaze of those old men, released his spiritual consciousness and carefully inspected the Qiankun Bags in his hands.

Just after inspecting the first Qiankun Bag, Yang Kai’s expression changed slightly.

As expected of the Qiankun Bag of a Saint-level alchemist, everything inside was a good item, at least of the lower-grade Spiritual level. Pills, medicinal herbs, cultivation techniques, secret treasures, everything was available, and there were even items of the Saint level.

There were also some strange materials, and he didn’t know what they were used for.

No matter which one it was, it emitted a powerful energy fluctuation.

Yang Kai was dazzled. After confirming that there were no medicinal herbs he urgently needed in this Qiankun Bag, for a while, he was a bit difficult to choose.

“Lad, you should choose quickly. Old man is a bit nervous. You are so slow, and I can’t hold on.” The owner of this Qiankun Bag couldn’t help but urge with a bitter face.

“Old Du, can I only take one thing?” Yang Kai looked at Du Wan with a troubled expression.

“Yes, that’s what my bet with these old friends said.” Du Wan nodded slightly, and suddenly smiled cunningly： “But my old friends should all be extremely generous people, especially they like promising younger disciples. So I think it doesn’t matter if you take a few more things. Isn’t that right, Brother Chang？”

As he spoke, he looked at the owner of the Qiankun bag with a smile on his face.

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