Pill Hall
Dan Wenshan felt embarrassed, so he glared at Dan Qu. “Once this is over, return to the clan and accept the Inheritance. Even Shangguan Hao has surpassed you.”
While Xing Hao buckled under his clan’s pressure and accepted an Inheritance, Dan Qu wanted to blaze a trail for himself. Needless to say, that would be indescribably difficult. The journey of a martial artist was paved with all sorts of emotions in addition to life and death experiences. Dan Qu trained his gaze on Yang Tian. Yang Tian hopelessly, yet persistently, plodded along. His path was littered with life and death experiences. Though he was lucky, that didn’t guarantee he’d reach the peak.
“In second place: Dan Chen. In third place: Qin Shi!” announced Dan Zong.
Yang Tian was bewildered as his marrow cleansing pill was slightly superior to Dan Chen’s, while Dan Xiaoxiao’s couldn’t have been that bad given that she possessed a divine body.
Qin Shi wasn’t satisfied with third place after ascending to Battle King Realm and growing his divine soul energy.
“There must be lots of people questioning the judging, huh?” commented Dan Zong, looking around with a smile. “There are two pills we cannot decide which is superior. Therefore, Meng Tian and Dan Xiaoxiao have drawn for first place!”
Two first places meant Pill Valley had to give away two rank seven pills. Dan Xiaoxiao was from Pill Valley, so they could easily make a fake… Yang Tian wasn’t convinced the old man would be generous enough to give him a rank seven pill. As for Dan Xiaoxiao’s placing, he didn’t have anything to protest about.
The examiners were Pill Valley’s old adepts, while Yuan Xia was the top authority for the convention. Their own members couldn’t argue with her insistence on giving away two first places.
Tian Xin almost failed to make the top ten. He made a name for himself with his accomplishments, which included not dying from coughing blood, not making up for the embarrassment he brought on himself and being slapped by a girl.
Many people departed once the event ended. The biggest prize wasn’t the pill reward; it was the flame seed inside Fire Domain because one contestant once picked up the trace of Inheritance in addition to a flame seed. Pill Valley also put in place an unwritten rule. Fire Domain was left behind by ancient adepts; it wasn’t their exclusive asset.
There wasn’t just Celestial Flame among the flame seeds. In saying that, winning Celestial Flame’s acknowledgement was next to impossible. While the adepts were no longer around, the flame already developed intelligence. All adepts who tried to take it failed without exception. Some even died inside.
Yang Tian and nine others gathered inside the palace. Curious, Dan Xiaoxiao scanned Yang Tian. Yang Tian touched his nose feeling irate when he noticed the angry elders’ gazes on him.
Dan Zong meandered over and summoned his divine spear. He clicked his spear, summoning a door up ahead. He then nodded and churned up divine soul energy. Once done, he waved his hand. “You will now be going to Pill Valley to collect your prize. This is a void passageway. Let us be on our way.”
Yang Tian wasn’t so surprised when he arrived for the second time. Only Meng Kang couldn’t resist feasting his eyes for curiosity sake. The two grew relatively closer during the time spent together. That being said, Meng Kang refused to admit Yang Tian was superior at first. He quietly whispered, “Meng Tian, this place beats my home.”
“Ignorant dullards. This place is impressive? The energy is awfully weak,” mocked Tian Xin, snorting with a cold gaze on Yang Tian and Meng Kang.
Though Tian Xin spoke in a very soft voice, everybody heard him. Pill Valley’s elders were livid, but they didn’t speak up.
Gaze on Tian Xin, Yang Tian condescendingly snorted. “You want a facial massage or something? I wouldn’t mind helping you.”
“Meng Tian, was it? Just you wait!”
“Don’t think things will be the same later on,” remarked Yang Tian, shrugging whilst watching Tian Xin walk forward. He then narrowed his eyes and smiled. “If the air in here is poor, you can leave by all means. Nobody is asking you to stay. It’s not worth a rank five pill, is it?”
Tian Xin stopped in his tracks before ignoring Yang Tian and continuing forward.
Qin Zuying furtively came over and offered a thumbs up. His presence led to the elders exchanging eye contact. They were particularly vigilant as audacious people had tried to sneak in to try and steal their pills before. Despite none of them succeeding, the pills were damaged.
Pill Valley’s young disciples observed the group. Some girls boldly flirted with the boys. Most of the disciples shot Tian Xin disdainful looks – not that it bothered him. That, however, gave Yang Tian a bad feeling. He was unable to control his temper during the contest, yet could stand the disdainful gazes? It didn’t add up.
The group arrived at a majestic floating palace. The mist inside obstructed their vision. They stopped for a break once they reached a palace. Yang Tian’s gaze stopped on the characters “Pill Hall” above.
Pill Valley didn’t explicitly stipulate what pills they could choose; they were given free choice.
Dan Zong respectfully held his hands in a palm and fist salute facing the door. “The top ten contestants for this Pill Concoction Convention have been decided on. Please open up, Valley Elder.”
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