Chapter 30: Chapter 30: The Alchemy King’s Shock
"Not good!"
The black-robed elder’s face drastically changed upon sensing the terrifying power of Ji Chen’s sword, clearly beyond his expectations.
"Swish!"
Without hesitation, he retreated at once, trying to avoid the strike of the sword.
"Buzz!"
However, it seemed as if the sword had completely locked onto him, and during its swing, the speed increased significantly.
Ultimately, without any unexpected events, the sword’s light descended, slicing through the black-robed elder’s body.
"Bang!"
The exploding sound resonated, entering the ears, and the black-robed elder was instantly cut down into a mist of blood by Ji Chen’s sword, without even a chance to let out a scream, his body and soul destroyed here.
"Whew!"
Watching the scene before him, Ji Chen let out a long breath.
The enhancement in cultivation brought by the Cloud-Breaking Pill was clearly beyond his expectations.
Strictly speaking, that sword wasn’t even executed with his full strength, as it was merely an ordinary strike, without even employing the Phantom Sword Technique.
This demonstrated that if he truly unleashed his full power, even facing a Spirit Transformation Realm First Layer expert, he might have the strength for a fight.
However, this was contingent upon having the Cloud-Breaking Pill!
Once everything returned to calm, Ji Chen put away the Cyan Emperor Sword, glanced around to ensure that no one had witnessed what had transpired, and then he left the place in large strides.
...
Soon, night fell.
In a corner of Celestial Essence City, Nie Yuan and Lu Ren were waiting anxiously.
Unable to see the black-robed elder return, Nie Yuan couldn’t help but frown and speak, "Why hasn’t Elder Liu come back? He was sent to kill Ji Chen, could he have gotten lost?"
"Young Sect Leader, please be patient. I’ve already sent someone out to search." Lu Ren spoke.
Strangely enough, a living person seemed to vanish into thin air. Before this, they had sent people out searching several times, yet Elder Liu seemed to have disappeared off the face of the earth, nowhere to be found.
"Buzz..."
As the two were silent, suddenly a light flashed over, appearing in front of Nie Yuan in the blink of an eye.
"Is it our Celestial Profound Sect’s special message?" Nie Yuan was startled and then reached out, grabbing the message bird formed of spiritual power.
"Young Sect Leader, did something happen?" Lu Ren couldn’t contain his curiosity.
Special transmissions like this generally did not occur unless something big happened.
Nie Yuan was receiving the message from the bird, and his expression turned from initial calm to increasingly dark and unsightly.
"My father wrote, saying Elder Liu’s Life Scroll within the sect suddenly shattered, fearing something happened to me as well, he wrote immediately to confirm my situation." Nie Yuan spoke.
"Elder Liu’s Life Scroll shattered?" Upon hearing this, Lu Ren’s expression immediately changed.
This meant that Elder Liu was dead.
How is that possible?
What exactly happened?
It was merely to kill Ji Chen, how could that playboy have the ability to kill Elder Liu?
To know, Elder Liu had the cultivation of Vein Condensation Realm Eighth Layer, not someone Ji Chen, such a playboy, could handle.
"Elder Liu’s prolonged absence, didn’t expect it ended in an accident. Who exactly killed him?" Nie Yuan furrowed his brows tightly.
He didn’t believe Ji Chen was capable because it was nearly an impossible feat.
After all, even with his full effort now, Nie Yuan wasn’t confident in defeating Elder Liu, let alone killing him.
And Ji Chen, a notorious playboy, was even less likely able to do this.
Thus, in Nie Yuan’s view, Elder Liu’s death must have been the work of someone else!
"Shouldn’t we first reply to the Sect Leader and have him send some experts to thoroughly investigate?" Lu Ren suggested.
Hearing this, Nie Yuan nodded, realizing that was their only course of action for now.
...
Inside the Anomaly Pavilion, Ji Chen had long returned here.
He sat cross-legged in his room, cultivating through the Supreme Scripture.
With the aid of Spirit Stones and Qi Gathering Pills, Ji Chen’s cultivation was advancing significantly.
By now, he could gradually sense that soon, he should be able to try breaking through to Vein Condensation Realm Fourth Layer.
He was immersed in a state of cultivation, evidently unaware of the conversation between Nie Yuan and Lu Ren.
Meanwhile, in another part of the Anomaly Pavilion.
Alchemical King Zhuang Miao was sitting cross-legged in front of an alchemy furnace.
Inside the furnace, vigorous pill fire was refining some medicinal ingredients, and as time passed, a medicinal fragrance gradually filled the entire room.
Zhuang Miao sat silently, his expression becoming more and more vibrant.
"Buzz..."
Who knows how long passed, but finally, the pill fire gradually extinguished, and a batch of elixirs was taken out by Zhuang Miao, numbering more than a dozen.
He looked at the elixirs in his hand with a slightly dazed expression, muttering only after a long time, "I actually succeeded in refining them..."
These elixirs, called Qi Refining Pills, were merely the most common First Grade elixirs.
Yet, during this refining attempt, Zhuang Miao didn’t follow the pill formula instructions completely, but added an extra herb.
Hidden Spirit Grass!
This was precisely the herb discussed during the day when he tested Ji Chen.
Initially, Zhuang Miao thought Ji Chen’s words were absurd, but upon serious reflection, he found a certain logic in them.
Hence, he decided to personally try refining them this time.
What Zhuang Miao couldn’t expect was that after adding the Hidden Spirit Grass, the Qi Refining Pill was still successfully refined.
Moreover, with his expertise, he could naturally see that these Qi Refining Pills were several times more effective in color and other aspects compared to those available on the market!
He was instantly amazed, realizing only now the gravity of the situation.
His subconscious was telling him that behind Ji Chen lay some unknown secret.
Immediately, he sent messages to summon Li Huayuan and Qin Lan.
When the two of them met, they were clearly puzzled.
But upon learning that Zhuang Miao, following Ji Chen’s suggestion, added Hidden Spirit Grass and successfully refined more effective Qi Refining Pills, they couldn’t help but be astonished.
"There’s indeed a hidden master guiding the Young Sect Leader, but unfortunately, we’ve not seen this master." Li Huayuan commented, clearly cautious to disclose too much without Ji Chen’s consent.
Hearing this, Zhuang Miao couldn’t help but become curious, "I didn’t expect there to be such a recluse alchemy master within Chu Kingdom, that little fellow named Ji Chen..."
"It seems Lingyun Sect is bound to rise once more."