"Wow, the smell of that man's pill can even be smelled right away."
"Yes! The pill smells really great."
"It looks like he will win the competition this time!"
"That's for sure, just look at the competitors, they're even just starting to make their pills."
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"Do you understand now, Old Man Dugu?" Fan Youling asked with a sneer. "As long as there is Xia Tian, let alone your granddaughter, even Yan Jin and Meng Yao will not be a match for him."
Dugu Zhong could only grumble in annoyance in his heart because the facts were already in front of his eyes. He also realized that his granddaughter's abilities still weren't up to Xia Tian's, even without using a real furnace, but he could refine his pills very quickly.
On the other hand, Meng Yao didn't say anything, and her eyes were fixed on the pill in Xia Tian's energy alchemy furnace.
"Oh, Tian has finished his pill." Feng Xian'er said softly.
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After the pill was completely formed, Xia Tian immediately stopped his energy, and instantly his energy furnace disappeared. He then grabbed the pill and brought it to Yan Jin, as he said. "Rank 4: Rejuvenating Pill, Superior Grade!"
Xia Tian's words silenced the competition hall, even all the participants became unfocused with their pills.
Yan Jin then took the pill and examined it, and he could even feel the pill warm, so he couldn't accuse him of cheating.
"This pill is indeed rank 4 and of superior grade!" Yan Jin announced the results of Xia Tian's pill, making the atmosphere even more quiet. "But we still have to wait for the other participants to finish their pills, then I will announce the winner."
"That's fine! I'm not in a hurry either." Xia Tian replied curtly and then returned to his original place.
Some time later, the other participants had finished their pills, and Yan Jin checked their pills one by one.
"Xia Tian - Rank 4 - Superior Grade"
"Dugu Yan - Rank 4 - High Grade"
"Yan Ning - Rank 4 - High Grade"
"Lan Yin - Rank 4 - Medium Grade"
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"Meng Hao - Failed"
Yan Jin announced the results of the pills concocted by the participants, and he immediately announced the winner. "With this, this time's alchemy competition has ended, and the winner is Xia Tian! The second place goes to Dugu Yan and Yan Ning, and the third place goes to Lan Yin."
After everything was done, Yan Jin gave Xia Tian the competition reward.
'It's truly a low-grade crimson fire soul, huh?' Xia Tian inwardly muttered and immediately stored it in his inventory.
The forging competition also ended, and Xia Tian also came out victorious. But the rewards from the forging competition didn't mean much to him; they were only a few ordinary forging materials, and the forging equipment was far below his Ancient Golden Hammer and Ancient Golden Anvil.
After that, Xia Tian sent his clone into the ancient sacred realm again, and he left the alchemist guild together with Feng Xian'er.
"So what's your plan now?" Feng Xian'er asked as they walked away from the Alchemist Guild.
Xia Tian thought for a moment. "I want to go back home first, because the crimson fire soul must be absorbed immediately, and I want my mother to absorb it."
"Your mother? Why don't you use it yourself?" Feng Xian'er asked in confusion.
Xia Tian smiled and answered her. "The fire soul is nothing to me, and my golden fire is even higher than it."
"I see," Feng Xian'er then said again. "Anyway, Elder Fan has returned to her sect in a hurry, originally she wanted to meet you, but she was called back by Sect Master Ye."
"Oh? Youling is also present in this competition?"
"Yes! Sect Master Mei said that she would meet you at the sect in two days."
"Mei Yun?" Feng Xian'er nodded. "Sigh, what does that woman want from me?"
"I do not know about that." Feng Xian'er then looked at Xia Tian. "But I'm quite curious—how did you get close to Elder Fan and Sect Master Mei?"
"Youling is an elf, and the elf queen Fan Jing is one of my women." Feng Xian'er's eyes widened upon hearing that. "As for Mei Yun, I first met her at Yuhe's coronation as an Empress, and I gave her a technique that suited her."
Feng Xian'er took a deep breath. "I don't understand your love affair anymore, even the Elf Queen is also your woman."
"Hmm? Are you jealous, Xian'er?" Xia Tian teased her.
Feng Xian'er shook her head. "Why would I be jealous? After all, all of your women are good women, and they all have great relationships."
Xia Tian then took Feng Xian'er's hand. "I met Jing'er when she was five years old, and at that time the Nature Elven Realm was facing a great calamity. In the end, I saved her realm, and since then she and Fan Ying have been very close to me. Even when I married Lifen, they also became close to her, but I never thought that she would fall in love with me. Even when Lifen died, she always came to earth to accompany me for many years. However, I always chased her away, but her feelings for me have never changed, and she even chose to live in solitude for a hundred years after I died."
"Eh?" Feng Xian'er was truly surprised to hear that; she could feel that Fan Jing truly loved him with all his heart and soul. "Then since when did she become your woman?"
"Ever since she found me in this Seven Star World, I decided to accept her as my woman." Xia Tian replied with a chuckle.
Alice suddenly warned him. [Hey, master, there are several people following you.]
'Hmm? I expected that.' Xia Tian then spread his senses and shook his head. 'Dugu Zhong, Dugu Yan, and Meng Hao, huh?'
[But it seems they are not in the same group, master.]
"Xian'er, we should welcome some people." Feng Xian'er turned to Xia Tian in confusion, and he told her. "Dugu Zhong and Dugu Yan are following us. Apart from them, Meng Hao is also following us, and he seems to want to find trouble with me."
Xia Tian and Feng Xian'er walked slowly and led them towards an empty place, and after arriving at an empty place, they stopped to wait for those people to appear.
"Do you still not want to go out, Dugu Zhong?" Xia Tian coldly asked.
Dugu Zhong, who was not far from them, was dumbfounded by his question. He didn't expect Xia Tian to know that he was following them from the start, and he even lured them away to an empty lot. He sighed heavily and then came out of hiding with his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.
"What do you mean by this, Dugu Zhong?" Feng Xian'er asked with a frown after seeing the two of them.
Dugu Zhong frowned at Feng Xian'er's manner. "I didn't mean anything. I just wanted to offer to buy that Crimson Fire Soul-"
"I won't sell it to anyone." Xia Tian rejected him directly.
"I can pay whatever-"
"I'm not interested in whatever you will offer me, so it's best if you don't follow us anymore." The Crimson Fire Soul was one of those rare items, and Xia Tian naturally didn't want to sell it for anything. After all, he also needed it to help Liu Ying improve her alchemy quality. "If you're still following us, then don't blame me for being rude to you."
"You-!"
Dugu Zhong wanted to shout at Xia Tian, but Dugu Yan immediately stopped him. "Stop it, grandpa! Since he didn't sell it to us, then you don't have to force him anymore."
"But it's very important to you, Yan'er."
Dugu Yan sighed softly. "Without the Crimson Fire Soul, I just need to try harder, so you don't have to force him anymore."
"Hey, Dugu Zhong! You have such a beautiful granddaughter, and she is also smarter than you." Xia Tian said it with a chuckle.
Dugu Yan looked at her strangely, even though many men had said that she was beautiful, but she never cared about what they thought of her. But when she heard Xia Tian say that, it made her heart skip a beat, and her face blushed, remembering that he had seen her naked before.
Xia Tian then looked the other way and shouted. "Don't you want to go out, Meng Hao?"
Dugu Zhong, Feng Xian'er, and Dugu Yan then turned their heads in the direction of his gaze.
Before long, Meng Hao and several old men came out of their place, and he sneered at him. "Tsk! Since you humiliated me in the alchemy competition, so I will avenge what you did to me."
Seeing them, Dugu Zhong then pulled his granddaughter away. "Let's get out of here."
"But grandpa-"
"We don't need to meddle in their affairs." Dugu Zhong said sternly. He himself had other goals.
Xia Tian just shook his head while watching the two of them leave, and he asked. "Who are they, Xian'er?"
Feng Xian'er sighed softly and then replied to him. "They are the elders of the Meng family."
Xia Tian nodded in understanding. "The Meng family, huh? Since you guys are trying to gang up on me, then I won't mind killing you guys."
- To Be Continued -
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