Son-in-law Heaven Emperor Xiao Yi

Chapter 185 I'll Give it a Try!

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Long since his last visit to this place, Xiao Yi couldn't help feeling somewhat wistful.

Back when he was in Nanhuang City, he had started his road to fortune at Treasure Pavilion; only, with the increase in his strength and status, coupled with the recent frequent battles surrounding Tianqing Kingdom on all sides, Xiao Yi's connection with Treasure Pavilion had grown much fainter.

Stepping through the entrance.

A servant smiled and approached, "May I help you with anything?"

Xiao Yi said, "Please let Elder Yan know that an old friend from Nanhuang is here to visit!"

"Of course, please wait a moment!"

The messenger left at once.

After a short while...

Elder Yan Mingli rushed out in a flurry, his hair unkempt and his face covered in grime, his clothes torn and tattered as though he had been smoked by fire.

On his charcoal-black face, two eyes shone with unmatched brightness. From a great distance, he caught sight of Xiao Yi and hurried over, "Xiao, what wind has blown you here!"

Xiao Yi looked at Yan Mingli quizzically, "What happened to you, Elder Yan?"

"Let's not talk about it. Elder Chen is refining a pill and I got like this while assisting him!"

Yan Mingli wiped his face, chuckled, and said, "Xiao, it's rare for you to visit Treasure Pavilion; come and sit with me in the back hall. Elder Chen should be done soon. He's been talking about you ever since you last left!"

Xiao Yi smiled, just about to reply, when suddenly his brows knitted, "Elder Yan, better take me to where Elder Chen is refining pills first!"

"Eh? Xiao, you're interested in alchemy as well?" Yan Mingli was surprised.

Xiao Yi shook his head, "If we don't go now, I'm afraid Elder Chen's batch of pills will be ruined!"

"Eh?"

Yan Mingli's face showed utter astonishment.

He was well aware of Elder Chen's alchemy skills—he was the only one in the entire Tianqing Kingdom who had reached the stellar level as an Alchemist. Within Tianqing Kingdom, if anyone talked about alchemy, Elder Chen was the one to beat.

He had been refining this batch for seven days and nights, about to succeed!

How could it possibly fail?

But...

Yan Mingli knew very well the kind of person Xiao Yi was; he wouldn't speak without cause. He immediately said, "Let's go, I'll take you there now!"

The two arrived at the back yard's alchemy room.

This alchemy room was connected directly to the earth's fire, and from afar, one could feel the temperature rising.

"Congratulations to Master, cheers to Master, once this Second-layer XuanYang Elixir is completed, Master will become a two-star Alchemist!" A sycophantic voice came from inside the alchemy room.

Laughter from Chen Fu also followed, "Haha, Chen Yu, this time I owe it to your and Elder Yan's assistance. Once your master becomes a two-star Alchemist, there will be great rewards!"

"Thank you, Master!"

Chen Yu's face was beaming with joy when suddenly his eyes shifted and he spotted Elder Yan and Xiao Yi hurriedly entering through the door. His brows furrowed and he said displeasedly, "Elder Yan, the alchemy room is a restricted area, no outsiders allowed. How could you just bring someone in?"

Yan Mingli had no time to explain and instead turned to Chen Fu, "Elder Chen, stop quickly, there's a problem with this batch of pills!"

"Hmm?"

Chen Fu was taken aback, "A problem? What kind of problem?"

Yan Mingli was at a loss for words; he didn't know what the problem was, so he looked to Xiao Yi, "Xiao, you see..."

Xiao Yi gestured politely to Chen Fu, about to speak, when Chen Yu beside him interrupted with a sneer, "Elder Yan, bringing some green kid here and daring to instruct my master in alchemy? Aren't you looking down on my master a bit too much? Who doesn't know in the vast Tianqing Kingdom that my master is the number one in the field of alchemy?"

Chen Fu was certainly aware of Xiao Yi's identity, but he also knew Xiao Yi for his martial talent.

In his view, no matter how talented Xiao Yi was, he couldn't possibly be well-versed in both martial arts and alchemy at such a young age.

Moreover, his confidence soared as he watched his batch of pills nearing completion, further buoyed by Chen Yu's flattering praise just now. And here was Xiao Yi claiming his batch of pills was about to be ruined.

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How could he accept that?

Chen Fu also said with an unpleasant face, "Xiao, this batch of elixir will be ready soon. Please wait in the back hall for a while!"

Elder Yan's face showed an anxious look, "Elder Chen, Xiao said there's a problem with this batch of elixir, you..."

"Enough!"

Chen Yu said angrily, "Elder Yan, you know how much our master has put into this batch of elixir. At such a critical moment, you don't help, and now you even want to disturb our master's mind? What are you really thinking? Could it be that you don't want to see our master become a two-star alchemist?"

"I..."

Yan Mingli's face went from pale to flushed, he opened his mouth to argue but was stopped by Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi smiled, "Since they don't want to listen, let's just watch from the side!"

Yan Mingli hesitated for a moment, and seeing that Xiao Yi had already taken a stance of watching indifferently, he could only sigh and stand aside.

Chen Fu watched the pill furnace intently, his face expressionless.

Chen Yu's face was laced with mockery, "Still thinking about instructing our master? You really don't know how high the sky is... This kid is not even twenty years old. If he can point out where our master went wrong in alchemy, I'm willing to take my head off and use it as your night pot. Really don't know the immensity of heaven and earth..."

However...

His words had just ended.

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Suddenly, the pill furnace trembled violently.

Boom!

With a loud noise, the earth fire splattered around, and a column of fire shot into the sky, actually bursting through the roof of the alchemy room.

Bang!

The whole roof was blown off, and the fire column, dozens of meters high, completely enveloped the entire pill furnace.

The scorching heat forced Chen Fu and his disciple to retreat.

"What, what's happening?" Chen Yu's eyes bulged, his legs softened with fright.

If it weren't for Chen Fu pulling him away just in time, that column of fire could have incinerated him to ashes!

Chen Fu was also at a loss, seeing the flames wrapping the pill furnace and faint cracks emerging, his face showed a look of despair, "Why is this happening? It was about to be a success, I was about to step into the level of a second-layer alchemist, why did it turn out like this? Why..."

"Master, what, what exactly happened?" Chen Yu was completely bewildered.

Chen Fu was covered in cold sweat, his face the picture of despair, "The earth fire has lost control. If this continues, the furnace will explode..."

"What? Explode?"

Chen Yu's face turned deathly pale, his head buzzing, his mind went blank, then he suddenly looked viciously at Xiao Yi, "It's all your fault... you're the jinx. If you hadn't mentioned an explosion, how could it have come to this?"

Xiao Yi: "..."

Yan Mingli glared at Chen Yu, "Nonsense! Xiao had warned you earlier, but you refused to listen to his explanation, and now you're blaming it on him?"

"I, I..."

Chen Yu was at a loss for words, his face burning with shame.

It was him who had just rebuked Xiao Yi for knowing nothing and yelling nonsense.

He hadn't expected to be proven right by Xiao Yi!

Chen Fu laughed bitterly in despair, "Forget it, forget it... It seems that fate has decreed I won't become a second-layer alchemist... Let's leave this place quickly. Chen Yu, immediately have everyone evacuate from the Treasure Pavilion. Should the furnace explode, the consequences are unthinkable..."

"Yes!"

Chen Yu nodded hurriedly.

But just then...

Xiao Yi's voice, leisurely, rose, "Let me give it a try!"