“What’s wrong with this world?”
“How old was Lou Qianxue two years ago? Fifteen? Sixteen? Not only did she cure Master Yan’s illness, which had lasted for decades, but she also taught him and Master Huo in alchemy… She seems out of this world!”
“She’s just too amazing! Master Feng’s nothing in comparison to her.”
When the crowd saw two highly-respected alchemists siding with Lou Qianxue, they could not help but exclaim in awe and respect.
Zhen Guogong was also astonished. He looked at Lou Qianxue in amazement. “I could’ve expected her to have cured both me and Master Yan!”
Everyone was shocked…
On the other hand, Feng Qingyi, who was kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, suddenly jumped up with a sinister expression…
Boom!
He knocked over Master Yan’s pill cauldron, making it explode just like his did.
“Hahahaha!” Feng Qingyi smugly laughed. “Old man! You’re not going to let me off? Hmph, now that your cauldron got blown up too, this duel is a draw. You can’t do anything about me even if you refuse to spare me. The same goes for you, Old Man Huo. If I reject your challenge, what can you do about it?”
Master Yan’s face remained cold as a look of fury crept into his eyes. “Feng Qingyi, you have done such a shameless thing. Do you still want to have a foothold in the Tian Zhao Empire?”
“Humph! Have a foothold here? With a fifth-grade alchemist like you as my enemy, how can I possibly stay in Tian Zhao? Since I’m not welcome here, I’ll leave! I don’t believe that there’s not a place that will turn away a fourth-grade alchemist.”
“Shameless! What a despicable man!”
“How despicable! I actually said that he was the top alchemist in the Imperial City… I take back my words now! He’s truly an insult to the alchemists here!”
“Luckily, Miss Lou and Master Yan are here…”
The crowd scolded Feng Qingyi.
Feng Qingyi’s expression turned grim. He snorted and was about to leave…
When…
Whoosh!
A streak of white light shot out from nowhere.
Feng Qingyi stopped in his tracks and violently trembled. However, he could not utter a single word.
Soon, his body disintegrated in the white light as if he had never existed…
Silence descended into the venue. Everyone fearfully stared at the place where Feng Qingyi had disappeared, unable to return to their senses for a long time.
“This!” Master Yan spun around in shock. He saw the handsome, yet expressionless man standing beside Lou Qianxue. Shock appeared in his eyes.
“This man… Isn’t he the man who appeared at the prefecture competition in Liuyun Prefecture two years ago? So, he really does exist. I wonder if he’s the remnant soul of a previous expert…”
Two years ago, during the Liuyun Prefecture competition, this handsome and mysterious man had suddenly appeared when Lou Qianxue had been on the verge of death. He had destroyed a Mystic Martial realm expert within the blink of an eye!
The technique he used back then was the same as the one he used today.
“You!” Lou Qianxue turned her head and glared at Dan Taiyuan. “I thought I prohibited you from attacking!”
Dan Taiyuan expressionlessly looked at her. “He’s just like an ant. It doesn’t take any effort at all.”
Lou Qianxue stared at his seal marks for a while. After confirming that the seals had not spread, she snorted. “I don’t care. Anyway, you are not allowed to attack the next time! Otherwise, I will be angry!”
The crowd observed the two of them with a curious and strange expression…
“Little girl.” Zhen Guogong did not know whether to laugh or cry. “I invited you here with good intentions, not expecting this to happen at all. I hope you won’t take it to heart.”
Lou Qianxue raised her eyebrows. Suddenly, she shot a sharp gaze in a particular direction and calmly said to Zhen Guogong, “You don’t want me to take it to heart? Sure! But… from now on, I don’t wish to see him again in the Imperial City!”