They were both first disciples of the seven peaks, but who was stronger?
This was a question that many people took delight in discussing, especially those low-level practitioners and the general public. They especially liked to discuss this topic of who was stronger and who was weaker. But no matter how they discussed it, they couldn't find a positive answer. The seven first disciples took it upon themselves to assist the academician in strengthening the North Style Academy. Why would they bother with something as meaningless as deciding the outcome of a battle? Even if there was some competition between the seven peaks, they were all from the same sect and had the same ultimate goal.
But when they stood on opposite sides, the difference in strength became very important.
Jin Qi had used the concealment pill to hide himself in the dark and hadn't made a move yet. It was obvious that he wasn't completely confident in defeating Chen Chu. He wanted to wait until an opportunity with sufficient certainty. Unfortunately, he couldn't wait any longer because Chen Chu had ruthlessly attacked Li Yaotian.
As for Chen Chu, he wasn't completely confident in defeating a first disciple who wasn't injured or sick. Moreover, winning or losing wasn't his primary concern at this moment. What he was more concerned about was why Jin Qi was here. What did Jin Qi know? Even if he could kill Jin Qi now, would he be able to solve the problem?
To him, winning or losing against Jin Qi would only be meaningful after he had figured out these questions.
Chen Chu took a deep breath and didn't move. Since he had mastered the Profound Insight ability, he was able to gain the initiative after the enemy had struck.
Jin Qi didn't immediately make a move. He took a few steps forward and placed Li Yaotian and Huo Ying within his protection range before looking for an opportunity.
Huo Ying stood diagonally behind Jin Qi. His heavy breathing was very eye-catching in this silent confrontation. He couldn't even control his breathing and had reached his limit. But he didn't retreat. On the contrary, he took a step forward and walked out of Jin Qi's protection to a position where he could fight shoulder to shoulder with him.
The corner of Chen Chu's eye twitched.
Eldest Senior Brother was already at his limit. He couldn't be wrong. Was he trying to expose his weakness?
Without a conclusive judgment, Chen Chu still didn't move. Huo Ying extended his hand towards Jin Qi.
"Give me one," he said to Jin Qi.
"What?" Jin Qi was startled.
"Soul Grain Pill," Huo Ying said.
Soul Grain Pill!
Huo Ying didn't even ask Jin Qi if he had one. Because there was no need. Which digestive system expert of Megrez Peak wouldn't have a Soul Grain Pill prepared at all times? This pill could greatly increase the strength of the person who consumed it, allowing them to gain extremely powerful combat strength in a short period of time. However, once the effects of the Soul Grain Pill wore off, it would definitely weaken. The user will enter a period of weakness. So if one wasn't able to defeat the opponent within the time limit of the medicinal effect, then it would undoubtedly be extremely dangerous. Because of this, even the students of Megrez Peak wouldn't rashly use the Soul Grain Pill, and they only brought it along for emergencies.
But for xiuzhe that did not know how to deal with digestive abilities, the Soul Grain Pill was poison and not medicine. Not only would it not be able to play its role, it would also completely disrupt the cultivator's Spirit Power.
"I refuse." Jin Qi refused without even thinking about it.
"Don't worry. I can handle the Soul Grain Pills. "Huo Ying smiled. Digestive Arcana wasn't his forte, but a powerhouse of his level wouldn't be completely ignorant of other Arcanas. He didn't know how to make the Soul Grain Pill, but Huo Ying was confident that he could make it work.
"I'm not worried about that, but your body can't use the Soul Grain Pill." Jin Qi said solemnly.
"What will happen if I use it?" Huo Ying asked.
"Will die." Jin Qi answered without hesitation. Huo Ying's body was really too weak. Even if he successfully stimulated the effects of the Soul Grain Pill, he would still be weak after his extreme decline. That was death.
"Scared me, I thought something would happen." Huo Ying was still smiling, his eyes filled with the detachment of not caring about life and death. Death, to him, had already become the thing he didn't care about. He was going to die soon anyway!
"No, Shixiong." Jin Qi's expression became even more solemn, "If my guess isn't wrong, Shixiong, you aren't sick, but you were poisoned by someone, and the goal was for this situation today. In order to prevent the Seven Elements Relief Great Order from being activated. So your body might not really be incurable. Maybe we were tricked from the start, and treated in the wrong direction. "
"Oh?" Huo Ying was slightly stunned. As the head disciple of Megrez Peak. Jin Qi was extremely authoritative in terms of treatment and pharmacology. When he said this, there wasn't the slightest bit of perfunctory expression on his face.
"So it's like that." Huo Ying nodded, but the hand he extended towards Jin Qi for the Soul Grain Pill still didn't retract.
"But I still have to do what I have to do." As he spoke, he looked at the unconscious Li Yaotian on the ground, but his gaze was still fixed on Chen Chu.
"As you said. I can't let this guy go. "Huo Ying said. Towards Chen Chu, he already called him "guy", and no longer had any feelings of being from the same sect. Because Jin Qi's words had given him an inspiration. Many pieces of information before and after he fell ill were linked together, and suddenly there was a new and logical explanation.
"Yan Ge, right?" Huo Ying stared at Chen Chu and said.
The second prince of Qingfeng Empire, Yan Ge, was rumored to be the Yan Ge who was exiled to the North Style Academy.
In the end, he entered Alioth Peak, and became the disciple of Alioth Academician Li Yaotian. But under the guidance of this academician who was proficient in customization, he finally trained his skills as a doctor.
Intentionally planted flowers, the flowers don't bloom, but unintentionally planted willows grow. This kind of situation was not new in the world of practitioners. The academician of Alioth Peak was an expert in customization, but not everyone was an expert in customization. The academician of Megrez Peak was an expert in digestion, but not everyone was proficient in digestion.
Yan Ge seemed to be such a special person, at least at that time.
But now?
Now that he thought about it, Yan Ge was originally suited for digestion, right? Choosing Alioth Peak, did he have ulterior motives from the start?
Although Big Dipper was the guardian of Alkaid Peak, forever standing at the frontline of defense. But if he couldn't defeat the highest of the seven peaks, Alioth Peak, he wouldn't be able to defeat the North Style Academy. Alioth Peak's Seven Elements Relief was the true core of the North Style Academy's defense. Yan Ge had been aiming for it from the start.
As for Chen Chu, no one had paid attention to the similarity between him and Yan Ge in the past, but now it seemed so obvious — Academician Yu Heng's first disciple, Chen Chu, was actually most proficient in the Esper ability, not the customization ability, but the perception ability.
Actually, it wasn't unintentional. From the start, the two of them had been aiming for Alioth Peak. Li Yaotian wasn't important, customization ability wasn't important either. Wherever the Seven Elements Relief was, they would choose to infiltrate from.
This infiltration lasted for fourteen years.
Others might have forgotten, but Huo Ying wouldn't. At that time, he was already the first disciple of Alioth Peak. Whether it was Yan Ge or Chen Chu, they were both disciples that left a deep impression on him. He was happy that Alioth Peak had such talented newcomers. At that time, he would never have thought of the intentions of these two newcomers. They had come for the Seven Elements Relief, for the only two who could activate the Seven Elements Relief, Academician Yu Heng and his first disciple.
They patiently hid and trained. They had actually grown together with Alioth Peak, and when the time was right, they secretly revealed their poisonous stingers.
No one had noticed, no one had noticed. They had even seen Chen Chu's betrayal. But before Jin Qi had mentioned this layer of meaning, Huo Ying hadn't thought that this plan would be so far-reaching.
But after exposing it, he recalled everything that had happened before and after he fell ill. Chen Chu and Yan Ge, these two people who were busy taking on all kinds of roles, how many tricks were hidden in their actions that had once moved Huo Ying greatly?
He actually hadn't noticed it all along.
He had actually abandoned Alioth Peak and left just like that.
When he expressed that he was at ease with Chen Chu being the first disciple, and that he was prepared to die freely, he had never thought that the fate of Alioth Peak, and even the entire North Style Academy, would be pushed by him at that moment.
So, I can't let this guy go.
Huo Ying's words weren't just to avenge Li Yaotian, Alioth Peak, and North Style Academy.
He was remorseful. He really hadn't thought it would be like this.
His cowardice had led to the other party's scheme. His departure had surprised many people, but to those two, this was the result that they had calculated, wasn't it?
Tricked? Deceived? Gullible?
Huo Ying didn't want to find any excuses or explanations for himself.
He only knew that if it was Lu Ping, even in that kind of situation, he definitely wouldn't despair, and definitely wouldn't willfully leave.
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