"Seems like you still know the rules. Of course, it's the Martial Pill Competition!" Jiao Xinglie sneered.
Hearing this, Ling Dong was overjoyed. Wasn't the Martial Arts Pill Competition his goal of inducing, either openly or covertly? Jiao Xinglie finally fell into his trap. Although he was happy, Ling Dong didn't show it on his face. Instead, he continued to speak arrogantly, "Martial Pill Competition it is. Do you think I'm afraid of you?"
"Very well!" Jiao Xinglie gritted his teeth and didn't say another word. His eyes flashed fiercely from time to time.
"Alright, then let's set the time ten days later? After ten days, Principal Jiao's injuries should be healed, right? "Jiao Xinglie's witness, Yuan Chen, spoke.
Without waiting for Jiao Xinglie to speak, Ling Dong spoke first, "Ten days later is too long. I'm very busy! If we can't start the Martial Pill Competition within three days, then Principal Jiao, you should just admit defeat! "
Glancing at Jiao Xinglie, Ling Dong continued, "Principal Jiao, if you think that your injuries will affect the Martial Pill Competition if you can't recover in three days, then this Martial Pill Competition … should be canceled!" Ling Dong deliberately said.
Hearing Ling Dong's words, Jiao Xinglie, who originally wanted to say that his injuries would affect the Martial Pill Competition, became anxious. He was really afraid that Ling Dong would use this as an excuse to not compete with him. Then his revenge would be really difficult.
"Three days it is. Alchemy relies on experience and skill, not battle strength!" Jiao Xinglie hurriedly agreed.
"That's good! After three days, I will come to the Medicine Hall again. At that time, I hope Principal Jiao is still alive! Farewell, Mr. Yuan! "After speaking, Ling Dong turned and left. When he turned around, Ling Dong's mouth was full of smiles.
Ling Dong estimated that Jiao Xinglie's injuries would take at least half a month to recover, and that was under the condition of upper grade healing pills. Three days' time was extremely limited.
Therefore, in the Martial Alchemy Competition three days later, Jiao Xinglie's injuries would affect the Martial Alchemy Competition to a certain extent, but it would be limited. Of course, this was not the reason why Ling Dong had set the time three days later! Instead, he was worried that Jiao Xinglie would use force after losing the alchemy battle!
Only Ling Dong knew that his strength could not be compared to Jiao Xinglie's. It was impossible for him to find another Earth Fiend Lower Grade sword in such a short period of time. Even if he were to spend money to buy it, Ling Dong would need that much money!
In fact, Ling Dong was extremely confident in his alchemy skills. Just like what Jiao Xinglie and the others had thought, alchemy was a skill that required a lot of time. Three hundred years of accumulation and discovery, compared to dozens of years of accumulation, was like the difference between clouds and mud.
An alchemy duel was a way for alchemists to settle their grudges within a special group of alchemists.
Alchemy battles were divided into literary battles and martial battles.
Wen Duels were relatively mild and were often used for sparring, gambling, and so on. Literary Alchemy Duels were relatively simple. Two alchemists would concoct the same type of pill at the same time. The age of the herbs provided and the concocting location were the same.
After the pills were concocted, the alchemists or witnesses would evaluate the quality of the pills. The one with the higher quality pill would win. If the quality of the pills were the same, the one with the shorter time would win, and so on.
Martial Alchemy Duels were more bloody and cruel. Normally, one would not choose martial Alchemy Duels unless there was a deep hatred.
The Martial Alchemy Duels between alchemists were very unique. Normally, the alchemists from both sides would choose at least nine and at most eighteen different types of herbs. Then, they would gather at least eighteen and at most thirty-six different types of herbs.
Then, the alchemists from both sides would randomly choose a combination of these eighteen and at most thirty-six different types of herbs to concoct poison pills.
Yes, during the Alchemy Duels, they would be concocting poison pills that would make any martial artist's face change color upon hearing it. Both sides would choose the herbs to concoct the poison pills at the same time. Then, according to the conditions of the chosen pills, both sides would spend a certain amount of time to concoct the Detoxification Pill according to their own calculations.
After the poison pills and the Detoxification Pill were concocted, both sides would exchange and swallow the poison pills concocted by the other under the supervision of witnesses. Then, the winner would be decided by who would die from the poison first or who would die from the poison.
This was a competition of true ability. It depended on one's familiarity with the medicinal properties of the herbs and one's alchemy experience. Based on the number of herbs used, one could deduce what kind of poison pill the other party had concocted and then concoct the corresponding antidote.
If one's deduction was wrong, there would only be death. Generally speaking, the poison of the poison pill would take effect very quickly. It would not give you enough time to concoct a new Detoxification Pill.
Moreover, during the Martial Alchemy Duels, because of deep hatred, the herbs chosen were extremely poisonous. After the alchemists combined them, it would be even more terrifying.
After taking the poison pill, some people would even dig out their eyes while they were still alive, their whole body would be smashed, or their whole body would turn into pus and they would die. However, the most tragic thing was not death, but being directly poisoned into an idiot, a living dead, and so on.
Therefore, the Martial Alchemy Duels between alchemists were extremely bloody and cruel. Usually, it would end with one party dying. Sometimes, even both parties would die on the spot at the same time. Generally speaking, those who dared to propose a Martial Alchemy Duel were extremely confident in their alchemy skills.
However, because of this, this Martial Alchemy Duel had become the most important way for alchemists to resolve their grudges. Even some big sects would use the Martial Alchemy Duel method when resolving their grudges.
Today, Jiao Xinglie was certain that Ling Dong's experience was not rich enough, so he proposed the Martial Alchemy Duel. After all, Ling Dong's age was there. Even if he started coming into contact with medicinal herbs in his mother's womb, how much could he have achieved in ten years?
However, he would never have thought that Ling Dong was an old monster who had been playing with alchemy for more than three hundred years.
When he bid farewell and left the Alchemist Mansion, Ling Dong carried the corpse of Zhou Jin, who had died by breaking his own heart meridian. Ling Dong admired people like Zhou Jin. As a person who had been in power for close to a hundred years, he still had a special hobby for loyal people.
After leaving the Alchemist Mansion, the other matters were easy to settle. With a large amount of silver, it was easy to bury a person. After spending two hours, Ling Dong had settled Zhou Jin's funeral matters. It could be considered a grand funeral.
After settling Zhou Jin's funeral matters, Ling Dong started to wander around the Flaming Cloud City, looking for any possible weapon refinery shops. He wanted to see if he could get his hands on or find an Earth Fiend Low-Grade Battle Weapon.
To the current Ling Dong, an Earth Fiend Low-Grade Battle Weapon was equivalent to a one-time use Earth Fiend Early-Stage or Middle-Stage expert. It could give him a chance to save his life in front of an Earth Fiend expert.
As for why he was looking for a weapon refinery shop in the Flaming Cloud City, it was mainly because of the powerful Lava Underground Fire. Not only could the Lava Underground Fire be used to refine elixirs, it could also be used to refine mid-grade and high-grade battle weapons. Generally speaking, a city with an Alchemist Mansion would have quite a number of weapon refinery shops.
As Ling Dong expected, he didn't walk for long on the streets of the Flaming Cloud City before encountering three weapon refinery shops. However, what disappointed Ling Dong was that these three weapon refinery shops didn't have any Earth Fiend Low-Grade Battle Weapons. The best was only Middle-Grade Xiantian Battle Weapons. They didn't even have Ling Dong's bottom line — High-Grade Xiantian Battle Weapons.
However, after paying 50 taels of silver, Ling Dong received a piece of news. There was a weapon refinery shop in the northern part of the Flaming Cloud City that was well-known throughout the entire Yaoguang Empire. It was very large, and it was said that the owner behind the scenes was the Yaoguang Empire's famous weapon refinery master, Huo Qianlian.
After receiving this news, Ling Dong gladly headed over. The only thing he was worried about was whether he had enough taels of silver. The prices in Ling Dong's mind were mostly prices two to three hundred years in the future. It didn't match at all.
Due to the Lava Underground Fire, Flaming Cloud City had become more and more prosperous. The city had also expanded time and time again. Ling Dong still spent some time walking to the northern part of the city.
From afar, Ling Dong could already see an eight-meter-tall greenish-gray stone tablet erected in the northern part of the city. In the middle of the stone tablet, there were four one-meter-square golden words engraved on it — Thousand Tempering Machine!
Seeing the signboard of 'Thousand Tempering Tool', Ling Dong gradually recalled some scenes in his mind. He vaguely remembered that this' Thousand Tempering Tool 'would be annexed by a certain influential figure in the Yaoguang Empire in the near future and become their private property.
When he walked closer and saw the four golden words on the signboard, Ling Dong was even more shocked. While the four golden words were written in gold, there was also a very profound defensive formation on it.
Ling Dong estimated that this golden signboard of the Thousand Tempering Tool could not be destroyed by wind, rain, lightning, or fire. Even an ordinary Earth Realm expert would not be able to destroy this golden signboard.
The most brilliant thing was that this golden signboard did not have any places where crystals were embedded to provide energy. Ling Dong estimated that this defensive formation also had an Astral Gathering Formation that actively gathered Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi to provide energy for the formation's operation.
"Young master, are you choosing a weapon or a battle armor? Or a support-type battle weapon? "When Ling Dong came in, a sharp-eyed shopkeeper came forward to greet him.
The Thousand Tempering Tool shop was very large. One wall was hung with battle weapons that had been refined, such as sabers, swords, spears, whips, and so on. The other wall was filled with light leather armor and a few powerful heavy armors with extraordinary defensive capabilities. It could be said that they had everything.
"Swords. Do you have any Earth Fiend Lower Grade swords?" Ling Dong asked.
Ling Dong's words caused the shopkeeper to be slightly surprised, but at the same time, his eyes were filled with joy. To be able to ask about Earth Fiend Lower Grade swords, a big customer had come knocking on his door. "Young master coming to my Thousand Tempering Tool shop to buy swords is really the right choice! In the entire Flaming Cloud City, only my Thousand Tempering Tool shop has Earth Fiend Lower Grade swords. However, even my Thousand Tempering Tool shop only has two! "
"Oh? Only two? What's the price? " Ling Dong casually asked. In fact, Ling Dong felt that it was very likely that he could not afford a Earth Fiend Lower Grade battle weapon. His real target was a Xiantian Upper Grade battle weapon.
"Young master, each of these Earth Fiend Lower Grade battle weapons has a price. However, the lowest price of the two is not lower than 1.5 million gold taels, or 30 high-grade crystals!" The shopkeeper had sharp eyes. When he saw Ling Dong asking for the price before looking at the goods, he understood that Ling Dong was not really buying it!
Upon hearing this, Ling Dong was shocked. This price was really f * * king evil! At the price of 1.5 million gold taels, even if the entire Ling Family were to invest in it, they still wouldn't be able to afford it!
"Excuse me, please excuse me!" Suddenly, a hot aura came out from the shop. The moment Ling Dong turned his head and saw the item, he was stunned!
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PS: Regarding the book review! A few days ago, I mentioned that I will curse after I finish reading it. It was not directed at the brother who posted it normally! It was directed at a fellow who commented on Zhu San's family's ginseng rooster. It was a pity that when he saw that post, Zhu San deleted it. Otherwise, his brothers could have seen this person's face!
In the book review section, normal book reviews were free to come! There was a saying that goes, 'a broad heart grows fat'! Zhu San's three foot one waist waist was still tolerant. He could accept criticism and criticism. Of course, scolding Zhu San was also allowed, except for his family!
If you had any opinions about the book, you could raise them. Zhu San would usually read them every day! However, he was too busy and rarely replied!
Let's not talk about it anymore. At this moment, I still have to pack my luggage and bring my family's Lolita to my wife's school. I really can't do it alone!
I hope that after going to school, things will be better and there will be time to explode!
Uh, it's a small move. Can you give me a settlement fee?
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