The Steward Demonic Emperor

lame was made from gathered spiritual energy of heaven and earth that over millions of years and had gained spirituality.
The flame was actually alive, a veritable king among flames.

 

The 5th and 6th level beast flames were nothing compared to it.

 

The flame was the body while the wicked face was the spirit of the Bone Soul Truefire.
It not only could refine any kind of ingredient but also amplify their effects and raise the grade of the pill.
It was every alchemist’s dream to have one.

 

Vicious Pill King was the best alchemist in Tianyu for a reason after all.
Now, no matter what secret refining skill Zhuo Fan used it, would be of no importance.

 

Did you not see how the Yuan Qi flames got snuffed, they couldn’t stand its power.
Even those beast flames were shirking away.

 

Three things were of most importance to an alchemist, cultivation, refining skills, and flame.
When the flame was wilted from the pressure of another, winning was impossible!

 

Sighing, the people turned to Zhuo Fan, shaking their heads in pity.

 

[How sad, an extraordinary alchemist was so close to beating the best alchemist in Tianyu but under the flame’s suppression, failure is imminent.
If he fails here, we will lose another genius.
The Heavens must be truly jealous of geniuses.]

 

The thought didn’t even cross their mind if Zhuo Fan, with how young he was, and his background, had a flame that could counter Vicious Pill King’s heaven and earth spirit flame.

 

Since not even the seven houses could pass along such flames.
This old guy’s luck had to be off the charts to stumble upon the Bone Soul Truefire.

 

Sensing everyone’s fear and awe of it, the white flame’s face cackled madly in excitement.
The laughter was jarring to the ear and filled with boundless despise.
Just like a ruler who won andlorded over his enemies.

 

He-he-he…

 

Tao Danniang sighed and closed her eyes.
If she knew the old man to have such a spirit item, she wouldn’t have wasted her energy and just gave up.

 

Then again, now that she recalled, the one who won three times against Vicious Pill King was none other than him.

 

Tao Danniang turned to Zhuo Fan and shook her head.

 

[Not even the brat can get out of this one…]

 

Chu Qingcheng frowned in worry.
She was looking at Zhuo in hope he had a way to turn it all around.
But Zhuo Fan’s face never wavered.
He was always calm, as if he was in deep thought.

 

The overseers were beside themselves in worry.
Only Long Jiu’s group was unphased.
According to Zhuo Fan’s plan, winning wasn’t a must.
At worst he’d just bolt.

 

On the eastern stand, Huangpu Qingyun’s group had long since started laughing.

 

“The old man actually had such a treasure hidden.
Losing now is impossible, ha-ha-ha…” Huangpu Qingyun laughed, “Vicious Pill King is definitely worthy of his title!”

 

The others nodded, with the happiest being Lin Zitian.

 

At some point, he tied his fate with Vicious Pill King over a reason not he was sure of.
But now that Vicious Pill King was at an advantage, the second young master was excited and he was basking in the glory nearby.

 

“Elder Lin!” Huangpu Qingyun smiled.

 

Lin Zitian rushed next to him, “Yes!”

 

“The moment the kid loses, rush over, and take his head.
Understandd?”

 

Startled, Lin Zitian said, “Why me? Isn’t Elder Yan supposed to do this?”

 

Squinting, Huangpu Qingyun snorted, “If he were to move, Qingcheng would be sure to block him.
I do not wish to further alienate her from me.
Your Merry Woods is focusing on speed, so taking the kid’s head in an instant is easy.
Qingcheng would be enraged but would not dare to make everything worse over a dead man.”

 

Realizing what he meant, Lin Zitian gave a thumbs up, “Nice, second young master is truly wise!”

 

The other men felt their stomachs churning as they secretly cursed him for being shameless.

 

Huangpu Qingyun’s smile seemed to say everything was dancing in his palm.

 

But just then, the crowd froze in shock seeing Vicious Pill King’s flame swayed around Zhuo as he laughed, “Ha-ha-ha, brat, now you know why I told you to go first? Even if you have a beast flame, it won’t do you any good with my Bone Soul Truefire out.”

 

“Didn’t you want to get your hands on the Bodhi Root?” Zhuo Fan was still calm.

 

Taking a deep breath, Vicious Pill King seemed to recall something and laughed, “Yes, I indeed want it.
But what I want more is to win against you fair and square.
To see who among us shall be the best alchemist in Tianyu.
Defeating you because of the flame’s power is not something I will ever accept.”

 

Zhuo Fan looked long at him.

 

[He may be shameless and despicable, cunning and vicious, but when all is said and done he is a tough grandmaster alchemist.
It’s kind of a pity for him to be in the Pill King Hall.]