Chapter 85: The Supreme Pill Master (Thirteen)

Outside the arena
The commotion caused by Su Chen's exploding furnace made everyone's hearts skip a beat.
An exploding furnace meant failed alchemy.
Failed alchemy meant elimination.
But when the dust settled, everyone was astonished to see Su Chen's actions clearly.
The Ghost Valley Pill Emperor smiled: "I knew this kid wouldn't fail so easily... It's the Eight Desolations Alchemy Method! Junior brother, did you see that? Your Eight Desolations Alchemy Method will be famous throughout the Central Plains today! This is your lifelong wish, and also our master's wish! It's finally about to be fulfilled!"
Song Wanqing's beautiful eyes shone brightly as she gazed at the dazzling figure, her heart filled with mixed emotions.
From the direction of the Prison Suppression Holy Land, excited cheers echoed.
In the Danyang Holy Land, Yan Zhaoxi coldly snorted: "Only the champion of the Alchemy Tournament can defeat me, Yan Zhaoxi!"
"Su Chen, you can't let me down!"
As time passed, several days later, astonishing phenomena seemed to pierce through space.
One after another, monstrous alchemy prodigies successfully refined seventh-grade pills.
Each was brimming with confidence in their achievements.
"Huh...that guy wasn't eliminated?"
Everyone saw Su Chen still persevering.
Pillars of light stirred up a whirlwind on the field, gathering a tide of spiritual energy.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth
The rich power of the five elements converged into a massive, colorful halo.
Su Chen opened his eyes, his gaze filled with surprise.
The Five Elements Creation Pill...complete!
At the same moment, blood flowed from Su Chen's eyes, nose, and ears; the suppressed injuries erupted.
The Five Elements Creation Pill was already incredibly difficult to refine, especially with the Eight Desolations Alchemy Technique added. Su Chen's cultivation was already exhausted; he had only persevered through sheer willpower.
Su Chen fainted.
When Su Chen awoke again, seven days had passed.
Upon waking, Su Chen found himself soaking in a medicinal bath, completely drenched.
The surroundings were utterly unfamiliar.
Su Chen changed into his robes and left the medicine hall.
As soon as he stepped outside, he saw an eighth-grade alchemist in a purple robe waiting at the door. Seeing Su Chen, the alchemist smiled, "You're awake. The Pill Saints have been waiting for you for a long time."
Su Chen followed the purple-robed alchemist to a grand hall, where several arrogant young figures stood. However, upon seeing Su Chen, their arrogance transformed into respect.
An elderly man with white hair, dressed simply but with a golden badge on his chest radiating a blazing sun, looked at Su Chen with admiration in his eyes: "Young Su, congratulations on winning the championship of this Alchemy Competition! From now on, every alchemist in the Five Regions will know you!"
"Would you be willing to become an honorary elder of my Alchemy God Palace?"
Faced with the invitation from an Alchemy Saint, Su Chen nodded: "This junior would be extremely honored."
Being an honorary elder only requires having one's name on the Alchemy God Palace register, but the benefits are substantial.
To Su Chen's surprise, he actually won the championship of this Alchemy Competition!
Standing out from among thousands of geniuses!
Even his years of experience couldn't help but be stirred.
First place in the Alchemy Competition.
The rewards were naturally generous: entry into the Alchemy God Palace to choose an ancient secret technique and to learn the alchemy methods of the Alchemy God Palace's great masters.
Su Chen stayed for three years.
Over the past three years, Su Chen has refined the Eight Desolations Alchemy Technique, and with occasional lectures from Alchemy Saints, his alchemy skills have advanced further. Although he hasn't yet reached the eighth rank, he can now flawlessly refine seventh-rank pills without fail.
"It's time to return to the Eastern Region!"
While staying at the Pill God Palace is certainly good,
it's not his home.
Upon learning of Su Chen's impending return to the Eastern Region, many elders and prodigies from the Pill God Palace came out to see him off.
"Su Chen, are you truly returning to the Prison Suppression Holy Land? With your talent in alchemy, staying at the Pill God Palace will allow you to achieve even greater heights and attain higher accomplishments in the future!"
Song Wanqing spoke, trying to persuade him to stay.
Su Chen shook his head: "The Prison Suppression Holy Land has treated me well. The Holy Land is still developing and lacks alchemists. How could I, Su Chen, turn a blind eye and remain in seclusion in the Central Region?"
"These alchemy skills of mine will naturally be used to repay the Holy Land... Everyone, the journey of the martial world is long, we'll meet again if fate allows."
Su Chen left, returning to the Eastern Region with the people of the Prison Suppression Holy Land.
The people of the Pill God Palace watched Su Chen and the people of the Prison Suppression Holy Land leave, their hearts filled with complex emotions.
They didn't understand why Su Chen would give up the opportunity to further his studies at the Pill God Palace and choose to return to the Eastern Region, where alchemy was extremely backward.
However, they respected Su Chen's choice.
Such grace.
Perhaps this is the true alchemist...
Su Chen left the Central Region.
But he left behind a legend in the Central Region...
......
One month later
Inside the spatial tunnel
The Myriad Manifestations Pill Master still had a complex expression, filled with countless emotions.
He hadn't expected that the winner of this alchemy competition would actually be from their Eastern Region... Originally, he only wanted to take Su Chen to the Central State to witness the flourishing of alchemy and meet the various geniuses.
What comforted him was that Su Chen still cherished the friendship of the Holy Land. Even though he was renowned throughout the Central State, and despite the offers from various alchemy holy lands, he resolutely chose to return to the Eastern Region and his sect.
"Our Zhenyu Holy Land is truly blessed to have such a disciple; it's a miracle that our ancestral master has shown his divine intervention!"
The Myriad Manifestations Alchemist murmured to himself.
Boom!
Suddenly, the spatial tunnel shuddered violently.
The Myriad Manifestations Alchemist sensed the danger and shouted to everyone, "Enemy attack! Someone is attacking!"
Terrifying auras emanated from the ship.
The spatial tunnel was torn open by a pair of enormous hands, and terrifying eyes peered through it at the people on the ship as if they were ants.
"A Saint...a Saint!"
Su Chen raised his head, his heart trembling as he looked at the terrifying figure.
That terrifying aura was familiar to him.
A Saint...that was someone who had stepped into the Saint Realm, tearing open a void tunnel with his bare hands.
"Hand over the Su Clan bloodline, and for the sake of the Invincible Saint King, I will spare your lives."
"Otherwise..."
A terrifying killing intent shattered the spatial tunnel.
A thunderous sound resounded throughout heaven and earth.
"Today, this is your burial ground!"
Upon hearing this, the Myriad Manifestations Pill Venerable's expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "Insolence! Su Chen is a disciple of my Prison-Suppressing Holy Land! No matter who you are, don't even think about making my Holy Land hand over its disciple!"
"Summon the Sacred Artifact!"
With the Myriad Manifestations Pill Venerable's fierce shout, the elders who had been sitting around simultaneously unleashed mysterious runes, and a crescent-shaped longbow imbued with holy power appeared in the Myriad Manifestations Pill Venerable's hand.
"The Holy Radiance Bow... if the Holy Radiance Saint were alive again, perhaps I would have retreated. Now it's nothing more than a broken holy artifact!"
A large hand shattered the arrow that had torn through space. Facing the people of the Prison Suppression Holy Land, his gaze was icy.
"Since you refuse to hand over the Su Clan bloodline... then die together!"