Chapter 423: No Killing Allowed During This Alchemy

"Under suspicion, passive value, +892."

Everyone was shocked when they saw Xu Xiaoshou among the few young people following the old men.

"Are you kidding me? Xu Xiaoshou, are you really going up there?"

"Is this guy teasing us or..."

"Are you kidding? Is it necessary for Xu Xiaoshou to tease you? Who are you? I remember that this guy is really an alchemist."

"Huh? Do you remember?"

"Yes, I seem to have seen him in the Dan Pagoda that day, but he has always been in the upper echelons. I don't know whether he is selling elixirs or buying elixirs, or is really an alchemist."

"Alchemy Pagoda? Also a high-level alchemist?"

Now even people from different counties and cities laughed out loud.

The others don't know it, but Dan Pagoda, who among you here has never bought elixirs there?

Who doesn't know that the higher the Alchemy Pagoda goes, the higher it goes, to places only high-level alchemists can go.

But Xu Xiaoshou...

"I do not believe!"

"If you want to say that this guy went to blow up the alchemy tower, that's still possible, but if you want to say that this pervert can also make alchemy..."

"Well, if you put it this way, when Xu Xiaoshou left that day, the Dan Pagoda did explode."

"???"

Now everyone was confused.

Xu Xiaoshou, did you really blow up the Dan Pagoda?

"I do not believe!"

"Xu Xiaoshou hangs up again. With this strength, he goes to blow up the Dan Pagoda. Are you kidding me? He will definitely go..."

"Alchemy?"

Hearing the man's words, he paused, and everyone around him laughed.

"Haha, after talking for a long time, it really came back again."

"You kid, you'd better get ready first. Eat shit before it's hot."

"..."

The information off the court was conveyed very quickly, and within a few moments, everyone who was not on stage basically knew about Xu Xiaoshou's visit to the Danta.

Obviously, they were more willing to believe that Xu Xiaoshou was going to make alchemy than that Xu Xiaoshou was going to blow up the alchemy tower.

But based on the previous performances of this guy, everyone realized that the situation couldn't be that simple.

Maybe, a combination of the two?

"Being questioned, passive value, +455."

"Being expected, passive value, +826."

"..."

Xu Xiaoshou happily walked behind many old men.

To be honest, he prefers alchemy, a gentle way of making money, to fighting.

Fighting or something, it’s too rough.

Not suitable for myself.

The old guys are obviously not as impatient as the young people. Even if there is still some distance between them at this moment, they still maintain their identity and take one step at a time.

Xu Xiaoshou passed by everyone along the way, and there were many old men among them who quickly ducked away as if they were avoiding the god of plague.

He couldn't help but wonder.

"Huh? You look familiar to me, senior. Why are you so far away from me?"

"I don't know, I don't know."

The old man waved his hand hurriedly, and after saying that, he looked at the direction Xu Xiaoshou was going, chose the opposite place, and ran away.

Xu Xiaoshou: "..."

He clearly knew this old man, he was the guy who played chess outside the alchemy room that day.

He has "senses" and a very deep memory.

If you don’t know me, who are you trying to bluff?

Turning around, I saw another familiar face.

"No, I don't know."

The man lowered his eyebrows and took a detour.

Xu Xiaoshou: "..."

He randomly chose someone he really didn't recognize and approached it.

"Senior, which city are you from and what is your rank?"

This should be a very kind and kind elder.

He was looking curiously at some of his friends who had fought in the past, and they all avoided Xu Xiaoshou in front of him, which was a little baffling.

It's not a fight now. Could it be that you old guys are still afraid of being picked up and beaten by this guy?

"Tianwu City, Long Family."

"I'm Long Dan, what's the matter with you kid, can you really make elixirs?" Long Dan asked, with deep doubts in his eyes.

Although he admired Xu Xiaoshou's fighting prowess, it did not affect his disbelief at the moment.

Alchemy and spirit refining are two completely different paths.

Without years of immersion, if you dare to take action at such a dinner party, you will be despised and ridiculed by your fellow alchemists to the point where you will not be able to hold your head up in the future.

"G."

Xu Xiaoshou said modestly.

He finally understood that those who were avoiding him were basically from Tiansang City.

And in such a small circle of alchemy circles in Tiansang City, it was obvious that they basically knew everything about the alchemy pagoda that day.

Xu Xiaoshou was actually deeply sorry for the damage he had caused.

Therefore, people really cannot be arrogant, otherwise they will easily lose friends.

Xu Xiaoshou, who realized this, also paid attention to the propriety of his words when talking to the old man in front of him.

Long Dan frowned upon hearing this.

G?

The art of alchemy is something you can play just by playing it?

These four words made him feel that the sacred alchemy path had been blasphemed.

"Being despised, passive value, +1."

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned.

He didn't expect that he would be looked down upon by others if he kept a low profile.

Thinking about it, he took out a badge from the ring and pinned it on his chest.

"Although I am just playing for fun, at any rate, I am also a person who has obtained the alchemist badge."

Xu Xiaoshou explained.

Long Dan looked subconsciously and saw the mark of the Alchemist Association engraved on the badge.

One alchemy furnace, ten white clouds below.

"Tenth grade?"

The contempt in his eyes could no longer be concealed.

"You kid, are you really just playing?"

Xu Xiaoshou was stunned, but saw that the old man also clapped his hands and a badge was tattooed on his chest.

One alchemy furnace, six white clouds!

"Sixth grade?"

"Grandmaster alchemist?"

Xu Xiaoshou paused.

The one he casually talked to was already a grandmaster?

How deep is the water here?

You know, alchemy is not like refining spirits, because it is extremely difficult and requires a lot of experience, so there is a level of cross-level.

In other words, the actual status of an innate alchemist is actually no less than that of a grandmaster.

And this Long Dan, after clapping this badge, at least when he arrives at the Dan Tower in Tiansang City, he will be treated as a VIP!

The old men who were close to him also paused.

"Old Dragon, when did you get the sixth-grade badge? You didn't say a word!" The voice of the speaker was also full of disbelief.

This word was spoken, and people in the distance looked at him sideways.

Seeing the solemnity in everyone's eyes, Xu Xiaoshou immediately realized that even if it was the competition standard before the White Cave, a sixth-grade alchemist was still an extremely good existence.

"So, if I want to beat them, I have to at least make a sixth-grade pill?"

Xu Xiaoshou had a headache instantly.

He looked at the tenth-grade badge on his body, and then thought of his pill-forming method with a very low success rate.

"It's difficult."

The audience saw this sixth-grade badge, and they were also a little excited in an instant.

Alchemists are all very proud in their hearts, but they act quite low-key.

They can't do the embarrassing behavior of swinging the badge on the street like Xu Xiaoshou.

Therefore, when facing old guys of unknown ranks, everyone can only speculate their strength through their previous ranks or recent performances.

As for the sixth rank, except for a few people occasionally seen at the stairs of Danta, basically no one has ever met one!

"No, you are focusing on the wrong point, look at Xu Xiaoshou!" someone pointed out.

"What's wrong?"

"Tenth rank badge!"

"...Isn't this normal?"

"It's wrong, he is Xu Xiaoshou! Shouldn't he take out a first rank badge?"

"???"

"Brother, which camp are you from?"

"Uh, sorry."

Seeing the fierce eyes of the people around him, the speaker immediately became timid: "I just think that if it is Xu Xiaoshou, maybe it's more than that."

"Oh haha, you think too much, Xu Xiaoshou? He is just a ghost who is sensational. Do you really think he is a versatile person? A god descended from heaven?"

"But he has already taken out the tenth rank badge, which means that he can at least make pills. What about you? Where is your shit?"

"..."

"Cursed, passive value, +1."

A tenth rank badge completely cut off everyone's implicit attention to Xu Xiaoshou.

Fu Xing also breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, he still couldn't figure out why a tenth-grade alchemist would blow up the Dan Tower like that.

But the implicit clarity in his heart told him.

The reason why Xu Xiaoshou was a tenth-grade alchemist was because the president of the teacher had given him no chance.

In other words, his lower limit was tenth-grade, but his upper limit was likely to be the same as this guy's usual style, with no upper limit at all!

"Not that."

"It shouldn't be that."

Fu Xing rubbed his hands, thinking in his eyes.

"At most, he can be counted as an eighth-grade, right?"

"No!"

"If it was Xu Xiaoshou...seventh-grade, it can't be more!"

"Seventh-grade, there is no way to blow up this place."

"After all, even if there was a battle before, only half of the banquet hall was destroyed. How can alchemy be as scary as fighting?"

...

The crowd rushed into the ruins.

All the alchemists looked at this unbearable venue with dissatisfaction.

This place should have been a high platform, but because of someone...

They all looked at Xu Xiaoshou at the same time, but saw that the young man was standing in the back, and he actually began to close his eyes and rest?

"Damn..."

Fu Xing watched everyone go up to the ruins, nodded and said: "There are no other extra restrictions for the alchemy competition."

"There are a total of 232 alchemists present. The number is indeed a bit too many, but there is no problem in refining pills at the same time."

"The city lord's mansion is very large, and each protective barrier will be set up later. There is a small self-contained space inside, which is enough for your ordinary alchemy."

"Remember, the protective barrier must be opened, this is the key point!"

After Fu Xing emphasized a little, he saw that everyone was confused and obviously didn't know why this was the key point, so he sighed softly.

Without further explanation, he glanced at Xu Xiaoshou who had his eyes closed, shook his head and continued:

"Then, regarding alchemy, everyone has three chances."

"Take the highest-grade elixir from your three chances for the final competition."

"And this time, we invited the judges of the Tiansang City Alchemist Association to appraise the elixir..."

"President Shiti!"

Hearing this familiar name, Xu Xiaoshou couldn't help but open his eyes that had just been closed.

As soon as the words fell, the familiar figure with an immortal look descended from the horizon.

"Shiti?"

"So he's here too?"

"This old guy likes to be the last to appear?"

After Shiti descended, he inadvertently gave Xu Xiaoshou his first glance.

But after one glance, his face suddenly turned black, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he immediately glanced away.

There was a hint of suppressed irritability in his kind and amiable look. Shiti said in a muffled voice: "You are all old acquaintances, so I won't introduce you. Let's start."

"Hmm?"

Many old alchemists were a little surprised.

Is the good old Shiti here today? Has he changed his nature?

This indifferent humming tone doesn't sound like him. Could it be that this old man has been possessed?

When Xu Xiaoshou saw Shiti like this, he knew that he was still angry, and he immediately smiled awkwardly.

It turns out that there was some reason why he didn't come out before...

He continued to close his eyes.

If the highest-level alchemist here is a sixth-grade one, then obviously, my current cooking skills... ugh, alchemy level, are far from enough!

"You still have to force me to take action after all."

Xu Xiaoshou glanced at the information bar and was about to cheat.

Suddenly his eyes widened.

"Passive value: 218899."

"?"

"!"

"Fuck!!!"

Everyone was shocked.

The players on the field this time were all elderly people, and their hearts were not as big as those of young people. They were almost yelled away by Xu Xiaoshou's shout.

"Young man, do you still know the difference between respect and inferiority!"

Long Dan was not far away and couldn't help but scolded.

The previous battle was fine.

The fight among the young generation can be said to be high-spirited and arrogant.

But now it is the territory of the elderly, and it is a battle between alchemists!

Above, there is also President Shiti watching.

You are just a tenth-grade, what qualifications do you have to shout here?

Xu Xiaoshou was shocked under the pressure.

He realized that the bulk of this pile of terrifying passive values ​​should come from the high-frequency attack of Gu Qingsan's "Heavenly True Eye" that he had just ignored!

Putting down the information bar for the time being, Xu Xiaoshou glanced at the dragon pill.

Ever since he saw that he was a tenth-grade badge, this guy seemed to be floating and didn't take him seriously at all.

But at this moment, it was indeed his fault.

In such a serious occasion, he really couldn't hold it in just now, and he should apologize.

"Sorry, sorry, I scared you all. This is my old problem. I will yell when I am nervous. I forgot that you have a bad heart. I am really sorry."

Everyone: "..."

Everyone was so angry that their teeth itched.

This kid's words were too piercing!

Was it intentional or deliberate?

But this guy clearly had a sincere apology on his face.

After apologizing, he didn't say anything insulting. It was really...

Damn!

"Cursed, passive value, +232."

Self-esteem, it's not easy to argue with Xu Xiaoshou

But if you don't say it, you will feel like there is something stuck in your throat, which is very uncomfortable.

All the old alchemists are holding back their anger, and they may not be able to let it go tonight.

"Calm down, we will make the elixir next, and this kid may have already started to use a trick."

"Don't let him go!"

Long Dan glanced at Xu Xiaoshou coldly and sneered: "Sharp-tongued."

"Praised, passive value, +1."

Xu Xiaoshou looked at him and laughed.

Sometimes, there are such people in this world who judge people by appearance.

Before the badge was taken out, this guy judged himself by strength, so he still had some vague basic respect for himself based on human beings.

But seeing that the other party was completely inferior in his own field, some people's arrogance could not be concealed at all.

Xu Xiaoshou did not argue with the old man for much, he was a reasonable person.

"Make way."

After a few steps, he rushed to the side of Long Dan and squeezed away an old man beside him.

"Senior, please give me more advice. I feel that the Feng Shui of your place is really good. It will definitely help me make pills!"

"Heh."

Long Dan looked away and shook his head gently: "Little guy, alchemy does not depend on Feng Shui. What you really need to do is not to stand here and attract attention, but to go down and immerse yourself for a few more years!"

"Alchemy is not spiritual cultivation. There is no master's spiritual skills that can be learned innately."

"You are too early to reach the sky in one step!"

"Learned a lesson, passive value, +1."

Xu Xiaoshou looked eagerly, with a face full of respect.

"Senior's teaching is right, then I will make pills here? I can also observe it later."

"It just so happens that I also want to see how the sixth-grade pill explodes, ugh, and becomes a pill!"

Long Dan raised his chin and did not comment.

"Whatever."

After all, this place is not the Long family, and this is not Tianwu City.

After all, standing on the same arena at this moment, even if there is a huge gap in strength, he, Long Dan, is really not qualified to control where Xu Xiaoshou wants to stand.

The master on the stage took a casual glance and saw Long and Xu were so close that they were almost touching each other. His eyes widened and he stood up from his chair in fear.

Although Long Dan was a bit harsh when talking to the younger generation, his ability in alchemy was indeed beyond reproach.

This kind of guy...

Can't die!

How can you make alchemy next to Xu Xiaoshou?

Are you going to die?

Shiti made frantic eye contact. You are only in the upper spiritual realm. Who gave you the courage to stand beside Xu Xiaoshou?

Did you secretly cultivate a spiritual skill that could withstand the defense wall of the Dan Tower, or did you think that you could do whatever you wanted just because you entered the sixth rank a few months ago?

What a mess!

No matter how much he complained in his heart, the distance between the two sides was still a little far, and Long Dan could not receive Shiti's eye contact at all.

Seeing that Fu Xing was about to announce the start of the game, Shiti finally couldn't help it.

He slapped the table, attracting everyone's attention, and then aimed his eyes at Xu Xiaoshou.

"No killing is allowed during this alchemy!"

Everyone: ? ? ?

Not only the people on the stage, but also the people below were stunned.

"What's going on?"

"Isn't this an alchemy competition? Killing people, is President Shiti out of his mind?"

"Shh, keep quiet, be careful with your words."

"Uh, I was wrong, but looking at the direction of President Shiti's gaze..."

"Dragon Pill?"

"Not really, Xu Xiaoshou is a bit picky, but he wouldn't kill people by exploding the furnace, right?"

"Yeah, I support Xu Xiaoshou this time. This guy is indeed a genius. It's good for him to suffer some setbacks in alchemy, so that he will be unable to recover. Then, the world loses a genius, and we have a chance to rise again."

"Fuck, you are so vicious!"

"..."

Xu Xiaoshou looked at Shiti in a daze.

At this moment, he felt that this guy was possessed by Xiao Qixiu.

Why do you have to say all these weird words to me, Xu Xiaoshou?

I'm very kind, okay!

He subconsciously wanted to fight back, but thinking that this was not Tiansang Ling Palace, and the two sides were not very familiar with each other, he still had to give Shiti some face.

"Okay." Xu Xiaoshou smiled.

Shi Ti's legs went limp and his face turned green.

"Fu Xing, your City Lord's Mansion is hosting a dinner, where is the throne?"

"Why can't we see a throne here?"

"This is too dangerous!"

Fu Xing was startled. He did feel dangerous, but...

"Mr. Feng probably has something to do, so he should be back soon. Isn't Senior Shou Ye here just now? It's not that bad..."

As one of the parties involved, he knew Shi Ti's worries very well.

Wasn't it just blown up by the Dan Tower?

Don't worry.

This is the City Lord's Mansion. With Fu Xing always on guard and holding the large barrier shield, what can Xu Xiaoshou do?

Shou Ye also smiled and greeted: "Don't worry, it's not a big problem."

Shi Ti's expression suddenly became dazed.

Why did this sound so familiar?

"The competition begins. The time for a furnace of elixirs is set at a quarter of an hour!"

"Start the countdown!"

When he came back to his senses again, Fu Xing had already announced the rules.

"This..."

Shiti breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly relaxed, and sat down on the chair.

Yeah.

The problem is indeed not big.

This is the City Lord's Mansion, not the Dan Tower. I am just trying to seduce a rat.

...

Everyone in the field got the protective shield spirit tablet. Some chose to open it, while others wanted to show off their skills and did not open it.

Xu Xiaoshou looked at Long Dan stroking the spirit tablet, a little hesitant, and immediately smiled:

"Senior, I heard that the alchemist who has reached the eighth level can achieve the unity of mind and spirit, and is not afraid of external interference. Is that right?"

"Hmm?" Long Dan turned around, not knowing why.

Xu Xiaoshou did not say much, but sighed and said self-deprecatingly: "Alchemy is really profound. For a mere tenth-level person like me, I have to open the spirit tablet."

As he said, he pressed the spirit tablet in his hand, and the protective shield opened, and the figure suddenly blurred.

Long Dan frowned.

His fingers were clasped around the center of the spirit pattern, but his eyes fell on the seventh and eighth rank alchemists who had not opened the protective shield.

Seventh rank, no protective shield either?

These guys...

It is said that the eighth rank can calm the spirit, but who can predict the accidents of alchemy?

Long Dan lowered his eyebrows and glanced at the spirit tablet, and suddenly, for some unknown reason, he put it down.

"Heh, just a protective shield."

With a thud, a dark and exquisite alchemy cauldron was suppressed on the ruins.

This flash made everyone look sideways.

"Oh my god."

"A sixth-grade alchemist is going to open the furnace on the spot? Is he going to show us the world?"

"Oh my god, this is the first time I see a sixth-grade alchemy. Senior Long Dan doesn't open the protective shield. Don't we make a fortune today?"

"Damn, I just watched Xu Xiaoshou's performance all the time, and now he is finally not alone."

"Oh, I didn't mention him. He has gone into hiding. Alchemy is not his home court after all."

"Hehe, that's true."

"..."

Long Dan's lips curled up unconsciously.

He glanced at the crowd with his peripheral vision, and suddenly understood why these low-grade alchemists would risk the explosion of the furnace and not open the protective shield.

"Bang."

Another abrupt muffled sound.

Long Dan looked sideways and actually saw an old man not far away looking at him at the same time.

On his chest, there was also a sixth-grade badge.

"Old Chen Qi..."

"Let's have a competition?"

The old man called Chen Qi laughed and said with a frivolous smile.

"Competition? How can I be left out!"

"Boom."

There was another muffled sound of the alchemy cauldron being placed. The two of them looked to the side at the same time and saw another old man speaking.

"Old Li, haven't you been stuck at the seventh rank for thirteen years? How come you dare to go out and make progress?" Chen Qi mocked.

"Tsk tsk, it seems that without a badge, I am not worthy of talking to you?"

Li Mingji showed a happy smile.

Who dares to challenge the sixth rank alchemist without a few tricks?

With a snap, he clapped his hands and a badge was tattooed on his chest.

There was a commotion in the audience.

"Three sixth rank alchemists?"

"Oh my god, it's worth coming here tonight. I'm going to make a lot of money this time."

"What Xu Xiaoshou and Gu Qingsan, go to hell, it turns out that the battle of alchemy is the real peak showdown."

"I'm going to faint. In previous years, the highest rank was only the seventh or eighth rank. This time..."

"How can it be the same this time? For the quota of Baiku, all the major families are crazy!"

"Tsk tsk..."

Snap!

At this moment, a high-pitched shattering sound suddenly sounded in the field, directly suppressing the discussion of the crowd.

That sound was clearly the sound of the barrier breaking.

Everyone was stunned.

The alchemy had just begun, and someone exploded the furnace?

Everyone looked up and saw Xu Xiaoshou emerging from the fragments of the barrier with an embarrassed face.

He scratched his head and looked at Fu Xing, and couldn't help but sprayed: "You kid is too stingy, is this the self-contained space you said?"

He pointed at the fragments on the ground and bared his teeth and said: "It's so small that the alchemy cauldron can't put it. Do you want to squeeze me to death in it?"

Fu Xing: ? ? ?

What do you mean?

Wait...

The alchemy cauldron can't be put?

He suddenly realized that something was wrong, it seemed, it seemed...

"Make way."

Xu Xiaoshou had already pushed in the direction of Longdan without politeness, and then in the displeased eyes of this old man, he suddenly took out a large bathtub.

"Boom!"

Compared to the muffled sound of an ordinary alchemy furnace falling to the ground, the milky white bathtub fell down, like a heavy hammer hitting the ground fiercely, and everyone's heart skipped a beat at the same time.

The ruins could not resist at all, and the rubble flew all of a sudden, hitting the nearby Long Dan's face painfully.

The old man stared at the big bathtub for a long time, and then glanced at his own alchemy furnace that had become a small witch. His eyelids twitched, and then he came back to his senses from his dumbfounded state and looked at Xu Xiaoshou.

? ? ?

"You, you want to fight?"