Chapter 665 (1/2)

Chapter 665

The entire crowd became silent . They followed Long Chen’s gaze to see Huo Changsheng, whose face was still locked in a stiff sneer .

Everyone was dumbfounded . This Long San was a bit too crazy, wasn’t he? He actually dared provoke the Huo family’s head . Did he not want his life anymore?

Even Fang Mingyuan and Chai Gaoyang were stunned . But then seeing Huo Changsheng’s dark expression, they felt incredibly refreshed .

At the same time, they admired this little fellow’s devotion . He had clearly insulted Huo Changsheng to express his position . This was equivalent to throwing his life in the ring as well . If he wanted to live, he would have to rely on the Fang family’s protection . This was a brilliant move by Long Chen that immediately won him the trust of the Fang family .

“Brat, you want to die?!” Killing intent surged out of Huo Changsheng . When would he have ever suffered such an insult?

“It’s forbidden to scream and shout in the arena . ”

“But he’s intentionally trying to disturb me! That’s not fair!” cried Long Chen .

“Those who partic.i.p.ate in this compet.i.tion must comply with the Pill Tower’s rules . As long as the people outside don’t curse and shout at you, anything is permitted . If you don’t even have that level of calm, how do you expect to become a powerful alchemist? You are Long San? Since you come from an uncivilized land and don’t understand the rules, I’ll only give you a warning this time . Next time, I’ll immediately expel you,” said the tower administrator .

Fang Chang and Chai Liehuo’s hands were already covered in a layer of cold sweat . Only once they saw that the tower administrator wouldn’t expel him did they relax .

But the fact that Long Chen dared to brazenly insult Huo Changsheng like this made them admire Long San’s guts, as well as his loyalty toward the Fang family .

Long Chen laughed inside . This was what he had expected . The tower administrator was merely in charge of proctoring the compet.i.tion . He didn’t care about anything else, nor did he have to give face to anyone . As a result, a minor infraction on his part only const.i.tuted a warning despite what he had done .

Although that had been a bit dangerous, this one insult had won him the Fang and Chai families’ absolute trust . So that gamble had definitely been worth it .

I can’t shout? Alright!

Suddenly, in front of everyone, Long Chen raised his fist toward Huo Changsheng . There was one tall middle finger raised .

“Hahaha…”

Despite being their family heads and having prestigious statuses, Fang Mingyuan and Chai Gaoyang couldn’t help but laugh .

Huo Changsheng’s hair stood on end from fury, killing intent gus.h.i.+ng out of him . But he didn’t dare say anything . If he said anything directly to Long San, he would be rebuked by the tower administrator, and that would be even more embarra.s.sing .

Even in Pill Valley, the staff that was in charge of the various lands’ compet.i.tions were powerful members . Even the Huo family was unable to do anything to them . The tower administrator was completely impartial .

So despite the fact that the Huo family was unrivaled in the Pill Tower and even had connections in Pill Valley, he didn’t dare offend this tower administrator whose cultivation base was even lower than his own . He could only swallow his anger .

But Fang Mingyuan and Chai Gaoyang’s laughter was even harder to bear than Long Chen’s insulting posture .

“A little person will only enjoy success for a moment . We’ll see who gets the last laugh,” said Huo Changsheng icily .

But the other two didn’t reply . They simply smiled . That wordless counterattack made him even more furious .

“This is what is being tested . ”

The tower administrator waved his hand, and Long Chen saw a large block of words appear on his stage . It was a pill formula .

“Blood Soul Merging Pill . ”

Long Chen was slightly startled . This was a rather neglected kind of medicinal pill . It was normally used by soul cultivators to nourish their blood and calm their soul . It was a high tier kind of soul nouris.h.i.+ng pill .

Amongst fifth tier pills, its refining difficulty was middling . Fang Chang had told him that the preliminaries in past years had tested low fifth tier pills .

Thinking of that, Long Chen intentionally made his expression a bit ugly, a trace of panic appearing in his eyes .

“Eh, what’s with Long San? That Blood Soul Merging Pill shouldn’t be too difficult for him,” said Chai Gaoyang .

“Perhaps there really is a problem . According to Fang Chang, this Long San grew up in some backwater mountains . There are many high tier pill formulas that he has only seen, but hasn’t personally refined . Fang Chang gave him many pill formulas and medicinal pills to practice, but those were all low fifth tier pills that are easy to refine . It seems Long San hasn’t refined this kind of pill, and there are very likely a few ingredients that he doesn’t recognize,” said Fang Mingyuan gravely .

As an alchemist, if you wanted to refine a kind of pill, the first thing you needed was the formula . But then you also needed to know all the properties of the medicinal ingredients . You needed to know which ones you should refine first, and in what order you should refine them .

If there was a problem with your sequence, then it would be troublesome . Furthermore, each medicinal ingredient’s properties were different, and they required different levels of heat to refine . If you didn’t know those things, you would be like a blind person groping in the dark .

“Ah, inexperienced people really aren’t so dependable . That child Fang Chang is still lacking,” sighed Fang Mingyuan .

If Fang Chang knew that Long San had such flaws, he should have alerted the family . They would have sent people to help him . Now it was troublesome .

On their stage, Fang Chang and Chai Liehuo also saw Long San’s expression, and they immediately understood what was happening . They couldn’t help feeling worried .