Chapter 180 Nie Yuan: You want me to snipe the people from the Soul Palace? But I am also from the Soul Palace..."Are you the president of Xuan Kongzi?"
Nie Yuan had only heard of the name before and had never met the person in person, so he was a little uncertain at the moment.
The old man smiled and said, “So far, no one has dared to impersonate me in Danyu.”
"President Xuan Kongzi, we probably don't know each other, what do you want from me?"
After confirming the identity, Nie Yuan immediately asked the doubts in his mind.
Xuan Kongzi came to the desk and sat down.
Seeing the invitation gesture, Nie Yuan sat opposite him.
"Have you heard of the Soul Palace?"
Xuan Kongzi asked.
Just one sentence made Nie Yuan's heart tighten and his body stiffen slightly.
Am I exposed?
A thought popped up in his mind, and Nie Yuan thought of old man Mu Gu first. Could it be that he betrayed him?
The Soul Palace attaches great importance to this plan. The others have no grudges against them and will definitely not do such a thing.
"It seems that you know about the Soul Palace. Don't be afraid. In Danta, the Soul Palace dare not act recklessly."
Nie Yuan's reaction did not escape Xuan Kongzi's observation, but he thought more about fear.
It is no secret in the alchemist world that alchemists without background are hunted down by the Soul Palace.
You know, even Yao Chen, the famous Medicine Master who won the Alchemy Competition Championship, could not escape the fate.
"I have heard of this force. They are very mysterious."
After Nie Yuan answered, he immediately asked back, "President Xuan Kongzi asked me to come here. Could it be related to the Soul Palace?"
"Yes."
A trace of worry flashed across Xuan Kongzi's face. "I understand that people from the Soul Palace will participate in this alchemy meeting. The Alchemy Tower and the Soul Palace have always been incompatible. No matter what, the championship of the alchemy meeting cannot be taken away by people from the Soul Palace!"
Nie Yuan was silent and thoughtful.
Xuan Kongzi continued: "Nie Yuan, you are not very old, but your soul power has probably broken through to the heavenly realm, right? Although I am old, my sensitivity is still very good."
"Yes, I broke through to the Heaven Realm not long after arriving in Shengdan City."
Nie Yuan answered truthfully.
"I thought Ying'er's talent was already amazing enough. As expected, there is no shortage of geniuses on the mainland."
Xuan Kongzi sighed from the bottom of his heart, "Nie Yuan, I have an unwelcome request, I hope you can help."
"President Xuan Kongzi, I come from an ordinary family. In terms of strength, there are many people in Danta who are stronger than me. What can I do to help?"
Nie Yuan gave an embarrassed smile.
Xuan Kongzi said calmly, "Don't worry, I will never make things difficult for you."
Nie Yuan looked hesitant, "President Xuan Kongzi, can I know what it is first?"
"Prevent Soul Palace from taking first place in the Alchemy Conference."
Xuan Kongzi spoke each word with an extremely serious expression.
what? !
Hearing this, Nie Yuan couldn't help but lean back in shock.
The people from Danta asked me to defeat the people from Soul Palace?
No... I am also from the Soul Palace! What is this, Infernal Affairs?
"I guess with your strength, you came to the Alchemy Conference to win the championship."
Xuan Kongzi seemed to have seen through Nie Yuan. "You don't have to react so strongly. For you, this is just a matter of convenience."
"President Xuan Kongzi, to be honest, this is my first time in the Alchemy Region, and I happened to run into the Alchemy Conference, so I came here to see a little bit. As for the championship, I will try my best to fight for it. If I have to face the people from the Soul Palace head-on, I am just an ordinary person, and I dare not provoke them casually."
Nie Yuan discovered that the other party did not know the relationship between him and Soul Palace. In this case, even if he really came for the championship, he would not admit it at this moment.
Although it is a convenient thing to do, there is no reason not to do it if it can bring some benefits.
With Danta’s background, even if a little bit slips through the cracks, the value is estimated to be greater than 50% of the Ye family’s assets.
"Don't be afraid. You can join Danta after you win the championship. You will have Danta's protection in the future."
Xuan Kongzi promised.
Nie Yuan immediately retorted, "But from what I understand, it seems that every year there are alchemists being captured by the Soul Palace. Could it be that all of those alchemists have not joined the Dan Tower?"
Xuan Kongzi's expression was slightly stagnant. "The situation here is not what you think. Simply put, the Soul Palace is not a simple organization, and Danta cannot directly declare war on the Soul Palace."
Nie Yuan spread his hands, "According to President Xuan Kongzi, the Soul Palace came to target the Alchemy Association this time, and I'm afraid the goal is clear. If I disrupt their business, if it's too serious, can the Alchemy Tower really protect me? Even if I'm safe, what about my family?"
Xuan Kongzi was a little annoyed, "If you are really worried, I won't force you."
With his status, there are many people in Danta who want to do things for him.
Who would be as reluctant as Nie Yuan?
I thought that someone so young and capable must be a fearless and brave junior, but it seems I misjudged him.
Nie Yuan shook his head gently. "It's impossible to let a horse run without eating grass. President Xuan Kongzi, you can't let me get involved in such a dangerous matter with just a few words, right? This is my first time in Danyu."
"what do you want?"
Xuan Kongzi suddenly reacted and realized that this kid was just as he knew him to be, making excuses unless there was any benefit.
"The boy comes from a poor place and has limited experience. President Xuan Kongzi, please choose him. It would be best if he can help the alchemist."
Nie Yuan had a smile on his face.
"I need to think about it. You go back first. I'll ask Ying Er to send it to you later."
Xuan Kongzi frowned for a moment, unable to make up his mind.
"Okay, President Xuan Kongzi."
Nie Yuan stood up from his seat and walked to the door. He suddenly turned around and said, "To be honest, I came here for the championship. The champion of this Alchemy Conference must be me, Nie Yuan!"
The door opened and closed, but Nie Yuan's voice in the room had not yet completely dissipated.
Sitting in his seat, Xuan Kongzi sighed and shook his head helplessly, "He's a very realistic little guy, which is a good thing. As long as the value given satisfies him, he will surely go all out... No matter what, the Alchemy Championship must not be taken away by the Soul Palace!"
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out of the hall.
Nie Yuan's mouth corners slightly raised, and he was in a pretty good mood.
It was beyond his expectation that Danta would ask him for help.
However, after thinking about it, Nie Yuan found it quite normal.
On the one hand, the relationship between Soul Palace and Danta is there, and Danta will never allow anyone from Soul Palace to win the championship.
The rules of the Alchemy Conference, plus the fact that the people from the Soul Palace who participate in the Conference will conceal something, make it almost impossible to detect at the first stage. By the time the time comes to refine the elixir, it is already too late to discover it.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, it would be difficult for Danta to directly deprive the opponent of the right to participate in the competition.
Among all the contestants from Danta, Cao Ying is the strongest.
But this woman is still young after all. In terms of medicine refining ability, she is definitely inferior to old guys like Mu Gu.
In this situation, I, an outlier whose soul has reached the heavenly realm, appear particularly outstanding.
After all, among the champion contestants of previous alchemy conferences, there are probably not many whose soul power can reach the heavenly realm.
Not long after returning to his residence, Nie Yuan saw Cao Ying coming over and handed him a storage ring.
"My teacher asked me to give you something."
Cao Ying must have learned something from Xuan Kongzi. She looked unyielding. "I tell you, soul realm is not equal to medicine refining ability. I will defeat you once with facts at the alchemy meeting!"
He handed the thing to Nie Yuan, and without waiting for his answer, he turned around and left in a hurry.
After closing the door, Nie Yuan didn't pay any attention to what Cao Ying said.
How can you win if I cheat? "It would be more interesting to see the attitude of President Xuan Kongzi."
Nie Yuan was somewhat looking forward to it.
The ring only has a simple mark to prevent it from being opened prematurely.
After erasing it, the situation inside the ring was revealed.
In the narrow space of only one square meter, there were three scrolls.
They took out all of them and spread them out on the table. Nie Yuan picked up the one on the far right first.
This is a soul attack fighting skill, called Soul Hand Seal. The Soul-summoning Mysterious Seal Palm that Cao Ying had used before is a part of the Soul Hand Seal.
The second record is a way to increase soul power through practice.
"Good stuff, you won't see this in the outside world."
Nie Yuan was slightly surprised. Although his soul power did not require any practice and could be improved by lottery, he should not forget the Northwest Alliance.
If such a scroll appeared, how many alchemists would join the Alchemist Alliance?
Soul power is a threshold for becoming an alchemist. It does not mean that soul power is unimportant after becoming an alchemist. If you want to become an eighth-grade alchemist from a seventh-grade alchemist, your soul power must reach the spiritual realm.
But there are limited ways to increase soul power. One is as a byproduct of improving strength, and the other is through eating certain specific items.
Nie Yuan had never heard of such a special method to enhance the power of the soul before.
The third scroll is a set of training suggestions on fire control, which looks like the experience left by a master of alchemy.
"It has some minor flaws compared to the first two, but it's not a big deal."
It was like picking up something for free, and Nie Yuan felt that he couldn't ask for too much, because even without these three scrolls, he still had to fight for the championship of the Alchemy Conference.
After all, the only people who can be remembered are champions.
In order to earn a large amount of emotion points, an unknown young man won the first place in the competition among countless geniuses and experienced alchemists, and obviously had the most emotions.
After packing up the scroll, the night passed quickly.
the next day.
Ye Chong came early and knocked on the door as usual.
Hearing the noise, Nie Yuan pushed the door open and after washing up, he went to the central square of Shengdan City with him.
The most obvious change from the past is that there are more people.
Whether it is the streets, alleys, roofs, or treetops, almost every place where there is a place to stand is full of people.
Nie Yuan and Ye Zhong walked in the air and, like everyone else, came to a position close to the center.
"I wish Brother Nie all the best in advance."
Ye Zhong was not a contestant and could not continue to accompany him. He stopped and clasped his fists to congratulate Nie Yuan.
"Thank you."
After returning the gift, Nie Yuan came to the gathering point of the contestants with his identity badge.
In front of me is a square of nearly a thousand feet.
There are many stone platforms floating in the sky, and each of them is glowing with a faint light, looking extremely magical.
The Alchemy Conference is divided into two levels. After passing the first level of screening, you will enter a place called Alchemy Realm.
Each person will be assigned a pill recipe, and can pass the level by collecting all the materials in the pill world.
All those who pass will work together with others on those stone platforms to refine pills and decide the final winner.
All around the square is a magnificent scene of huge crowds of people.
While waiting for the giants from Danta to come and preside over the Dan Conference, Nie Yuan was thinking about how to obtain as much emotional value as possible.
The simplest point is to be unique.
Under the spotlight, any outstanding point may cause others to be surprised and gain emotional value.
"After I become the champion, my achievements will surely spread across the continent. That way, I won't be able to do those embarrassing things. I'll just have to take first place in everything."
Nie Yuan didn't want people to talk about how embarrassing it was when they mentioned his championship at the Danhui in the future.
thump—
Suddenly, a clear bell sounded throughout the world.
On the tower-like stone platform on the east side of the square, there was a swish sound of breaking wind, and then a series of figures emerged.
Among them, at the front of the crowd, Xuan Kongzi, whom I had seen before, stood in the center. On the left and right sides were a dark-skinned old man and a beautiful woman in cheongsam.
The appearance of the three giants of Danta immediately ignited the atmosphere on the scene.
It is not easy to meet these three people on weekdays.
The voice of the white-haired Xuan Kongzi was like thunder, covering the entire venue and echoing in everyone's ears.
He said some polite words and didn't delay for too long.
After a while, Xuan Kongzi finished speaking and pointed his hand towards a gray space. "The time has come. All contestants above the fifth rank, please enter the first level, the Soul Illusion!"
As soon as the words fell, one after another from the huge crowd of contestants rushed out and rushed towards the gray space.
The crowded crowd was like a swarm of locusts. Everyone wanted to be the first to enter, as if that would give them some advantage, and they even cursed for it.
In the crowd, Nie Yuan seemed to have an invisible barrier around him, and no one could get within a step of him.
After a few flashes, Nie Yuan arrived at the entrance of the space. The gray space was like a monster, swallowing his body in one bite.
The Danta certified alchemist badge on his chest burst out with suction force.
Nie Yuan subconsciously wanted to stop it, but suddenly thought that this might be a sign of entering an illusion, so he let the suction pull him.
A vortex appeared in the gray mist and Nie Yuan entered it. After a brief dizzying moment, when his vision returned, he found himself in an unfamiliar place.
The densely packed contestants disappeared at this moment, and he seemed to be in a parallel world.
Nie Yuan rushed straight forward.
I don’t know how long it took, the gray fog in front surged, then dissipated, and a familiar figure appeared.
"teacher?"
When Nie Yuan saw the other person, he was stunned for a moment, and a look of confusion flashed in his eyes.
In just a moment, the confusion was shattered by a ray of light.
After regaining consciousness, Nie Yuan was not mesmerized by the illusion. After shattering several phantoms in succession, the gray fog in front of him thinned, and a dark, twisted black hole emerged.
"The illusion is somewhat interesting, but not much."
Nie Yuan muttered to himself, entered the twisted black hole, and came to a rather spacious open space.
The void around is distorted and deformed, which is different from the perspective of the normal world.
This kind of method is what true strength requires!
Nie Yuan felt emotional, and when he saw that the old man opposite him did not react, he chose a place to sit down.
Soon after, other people arrived one after another.
After waiting for a while, the old man seemed to see that the designated time had come. He opened his eyes, distributed pill recipes and jade slips to everyone, and let them enter the pill world.
Nie Yuan saw Cao Ying glance at him before entering the Dan Realm. There were several men following her, and they seemed to be from the Dan Realm as well, but not from the five major families.
It’s best not to mess with me. I heard that Danta doesn’t care about what happens in the Dan world.
Nie Yuan doesn't want to cause trouble, but he is not afraid of it.
The entrance emitted a light that enveloped the entire body.
Before he disappeared, Nie Yuan felt a gaze coming from behind, like a thorn in his back.
who is it?
He wanted to know the source, but it was too late. When he turned around, his vision was occupied by a white light.
(End of this chapter)
