Facing Guan Ping's words, the man floating in the air spoke blandly.
"What grudge I have against you, you know perfectly well. In any case, if you cannot defeat me, I guarantee you will not gather a single herb in these seven days."
"So you insist on having an alchemy duel with me."
Seeing the man's cold attitude in the air, anger rose in Guan Ping's heart as well.
"The Zheng Family of Rongyang Realm, one of the Five Surnames Seven Realms."
"Just because I ranked ahead of you, you have been hounding me without letting up."
"That's right!"
The man said blandly, "I, Zheng Ling, began refining pills at the age of three. By seven, I had thoroughly studied a hundred thousand pill formulas. At thirteen, I challenged the alchemy prodigies of the Three Great Worlds in succession and found no rival."
"From the very beginning, my goal was to challenge the Pill Tower Master."
"During the Preliminary Round, I had no desire to fight the others for the top three places, so I deliberately kept my ranking at tenth."
"Who would have thought that you would stick your foot in and steal my place?"
"If a prodigy from one of the other four surnames had surpassed my pill, I would not have bothered to say anything."
"But what gives you the right to rank tenth? Can your pill truly defeat mine?"
Hearing this, Guan Ping clenched her teeth and said coldly, "Just because I am not from one of the Five Surnames and have neither background nor inheritance, you cannot stand the sight of me?"
"Yes!"
"Everyone has their own place. If you wish to reach the peak, then naturally you must accept challenges."
"He who would wear the crown must bear its weight. You should understand that."