Trade My Life for Your Pill!

"Open your dog eyes and take a good look at this!"

Lu Chen could no longer bear it. With a furious shout, he directly took out a pill and raised it high.

The spiritual pill pinched between his fingers actually emitted a cold, moonlike glow beneath the lamplight.

Didn't you say I was a fraud?

Didn't you say I couldn't produce a Foundation Establishment Pill?

Now I was going to slap every last one of you across the face until it rang.

"This is..."

"Could it be..."

Everyone stared at the spiritual pill in Lu Chen's hand in utter disbelief.

The instant Lu Chen produced that pill, Jiang Yingyue's eyes lit up from within the crowd.

As an Alchemical Grandmaster, she recognized at a glance that the spiritual pill in his hand was a genuine Foundation Establishment Pill.

Yun Feier stared at the spiritual pill in Lu Chen's hand, shocked, excited, and remorseful.

Yun Ao stared blankly at the spiritual pill in Lu Chen's hand, his lips trembling as he found himself unable to speak.

The formerly clamorous crowd fell silent at once.

Lin Daoyun, the Alchemy Master from the Sacred Pill Pavilion, stared at the spiritual pill in Lu Chen's hand, his entire body going rigid.

Lin Shanhe, the Lin Household elder, looked blankly at the spiritual pill in Lu Chen's hand.

At that moment, every gaze present was drawn to the spiritual pill in Lu Chen's hand.

"This is the Foundation... Establishment... Pill..."

Lu Chen swept his gaze across the crowd, enunciating each word.

His voice reached the ears of everyone present.

Yun Feier took a deep breath and grabbed the arm of Yun Ao, her second brother, beside her.

"Second Brother, is this... is this really a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

Yun Feier's voice trembled.

"It looks very much like one..."

Yun Ao muttered.

"Let me see it..."

Lin Daoyun rushed forward and reached out to snatch the pill from Lu Chen's hand.

Lu Chen flashed aside and dodged him.

"What, even an Alchemy Master like you can't recognize a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

Lu Chen looked coldly at Lin Daoyun.

"Your pill does resemble a Foundation Establishment Pill, but it must be inspected before it can be confirmed. After all, passing off fish eyes as pearls is what frauds do best!"

Lin Daoyun said loudly.

The crowd gradually recovered from their shock as well.

"That's right. Just because you say the pill in your hand is a Foundation Establishment Pill, does that make it one?"

"Are you afraid an inspection will expose the pill in your hand as a fake?"

"That must be it!"

The crowd's emotions were ignited once more.

"Fine, fine, fine. I've truly seen your ugly faces for what they are. Just now, you called me a fraud and said I couldn't produce a Foundation Establishment Pill. Now that I've taken one out, you say the Foundation Establishment Pill in my hand is fake."

"Lin Daoyun, Lin Daoyun, are you planning to force me to hand the pill over to you, the Alchemy Master, for inspection? If it's a real Foundation Establishment Pill, you'll switch it for a fake one. If it's fake, that makes things even easier for you, doesn't it?"

Lu Chen directly exposed Lin Daoyun's scheme.

"Absurd! You're spitting blood at me!"

Lin Daoyun bristled, cursing Lu Chen furiously out of guilt.

"Could Master Lin possibly be such a despicable man? Master Lin's reputation in Hehuan Town is resounding. How can an unknown nobody like you be allowed to slander him?"

Lin Shanhe glared at Lu Chen through gritted teeth.

"If you don't dare let me inspect the pill in your hand, then you're guilty. The Foundation Establishment Pill in your hand is fake, and you are a fraud!"

Lin Daoyun looked coldly at Lu Chen.

Kid, you want to fight me? You're still too green.

The people around them immediately joined in.

"My pill is not yours to inspect!"

Lu Chen looked at Lin Daoyun with cold disdain.

"If you refuse to let Master Lin inspect the pill, then you're a fraud!"

Someone in the crowd roared.

"That's right, the fraud is feeling guilty!"

"We can't let this hateful fraud get away!"

People in the crowd kept cursing at Lu Chen.

Someone deliberately hid among the crowd and fanned the flames.

There was no need to ask. It had to be the Lin Household's doing.

"Are you really a fraud?"

Yun Feier glared at Lu Chen angrily.

"Yes, I'm a fraud. Our deal is canceled!"

Lu Chen glanced at Yun Feier as he spoke.

"Everyone, did you see that? He can't keep deceiving us anymore. He admitted himself that he's a fraud!"

Lin Shanhe seized the chance to shout at the crowd.

The crowd instantly erupted, and everyone began cursing Lu Chen.

"You'd better not regret this!"

Lu Chen looked coldly at the ugly faces around him.

"Haha, this damned fraud actually says we'll regret it."

"I regret your grandfather!"

"Take off this damned fraud's mask and see what this dog bastard looks like!"

Someone roared.

Seeing this, Jiang Yingyue knew it was time for her to step forward.

She was just about to go out and help Lu Chen out of the predicament.

"All of you, get the hell out of the way!"

Just then, an angry roar rang out as someone shoved through the crowd and charged out.

Everyone looked over and saw an elderly man, bent and decrepit, looking as though he had one foot in the grave.

"You have a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

The newcomer rushed forward, grabbed Lu Chen by the shoulder, and stared fixedly at him.

The Yin-Yang Cauldron within Lu Chen's dantian immediately reacted: low-grade wind Spiritual Root, lightning Spiritual Root, earth Spiritual Root, lifespan nearly exhausted!

So this man was about to die.

"Eh, isn't this Zhao Hong from the Zhao Household?"

"He's only from a branch of the Zhao Household. Looking at him, he's probably about to breathe his last."

"His cultivation has been stuck at the Tenth Layer of Qi Refining for more than ten years, hasn't it? His talent is poor, and he has three Spiritual Roots. Even if he successfully achieved Foundation Establishment, he would find it difficult to accomplish anything. Even the main Zhao Household in Azure Moon City is unwilling to waste a Foundation Establishment Pill helping him establish his foundation."

Seeing this, Jiang Yingyue stopped in her tracks.

"I have one. What can you offer in exchange?"

Lu Chen looked calmly at Zhao Hong.

"My life!"

Zhao Hong said in a deep voice.

"Zhao Hong, how much is your worthless life worth? Besides, this fellow is a fraud. The Foundation Establishment Pill in his hand is fake."

Lin Daoyun sneered.

"Lin Daoyun, you sanctimonious bastard, get the hell out of here!"

Zhao Hong cursed at Lin Daoyun, gasping heavily.

Though Lin Daoyun was displeased at being cursed, he put on an outward appearance of not stooping to Zhao Hong's level.

"Aren't you afraid my Foundation Establishment Pill is fake, and you'll croak the moment you swallow it?"

Lu Chen stared intently at Zhao Hong.

"Damn it, I'm about to die anyway. Do I have a choice?"

Zhao Hong truly had no choice. Even the Lineage behind him had completely abandoned him, leaving him to fend for himself.

Before he died, he wanted to make one final gamble.

"Very well. Remember your promise!"

Lu Chen flipped his right hand, and a Foundation Establishment Pill appeared in his palm.

Zhao Hong did not care about anything else. He snatched the Foundation Establishment Pill from Lu Chen's hand and swallowed it in one gulp.