Yun Feier Regretted Until Her Guts Turned Green!

No one had expected Zhao Hong to swallow the pill in Lu Chen's hand in a single gulp.

Everyone was utterly shocked.

Even Lu Chen was somewhat taken aback.

However, Zhao Hong's lifespan was nearly exhausted. If he did not take Lu Chen's pill, he would not have much longer to live anyway.

"Zhao Hong, are you courting death? If you properly recuperated and took lifespan-extending pills, you might still live another two or three years. Now you've taken this fellow's fake pill—aren't you afraid you'll drop dead on the spot?"

Alchemy Master Lin Daoyun shook his head and sighed.

"That's right, this guy is a swindler of unknown origin!"

"Damn, you actually dare to take a swindler's pill?"

The surrounding crowd instantly erupted.

"This..."

Yun Feier was dumbfounded as well.

That pill had originally been hers, yet Zhao Hong had eaten it instead.

A bad feeling rose within her.

Yun Ao also frowned deeply as he stared at Zhao Hong, who had taken the pill.

"You swindler, why haven't you surrendered with your hands tied?"

Lin Tianhe, an elder of the Lin Household, glared furiously at Lu Chen and shouted.

"Surrender, or die!"

"Swindlers deserve to die!"

The crowd surged with outrage.

"Haha..."

Lu Chen, wearing a bronze mask, suddenly burst into laughter.

"You're about to die, and you can still laugh?"

The surrounding people were both shocked and enraged.

"What are you laughing at?"

Lin Tianhe said coldly.

"Haha... I'm laughing at how every one of you is an idiot. You're being used as spears by this Lin fellow without even realizing it. How stupid and pitiful!"

Lu Chen laughed loudly.

"You swindler, you dare call us idiots?"

Everyone around him was enraged by Lu Chen's words.

"Everyone, take a look. Zhao Hong has already taken this swindler's Foundation Establishment Pill, yet there isn't the slightest reaction from his body. That is enough to prove that this man is a swindler, and the Foundation Establishment Pill in his hand is fake."

Lin Daoyun shouted to the watching crowd.

"That's right! This damned swindler still dares call us idiots. Beat this swindler to death!"

"Beat this swindler to death!"

The crowd began clamoring in agreement.

At that moment, Jiang Yingyue, who had been watching the show from the side, could not help shaking her head.

She was an Alchemical Grandmaster. The Foundation Establishment Pill was real, not some counterfeit!

"Beat him to death!"

The onlooking crowd began pressing toward Lu Chen.

Lin Daoyun, however, retreated to one side and watched Lu Chen smugly.

Lin Tianhe, the elder of the Lin Household, also watched Lu Chen with undisguised glee at his misfortune.

The crowd was just about to attack Lu Chen.

Yet Lu Chen remained utterly calm.

At that moment, Zhao Hong, who had taken the pill, suddenly underwent a drastic change in expression.

The next instant, he sat down cross-legged on the ground.

He was already in the twilight of his years, with the end of his life in sight. No matter what, he had to gamble on it.

When he had first taken the Foundation Establishment Pill from Lu Chen's hand, he had not felt any changes inside his body either.

But now, a wave of heat welled up from his dantian. Then, that heat grew hotter and hotter, stronger and stronger.

"This is... pill energy... the pill energy of a Foundation Establishment Pill?"

Zhao Hong was both shocked and delighted. He circulated the Zhao Household's inherited profound technique and began refining the pill energy.

Powerful pill energy burst from his dantian and flowed through the meridians within his body.

The pill energy continued to intensify, like a blazing golden torrent. Wherever it passed, blocked meridians and narrow acupoints were all forcibly reopened, then reshaped.

Zhao Hong clenched his teeth. His entire body trembled, and veins bulged from his temples.

The sweat that had just seeped from his pores was turned into white vapor by the heat radiating from within him.

His entire body seemed shrouded in a thin mist.

"This..."

Everyone around him was struck dumb by the sight.

"How is this possible..."

Lin Daoyun stared at Zhao Hong, seated cross-legged on the ground, his face filled with horror.

"That swindler's Foundation Establishment Pill actually works?"

Those who had originally wanted to attack Lu Chen were all dumbfounded.

Yun Feier's face turned deathly pale.

She vaguely sensed that she had missed an enormous opportunity.

Yun Ao was stunned as well.

Behind the bronze mask, the corner of Lu Chen's lips curled into a faint smile.

At that moment, the entire place was silent as a grave.

Everyone's eyes were fixed upon Zhao Hong, seated cross-legged on the ground.

The people around Zhao Hong all retreated.

And Zhao Hong, in full view of the public and under countless gazes, began his Foundation Establishment.

"No, no, no... this isn't real..."

Yun Feier trembled as she looked at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen did not pay her any attention at all.

"This fellow really does have some skill!"

Duan Zhengde, within the crowd, was also watching Lu Chen.

Wuchenzi likewise watched Lu Chen with a grave expression.

In truth, they had thought from the very beginning that Lu Chen was not a swindler.

Because from start to finish, this masked fellow had been far too composed.

Even when Alchemy Master Lin Daoyun questioned him, he had remained calm and unruffled.

Faced with the enraged crowd, he had still been as tranquil as drifting clouds and a gentle breeze.

If this man had no real ability, how would he dare act like this?

Time slipped away.

The moon hung high at the edge of the sky.

No one dared make a sound.

Everyone stared tensely at Zhao Hong on the ground.

Even more so, no one dared lay a hand on Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong was a member of the Zhao Household of Azure Moon City. Although he was from a collateral branch, if anyone dared attack Zhao Hong while he was undergoing Foundation Establishment in full public view, the consequences would be grave.

The Zhao Household of Azure Moon City was a great cultivation clan with a Nascent Soul ancestor overseeing it.

More than an hour later.

The mist around Zhao Hong dispersed. His skin had unexpectedly turned golden, and his whole body looked like a golden man cast from pure gold. A powerful aura surged out from him.

The people around him felt an immense pressure bearing down on them. Breathing became difficult, and they had no choice but to retreat farther away.

"It's the Zhao Household's Golden Armor Profound Technique..."

Lin Tianhe, elder of the Lin Household, cried out in alarm.

In the cultivation world, very few people chose to cultivate body-refining techniques.

The Zhao Household's Golden Armor Profound Technique was a low-grade Yellow-rank technique. Cultivated to its peak, it could still achieve golden armor protecting the body, impervious to blades and spears, untouched by water and fire.

Moreover, when paired with the Zhao Household's Spell Cultivation techniques, the Golden Armor Profound Technique's power would multiply.

At that moment, astonishing changes were taking place within Zhao Hong's body.

Lu Chen sensed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the surroundings converging crazily toward Zhao Hong.

Zhao Hong's aura was rapidly rising.

He was like a peerless divine sword being slowly drawn from its scabbard, its sharp radiance forcing everyone to avert their eyes.

Everyone watched this scene in disbelief.

Only one thought remained in their minds: the Foundation Establishment Pill Zhao Hong had taken was real.

Yun Feier regretted it until her guts turned green.

That Foundation Establishment Pill was actually real. It was real!

Her face turned deathly pale, and her body swayed as she nearly collapsed.

Yun Ao hurriedly stepped forward to support her.

"Second Brother... that Foundation Establishment Pill was real... I'm such an idiot!"

Yun Feier lamented.

That Foundation Establishment Pill had originally been hers.

She had reserved that Foundation Establishment Pill. Originally, she could have obtained it.

Yet she had not believed Lu Chen.

The person who should have broken through to the Foundation Establishment Realm had been her too!

Everyone's gaze toward Lu Chen changed, becoming filled with awe.

"Second Brother, if I go beg him, do you think he'll still help me refine pills?"

Yun Feier looked at Lu Chen.