The Mysterious Alchemist!

"Shen Zhong, you old cur, are you trying to rebel?"

Shen Wan roared in fury and shot forward like lightning. Wild spiritual energy surged out, forming a palm imprint that collided with the Grand Elder!

Bang!

A dull boom shook the air. Powerful gusts from their palms swept outward, making everyone's robes snap and flutter, while the immense spiritual pressure left them feeling crushed beneath its weight.

As two Dao Foundation Realm experts, Shen Wan and the Grand Elder unleashed terrifying power.

"Shen Wan, you would oppose me for this worthless live-in son-in-law?"

The Grand Elder's voice was icy.

"Worthless? I'd say your grandson is the worthless one! He couldn't even beat Ning Chuan, yet he has the gall to covet the position of family head?"

Shen Wan sneered.

"Fine, fine, fine! Shen Wan, let's see whether you can win the Spirit-Seizing Battle in two days! And Ning Chuan, just you wait!"

The Grand Elder's expression was utterly grim, but he also knew that with Shen Wan protecting Ning Chuan today, he could not so much as touch him.

Leaving behind that threat, he took Shen Ruzhuo and left the Elder Hall.

Everyone looked at Ning Chuan in a different light now.

No one had imagined that the formerly worthless live-in son-in-law had quietly repaired all his meridians and even broken through to the Spirit Sea Realm.

Such patience and restraint were far beyond those of an ordinary person!

"I hereby announce the five participants in the Spirit-Seizing Battle: Shen Qianxun, Ning Chuan, Shen Qian, Shen Feng, and Shen Lei! Please return and focus on your cultivation. Gather your strength, and in two days, fight for the Shen family!"

Shen Qianxun stood, swept her gaze over everyone, and spoke slowly.

Shen Qian, Shen Feng, and Shen Lei were also young Martial Dao talents of the Shen family. Each had opened nine meridians and reached the ninth level of the Meridian Opening Realm, and Shen Qianxun had already bestowed spirit stones and pills upon them.

It would naturally be ideal if they could break through to the Spirit Sea Realm in two days, though the chances were rather slim.

"Yes!"

The elders and the others rose and bowed in acknowledgment, then left the Elder Hall.

Although Ning Chuan had stunned everyone by defeating Shen Ruzhuo today, their hearts were still full of worry. His emergence would probably only keep the Shen family from losing quite so miserably. Victory remained impossible.

The name Li Zhenfei still weighed on their hearts like a mountain, filling them with anxiety.

Would the Shen family truly have to lose this hard-won Spirit Stone Mine?

Only Shen Qianxun, Shen Wan, Shen Qingqing, and Ning Chuan remained in the Elder Hall.

"Ning Chuan, your cultivation...?"

Shen Qianxun asked curiously.

Ning Chuan's meridians had been shattered inch by inch throughout his body, an injury no ordinary spiritual pill could heal. Although Shen Qianxun had previously found an ancient pill formula for the Meridian-Continuing Pill, she had not been completely certain it could cure him.

Yet now, not only had Ning Chuan's injuries healed, but his cultivation had also reached the second level of the Spirit Sea Realm. Naturally, Shen Qianxun was both astonished and delighted.

Shen Wan and Shen Qingqing were intensely curious as well.

"Well, two days ago, I left Flame Dragon City to clear my head and happened to meet a mysterious alchemist. He said I had extraordinary talent in the Pill Dao, took me as his disciple, and gave me a spiritual pill. After I took it, not only did all my meridians heal and my body undergo a complete transformation, but my cultivation also broke through to the Spirit Sea Realm in one leap!"

Ning Chuan spun the story off the top of his head.

He could hardly tell them he was a transmigrator from Earth whom the Demon Emperor Asura had tried to possess, only for him to possess the Demon Emperor Asura instead and acquire his vast cultivation experience, could he?

"A mysterious alchemist? Could it be... the mysterious alchemist the Treasure Pavilion has offered a reward to find?"

Shen Wan paused, then suddenly thought of something, her expression turning immensely excited.

"The mysterious alchemist the Treasure Pavilion has offered a reward to find?"

Ning Chuan was briefly taken aback.

"A few days ago, a mysterious alchemist refined a pill in the Treasure Pavilion, triggering a phenomenon in heaven and earth. Five-colored auspicious clouds appeared! The Treasure Pavilion was shaken and even offered an astronomical reward to find that mysterious alchemist!"

Shen Qingqing explained.

Shen Qianxun also nodded. "For a spiritual pill to trigger a phenomenon in heaven and earth, either an extremely rare ancient spiritual pill has appeared, or that master of the Pill Dao is a Six-Star alchemist or higher!"

"Ning Chuan, you were fortunate to encounter such an important figure. I never imagined you truly possessed such remarkable talent in the Pill Dao!"

Shen Qianxun's eyes were full of delighted surprise. She was happy for Ning Chuan.

"Perhaps!"

Ning Chuan's eyes held a distinctly odd look.

After hearing their explanation, Ning Chuan understood at once. Apparently, refining the Five-Element Marrow-Cleansing Pill that day had caused such a stir that even the Treasure Pavilion was looking for him.

By sheer coincidence, the mysterious alchemist Ning Chuan had invented on the spot had convinced them just like that.

Neither Shen Qianxun nor Shen Wan knew that the mysterious alchemist was Ning Chuan himself.

"But even with Ning Chuan at the Spirit Sea Realm, we still have one fewer than the Li Family! How are we supposed to deal with Li Yunfei?"

Shen Qingqing spoke with some concern.

"Li Yunfei? He probably won't be able to fight!"

Ning Chuan smiled calmly.

"Why is that?"

Shen Qianxun asked in confusion.

"Because I've already killed Li Yunfei!"

Ning Chuan said with a grin.