In the Fengming Empire, martial arts prevailed, and battles were inevitable. Therefore, outside the imperial capital, there was a platform of life and death, where personal grievances were settled.
Here, as long as both parties agree and sign the life and death contract, once they enter the ring, even if they kill the other party, they will not be sanctioned by imperial laws.
On weekdays, there are countless spectators here, and there were also many today. However, after the decisive battles ended, when the two young men came on stage, there was a commotion below.
"Isn't that person Long Chen? Why is he here again?"
"Yes, I was almost beaten to death yesterday. Why are you here again today?"
"Humph, I guess I don't want to live anymore and want to be beaten to death by others here."
Long Tianxiao was honored as the Marquis of Zhenyuan and was known as the military god of the generation. However, the people who really called him the military god were the poor people who had been tortured by war all year round.
In the imperial capital, these people who were either rich or noble lived in a peaceful and prosperous age and did not take Long Tianxiao, who was born as a commoner, in their eyes. Therefore, few people in the entire imperial capital thought highly of Long Chen.
"Long Chen, you loser, why are you here again? Isn't this just a waste of time? Who wants to watch you compete? Get out of here!"
"That is, if you want to commit suicide, find a place where no one is around. No one wants to see a waste. It is such a waste of time."
For a time, hundreds of people watching the excitement in the audience couldn't help but curse loudly, obviously very disgusted with Long Chen.
But in an inconspicuous corner in the distance, two girls with veils were looking intently at the figure on the stage.
"Sister, that is your fiancé? Why does he look so bad? There is no movement in his body at all." A girl said a little disappointed.
"Huh, it's not like dad made his own decision. He married me on the fingertips of the family back then. I'm really pissed off." Another girl said in an extremely annoyed tone.
On the stage, Long Chen had no idea that two girls were peeping at them. He didn't react at all to the shouts and curses, and just looked at Li Hao indifferently.
Li Hao pointed at the commotion crowd and sneered: "Did you see that, you are just an unpopular waste, the wiser one should just hit you to death."
Long Chen just looked at him indifferently and said nothing.
"when"
A bell rings, signaling the start of the duel. When the bell rings, life or death is on the line.
The originally noisy crowd fell silent as the bell rang. After all, this was a life and death battle, and someone might lose their life at some point.
"Sister, your fiancé has no cultivation at all. He is facing a guy from the third level of Qi Gathering. Aren't you worried?" the woman asked.
"Huh, what's there to worry about? If you die, don't worry about me." Another girl snorted lightly, but as she spoke, a very strange silk mesh appeared in her hand.
"Hehe, you said you don't care. You even prepared weapons. It seems that you still care about him. But don't say it. Although his cultivation is too useless, he is really good-looking. Otherwise, sister, you don't want him.
"Leave it to me," the woman said with a smile.
"Nonsense, can this kind of thing be done casually? If you like him, you can wait until I break off the engagement with him and do whatever you want," another woman said angrily.
"whee"
In the arena, Long Chen was always as calm as water. He was completely different from the one who was gnashing his teeth yesterday.
"Long Chen, did you calm down when you were about to die? Don't worry, considering your bet, I won't beat you to death today." Li Hao said with a proud look on his face.
"There's so much nonsense, hurry up and do something, I'll have something to do later," Long Chen said impatiently.
Because the whole place was quiet, Long Chen's words reached everyone's ears word for word, and in an instant, the entire arena burst into laughter.
"Li Hao, what are you waiting for? Hurry and beat this bastard to death. It's really disgusting to us."
Someone knew Li Hao and shouted on the spot.
A sneer appeared on Li Hao's face, and he no longer hesitated. All the strength belonging to the third level of Qi Gathering exploded. When his feet were a little bit on the ring, he had already pounced on Long Chen and punched out.
As soon as Li Hao attacked, a burst of cheers erupted from the audience. Li Hao's posture was very beautiful and handsome.
"What a move, Linfeng Yushu Fist"
Some people recognized this move, but the two women in the distance secretly pouted, with a hint of ridicule on their lips.
Long Chen also had a hint of sarcasm on his lips: Can such idiotic tricks that are full of loopholes be used against the enemy?
He saw a punch hitting his face and the strong wind roared, but Long Chen ignored it and remained motionless.
"Haha, this loser can't even hide." Someone in the audience mocked.
But just as he finished shouting his taunt, Li Hao's fist stopped three inches in front of Long Chen's face and became motionless.
Those who had been taunting suddenly became silent. They found that one of Long Chen's legs stretched out and kicked Li Hao's legs hard with the sole of his foot.
Li Hao, who was originally full of youth and grace, now looked like a purple eggplant. It was obvious that Long Chen's kick made him uncomfortable. The severe pain made his face distorted and he could not move at all.
He couldn't move, but Long Chen could. At the moment he paused, Long Chen grabbed Li Hao's hair with both hands and pushed it back hard, knocking out his strong knees at the same time.
"Bang bang bang"
Long Chen's movements are very pleasing to the eye, with clear paragraphs. The movements and sounds give people an extremely strong visual impact and a bright sense of rhythm.
There was a tooth-piercing sound of bone cracking, and Li Hao was hit hard three times in a row. The bridge of his nose was collapsed and deformed, his face was covered in blood, and he passed out.
For a moment, the entire venue was completely silent. No one expected that a strong man of the third level of the Qi Gathering Realm would be defeated so quickly by a useless person without any cultivation.
Moreover, he was defeated in the cleanest and neatest way. This result was like a hard slap in the face of the clamoring people.
Even the two girls who were watching the battle secretly from a distance had expressions of astonishment on their faces. That Li Hao was nothing in front of them, yet he could be killed with a wave of his hand.
But Long Chen was different. From the beginning to the end, he didn't use any spiritual energy. He completely defeated Li Hao with a mortal's fighting style.
"Long Chen wins"
A voice came from the audience. It was an old man who presided over the arena and was responsible for registration and announcements.
Long Chen's chest rose and fell sharply several times. He used great perseverance to suppress the murderous intention in his heart. Now was not a good time to kill.
It was just that it had been suppressed for too long, and it burst out all at once, making it difficult to take it back. From the outside, it seemed that Long Chen was so excited that his hands and feet lost all strength, and he was panting like crazy.
Long Chen walked off the stage, walked to the old man, took back his bet knife, and got a crystal card worth five thousand gold coins.
The rule here is that before the game, the bet must be handed over to the referee to show fairness, which also eliminates the possibility of going back on the game.
After getting the sword, Long Chen returned it directly to Shi Feng and put the crystal card into his arms, feeling a little excited in his heart.
Although five thousand gold coins is not much, it can solve some urgent needs. The above authorities have been deducting the Long family's salary for a long time, and now the Long family is really almost unable to untie the pot.
Under the gaze of countless people, the two slowly left. The two girls, seeing Long Chen leaving, also disappeared.
The news that Long Chen defeated Li Hao spread throughout the entire imperial capital as if he had grown legs, leaving countless people puzzled. How could a waste who couldn't practice martial arts suddenly become powerful?
However, countless people witnessed it with their own eyes, and the news spread that Li Hao was carried back to his home. For a while, many people couldn't accept it.
After Long Chen and Shi Feng left, Long Chen wanted to share the spoils with Shi Feng, but Shi Feng refused. In the end, he excused himself as having something to do and went back without even asking why Long Chen suddenly became stronger.
Keeping this favor in mind, Long Chen went straight to Baicao Hall. After entering Baicao Hall, Long Chen asked for a catalog of medicinal materials here.
The names and prices of various medicinal materials were clearly recorded on it. Long Chen saw most of the medicinal materials for refining Fengfu Dan. Fortunately, the medicinal materials for refining Fengfu Dan were not particularly rare.
But seeing the price above, Long Chen's heart was bleeding. His gold coins were only enough to buy three materials.
But he couldn't buy all the materials. He also needed to buy an alchemy cauldron and some other spare medicinal materials. The few gold coins in his hand were just a drop in the bucket.
But it was impossible not to buy it. Long Chen gritted his teeth and spent 1,200 gold coins to buy a bronze cauldron of the lowest quality.
He bought another batch of medicinal materials for refining Fengfu Dan, and also bought a large amount of medicinal materials for refining Huiqi Powder. When Long Chen came out of Baicaotang, he only had five hundred gold coins on his crystal card.
After returning home, Long Chen went straight to his room, locked the door tightly, and asked Bao'er to tell everyone not to disturb him.
He knew that his mother would definitely know that he was going to compete again, and he was afraid that her mother would be worried, so he deliberately asked Bao'er to block his mother. Since he was fine, his mother shouldn't be too worried.
Now he is racing against time and must quickly improve his strength. The current predicament of the Long family is not as simple as it appears on the surface. Long Chen senses a sense of crisis.
"call"
The spiritual energy in Long Chen's body was circulating, and a ball of flame appeared in the palm of his hand. This was the alchemy fire condensed by the alchemist. However, seeing the ball of flame made Long Chen dumbfounded. This ball of flame was probably too weak.
Pill fire is the spiritual fire that the alchemist condenses with his own spiritual energy through a unique operation method. However, the pill fire condensed by Long Chen now has a very low temperature and is not much stronger than ordinary ordinary fire.
Moreover, Long Chen discovered that without the support of his dantian, his elixir fire could not last for a quarter of an hour, which was far from enough time to refine the elixir.
Long Chen smiled bitterly. Fortunately, he had a backup plan. Long Chen did not refine the elixir. He first put the medicinal materials of Hui Qi Powder into the cauldron and refined them one by one. However, he did not use elixir fire, but wood fire.
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After all the medicinal materials were refined, a whole jar of Qi Recovery Liquid appeared beside Long Chen. After taking a short rest, Long Chen took a deep breath:
It's time to officially start refining the Fengfu Pill.