Chapter 584, The Momentum of a Dark Horse

Translator: Silavin

 

Qin Yichen had never expected events to develop in such a manner.

 

He lifted his head slightly, looking towards the stone platform where Ouyang Wensu was positioned, only to see Ouyang Wensu give him a strange smile.

 

Immediately, Qin Yichen’s eyes narrowed.

 

[This escalating situation, he must know something.]

 

By rights, even if someone suspected he had bribed Jiang Hao, it absolutely would not have developed to this extent. There must be someone fanning the flames behind the scenes.

 

The purpose of these people was obvious: they did not want him to have an easy time, and perhaps even wanted to eliminate him in the first round.

 

Qin Yichen had already vaguely guessed who it was.

 

Apart from Ouyang Haotian of the Ouyang Family, who else had such great capability to drive so many Alchemy Masters to provoke him?

 

It must be said, this move by Ouyang Haotian was quite insidious.

 

Even if he could not eliminate Qin Yichen, he could exhaust him through this pathetic tactic.

 

However, Ouyang Haotian had still underestimated Qin Yichen!

 

Exhaustion, for him, was useless.

 

Because the Spirit God Technique had always been operating independently. Unless there was sudden violent consumption, minor skirmishes like the present situation could not cause any impact on him whatsoever.

 

Unless Ouyang Haotian could find a group of Human Grade Alchemy Masters at the Spiritual Rupture Realm.

 

However, that was almost impossible.

 

Young Human Grade Alchemy Masters at the Spiritual Rupture Realm were all prominent figures, all geniuses cultivated with full effort by various Forces. How could they possibly be willing to serve as meaningless cannon fodder?

 

“Brat, you can only blame yourself for offending someone you cannot afford to offend!”

 

Yet another Alchemy Master walked onto the platform. As he passed by Qin Yichen’s side, he sneered in a low voice.

 

“Oh?” Looking at the young man who had already taken his position opposite him, wearing Fifth Grade Alchemy Master robes, a trace of coldness flashed in the depths of Qin Yichen’s pupils.

 

Without doubt, this Alchemy Master before him was one of those fanning the flames.

 

“Do you really take me for a soft persimmon?” Qin Yichen’s eyes narrowed slightly. He was already becoming thoroughly annoyed. Just as he was planning to establish his authority, someone had delivered himself right to his doorstep.

 

“Keep it moderate.” The staff member standing beside the stone platform woodenly reminded them.

 

*Bang!…* His words had barely fallen when, accompanied by a dull sound, that Fifth Grade Alchemy Master was directly blasted away, falling towards the crowd below.

 

“Ah!…” After hitting the ground, the man clutched his head and rolled about. His pale complexion made it even clearer that what he had just suffered was not a physical attack, but rather, damage to his Knowledge Sea.

 

Immediately, the originally noisy crowd fell into an eerie silence. Countless pairs of eyes stared with uncertainty at the figure rolling on the ground.

 

It seemed they were still trying to determine whether the man was pretending.

 

“Isn’t that Gan Li? How did he…”

 

In the crowd, someone recognised the Alchemy Master.

 

Clearly, this person was no ordinary nobody either. Moreover, he was an Alchemy Master from the Alchemy Council, whose Spiritual Energy cultivation had long reached the Peak Spiritual Flow Realm.

 

Combined with guidance from Alchemy Grandmasters of the Alchemy Council, although he was only at the Spiritual Flow Realm, he was no less capable than some Spiritual Rupture Realm Alchemy Masters from ordinary Alchemy Manors!

 

Yet at this moment, in just a single exchange, and indeed, when almost everyone was waiting for him to surrender dramatically, he was directly blasted away. Looking at his condition, if he was not pretending, his injuries were probably not light.

 

“Quickly carry him away!” While the crowd was still in doubt, several staff members from the Alchemy Council hurriedly approached. After a brief examination, they hastily carried him away.

 

“No way? Is this real or fake?”

 

“Looking at his disordered state, it doesn’t seem like he’s pretending…”

 

The crowd that had originally been pushing forward to challenge Qin Yichen, following several discussion voices, became completely quiet.

 

The Fifth Grade Alchemy Master, Gan Li, was more than enough to crush the vast majority of Alchemy Masters present. Yet he, in merely a single exchange, before he could even utter the surrender dialogue they had expected from the script, had already fallen to such a state.

 

If this was not acting, then what kind of strength must this youth possess?!

 

A youth who easily defeated Jiang Hao, Gan Li, and at least dozens of other Alchemy Masters, yet remained unperturbed… They had ignorantly assumed he had used money to bribe people, and had presumed to provoke him?

 

Thinking of this, a bone-chilling feeling suddenly spread from the depths of their hearts.

 

At this moment, they had already cursed those who spread rumours from top to bottom, greeting every generation of their Families!

 

“Eh? Which Alchemy Manor’s platform is that?”

 

On the high platform, surprise also flashed in the eyes of Dan Xuan and Chen Yun.

 

The commotion in Qin Yichen’s direction was rather too great, so they naturally noticed it. Seeing that the reasonably capable youth, Gan Li, had been defeated so easily, they were obviously somewhat surprised.

 

One must know that the first round tested Spiritual Energy. As long as the gap between both sides was not too vast, it would be impossible to determine victory so easily. Yet Gan Li had not even lasted a single breath, which could only indicate that his opponent’s strength far exceeded his!

 

“Reporting to both Chairmans, that is Ten Corner Alchemy Manor’s platform. The youth on the platform is named Qin Yichen.”

 

Soon, an Elder behind them spoke respectfully, then proceeded to relate everything the Alchemy Council knew about Qin Yichen.

 

“Hehe, it seems Shen Fangu has cultivated quite a fine prospect this time.”

 

Chen Yun’s face revealed a trace of a smile as she murmured softly. Beside her, Dan Xuan’s expression remained unchanged, though from his attitude, he clearly agreed somewhat with Chen Yun’s words.

 

The reason Ten Corner Alchemy Manor’s platform was positioned at the outermost edge of those platforms was because for decades, even over a hundred years, no one from Ten Corner Alchemy Manor had stood upon that final group of stone platforms, let alone achieved any outstanding results!

 

This was naturally because the Heavenly Dragon Imperial Dynasty was blessed with exceptional people and favourable circumstances, with outstanding individuals emerging in endless succession.

 

However, as one of the Alchemy Manors, to lack even the qualification to enter the final stone platform competition during the Alchemy Manor Summit. How humiliating was that?

 

After countless years had passed, Ten Corner Alchemy Manor had long become a laughingstock of the Heavenly Dragon Imperial City. Yet recently, finally there was a young man from Ten Corner Alchemy Manor who stood upon the stone platform like a rooted tree, and even facing the crowd below that far exceeded other platforms, he remained unperturbed!

 

At this moment, Shen Fangu’s aged face revealed a gratified smile, while his heart quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

 

Although Qin Yichen had said there was no problem, he had still been somewhat worried, because after all, Qin Yichen had not long since broken through to the Spiritual Rupture Realm. However, seeing him effortlessly defeat two somewhat famous Alchemy Masters plus dozens of troublemakers, Shen Fangu finally felt at ease.

 

This time, Qin Yichen of Ten Corner Alchemy Manor would certainly be one of the greatest dark horses of this Alchemy Manor Summit!