Chapter 391: The Trickster of the Sovereign Continent

prices were still increasing."Seven million six hundred thousand crystal stones," Gu Dongchen's deep voice echoed, making Shen Xiang even happier.The entire venue was quiet; they were nearing the limi...Chapter 391: Tricks in the Realm of the King

The middle-aged man, although displeased by the question just asked to Shen Xiang, still wore a smile on his face as he said, "So it is. I believe that the Grand Tournament of the King would definitely be dimmer without Young Scholar Shen, what a pity."

"To tell the truth, I quite want to participate. However, my strength is indeed not enough currently. If I could advance within half a year to the ultimate realm, I would register!" Shen Xiang said with a smile.

Advancing to the ultimate realm within half a year Many here were powerhouses in Nirvana Realm, and they believed that it was impossible. In their eyes, Shen Xiang was just a practitioner of True Martial Realm Seven Stages. Advancing to the ultimate realm wasn't that simple, entering True Martial Realm Nine Stages being considered as an acceptable possibility.

"If Young Scholar Shen can really do that, he will definitely be the most talented genius in the Mortal Martial World! Of course, excepting our King Realm's practitioners." After saying that, the middle-aged man sat down.

Shen Xiang already knew beforehand that there were quite a few practitioners with the bloodline of the King who had advanced to the Ultimate Realm at such young ages, and it was indeed very remarkable.

Shen Xiang just smiled. Having strong fists made one a genius, seeing the King Realm proudly boasting about their strength had only increased his desire to advance to the Ultimate Realm sooner, making those King Realm people unable to smile.

At this moment, the peaceful old man smiled slightly. "Let's begin the alchemy competition now. Young Scholar Shen's time is very tight."

"The rules for this final are simple, whoever makes the total value of their medicinal pills with the highest price win. You need to prepare your own ingredients, I believe you all would have prepared enough before coming here."

Upon hearing the rules, Shen Xiang frowned slightly. Other powerhouses from different continents whispered amongst themselves and complained about the unfairness of these rules, which were unfavorable for Shen Xiang.

Shen Xiang looked at the other four young men beside him. They all looked at him with haughty and provocative eyes, as if they were looking at a loser.

"Also... we cannot make the Beast Essence Pill, this pill is meaningless! And the price value of these medicinal pills, we have a reference price here. When evaluating the result, it will be based on our reference prices."

Shen Xiang secretly sighed in anger. He felt that this alchemy competition was just a trap prepared for him, to make him lose the competition and enhance the reputation of the King Realm.

A person approached him, handing Shen Xiang a piece of paper with the prices of some medicinal pills. These were the reference prices.

"Foundation Pill 800 thousand crystal stones per pill, Essence Soul Pill one hundred thousand crystal stones, Five Elements True Energy Pill one million crystal stones…" What surprised Shen Xiang was that the three most expensive pills in the Low-grade Upper Rank were actually ones he excelled at. Moreover, there were still many pills in the Low-grade Upper Rank with prices ranging from half a million to eight hundred thousand crystal stones. These were all side pills.

Shen Xiang had already conducted an investigation here previously. There were still some ingredients for these side pills, but they were quite expensive. Some of them had not much difficulty in their refinement process. If there were abundant ingredients, it would be possible to win by refining them in large quantities.

"Hmph, these side pills are obviously not worth such prices. They intentionally inflated the price of Foundation Pill, Essence Soul Pill and Five Elements True Energy Pill, making the prices of these side pills remain high doesn't matter! I'm sure they have many ingredients for those side pills, but these medicinal pills are completely useless! Furthermore, they believe that you don't have many precious medicinal ingredients for some valuable pills." Su Meiyao said with a cold smile.

Wu Kaiming gave Shen Xiang an eye signal at that moment, seemingly asking whether Shen Xiang wanted to abandon the competition since it was currently not in his favor. With so many hidden tricks, it could be seen by many people that the King Realm was rich in resources and their alchemists had more ingredients than other continent's alchemists.

Now, it was not a competition of alchemy techniques, but who had more resources. This clearly wasn't fair since it was obvious that their goal was to make Shen Xiang lose, and they didn’t allow the Beast Essence Pill to be refined. Thinking about it only made people angry.

"Young Scholar Shen, do you have any problems" The old man asked with a faint smile.

"No problem!" Shen Xiang smiled back, showing confidence.

He was not lacking the ingredients for those three most expensive pills at this moment. He still had 80 portions of Foundation Pill,100 portions of Five Elements True Energy Pill and also one hundred portions of Essence Soul Pill. However, he only planned to refine Five Elements True Energy Pill since the output was more, one furnace could produce ten pills! Foundation Pill could only have at most four pills and three pills for Essence Soul Pill.

Moreover, he had long wanted to refine large quantities of Five Elements True Energy Pill to advance his realm!

"The competition time is three hours, if you are ready now, please take out the furnaces and let the judges check them." The old man said.

Shen Xiang took out the Flame Dragon Treasure Furnace and passed it to Huaxiangyue. Only then did she smile at him seductively, as if encouraging him.

"Now let me introduce the alchemists participating in this competition. Young Scholar Shen is very familiar to everyone, there's no need for me to waste time." The old man said as he stood up.

"Firstly, we have the talented alchemist from our Sacred Martial Pavilion, Xian Yaoming. He is thirty-five years old this year but can refine medicinal pills of the Upper Rank Middle Grade. Next…"

Shen Xiang did not listen, he felt that it was irrelevant. Even if he knew all the details of his opponents, it would make no difference to this competition.

The old man introduced the four young talented alchemists continuously, while Shen Xiang conversed with Huaxiangyue using his spiritual consciousness.

"Sister Xiang Yue, you seem to have faith in me!"

"Of course! You little scoundrel can provide the ingredients for Dreamer so many Life-saving Pills and capture the most beautiful world beauty, how can I not have faith in you" Huaxiangyue's tone carried a hint of jealousy.

Shen Xiang laughed, "Sister Xiang Yue, to be honest, I don't want you as my servant. This will make you feel low!"

"I don't mind feeling low, I think it would be fun." Huaxiangyue said enthusiastically about this matter, making Shen Xiang realize that she must have been a loyal servant in his previous life.

"Alright, I will consider it for a while. After all, I need to settle Dreamer and my matters," Shen Xiang said.

Huaxiangyue could understand Shen Xiang's situation since it was indeed a very troublesome matter.

"Who made you eat your Fairy Wife's teacher Now, you understand the trouble! Haha, if I were to become your servant, Fairy from that place might not say anything either." Huaxiangyue said with a grin.

Although everyone was listening to the old man introduce those four talented alchemists, their gazes were all concentrated on Shen Xiang. This was because Shen Xiang was staring at Huaxiangyue, who was full of charm. Huaxiangyue seemed to ignore Shen Xiang's existence as she supported her chin, considering something.

Only Liu Meng'er knew that Shen Xiang was conversing with Huaxiangyue using spiritual consciousness. She saw the wicked smile on Shen Xiang's face, realizing that they were definitely talking about some intimate matters. This made her secretly feel envious.

"Cough, are the furnaces checked" The old man secretly became angry. Shen Xiang was actually looking at a beautiful woman while talking, and he even lost himself in her looks! He wondered how Shen Xiang could become an alchemist with such a state of mind

Although normal men would want to gaze at Huaxiangyue's bewitching face, the people here were all strong and knew that it was very disrespectful. Therefore, they wouldn't stare at her beauty so carelessly.

Shen Xiang returned to his senses and saw the strange looks of everyone, he coughed twice, then asked, "By the way, what's the reward for this alchemy competitionftness Silk is also called Phoenix Passion Silk. After you have obtained the Phoenix Softness Silk, did this little boy touch you And was he able to activate it!"Liu Meng’er was stunned. Now she sudde...