“Boom!”
There was a loud roar.
Shadows filled the sky.
When the beam of light shot up into the sky, even the Night Guardian could not sit still.
He imdiately jumped up from his seat and looked at Xu Xiaoshou with eyes filled with shock.
“Was that a cauldron explosion?”
If he hadn’t seen it with his own eyes, even if soone else had told him that the City Lord’s mansion was under attack, he would have believed it without even thinking.
“Save the people!”
Shi Ti shouted loudly.
He knew of the damage that Xu Xiaoshou’s cauldron explosion would bring, so he could react and protect himself imdiately.
However, in order to protect the lives of the people close by, his first reaction was not to fly toward the beam of light.
Instead, he flew up into the sky and pulled down all the people that had been sent flying.
If these people were blasted to the top, there would definitely be no bones left following the explosion blasting.
“Save !”
Xu Xiaoshou also cried out in alarm.
The power of the condensing thod of infernal heavens combined with that of top grade sixth rank spiritual ingredients had obviously exceeded his control in an instant.
But he was lucky.
The explosion attack that ‘Recoil’ couldn’t withstand had instead pushed Xu Xiaoshou out in a parallel direction, causing him to quickly retreat from the scene.
Bang!
With a shattering sound, Xu Xiaoshou’s figure directly smashed onto the wall and was subsequently blasted out of the banquet hall.
He looked at the beam of light in disbelief, as well as President Shi Ti, who was flustered, trying to save the flying crowd.
“It’s over.”
If this thing exploded, not to ntion the banquet hall, even half of the City Lord’s Mansion would be gone!
“Go back!”
At the critical mont, the Night Guardian finally ca back to his senses.
He thought of the boasts he had made earlier.
If he could not save the crowd, then he would not have the face to walk out of this place tonight.
“Condense!”
With a shout, the Night Guardian clasped his hands together, and a terrifying power exploded.
He actually encircled the astonishing beam of light in the air and clamped it down.
“Buzz!”
After saving most of the people, Shi Ti’s bounded domain finally covered the area. As for the rest, he was already powerless to reverse the situation.
“Buzz!”
After another layer, the Night Guardian’s bounded domain directly transford into the shape of a pillar, restraining the beam of light.
The two of them worked together very well at the last minute. One saved the people while the other saved the pillar.
However, the explosion that had been wrapped was still going to explode in the end.
“Rumble...”
The earth-shattering sound finally exploded when the light beam’s energy reached its peak.
The Night Guardian’s bounded domain had suppressed all of this, but the suppression in the narrow area caused the explosion wave to be pushed out one after another before bouncing back.
The cycle repeated itself. At this mont, the damage that the Night Guardian alone suffered could be said to be several tis more than the explosion itself.
“Ngh!”
Suddenly, the Night Guardian’s body trembled.
He suddenly widened his eyes, his eyeballs bulged, and his Adam’s apple moved.
It was as if sothing unexpected had happened because he had looked down on the situation.
After the soundless fluctuation, the scene fell silent for half a breath.
The energy of the explosion was completely blocked, but the energy wave that had spread out in an instant had swept through the entire place within that short period of ti.
Xu Xiaoshou could see everything clearly from the outer wall of the banquet hall. After the energy wave that was visible to the naked eye swept through everyone’s clothes, it directly blew everything away.
“Bang, Bang, Bang –”
The floor, the banquet, the food..
Even the people who had been pulled down to the ground earlier, after barely finding a sense of security, were once again swept away and sent flying.
“Boom!”
The circular outer wall of the banquet hall seed to have been blasted through from the inside. It suddenly exploded and shot towards the white-robed guards who had rushed over from not too far away. They did not know what had happened, but they knew that the place had been attacked.
With a crash, another group of people instantly fell to the ground.
Xu Xiao was stunned.
He lay face-first on the ground and shrunk his head. As he felt the aftershocks from the ground, his heart was filled with great waves.
“Damn it, isn’t this a little too exaggerated?”
As far as his eyes could see, the entire banquet hall was gone.
This was all thanks to Shi Ti’s bounded domain wall. Not only did it stop the people who had been blown away, but it also restrained the spread of the storm, so the explosion could be maintained in such a small area.
Looking back at the place, the only ones who could still stand now were the Sovereigns.
Zhang Taiying was already dumbfounded.
He had only managed to grab the feet of two people who were flying close to him. Just as he was about to make another move to support them, he was montarily stunned by the explosion.
This scene...
The corners of his eyes twitched.
Wasn’t the Zhang residence also blasted like this that day?
However, now that he was close to the scene, he felt the situation was completely different from the slight earthquake then.
“Xu Xiaoshou... So, this is how the Eastern Courtyard was destroyed...”
He muttered to himself, and his face darkened to the extre.
Other than the few Sovereigns who stood upright, those below the Master stage were either hanging on a pile of rubble or flying towards unknown locations...
The old alchemy masters were undoubtedly all buried under the rubble.
Of course, those people were still lucky.
The ones who would be the most confused should be the old n who had been swept away from the protective barrier, their cauldrons blown up, and the instant they opened their eyes they were greeted with the scene like the end of the world.
Only Heaven would know that the traumatization from this mont could not be eliminated, and would follow them till their death.
“I have sinned.”
Xu Xiaoshou blinked his eyes in embarrassnt.
“Even the ‘condensing thod of infernal heavens’ shouldn’t go that far. Could it be that the power of that damned old man’s damned Pill Condensation Art would be greater with the use of higher rank spiritual ingredients?”
He should have felt guilt in that mont, but the thoughts in his mind were suddenly connected, as if he had been enlightened, and his eyes lit up.
Right at this mont, a suppressed roar was heard.
“Xu, Xiao, Shou!”
Shi Ti, who had protected all of this, had already turned green.
His face was covered in dust, and his voice had even mutated. It was so ear-piercing that it was terrifying.
“Here.”
Xu Xiao Shou imdiately popped his head out from the pile of dirt, waved his hand, and replied, “Don’t worry, President. I’m fine.”
“?”
The scene fell silent.
“Cursed, Passive Points 1420.”
“Resented, Passive Points 1356.”
“Feared, Passive Points 1020.”
“Insulted, Passive Points 1211.”
“...”
At this mont, the speed at which the Information Bar was flooding was unprecedented. It was even more impressive than the high frequency appearance of the notification “Attacked.”.
Moreover, every ti the Passive Points was updated, it was almost never lower than four digits!
“Cough, cough.”
Only then did Xu Xiaoshou realize that he might have misunderstood President Shi Ti’s intentions.
“Let’s talk about accountability later. First, we should save the people. I didn’t hope for the furnace to explode. I only wish... Umm? The storm will be over?” Xu Xiaoshou said smoothly.
Shi Ti:”...”
In that mont, he had mixed feelings. He really wanted to use the most vicious words to vent his feelings.
However, after searching through his thesaurus, he found that there were no insulting words. He couldn’t bring himself to say them either, and he didn’t know the kind of attitude he should use to face all of this.
“Holy Sh*t!”
The crowd held back for a long ti. Finally, there was a voice that was frightened and trembling while still trying its best to express its desire to ridicule. It gathered into those two words, and ended with a tremble.
“This was a f*cking explosion?”
After the sound, everyone finally ca to their senses.
“F*ck you, Xu Xiaoshou. Co out here, I’ll beat you to death!”
“You f*cking did this on purpose. What were you refining just now? Explosives?”
“Xu Xiaoshou, where are you? Co out and face your death!”
“Umm, stop being so noisy, move, hey, sothing of yours is in my mouth.”
“I can’t move, my foot is broken.”
“Foot? Toe? Oh sh*t!”
“...”
Hearing the curses, Xu Xiaoshou imdiately flicked his fingers, releasing so sword energy to destroy the few night pearls on the ground that were still struggling to release so light.
The dark night had finally erased all sins.
The crowd cursed powerlessly, and the scene seed to have quieted down.
As the wind blew, a sorrowful aura spread, and it brought along an additional sound that did not belong to the hateful crowd.
“Pu, pu...”
“Pu, pu...”
Shi Ti’s pupils constricted.
When he heard the familiar sound, his heart seed to twitch, and it imdiately tightened.
“Be careful, only use your spiritual sense to look at the fla!”
The crowd was still confused, but so of the fellows near the center of the explosion started screaming in agony.
“AH –”
“What the Hell is that? Ghost fire?”
“Infernal Heavenly Flas?” Xu Xiaoshou jumped in fright and imdiately pounced over.
With a breath, he sucked the little bit of leaked flas into his abdon.
“Fortunately, fortunately, the Red Coat was powerful enough to prevent the explosion. Otherwise, this place would have been filled with Infernal Heavenly Flas, and even Shi Ti wouldn’t be able to put out the fire...”
When Xu Xiaoshou thought of the situation where his Infernal Heavenly Flas which could devour anything were to spread throughout half of the City Lord’s mansion, he imdiately felt guilty.
At this mont, he suddenly felt his feet hovering in the air.
“Hmm?”
Turning his head, under the hazy moonlight, Shi Ti’s earthy and savage face appeared in front of him.
As for Xu Xiaoshou, he was directly hung up by his clothes.
“Whoosh!”
Shi Ti flicked his finger, and a bright fla flew into the sky, finally returning a bit of clarity to this place.
After everyone could finally see with their naked eyes, they looked around the entire banquet hall and collectively lost their voices.
“There was still half of the ruins just now, and now they’re gone?”
“What the F*ck, how is this alchemy? Other people need money for alchemy, but Xu Xiaoshou needs life for alchemy!”
Everyone retracted their gazes in shock and focused their gazes on Xu Xiaoshou, who had been lifted into the air, and had nowhere to hide.
“Hehe.”
Xu Xiaoshou responded with his most sincere smile, but he realized that his facial muscles were a little stiff. He imdiately put on a fake smile and said, “There’s no need to panic. It’s just a small mistake, Hehe.”
“It’s just a cauldron explosion. It’s a skill that every alchemist must have, right?”
He turned around and looked at Shi Ti once more. “Right, right?”
Shi Ti trembled in anger.
He pointed his finger at Xu Xiaoshou and grimaced with pain. He was unable to utter a single word.
“You call this thing a cauldron explosion?”
In the crowd below, there was finally soone who couldn’t wait to speak up for Shi Ti.
Xu Xiaoshou swept his gaze over. “Otherwise? I didn’t do it on purpose. Besides, before I opened the cauldron, I already asked if you guys really wanted to be so close to . You guys said that it wouldn’t be a problem!”
He looked at the Night Guardian.
At this mont, the Night Guardian had already received all the damage alone.
His hand that was supporting the bounding domain was covered in dust. Even when he retracted it, it was still trembling slightly.
Of course, he wasn’t hit by the explosion.
To be honest, if it wasn’t for the crowd here, this little explosion wouldn’t have been a big deal to the Night Guardian.
His body was trembling only because he felt like he had been deceived.
At this mont, he understood why Shi Ti had opened his bounding domain ahead of ti and was on guard against Xu Xiaoshou’s cauldron exploding.
This guy’s cauldron explosion was completely different from other people’s cauldron explosion!
Xu Xiaoshou looked at him and imitated his tone before he could speak. “You said it. It’s not a big problem. With your protection, only did I dare to go all out.”
“Hmm?” Xu Xiaoshou raised his eyebrows. He wanted to pull a partner onto the sa boat.
The Night Guardian’s lips twitched, and the veins on his neck bulged.
This was exactly what he had said before Xu Xiaoshou opened the cauldron.
But at this mont, it sounded like he was mocking him.
Should he protect his face, or should he return the favor and vent his anger on Xu Xiaoshou?
“Yes, it’s not a big problem...”
The Night Guardian spread his hands and looked around. He looked at the expressions of the people who had survived the disaster, and then his gaze fell on Xu Xiaoshou’s face, which made people want to punch him.
“To Hell ‘it’s not a big problem’!”
“Damn it, I’m going to cripple you today!”
The Night Guardian’s face was fierce. He raised his fist and rushed forward.
Xu Xiaoshou: ? ? ?
He was imdiately shocked.
He did not expect that Red Coat who was usually quiet and only knew how to nod would actually make a move with such a simple reason, and his temper...
That’s right, this was a fellow who ca from the White Cave. How would he obey any human society rules?
“Fu Xing, save !”
Xu Xiaoshou shouted in a desolate manner.
He bent his waist and abdon, directly bouncing out of Shi Ti’s hand. Then, he bent his body and rushed towards the direction where the Night Guardian had co from, sliding past the side of his waist.
“This speed...”
For a mont, the Night Guardian, who could not react on ti, knew that not only had he underestimated the power of Xu Xiaoshou’s cauldron explosion, but he had also seriously underestimated this kid’s reaction and body speed.
He did not intend to use much force in the punch. He just wanted to punch Xu Xiaoshou’s face to help the people vent their anger.
After all, in such a situation, Xu Xiaoshou clearly needed a reason to escape unscathed.
Shi Ti was also stunned.
He wanted to grab Xu Xiaoshou as well, but the fellow was like a hedgehog. In that instant, Xu Xiaoshou had bent his body, combined with the irresistible rebound force, even though he was prepared, he still let the boy escape.
“Fu Xing...”
“Fu Xing, where are you!”
Xu Xiaoshou panicked. This place was full of enemies, and Fu Xing was the only one he could rely on.
Hmm?
Wait!
Why didn’t Fu Xing reply?
He suddenly stopped in his tracks.
At this mont, everyone realized that sothing was wrong.
With such a big incident happening, how could the little deputy City Lord not co out to preside over the situation?
Everyone thought for a mont.
On the eve of the explosion, the ones closest to Xu Xiaoshou seed not to be the Sovereigns like Shi Ti and the Night Guardian.
Fu Xing.
As the host.
He seed to have no choice but to stay on the high platform?
“Little deputy City Lord...”
As everyone fell silent, the cries of a white-robed guard could finally be heard from the ruins outside the banquet hall.
“Wake up, Little deputy City Lord...”
“You shouldn’t sleep...”
..
..
The banquet hall couldn’t be used anymore.
However, everyone didn’t care about the details. After gathering a few old earth-type spiritual cultivators in the Master stage, they worked together to flatten the ruins. Then, they used the stone tables to restore the banquet till it was sowhat presentable.
No one complained about the City Lord’s Mansion.
It was as if they had encountered the cruel abuse of the sa persecutor at the sa ti. Everyone had a very united strength. Looking at the masterpiece of their own people, they were sowhat proud.
As for Xu Xiaoshou...
Xu Xiaoshou had bumps all over his head, and was sitting on a protruding stone mound.
Beside him was a young lady whose dress was originally white.
Mu Zixi could be said to be the person who was the least disordered at this mont.
Compared to the other people’s dusty faces, her small face could be considered the cleanest.
After all, she had protected herself well in advance.
“Your qualification for the alchemy competition is gone,” she teased.
“I know.”
“That Red Coat and the President should be considered to have shown rcy, right?” The little girl couldn’t help but smile.
“Yes.”
“But if it was master... Hmm, I haven’t really seen the Master make a move on you?” Mu Zixi was suddenly stunned.
She was happy to see Xu Xiaoshou suffer.
However, she suddenly thought about it. It seed that even if Xu Xiaoshou had done so unspeakably horrible things in Tiansang Spirit Palace, he really hadn’t been punished.
“Don’t ntion it. That old fellow is dozens of tis more powerful than you think. I’d rather he beat up too.”
Xu Xiaoshou covered his face and didn’t let most people see that his injuries had already recovered.
Elder Sang was different from these guys.
If you said he was no good, he actually seed to be very good.
But if you said he was good, you would feel that the words wouldn’t leave your mouth, as if there was sothing strange.
Xu Xiaoshou felt that if he really admitted it, he would definitely beco the kind of person who would help others count their money even if he was sold by them, and would still only rember the good parts of the other party.
At least until now, he could only feel that Elder Sang’s big ga of chess was not over yet.
But judging from the current progress, he could not see anything at all.
“Big brother Shou, are you alright?”
Su Qianqian quietly crept over from the main table.
After Xu Xiaoshou left, she did not want to stay at that table alone anymore.
There were only old n around her. She could not stay any longer. Young people should still play with young people.
In any case, now that everyone had lost their face, there would naturally be no one who would stand up and say that she had done anything inappropriate.
“I’m fine.”
Xu Xiaoshou put down his hand and glanced at the stage. “Fu Xing, how is he?”
“He’s still there.”
Su Qianqian covered her mouth and chuckled.
Fu Xing could be said to be the most miserable person on the scene.
The explosion sent him away imdiately, but no one noticed him.
When he was finally awakened by the white-robed guard, he scread.
It was only after Shi Ti went over to him that he realized that there were so Infernal Heavenly Flas on the kid...
Hmm, he won’t die.
With Shi Ti around, although there were injuries all over the place, there were no casualties, not one.
“You’re Big Brother Shou’s junior sister?”
Su Qianqian turned her head to look at Mu Zixi.
This was the first ti she had seen a girl from the Spirit Palace who was about the sa height, age, and had passable strength.
“Junior sister?”
Upon hearing this title, Mu Zixi was shocked. She knew about the three-point agreent between Xu Xiaoshou and Elder Sang, and was just about to shake her head.
“I already know.”
Su Qianqian smiled and said, “I’ve already asked my master. Although he didn’t say anything, any discerning person would be able to tell. I really don’t know what’s there to hide.”
Mu Zixi was stunned.
Actually, this was also her question.
As long as Xu Xiaoshou’s “Infernal Heavenly Flas” appeared, and as long as soone investigated, they would definitely be able to link him to Elder Sang.
She also didn’t know why her master was trying to hide the obvious.
“That’s right.”
Xu Xiaoshou generously admitted it.
At first, he thought that the “three-point agreent” was to protect himself, but later he realized that it was completely unnecessary. Those who wanted to know would find out easily in the end.
But now, after he had so understanding of Elder Sang, he could let it go.
The old man definitely had so unspeakable secret.
The existence of the “three-point agreent” ensured that from an outsider’s point of view, there would always be a gap between him and Elder Sang.
No matter how much he believed it, as long as the two of them did not admit it, there would be none.
And in the world of adults, sotis, the truth needed to follow certain rules, or rather, evidence.
No matter how obvious the reasoning was, without solid backing-up, it couldn’t beco evidence.
Elder Sang was indeed protecting him.
But he was also hiding sothing.
His “three-point agreent” wasn’t aid at the people inside the Spirit Palace.
Could it be that it was aid at the distant... enemy?
“Mu Zixi.”
“Su Qianqian.”
The two girls seed to have happily made friends.
Xu Xiaoshou didn’t pay much attention to them.
He shifted his gaze to the newly paved hard soil.
Even though Xu Xiaoshou who was like a ticking ti bomb had been excluded, no one dared to open a protective barrier to continue conducting alchemy.
Only God knew how terrified and horrified the three sixth rank alchemists were towards the fact that they had conducted alchemy beside Xu Xiaoshou.
As a result, the crowd quietly waited for the final result of the Alchemist Master while they healed themselves.
Of course, this silence was only on the surface.
The mont Xu Xiaoshou closed his eyes, he could clearly feel the terrifying power of the curse contained within the seemingly calm banquet hall.
“Cursed, Passive Points 1,212.”
“Missed, Passive Points 1,240.”
“Condemned, Passive Points 1,123.”
“...”
The process of conducting alchemy was broken midway due to the disturbance, and all of the alchemists’ emotions were extrely unstable.
When the final results were out and the protective barrier descended, the entire place was filled with a dicinal fragrance.
However, the burning sll that was mixed within was also extrely obvious.
The group of old n had clearly never tried to conduct alchemy under such a state of mind.
The explosion of the cauldrons was a certainty.
However, there were still many stubborn people who managed to form their pills.
Although the quality wasn’t good, it was already a pretty good result compared to other alchemists.
The final champion was taken by Long Dan.
This old fellow didn’t take out the ‘Great Clarity and Spirit ditation Pill’ from before. Instead, he chose a seventh rank pill.
As for Chen Qi and Li Mingji, who were still persisting on the ‘Master Pill’ and ‘Extre Path Pill’, there was no doubt that they had all failed.
A sixth rank alchemist was certainly not ordinary.
However, a sixth rank alchemist with an unstable state of mind was still unable to produce a pill that matched his level.
After all, a big hearted person like Xu Xiaoshou was the only one of his kind.
Long Dan, who had won the championship by trickery, did not look very pleased with himself, or rather, it was hard to tell if he was even pleased .
After all, everyone was the sa. Other than being covered in dirt, they were covered in soil.
In short, even after excluding Xu Xiaoshou, the atmosphere that was supposed to be joyous and harmonious beca extrely strange because of the remnant of his soul.
The pill auction in previous years was directly canceled.
The reason?
The host was still lying on the ground!
Fu Yinhong took over the gang. She looked up at the sky as if she was looking forward to sothing, but in the end, the person she was looking forward to did not appear.
“The alchemy competition has ended.”
“The trial for the Way of Spirit Array does not start now.”
Fu Yinhong said as she looked at the Night Guardian. “Senior, please announce the rules!”
The Night Guardian stood up and glanced at the silent atmosphere.
“The trial for the Way of Spirit Array is very simple.”
“As everyone knows, the rules of the extradinsional space will establish the terrain within and the birth of special secret realms.”
“I will give you a spirit array diagram. This diagram was copied from the rules of the extradinsional array.”
“If anyone can solve it... well, it should be said that in the end, the allocation of the remaining White Cave quota will be decided according to the your solving progress.”
“The more you solve, the more quota you will get.”
“Of course...”
At this point, the Night Guardian revealed a sly smile. “If no one can solve it in the end, the remaining quota will be handed over to the person who can solve this spirit array diagram.”
“It doesn’t matter if the person is present or not!”
This ti, everyone was shocked.
Originally, they were very happy that they had been able to co into contact with the spirit array diagram of the White Cave ahead of ti.
After all, even if they couldn’t solve it, they should be able to rember so of it!
And seeing that it was taken out by the Night Guardian, combined with his words when he invited all the Spirit Array Casters in the world.
This spirit array diagram was definitely an extrely important topographic map of the White Cave. It might even be a map of the central area.
However...
“From what this Red Coat senior is saying, this spirit array diagram will be spread out when the ti cos? Those who haven’t arrived will also be able to see it?”
Everyone panicked.
This wasn’t a good thing.
If more people knew about it, wouldn’t the information that they had received in advance lose all aning?
The Night Guardian looked at the clusters of people who were thinking and discussing together and laughed in his heart.
If it was really so easy for the people who were on the scene that were unprepared like the lot of you to solve the problem, why would I, the Night Guardian, need to say those words about inviting all the Spirit Array Casters in the world?
Even the Red Coat organization couldn’t understand the map completely. Even if there were Spirit Array Casters present, they probably wouldn’t even be able to touch the threshold!
However, they still needed to give so hope, and they couldn’t just say definite words.
“Now, let the competition begin.”
The Night Guardian took out rows of jade scrolls.
“The Spirit Array Casters who are interested and want to try can co over.”
“Rember, only Spirit Array Casters can take it. I don’t have many jade scrolls.”
Everyone’s footsteps halted. A large number of people were originally about to rush over to morize the spirit array diagram.
However, this last sentence pushed everyone back to their seats.
As a result, in the end, only about twenty or so families who happened to have brought Spirit Array Casters ca forward full of anticipation.
“Damn it, we missed the first chance. Who knows what we’ll have to give up to get this spirit array diagram later on.”
“Yeah, what a loss. If I knew that there would be a spirit array competition, I would have invited my old master out!”
“This wave of losses is worth 100 million... Hmm?”
The crowd below was discussing when their voices suddenly stopped. It was as if a saint had kept their mouths shut.
The Night Guardian raised his head in shock and suddenly saw everyone’s eyes converging in one direction.
“Xu Xiaoshou?”
His face instantly darkened. “Why are you standing up?”
“Hehe.”
Xu Xiaoshou was no longer afraid of the Night Guardian.
The three punches that this fellow had given him in the face, the kick on his stomach, and the slap on the back of his butt..
He even rembered the strength of the strikes clearly.
“What, are you looking down on ?”
Xu Xiaoshou raised his head and puffed out his chest. He walked like a dragon and shouted loudly,
“I, Xu Xiaoshou, am a Spirit Array Caster!”
“If you are not convinced, co and fight!”
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