After Defying the Villain's Fate for Nine Lifetimes, the Heroines Turn Mad!-Chapter 317 - The Conference Begins

Chapter 317 The Conference Begins

The next day, the Alchemy Conference officially began.

Hundreds of pill refiner masters gathered at the pill platform below the main tower.

The pill platform was vast, about a hundred zhang in length and width, specifically designed for hosting the Alchemy Conference.

The frontmost seats of the Ancient Pill Tower were reserved for the Tower Master and the elders.

At this moment, Yu Shi and other elders of the Ancient Pill Tower were seated, their gazes cast into the distance.

Compared to the indifference of the other elders, Yu Shi seemed very anxious.

His anxiety stemmed from two points.

Firstly, writing the ‘Ancient Pill Scroll’ from memory was extremely draining, and he had not yet finished.

Fortunately, this was not a major problem.

Although the reward for the first place in this conference was a chance to read the ‘Ancient Pill Scroll’, Yu Shi believed that Lin Feng was bound to win.

It was all in the family, after all, and a delayed viewing wouldn’t be an issue, nor would it lead to the discovery that the ‘Ancient Pill Scroll’ had been stolen.

The second point of concern was after the disappearance and return of the Ancient Pill Tower elders, Shi Ning, the Tower Master of the Ancient Pill Tower, had also gone missing!

Under normal circumstances, Shi Ning’s disappearance wouldn’t be a big deal since this Tower Master didn’t have any real power.

But now was a critical time!

Not only did the Alchemy Conference need Shi Ning to preside, but those mad elders also needed the suppression of Shi Ning as the Tower Master!

It should be noted that during Shi Ning’s absence, Yu Shi had mostly stayed behind closed doors, worried that the madmen might come knocking!

Fortunately, this had not happened.

In the past few days, Xu Ping and other elders of the Ancient Pill Tower had been relatively well-behaved and had not troubled him.

Moreover, with the start of today’s Alchemy Conference, these elders had not made any strange moves.

This allowed Yu Shi to breathe a sigh of relief.

During this Alchemy Conference, the Imperial Pavilion and many other sects would be in attendance.

If these people discovered that most of the Ancient Pill Tower elders had gone mad, they would be a laughingstock.

‘After all, they are the elders of my Ancient Pill Tower, even if they have gone mad, they still know what’s important.’ Yu Shi muttered to himself as he looked towards Xu Ping and the other elders.

Sensing his gaze, Xu Ping and his brother Xu An immediately turned and glared at him.

“Hmph!”

Yu Shi couldn’t be bothered to argue with madmen.

Looking down, he turned his attention to the pill refiner masters.

At this moment, all the pill refiner masters were sitting cross-legged on the pill platform, eyes closed and regulating their breath, without the previous scene of a hundred people lifting a cauldron to smash someone.

This pleased Yu Shi, who nodded in satisfaction.

In his view, the Alchemy Conference is an important event where pill refiner masters make a name for themselves in the Central Domain and attract the attention of the Imperial Pavilion.

Even if these pill refiner masters are as heartless as wolves and dogs, they won’t dare to mess around at such a grand event.

“It seems that there shouldn’t be any major problems with this Alchemy Conference. Since Tower Master Shi Ning is not here, I will fulfill the duties of the Tower Master!” Yu Shi thought to himself.

Then, his gaze shifted to Jiang Chen.

He frowned immediately.

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Like the other pill refiner masters, Jiang Chen was also meditating with his eyes closed and did not exhibit any conspicuous behavior.

But...

“Eldest Senior Brother, go for it! Qingning supports you!”

“Eldest Senior Brother is invincible!”

“Eldest Senior Brother, if anyone dares to surpass you, I will kill them!”

“Roar! Listen up, all you pill refiner masters, I will eat anyone who dares to be more awesome than Eldest Senior Brother!”

Qingning and the others were gathered below the pill refining platform, shouting non-stop.

“Silence!!” Yu Shi shouted in reprimand.

Qingning and the others ignored him and continued to wave their banners and cheer.

Zhang Hu, from somewhere, produced several large banners and handed one to each of Qingning and the others.

The banner read: 【Eternal Way of the Pill, My Senior Brother Dances Alone】

Seeing this, Yu Shi shook his head and chuckled.

He was very attentive to the information about Jiang Chen and naturally knew that Jiang Chen had not systematically studied the Way of the Pill, so how could there be talk of dancing alone for eternity?

Ridiculous!

He wanted to order the disciples of the Ancient Pill Tower to drive Qingning and the others away, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.

After all, the more wildly Jiang Chen and the others boasted now, the harder their faces would be slapped when Lin Feng appeared and won the contest!

Thinking of Lin Feng, Yu Shi frowned again.

The Alchemy Conference consisted of three competitions.

As the first true disciple of the Ancient Pill Tower, Lin Feng only needed to participate in the last competition, but he should have shown his face at the opening of the Alchemy Conference today.

However, for some reason, Lin Feng politely declined, citing the reason that the toxins in his body had not been cleared.

Those in the family know their own affairs.

Yu Shi was very clear that, with the increased potency of the medicine, the toxins in Lin Feng’s body had already been mostly cleared, and he was perfectly capable of moving around, so this excuse was untenable.

For a moment, Yu Shi did not know what Lin Feng was thinking.

The only certainty was after returning to the Ancient Pill Tower this time, Lin Feng seemed to have become much more low-key...?

“Hmm, humble and unyielding, truly a Son of Destiny!” Yu Shi praised in his heart.

In the midst of his thoughts, a hearty laugh sounded from afar.

“The Sect Master of Myriad Dao Demon Sect, along with the first true disciple Nangong Jiuxi and several other disciples, has come to observe the event!”

As the voice fell, several figures dressed in black with the golden character “万” embroidered on their clothes descended from the sky.

Although the Ancient Pill Tower was part of the righteous path, it had deep relations with both the righteous and demonic paths and often traded with them.

Therefore, among the sects invited this time, there were quite a few demonic sects, with Myriad Dao Demon Sect being one of them.

Seeing this, Yu Shi and the other elders of the Ancient Pill Tower stood up and bowed their hands in unison, saying in one voice: “Myriad Dao Demon Sect, your style remains unchanged! Welcome, despite the long journey!”

“Please, don’t mention it!” the Sect Master of Myriad Dao waved his hand.

“The Alchemy Conference is a grand event in the Central Domain, and my Myriad Dao Demon Sect naturally wanted to join in the excitement.”

After glancing at the pill refiner masters on the platform, he asked in puzzlement: “Why are there only a hundred pill refiner masters this time?”

“Uh...”

Yu Shi was at a loss for words and quickly made up an excuse: “Considering the quality of the event, only pill refiner masters with a certain level of accomplishment in the Way of the Pill were allowed to participate, hence the smaller number.”

“I see, that makes sense,” the Sect Master of Myriad Dao nodded.

Although he said so, whether he truly believed it or not was something only he knew.

After exchanging pleasantries, the Sect Master of Myriad Dao took his seat at the pre-arranged location.

Nangong Jiuxi and the other disciples stood behind him.

With just a simple glance, Nangong Jiuxi easily spotted Jiang Chen among the hundred pill refiner masters, and her smile blossomed instantly.

After looking at the other pill refiner masters, her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly as if she was pondering something.

“Don’t act rashly!”

The Sect Master of Myriad Dao sensed something and quickly sent a telepathic message: “People from the Imperial Pavilion will also be here! If you act rashly, you will only bring trouble to Jiang Chen!”

“Understood.”

Nangong Jiuxi nodded and withdrew her gaze.

Seeing her so obedient, the Sect Master of Myriad Dao was slightly taken aback.

It was indeed strange.

Ever since Nangong Jiuxi returned from the Ice Secret Realm, not only had her cultivation level rapidly increased, making her an upper four realms cultivator, but her personality had also become much more restrained, no longer as quick to kill as before.

This pleased the Sect Master of Myriad Dao.

While it was true that those of the demonic path did not need to worry too much about their actions, they still needed to have a sense of proportion.

Otherwise, they would only bring endless trouble to themselves and others.

“Clang——”

Suddenly, the sound of sword ringing filled the sky, unceasing to the ear.

A middle-aged man in plain clothes, standing upright, came flying on a sword, followed by several young cultivators carrying sword cases on their backs.

“Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion!” the pupils of the Sect Master of Myriad Dao shrank.

The Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion, unlike other first-rate sects, did not have a Sect Master position and was jointly managed by five Grandmasters.

The leading middle-aged man was one of the five Grandmasters!

The arrival of the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion was not surprising to the Sect Master of Myriad Dao.

The only surprise was hearing that the first sword disciple of the Sword Pavilion, Su Shan, had luckily survived the Mysterious Ice Realm, why was he not seen here?

Logically, at such a grand event, all the geniuses should come to broaden their horizons.

The righteous and demonic paths were inherently at odds, and it was basic practice to mock each other when they met.

After a sly smile, the Sect Master of Myriad Dao immediately used his spiritual energy to inquire: “Why isn’t the sword disciple Su Shan of the Seven Luminaries Sword Pavilion here? Could it be that he was so frightened in the Mysterious Ice Realm that his Dao Heart shattered and he dares not show his face?”

Hearing this, the middle-aged man flying on the sword hesitated, cursing in his heart:

It’s not that he dares not show his face, but that he’s gone mad!