Nine Star Hegemon Body Arts

Chapter 689 First Place is Mine

chapter 689 first place is mine

translator: borntobe

when the sun once more rose, long chen opened his eyes. he stood up and stretched. originally, he had just been acting, but as a result, he really had fallen asleep. he had even drooled a bit.

seeing the tower ancestor smiling in amusement, no matter how thick long chen’s skin was, he couldn’t help being embarrassed. he hastily bowed toward him to express his apologies.

putting away the chair and parasol, long chen saw that there were only eighteen people remaining. many people had washed out while he had been asleep.

that was due to the order in which they had refined their ingredients. they had left the three hardest ingredients for last. most of them had probably failed there.

there was no way around it. they naturally left the hardest ingredients for last, as then you would be deeper in your mental refining state. that would increase the odds of successfully refining it.

if everyone had started with those three ingredients, then perhaps in just six hours, most of them would have already failed.

at this time, long chen saw that everyone was solemnly feeding their medicinal powders into the pill furnaces.

they had all realized that this was their only chance of succeeding. after finishing the refinement of the final ingredient, they had all rested for the final part of the refinement.

long chen also saw huo wufang had already long since been waiting for him. it seemed he truly wanted to compete with him until the end.

he couldn’t help laughing inside. did huo wufang want to compete with him in terms of alchemy? now long chen truly had an urge to take off his shoes and refine with his feet.

but that would be a bit too much. it was also an insult to alchemy, and the tower ancestor might directly kick him out.

long chen’s flame burst into existence once more. he began to warm up the furnace. as expected, huo wufang immediately got to work once he saw long chen start.

if he wanted to compete, then he could compete away. long chen was too lazy to bother with him. he focused his attention on his flame. after all, this was not his earth flame, and he wasn’t used to it. he had to be careful. if he failed because of carelessness, then this act of his would end with him acting like an idiot. he certainly didn’t want to do such a thing.

this was long chen’s first time refining the overflowing sea expanding pill. although the pill god memories did contain this pill, it was best to be careful with his first refinement.

furthermore, getting first place wasn’t just for himself. it was to accomplish his promise, to repay fang chang and chai liehuo. taking first place was extremely important.

if he did, the huo family’s prestige would drop a great deal, while the fang and chai families' prestige would rise. then, the one in the predicament would be the huo family.

although long chen was confident, he was still sensible. he continued refining normally. the old fellows present all had sharp eyes; thus, he couldn’t expose his true strength.

“eh? why are huo wufang’s actions so practiced?”

long chen’s divine sense was stealthily probing huo wufang. he saw that huo wufang’s refinement seemed very practiced. he controlled the flame extremely naturally.

“the fuck? this is cheating! that bastard’s definitely already refined the overflowing sea expanding pill, and not just once!” long chen cursed inside. the huo family had definitely cheated. they had to have known what the test this time would be, and they had drilled huo wufang in it. it was no wonder he had been so confident.

it wasn’t just long chen who saw this. even the distant fang mingyuan and chai gaoyang noticed, and their expressions became ugly.

as for huo changsheng, he just calmly watched. he pretended not to see their furious glares.

an ordinary pill emperor wouldn’t even be able to endure an hour at the rate long san was using his spiritual strength. but this final part of the refinement would require at least twelve hours. did he really think he could keep up with this exhaustion for twelve hours?

furthermore, at the final moment, the temperature of the flame had to constantly change in order to seal the medicinal energy inside the pills. that was the truly exhausting part.

according to people’s understanding of long san, although he liked to show off, his true strength was something to admire. according to reason, he wouldn’t show off to the point of being an idiot. but his current action was completely incomprehensible.

at this time, the others also sealed their furnaces. however, two of them had to leave dejectedly. due to their nervousness, they had failed during the process of sealing their furnaces.

time passed. even the spectators were extremely tense. the winner of the centennial pill emperor competition would soon be decided.

one hour... two hours... three hours...

one alchemist suddenly collapsed from his stage. he had exhausted all his soul energy and fallen unconscious.

thump.

another alchemist collapsed. they were all people with strong perseverance. they had endured all the way until they had truly run out of strength and fainted.

people couldn’t help but sigh. these alchemists were all amazing pill emperors, but here, they were still eliminated despite bitterly persevering until the end.

the sky once more darkened and then slowly brightened. there were still two hours until the time was up.

bang!

suddenly, someone finished their refinement and opened their furnace. everyone hastily looked, but then they couldn’t help sighing.

there was no pill inside the furnace. there was only a pile of dregs. obviously, in the end, that person hadn’t had enough soul energy and had been unable to condense the pill.

bang! another furnace opened. this furnace belonged to fang chang. as a result, startled cries rang out. within a pile of pill dregs, there was actually a medicinal pill.

although there was no pill halo, and the medicinal fragrance was extremely light, it could still barely count as a low grade pill. that was actually not bad. at the very least, he had condensed the pill.

following fang chang, others also began to open their furnaces. as a result, many of them had only created pill dregs. but some succeeded. chai liehuo had actually refined a middle grade pill. he was indescribably excited.

but that excitement quickly faded. three others had also refined middle grade pills. they would have to use special tools to measure the medicinal energy in the pills to determine which one of them was better.

“heavens, it’s a high grade pill!”

duan tianqiao’s furnace caused shocked cries. she had actually refined a ringed high grade pill.

“yes!” she couldn’t help but let out a cheer. but as soon as she did, her expression immediately changed. she had broken the rules of the competition.

“it’s fine. the competition has already reached its end. you can speak, as long as you don’t intentionally try to affect other people’s refining,” said the tower ancestor with an amicable smile. duan tianqiao was incomparably grateful that he didn’t punish her.

“hahahaha, we can speak? then good, long san, i’ve already said that the first place is mine!” laughed huo wufang.