Alchemy Sovereign Against the Heaven-Chapter 93 Attracting Much Attention

At this moment, beyond the noisy crowd of disciples, there were several elderly overseers.

These people were all Deacon Elders of the Outer Court, possessing cultivation at the Spirit Transformation Realm; naturally, they took quite an interest in this sort of dispute, the Elders who often had nothing else to entertain themselves.

Underneath a large tree in the distance, two Elders stood there, one of whom was unmistakably Elder Xie, who managed the Exotic Treasure Pavilion.

"Competitions like this are not uncommon in the Academy, so why are you interested in coming over today?" asked the Elder who was pulled along by Elder Xie, clearly puzzled.

This Elder was named Zhao Zhi, known as Elder Zhao.

"Hehe, this competition has attracted so many people that nobody is even going to the Exotic Treasure Pavilion anymore; I had nothing else to do, so I thought I might as well come and watch..."

Although Elder Xie said this, in fact, he was quite intrigued by the competitor Mo Wangchen.

"I don’t see anything worth watching," commented Elder Zhao. "I hear that Xiang Fei’s opponent is just a newcomer who joined the Academy this year. Although he is the Pavilion Master of Mo Pavilion, his strength doesn’t seem very high, whereas Xiang Fei is a veteran expert from the Outer Court. It won’t be long before the Inner Court assessment, and it’s very likely that Xiang Fei will break through to the Spirit Transformation Realm and join the Inner Court before then."

"Hehe, his cultivation is indeed not high, but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t stand a chance of winning..."

Elder Xie answered with a faint smile. That day at the entrance of the Exotic Treasure Pavilion, he personally witnessed the encounter between Mo Wangchen and Jun Muqing. The latter had released five Spirit Veins; such talent was unheard of in the history of Yun Country.

"Oh?" Elder Zhao’s face showed a puzzled expression upon hearing Elder Xie’s remark. "Have you seen the lad? Does he have something special about him?"

"You’ll know when you see it," responded Elder Xie, smiling faintly, without further explanation.

Hearing this, Elder Zhao appeared even more skeptical, muttering to himself, "Even if he has something to rely on, but as a newcomer, beating Xiang Fei doesn’t seem very likely, does it?"

...

As time passed, the air, which was initially a bit cool, gradually became hot and dry, and many people had grown impatient, starting to curse aloud.

"I say, isn’t your Mo Pavilion’s Pavilion Master putting on a bit too much airs?"

"Exactly! Making so many people wait here just for him?!"

"If he’s too scared to fight, why doesn’t he just say so? What’s going on here?"

Whoosh!

At that moment, below the platform, Xiang Fei leapt up onto it, his gaze turned toward Mo Cheng and the rest of the disciples of Mo Pavilion, "I’ll wait for the time it takes an incense stick to burn. If Mo Wangchen doesn’t show up by then, it will be considered his concession due to cowardice. We agreed beforehand that whoever loses must kneel and kowtow three times!"

"How about I go look for him..."

Upon hearing Xiang Fei’s words, Mo Cheng and the others looked uncomfortable, and Mo Xue, standing next to Xu Chan, frowned and spoke.

These past few days, apart from cultivating, Mo Xue spent most of her time studying the Alchemy Dao knowledge given to her by Mo Wangchen and had not seen him since.

"Hehe, who says I’m scared to fight?"

However, just at that moment, a light chuckle suddenly came from outside the square; without any need for deliberate prompting, all eyes involuntarily turned in that direction in a swift motion.

At the entrance to the square, a young man in white was slowly approaching, his pace neither hurried nor slow, exuding stability. Compared to the older disciples present, the young man’s features still bore a hint of youthful tenderness.

After all, he was only eighteen years old!

"Is that Mo Wangchen?"

"Hmph, he puts on quite the airs! Showing up now!"

"Hehe, he doesn’t seem all that strong. He’s bound to lose this battle. The Xuan Stones I bet are as good as mine!"

"Ha! Just now Xiang Fei said, whoever loses between the two of them must kneel and kowtow three times. This kid had us waiting dry and thirsty for so long; when he kneels down in front of everyone later, let’s see how he can face anyone in the Academy again!"

Amidst the crowd’s murmuring, Mo Wangchen arrived next to Mo Cheng and the others. By now, he had already concealed his cultivation, making it impossible for others to discern. However, as rumors from ten days earlier suggested, Mo Wangchen’s real cultivation level was merely at the third tier of the Vein Condensation Realm.

This level was significantly weaker than Xiang Fei’s.

Although no one knew how he managed to defeat Fang Jie, an average ninth tier Vein Condensation Realm fighter ten days ago, his opponent now was Xiang Fei, a veteran top fighter on the strength rankings.

In everyone’s eyes, Mo Wangchen’s chances of winning against Xiang Fei were practically zero!

"Damn it! Why did this kid even show up?!"

Upon seeing Mo Wangchen’s arrival, a somewhat chubby man in the crowd cursed, "If he hadn’t shown up, I could’ve declared this bet invalid. Now that he’s here, he’s definitely going to lose..."

The chubby man was none other than Wan Fugui, the young master of the Wan Family who had set up the betting pool!

Although many disciples of Mo Pavilion had placed their Xuan Stones on Mo Wangchen, it was less than a tenth of the amount placed on Xiang Fei. If Mo Wangchen were to lose, Xiang Fei would be dead certain to payout big time!

"Now I can only hope that this guy really has some serious skills. A couple of days ago, when I went back to the Wan Family, my grandfather took the time to find me and told me to get close to this kid. I have no idea how they knew each other."

"Regardless, Mo Wangchen’s cultivation is still far behind Xiang Fei’s. There’s no chance of winning, boo hoo, my Xuan Stones..."

Wan Fugui was in despair. Had he known, he wouldn’t have organized this damned bet. He thought it was just a regular match, but had not expected it to draw such a large crowd to wager.

Besides, he had deliberately set Mo Wangchen’s odds at ten to one to lure people in, not anticipating that the kid’s popularity was so low, even with tenfold payout odds, they were disappointing...

"Heh, I thought you were too scared to show up."

On the stage, Xiang Fei looked at Mo Wangchen with a hint of disdain in his eyes. From the battle between Mo Wangchen and Fang Jie ten days ago, Xiang Fei had roughly gauged Mo Wangchen’s strength. Compared to his own, there was a considerable gap.

Now, after a mere ten days, he certainly didn’t believe that Mo Wangchen could have improved his cultivation to a level comparable with his own.

That was simply impossible!

"Well then, since you’re here, come up. But don’t expect me to hold back. Those three kowtows are as good as yours!" Xiang Fei said, smiling coldly.

Whoosh!

Mo Wangchen leaped onto the stage, standing about a dozen steps from Xiang Fei, ready to face him in battle.

His face was the picture of calm. After taking a deep breath, his gaze turned cool as he said, "Don’t be too full of yourself. Otherwise, it’ll be your face that looks bad later..."