Chapter 2125: You, Too Old

The void shattered, and the chessboard fell into chaos.

Two supreme beings gazed at each other across the void, silent.

At that moment, a massive phantom suddenly loomed between them.

In appearance, it was none other than Ye Yuan!

"Now, can I sit and discuss the Dao with you?" the phantom spoke slowly to the two.

The Medicine Ancestor said slowly, "Bearing three great heavenly wills is indeed rare. But to sit and discuss the Dao with us, you are not qualified!"

The Holy Ancestor Grand Priest also said, "How could you possibly imagine our realm?"

Ye Yuan said calmly, "All the world is deceived by the chess game, unaware that the game is the world you two have evolved. Called a chess game, it is in truth a world you have refined through alchemy! But this world has unbalanced yin and yang, clearly one strong and one weak, unable to form a complete world, naturally unable to form a pill. Judging solely by alchemy, in fact... both of you have lost!"

At these words, both were shaken.

The two phantoms slowly turned their heads to look at Ye Yuan's phantom.

Their profound gazes seemed to see through Ye Yuan.

Clearly, neither had expected Ye Yuan to have such deep insight.

Regardless of right or wrong, Ye Yuan had evidently grasped the essence of the chess game.

The chess game was a world, but also a pill!

Others thought the two were playing chess, but in truth, they were refining a pill!

One pill, one world!

These two had jointly created a world.

Their alchemy had reached the pinnacle.

But these words, heard by the crowd outside, were like thunderclaps.

Especially Ji Mo, who trembled all over, his eyes filled with shock, as if suddenly enlightened.

"So that's it! So that's it!"

There were countless priests in the city, but among them, Ji Mo had the strongest alchemy!

Thus Ye Yuan's words struck him the hardest.

The Mo Wen Chess Game was all too familiar to the master and his disciples.

Since following the Holy Ancestor Grand Priest, they had studied the true Mo Wen Chess Game for countless years.

But they had never been able to penetrate its true meaning.

Now, Ye Yuan had revealed it in a single sentence!

This was not a chessboard, but a world, a pill!

But ordinary people use spiritual herbs to refine pills; these two use the Great Dao to refine pills!

With great divine powers, they merged their Dao into the chessboard, creating a world upon it.

Called a game of chess, it was actually a contest of alchemy!

Each move of a piece evolved part of the world.

Such a contest of alchemy was simply miraculous!

After the shock, Ji Mo looked at the massive phantom with even greater astonishment, his mind in a daze.

Was this man really just a six-star priest?

He had pondered the Mo Wen Chess Game for no less than ten million years, yet it was inferior to Ye Yuan's mere single day?

At this thought, Ji Mo couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Which of the eleven master and disciples was not a genius in alchemy?

For tens of millions of years, they had thought so, until they met Ye Yuan today.

Clearly, Ye Yuan's understanding of alchemy had touched the essence of the Dao.

"Hmph! A mere ant dares to妄议 us, knowing not the height of heaven and earth! Everyone knows this game was won by me, the Ancestor. Where do you get off meddling?" The Medicine Ancestor's voice came, full of disdain.

"Hahaha..." Ye Yuan laughed heartily.

The Medicine Ancestor's face darkened. "How dare you! What's so funny!"

Ye Yuan laughed. "I laugh at your self-deception!"

A powerful aura rippled out, suffocating everyone.

Clearly, the Medicine Ancestor was enraged.

Everyone was silent, staring at Ye Yuan in shock.

This guy was too arrogant, daring to say the Medicine Ancestor was self-deceiving. Wasn't that asking for death?

But Ye Yuan sneered, "Don't put on a show! Here, you are merely the Medicine Ancestor's 'Dao.' As long as your will cannot overpower me, you can't do anything to me!"

The Medicine Ancestor sneered, "You're wrong! My Dao... can also kill you!"

Ye Yuan shook his head with a disdainful smile and said calmly, "You, are already old! Everyone calls you the Medicine Ancestor, but in truth... you are not a Dao Ancestor. For countless eons, you have been unable to take that step. Do you know why?"

Before the Medicine Ancestor could speak, Ye Yuan continued, "Because... you are afraid to lose!"

"You did win this game, but you also lost! Because if your heart were truly set on alchemy, this Mo Wen Chess Game should have been a complete world, a true Great Dao pill, not what it is now! The contest of alchemy is about contention, but also about fulfillment. If you had been open-minded and achieved a true world, then you would have truly won! Just wait, one day you will be surpassed by the Holy Ancestor Grand Priest! And of course, you will be surpassed by me! You, are already old!"

Ye Yuan's words were like pearls, each striking Ji Mo's heart like a heavy hammer.

Others were too shallow in realm to understand what Ye Yuan was saying.

But he understood!

Ye Yuan's words, though seemingly arrogant, actually contained profound mysteries.

Alchemy is different from martial arts.

In martial arts, there is no second place—either victory or defeat.

In alchemy, the contest is for the Dao heart!

If the Dao heart is firm, one should cherish every opportunity to refine a pill, not create an incomplete world.

"Heh, what a load of nonsense! In this world, someone dares to claim they can surpass the Medicine Ancestor? Even the Holy Ancestor Grand Priest couldn't do it. Who does he think he is?" Zixu Heavenly Emperor sneered.

"For countless years, many alchemists have tried to surpass the Medicine Ancestor, but none have succeeded. He thinks his talent is enough? How ridiculous!" Shaoyun Heavenly Emperor also sneered.

The powerful outside all mocked Ye Yuan's overestimation of himself.

In their understanding, the Medicine Ancestor was the pinnacle of alchemy, impossible to surpass.

This was a 'truth' verified over countless ages!

Ye Yuan was indeed talented, but surpassing the Medicine Ancestor was utterly impossible.

"Hahaha... boy, I like those words! Enough talk, let's begin!"

At that moment, the silent Holy Ancestor Grand Priest suddenly pointed into the void, and the chessboard trembled again.

That mass of chaos shook violently and split into two!

One finger, heaven and earth divided!

The Medicine Ancestor snorted coldly and also pointed into the void, a powerful force reverberating through heaven and earth.

This finger divided heaven and earth again!

The force of the Medicine Ancestor's finger was clearly far stronger than the Holy Ancestor Grand Priest's, making heaven and earth even more distinct.

"Medicine Ancestor, your finger is too strong! Indeed, your desire to win hinders your progress!"

Ye Yuan laughed heartily and also pointed out a finger.

But this finger did not have the majesty of the two supreme beings; it seemed as if nothing happened.

Everyone was baffled. Wasn't this supposed to be discussing the Dao? This was too absurd, wasn't it?

Indeed, Ye Yuan's alchemy was still far inferior to these two supreme beings!