Chapter 239: Fight Your Way Out!

On the main peak of Lingfu Mountain, there was a quiet and secluded courtyard.

This was the residence of the Supreme Elder Tianfeng—Tianfeng Courtyard.

After leaving Lanxing Pavilion, Ye Yuan headed straight for Tianfeng Courtyard.

Martial arts tasks might seem time-consuming and laborious, but alchemy tasks were equally so. An alchemy task often consumed a great deal of time and energy from the disciples of the Alchemy Hall.

Points were not so easy to come by.

Of course, alchemy tasks for Alchemy Hall disciples were basically without any danger.

However, some alchemy tasks consumed far more time and energy than martial arts tasks.

Take the ninth-level task Ye Yuan had taken on, for example.

In fact, this task was far from as easy and simple as imagined; otherwise, it wouldn't have been hanging around for ten years.

Although completing a pill formula was much simpler than inventing a new pill, the energy it consumed could often drive one crazy!

Just like Tianfeng at this moment.

"Boom!"

As soon as Ye Yuan arrived at the gate of Tianfeng Courtyard, he heard a earth-shattering explosion from the inner courtyard.

A furnace explosion...

With his experience, Ye Yuan could tell at a glance.

Tianfeng's face was covered in soot, as if he had just crawled out of a coal pile, with only his two white eyeballs blinking.

Across from him, a young man also looked like he had crawled out of a coal pile.

The two had just experienced a furnace explosion.

"I still don't believe it! Seven Profound Soul Subduing Pill, I'm going to fight you to the end! Wang Jie, prepare the materials, we'll refine another batch of Seven Profound Soul Subduing Pills!" Tianfeng shook his black face and said to the young man.

Wang Jie was Tianfeng's last closed-door disciple, similar in age to Mo Yuntian, but he had already reached the level of a high-level grand alchemist!

A high-level grand alchemist was a force to be reckoned with even within the sect. But in front of Tianfeng, he merely acted as an assistant.

Hearing Tianfeng's stubborn temper flare up again, Wang Jie couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Master, this is already the fourth furnace explosion this month! Shouldn't we summarize a bit more and see if the supplementary materials are correct? After all, collecting these fourth-grade materials has also taken a lot of effort!"

Tianfeng's striking white eyes glared, displeased: "Are you the master, or am I? If I tell you to prepare materials, you prepare materials. Where do you get all this nonsense? I'm sure the supplementary herbs this time are correct! I've studied the Seven Profound Soul Subduing Pill for over a decade, and a year ago, I finally had a flash of inspiration and thought of using Extreme Light Mystic Gold Fruit to complete the pill formula! This time, it's success or death!"

Wang Jie said with a bitter face, "Of course you are the master! I'll go prepare the materials, alright?"

"Hmph! Feeling wronged? I took you as my last closed-door disciple hoping you'd be different from those fools. Now it seems you're not much different from them! I hung that task for ten years, and the stuff they studied became more and more off the mark. It's infuriating!" Tianfeng said angrily.

Wang Jie, with his honest face, was used to being scolded by Tianfeng and naturally dared not talk back.

Just as he was about to go prepare the materials, a disciple's announcement came from outside.

"Reporting to the Supreme Elder, there is a disciple outside seeking an audience. He holds a task jade slip and says he has taken the ninth-level, third-numbered task you hung at Lanxing Pavilion."

Tianfeng's eyes lit up, and he pulled open the alchemy room door, startling the gatekeeping disciple.

But Tianfeng didn't care about that; he grabbed the gatekeeping disciple's arm and pressed, "Someone really took the task? Who is it? Is he reliable?"

This ninth-level task was very popular at the beginning, but later, disciples and elders found it an impossible task and gradually gave up.

Later, fewer and fewer people inquired about this task. Until five years ago, no one had touched it anymore.

Now, suddenly hearing that someone had taken the task, he was naturally excited!

Someone taking the task after five years meant that someone had overcome this difficulty and successfully completed the pill formula!

How could Tianfeng not be excited?

The gatekeeping disciple was hurt by Tianfeng's grip but dared not make a sound.

"Reporting to the Supreme Elder, the one who came is a young man, seemingly newly entered. From his appearance, he is at the fourth layer of Liquid Realm, wearing the attire of a Martial Hall disciple, but with a junior alchemist badge on his chest."

The gatekeeping disciple blurted out everything he had seen. As for reliability, that was for the Supreme Elder to judge.

In the gatekeeping disciple's view, of course, it was unreliable!

Sure enough, with each word from the gatekeeping disciple, Tianfeng's face darkened. By the last sentence, Tianfeng was about to explode.

However, his face was completely black at the moment, so any expression was invisible.

Tianfeng suddenly raised his hand and threw the gatekeeping disciple far away.

"Are you a pig's brain? You come to report to me when such a rookie takes the task? Just tell him to get lost! Go back now and beat him out with a stick! If you bother me again, I'll demote you to a year of chores!" Tianfeng almost roared these words.

After speaking, the gatekeeping disciple only heard a "bang" as the alchemy room door slammed shut again.

Ye Yuan was eagerly waiting, but when he saw the gatekeeping disciple return dejectedly, he immediately had a bad feeling.

Sure enough, the gatekeeping disciple saw Ye Yuan and waved his hand with a face full of resentment: "Go, go! Why are you butting in? You got me scolded by the Supreme Elder! Don't you know your own limits? How dare you take a ninth-level task? A junior alchemist like you, can you handle fourth-grade pills?"

Ye Yuan was speechless and said, "Senior Brother, please trouble yourself to announce me again. I really can complete the pill formula for the Seven Profound Soul Subduing Pill!"

The gatekeeping disciple was already frustrated and wouldn't listen.

"Go away! What are you babbling about? The Supreme Elder Tianfeng told me to beat you out with a stick, and I've already been lenient. If you don't leave now, I really won't be polite!"

This gatekeeping disciple was at the seventh layer of Liquid Realm and didn't take Ye Yuan seriously at all.

Before being scolded by Tianfeng, he was more approachable, but now he didn't want to bother with Ye Yuan at all.

Ye Yuan hadn't expected this situation. He had brought the pill formula, but they wouldn't even let him in.

However, he wouldn't stoop to the level of this gatekeeping disciple. He smiled and said, "Senior Brother, if you just bring a message to the Supreme Elder for me, he will definitely see me."

"The Supreme Elder said no, so it's no! What message? If you don't leave now, I really will be rude!" The gatekeeping disciple's patience had reached its limit.

Ye Yuan sighed, cupped his hands, and said, "In that case, Ye Yuan will have to offend!"

After speaking, Ye Yuan activated his "Void Break" technique, turning into a gentle breeze that drifted past the gatekeeping disciple.

By the time the gatekeeping disciple reacted, it was too late; Ye Yuan was already a hundred zhang away.

The gatekeeping disciple was greatly alarmed. If the Supreme Elder found out that someone had forcibly broken into Tianfeng Courtyard, he would definitely be assigned a year of chores!

Thinking of this, he quickly activated his movement technique to chase after him...