Chapter 1338

At the top of a high mountain, where the clouds gently blew by, there was a glorious palace building . This was the true Divine Pill Hall .

The Divine Pill Hall was a special place for disciples to practice alchemy . Behind the large palace building was an ancient pavilion . This was the Divine Pill Pavilion, being well-known as one of the most important places in Pill Valley . It was packed with various alchemy secret arts and scriptures .

Long Chen was currently holding a bone book . He was enthusiastically reading it, as it was secret art named the Explosive Blaze Art .

This kind of secret art condensed flame energy into fighting skills . It possessed great power .

Long Chen had been immediately attracted to it . The art described within it contained profound principles for the transformations of flames, which made it very difficult to understand . But its power was definitely terrifying .

If he used Star Fall in combination with it, Star Fall’s destructive power would greatly increase . How could Long Chen let this chance slip by?

This was already his third day since joining the Divine Pill Hall . By the time Zhang Yutao had led Long Chen up the mountain, he had already explained the general situation . He also said that this was one of Zhuo Tianxiang’s tests for him .

In truth, from the moment Long Chen had walked through the gates, to when he fought with the opposing side, to now, Zhang Yutao and the others had always been watching .

Zhuo Tianxiang had told Zhang Yutao that if Long Chen continued being such a coward, he could simply continue being bullied . He would only be pulled into their faction once he had finally had enough and attacked back .

Furthermore, Zhang Yutao told Long Chen to maintain this kind of mood . Right now, the struggle between the two factions didn’t leave room for face .

Currently, the Divine Pill Hall had the Divine Spear Alliance and the Divine Shield Alliance . They represented the radical faction and the conservative faction respectively .

If others heard this name, they might think the conservative faction was very modest and low-key, but the truth was that in order to make sure its power remained stable, the Divine Shield Alliance’s disciples were all very arrogant .

That was because only by being arrogant and showing their power could they intimidate more people and win more authority .

In comparison, it was the Divine Spear Alliance that was weaker . Under the suppression of the Divine Shield Alliance, they found it very taxing to continue fighting . Their influence over the Divine Pill Hall’s disciples as a whole was dropping .

That was why the Divine Spear Alliance not only needed people with great alchemy arts but also someone who could draw enough influence . That was why if Long Chen continued being a coward, he wouldn’t be very useful to the Divine Spear Alliance . They needed a disciple that dared to fight .

Of course, the prerequisite was that this disciple’s alchemy skills could keep up . That was why after telling Long Chen a few things, Zhang Yutao had sent Long Chen to the Divine Pill Pavilion to study .

Long Chen wasn’t interested in the alchemy arts here . Rather it was the magical arts and Battle Skills here that he needed .

To ordinary disciples, his actions were the complete opposite of what they should be doing . The Divine Pill Hall’s disciples were alchemists who cared about alchemy . To train in fighting techniques was not proper .

But Long Chen was too lazy to bother with the strange looks people gave him . He needed to find a way to increase his repertoire of flame magical arts, because his Pill Sovereign memories only had knowledge of alchemy, but nothing of flame fighting techniques .

“Long San, let’s go . I’ll bring you to switch out your Earth Flame . Everything’s been arranged, and someone’s already holding the line for us . ”

Zhang Yutao came and interrupted Long Chen’s studying . That was because Long Chen had said that he needed a better Earth Flame .

One of the main reasons that he only managed to refine three rings in the trial previously was because of his Pill Flame .

He was unable to use Huo Long’s power here, and the Earth Flame he had been given wasn’t strong enough . That was why he had asked Zhang Yutao for a stronger Earth Flame .

Now that he was helping out the Divine Spear Alliance, if he didn’t dredge up some benefits for himself, he wouldn’t be Long Chen . Furthermore, the Divine Spear Alliance had its own backing, so this was an easy task for them .

But obtaining a new Earth Flame required accumulating a certain number of merit points in Pill Valley . Normally, these merit points were obtained by refining high tier medicinal pills .

But Long Chen didn’t need to bother with this . Someone else would cough up the money for him . With someone already in line for him, he could go and directly pick out an Earth Flame .

“Long San, Protector Zhuo has said that you can select an Earth Flame below rank 30 . If you want a higher level Earth Flame, it will depend on your future display,” whispered Zhang Yutao . There was envy in his eyes .

To be able to pick out any Earth Flame ranked below 30 was an immense special treatment . Even Zhang Yutao’s Earth Flame was only ranked 37th .

That was the result of him working hard all these years . As for Long Chen, he had only just arrived and he could get a better one .

“Long Chen, you should pick the Berserk Blood Flame ranked 32nd . I heard your Spiritual Strength is powerful . If you can suppress the Berserk Blood Flame’s berserk nature, its power will probably be even greater than the Heart Incinerating Devil Flame ranked 31st,” advised Zhang Yutao .

That truly was the best option . If the Berserk Blood Flame wasn’t so violent, it would probably be ranked 30th .

Because it was too violent, using it to refine pills would require even more Spiritual Strength . Its power was definitely greater than the Heart Incinerating Devil Flame ranked 31st, but it would take much more Spiritual Strength to use .

“Alright, then I’ll listen to brother Yutao . I trust brother Yutao would definitely make the best choice for me . ” Long Chen also knew that the Berserk Blood Flame was the best option for him, so he directly gave Zhang Yutao a favor .

Zhang Yutao was overjoyed . In truth, one of Zhang Yutao’s goals was to suck up to Long Chen . After all, he was Dan Bishi’s final apprentice . Although Dan Bishi had died, could the final disciple of a Grand Elder possibly be an ordinary person? That was impossible .

Zhang Yutao’s talent wasn’t particularly outstanding . Of course, he had managed to get into the Divine Pill Hall, but the reason for this was his ability to read others and the situation . So he could already tell Long Chen was someone with limitless potential . Treating Long Chen well now would definitely have many advantages .

Zhan Yutao handled things very neatly . Even a private room had been prepared for Long Chen . When Long Chen received the Berserk Blood Flame, he directly went into seclusion to refine it .

Long Chen took out its flame seed . It was devoured in one bite by Huo Long . Although it was ranked 32nd and the Soul Devouring Violet Flame was only ranked 36th, it was just a flame seed, so suppressing it was easy . Huo Long began to extract Long Chen’s energy to undergo a transformation .

The flame seed’s power was too weak and unable to allow Huo Long to fully transform . It needed Long Chen’s energy .

As for Long Chen’s spiritual yuan, he couldn’t use it for anything other than alchemy . So he allowed Huo Long to absorb as much as it wanted .

Three days later, a blood-colored flame dragon appeared behind Long Chen, releasing a berserk aura .

“Huo Long, you have to hold back a bit . Think of a way to control your power, or refining pills won’t be fun . ”

This new berserk aura of Huo Long’s was too strong, like a wild dragon who wanted to devour heaven and earth . Huo Long now had an urge to destroy this entire room . This meant that it had been greatly affected by the Berserk Blood Flame, and it wasn’t suitable for refining pills .

But Huo Long let out a quiet roar, and its blood-colored flames vanished, replaced by violet flames . It was the Soul Devouring Violet Flame .

“You… you can freely switch between them?!” Long Chen was shocked and delighted . Huo Long told him that it could repeatedly switch between the various flames it had devoured according to its memories . That meant Long Chen could use whichever flame he wanted to .

“Hehe, good . Then I’ll make sure you get to eat every single flame Pill Valley has to offer . ” Long Chen rubbed Huo Long’s head with delight .

If he allowed Huo Long to devour that many Earth Flames, Long Chen couldn’t even imagine how strong it would become .

Three days later, Long Chen came out . Zhang Yutao and the others had long since been waiting .

“Long San, you’ve only just joined the Divine Pill Hall and refined a new Earth Flame . Come, I’ll bring you to a fun place so you can relax . ” Zhang Yutao smiled a smile that only men could smile .

Long Chen immediately thought of something and was about to decline when Zhang Yutao dragged him away .

“Come, as a man, what are you so afraid of? If you don’t relax, how will you be ready for the greater challenges?

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“How is it? Isn’t it relaxing?” Zhang Yutao looked at Long Chen with a mischievous smile .

Long Chen was sitting in a bucket . Steam filled the air, bringing with it bursts of medicinal fragrance . Medicinal energy was entering his body through his pores, completely relaxing him .

Most importantly, there were two maidens behind him gently massaging his back and rubbing medicinal elixirs on him .

The two maidens were massaging him with their spiritual yuan . This was Long Chen’s first time receiving such treatment . He couldn’t help but sigh, “You city people really get to enjoy some amazing things . Amazing . ”

Through this medicinal bath, Long Chen felt his tension completely vanish . In truth, his nerves were constantly taut now that he was in Pill Valley, as he had to be on guard to not expose his status . The pressure was immense .

“Long San, I didn’t expect your body to be so buff . No wonder you’re so strong, and those fellows aren’t your match . ” Zhang Yutao looked at Long Chen’s arms enviously .

Alchemists naturally had weak physical bodies . It was very rare for there to be someone with a body as well built as Long Chen’s . Even the maidens massaging him were a bit red . Long Chen’s body felt good under their hands .

“I had to fight for three years against sea demons to get this body . If I didn’t eat them, they’d eat me,” said Long Chen with his eyes closed .

“Hehe, it’s been tough on you . ”

After the medicinal bath, Long Chen put his robes back on . He was completely refreshed .

“Come, it’s getting late . Let’s go eat, and later, there will be an even better program,” laughed Zhang Yutao, leading Long Chen away .