Supreme Alchemist
Chapter 226 - 226 226 The Second Condition Part One

226: Chapter 226: The Second Condition (Part One) 226: Chapter 226: The Second Condition (Part One) Meng Jun shuddered, feeling cold all over.

He originally thought he had done everything flawlessly, but he did not expect Long Yan to effortlessly see through all of it, causing his plan to shatter into pieces.

“Damn it!”

Zhuge Qianzhong’s face turned dark in an instant, a hint of murderous intent flashing through his eyes: “Ninth Elder, Pill King Hall has treated you well, why would you do this?”

Meng Jun was the Ninth Elder of Pill King Hall, and a Pill King himself, with a cultivation base of fourth-level Martial King.

At this moment, Zhuge Qianzhong was filled with resentment, wishing he could tear Meng Jun into countless pieces.

The four sets of Earth Order Battle Skills that were about to fall into his hands were all ruined because of Meng Jun.

“Damn traitor!”

Everyone from Pill King Hall looked at Meng Jun with hatred, especially Second Elder Moyuan, whose eyes were already filled with killing intent.

“Why?”

After a momentary panic, Meng Jun calmed down, his cold gaze falling on Long Yan, saying: “Long Yan, I bet you have forgotten that my disciple died at your hands, right?”

“There are many who died at my hands, maybe not a thousand, but definitely eight hundred.

Only God knows which one is your disciple.”

Long Yan really didn’t know who Meng Jun’s disciple was.

“Xia Tian, his only disciple.”

Moyuan reminded him briefly.

“Xia Tian?”

Long Yan slightly furrowed his brows, remembered after a while, and revealed an expression of sudden realization: “So that trash is your disciple after all?”

Xia Tian did indeed die at his hands.

When he came to Pill King Hall, he passed Sky Capital City and made enemies with the Xia Family.

Afterwards, Xia Yuntian passed the message to Pill King Hall, and Xia Tian tried to kill Long Yan but ended up being killed by him instead.

Long Yan knew that Xia Tian was a direct disciple of Dan Hall, but he never expected him to have Meng Jun as his backer.

“Meng Jun, Xia Tian’s death was his own fault.

He cannot blame the Junior Palace Master.

You betraying Pill King Hall is a capital crime!”

Moyuan sternly rebuked him.

“Nonsense!”

Meng Jun roared, the veins on his forehead bulging: “If not for Long Yan killing people from the Xia Family in Sky Capital City, how would Xia Tian have gone to take revenge on Long Yan, and how could he have died at Long Yan’s hands?”

In fact, there was a secret unknown to anyone – Xia Tian was not just Meng Jun’s direct disciple, but also Meng Jun’s illegitimate son.

Years ago, Meng Jun left Pill King Hall to search for a precious medicinal material.

He was severely wounded by a Demonic Beast after obtaining the material.

He barely escaped with his life and was saved by Xia Tian’s mother.

Hearing how he was well taken care of, he took advantage of her once he recovered, and thus Xia Tian was born.

After learning about this, Meng Jun felt guilty and started to secretly help the Xia Family, helping them to become the first Clan in Sky Capital City.

Later, he brought Xia Tian to Pill King Hall to train him as a key disciple.

In Pill King Hall, after Long Yan killed Xia Tian, Meng Jun didn’t take action against Long Yan due to the bet with Zuo Qiuyu and out of fear from Luo Shenghe’s authority.

More importantly, Meng Jun saw that Zhuge Qianzhong valued Long Yan and did not want to offend him.

Luo Shenghe had a deep vendetta against Long Yan and was more than capable of dealing with Long Yan, so there was no need for him to act.

Unexpectedly, Luo Shenghe couldn’t kill Long Yan, and now Long Yan had become the Young Master of Pill King Hall; it was impossible for Luo Shenghe to kill Long Yan any longer.

Up until now, there was still no news about Luo Shenghe; it was highly likely that he had fallen.

Meng Jun didn’t want to let Long Yan go just like that, so he leaked the message to the Four Major Forces, intending to use their power to get rid of Long Yan.

“Meng Jun, even if you have millions of reasons, betraying Pill King Hall will only lead you to a dead end.”

Zhuge Qianzhong coldly stared at Meng Jun, a powerful aura of suppression bearing down on him, almost making Meng Jun kneel on the ground.

“You…

deserve to die!”

Zhuge Qianzhong followed up with a palm strike, crippling Meng Jun on the spot.

“Pfft!”

Meng Jun spewed a mouthful of blood and his face turned desperate.

“Let me do it.”

At this moment, Long Yan stepped forward and pointed a finger at Meng Jun, injecting a poisonous force into his body.

“Ahh…”

Then, a miserable scream came from Meng Jun’s mouth, causing everyone’s hair to stand on end.

Visibly, Meng Jun’s flesh began to rot, and a nauseating black liquid flowed out of his body.

Seeing this, everyone present gasped, shocked by Long Yan’s brutal method.

“This is the fate of those who betray Pill King Hall.

I do not want a second one.”

Long Yan’s cold gaze swept across the people of Pill King Hall as he spoke.

He did this to serve as a warning to others.

In a large group, there are always rebels, and Meng Jun was certainly not the only traitor in Pill King Hall.

“Long Yan, you’ve fulfilled your first condition, now state your second one.”

Wu Kuangyun, Gu Yunxiao, Feng Wanli, and Leng Qianqiu frowned, feeling that they had lost face.

Long Yan’s actions seemed to be a public slap in the face.

Finally, Wu Kuangyun spoke, breaking the tense atmosphere.

“The second condition is not really a condition.

The Battle Soul Stele must be activated by me personally.

Even if I tell you the method, it will be useless.”

Long Yan said.

“Long Yan, what trick are you playing?”

Gu Yunxiao asked coldly.

“Why?”

Wu Kuangyun inquired.

“The Five Emperors did not leave behind a will inside the Battle Soul Stele.

Activating the stele requires a special power, and only I possess it.”

After a slight pause, Long Yan continued, “I can help you activate the Battle Soul Stele and reveal the Earth Order Battle Skill within it without any alterations.”

“This…”

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the Four Major Forces changed.

If things were as Long Yan claimed, the Earth Order Battle Skill within the Battle Soul Stele would be impossible to be solely possessed by them.

Earth Order Battle Skills were highly cherished, and no one wanted another person to know about it.

“Is he doing this on purpose?”

Zhuge Qianzhong secretly gave Long Yan a thumbs-up.

In this way, Long Yan would be able to obtain the five sets of Earth-Rank Battle Techniques no matter what, making it a sure-win business.

“Fine, we agree to your terms, but you better not be playing tricks.”

After weighing their options, Wu Kuangyun, Gu Yunxiao, Feng Wanli, and Leng Qianqiu eventually chose to accept this method.

They didn’t have any better choices.

Although this would benefit Long Yan with the Earth Order Battle Skills, they could also obtain them, so it was not a loss.

It was just hard for them to swallow their pride.

“I always keep my word.”

Long Yan smiled slightly and said, “Since you all have agreed, I will state my second condition.”

He deliberately paused before continuing, “It’s extremely difficult for me to cultivate that kind of power, and activating the Battle Soul Stele consumes a lot of it.

I can only activate two steles consecutively at most.

Therefore, I cannot activate all four steles at once; I must do it in two separate attempts.

You can’t force me, and you must give me enough time to recover my strength.”

“What kind of condition is this?”

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Long Yan with strange gazes.

The condition put forth by Long Yan wasn’t really a condition at all; it was just common sense.