Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 1493: Explosive

Chapter 1493: Chapter 1493: Explosive

The figure that appeared in the small courtyard of Shentu Cheng was, of course, Fang Bai.

After entering the courtyard, Fang Bai immediately formed a layer of Qi Shield with spiritual energy, isolating the courtyard from the outside world. Thus, no third party could hear any movements occurring within the courtyard.

Fang Bai knew that Nine Heavens Palace and Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion had some connections, and since the "Guest Arrival" inn was located on Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion’s territory, he planned to silently and swiftly resolve the situation with Shentu Cheng without alerting the Pavilion’s disciples.

So, after a simple exchange of two sentences, Fang Bai made his move.

Shentu Cheng only saw Fang Bai’s fist flicker, and the next moment, he was engulfed by an overwhelming flame. The intense pain from the high-temperature burning spread throughout his body, causing him to quickly lose consciousness.

"Can’t even withstand one blow of the ’Furious Flame Fist’... Seems like the Palace Master of Nine Heavens Palace is just an empty title!"

Fang Bai glanced at Shentu Cheng, who had fallen to the ground, lifeless and his body reduced to charcoal, and disdainfully smirked.

What he didn’t realize was that it wasn’t Shentu Cheng’s weakness, but rather that Fang Bai’s cultivation level had reached such an astonishing realm after achieving Foundation Establishment perfection, that he could compete with Golden Core high-rank experts like the Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion Master.

Therefore, a Foundation Establishment perfection expert like Shentu Cheng was not on the same level as Fang Bai.

Even a casual strike from Fang Bai was beyond what Shentu Cheng could withstand, let alone when Fang Bai gave his all to deliver a fatal blow.

After obliterating Shentu Cheng, Fang Bai initially thought of completely destroying his corpse, but after a moment of consideration, he decided to collect it along with the bodies of the Yang Fei and Yang Dong duo.

Since there were connections between Nine Heavens Palace and Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion, Shentu Cheng’s corpse could indeed be used to create some leverage.

As the master of a sect, Shentu Cheng was bound to have substantial cultivation resources on him. Thus, after his demise, the space ring on his finger naturally became Fang Bai’s possession.

From the moment Fang Bai appeared in Shentu Cheng’s courtyard to when he left, it only took a matter of moments. Even if there were experts in Flaming Sun City who sensed the abnormal fluctuations in the air here, they wouldn’t have time to find out what happened.

Shentu Cheng’s sudden disappearance did not draw anyone’s attention. It wasn’t until a few days later, when a runner from the "Guest Arrival" inn came to urge payment for the room that they discovered the guest had vanished without a trace.

Early the next morning, Fang Bai and Han Xiangtian came to the martial artists trading market’s stall as they did yesterday.

Although Han Xiangtian had anticipated that many martial artists would come seeking Senior Fang’s alchemy and artifact refining services today, he was still taken aback by the scene before him.

No matter where, in any martial artists trading market, wherever there are Alchemists or Artifact Refiners, martial artists are always drawn. Usually, the area around Fang Bai’s stall was bustling with martial artists, all eager for business, each alchemist and artifact refiner busy and in demand.

But today, the flow of martial artists in this area was several times higher than usual, especially around Fang Bai’s stall, it was densely packed to the point of being impenetrable, appearing as a sea of black heads.

Roughly speaking, there were actually several thousand martial artists gathered around Fang Bai’s stall.

Not only was Han Xiangtian shocked, but even the other alchemists and artifact refiners at the stalls were surprised when they arrived early at the martial artists trading market and saw thousands of martial artists waiting. They immediately felt a mix of envy, jealousy, and admiration.

They realized that Fang Bai’s successful alchemy and artifact refining yesterday had already spread through a few female disciples of Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion, creating a word-of-mouth effect, leading to today’s grand gathering.

Of these thousands of martial artists, the vast majority were disciples from both the internal and external courtyards of Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion. A small portion had the serendipity of witnessing Fang Bai’s alchemical and artifact refining processes yesterday and were so impressed that they called their friends to come today.

"It’s only the second day since the stall has been opened, and already so many martial artists have come for alchemy and artifact refining. Just imagine the earnings over time!"

Han Xiangtian looked at the thousands of martial artists before him, as if seeing piles of cultivation resources, and was almost jumping with excitement.

"Xiangtian, tell these people that from today on, I’ll only be taking orders for mid-grade Holy Grade Spirit Pills or Spiritual Artifacts. For lower-level spiritual artifacts, they should look for other alchemists and artifact refiners."

After Fang Bai conveyed this message to Han Xiangtian, he walked midair, as if ascending an invisible Heavenly Ladder, over thousands of martial artists’ heads, landing behind the stall, and then entered the stone chamber designated for alchemy and artifact refining.

"Look, that’s Senior Fang!"

"Senior Fang, this junior has come admiring your name and wishes to request your help in refining a bottle of mid-grade Holy Grade Spirit Pill!"

"This junior wishes to upgrade this low-grade Holy Grade Spiritual Artifact to a mid-grade Holy Grade one!"

"I have a Yellow Core Stone here and wish to forge an earth-element mid-grade Holy Grade Spiritual Artifact. Is that possible?"

"Senior Fang..."

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The thousands of martial artists gathered in front of the stall seemed aware that this young martial artist in white, like snow, was the renowned Fang Bai, who was both an Alchemist and an Artifact Refiner. Seeing him appear, they couldn’t help but become emotionally stirred, shouting loudly and squeezing forward.

Like Fang Bai, Han Xiangtian walked over their heads, floated to the front, then extended his arms horizontally to block them, and said loudly, "Everyone, line up and don’t be chaotic! Senior Fang specially instructed me just now to tell you that from today, he only crafts mid-grade Holy Grade Spirit Pills or Spiritual Artifacts. For anything else, please seek someone else!"

As soon as Han Xiangtian finished speaking, the crowd became agitated. Some martial artists applauded, while others shouted dissatisfaction.

Meanwhile, the dozen or so alchemists and artifact refiners with sparse business, who were standing at their stalls watching helplessly towards Fang Bai’s direction, heard these words and became excited. Their envy, jealousy, and hatred towards Fang Bai turned into goodwill.

"I thought Fang Bai was hogging all the business, leaving us with no room to survive. Now it seems, he’s not narrow-minded. Not only hasn’t our business been taken away, but because of Fang Bai’s presence, it will actually improve! Hmm, this person is quite righteous!"

The dozen or so alchemists and artifact refiners, who had prepared to join forces to stand against Fang Bai, now realized that Fang Bai was snagging Alchemy Cauldron Pavilion and Golden Sword Sect’s business, not threatening theirs. This would instead bring more martial artist traffic to them, quite beneficial. How could they not be thrilled?

If in the future, at this martial artists trading market, everyone operates without interference, it would indeed be a good thing to live in harmony. Perhaps they might even become friends, gathering together leisurely to discuss and exchange insights on alchemy and artifact refining, wouldn’t that be splendid?

Seeing the thousands of martial artists on Fang Bai’s side disperse after Han Xiangtian’s words, some heading to their stalls, the dozen or so alchemists and artifact refiners were overjoyed, immediately retreating to their alchemy and artifact refining chambers, ready to welcome the incoming business.

On Fang Bai’s side, although two-thirds of the martial artists left after Han Xiangtian’s words, one-third remained, intending to have Fang Bai craft mid-grade Holy Grade Spirit Pills and Artifacts.

Just these martial artists’ commissions alone were enough to keep Fang Bai busy for several days.

Of course, after completing these tasks, the cultivation resources Fang Bai accumulated would be substantial, and Han Xiangtian would also receive a significant share, something he could scarcely imagine before.