Time For A Cigarette

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Hong Tao clenched his fists tightly, his eyes filled with rage!

“Little bastard, I’ll only say it once. My name is Hong Tao! If you dare to spout any more nonsense, I will definitely make you…”

Before he could finish, Ye Chen interrupted, “I got it! It’s Huang Dao!”

“You!”

After Ye Chen had finished teasing Hong Tao, his gaze turned serious.

His body trembled slightly when he saw the hunched old man in the distance.

It was his master, Duan Huai An!

The old man who saved him from the certain doom in East Coin Lake!

The old man who gave him a second life!

The old man who taught him the path of medicine and his cultivation technique!

Without Duan Huai An, Ye Chen would not be who he was now!

This old man was always trying his best to protect him!

This old man had disregarded his reputation and begged hundreds of sects to take Ye Chen in. All of this was so that Ye Chen could fulfill his desire for revenge.

Ye Chen might have hundreds of masters, but Duan Huai An was the most important one!

Countless memories flashed past and Ye Chen’s eyes reddened. He clenched his fists tightly!

He now knew what happened to his master back then. His master should have become famous in the Kunlun Mountains after winning that battle, but that damned sect master of the Dao Sect violated the rules and attacked him, crippling him and destroying his dantian!

It was a tragic end to a bright genius!

‘Master, you’ve done your best to protect me these past five years, but now it is my turn to protect you!’

‘Whether it is Hong Tao or the Dao sect, I will personally destroy them and make them pay!’

Duan Huai An could naturally feel the strong emotions overflowing from Ye Chen, and felt quite puzzled. Who was this masked young man and why did he feel so familiar?

He could not shake the feeling that he knew this masked young man.

For a moment, he even thought that this young man was his disciple who had left the Kunlun Mountains for almost a year, Ye Chen.

However, he quickly shook his head and muttered self-deprecatingly, “How could that brat Ye Chen appear here? It seems that my mind has been muddled by alchemy these past few days.”

Hong Tao suppressed the anger in his heart and took a step forward.

The ground shook as three cauldrons appeared!

“Alchemy Dao is extremely complicated. Therefore, this time, there will be a total of three matches. This is also the greatest gift of mercy I can show you. Otherwise, it will become boring if I crush you too easily. The first match will test your control over flames!”

“Each of these three pill cauldrons has a half-completed pill. I ordered people to use a technique to seal it. Once it is opened, if the flames are not controlled properly, the cauldron will shatter. Whoever can complete the pill the fastest will win this match!”

“Now, it all depends on your own abilities.”

“You may choose any one of them, lest you say that I did something underhanded to them.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Duan Huai An chose one of the cauldrons.

“Kid, it’s your turn.” Hong Tao looked at Ye Chen.

“Zi Tao, you choose first. I’ll let you go first,” Ye Chen said casually.

“You!”

Hong Tao snorted coldly and chose the one next to Duan Huai An.

Meanwhile, Ye Chen quietly walked over to the remaining cauldron.

There was a sealing formation around the cauldron. Once it was opened, it would be time to continue refining the pills inside.

This was not a bad method of competing.

Seeing that everyone was in position, Hong Tao took another step forward, and shouted, “Open the cauldrons!”

The three formations shattered at the same time, and a rich medicinal fragrance overflowed from them.

At the same time, the cauldrons started to shake.

Duan Huai An knew that this was his chance. He did not hesitate any longer and formed hand seals with his fingers to activate a technique.

A flame condensed. It was not large, but it was controlling the cauldron with great precision!

“No matter what, I must win this round!”

Hong Tao looked at Duan Huai An’s flame and snorted coldly. “Trying to use this kind of trashy flame to defeat me? You’re overestimating yourself!”

Seconds later, he opened his hand, and a green flame instantly appeared in his palm.

The moment the green flame appeared, the cauldron in front of him actually floated in midair!

The flame wrapped around the cauldron, and it seemed to transform into an apparition shaped like a red-crowned crane.

“It’s said that this is a phenomenon that only the chosen ones of Alchemy Dao can possess! As expected of Alchemy Master Hong!”

“It seems like this match is going to be one-sided. Although it’s simple, the outcome is obvious once that green flame is used.”

The crowd gasped in admiration, and Hong Tao enjoyed it very much.

In about five minutes, the incomplete pill would be completed.

Suddenly, he thought of something. He had seen Duan Huai An’s flames, but what about that kid’s flames?

As he controlled the flame and the cauldron, he looked in Ye Chen’s direction.

When he did, he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.

What that kid was doing now was indeed related to fire, but it did not look like alchemy at all!

Instead, a flame appeared on his fingertip, and then… he lit a cigarette!

He even leaned against the cauldron and smoked!

F*ck!

The crowd also noticed Ye Chen and were petrified. This kid was too careless!

Duan Huai An was focused on refining pills and did not bother looking over. Even though he could hear a commotion, he was still immersed in controlling the fire for the cauldron in front of him.

However, Hong Tao could not help himself. He realized that this masked youth was not here to refine pills, but to cause trouble!

“Kid, you better understand what kind of situation you’re in. If you lose, the consequences will be unimaginable, so I advise you to take this seriously!”

Ye Chen shook off the cigarette ash and glanced at Hong Tao.

“Black Tao, right? I’ve always respected the elderly, so I’m letting you start first.”

Hong Tao was so angry that his entire body was trembling, and the cauldron almost shattered because of this!

He, a saint grade alchemist, was being given a handicap by a brat whose hair had not even fully grown yet? What a joke!

Then, he realized that Duan Huai An might have arranged for this kid to disrupt his mind and make him fail!

Thus, he quickly ignored Ye Chen and focused on refining pills. However, he still glanced at the latter from time to time.

Not long after, Ye Chen’s cigarette finally finished.

He could feel that his master’s refining would be completed in a few minutes, and that Hong Tao was clearly faster.

There was only one minute left before Hong Tao succeeded, and he was already smiling, knowing the outcome.

Hong Tao looked at Ye Chen again and sneered. “Kid, what now? Are you actually going to refine a pill?”

Ye Chen did not say anything. He closed his eyes.

A few seconds later, he opened his eyes and a cold gleam flashed across the depths of his eyes.

At the same time, he opened his hand and flames emerged from his body.

Immortal Flames!

Boom!

The bright and resplendent flames immediately made their presence known, and engulfed the entire cauldron!

At the same time, the temperature of the surroundings increased significantly. Furthermore, the green flame in Hong Tao’s hand seemed to have encountered something terrifying and left the cauldron, spreading out in all directions as if it was fleeing!

Bang!

Hong Tao had not expected things to develop like this. Without the green flame controlling it, the cauldron fell to the ground!

Pa!

A crisp sound resounded throughout the entire square!

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