Seeking the Immortal Way

Lin Yan looked in the direction of Xu Jing's finger, secretly channeling her Purple Void Pupil Skill and carefully evaluated Sun Boyan.

He was wearing a red robe with the word 'pill' embroidered on the collar and the hem. Looking at his face, this person looked ordinary, but his entire body was emitting a very powerful aura. He had his hands behind his back as he stood in the crowd like a crane among a flock of chickens, looking very extraordinary.

But Lin Yan's gaze only swept across his body, not paying too much attention to him, what caught Lin Yan's interest was the young man dressed in the Dan Tong clothes, standing beside Sun Boyan, looking to be 21 or 22 years old. Although he wore a grey robe, and his appearance was not outstanding, his eyes seemed to be extremely bright, and he also seemed to be very strong, making him look extremely smart.

However, there was something wrong with the aura this person was emitting. Although the genuine essence was reserved, he seemed to be hiding something, and with the Purple Void Pupil Skill's observation, Lin Yan immediately realised that this person should be an expert at the early stages of Ethereal Opening Realm.

Before, he had heard from his Senior Sister that most of the realms of Dan Tong were around the Qi Refining stage, and there were occasionally people who broke through and entered the Foundation Establishment stage. However, there were really very few of these Dan Tong s, but to be able to enter and still be a Dan Tong was simply impossible.

Therefore, Lin Yan determined that Sun Boyan's method of defeating Senior Sister Xu Jing was not only a method of refining pellets, but this Dan Tong had also played an important role.

Thinking about this, Lin Yan asked Xu Jing: "Senior Sister, do you know who the Dan Tong beside Sun Boyan is?"

Xu Jing frowned, she glanced at Sun Boyan's Dan Tong, then shook her head and said: "I'm not sure, but this Dan Tong does not seem to talk much, but his eyesight is extraordinary, and looks for things very quickly. Previously, when I was participating in the competition, he seemed to have always been by Sun Boyan's side."

Hearing Xu Jing's words, Lin Yan secretly nodded his head, it was strange that an expert from the Ethereal Opening Realm would take the initiative to become the Dan Tong, but under normal circumstances, pill refiners would be the most eye-catching in such a pill refining competition, and the Dan Tong would not be noticed, so it was normal for no one to discover his existence.

At this time, a white-bearded elder walked in from the side. He wore a purplish-red robe, and his status was extremely honorable.

This person stood in the middle of the square and exuded a powerful aura. When everyone felt the pressure, they immediately stopped talking and looked towards the square. For a moment, the entire square became quiet.

The white-bearded elder smiled and said to the crowd, "Today is yet another triennial exchange, and the exchanges between our flying cloud gate s are mainly about alchemy, talisman drawing, formation, swordsmanship and artifact forging. This rule has existed for hundreds of years, and we hope that our two great sects can unite, help each other, and develop together …"

Afterwards, the white-bearded Elder explained the history between the two great sects. It was very vivid and lifelike, as if one had entered into it with their own body.

An hour later, the white bearded elder spoke to the crowd: "Alright, now, I announce that the Exchange will officially begin. Today is the main day of the alchemy competition, the first match will be between Sky Cloud Martial Sect's Xu Jing and flying cloud gate's Sun Boyan."

As soon as these words were spoken, waves of cheers came from the audience. The scene was extremely explosive.

Sun Boyan brought Dan Tong along, and very calmly walked towards the center of the competition grounds.

Xu Jing and Lin Yan looked at each other and also walked towards the direction of the plaza.

Arriving at the plaza, Xu Jing and Sun Boyan clasped their hands together at the side of the pill furnace.

Lin Yan smiled and cupped his hands towards Sun Boyan's Dan Tong and said: "Sky Cloud Martial Sect, Senior Brother Lin Yan, please advise me."

"flying cloud gate, Bai Chong." Seeing that Lin Yan was being very polite, Bai Chong cupped his hands and replied.

The two of them went back to stand by the side of the pill refiner.

In the distance, Ruan Qianqiu, who was standing behind the Heavenly Thunder Sect's Sect Master, saw that the figure in the plaza looked extremely familiar, so she turned to Kang Jianming who was behind him and asked, "Look at that person, does he look like the Sky Cloud Martial Sect Lin Yan we met yesterday in the kitchen?"

Kang Jianming squinted his eyes as he looked, and after carefully examining him, he immediately nodded and said: "That's right, it's him. It's that Lin Yan from the Sky Cloud Martial Sect, and I thought he was some strong character, but it turns out that he's just a small little Dan Tong, and actually dared to compete with you for Li Mengqi. I think that this guy has overestimated himself, and might as well we have a chance to teach him a lesson."

Ruan Qianqiu smiled and nodded as he said: "No rush, I will definitely teach this person a lesson, but this is the flying cloud gate, and this is the first time our Heavenly Thunder Sect is here to observe an exchange. Thus, we should focus on the big picture and not make too big a move, it would be best if we can find a suitable reason to make him look bad, and at the same time let Li Mengqi know, this world is still a place for the strong, even if it's just looking good, without ability, it's useless."

Kang Jianming's face revealed a sinister smile, and said to Ruan Qianqiu: Senior Brother, don't worry, killing a chicken with a bull blade is not a problem, I will help you with such a small matter, there is no need for you to go through all this trouble, I heard that there is a stage during the exchange between flying cloud gate and Sky Cloud Martial Sect, and that is the competition of the swordsmanship, it is more casual.

After pausing for a moment, Kang Jianming continued to speak: "When that time comes, I will publicly go on stage and challenge Lin Yan, in the eyes of others, this method will not be too excessive, he is just a Dan Tong, we will take the initiative to challenge him, that is just giving him face, when that time comes, I will definitely beat him to a pulp, if he does not go on stage, then that is when he looks down on our Heavenly Thunder Sect, this way, the high ranking elders of Sky Cloud Martial Sect will not be able to show any face, when we return, he will definitely be reprimanded."

Ruan Qianqiu laughed, then nodded: "Good, this method is not bad, if this is the case, then he will be in a dilemma. No matter what choice he makes, Lin Yan will be heavily injured to resolve the hatred in my heart."

At this time, the white bearded elder in the arena saw that Sun Boyan and Xu Jing had already prepared everything, and said to the two of them: "This time we are going to refine a Three Striped Ice Pill. We will give you four hours.

Lin Yan nodded his head, he had heard from Senior Sister Xu Jing that this kind of Pills, that the time taken for this pill was relatively short, if it took too long, some of the Pills's ingredients would be incinerated and become useless pills, but the materials for this Three-striped Frost Pill were extremely complicated, there were roughly a hundred or so of them.