TFHS: Chapter 153

After the top officials and some princes got the inside information, the news could no longer be concealed, especially since they also had family and in-laws. Once they communicated with each other, the information spread further and further.

The eleventh prince finally understood the reason why his father-in-law’s family had fallen in trouble this time. He even tried to plead with his father, but his father refused, expressionlessly telling him to go back home and think about it himself.

Now that the truth was out, the eleventh prince returned to his palace angrily. He became furious with his princess again.

“Do you know why the emperor attacked your father? It is because Bai Qiaomo has the prescription for repairing the dantian in his hand, and Sihong Academy used it to make a deal with the emperor. Your sister is really capable. She offended him just after he arrived at the gate of Imperial City, before he had time to enter the city.”

It turned out that the final result of the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion wasn’t due to Yu Xiao, the fifth-grade alchemist, but the essence liquid realm beside Feng Ming, who was ignored by everyone. He was the one who grabbed the whip at the gate of Imperial City and dragged Lou Minwan out of the carriage.

This time, it wasn’t unfair that the Ningyuan Marquis, no, Ningyuan Earl’s Mansion was dealt with.

Lou Minjun was stunned. “How could this be? I didn’t know.”

“What can you know? Your sister has eyes on top of her head. What can she see? She was just beaten up by the untouchables she looked down on!’

Lou Minjun was originally very angry. She hated Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo, but she was much smarter than her sister.

The demotion of her father’s title had a great impact on her. She couldn’t swallow this anger, so she thought about taking advantage of this league to secretly attack the two people. It would be best if she could take the opportunity to destroy them and put an end to it once and for all.

Once they were abolished, even Yu Xiao probably wouldn’t be willing to spend too much time and effort on his useless disciple. This was the reality of this society.

As a result, her idea had now become a complete joke. Bai Qiaomo had been abolished before, but he had the prescription to repair his dantian. He even used it to make a deal with the imperial family.

If anything happened to Bai Qiaomo or Feng Ming at this time, she was afraid that even the imperial family would investigate it thoroughly. Would the eleventh prince be able to save her then?

Lou Minjun was scared to the point of sweating.

The eleventh prince looked at her suspiciously. “What do you want to do? No matter what you are planning now, stop it, or don’t blame me for being rude.”

He was a prince, and this wouldn’t change unless he made a fatal mistake. However, there was no guarantee that Lou Minjun could always be the princess.

Lou Minwan was so vicious. As her sister, was Lou Minjun really a kind person? The eleventh prince hadn’t married her due to this. He knew what type of person she was.

Lou Minjun slumped in her chair. “What can I do? What else can I do? Don’t worry, I won’t do anything during this period.”

Even if she had to do something, she wouldn’t do it at the foot of Imperial City. She would wait until the league was over, and they were far away from Imperial City.

The eleventh prince didn’t care what Lou Minjun did as long as she didn’t get him into trouble.

The league kicked off with great fanfare. The news about Sihong Academy making a deal with the imperial family for a prescription to repair the dantian also spread privately. Many children of powerful families had an expression of ‘so that’s why’ on their faces.

They couldn’t figure it out before, and all their guests were overturned by their own people. It turned out that this prescription was the key.

Many forces took action immediately. Every force had their own genius whose dantian was destroyed. Some forces gave up, while relatives of others were still looking for ways to remedy the situation.

Now that the prescription had reached the emperor, they finally saw hope and were willing to pay any price to get it.

If going to the emperor didn’t work, just go to Sihong Academy. It was much more hopeful than waiting in vain.

The grudge between Bai Qiaomo and Wu Yingyan was also discovered by everyone. This person’s life experience over the first twenty years was really exciting.

Moreover, such a genius who was once abandoned actually married into the family of a ger as a son-in-law.

Well, this ger had a backer. It didn’t seem to be a loss of face to marry him.

But in the final analysis, he was still inferior to someone.

Once all these details were uncovered, many bored and powerful children in Imperial City came in groups to watch the league.

Their main purpose was to watch Bai Qiaomo, this genius, and see if he was worthy of his reputation as a genius.

The moment they arrived in Imperial City, the Ningyuan Marquis, no, the Ningyuan Earl’s Mansion suffered a setback.

The league had age restrictions. Participants must not be over 30 years old since this selection was for young talents.

The age barrier kept many cultivators out of the threshold.

However, the league didn’t restrict outsiders from coming to watch. Therefore, many cultivators from all over the kingdom gathered in Imperial City to watch the battle among various talents.

On the first day of the league, the emperor of the Dongmu Dynasty showed up to liven up the atmosphere and encourage the contestants, hoping they would win honor for the Dongmu Dynasty.

There were too many people and the platform where the emperor was standing was a bit far away. Feng Ming and Bai Qiaomo were in the stands of Sihong Academy and couldn’t see the emperor clearly.

Bai Qiaomo whispered, “The stands are protected by formations. It is possible that the emperor himself didn’t appear on the scene. He just remotely controlled and projected himself onto the platform through the formation, so he isn’t clear at all.”

Feng Ming suspected that he really didn’t come in person, so he asked curiously, “What is the strength of this emperor?”

Bai Qiaomo pondered on it for a moment before saying, “On the surface, he is a master in the essence dan realm, but I don’t know. There are several soul opening realm powerhouses hidden in the imperial family.”

Feng Ming lowered his voice. “You know that Sihong Academy also had a soul opening realm master.”

Bai Qiaomo nodded and also lowered his voice. “If that isn’t the case, Sihong Academy wouldn’t be able to maintain its current status. It is rumored that the five major forces are consciously controlling the number of soul opening realm experts other than themselves.”

Feng Ming clicked his tongue twice. He wasn’t surprised by this result. They did this simply because they didn’t want any force to threaten their rule.

He understood.

Therefore, the fact that his master wanted to refine the soul condensing pill must not be leaked at all.

The entire league was divided into stages. The first stage was a competition between alchemists, weapon refiners, talisman makers, and formation masters. The top 20 players with each professional skill were selected based on achievements.

The first stage could also be seen as a written test without the need for physical confrontation.

The second stage was a competition of pure combat power. Compared with the literary test in the first stage, this was a pure martial arts test stage

The number of participants in the martial arts test stage would be the largest, so it would take a longer time, and the competition would be more intense.

The first competition in the written examination stage was the much anticipated alchemist competition. As Yu Xiao’s direct disciple, Feng Ming undoubtedly obtained the qualification to participate.

Among the many alchemists who came to participate in the competition, Feng Ming received quite a lot of attention. It was because he caused quite a stir as soon as he arrived in Imperial City. Even the Ningyuan Marquis’ Mansion was demoted to the Ningyuan Earl’s Mansion.

The children of powerful and wealthy people who came in groups to watch pointed at Feng Ming and talked about him.

“He is indeed good-looking. No wonder why Lou Minwan wanted to destroy him when she saw his face. That woman was just jealous that someone else is prettier than her. She didn’t expect to run into such a difficult person.”

“How is the ger’s alchemy skill?”

“I heard that he is a third-grade alchemist, and he isn’t even 20 years old. He must have good talent to be noticed by Master Yu Xiao and accepted as a disciple. However, it will be difficult for him to get into the top 20 in this competition.”

“That’s right. He has only been learning alchemy for a short time. I looked at the information of the contestants. Some of them are close to 30 years old. These alchemists have been immersed in alchemy for much longer than him.”

“That wasn’t the case. It depends on talent. It doesn’t mean that whoever has been exposed to learning for a longer time can gain greater achievements. Maybe the ger’s talent is outstanding and far exceeds that of others.”

For the alchemist competition, the court specially invited personnel from the main hall of the Medicine Hall in Imperial City to be in charge of the competition.

Yu Xiao was also invited to the referee’s seat early in the morning to judge the performance and final results of each contestant.

The chief hall master of the Medicine Hall was an old man with gray hair and beard, but his complexion was ruddy, and his voice was full of energy.

“Dear young alchemists, our alchemist competition is conducted based on the elimination system. After rounds of elimination, the winner can be selected in the end.”

“Now, please invite all our participating alchemists to come on stage. The alchemy stage is ready for you.”

Among Yu Xiao’s seven disciples, only Feng Ming met the age requirements. Even the sixth senior brother, Sang Yang, was over the age limit, not to mention the fifth senior brother, Chen Tianlang.

However, several of the grand disciples met the requirements and came to participate in the competition this time. It wasn’t for the sake of ranking, but just to compete with many alchemists. They wanted to see other people’s alchemy level and whether they could learn anything from it.

The moment the chief hall master made the announcement, Feng Ming led a group of alchemists from Sihong Academy to leave the stands and head toward the alchemy platforms raised in the center.

They had a large number of alchemists. Qiansui Peak and Luoyue Peak alone had trained quite a few alchemists, and they also had two fifth-grade alchemists in charge. Looking at the enter Dongmu Dynasty, this situation was rare.

Looking at other forces, some of them only had one or two alchemists. This made the scene of Sihong Academy particularly eye-catching.

“The strength of Sihong Academy is indeed extraordinary. Look at how many young alchemists they can bring out.”

“It is that young ger who is leading the team. Can his alchemy skills really convince everyone? Or is it due to Yu Xiao?

“Don’t you know that Qiansui Peak and Luoyue Peak of Sihong Academy have always been at odds with each other? Don’t you see that even Luoyue Peak’s disciples aren’t causing trouble this time and are following Feng Ming obediently?”

If Luoyue Peak’s disciples heard this, they would roll their eyes. Before Feng Ming left Sihong Academy to travel, he could refine many types of third-grade pills, and the quality was so good. Didn’t his alchemy skills improve at all during this period?

Before leaving Sihong Academy, Luoyue Peak was already humiliated by him. Now they couldn’t guarantee how advanced Feng Ming’s alchemy skills were.

Perhaps it was because Feng Ming left the academy to go training that everyone on Luoyue Peak felt relieved.

After arriving at Imperial City, Yu Xiao kept Feng Ming by his side, saying that Feng Ming’s alchemy skills hadn’t improved. However, they didn’t believe it at all.

Besides, the competition between the two peaks was fine within Sihong Academy. Once they went outside, they were disciples representing Sihong Academy. If something went wrong, could they be proud as disciples of Luoyue Peak?