Chapter Seventy-Four The Forging Trial Is About To Begin

  The next morning

  The usually lively Huoyun Hall was even more bustling today, with many new disciples and miscellaneous workers gathered in the empty space in front of it, each with eyes shining with excitement.

  "Today is the day when Kong Fang Shixiong and Su Yun Shijie will compete in refining equipment. The two inner disciples of the sect will publicly compete in refining equipment, which should be only the second time in ten years. And I heard that the prize for this competition is two precious lower-grade postnatal spiritual treasures."

  "Besides the two precious Lower-Grade Heaven Spirit Treasures, I actually need to rent a Cloud Soaring Boat as well. But compared to the Lower-Grade Heaven Spirit Treasures, renting a Cloud Soaring Boat is insignificant, after all, it only costs 150 contribution points for a month."

  "Kong Fang Shixiong and Su Yun Shijie were the first and second place winners of the previous Alchemy Exam, I wonder who will win this time?"

  "Of course, Brother Kong will win. Half a year ago, Brother Kong was already able to get the first place in the Refining Equipment Assessment and it has been so long since he became an inner disciple, Brother Kong's refining equipment ability must be even stronger now." The people supporting Kong immediately exclaimed excitedly.

  "That's not necessarily the case, as the elders had previously said that Brother Kongfang only has an earth-based innate talent, but refining equipment requires a fire-based innate talent. Although Brother Kongfang won against others half a year ago, it's not easy to further improve his equipment refinement skills, and we think Sister Suyun has a greater chance of winning."

  The apprentices and odd-jobbers in the crowd were arguing fiercely, making the scene extremely chaotic.

  In a corner of the grand hall of Huoyun Hall, there were still some disciples from other halls. At this time, these inner hall disciples and familiar people gathered together, also discussing with each other.

  Before long, a voice suddenly rang out.

  "Sister Su Yun has arrived." A stone stirred up a thousand waves, and with a "whoosh" sound, everyone turned around and looked towards the mountain road below.

  Only then did Sun Yun and Luo Qing walk up side by side, both with a faint smile on their faces, their pace neither fast nor slow, looking extremely confident and composed.

  "Sister Su is so confident, it seems she's very sure of winning against Brother Kong."

  "It goes without saying that Su Yun's equipment refinement level has made significant progress. Kong Fang, on the other hand, although his equipment refinement level is not bad, his talent limits his further improvement. In the end, Kong Fang will only see his gap with other inner disciples grow wider and wider."

  The voices in the crowd rose and fell, but the vast majority of people were optimistic about Su Yun, thinking that Su Yun would win this alchemy trial. In everyone's eyes, it was already impressive that Tu Xing had achieved what Kong Fang had before, and wanting to improve further was simply too difficult, almost impossible.

  Listening to the surrounding gossip, Su Yun and Luo Qing's smiles on their faces increased a bit. The two scanned the empty space in front of Huo Yun Hall with their eyes, but didn't see Kong Fang and Sun Hao's figures, which made their eyebrows slightly furrowed.

  "Hmph, the scale is indeed not small, we've all arrived at Kong Fang and Sun Hao, yet there's no sign of them." Luo Qing coldly snorted.

  "Perhaps he's worried about losing to Su Yun, so he didn't dare come." A faint smile sounded from beside him.

  Su Yun and Luo Qing turned around to look in the direction of the sound, only to see a young man wearing a white long gown walking towards them with an air of elegance, followed by several inner disciples.

  Su Yun's eyes showed a hint of puzzlement, clearly not recognizing the person, but Luo Qing's face revealed a look of surprise after a brief moment of stunned silence.

  Lu Qing's face burst into a brilliant smile, with a hint of flattery, saying: "So it's Master Pang, I've heard that Master has been training outside and even compared to the direct disciples of Shen Long who are rarely seen. My sister has visited many times but unfortunately couldn't see Master, didn't expect to meet Master here today." Lu Qing said with a charming smile.

  Su Yun was well aware that Luo Qing was a relatively cold person, and today he was in a good mood because he had the opportunity to win over Huo Yundang's Kong Fang and Sun Hao. As a result, Luo Qing's face showed a few more smiles. But what surprised Su Yun was that Luo Qing's smile now was even brighter than before, which made Su Yun stunned for a moment, and suddenly became curious about this Master Pang's identity.

  When Lu Qing compared him to his personal disciples, Pang Tian Sheng's smile also deepened a bit, but he humbly said: "Sister is overpraising me, I'm just casually wandering around outside the sect, and it's not comparable to being a personal disciple."

  After finishing speaking, Pang Tiangeng's gaze fell on Su Yun beside him, and his eyes lit up slightly.

  Su Yun's appearance was already good, and today she wore a light green long dress, looking slender and elegant, with a few points of refined and elegant charm.

  "This is Pang Tian Sheng, Elder Brother Pang. Among all the inner disciples, Elder Brother Pang's strength ranks among the top ten. His divine soul has already reached nine zhang, and he is only one zhang away from entering the spiritual realm of ten zhang." Luo Qing quickly introduced in a low voice to Su Yun.

  Su Yun was shocked in her heart, her divine soul was still far from one zhang, let alone reaching nine zhang. A divine soul of nine zhang could be said to have already entered the peak of the Soul Summoning Realm. As long as she reached the limit of nine zhang and nine, she could then impact and enter the Spirit Realm.

  "Nice to meet you, Brother Pang." Su Yun suppressed the surprise in her heart and slightly bowed.

  Although they are all inner disciples of the sect, Pang Tiānshēng's divine soul has reached nine zhang, which is much stronger than theirs. It won't be wrong to show some respect.

  "Sister, no need to be polite. Actually, I came today because I heard that you and that Kong something Fang were going to compete in refining equipment, so I rushed over to take a look. However, with your equipment refinement abilities, you will definitely easily defeat that Kong person, I have high hopes for you." Pang Tian Sheng smiled warmly, but his gaze was fixed on Su Yun's face.

  Pang Tian Sheng obviously knew Kong Fang's name, but in order to win Su Yun's favor, he deliberately broke down Kong Fang's name and spoke of it with disdain. However, with his strength, he indeed wouldn't take a newly joined inner disciple seriously.

  "Kong Fang and Sun Hao have arrived."

  Suddenly, someone shouted and everyone turned around to look up at the mountain. They saw Kong Fang, Sun Hao, Qu Han, Ge Sheng and Fang Tou walking down quickly from the mountain, with Fang Tou following closely behind Kong Fang.

  Huoyun Hall has six inner disciples, but Li Sen and Yin Wanshui were severely injured by Kong Fang. With their cultivation, it would take at least a few days for them to recover, so they naturally couldn't watch this alchemy competition. Even if their injuries could be cured in time, they would deliberately avoid Kong Fang and wouldn't come to watch Kong Fang's alchemy competition. It was really because Kong Fang's sudden explosion of strength had intimidated the two of them, and without strong enough strength, neither of them dared to see Kong Fang.

  "Which one is Kong Fang?" Pang Tian Sheng calmly asked the person behind him.

  "The one walking on the far right." One of the inner disciples replied respectfully.

  Pang Tian Sheng's gaze suddenly fell on Kong Fang, with a hint of disdain and mockery in his eyes. "I hope this kid will know better and lose directly later, daring to win the woman I care about? He won't have a good ending." Pang Tian Sheng sneered coldly in his heart.

  Kong Fang and Sun Hao led five people around Huoyun Hall and arrived at an open space in front of Huoyun Hall.

  "Sun Hao, you're quite arrogant, making so many of us wait for you." Luo Qing immediately attacked.

  Sun Hao was inarticulate and for a moment he was speechless.

  Kong Fang couldn't help but chuckle and waved his hand at all the disciples and servants waiting in front of Huo Yun Hall, saying: "I'm really sorry to have kept everyone waiting for so long."

  A dignified inner disciple apologized to them, although it was just a joking apology, but that's still an apology. Other inner disciples wouldn't be able to say such things. For the time being, all the new disciples and miscellaneous workers in front of Huoyun Hall had a great increase in their good impression of Kong Fang, and they couldn't help but smile and respond, "It won't take long, and we're also willing to wait for Brother Kong Fang."

  The crowd was in an uproar, extremely lively.

  Lu Qing's face suddenly looked a bit unsightly, and then immediately became cold again.

  Kong Fang then nodded to the other inner disciples, which was a way of greeting. He ignored Luo Qing, Su Yun and Pang Tian Sheng.

  Kong Fang's divine soul had already reached four zhang, and his perception was originally not weak. Yesterday, he even merged with the dragon king's essence blood, making his perception even stronger. Kong Fang heard the conversation between Pang Tian Sheng and Luo Qing, Su Yun from a distance, and naturally didn't have any good intentions towards his opponent.

  "Are you Kong Fang?" Pang Tian Sheng asked with an air of superiority.

  Kong Fang didn't even bother with Pang Tian Sheng, but instead looked at Luo Qing and said: "Did you bring the colored glaze? If you did, then let's start the trial of refining equipment immediately. I don't have much time and can't afford to play around with you guys."

  "You... humph, bring it." Luo Qing angrily snorted and replied indifferently.

  "Haha." Pang Tiānshēng suddenly laughed, but his voice sounded somewhat ominous. "In these times, there are more and more people who don't know the height of heaven or the thickness of earth."