3: Classic start, the son of luck was ridiculed

The next day.

Heavenly River Star Sect, Danxia Valley.

This place is a valley with stable ground fire and abundant wood spirit energy.

This is where the Heavenly River Star Sect refines pills, and most of the pills supplied daily for the Star Sect disciples' cultivation are produced here.

A platform formed by directly leveling a mountain peak, this is the daily activity area for Danxia Valley disciples, named Guanhua Pavilion, which is named after the pavilion in the center.

Guanhua Pavilion connects various alchemy rooms and medicine rooms, and not far away is the herb garden where spirit herbs are planted.

It was noon, the sun was shining brightly, and many disciples gathered here. Besides the Danxia Valley disciples, there were also many ordinary outer sect and fellow disciples.

Everyone gathered here, of course, not for chitchat, but to watch the excitement.

An outer sect disciple and Shen Qing, a direct disciple of Fairy Xuanji, whose alchemical talent had been personally praised by an Elder, even though he didn't work in Danxia Valley. No one thought that the outer sect disciple could win.

“Who is this daring enough to challenge Senior Brother Shen?” asked a disciple wearing Danxia Valley clothing, his hair looking as if it had been singed by fire.

“You don't even know this?” The person next to him was surprised.

“Hehe, I just came out of the alchemy room, I've been in there for a month.” The Danxia Valley disciple with singed hair scratched his head.

He actually scratched off a few strands of hair that had been singed off by fire.

The person next to him replied: “Let me tell you, this outer sect disciple is called Ye Chen, he is the young master of the Ye family. His talent is average, and I don't know how he got into the Star Sect. Some time ago, another Ye family disciple, Ye Qinghe, who entered the Star Sect at the same time as him, became Dao Companions with our Senior Brother Shen.”

“This Ye Chen, he probably has a toad's desire for a swan's flesh, but how can he compare to Senior Brother Shen? Overwhelmed by anger, he lost his mind and found Senior Brother Shen, demanding an alchemy duel.”

The Danxia Valley disciple with singed hair was surprised to hear this: “Senior Brother Shen agreed?”

“I heard that Senior Brother Shen didn't agree at first, but who knew that Ye Chen was so aggressive and annoying, so Senior Brother Shen agreed.”

The person also gossiping heard this and sneered: “This Ye Chen really doesn't know what's good for him. They are a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman. How can it be his place to object?”

“Who says it isn't so?”

“If you ask me, Senior Brother Shen is still too kind. It would be easier to just beat him up.”

“Hey, you can't say that. Senior Brother Shen is not like some young masters who got in through unknown means.”

“I understand. Senior Brother is going to make Ye Chen convinced.”

Outside the crowd, Shen Qing quietly listened to their discussion. Most of these people were mocking Ye Chen for overestimating himself. The remaining small portion either didn't think highly of Ye Chen or hadn't figured out what was happening and simply joined the crowd out of curiosity.

Shen Qing inwardly exclaimed, “This is perfect!”

This is the taste, the more intense the mockery at the beginning, the more satisfying the slap in the face at the end.

His Senior Brother Shen, a genius disciple praised by the Elders, being defeated by an unremarkable outer sect disciple, Ye Chen, who even entered the Heavenly River Star Sect through family connections—what a contrast!

The first step in Ye Chen's path to growth is to make an example of himself!

In the alchemy competition with him, he will defeat himself, thereby making a name for himself in the Star Sect, and from then on, rise step by step!

But fortunately, while Ye Chen has his cheat, he also has his own.

If everyone has a cheat, then isn't it just a fair and just competition, like at the beginning?

“Do you think I will lose?” Shen Qing asked Ye Qinghe, who was beside him.

“Hmm?” Ye Qinghe tilted her head, confused: “How could Brother Qing lose?”

“That's right, I certainly won't lose.” Shen Qing stroked the beautiful hair of the jade-like woman, then walked over, with Ye Qinghe following by his side.

“It's Senior Brother Shen!”

In the crowd, someone exclaimed, and soon a path was cleared in the middle.

With Guanhua Pavilion as the boundary, a soundproofing array was set up on each side. In the middle of the array, a standard alchemy furnace was placed. Although it was a standard alchemy furnace, it would be a rare treasure in smaller sects outside.

And next to the alchemy furnace, the necessary medicinal ingredients were also prepared.

This time, their wagered alchemy competition involved refining the same type of pill. Whoever refined a higher quality pill would win.

In Guanhua Pavilion, there were two Elders from Danxia Valley.

Shen Qing left Ye Qinghe to the side and went forward to greet the two Elders.

“Elder Li, Elder Zhao.”

Elder Li, with his white hair and kind eyes, smiled and nodded at Shen Qing.

Elder Zhao, who looked middle-aged, merely grunted in response, his expression unchanged.

After greeting them, Shen Qing went to the alchemy furnace on the left side of Guanhua Pavilion. He sat cross-legged on the futon in front of the alchemy furnace, quietly waiting for Ye Chen's arrival.

“Why isn't Ye Chen here yet?”

“He was the one who initiated the wager, yet he's making Senior Brother Shen wait for him. How arrogant.”

“Watch your words, he's the young master of the Ye family. If he gets unhappy…”

“What are you afraid of? Does his Ye family dare to kill people within the Star Sect?”

“Ye Chen is here!”

The crowd stirred. Ye Chen, dressed in the green outer sect disciple uniform, walked against the tide of people.

Although his appearance was ordinary, he exuded an indescribable arrogance. Even with everyone mocking him, his expression remained unchanged, neither angry nor sad, only the corners of his mouth upturned.

“Ye Chen, just admit defeat. Senior Brother Shen won't make things difficult for you.”

“That's right, if you admit your mistake, this matter will pass. Why make yourself so embarrassed?”

“...”

“Heh.”

Ye Chen sneered: “It's not certain who will be embarrassed yet.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

This Ye Chen, he's not just ordinarily arrogant!

“Does he really have some skill?” someone muttered to himself.

“Heh, could he possibly be better than Senior Brother Shen?”

Listening to the mockery, even more numerous than before, Ye Chen ignored it and only shouted at Shen Qing: “Shen Qing, if you lose, I don't want anything from you, I just need you to kneel down and kowtow to me, how about it?”

He wants to use the most extreme method to resolve the obsession of this body!

Several seconds passed, and no sound came from Shen Qing's side. He didn't even look at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen angrily said: “Shen Qing!”

He thought of his previous life, even those powerful beings who ascended to immortality treated him as an honored guest, and no one dared to ignore him like this.

It's truly a case of a tiger fallen to the plains being bullied by dogs. However, after today, everything will be different. As long as he resolves the obsession of this body, with his abilities from his previous life, returning to the peak, or even surpassing his previous life, is not impossible!

In this life, he will reclaim everything he lost!

“Cough.”

Elder Zhao lightly coughed: “Soundproofing arrays have been set up around your alchemy furnaces.”

Saying that, he turned off the soundproofing array.

Ye Chen's face showed some embarrassment. His cultivation in this body was too weak; he hadn't even noticed such an array. He repeated what he had just said, but this time, he was ultimately not as arrogant as before.

How awkward.

Shen Qing: “If I lose, kowtowing ten times to you is no problem. This way, my demands are not high either. If you lose, you also kneel down and give me a loud kowtow, how about it?”

As a villain, asking the Protagonist to kowtow once isn't too much, is it?

It's already good that he didn't ask him to call him 'Dad'.

But considering that the Son of Destiny is naturally at odds with parents, Shen Qing decided not to accept that 'Dad' title.

Ye Chen: “Heh, I'm just afraid you don't have the ability!”