Chapter 730: A Hasty Retreat
After losing two consecutive matches, Li Tai’s face turned ashen!
He knew his reputation was probably thoroughly ruined. Not just his, but the entire Li Family’s Primordial Energy suffered a huge blow, and there was no telling how long it would take to recover.
Given another chance to choose again, even if he participated in the Alchemy Competition, he would definitely not have come out to challenge Hall Master Jing Yan. The reason he stepped forward was partly as a strategy planned by his family, and partly to step on Hall Master Jing Yan to boost his own fame.
However, what he hadn’t anticipated at all was that Jing Yan was truly a Great Alchemist King, with an Alchemy Dao ability unfathomable.
The Pill Masters in the inner circle all had fiery looks in their eyes. The opportunity to listen to a Great Alchemist King personally lecture about alchemy was incredibly rare, and each one of them knew it well.
Among these Pill Masters, probably a majority had not held much hope for Jing Yan before. But now, they realized that coming to the Splendid Dojo’s Alchemy Competition was the right decision. If they hadn’t come, they would have missed a rare opportunity and probably regretted it to death.
And the countless Martial Artists spectating from the outer circle also started to entertain subtle thoughts. If the rumors were true about Jing Yan being a Great Alchemist King, then the effects of the Longevity Pill might very well be real, a pill far more potent than the Plum Blossom Pill, in Jing Yan’s hands.
"Alchemist Li Tai, you lost," said Jing Yan, as his gaze toward Li Tai turned colder.
"Hall Master Jing Yan, indeed, I acted recklessly. Your capabilities in Alchemy Dao exceed my expectations," Li Tai had to admit his previous words were wrong, though he was loath to do so.
"Mhm!"
"Then, for the insults and humiliations you directed at me before, how do you think I should punish you?" Jing Yan wasn’t planning to let Li Tai and the others off easily.
Had Li Tai and others merely engaged in an alchemy discourse with Jing Yan, he wouldn’t have pursued the matter further. However, their previous mockery had been excessive. If Jing Yan let Li Tai and his group off lightly, others might think him weak and easy to bully.