I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 210 - 208: Xi Yuan Tournament (Part 34)

Li Xing glanced at the Xiaoyao Fan wrapped in countless threads, nodding with satisfaction:

"Brother Chu, I’m really sorry for sticking your fan. But rest assured, I won’t use the Heavenly Wolf Saber either, so let’s have a fair duel."

"Ah Xing, you paired Xiaoyao Fan and Yuesheng to destroy my weapon, didn’t you?"

"Hehe." Li Xing’s smile was so bright that it explained everything without needing a reply.

Chu Yunyi sighed, "I thought that helping you fix the Glazed Pearl made us even."

"Fixing it doesn’t mean you’ve never broken it, right? Brother Chu, that’s not how we settle this; now we’re really even."

At this moment, Ye Qingting and Qi Ming surrounded them from left and right. Li Xing gestured for them not to intervene.

"Leave Chu Yunyi to me. Captain, Xiao Ming, you go take those three cocoons out of the competition."

Ye Qingting’s Ice Wings were nearly at their limit, and he could hardly fly anymore, and Qi Ming wasn’t much better off.

Among them, only Li Xing, with her Double Heaven Armor, still had the energy to challenge Chu Yunyi. Rather than being a burden to her, they should resolve those three as she instructed.

"Ah Xing, be careful."

Ye Qingting and Qi Ming descended and ran towards Jiang Yuesheng, An Qing, and Lin Caier.

Cui Tianxiao’s voice came from a distance: "Qingtian—leave Jiang Yuesheng to me, let me have the thrill of knocking him out—!"

Cui Tianxiao was teamed with Chu Yunyi, with Cui Tianxiao in charge of throwing, so the pills were on him.

When Li Xing detonated the pills, Cui Tianxiao left the bag behind and jumped out of the Wind Rolling Dust Formation.

But Chu Yunyi was too perceptive. The moment Cui Tianxiao made a move, he instinctively activated the Defensive Wind Formation, and the exploded Thousand Threads Pill completely missed.

He didn’t bind Chu Yunyi, leaving Cui Tianxiao disappointed. But then he thought, that’s Chu God, of course, it’s not that easy to catch him, so he let it go.

He landed early and couldn’t fly, so he relied on running, approaching this side. Even so, Cui Tianxiao didn’t forget his lifelong wish to personally activate Jiang Yuesheng’s elimination Transmission Array.

Li Xing whipped a Fire Chain onto Chu Yunyi’s Protective Wind Formation, creating an explosive flash as wind and fire collided and merged, propelling them five or six meters apart.

Chu Yunyi changed his hand gestures, and dozens of Wind Blades attacked Li Xing from all directions. Li Xing twisted her waist, with the Three Thousand Lotus attached to her arm forming a Fire Saber. Her shoulder and back swung her arm, executing the flame version of the Ninety-nine Returns to One ultimate technique, shattering the Wind Blades with even more vigorous Fire Gang, dispersing them into nothing.

The two controlled the Flying Talisman Formation while engaging in close combat.

To Li Xing’s surprise, Chu Yunyi’s martial skills were excellent, his moves agile, movement technique mysterious, and his speed even faster than hers.

In addition, Li Xing’s control over the Flying Talisman Formation was noticeably inferior to Chu Yunyi’s. So even though Li Xing slightly surpassed in martial arts skills and had considerably greater strength, the two were evenly matched, unable to determine a winner for a while.

The more they fought, the more excited they became. After all, opportunities to duel with masters were rare, and encountering one was too tempting not to enjoy.

Chu Yunyi crossed his arms in front of his chest, blocking Li Xing’s rabbit-kick Eagle Leg.

"Boom——!"

The opponent’s strength was overwhelming; Chu Yunyi was kicked twenty meters away, and even as patient as he was, he couldn’t help but gasp in pain.

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At the live broadcast site.

The host, accustomed to witnessing major storms, was speechless by the sudden capture of the Tianyi Team. Not until Jiang Yuesheng, An Qing, and Lin Caier squirmed and cursed Li Xing on the ground did the host recover, pointing at the screen in disbelief:

"Oh my god——! The alliance has fallen apart! The Special Treatment Team backstabbed at the first chance after the crisis was resolved. The Tianyi Team’s martial master and healing master both lost combat abilities, leaving only Chu Yunyi! Who could have expected a reprise of the Tianyi Event’s lone battle scene? Without the protection and help of teammates, can Chu Yunyi escape Li Xing’s clutches?"

The live chat exploded.

//Is the host blind? Clearly, it was Tianyi Team’s failed sneak attack, not a backstab from the Special Treatment Team! How dare you slander me, a proud Harssas star, Zhou Jun, you old villain! Wait for a complaint!//

//Damn! Who spread the rumor that Chu Yunyi and Li Xing had something going on? Look at this hand-to-hand fiercely punching style; does it look like something’s going on?//

//Ah, there IS something going on! Li Xing kicked Chu Yunyi flying with one leg.//

//Yes, yes, yes——! I always said my idol is above worldly desires and would never find a girlfriend, and those who shipped the Xing Yun CP, aren’t you eating your words now?//

//Folks, although it reduces merit to say this, I can’t hold it in. The expressions on those three people tied up on the ground are just hilarious!//

//I saw too, but dared not say so. Is Lin Caier having a stroke? Why is her face twitching?//

//Li Xing’s weird pills never let us Star Fans down!//

...

At the competition site, the aerial battle was still ongoing.

Chu Yunyi couldn’t figure out the crucial point of their trap, asking Li Xing while fighting:

"Ah Xing, can you tell me when did you engrave the explosive talisman on the elixirs?"

"Of course, I engraved them before they were even finished."

Li Xing punched towards Chu Yunyi’s left shoulder, which he dodged nimbly, and Chu Yunyi threw another Wind Blade with an uplifted hand at Li Xing’s face.

"That’s impossible, I checked every elixir."

Li Xing chuckled, her eyes gleaming with cunning: "I couldn’t possibly engrave a complete explosive talisman on the elixirs, that would totally underestimate your intelligence, wouldn’t it?"

Chu Yunyi’s Wind Blade, accompanied by the sound of cutting through the air, instantly reached, and Li Xing swiftly turned her head, letting the blade skim past her nose.

"I broke down the explosive talisman into four parts, with each elixir containing only a quarter of the talisman."

"The surface of the elixirs naturally had many scratches formed from friction with the medicine cauldron walls, hiding the incomplete talisman within, making it almost unnoticeable."

"These elixirs are inherently sticky, so they would stick to each other. With my deliberate distribution, each bag contained at least eight assemblies that could form a complete explosive talisman. As long as just one assembly explodes successfully, it works."

"But I can’t exclude the possibility that when you threw them, the pills that could explode were separated. That would leave me helpless. I admit I took a gamble; luckily, I won." 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The two chatted while fighting, somehow maintaining their breath, and their techniques didn’t falter.

Chu Yunyi didn’t expect that Li Xing had first divided, then aggregated the talismans and successfully deceived him.

"You said you engraved the talismans before the elixirs were finished, but I didn’t sense any spiritual power fluctuation. How did you do it?"

"Engraving through objects doesn’t necessarily require spiritual power."

Li Xing executed a whip kick toward Chu Yunyi’s waist, but he deflected it with a push, sending Li Xing flying backward. She quickly adjusted her balance mid-air and flipped to regain her stance.

"When the elixirs are heated, they constantly bounce and collide inside the medicine cauldron. By controlling the temperature, I can control their motion trajectory within the cauldron. I used this principle to manipulate the elixirs to strike the cauldron wall, creating tiny grooves and gradually engraving the talisman."

"In fact, crafting the Thousand Threads Pill wasn’t hard at all; the challenge was how to conceal the engraving from you. I mulled over it for a long time before coming up with this method."

"Honestly, tampering with the talismans under your nose made me so nervous that my hands shook, but everything went smoothly. It wasn’t a waste of the thought I put into this batch of elixirs."

Chu Yunyi was astounded that a healing master could master the alchemy technique to such an extraordinary level!

"Ah Xing, with your current skill, you could entirely aim for the Heaven Rank healing master."

"Thanks, if I win first place in this competition, I’ll consider it."