I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 222 - 220: Enchantment Array

The figure of Chu Baili suddenly appeared beside Qi Ming, emitting a dazzling white light.

Where the white light shone, all the Dark Elemental Spirits dissipated like dust in a fierce wind.

With a wave of his wide sleeve, Chu Baili sent Lin Yin flying over ten meters, as if he had been hit by a high-level wild ox, spitting blood and lying motionless on the ground.

Lin Zhian looked at his unconscious nephew and couldn’t stop sighing and shaking his head.

Lin Yin, this child, is too deeply influenced by the dark side of the Primordial Spirit, his character and temperament distorted, to the extent of using such malicious means to harm classmates, he deserved the lesson from Elder Chu.

Next time when he sees his elder brother, he must remind him to discipline Lin Yin properly, otherwise, this child will certainly bring great disaster to the Lin Family.

At this time, the Lake Heart Island was illuminated by the glow of Transmission Arrays everywhere. After the light faded, over a hundred well-equipped regular troops appeared, all with serious expressions, surrounding Lake Heart Island, ready for action.

Seeing this scene, even the most confused contestants realized something had happened.

Song Shurun, Pei Nan, and Chou Xiaoyuan stood helplessly in place, feeling both fearful and regretful. They really shouldn’t have listened to Lin Yin and snatched the Competition Banner. If things go badly, they could all be deemed accomplices.

The Desert Boat Team remained relatively calm, after all, they had declared their neutral stance earlier, although they achieved nothing, they were also not involved in any wrongdoing.

Jiang Yuesheng, feeling a bit anxious, hurried to Chu Baili and respectfully saluted, "Baili Ancestor!"

Chu Baili glanced at him without responding, then turned his head kindly to Qi Ming and said:

"Qi Ming, you’re a good one! Come visit the Elder Council when you have time; I’ll treat you to tea."

"Oh, thank you, thank you Elder Chu!"

Though the live broadcast was forcibly stopped, the situation on Lake Heart Island was still faithfully recorded by the cameras and transmitted to the light brains of Chu Baili and others.

Although the incident happened suddenly and even the event organizers hadn’t anticipated such a situation, as some of the most outstanding students across the whole Qianyuan Continent, being at the scene of the incident, they should have been more perceptive than those watching from outside.

In reality, only Qi Ming insisted that something was amiss. In contrast, Jiang Yuesheng and others didn’t worry at all when their team’s captain went missing, and if it wasn’t for Qi Ming provoking them with words, they wouldn’t have planned to get involved.

Seeing Qi Ming isolated and under siege by these foolish students, Chu Baili was really anxious.

Fortunately, Xu Tai had the map of random Transmission Arrays, and after a series of transfers, they finally arrived before Lin Yin could seriously injure Qi Ming.

Chu Baili first made a round on Lake Heart Island, finding nothing unusual, then had everyone retreat fifty meters from the Competition Banner and summoned Lin Zhian and Xu Tai to inspect the banner position with him.

Passing by Qi Ming, Chu Baili paused, "Qi Ming, come along too!"

Jiang Yuesheng, not wanting Qi Ming to show off in front of Chu Baili, quickly stepped forward and said, "Ancestor, let me go too!"

"You’re not a talisman master, you won’t be of any help by going."

Realizing the clearly cool attitude of Chu Baili towards him, Jiang Yuesheng felt anxious and worked even harder to promote himself, "Although I’m not a talisman master, I’ve been brothers with Yun Yi for years. If there are clues he left behind, others might not see them, but I certainly will."

Because Jiang Yuesheng mentioned Chu Yunyi, Chu Baili couldn’t refuse any further.

The five of them arrived at the Competition Banner Area, where the scene retained the original appearance from when the four members of Chu Yunyi’s group vanished. The banners from the other three schools were still there, while the spot originally for Tian Yi College’s banner was empty, leaving only a small hole from a banner pole on the ground.

With the nod of approval from Chu Baili, Lin Zhian walked to the vacated spot, knelt on one knee, placed his overlapped hands above the hole, and elemental power surged around him as he began the Rune Retrospection Technique.

A multitude of golden talisman fragments surged from all sides, like a rewound film, converging into his palms.

As the retrospection time increased, the talismans flowing into Lin Zhian’s palms became more fragmented and chaotic; his forehead began to perspire heavily, and his expression turned pained.

Suddenly, the hole for the banner exploded, Lin Zhian’s hands above it were instantly ripped bloody, and he was thrown backward by the explosion’s blast wave.

Startled, Chu Baili waved his sleeve to cushion Lin Zhian’s body, gently laying him on the ground. Lin Zhian’s face was frighteningly pale, his palm wounds deep enough to reach the bone, his clothes were stained with blood.

"Xu Tai, bring medicine!"

"Oh, oh, medicine, medicine! It’s here!"

Xu Tai, flustered, took out a Heaven Rank Healing Potion and poured it into Lin Zhian’s mouth. Lin Zhian’s bloodied hand slowly stopped bleeding, and the wounds began to close and heal.

Seeing Lin Zhian’s condition stabilize, Xu Tai sat down on the ground, eyes vacant, as if his soul had left him.

Xu Tai is the principal of Xi Yuan Academy and the head of the competition organizing team at Xi Yuan. With such an incident occurring within the arena, he bore the main responsibility, and Chu Baili hadn’t shown him a kind face along the way.

Xu Tai himself also knew that if this incident escalated, resulting in adverse influence and serious consequences, losing his position as principal would be getting off lightly; he might even face criminal charges for dereliction of duty.

Therefore, Xu Tai was more eager than anyone to find the four missing students, pinning all his hopes on Lin Zhian’s Rune Retrospection Technique.

Now, with Lin Zhian backfired upon by the magic, Xu Tai immediately felt that all was lost, as if he was already seeing a dismal future of picking up soap in prison for decades.

When Lin Zhian’s complexion eased, Chu Baili asked in a solemn voice, "Xiao Linzi, what did you see?"

Lin Zhian’s head pounded as if someone were drilling into it with an electric drill. His ability to remain conscious at this point was thanks to his solid fundamentals.

"The banner was swapped... What they got was the key to a one-way Transmission Array."

Chu Baili: "Can you infer the transmission endpoint’s location?"

Lin Zhian didn’t even have the strength to shake his head and weakly replied, "No... There’s an Enchantment Array on the key."

He hadn’t expected such insidious backhands on the banner, falling for it almost burned his brain with the Enchantment Array.

"What!" Chu Baili was furious, the villain had used so many cunning tricks on the banner, their intentions were undoubtedly malevolent, putting Chu Yunyi and others in peril.

Although Lin Zhian’s external injuries had scabbed over, the damage to his soul still left him in agony.

Gathering his spirits, he told Chu Baili, "Elder, it’s my fault, I couldn’t trace the endpoint of the Transmission Array, and I also ruined the scene... I—"

Given the current situation, even bringing another Heaven Rank talisman master to continue retrospection would now be hopeless.

Chu Baili stopped Lin Zhian, saying, "It’s nothing to do with you, just go back with Xu Tai to recover, I’ll handle things here."

Guilt-ridden, Lin Zhian closed his eyes and was helped by Xu Tai to the Transmission Array back to Xi Yuan City, seeking treatment from Zou Huali.

Chu Baili looked at the remaining banners and, after some thought, said to Jiang Yuesheng, "Go and pull out the Harssas banner."

Jiang Yuesheng looked troubled, "Uh—Ancestor, isn’t this inappropriate?" Who knew how many Teleportation Keys the villain had set up, what if he was teleported himself?

Chu Baili glared, "If I told you to pull, just pull it, why so much nonsense!"

Looking at Qi Ming, Jiang Yuesheng felt a deep frustration. Clearly, with so many from Harssas around, Chu Baili wanted him to pull the banner, which showed he favored Qi Ming more.

With no choice, fearing to anger Chu Baili, Jiang Yuesheng had to muster his courage and pulled down Harssas’s banner. Nothing happened, it was just an ordinary Competition Banner.

Next, Chu Baili had Jiang Yuesheng pull the Xi Yuan Academy and Cold Smoke Pavilion banners; both were safe and sound.

This time, Chu Baili truly couldn’t remain calm, out of the four Competition Banners, only Tian Yi’s was swapped, blatantly targeting them, more precisely, targeting Chu Yunyi.

Yun Yi’s situation was dangerous, contacting him must be expedited. Since the light brain signal was completely lost, using talismans was the last hope.

"Jiang Yuesheng, you said you and Yun Yi are good brothers, do you have anything on you that’s of the same origin as Yun Yi’s?"

Jiang Yuesheng shook his head.

Except for the supplies for the competition and Energy Stones, he and Yun Yi carried no common items, even their clothing was custom-made with different materials despite being of the same style.

The supplies for the competition had long been used up, and the bottles discarded somewhere in the desert, impossible to locate.

Chu Baili sighed, without such a thing, it would be challenging to proceed.

"Uh—Elder Chu, I might have something."