Alchemy Master

Chapter 296, The Fat Man’s Mockery

Translator: Silavin

There was a reason why their ages tended to be high.

Because each person could only enter the Twilight Tower once.

Qin Yichen also wanted to wait until he broke through to the Martial King Realm before participating in the Martial Arts Tournament. But now, he had no choice. The Li Family was not giving him the time he needed.

Now, he had to give it his all!

“There are eight participants in the Martial King Realm?” Qin Yichen’s expression became somewhat grave. It seemed like getting into the top ten would not be easy.

Now, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Partially Accomplished Spirit Realm, and his Physique had reached the Fully Accomplished Spirit Realm. If he could break through to the Fully Accomplished Spirit Realm before the Martial Arts Tournament, with his Lightning Lion Beast Soul, he would still have a good chance of winning.

As for his True Dragon Martial Soul…

Unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to reveal his trump card.

Liang Hongshen’s gaze toward Qin Yichen was somewhat complex. He was not concerned about using his recommendation slot. He was just worried about Qin Yichen’s safety.

Even if he achieved top ten in the Martial Arts Tournament, what if Li Aofeng tried to kill him inside the Twilight Tower?

No matter how excellent Qin Yichen was, or how talented, it would be futile in the face of absolute strength.

After nearly ten days of travel, Twilight City appeared in the distance.

The ancient architecture showed no signs of decay despite countless years, showing how unique this Twilight City was. Even from far away, Qin Yichen could see the Twilight Tower.

From a distance, the entire Twilight City looked like a huge armored monster, crouching there. The ravages of time and baptism of war seemed to have left no marks on it.

At the city gate, they descended from the Swift Wind Eagle.

In Twilight City, except for Royalty, others were not allowed to fly above the city, including Nobles.

This was probably to demonstrate the Royal Family’s authority.

At the city gate stood sixteen soldiers, each wearing gleaming armor and emanating an aura of iron and blood. They were clearly veterans of many battles.

Moreover, these sixteen soldiers were all at the Spirit Realm or above. Just these guards at Twilight City’s gate could rival the Eight Millennial Families in the Northern Region.

This showed why Li Gu did not take the Northern Region seriously.

After Liang Hongshen showed his Viscount Medal, they entered the city without any hindrance.

Walking on the main street of Twilight City, they frequently saw Nobles wearing their title medals on their chests, and Commoners stayed a clear distance away from them.

The superior status of Nobles was evident.

As the Martial Arts Tournament approached, Twilight City’s population had clearly increased, with inns almost fully occupied. Soon, Qin Yichen witnessed the privileges of Nobles.

After Liang Hongshen showed his Viscount Medal, the innkeeper immediately cleared out two rooms for them.

Doing business in Twilight City, the last thing they wanted to do was to offend a Noble.

After settling in, Qin Yichen barely left his room. He was constantly refining the Flame Orbs he had obtained.

“Just a little more…” Looking at the dawning sky, Qin Yichen opened his eyes with a trace of regret in them.

In the end, he had not managed to break through to the Fully Accomplished Spirit Realm before the Martial Arts Tournament.

The Martial Arts Tournament was held in the arena of Twilight City. This was a huge venue that could accommodate hundreds of thousands of people.

Qin Yichen followed Liang Hongshen to the registration area of the arena.

Many people were already queuing here.

Like Liang Hongshen and Qin Yichen, most were one Noble accompanying one young person.

Just a glance revealed to Qin Yichen that none of those young people were below the Fully Accomplished Spirit Realm.

This did not surprise him though. With the resources of those Nobles, finding someone at Fully Accomplished Spirit Realm was not difficult.

“Well, isn’t this Viscount Liang from the Thousand Mist Empire?” While they were queuing, suddenly a grating voice came from behind them.

Qin Yichen turned around to see a fat middle-aged man leading a distinguished-looking young man walking toward them.

Upon seeing the fat middle-aged man, Liang Hongshen’s expression clearly darkened.

After the fat man’s shout, the surrounding Nobles all turned their attention over, immediately showing expressions of anticipation for a good show.

Obviously, they knew about the grudge between this fat man and Liang Hongshen. So, they were not surprised. It was from their discussions that Qin Yichen learned the reason for this grudge.

Originally, Liang Hongshen and this middle-aged fat man, Xu Yuanming, both had Families in Twilight City, but due to certain matters, the two Families fought and there were casualties on both sides. Eventually, both the Liang Family and Xu Family were expelled from Twilight City.

The Xu Family fared better, being assigned to a decent Empire, and had developed well. The Liang Family was less fortunate, being assigned to the Thousand Mist Empire with its Ten Thousand Beast Tide threat, declining generation after generation.

Right now, the Liang Family had no way to compete with the Xu Family.

“What wind blew our Viscount Liang here today?” Xu Yuanming was clearly in a good mood, openly mocking Liang Hongshen.

The Thousand Mist Empire had few resources. It was, after all, known as the most barren region in the Grand Empire. Furthermore, this was only the second time Liang Hongshen had brought someone to the Martial Arts Tournament.

The last person he brought was considered an absolute genius in the Thousand Mist Empire, but was crippled by someone brought by Xu Yuanming. Since then, Liang Hongshen had never brought anyone to participate in the Martial Arts Tournament again.

“Oh, so our Viscount Liang has brought a genius at Partially Accomplished Spirit Realm to participate in the Martial Arts Tournament!” After glancing at Qin Yichen, fat Xu Yuanming called out dramatically, emphasizing the words ‘Partially Accomplished Spirit Realm’ in particular.

“Haha…”

“Partially Accomplished Spirit Realm, quite good. Well, considering he is from the Thousand Mist Empire.”

“Hehe, looks like the Liang Family won’t keep their Viscount title for much longer…”

Around them, mocking and ridiculing voices immediately arose. Although they were all Nobles, they were happy to step on those of similar status.

The reason they said the Viscount title could not be kept was because Noble titles above Baron could only be inherited for three generations. Within three generations, if they could not make certain contributions to the Grand Empire, they would be demoted to Baron.

During peacetime, the Grand Empire declared that someone from the Family must enter the top ten of the Martial Arts Tournament within those three generations. That someone just needed to represent the Family and need not be of their blood.

For the Liang Family, Liang Hongshen was already in the third generation. Worse, because his Family was in the Thousand Mist Empire, they had never produced someone who could enter top ten of the Martial Arts Tournament.