Elder Wu's words were clearly biased.
However, Fang Chen had no way to refute it.
This was the pill store. His strength was not enough to change Elder Wu's mind.
Fang Chen fell silent after hearing Elder Wu's words. There was a trace of anger in his heart, but he did not show it.
"Fang Chen, are you willing?" Elder Wu's voice was filled with unquestionable authority as he asked coldly.
Hua Wenxu and the others exchanged glances with one another and were secretly overjoyed.
With Elder Wu's help, the four of them could become alchemy apprentices, and all the hard work would have to be done by Fang Chen alone.
At the thought of this, the four of them were extremely excited. Their eyes were filled with mockery as they looked at Fang Chen.
"I'm willing." Fang Chen clenched his teeth.
In front of absolute strength, Fang Chen could do nothing.
"Alright, you can leave." Elder Wu waved his hand, indicating that Fang Chen could leave.
Fang Chen's pitch-black eyes glanced at Elder Wu, then swept across the four of them, and finally left.
After Fang Chen left, Hua Wenxu and the others clasped their hands at Elder Wu, "Thank you, Elder Wu."
"Alright, you can leave as well. Focus on your studies." Elder Wu had lived for so many years. How could he not know what they were thinking?
He had seen the truth with a glance, but he had always been biased towards Hua Wenxu because Hua Wenxu was old Daoist Qiu's disciple.
Although Hua Wenxu's potential was not high, old Daoist Qiu was fond of him. Old Daoist Qiu viewed Hua Wenxu as his son. As old Daoist Qiu's good friend, how could he not help his disciple?
"Hehe."
Hua Wenxu and the others knew that they could not hide it from Elder Wu. Fortunately, Elder Wu had a good relationship with old Daoist Qiu, so the four of them could still become pill apprentices.
Not everyone could become a pill apprentice of a pill store. The benefits of becoming a pill apprentice were too great.
From the second day onwards, Fang Chen took over all the tasks for the four of them, while Hua Wenxu and the others leisurely accompanied the alchemists in the alchemy room to refine pills.
Every time they met Fang Chen, they would laugh at Fang Chen for a while.
However, Fang Chen ignored it.
With his current strength, it was not enough to change the reality in front of him. However, he believed that one day, his strength would change everything.
The temporary forbearance was so that he could take it back tenfold or even hundredfold in the future.
Just like that, time passed bit by bit. In the blink of an eye, Fang Chen had been in the pill shop for half a month.
During this half a month, Fang Chen did odd jobs during the day and cultivated at night. Finally, one day, after half a month, Fang Chen's Fire Elemental Everlasting Sword Art reached the Transformation Stage.
After reaching the Transformation Stage, the Fire Elemental Everlasting Sword Art's power was even stronger. With a single slash of his sword, the sky would be filled with flames.
"Elder Han said that once the Fire Elemental Everlasting Sword Art reaches the Transformation Stage, I can go find him. But right now, I'm still in the pill shop. I'll have to leave first," said Fang Chen.
One day, Fang Chen was passing by the plaza with some medicinal herbs for refining pills. He was about to bring them into the alchemy room.
Just at this moment, he ran into Hua Wenxu and the others.
"Oh my, isn't this Fang Chen?" Hua Wenxu sneered disdainfully.
"Hmph, so what if you defeated Hei Wu? Strength is the standard that determines everything."
"That's right. Although our talent in formations is ordinary, we can at least be pill apprentices in the pill shop. As for you, you're only fit to do odd jobs."
"That's what happens when you don't listen. If I had exchanged with brother Hua back then, I wouldn't have to work so hard right now."
Facing the mockery of Hua Wenxu and the others, Fang Chen completely ignored them. In the past half a month, he would meet Hua Wenxu and the others almost every day and be mocked by them.
Fang Chen icily glanced at them before turning and walking back to the alchemy room.
Just at this moment, Hua Wenxu spoke once more. He felt that Fang Chen's attitude was too vile and wanted to teach Fang Chen a lesson.
"Stop!" roared Hua Wenxu.
After being a pill apprentice for half a month, Hua Wenxu even felt that he could be considered a part of the pill shop. In front of Fang Chen, he always felt superior.
When Fang Chen heard that, he did not stop at all and continued walking.
"Kid, do you want to die?" roared Hua Wenxu icily.
Hearing this, Fang Chen came to a sudden stop. His eyes emitted a terrifying murderous intent as he glanced at Hua Wenxu and said in a deep tone, "Either one on one, or get the hell out of here."
Hua Wenxu became even more furious when he heard Fang Chen's words.
"It looks like doing odd jobs in the pill shop for half a month hasn't worn down your temper," said Hua Wenxu sinisterly.
"Brother Hua, there's no need for you to teach him a lesson. I'll do it myself," said the slightly plump cultivator coldly.
Fang Chen stood there calmly as an extremely dense aura surged out of him. He icily said, "I don't fear any of you in a one-on-one fight."
Fang Chen's words were filled with arrogance, but he did have the qualifications to be so.
"Kid, you won't say that in a bit," said the plump cultivator coldly.
In the next instant, the plump cultivator's figure flashed as he erupted with an extremely wild aura. He suddenly charged towards Fang Chen and launched a fierce attack at Fang Chen.
Whoosh!
The plump cultivator's fist blasted out. Immediately, a scorching fist-light appeared in the void. This fist-light was covered in dense flames, causing the surrounding temperature to rise.
"Insignificant skill."
Fang Chen sneered when he saw that the plump cultivator was actually using a fire-based technique to deal with him. His fist suddenly blasted out and black flames immediately spread out.
The plump cultivator's fist-light actually let out a faint cry when it sensed Fang Chen's black flames. It seemed to be terrified.
Annihilate!
Fang Chen roared and the black flames instantly swallowed the plump cultivator's fist-light. Then, he sent the plump cultivator flying with a punch.
"Can't even withstand a single blow."
Fang Chen sneered as he looked at the plump cultivator on the ground.
"You!"
The plump cultivator was furious. He quickly stood up and wanted to kill Fang Chen, but he was stopped by Hua Wenxu.
Through the previous battle, Hua Wenxu already knew Fang Chen's strength. If they were to fight him one-on-one, the three of them simply wouldn't be able to withstand him.
"Fang Chen, I underestimated you. But even so, so what?" Hua Wenxu smiled sinisterly. "Today, Grandmaster Ma will be a little late. I have plenty of time to deal with you."
"Trash," Fang Chen uttered these two words.
Hua Wenxu's face darkened when he heard that.
His body exuded a dense aura. Then, all the power of his powerful physical body converged on his fist.
"Ha!"
Hua Wenxu roared and his wild physical strength instantly erupted. Carrying a majestic force, he blasted a punch at Fang Chen.
"Comparing physical strength?"
Fang Chen sneered when he saw this. Hua Wenxu actually dared to compare physical strength with him? How laughable.
Suddenly, Fang Chen activated his Sword Body. Although his Sword Body was equivalent to a Seven-Star Dao Body in the early stage of the Body Refinement Realm, his physical strength far exceeded that of a Seven-Star Dao Body. It was even infinitely close to an Eight-Star Dao Body.
On the other hand, Hua Wenxu's Dao Body was only at the peak of the Six-Star Dao Body.
Boom!
Fang Chen threw a simple punch that directly smashed into Hua Wenxu's fist. The two fists collided with a deafening sound.
Then, Hua Wenxu felt a majestic force enter his fist from Fang Chen's fist.
"Mm!"
Just as Hua Wenxu was about to increase his strength to destroy Fang Chen's attack, his body involuntarily flew back.
Bang!
Hua Wenxu's body kept falling back as he stomped his feet on the ground. It took him a lot of effort to stabilize his body.
After stabilizing himself, Hua Wenxu's eyes flashed with a trace of astonishment as he stared at Fang Chen.
"Your strength," said Hua Wenxu.
"Comparing physical strength with me? How laughable," said Fang Chen disdainfully.
In terms of physical strength, Fang Chen could easily crush Hua Wenxu.
Seeing Fang Chen's arrogant face, Hua Wenxu was enraged. At this moment, a metal staff appeared in his hand. He gripped it tightly with both hands and a shocking aura instantly surged out.
"Brat, so what if you're strong? You'll still lose to me," said Hua Wenxu sinisterly.
"Sky Breaking 36 Staff Strikes!"
Hua Wenxu let out a low roar and executed the sixth-grade cultivation technique, Sky Breaking 36 Staffs.
As he brandished his iron rod, streaks of rod shadows appeared in the sky one after another. When the number of rod shadows reached 36, a sudden clap of thunder reverberated in the sky.
"Fuse."
Under Hua Wenxu's control, the thirty-six staff shadows instantly fused into the metal staff. At this moment, the metal staff contained a shocking aura.
Hua Wenxu's eyes emitted a terrifying murderous intent. Immediately, he activated the metal staff in his hand and slashed viciously at Fang Chen.
The power of the staff was so great that even a fourth-level Spiritual Vortex Stage martialist would be seriously injured if they were hit head-on, let alone Fang Chen.
In the face of Hua Wenxu's menacing attack, Fang Chen executed the Fire Element Inextinguishable Swordplay without hesitation.
This was the first time Fang Chen had executed the Fire Element Inextinguishable Swordplay at the Transformative Stage.
A monstrous scorching aura instantly spread out and enveloped the entire square. Then, Fang Chen stabbed out with the Hidden Star Sword.
At this moment, a figure slowly walked over from a short distance away.
This figure was the Great Grandmaster Ma that Hua Wenxu had mentioned.
Great Grandmaster Ma's status in the elixir store was even higher than Elder Wu's.
He was supposed to arrive late today, but he had finished his work earlier than expected. Since he had nothing to do, he decided to come to the alchemy room earlier.
He had not expected to sense the scorching aura as soon as he arrived at the square.
"Flaming aura."
Great Grandmaster Ma frowned slightly and immediately looked at the square. At this moment, the Hidden Star Sword in Fang Chen's hand had collided with Hua Wenxu's metal staff. The sound of metal colliding was deafening.
"Stop."
Great Grandmaster Ma growled when he saw the situation.
These two martialists were actually fighting openly in the square of the elixir store. What a scandal!
However, Great Grandmaster Ma's voice was too late.
Their weapons collided violently and sparks flew everywhere.
Boom!
A majestic flaming aura instantly enveloped the two of them.
As soon as Great Grandmaster Ma finished speaking, a figure immediately shot out and landed heavily on the square, causing dust to fly everywhere.