THE EXTREME ALCHEMIST OF THE MIGHTY CAULDRON

Chapter 826: Chapter 826: Not Interested

Two middle-aged men looked at Fang Lin with strange expressions in their eyes; the man in grey could not help but ask, “Where did you go just now?”

Fang Lin appeared puzzled, “Disciple has been right here all along, and hasn’t gone anywhere.”

“You clearly disappeared just a moment ago and then suddenly reappeared, do you really not know?” the other middle-aged man asked with a face full of surprise.

Fang Lin furrowed his eyebrows, his face filled with confusion, shaking his head, “Disciple hasn’t noticed anything, nor has he ever left this place.”

Now, it was the turn of the two middle-aged men to be baffled. What was going on? Could it be that Fang Lin really hadn’t noticed himself disappearing beneath the Abyss Pill Well? Or was it possible that Fang Lin was deliberately pretending to be oblivious?

“You really didn’t sense anything?” the man in grey stared at Fang Lin with suspicious eyes.

Fang Lin continued to shake his head, his demeanor revealing no flaws, as if he truly knew nothing.

Although fraught with doubt, seeing as Fang Lin had no answers to offer, the two men didn’t press any further; after all, even they were somewhat at a loss.

After giving Fang Lin some warnings, the two men then left the Abyss Pill Well.

Only when the two men had left did Fang Lin’s expression become solemn.

“Was everything that happened before an illusion, or was it real?” Fang Lin quietly reflected, the scenes that had occurred replaying continuously in his mind and refusing to fade.

Especially the vague voice he had heard when he was about to be engulfed by darkness, who could it have been?

Fang Lin was riddled with doubts, even beginning to wonder whether the world he was in now was real or an illusion.

“No! Everything here is real, what I saw before, what I experienced, was all real too!” Suddenly, Fang Lin became lucid, his eyes void of any confusion.

“The reason I could return to that period of time is probably related to the strangeness of this place. Previously, three others also mysteriously disappeared here, perhaps they, like me, ventured into a time not of the present. I was able to return, but those three people couldn’t and have disappeared forever.” Fang Lin thought to himself, his eyes shining with a profound light.

“Who was that mysterious figure? Why did he want to ruin my refining of the Life and Death Reincarnation Pill? And who was it that pulled me back from the darkness? Was it my father?” As Fang Lin pondered, he patted the Nine Palace Bag and took out a scroll.

Unrolling the scroll, Fang Lin looked at the figure of his mother, Bai Qingxue, from behind and gradually calmed his mind.

No matter how many doubts, how many mysteries there were, Fang Lin did not let himself lose his true heart. He believed that one day, he would return to the pinnacle, unveil everything, and see all the truths.

With his mind settled, Fang Lin put away the scroll, operated the Nine Cauldron Skypassing Spell, and continued to silently cultivate, waiting for the day he would leave the Abyss Pill Well.

In the blink of an eye, a hundred days had passed. On the day of leaving the Abyss Pill Well, the North Town Hall Master Ye Mengxian had personally arrived to take Fang Lin back to North Town Hall.

Fang Lin leaped from the Abyss Pill Well, returning to the surface, the long-missed sunshine falling upon him, dispelling all the cold from the well.

“Greetings, Master.” Upon seeing Ye Mengxian, Fang Lin respectfully paid his respects.

Ye Mengxian nodded, her worried heart finally eased, Fang Lin was safe and sound, and unlike the three Pill Refiners who had once silently vanished beneath the Abyss Pill Well.

In fact, Fang Lin had indeed disappeared silently, but unlike those three Pill Refiners, Fang Lin had returned, while those three would never return.

Two middle-aged men standing to the side had strange expressions, seeming to want to tell Ye Mengxian about Fang Lin’s disappearance, but upon further thought, with Fang Lin standing here unharmed, telling Ye Mengxian seemed meaningless.

Thus, the two men kept silent, saying no more, and after removing the mark of crime from Fang Lin, they signaled that he could leave.

Thereupon, Ye Mengxian led Fang Lin away from the place and returned to the North Town Hall.

With Fang Lin’s return, the people of North Town Hall came out to welcome him; after all, Fang Lin was now the only disciple of Ye Mengxian, the future leader of North Town Hall, thus his safe homecoming warranted a formal reception.

After exchanging pleasantries, Fang Lin noticed Dugu Nian’s absence and couldn’t help feeling puzzled.

“The Dugu Family came and took her away,” Ye Mengxian informed Fang Lin.

Upon hearing this, Fang Lin immediately furrowed his brows.

“There’s no need to worry, the girl Dugu Nian herself chose to go back with the Dugu Family,” Ye Mengxian said, knowing that Fang Lin had once caused an uproar in Xuan City for Dugu Nian’s sake, stirring unrest in Xuan Country, and feared he might impulsively storm the Dugu Family in a rage.

Hearing that Dugu Nian had voluntarily gone with the Dugu Family, Fang Lin relaxed, guessing that the girl had her own plans.

Nevertheless, Fang Lin contacted Dugu Nian using a Jade Slip, to which she quickly responded, saying she had gone to the Dugu Family to find materials to repair the zither.

“I see,” Fang Lin ended the conversation with Dugu Nian, understanding that she had returned to the Dugu Family to fix the ancient zither.

“Fang Lin, the Nine Countries Talent Battle is about to begin, what are your plans?” Ye Mengxian asked Fang Lin seriously.

Fang Lin was startled and asked in confusion, “The Nine Countries Talent Battle? What is that?”

Ye Mengxian was also momentarily taken aback, then smiled and said, “It seems you don’t know. The Nine Countries Talent Battle is jointly organized by the Three Emperors; every Martial Artist under forty from the Nine Countries can enroll.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Lin’s confusion deepened, “What are the benefits of participating in the Nine Countries Talent Battle?”

Ye Mengxian couldn’t help but laugh, “Do you mean to say you wouldn’t participate if there were no benefits?”

Fang Lin nodded earnestly, indeed having no interest in joining without any benefits.

Ye Mengxian was at a loss for words, was this guy’s head broken? Right now, countless talented individuals from the Nine Countries were eagerly preparing for this Nine Countries Talent Battle, and you, Fang Lin, with some renown as a talent, don’t wish to take part in the Nine Countries Talent Battle just because there are no benefits?

“Fang Lin, the Nine Countries Talent Battle is a grand event; all talents from the Nine Countries will participate, and many talents from our Pill Alliance will join too. With your strength, even if you don’t make it into the top hundred, you’ll at least be within the top thousand. The Pill Alliance will give rewards based on ranking, and the Upper Three Countries will also provide rewards,” Ye Mengxian explained.

Only when he heard about the rewards did Fang Lin show some interest, but upon hearing Ye Mengxian say he could only make it into the top thousand, he was immediately displeased.

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