No sooner had he finished speaking than another thick bolt of lightning struck his head, making the scene seem somewhat comical for a moment.
The once serious, upright, and dignified sect leader of the Divine Cauldron Sect now had a dark face and his hair was matted together as he accused the culprit who had caused him such an undeserved disaster.
Seeing this, the other judges quickly and carefully put down the "improved lightning-inducing pill" in their hands and moved a little further away.
This thing is too powerful; if it goes off accidentally, it's no joke.
Shi Xuan shrugged, wearing an innocent expression, and said, "Everyone here can testify for me. I have repeatedly emphasized that this is an improved Lightning-Attracting Pill. It was Sect Master Fan who refused to believe it and insisted on activating it. How can you blame me now?"
Fan Hongde was furious. He had seen lightning-attracting pills before. The reason they weren't widely known was that they could only attract a thin bolt of lightning, which was barely better than nothing.
But what is this? Is this a Lightning-Attracting Pill? The lightning bolts it summoned were thicker than buckets; this should clearly be called a Heavenly Lightning Pill! Even his Nascent Soul Tribulation was nothing compared to this!
No wonder she asked him for ten thunderstones from the very beginning; she had been planning this trap for him all along!
"You!" Fan Hongde pointed at Shi Xuan, too angry to speak. Just then, another bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, freezing him in the instant his finger was raised.
Shu Yuanguan, who was standing to the side, patted his chest, still feeling lingering fear.
That mischievous Shi Xuan didn't even give him a hint beforehand. If he accidentally triggered this powerful pill, the consequences would be unimaginable!
Seeing that the three bolts of "heavenly lightning" had finished striking and the sky had returned to normal, Shu Yuanguan pretended to walk up to Fan Hongde and said, "Sect Master Fan, be careful!"
This is so insincere... The disciples of the Lianfeng Sword Sect couldn't bear to watch. They'd already struck with lightning, what was there to be careful about!
Fan Hongde remained silent, pondering what reason he could use to legitimately eliminate Shi Xuan.
He went to such great lengths to make things difficult for Shi Xuan, not for this outcome.
If she actually advances this round, wouldn't I have ended up losing more than I gained? Not only would I have lost ten lightning stones, but I'd also been struck by lightning! In the end, Shi Xuan wasn't affected at all!
Their Divine Cauldron Sect suffered a complete defeat in the Foundation Establishment group, and barely managed to get first place in the Qi Refining group. The second and third place were both from the Converging Edge Sword Sect. What kind of sword sect is this Converging Edge Sword Sect? They might as well change their name to Converging Edge Pill Sect.
Because of the defeats of the first two groups, the Golden Core group has now lost its top spot. How can they save face?
But to his surprise, just as he was racking his brains for a way to deal with Shi Xuan, Shi Xuan spoke first: "Sect Master Fan, according to the rules of the Six Sects Grand Competition, this pill belongs to me once it is refined. Since you used my pill like this, shouldn't you return it to me in spirit stones?"
Even though Fan Hongde had been the sect leader for decades and his authority was well-established, he never expected that Shi Xuan would have the audacity to demand compensation! He had been blown up like this and hadn't even asked for compensation yet! He was still figuring out how to deal with Shi Xuan, but Shi Xuan had already taken the initiative, turning the tables and even trying to ask him for spirit stones! He had truly never seen such a shameless person!
At this moment, he had completely forgotten what he had done to Shi Xuan.
That's how people are; if they don't get hurt themselves, the memory fades over time.
But as the sect leader of a major sect, how could he possibly haggle with a junior over a few spirit stones in public? He said with a dark face, "Here you go."
Shi Xuan narrowed his eyes and smiled, "This time, my Lightning-Attracting Pill is a unique Super Lightning-Attracting Pill in the cultivation world, made with ten lightning stones. Moreover, it is a top-grade flawless Dao Seal Pill. It's not unreasonable for me to charge you five thousand high-grade spirit stones for such a high-level pill!"
What? What did she say? Fan Hongde thought he had misheard. Five thousand high-grade spirit stones? She actually dared to ask for them! Why didn't she just rob him!
Fan Hongde angrily said, "This is outrageous! Don't forget, I was the one who provided these ten thunderstones!"
“But the materials are supposed to be prepared in the first place. Since the question mentions a Lightning-Attracting Pill, we naturally need to prepare Lightning Stones. Besides, it was you who suggested providing the Lightning Stones.” Shi Xuan blinked and said innocently, “If you don’t want to pay these spirit stones, you can just refine another one exactly the same and give it back to me. I can take it to the auction house and maybe I can get it for 10,000 high-grade spirit stones.”
"Why didn't you just say 100,000!" Fan Hongde was furious. But he still couldn't understand how Shi Xuan managed to put ten thunderstones into one furnace to refine them. Thunderstones are extremely potent; even one is very difficult to control, let alone ten. It was truly unbelievable, and he certainly couldn't do it himself.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to refine another batch of pills exactly the same. The only option is to compensate with spirit stones!
Recalling the scene when the pill was formed, Fan Hongde said, "Your pills don't have any Dao seals. Don't try to extort me!" The radiant light came and went, never actually landing on the pills!
"Oh, that," Shi Xuan smiled and explained, "That's because the radiant glow of this Dao Seal is already very familiar to me, simplifying the process. So I just said hello and left, and everyone did see the glow, right? Besides, the Dao Seal Pill is radiant and colorful, which the judges saw at the Six Sects Pill Dao Competition last time. Isn't it the same as the radiant glow on this Lightning-Attracting Pill?"
The judges looked at the Lightning-Attracting Pill placed on the table, which no one touched, and found that it was indeed as she had said, with purple light flowing around it, making it very eye-catching.
Whether it counts as the true Dao seal or not, I don't know, but regardless, it has to be today!
Shu Yuanguan, seemingly trying to smooth things over, actually sided with the sect, saying, "These spirit stones are just a drop in the ocean for the Divine Cauldron Sect. Let's just hand them over. Why should we take advantage of a junior like this? Don't you agree?"
Fan Hongde rolled his eyes at him, wanting to say: I said that's wrong! What do you mean by a drop in the ocean? How big is the Divine Cauldron Sect to be so stingy!
With so many eyes watching him from both the stage and the audience, continuing the stalemate would only make things worse, so it was better to just pay up and settle the matter.
Fan Hongde snorted coldly and took out a spirit stone, throwing it onto the table in front of him.
The disciples of Langya Sect stepped forward to take it and handed it to Shi Xuan, and the matter was finally settled.
Fan Hongde was unwilling to give up. He still wanted to find fault with the pill. Otherwise, once this fourth-order Dao Seal Pill was produced, what chance would their Divine Cauldron Sect have?
"Although this pill attracted lightning, the requirement was for a Lightning-Attracting Pill. This pill is clearly self-made and not a Lightning-Attracting Pill formula at all! A single batch of Lightning-Attracting Pills only requires half a lightning stone, but you used ten at once. This is not an improvement, but the creation of a new formula! How can this be considered a success!"
By now, everyone has realized that Fan Hongde really doesn't want Shi Xuan to win, and he's gone to great lengths for it, even coming up with all sorts of underhanded ideas.
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