Martial Master

In the hall, there was a deathly silence.

Zhuo Qingfeng was completely stunned, listening intently from the side.

The owner of the Alchemy Pavilion had an ever-changing expression, staring at Qin Chen in shock, her face numb.

She didn’t even know how to react. Qin Chen didn’t give her time to respond and continued, “I was previously skeptical about how a late-stage Human King could be uninterested in the Demon Secret Realm. Now I finally understand that although you are currently at the Human King level, you were once an eighth-level Martial Emperor. The aura of your soul still carries the presence of a Martial Emperor, making it impossible for you to enter the Demon Secret Realm. If you were to enter, you would be directly repelled and would raise suspicions among the seven great dynasties.”

“So that's why you told the seven great dynasties that you weren't interested in the Demon Secret Realm.”

“That aside, as a dignified late-stage seventh-grade alchemist, having tended to your medicinal garden in Chaotian City for fifty years, can you not even tell if your injuries have improved?”

Qin Chen shook his head, deeply sighing, “I believe that with your cultivation, you surely cannot be blind to this. The only possibility is that you are unwilling to admit it.”

“You are unwilling to acknowledge that the Nine Medicines Soul Nourishing Array cannot nourish your soul. You are afraid to give up, fearing that you’ll never return to the Martial Emperor realm in this lifetime, so you choose to linger here…”

At this point, Qin Chen looked at her with a sympathetic gaze: “A once-eighth level Martial Emperor, perhaps even a peak seventh-grade Alchemist, yet you are so cowardly, hiding here. With such a mindset, even if your injuries healed, what difference would it make? Do you think you can advance any further?”

“You… you…”

“Step back, step back!”

The owner of the Alchemy Pavilion retreated several steps, her face pale, horrified as she looked at Qin Chen, her right hand trembling as she pointed at him, speechless.

Qin Chen's words were like a heavy hammer, striking hard at her chest, leaving her breathless.

It dealt her an immense blow.

Anger surged within her, wishing she could slap Qin Chen to death right then and there.

But for some reason, facing Qin Chen, who stood calmly like a mountain, she suddenly lost the courage to strike.

Indeed!

As a late-stage seventh-grade Alchemist, the strongest alchemist in the Hundred Dynasties, how could she not understand the changes within herself?

For fifty years, she had used the Nine Medicines Soul Nourishing Array daily to nourish her soul. However, the effects were minimal; apart from a slight improvement, her true soul injuries had not healed at all.

For these fifty years, she had been researching why this was the case, but she had never found the answer.

Now, after hearing Qin Chen's explanation, she finally understood completely.

The Nine Medicines Soul Nourishing Array was a formation meant to nourish the soul, but it was not a formation that could repair the soul.

The two were fundamentally different, just like a person whose arm is broken; if you feed them rich food every day, they might gain weight, but the broken arm will not grow back.

To make the arm grow back, merely eating meat would be absolutely useless.

Not only was the owner of the Alchemy Pavilion deeply moved and shocked, but Zhuo Qingfeng also gazed at her in astonishment.

He had not expected that the former owner of the Alchemy Pavilion was actually an eighth-level Martial Emperor.

At first, Zhuo Qingfeng found it hard to believe, but later he instantly understood.

That was why his master had shown no airs in front of the owner of the Alchemy Pavilion.

An eighth-level Martial Emperor, a peak seventh-grade Alchemist, such strength was indeed among the best even in the Alchemy Pavilion of the Northern Sky Domain.

At this moment, Zhuo Qingfeng was in complete admiration of Qin Chen.

Others might doubt whether Qin Chen had investigated the owner of the Alchemy Pavilion, but Zhuo Qingfeng knew very well that Qin Chen had not even heard of her name before coming to Chaotian City.