Below the Great Emperor, I am at the Emperor Realm; Above the Great Emperor, I Cheat

Chapter 9: Beyond Emperor-Grade Pill: Digestive Tablets

Taste?

When Lin Xuanqing heard this question, he immediately recalled his hundred years of experience pretending to be a hidden expert.

To avoid exposing his mortal identity, he could basically only secretly eat some spirit herbs and such, which were extremely bitter.

So this pot of fish was truly delicious to Lin Xuanqing.

Thus, during his meal, he involuntarily blurted out two English words.

“Very good!”

“The taste is excellent~”

But in Yin Tianchen’s ears, this meant Lin Xuanqing was deliberately forcing himself to eat.

So he immediately maliciously put several more slices of fish into Lin Xuanqing’s bowl.

“Friend Lin, since the taste is good, have some more.”

“Then I won’t be polite.”

Gulp gulp gulp~

Lin Xuanqing didn’t think much, and while it was still hot, he slurped some soup.

Then he began tasting the fish slices.

While eating, he discovered this fish had no bones, and thought he should get more to try in the future.

Chomp chomp~

Chomp chomp~

Lin Xuanqing kept eating, and Yin Tianchen kept watching.

He stared intently at Lin Xuanqing’s belly.

However, after Lin Xuanqing swallowed the fish, nothing happened.

“Hmph, still forcing yourself?”

“Let’s see how long you can suppress it!”

Yin Tianchen was cackling inwardly, eagerly anticipating the moment when Lin Xuanqing’s dantian would explode.

At this time, Lin Xuanqing glanced at him and saw that the old man still hadn’t touched his chopsticks, just watching him eat.

This made him feel a bit embarrassed.

In his previous life, Lin Xuanqing also hated when people stared at him while he ate.

So he casually said: “Uh, Friend Yin, you should eat too, don’t be shy.”

Hearing this, Yin Tianchen knew this was Lin Xuanqing challenging him.

He had anticipated this, so he calmly picked up a few slices of fish into his bowl.

“Then I’ll join Friend Lin in enjoying this meal.”

With that, he put a slice of fish in his mouth.

Violent energy instantly swept through Yin Tianchen’s dantian.

He immediately mobilized the medicinal power of the emperor pills he had taken earlier to transform this violent energy.

After about forty breaths, Yin Tianchen’s dantian gradually calmed down.

“I still underestimated the power of the Void Kun fish and Yin-Yang Root Grass combination.”

“Just one slice of fish consumed one-fifth of the medicinal power from three emperor pills!”

While Yin Tianchen was thinking and sighing, he hadn’t realized that Lin Xuanqing had been watching him the whole time.

Yin Tianchen was slightly startled.

He thought, how is this Purple Empyrean Ancestor still holding up?

Looking at Lin Xuanqing’s unchanged calm expression, he couldn’t understand.

“Could he have also taken emperor pills in advance?”

“It’s not impossible, after all, he deliberately let Xuan’er go to the Three Lives Secret Realm earlier, perhaps he was prepared…”

Lin Xuanqing saw that Yin Tianchen had eaten one piece of fish and then froze, not touching his chopsticks for a long time, so he asked.

“Friend Yin, not feeling well?”

Through these words, Yin Tianchen sensed a strong sense of provocation.

“My appetite is still fine.”

He immediately picked up another slice of fish and swallowed it in front of Lin Xuanqing.

Violent energy once again swept through Yin Tianchen’s dantian, then was forcibly suppressed by his medicinal power.

“Friend Lin, your turn.”

Yin Tianchen gestured for Lin Xuanqing to eat fish.

Lin Xuanqing thought this old man was quite polite, and immediately ate another slice.

Yin Tianchen, unwilling to be outdone, also ate a slice after Lin Xuanqing ate one.

The two men ate slice for slice, causing Yin Xuan who was watching from the side to break out in a cold sweat.

“Clan Elder, you must win!”

Although Yin Tianchen had said he and Lin Xuanqing were evenly matched, Yin Xuan wasn’t stupid and could see that his clan elder was at a disadvantage now.

With each slice of fish eaten, it was clearly becoming more and more difficult for Yin Tianchen.

Soon, Yin Tianchen had exhausted all the medicinal power of his three emperor pills.

At this moment, looking at the sixth slice of fish in his bowl, he fell into deep thought.

To eat, or not to eat?

That was the question…

But Lin Xuanqing, who had eaten just as much fish, now looked completely fine.

“Friend Yin, can’t eat anymore?”

As he spoke, Lin Xuanqing ate another slice of fish.

Provocation, this was blatant provocation!

Both at third-level Emperor Realm, I, Yin Tianchen, cannot be this weak!

So he gritted his teeth and very painfully swallowed the sixth slice of fish.

Without the aid of emperor pills, the violent energy contained in the fish began to run wild in his body.

To suppress it, in a short time, Yin Tianchen’s realm directly dropped to second-level Emperor Realm.

Fortunately, he succeeded in the end.

But this was already his limit.

He had no ability to eat even half a piece more, not even to slurp soup.

However, Lin Xuanqing on the other side swallowed yet another slice of fish, making Yin Tianchen feel it was simply inconceivable.

“How is this possible?”

“Could he have more emperor pills than me?”

“No, that’s impossible.”

“Not to mention that these Emperor-Grade Qi Transformation Pills are rare treasures even within the Medicine God Sect, even if he had more, taking more than three pills would have minimal additional effect.”

“Unless, his cultivation far exceeds mine…”

After analysis, Yin Tianchen vaguely felt that he might have brought a catastrophic disaster upon the Yin family.

This Purple Empyrean Ancestor who appeared to be just a mortal might not be hiding his cultivation, but rather his cultivation was far higher than his own, and he simply couldn’t perceive it.

Therefore, when he observed the mortal-like Lin Xuanqing again, chills ran down his spine.

However, at this moment Lin Xuanqing wasn’t paying much attention to Yin Tianchen because he felt some discomfort in his stomach.

Yin Xuan on the side keenly noticed the change in Lin Xuanqing’s expression and excitedly transmitted to Yin Tianchen.

“Clan Elder, look, the Purple Empyrean Ancestor can’t hold on anymore!”

Yin Tianchen looked closely and found that Lin Xuanqing’s complexion had indeed worsened slightly compared to earlier.

Although this change was very subtle, it was still captured by him and Yin Xuan.

Had the turning point in the situation arrived?

However, what they had been hoping for was merely a belch from Lin Xuanqing.

“Burp~”

Lin Xuanqing felt he had eaten a bit too much.

His stomach felt uncomfortably full.

He had previously drawn a bottle of digestive tablets, so he patted his pocket and took them out.

When Yin Tianchen looked carefully, he was completely stunned.

Because he saw that the bottle full of pills were all of a grade surpassing the Emperor Realm.

Pills beyond Emperor grade—even the Medicine God Sect couldn’t refine these!

Yin Tianchen finally understood the true gap between himself and Lin Xuanqing.

He was even speculating that this Purple Empyrean Ancestor might have come from beyond the celestial domain…

Lin Xuanqing unhurriedly opened the bottle cap and, under everyone’s gaze, grabbed a handful and chewed them.

In his previous life, Lin Xuanqing basically ate digestive tablets like candy.

However, this simple action made Yin Tianchen afraid to breathe.

Pills beyond Emperor grade, eaten just like that?

And so many at once~

The Purple Empyrean Ancestor was terrifyingly powerful!

He was definitely not at third-level Emperor Realm, absolutely not!

Yin Tianchen had already thought about escaping at this point, but under Lin Xuanqing’s watchful eyes, he didn’t even have the courage to move his legs.

On Lin Xuanqing’s side, after eating the digestive tablets, the stuffed feeling in his stomach immediately disappeared.

“These digestive tablets work much better than the ones I’ve eaten before.”

[Ding: Obviously, this system already told you, these are premium pills.]

“Well, too bad there’s no more fish in the pot.”

Without realizing it, Lin Xuanqing discovered that he had eaten the entire fish.

But there was still a large pot of fish soup.

So he picked up a ladle, filled his bowl with a spoonful, and then gave a spoonful to the now meek-looking Yin Tianchen.

“Eat what you came for.”

“Friend Yin, come, have some more soup.”

Yin Tianchen quickly waved his hand in refusal: “Friend Lin, I’m already full.”

“With so much fish soup, it would be wasteful not to drink it.”

“Friend Lin, I’m truly full!” Yin Tianchen was trembling, “I have some matters at home…”

“Just one sip, drink and then go.”

Although Lin Xuanqing maintained a smile, Yin Tianchen now found it creepy no matter how he looked at it.

But the good news was that from Lin Xuanqing’s words, he understood that as long as he drank this last sip of soup, he could leave the Purple Empyrean Sect.

He didn’t want to stay here a moment longer.

Had he known the Purple Empyrean Ancestor was so unfathomably powerful, he would never have listened to Yin Xuan, that cursed descendant.

At this point, there was no alternative.

Yin Tianchen could only force himself to take a final sip of fish soup.

But as soon as he swallowed just a drop, his dantian began to expand violently.

The energy he had forcibly suppressed erupted along with that sip of soup.

Lin Xuanqing, looking at Yin Tianchen who was clutching his stomach with both hands and whose face was extremely pale, said: “Friend Yin, upset stomach?”

“Fr-Friend Li-Lin, I, I I…”

The violent energy made him too pained to speak.

Lin Xuanqing frowned: “Friend, you probably want to know where the toilet is, right?”

“But, do cultivators even defecate?”