Lang An

"Hahahaha little boy, are you afraid now facing my friend 'Dugu Cheng' who is real alchemist unlike a phony like you.", came another shout from balcony number 06.

Ryuu just sighed as he spoke, "Aika if you please."

A woman of incredible beauty even more so than Lang Yuzhu stepped on the stage with a plate full of bones, which looked to have been scavenged from leftovers.

Aika stood with the plates on her hand as she gave a short bow, "Your Highness I brought what you have desired."

Ryuu gave a soft clap as spoke, "come here come here, good doggy I got you some nice juicy bones come here.", he raised his right hand as he beckoned Yang Chao with his fingers.

A loud roar was heard and soon the door leading to the balcony was torn open as a man made a mad dash towards the stage, unfortunately the gallery of the VIP section was in between him and the stage as such he forcefully cleared the path by literally stomping and shoving others out of his way before he took a leap towards the stage his eyes glowing red as he bellowed loudly his arms stretched out wanting to catch Ryuu, his peak Wanxiang Adept realm strength exploded.

Aika quickly went and stood forward as he huge mountain shaped man had taken a leap towards Ryuu.

Ryuu smirked as he ordered Aika, "Stand down, Aika."

As Aika moved from her initial standing position in front of Ryuu, he quickly took out an talisman which he activated and threw towards the 'Mad Dog', a bright light was seen as a plethora of chains appeared and tied him very tightly, he dropped on the ground with a heavy thud creating a small cloud of dust, the inertia of movement mad him skid towards Ryuu who stopped him by placing his left foot on his head, "A Dog who barks a lot, does not bite.", he finished with a smirk.

Dugu Cheng spoke loudly in a chastising manner towards Ryuu, "Have you no shame, disturbing the peace and tranquility of this place."

Ryuu on the other hand gave a kind smile as he spoke in a serious manner, "It is as you say my fellow daoist, really this fellow has no shame barging in like that, I know he is hungry for some bones covered by my saliva but well what do you expect when his master forgot to discipline him."

Dugu Cheng was dumbfounded how casually Ryuu used his own words against him.

Ryuu: "Well we were going off topic, as all the concerned parties are present we should have a showdown of alchemy, how does it sound."

A loud clap was heard as a middle aged man appeared, "That was some impressive display young one."

Judging from his aura Ryuu and Dugu Cheng they came to a conclusion that the person was an Immortal Ryuu cupped his hands as he gave a short bow while Cheng seemed to be prostrating in front of him, as both greeted him, "This youngster has seen the senior."

Meanwhile,

Antariskh: "Sylvana your arrays are wonderful, I like this Ryuu much better a sharp tongued, with a little sadistic trait I look forward to the day when he does not need to be influenced by the array".

Sylvana: "So do I sister, but I think it is high time to make our appearance the Immortal lurking around the outside of the city had made his appearance."

The middle aged man was quite pleased on seeing Ryuu's behavior as he mused, 'The child is so young yet has more pride and self respect than the other fellow.'

Lang Yuzhu, "Uncle why are you here I thought you would be a few days late."

The man spoke with an amuse tone, "hohoho and miss this 'Pill Duel between this two alchemists, especially I want to watch this young genius in action."

Dugu Cheng blushed as he spoke with an embarrassed tone, "Such praise is unworthy of me from one as such high station as yours, but I promise I will try my best."

Lang Yuzhu and her uncle sweat dropped at that, 'can this fellow be more shameless.' was the thought that ran through their might.

The man turned towards them as he spoke in a kind smile, "My name is Lang An, just called me Old Man An, I hope to see a fair showdown between you two I hope you will be using the standard rules and are there any stipulations you want to place on the losing side."

Both nodded at him, the so called standard rules are simple in a 'Pill Duel', the first two rounds will be challenge give by the duelist to each other, the judge will provide the challenge for the third round. If by chance the recipe is unknown it should be provided to the duelist in accurate measurement, the ingredients have to be prepared by the participants or the judge in case of participants challenges with an obscure recipe it is his/her duty to provide ingredients to both of them, the ingredients will have to used in equal quantity and of the same quality.

Ryuu released the Mad Dog upon Old Man An's request.

The Mad Dog thought while growling angrily towards Ryuu, 'You Brat I will have my revenge.'

Dugu Cheng spoke towards An with utmost reverence, "My Lord, this child has trampled upon the honor of my friend as such I want to seek justice on his behalf but for the stipulations I will leave the matter to my friend.", he finished in a somber tone shedding a few tears from his eyes.

Meanwhile Ryuu gawked at him at his theatrics, he couldn't help but whisper lowly, 'what a shameless despicable fellow.', which was loud enough for the Immortal to hear as well who whole heartedly agreed with him this Dugu fellow was shameless.

Ryuu spoke in a respectable tone, "Senior, they have since the beginning have tried to trample on my older sisters' honor as such I would love if my older sister mete out his punishment for his insolence."

Yang Chao spoke with a sneer, "My Lord with you as my witness I want that when the brat loses he along with his sisters be my slave for an entire week, and by slave I mean they will have to do anything and everything I order them to."

Ryuu was angered at that, "How dare you try to drag my sis...."

Antariskh spoke in a clear authoritative tone, "Little Brother enough we will agree to his request but since he dared to speak as such I would expect the same I want the same from him as well as his friend."

Everyone turned to the owner of the voice a devastatingly beautiful woman no a goddess came up followed by two more making every person whether they be male or female blush at them, the way they carried themselves their aura made others want to bow and kiss the ground they walked.

Yang Chao drooled openly upon seeing them he panted his nostrils flaring as he spoke, "I will love taming you three breaking you into submissive whores."

A killing intent irrupted from Ryuu, only to be stopped as Sylvana put a hand on his shoulders, "Calm down show these worthless peons why you are our beloved brother, we believe in you.", she finished with a radiant smile.

Shamiran, "since we are competing I hope you would swear on Heavenly Dao so as not to renegade the deal later."

At that everyone nodded as the preparation for the 'Pill Duel' began, meanwhile Ryuu looked at Yang Chao with immense hatred the man should count his lucky star if he was not fighting for his sisters' honor he would have suffered worse than death on hearing such comments from him by the hands of his sisters.