Feng Ruoqing by the side furrowed her brows instead.
It was not that she was unhappy with Wan Yuan acknowledging a master. In reality, there were many students like that in the Dan Wu Academy. However, Wan Yuan’s background was too sensitive.
As a member of the Imperial Family, Feng Ruoqing naturally had a different sensitivity to Wan Yuan acknowledging a master.
The Wan Family and the Su Family had been in collusion all this while. They dominated over half of the State of Qin’s medicinal pills and medicinal herbs businesses. The Imperial Family was apparently concerned about this, so they tacitly approved of the Ye Family’s rise.
But now that Wan Yuan was taken in by Wang Jinfu, this would mean that the Wan Family had struck up a relationship with the Alchemist Association!
The influence of the Alchemist Association was even greater than the Tranquil Cloud Sect. Their branches spanned every corner of the continent. One could say that as long as a place had people living there, there would be an Alchemist Association.
To the Imperial Family, they had to be on guard now that the Wan Family was in league with this giant!
“The Alchemy Master test is starting now. Participants, enter the herbal warehouse,” the examiner called out.
Ye Yuan was about to move when Wan Yuan walked in front of him smilingly. “Ye Yuan, I advise you to not go out there and disgrace yourself. Master is a respected figure who isn’t willing to dispute with a junior like you, so you should have a sense of propriety. You have never been in contact with alchemy since young. If you mess up later, you are not only going to lose face, even Teacher Feng and the Dan Wu Academy’s people will be thoroughly disgraced.”
“What? He doesn’t know alchemy?!” When Wang Jinfu heard that, he immediately blew his top.
“Master, I can be considered to have grown up together with Ye Yuan, but I was never aware that he knew alchemy. Although I don’t know how he managed to sneak in, I’m afraid that he will make us all lose face. That’s why I decided to speak up.” Wan Yuan faked compassion as he explained.
“Ye Yuan, are you challenging this old man’s patience?!” Wang Jinfu snarled.
Ye Yuan ignored Wang Jinfu and looked at Wan Yuan instead, smiling as he said, “Read my lips.”
“What?” Wan Yuan was stunned for a moment and did not react in time.
“I~~~diot~~~” Ye Yuan did not make a sound but mouthed the word exaggeratedly.
Even though the audience did not hear anything, even a moron could see what Ye Yuan was mouthing.
It was just that with this, the formerly tense atmosphere became a little weird. Everyone fought hard to hold back their laughter.
“Ye Yuan, I’m doing this for your own good! Don’t be ungrateful!” Wan Yuan burst out furiously.
“I’m really astonished by your idiocy! Who within the capital and the Dan Wu Academy aren’t aware that you were at loggerheads with me since young? Now, you’re saying that you’re doing this for my own good? Do you think everyone is as stupid as you?” Ye Yuan sighed helplessly.
Wan Yuan did not expect Ye Yuan would lose all decorum with him right here. Being said like this, he was foolish enough to astonish everyone.
“Don’t change the subject, Ye Yuan! Right now, I’m talking about whether you know alchemy or not. You are wasting the two chairmen’s precious time!” Wan Yuan did not lose himself in anger and managed to retort.
Ye Yuan shook his head and sighed. “Sorry, I insulted the word ‘idiot’ just now.”
“Pffft!” This time around, the audience could not hold back their laughter anymore. Especially Feng Zhirou, who convulsed in laughter exaggeratedly.
Wan Yuan’s face turned purple as he roared, “Don’t talk nonsense, Ye Yuan!”
“Fine then. Someone who’s even less than an idiot like you won’t give up unless I make it clear. You said that you grew up together with me and was never aware that I knew alchemy? Don’t tell me that you stalk me 24 hours a day? Do you follow me when I’m eating, sleeping, and on the loo? Or should I report to you when I’m learning alchemy? Yes, you have an Alchemy Grandmaster for a father. But I also have an Alchemy Grandmaster for a father! Why should you know alchemy, but I can’t? You even incited the two chairmen to be your hired thugs to put me to death. Your intentions are so sinister! Oops. My bad. I accidentally revealed your true purpose. Sorry!”
Finishing, Ye Yuan even bowed towards Wan Yuan mockingly, making the audience burst into laughter once again.
With what Ye Yuan said, it was like yellow dirt had fallen into Wan Yuan’s pants. Even if it was not shit, it became shit.
Wan Yuan turned to look at Wang Jinfu. As expected, his face became sullen. Wan Yuan hurriedly explained, “Master, don’t listen to his nonsense! There’s no such thing! He’s trying to shift the blame to me. Why would I make use of Master? Whether he knows alchemy or not, it will be clear once he enters the refining room!”
For a moment, Wang Jinfu was unable to tell if what Ye Yuan said was true or false, so he said, “Fine. I will let you try!”
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“Fine. I want to see just what kind of Tier 2 medicinal pill can you refine! At that time, you had better not bring a pile of herbal dregs to serve as a stopgap!”
Wan Yuan wanted to embarrass Ye Yuan, but he did not expect to throw himself in.
However, he did not believe that Ye Yuan could refine any medicinal pill. Even if he really knew alchemy, it was impossible for him to refine a Tier 2 medicinal pill.
As long as Ye Yuan could not refine a Tier 2 medicinal pill, then everything was good.
At that time, could Ye Yuan even walk out of the Alchemist Association’s gates in one piece with him fanning the fire by the side?
“You’d better worry about your own intelligence first. Don’t worry about my matters.”
Ending with those words, Ye Yuan directly ignored Wan Yuan and headed to the herbal warehouse.
When he passed by Feng Ruoqing, he suddenly flashed a smile and transmitted his voice, “In a while, watch properly and don’t blink!”
Feng Ruoqing’s face twitched as she looked bewilderedly at Ye Yuan. But Ye Yuan had already entered the herbal warehouse.
Could it be that he’s going to use the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique? That’s why he asked me to pay attention? He really knows the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique?
Initially, Feng Ruoqing thought that there had to be a powerful alchemy master behind Ye Yuan. That was why Ye Yuan possessed such immensely profound theoretical knowledge.
However, the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique required extreme amounts of practice to learn. It was impossible without two to three years. As for mastering it completely, the time required was even longer. Even five years were considered short.
But Ye Yuan was only 15 years old. Could it be that he started learning when he was 10 years old? But Ye Yuan most likely had not even stepped onto the martial path back then. Where would he have the support of essence energy?
Thinking for a long time, Feng Ruoqing still could not figure it out, so she just let it go.
When Feng Ruoqing came around, she realized that the atmosphere was not quite right. Everyone stared fixedly at the light curtain with unusual eyes.
“What’s Ye Yuan doing? Is he choosing herbs haphazardly to refine randomly later?”
Wan Yuan watched the light screen with a cold smile. “I said that he doesn’t know anything, right? Just look. He doesn’t even look and simply grabs a bunch of herbs completely indiscriminately as he goes. Who chooses herbs like that?”
“That’s right. Isn’t this making fun of us? Many of the herbs in the herbal warehouse look almost the same. It’s impossible to tell the difference without inspecting it closely. He’s being too casual!”
At their seat, the faces of Wang Jinfu and Sun Jianming did not look too good.
They obviously knew that there were many herbs in
side the herbal warehouse meant to confuse the public. This was to test the visual judgment of the alchemist.
However, Ye Yuan’s performance was too amateurish, giving them the feeling that they were being fooled.
Looking at Ye Yuan’s performance, Wan Yuan was secretly even more certain that Ye Yuan did not know alchemy.
Observing the faces of the two leaders, he felt elated.
Y e Yuan, since you are courting death yourself, then you can’t blame me! Today, even if Ye Hang came here, he also can’t save you! Wan Yuan laughed coldly in his heart.
“Miss Feng, this old man doesn’t want to speak out of turn, but does he really know alchemy?” Wang Jinfu could not resist questioning.
Only Feng Ruoqing was aware of Ye Yuan’s ability in this place, so she did not find it unusual.
“Lord Chairman, please look on patiently. Since the test has already started, just let Ye Yuan finish. If he really poked a hole in any basket, then I, Feng Ruoqing, will shoulder it!”
Although Feng Ruoqing spoke respectfully, she was firmly defensive of Ye Yuan.
Wang Jinfu had some understanding of Feng Ruoqing and knew that she was a reserved person all along. He did not understand why she was accompanying a junior to mess around today.
“Miss Feng’s abilities are already nearing a high-rank Alchemy Master. Can’t you differentiate between a rookie and an expert? As long as you watch Ye Yuan choose his herbs, you’ll be able to tell that he’s a complete layman. Must Miss Feng continue to go along with his nonsense?” Wang Jinfu frowned as he said this.
Feng Ruoqing’s identity was special. In the future, she could possibly become another Alchemy Grandmaster in the Imperial family.
Although the Alchemist Association did not fear the Imperial Family, this State of Qin was ultimately the Imperial Family’s territory. Unless they had no other alternatives, both parties naturally would not lose all decorum. Hence, Wang Jinfu continued to endure when speaking to Feng Ruoqing.
But Feng Ruoqing just smiled and said, “I still have those same words. Why don’t Chairman Wang watch finish patiently? Perhaps it wouldn’t disappoint you? Sometimes, what you see with your own eyes might not be true.”
Seeing Feng Ruoqing remain firm, he was also displeased. He wanted to see just what Ye Yuan could do. Since he had already made it clear that if Ye Yuan really dared to mess with the Alchemist Association, then even if he was beaten to death, there was nothing that Feng Ruoqing could say.
“Look, guys! Ye Yuan’s out!”
“I-isn’t this too fast?”
“Isn’t he a complete amateur?”
“That’s right. He came out after walking one round inside.”
“You guys, look. He’s carrying so little herbs. Most likely, there’s only enough quantity for one refinement?”
“Does he think that it’s hopeless and is acting recklessly? Or is he extremely confident in himself?”
“Bullshit. Of course, he thinks that it’s hopeless and he’s acting recklessly! Even an Alchemy Grandmaster wouldn’t dare to guarantee that he could refine a Tier 2 medicinal pill each time. Don’t tell me that Ye Yuan is so monstrous that his alchemy success rate is 100%?”
Ye Yuan’s actions incurred a round of vicious words. But he could not hear them. Of course, even if he heard it, he would just treat it like a fart.
Entering the pill refinement room, Ye Yuan threw the herbs casually onto the workstation and split the herbs evenly into two sets before starting the refinement of the medicinal essence right away. Even the process of preparing the herbs was forgone.
Not even 30 minutes had passed from choosing the herbs until now. His actions caused another huge commotion.
In the hall, regardless of both students and alchemists from the Alchemist Association, they all exchanged looks.
“I-is this Ye Yuan here to be a joke? Even if he only prepared one set of ingredients for the sake of posturing, was there a need to skip weighing and preparation of the herbs? How is he certain of the quantity of each herb?”
Another person looked at him like he was an idiot. “You still have hopes that Ye Yuan could refine a medicinal pill even now? This fellow is a complete amateur who doesn’t know anything at all! He’s here solely for laughs!”
“Look, guys. the ingredients that he chose was only enough for one portion, but he split the herbs into two halves. Half the quantity isn’t even enough to refine a single medicinal pill!”
“Hehe. This Ye Yuan is really ballsy. He actually dares to mess with the two chairmen. Is he courting death?”
Wan Yuan smiled coldly and said, “I already said that he was all talk. To think that he really made everyone run around in circles. I want to see just how he intends to wrap up the situation later!”
Following which, Wan Yuan looked towards Wang Jinfu to check out what kind of expression he had.
However, Wan Yuan did not see the expression he was looking forward to on Wang Jinfu’s face.
Suspicion was written all over Wang Jinfu’s face. “Old Sun, do you think that Ye Yuan this punk is about to use the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique?”
Sun Jianming’s expression was about the same as Wang Jinfu’s. “Theoretically speaking, splitting the ingredients equally into two parts is the approach to the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique. But he . . .”
Wang Jinfu shook his head. “I also think that it isn’t likely. How old is this punk? How could he know the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique?”
“No need to guess anymore, Lord Chairmen. What Ye Yuan is about to use is precisely the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique!”
Right then, Feng Ruoqing’s confident voice was heard.
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“He’s a complete amateur in alchemy who doesn’t even know how to prepare the herbs. How could he possibly know how to use the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique?”
Preparing herbs was something deeply ingrained in alchemists. Even Wang Jinfu who was an Alchemy Grandmaster would not skip it. 1
After all, it was impossible to comprehend how an Alchemy Emperor refined pills with his realm. 2
Hence, in Wang Jinfu’s heart, Ye Yuan had long been determined to be a layman.
“Whether he knows it or not, just continue watching, and you will see. Honestly speaking, even I am looking forward to it!” Feng Ruoqing said with a smile.
Wang Jinfu and co’s conversation reached everyone’s ears. The students started gossiping among themselves.
“Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique? What the hell is that?”
“No clue. Never heard of it before.”
“I’m also confused now. Is Ye Yuan the real deal or is he misleading us?”
“Should be misleading? After all, he doesn’t even know how to prepare the herbs.”
“En, en. I think so too.”
Other people did not know about the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique, but Wan Yuan knew. It was exactly because he knew that caused Wan Yuan’s disdain grew even greater.
Although the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique was very powerful, it was extremely difficult to train. He was all too clear on Ye Yuan’s capabilities. How could he possibly know this?
Most likely Ye Yuan saw it on some obscure books or records, and then he purposely took it out now to please the crowd by trying to impress them.
Within the refining room, Ye Yuan swiftly completed the refinement of the medicinal essence. Next, was to open the furnace to refine pills.
Similar to that day when he was assistant to Feng Ruoqing, Ye Yuan formed seals with both hands, and the flame obediently split into two parts to scorch the pill cauldron uniformly.
Finishing the preparation work, Ye Yuan waved a hand, and the medicinal essences flew into the pill cauldron.
Meanwhile, Ye Yuan’s hands were like flood dragons out in the sea. His left hand formed seals, and his right hand did so too as he controlled the two portions of me
dicinal essences.
The entire process was not quick, but it was not sloppy at all.
The essence of the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique was synchronization! Just based on this point, Ye Yuan’s refinement since the start had been impeccable.
Outside the refining room in the hall, Ye Yuan’s refinement finally dispelled everyone’s suspicions towards him.
Ye Yuan really knew alchemy!
It was just that . . . it was not easy to judge how high his standard was.
“I didn’t think that this rascal really knows alchemy. It’s just, why are his movements so slow? Could it be that he isn’t familiar with the seals?” Wang Jinfu was baffled.
“The Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique has seven by seven, 49 Yang Seals, and seven by seven, 49 Yin Seals. Each of them is supremely complex. Back then, I also tried to learn the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique. But in the end, I failed. Ye Yuan has been on point since the first seal until now. I also can’t see any areas where he’s unfamiliar with. Logically speaking, it should be utilized proficiently. I also don’t understand why he’s so slow. Miss Feng, what do you think?”
Sun Jianming seemed to be rather familiar with the Yin-Yang Separation Flow technique. Most likely, he spent a great deal of time researching it in his youth.
Feng Ruoqing had been staring unblinkingly at Ye Yuan’s hands since the beginning. She knew the first 21 seals of the Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique by heart. Currently, the seals Ye Yuan executed were like playing it in slow motion for her to see.
“Could it be that he’s specifically displaying it for me to see?” Feng Zhirou quickly rejected this thought.
The Yin-Yang Separation Flow Technique was incomparably complicated. If he continued like this, the medicinal pills would definitely be ruined. Even if Ye Yuan were really at the level of an Alchemy King, it would be impossible to save it.
Noticing that Sun Jianming questioned her, Feng Ruoqing also shook her head bitterly. “I also don’t know.”
“En? The first pair of seals is completed. But isn’t this speed too slow? At this rate, the medicinal pill can’t even condense. The result will surely be a useless pill,” Wang Jinfu said.
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