by Feng Yise
"The third match, begin!"
Tong Wenchang did not start right away but took a deep breath to calm his mind before he started to portion the medicine.
The medicinal herbs were already prepared. The alchemist just needed to dispense it according to the pill formula, then refined it into a medicinal embryo, and that would do. This was naturally not something difficult for Tong Wenchang.
Soon enough, Tong Wenchang finished dispensing the medicinal herbs but then he took a look at Ye Yuan on some devilish impulse.
With this glance, he involuntarily had an impulse to spew blood again.
Ye Yuan this fellow was actually closing his eyes to rest again!
He had been bustling about for a long time, and Ye Yuan actually had not started work yet!
My God, dp you really have to posture like that?
The first time was like this, the second time like this, and the third time was still like this!
"Ignore him! Ignore him! I just have to do things according to my own rhythm! He's only a middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster, it's impossible to refine the Explosive Rising Dragon Pill!" Tong Wenchang repeatedly exhorted himself.
After reciting it silently for ten times, Tong Wenchang's emotions finally stabilized somewhat.
This time, he swore to never look at Ye Yuan again!
. . . . . .
Roughly an hour later, Tong Wenchang's refinement of the medicine embryo was already drawing to an end.
Right at this moment, Ye Yuan finally moved!
He came before the operating platform and directly crushed and mixed the spirit medicines together. Then he started refining the medicinal embryo straight away!
"T-There's such dispens.e.m.e.nt of medicine? He . . . He doesn't even weigh it out?"
"F*ck me! Today, I've really broadened my horizons! If this Ji Qing can refine out the Explosive Rising Dragon Pill like this, then us, these Quasi-Alchemy Kings, really need to go jump into the river and kill ourselves!"
"You should hold your words back a little. This Ji Qing has already consecutively created two miracles in a row. You're certain that he can't create another miracle?"
. . . . . .
Hand-grabbing style of medicine portioning once again astonished everyone.
But Ye Yuan already fully entered a state at this time, and was utterly unconcerned with everything in the outside world.
Next was refining the medicinal embryo. It was only to see Ye Yuan's fingers moved like phantoms, completing the refinement of the medicinal embryo with extreme speed!
Everyone was taken aback from shock. Ye Yuan actually completed refining the medicinal embryo at the same time as Tong Wenchang!
This . . . What skill level was this?!
"I've really increased my knowledge today! Turns out that prepping the medicine and refining the medicinal embryo can actually be done like this!"
"Heh heh, previously, I was still worried that Ji Qing's skill in actual practice would be lacking. Now, looks like this worry was totally undue."
"Yeah. If preparing the materials and refining the medicinal embryo are both fine, then Ji Qing is really too heaven-defying!"
"Whether there's an issue or not, we'll know in a while! If the portioning ratio is wrong, even if Ji Qing is the reincarnation of a divine Buddha, it's also not possible to refine out a finished medicinal pill. En? He's starting!"
Everyone held their breaths, wanting to see if any shocking actions would appear once again when Ye Yuan was refining the pill.
Ye Yuan naturally would not disappoint them!
"Tri-Origins Samsara Art! Activate!"
The furnace fire rose sharply. Ye Yuan's figure vanished from the original spot!
At the same time, Sovereign Star Abyss who had his eyes shut all along snapped open his eyes abruptly and stared fixedly in Ye Yuan's direction!
"What refining method is this? So formidable!"
"Simply unheard of! How is this refining pills? This is simply performing movement technique!"
"No, wait; I feel that Ji Qing's refining method is very extraordinary! Did you guys see clearly? In the process of Ji Qing revolving his skill, he's actually hitting out one seal after another constantly!"
"Of course I saw that! But does firing out seals like this has any benefits in forming the pill?"
"Don't know. But have you noticed? When he circles one round around the medicinal cauldron, he only fires out seals at three fixed points!"
"It really is true!"
. . . . . .
Ye Yuan already had a middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster soul force at this time. Executing the Tri-Origins Samsara Art again was way easier compared to at the Spirit Condensation Realm.
His current movement technique was faster compared to before. The seals were already grasped more soundly and accurately!
Gradually, a peculiar atmosphere undulated out in the hall.
Under everyone's eyes, Ye Yuan's figure became increasingly slower and progressively clearer, just like the scene was playing in slow motion.
Of course, even if it was in slow motion, Ye Yuan's figure was still very swift. Because his movements were too quick.
Everyone felt like it was pleasing to the eyes and mind. Ye Yuan's refining process was as if a form of art in their perspective!
They were rapt in the ecstasy of it; it was like they were drunk or dreaming.
Under such a condition, time flew by swiftly.
An hour went by in a flash. Then Ye Yuan cried out lightly, "Condense!"
At this instant, the medicinal cauldron was actually enveloped by a multi-colored light; it was persisting for a long time without dissipating!
The entire place was deathly quiet as if time had stopped. Only Tong Wenchang's actions with sweat pouring down his face made people feel like time was still flowing.
Except that compared to Ye Yuan's refinement process, Tong Wenchang's refinement was just like a clown act. It was without any aesthetic sense to speak of.
For a good long while, no idea who said the word 'legendary,' which shattered this death-like silence.
"Legendary Realm! This is the Legendary Realm! My God, I didn't think that I could actually see the Legendary Realm in my remaining years!"
"Too marvelous! Refining pills, this sort of dry and dull thing was actually given such a wonderful sense of beauty by Ji Qing! Truly too unbelievable!"
. . . . . .
After the silence, sounds of exclamations sounded out all around.
The few Alchemy King elders at the top seats all exchanged glances. They saw from the other party's eyes amazement and . . . envy!
Yes. As an alchemist, this was the realm that they chased after all their life!
They never would have expected that such a realm would actually appear on a 16-year-old youth!
"I'm done," Ye Yuan nonchalantly said a sentence. He then returned back to his seat to close his eyes and rest.
While on the other side, Tong Wenchang was still risking his life to refine the pill.
He had also entered his own state and was completely oblivious to Ye Yuan's performance. He naturally did not know either that everyone was all using sympathetic eyes to look at him.
After another hour, Tong Wenchang completed the pill refinement.
"Hahaha! My Explosive Rising Dragon Pill is at the very least middle-grade! Maybe even possibly high-grade! Ji Qing, you'll lose this match for sure!"
Tong Wenchang clearly had yet to detect his own situation, laughing wildly after forming the pill.
But he soon discovered that the atmosphere was not quite right.
"En? What's going on? Why are you all looking at me with those eyes? What I refined is a middle-grade, maybe even high-grade Explosive Rising Dragon Pill! Even among low-rank Quasi-Alchemy Kings, only a few can refine it, right?" Tong Wenchang was rather baffled.
"Present Ji Qing's and Tong Wenchang's medicinal pills. I think this match doesn't have any suspense anymore. No, wait, I should say
that the suspense is even greater! I think that everyone would want to know just what grade of Explosive Rising Dragon Pill Ji Qing refined, right?" Yang Xiu said with some slight agitation.
Chapter 388 - After Today
The medicinal pill fragrance had already permeated the entire hall. Everyone knew that this medicinal pill that Ye Yuan refined would certainly be extraordinary!
As for Tong Wenchang's despotic words, everyone overlooked it directly. At this time, there was already no one at all who paid attention to him.
"Elder Yang, quickly unveil the mystery! I can't wait anymore!"
"Yeah. This Explosive Rising Dragon Pill, even if an Alchemy King expert came to refine it, they might not be able to guarantee high-grade every time; let alone superior grade."
"I have a feeling that this Explosive Rising Dragon Pill is probably not limited to the level of superior-grade! My God, a Transcendent-Grade Explosive Rising Dragon Pill! I simply dare not believe my eyes!"
Tong Wenchang looked perplexed. But when he heard everyone's words, he finally understood a little.
At the very least, he knew that he was already utterly disregarded by people . . .
Ji Qing, he . . . What on earth did he do?
Yang Xiu looked at Ye Yuan's medicinal pill from left to right. The more he looked, the more he could not bear to part with it.
Finally, Yang Xiu heaved a sigh in admiration and said, "You all guessed correctly. Ji Qing's Explosive Rising Dragon Pill is beyond all doubt transcendent-grade! This is simply like an immortal medicine to martial artists who cultivates fire-attribute cultivation methods!"
Tong Wenchang's entire being was petrified there. Only two words repeatedly reverberated in his head.
"Transcendent-grade . . . Transcendent-grade . . ."
A transcendent-grade Tier 3 high-level medicinal pill, this . . .
"I heard it wrongly! I must have heard it wrongly! A high-rank Alchemy Grandmaster refining a transcendent-grade Tier 3 high-level medicinal pill? Isn't this insulting my intelligence?" Tong Wenchang repeatedly suggested to himself.
Still, nobody paid attention to him. Everyone's eyes were glued at the medicinal pill that Ye Yuan refined.
"Really transcendent-grade! Really transcendent-grade! How many years has it been since a transcendent-grade Tier 3 high-level medicinal pill has appeared in our capital?!"
"Yeah. This is simply the pinnacle work of Tier 3 medicinal pills! At least, among Alchemy Grandmasters, no, within Quasi-Alchemy King Realm, it's impossible for anyone to refine such a medicinal pill!"
"Legendary Realm! Transcendent-grade Tier 3 high-level medicinal pill! I've simply witnessed a miracle today!"
Ye Yuan's masterpiece made everyone lose themselves in the wonder.
Yang Xiu already could not wait to end this Grand Pill Assembly. He wanted to have a good chat with this young man!
"The results don't need me to say it, right? This third match, the Xiao Family . . ."
"Wait!"
Yang Xiu's words were said halfway when it was rudely interrupted by Tong Wenchang!
Yang Xiu's brows furrowed, his tone becoming cold as he said, "What do you have to say?"
Tong Wenchang had a ferocious face as he said, "I feel that there's something fishy going on with this match! That boy is only a middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster! How can he possibly refine a transcendent-grade Explosive Rising Dragon Pill? And also, the previous two match, his answers were too strange!"
Rumble!
Yang Xiu's Soul Sea Realm aura erupted completely. An overwhelmingly powerful aura crushed Tong Wenchang until he felt asphyxiated.
Clearly, Yang Xiu really became enraged this time!
"Your meaning is that . . . our Alchemist Association would collude with the Xiao Family to engage in fraud in this Grand Pill Assembly?" Yang Xiu said leisurely, but anyone could sense his fury.
Everyone was horrifyingly shocked. These words from Tong Wenchang could be considered to have poked the hornet's nest!
Although the capital's Alchemist Association Headquarters was under the rule of the Wind Emperor, it did not mean that the Wind Emperor could freely issue orders to the Alchemist Association.
In reality, the Alchemist Association could entirely not listen to the Wind Emperor's commands!
It was just that because in the Fierce Gale World, the Wind Emperor was an extremely special existence. He was this small world's one of a kind powerhouse.
In order to express their respect, that was why the Alchemist Association was brought under the Wind Emperor's rule.
While the Alchemist Association organized all past sessions of the Grand Pill Assembly, this was not an order issued by the Wind Emperor, but the Wind Emperor inviting this neutral organization.
In the Lower Realms, unless they were brain damaged, otherwise, nobody dared to provoke an organization like the Alchemist Association!
If not for this case, with the Wind Emperor's might, he could completely swallow up the Alchemist Association.
However, did he dare?
Tong Fangshuo was greatly frightened by Tong Wenchang's words. He came forward to salute Yang Xiu and said, "Please don't blame him, Elder Yang. Wenchang, he is momentarily confused; that's why he would say such offending words. The Alchemist Association has hosted so many sessions of the Grand Pill Assembly and has always been impartial. How can we dare to question? Wenchang, why haven't you apologized to Elder Yang?!"
As he reached the end, Tong Fangshuo already had a stern tone and countenance!
Yet, Tong Wenchang had already completely lost himself. How could he listen?
"Why do I have to apologize? Father, don't you feel that it's very fishy? That boy didn't even look and composed so many pill formulas. He even deconstructed all ten of the Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills! If not because he knew the answers beforehand, with him just being a middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster . . ."
Slap!
Tong Wenchang had yet to finish talking when Tong Fangshuo sent a large slap over, directly sending him flying!
When he crawled up again, Tong Wenchang's entire face already swelled like a pig's head; blood was everywhere on his face, looking extremely wretched.
"Unfilial son! If you say any more nonsense, see if I don't cripple you! Come, men! Bring this unfilial son of mine back for me, and watch him strictly! Without my permission, nobody is allowed to let him out!" Tong Fangshuo was so furious that blue veins throbbed.
The Wind Emperor dreading the Alchemist Association was only because he feared the force behind it. But to the alchemist world's Tong Family, the Alchemist Association was absolutely an existence which could not be offended!
Tong Wenchang was missing a screw right now, to actually dare to rebut Yang Xiu! That wouldn't be a problem of just losing a few percentages of shares of the medicinal pill market!
While this move looked very ruthless, it protected Tong Wenchang very well.
Bringing him back to lock him up, that was just the Tong Family's internal affairs. If Yang Xiu really pursued this matter, whether Tong Wenchang's puny life could be preserved or not was still another matter altogether.
How could an old fox like Yang Xiu who lived for several hundred years not understand Tong Fangshuo's intentions?
But in the capital, the Alchemist Association also had the Alchemist Association's difficulties. Tong Fangshuo already did it to this step. He could not very well pursue this matter further.
"Alright, alright. Today's matter ends here! Now, I'll announce the results. This Grand Pill Assembly, the Xiao Family wins with 2 – 1! If the Tong Family is unwilling to submit to this result, you can very well go and complain to His Majesty, the Wind Emperor," Yang Xiu said.
Within these words already disclosed his thick disp.l.e.a.s.u.r.e.
Although Yang Xiu was not a character whose words were as heavy as nine tripods, he was also a figure who carried weight.
His words still had plenty of weight.
Tong Fangshuo was ha
ving a headache. This was not Yang Xiu alone being unhappy. Tong Wenchang's words already offended everyone in the Alchemist Association.
This kind of chink, who knew how much effort was needed to be able to mend it later.
In truth, Tong Fangshuo could not blame it on his son either. Anybody who encountered something like this would probably lose their sense of propriety as well.
What he was worried about now was whether Tong Wenchang still had the confidence to stand before a medicinal cauldron again to refine pills after today.
It took ten years to grow a tree, but a hundred years to raise a person. For Tong Wenchang to become hailed as the Tong Family's number one genius, all the expended resources up until now was only more and not less than Xiao Rufeng.
But after today . . .
Chapter 389 - First-Rate Family
Before today, Tong Wenchang was in high and vigorous spirits; his limelight covered everyone in the capital's junior generation, tramping the Xiao Family's junior, Xiao Rufeng, beneath his foot.
But just as he was about to reach the summit, he was kicked down directly from the altar by Ye Yuan!
There was no battle at the summit, not even evenly matched. Ye Yuan, this alchemist who was younger,and had even lower cultivation realm than him, had used absolute strength to crush Tong Wenchang!
No glint and flash of cold steel but such a wound was even harder to heal compared to knife and sword injuries.
Tong Fangshuo knew that after today, Tong Wenchang would probably fade away into the masses!
But what he was worried about right now was not this. It was how the Tong Family should receive the wrath of the Alchemist Association as well as the suppression after the Xiao Family took their place.
Once he thought of this, Tong Fangshuo could not help feeling incredibly vexed.
Right at this moment, Sovereign Star Abyss opened his mouth and said, "Ji Qing."
The hall quietened down straight away. Everyone guessed what this peak figure in the capital's alchemy world was about to do next!
Everyone's eyes when looking toward Ye Yuan was filled with envy and congratulating intent.
Yes! Nobody was jealous!