Chapter 155: Chapter 155: A New Twist! (Nine more updates)
Translator: 549690339
Everyone praised in unison, Fan Tong was nodding with a big grin on his face, about to speak, but was interrupted by Yang Zhen.
Yang Zhen waved his hand, saying, “There’s no need for that hassle, just have your pill ready, and leave it for me to identify. It’s such a simple task, do you really have the heart to bother Elder Fan Tong with it?”
Upon hearing this, there was sudden silence, with everyone staring at Yang Zhen as if they were looking at a fool.
“Holy crap, kid, where’s that confidence of yours coming from?” A scrawny cat, in the middle of climbing a rooftop, almost fell down, looked back incredulously and asked.
Master Ma laughed heartily, as if fearing that Yang Zhen would change his mind, he said decisively, “Excellent! Then I’ll supply the pill. The one I have here was recently concocted by me. To ensure fairness, you go first!”
Fair my ass!
The crowd was taken aback, staring at Yang Zhen and Master Ma.
Yang Zhen was shameless enough, but who would’ve thought that this old man, Master Ma, was even more shameless?
Master Ma held a transparent, crystal-clear pill that emitted a refreshing fragrance. One glance at it and one could tell it was extraordinary.
Especially the fleeting mocking expression on Master Ma’s face was giving off an amused look, and the pill in his hand, round and radiant, was not the conventional dark red color, but rather a dark green one.
This…
Everyone gawked at the pill in Master Ma’s hand, no one seemed to recognize what kind of a pill it was.
Unconsciously, all eyes shifted to Yang Zhen, and upon seeing the bewildered look on his face, everyone’s heart skipped a beat.
Seems like even Yang Zhen couldn’t recognize this pill!
Beside Master Ma, Yan Feng gave out a sarcastic laugh, looking disdainfully at Yang Zhen. Even a child could tell that Yang Zhen had no idea about this pill. Hua Youyue looked worriedly at Yang Zhen and then at Medicine Elder.
The Medicine Elder looked grim and shook his head slightly. Obviously, he too couldn’t identify what kind of pill this was.
Many among the crowd were just as clueless whereas the rest were gloating, waiting for Yang Zhen to embarrass himself.
By daring to challenge Master Ma to pill identification, and even audaciously asking Master Ma to provide the pill, Yang Zhen was simply digging his own grave. No one could save him now!
Only Fan Tong’s eyes lit up. He looked at Master Ma in surprise and exclaimed, “I didn’t expect Master Ma to be able to make such a pill. You have surpassed me. Congratulations!”
A sense of pride flashed across Master Ma’s face. He chuckled and said, “I’m flattered, I simply concocted it by chance, and the appearance is not that good.” Fan Tong shook his head with a bitter smile and said, “Master Ma, you’re being too modest. I couldn’t manage to make such a pill. This is not something you could succeed in by chance or luck.”
Master Ma gave a hearty laugh, turned to look at Yang Zhen, and said with a half-smile, “Young friend Yang, it’s your turn to appraise my pill. Let everyone here get a sense of it, what do you say?”
To hell with that!
Yang Zhen curled his lips.
The crowd also had mixed reactions, their gaze eagerly fixed on the pill in Master Ma’s hand.
No one here was a fool. Given that Yang Zhen had so brazenly asked Master Ma to provide the pill, Master Ma was undoubtedly not going to present an ordinary one. However, even after everyone had prepared themselves, they didn’t expect Master Ma to present a pill that most of them had never seen before.
“This…this is just setting up Yang Zhen for failure. With such a rare pill, a majority of us have never even seen it before. How could Yang Zhen be expected to recognize it?”
“Did you guys notice, even the Medicine Elder from Changyue Tower appears bewildered. It seems like he can’t recognize the pill either.”
Yang Zhen’s in big trouble now. He can’t even recognize the first pill, let alone move on to the actual pill recognition.”
People were chattering away, looking at the increasingly dumbfounded and angry expression on Yang Zhen’s face, and gloating over his predicament.
“What kind of Dan pill is this, doesn’t anybody recognize it?”
“Shh, lower your voice, I’ve heard of a Dan pill similar to this one. It’s a six-star Yuanhua Dan, quite rare and its effects are not very apparent, hence not many alchemists are willing to refine it. However, it’s quite effective in exorcizing evil.”
“So it’s a Yuanhua Dan, no wonder so many people haven’t seen it before. Yang Zhen is really unlucky, just look at his distraught appearance.”
A worried look flickered across Hua Youyue’s face, wanting to speak but stopping herself.
At that moment, Yang Zhen suddenly snatched the Dan pill from Master Ma’s hand, angrily pointed at him and said, “Did you really refine this?”
Yang Zhen’s sudden action startled everyone, causing them to gasp in surprise. They all feared that Yang Zhen, annoyed with his inability to recognize the Dan pill, would lash out and punch Master Ma in the head.
Even Master Ma was startled. He saw Yang Zhen raise his arm, causing him to instinctively shrink his head and look confusedly at Yang Zhen’s inexplicable anger. Hesitant, he said, “Ye…Yes!”
Seeing the strange expressions of everyone, Master Ma angrily straightened his neck and glared at Yang Zhen, shouting, “Yang Zhen, stop making a fuss. You wanted to debate the Dan, so say something. How is this pill I refined?” Before Master Ma’s smug expression could fully solidify, he heard Yang Zhen say dismissively:
“Bullshit!”
At Yang Zhen’s words, a deathly silence fell over the entire Fan Mansion courtyard, and everyone widened their eyes in shock, staring at Yang Zhen. The courtyard went so quiet that you could hear the wind blowing, even Master Ma was stunned by Yang Zhen’s cursing, he opened his mouth, but no words came out.
Fan Tong furrowed his brow, walked over to Yang Zhen, and said coldly, “Yang Zhen, you should judge carefully. This Dan pill, even I can’t refine it. On the whole East Forest Island, besides Master Ma, probably only Elder Ci can make it.”
At his words, everyone inhaled sharply, looking at Yang Zhen with a gleeful anticipation.
Only Master Ma and Elder Ci could make such a Dan pill, but Yang Zhen had called it bullshit. Of course, he had cursed Master Ma quite profusely, but… he seemed to be cursing Elder Ci as well.
A smirk appeared at the corner of Master Ma’s mouth, but before he could say anything, Yang Zhen spoke again, looking even more cross, “When a Dan pill is refined into such shit, shouldn’t we comment on it? Even if Old Man Ci refined it into something like this, standing in front of me, I’d still curse!”
Whoa!
Everyone was shocked, all stepping back simultaneously, as if afraid of being too close to Yang Zhen and being implicated in something bad, just like him.
The scrawny cat lying on the roof pricked up its ears at his words, muttering to itself over the edge of the roof, “Oh my, this kid’s gone crazy! Old Man Ci has a high status on East Forest Island, no, probably the highest. How dare he offend him?”
Hua Youyue’s face was pale, looking as if she didn’t even have the strength to stand.
Offending Master Ma, even Fan Tong could be accepted, but should he offend Elder Ci, Changyue Tower would have almost no way of making any achievements in Dan medicine.
What was up with Yang Zhen, why would he say such offending words?
Master Ma laughed heartily, pointing at Yang Zhen and saying, “Fearless youth! Anyone can talk big. If you can’t explain how this is bullshit today, let alone me, none of us here will let you off easy!”
Yang Zhen smiled, shaking the Yuanhua Dan in his hand, and asked, “How many days did it take you to refine this Yuanhua Dan?”
“What?”
Master Ma was shocked to his core, staring at Yang Zhen in disbelief.
The people around also drew in a sharp breath, staring dumbfoundedly at Yang
You son of a bitch, you knew this was a Yuanhua Dan? And you pretended not to recognize it and got angry, that’s…a new kind of show.
The scrawny cat jumped down, looking at Yang Zhen with an astonished expression, “Not bad, kid, you almost had me fooled.”
Yang Zhen blinked his eyes, “Ever heard of an Oscar-winning actor?”
You better think about how to explain that bullshit statement!” the scrawny cat sneered..