Chapter 153: Chapter 153: Frustrated Li Chong
Translator: 549690339
Eighteen Nurturing Breath Pills were held by the Pill Alliance steward. He appeared to be twitching, a stupefied look upon his face as if he had just seen a ghost.
It was no wonder, anyone would look like this. Who would have expected that Fang Lin could actually refine eighteen Nurturing Breath Pills?
Li Chong stood there dumbfounded, looking at the eighteen Nurturing Breath Pills Fang Lin had crafted. Then he glanced back at his own six pills. He felt an overwhelming urge to throw himself against the Pill Furnace.
Why was the gap between people so huge?
“This is impossible! Even a genius couldn’t possibly refine so many Nurturing Breath Pills! Fang Lin must have cheated! ” Li Chong suddenly shouted out, a look of disbelief and suspicion on his face.
The elderly Li Family member scoffed, looking at Elder Su, “Eighteen Nurturing Breath Pills, isn’t this a bit over exaggerated? Shouldn’t Elder Su do a thorough investigation
Ouyang Jing was visibly shocked, and although he wanted to stand up for Fang Lin, he found this hard to believe as well.
As for Elder Su, he did not reveal any signs of suspicion. However, in his eyes there was surprise that he could not hide.
Faced with Li Chong’s accusations, Fang Lin sneered. ‘You’re like a frog in a well. If you don’t have the knowledge, don’t talk nonsense. Do you know how embarrassing you are?”
Li Chong’s face reddened with anger, “Fang Lin, you obviously cheated! How could you possibly make that many Nurturing Breath Pills with the same
amount ot ingredients!”
Fang Lin just shook his head, a disdainful look on his face as if he was looking down upon Li Chong.
“As a Pill Refiner, do you even understand the concept of resource utilization?” Fang Lin said.
Upon hearing this, a look of confusion crossed Li Chong’s face. It was apparent he did not understand what Fang Lin meant by utilizing the attributes of the ingredients.
Elder Su, on the other hand, the gleam in his eyes was evident. He looked at Fang Lin with a sense of anticipation.
Seeing Li Chong silent, Fang Lin sighed. “What I’m referring to is the extent to which a Pill Refiner can extract the power of the ingredients to its fullest capacity during pill refinement.”
Pausing for bit Fang Lin pointed towards the unused ingredients. “For example, with one Blue-Green Fruit, I can make three pills, but you can only make one. This is what I mean by utilization of ingredients. I can extract the full power of the Blue-Green Fruit while you can’t even extract one-third.
Understand?”
After hearing his words, Li Chong’s face turned green then white. He wanted to refute, but he found himself incapable of doing so.
Fang Lin’s words were as precise as a law of nature, there was no room for refutation.
Elder Su applauded, “Brilliant!”
Fang Lin chuckled, “I am but a humble novice, please forgive me if I have offended you, Elder Su.”
Elder Su looked at Fang Lin appreciatively as he said, “I did not expect someone of your age to have such deep knowledge. It has been a long time since I came across a youngster as outstanding as you.”
“You flatter me too much, elder,” Fang Lin replied with utmost humility.
Li Chong staggered slightly, his face turned pale and he became speechless due to Fang Lin’s words. When he heard Elder Su praise Fang Lin so highly without mentioning him, he felt as if he had been slapped multiple times.
The elder of the Li family remained silent. He knew that there was no point in saying anything now. They had already been disgraced; any further comments would just be a humiliation.
After a long discussion, the quality of the pills that both had produced was yet to be evaluated.
Originally, the stewards of the Pill Alliance were supposed to verify the quality. However, Elder Su seemed interested and joined in the appraisal.
It wasn’t long before the results came out. Upon hearing this, Li Chong felt a sense of anticipation.
“Hmph! Even though Fang Lin produced a larger quantity, every one of my pills is of the highest quality. I don’t believe that each of his Nurturing Breath Pills have the same quality. There must be variation in his batch,” Li Chong scoffed silently. Although he was outdone in quantity, if he could save some face with the quality, that would be satisfactory.
The stewards of the Pill Alliance all looked to Elder Su as it was understood that he would announce the quality of the pills that both had created.
Elder Su glanced at Li Chong. His gaze lingered for just a moment and then shifted to Fang Lin.
Seeing this, Li Chong’s face tightened again, sensing that things might not go well.
Fang Lin seemed unperturbed, his face serene. He even managed to find the time to organize the disordered ingredients beside him leisurely.
“The results are in. The quality of all six Nurturing Breath Pills produced by Li Chong are high-grade,” Elder Su announced.
Upon hearing this, the face of the elderly person from the Li Family brightened up considerably for the first time since his arrival at the Pill Alliance. This seemed to be the only good news he had heard thus far.
However, the words that followed from Elder Su nearly caused the old man to spit blood.
“All eighteen of Fang Lin’s Nurturing Breath Pills are of high-grade quality,” declared Elder Su.
The room fell into silence. The hint of a smile Li Chong had managed to muster stagnated on his face. The change in the elder’s complexion from black to white then back to black was a sight to behold.
On the other hand, Ouyang Jing’s face was a mixture of exhilaration and delight, while the Pill Alliance stewards were all in a daze, their gazes complicated as they looked at Fang Lin.
Fang Lin knitted his brows, then asked, ‘Elder Su, are you saying that none of my eighteen Nurturing Breath Pills are of perfect quality?”
Elder Su twitched at the mention of this. Li Chong, on the other hand, wished he could just pick up the Pill Furnace and slam it into Fang Lin.
Has this guy gone mad? All his eighteen Nurturing Breath Pills are of high quality and he’s still not satisfied? He is delusional if he thinks that he can produce a perfect quality pill!
If by some miracle a perfect quality pill appeared, Li Chong was certain that he’d abandon Alchemy Tao forever, feeling utterly disheartened.
Elder Su shook his head and laughed, “It’s not good to be overly ambitious.
Your accomplishments are unprecedented. Are you not satisfied yet?”
Fang Lin pouted. Of course he wouldn’t be satisfied. If this were his past life, perfect quality pills would be nothing. He would even be able to casually produce transcendent quality pills.
A mere high-quality grade seemed too ordinary to him.
No wonder, in his past life, Fang Lin had been the revered Pill Sovereign. Whether it was the Pill Furnace he used, the ingredients, or his personal strength, they all pointed towards him being capable of producing
Transcendent quality pills.
But right now, the Pill Furnace he used and the ingredients he had were of the most common type. He was also only at the Earth Element realm. Being able to extract the maximum power of the ingredients was already a remarkable feat. As for the quality, it could only be high-grade at best. It wasn’t possible to go any higher.
Fang Lin sighed and shook his head, looking very unsatisfied with himself.
To Li Chong, Fang Lin’s expression was extremely obnoxious. He fumed, thinking that Fang Lin had donned this expression just to irk him.
To be honest, Li Chong was indeed irritated to the point of fury by Fang Lin, seething with anger.
“Both of you have passed the Pill Refiner examination. Congratulations on becoming the newly inducted One Cauldron Pill Refiners of the Pill Alliance.”
Elder Su said with a grin..