Chapter 161: Chapter 161: Li Chong’s Tragic Defeat
Translator: 549690339
Li Chong collapsed on the ground, his face filled with desperation. He had lost, and his defeat was more desolate than before.
Li Chong felt extremely aggrieved. He really wanted to stand up and shout at
Fang Lin, “Stop picking on me!”
Thinking about the fire he had painstakingly conjured only to benefit Fang Lin sent a sharp pain through his heart. He couldn’t bear his humiliation and wished he could faint right away.
Li Chong’s fall had all eyes in the room turning toward him.
In that moment, even the slowest ones got what had just happened, and their gazes toward Fang Lin became peculiar.
What an awful guy!
Poor Li Chong had finally managed to perform the Internal and External Fire Alchemy Skill—only for you to snatch away his flames downright ruthlessly!
It was as if Li Chong had been over the moon about having a cheery, chubby baby son, only for you, Fang Lin, to suddenly tell him that the child was yours. How in the world was Li Chong expected to handle this shock?
Fang Lin may not have taken Li Chong’s son, but he had stolen the flame Li Chong was using for Pill Refining, which was essentially the same thing.
Nevertheless, Fang Lin’s pills were ready, and their enticing fragrance filled the air.
But Li Chong’s pills were ruined.
Without the flames, the pills hadn’t taken shape and had disintegrated into a pile of waste—utter and complete failure.
All of this was caused by Fang Lin.
The elder from the Li Family exploded in anger, shouting at Fang Lin, “You deserve to die!”
Despite Elder Su’s presence, he attacked Fang Lin directly.
Elder Su reacted swiftly, blocking the elder of the Li Family as they started to battle inside the main hall.
Boom, boom, boom!!!
The Li Family elder was like a madman, completely ignoring Elder Su’s blockades as he tried to reach Fang Lin and deliver a fatal strike.
“Impudence!” Multiple Pill Alliance stewards bellowed in unison, stepping forward to assist Elder Su in restraining the enraged Li Family elder.
Even though the Li Family elder was remarkably powerful, Elder Su alone was more than capable of obstructing him. Coupled with the collective resistance from the Pill Alliance stewards, there was no way he would not be captured.
“Fang Lin, you scoundrel! I’m going to kill you!” Even after being captured, the Li family elder continued to glare at Fang Lin, incessantly shouting at him.
With a sardonic smile, Fang Lin taunted, “Stop shouting. Do you believe me if I say I will slay Li Chong now?”
Upon hearing this, the Li Family elder immediately became fearful.
Elder Su glanced warningly at Fang Lin.
Just like how Elder Su would not allow the Li Family elder to attack Fang Lin, he would also block Fang Lin from killing Li Chong.
To put it simply, this place was Su’s territory. No one was allowed to stir up trouble here.
Li Chong finally staggered back onto his feet, glancing at the captured Li Family elder before turning to look at his own Pill Furnace.
Inside the furnace was a large, pitch-black lump emitting a strange smell.
Li Chong’s mouth twitched. He nearly collapsed again.
“Fang Lin! What grudges do we have against each other? Why are you so set on doing me harm?” Li Chong cried out in anguish, as though Fang Lin had slaughtered his entire family.
Fang Lin, however, seemed unperturbed and said, ‘Why are you getting so upset? I only borrowed your fire for a bit. A promising youth like you, if you don’t make it this time, come back next time. Anyway, you won’t run into me next time, and you’ll definitely succeed.”
Pfft!
Fang Lin shook his head. “Tsk, tsk, you’re spitting up blood just from getting a little angry. You aren’t going to have a long life that way.”
The crowd was speechless. If Li Chong ended up facing someone as infuriating as Fang Lin again, his life would indeed be shortened.
Meanwhile, a steward from the Pill Alliance handed over the pills refined by Fang Lin to Elder Su for inspection.
The nine rounded Bone Renewal Pills were perfect in every possible way. After inspecting each one, Elder Su couldn’t stop praising them.
Poor Li Chong, upon seeing the nine Bone Renewal Pills that Fang Lin had refined, the color drained from his face. At that moment, he fervently wished he could tear Fang Lin to shreds.
After all, those should have been his, Li Chong’s, results.
“Good! You have completed all three tests satisfactorily. Now, you are officially a Second Cauldron Pill Refiner of the Pill Alliance.” Elder Su said with a smile, giving Fang Lin a firm pat on the shoulder as a sign of approval.
Fang Lin, neither haughty nor humble, gave a slight bow to Elder Su. However, he was somewhat sick of the old man inside.
No matter how Fang Lin saw it, this old man seemed to harbor ill intentions toward him.
This was Fang Lin’s intuition, and his intuition was always accurate.
Elder Su looked at Li Chong again, and his expression immediately hardened, “Li Chong of the Li Family, your Pill Refining exam has failed. Come back next year.””
This statement was the equivalent of a “death sentence” for Li Chong, negating everything he had worked for over the past ten years.
With his teeth clenched and his face devoid of color, Li Chong swayed, then slumped to the ground.
He had failed!
For Li Chong, the word ‘failure’ was something he could never accept.
From his childhood to adulthood, he had never experienced failure. Among his peers, he had always been the best. Throughout the entire Qian Country, only a handful could match up to him.
But today, Li Chong had finally tasted defeat—total defeat. He was battered and bruised, defeated thoroughly.
Fang Lin seemed to appear deliberately to destroy him—be it herbs, Pill Formula, or Pill Refining—Fang Lin was superior in each domain.
To a proud person, failure was not frightening. However, facing someone who appeared insurmountable—that was truly terrifying.
From the moment Fang Lin took over his fire, Li Chong sensed that he might never surpass the teenager called Fang Lin.
“No, I am Li Chong! The pride of the Li Family! How could I bow to someone as insignificant as Fang Lin? Even if he has defeated me this time, I will reclaim my dignity in the future!” Suddenly, Li Chong picked himself up, his eyes bloodshot as he glared at Fang Lin, looking like he wanted to devour him alive.
Li Chong just glared at Fang Lin without speaking.
After a long while, Li Chong turned and left the main hall.
The elder from the Li family cast a vicious glare at Fang Lin before following suit.
Not long after, a steward from the Pill Alliance came in to report that all members of the Li Family had left.
No one was surprised. If the Li Family were to continue to stay here, that would be strange indeed.
Think about it. Originally, the Li Family had arrived with much pomp and ceremony in a large group to take the exam.
But what was the result?
None of them succeeded. They all failed. Even Li Chong, the Alchemy Tao genius, had only passed the examination for One Cauldron Pill Refiner. For Li Chong, being a One Cauldron Pill Refiner wouldn’t satisfv him. After all, he had his sights set on becoming a Second Cauldron Pill Refiner; all the Li family members believed that Li Chong would definitely become a Second Cauldron Pill Refiner this time..