27: C27 Second Elder Secretly Changed the Herbs

C27 Second Elder Secretly Changed the Herbs

Wan Qianqiu subconsciously believed that the Fourth Elder had valued Lin Chuan's cultivation and talent, which was why he had accepted Lin Chuan as his disciple. For this reason, Wan Qianqiu had hated Lin Chuan for quiet a while. But since he knew that he was no match for Lin Chuan, he could only bury the hatred deep in his heart.

During the period when Lin Chuan got into trouble, he had been cultivating in seclusion. Therefore, he had not gotten a suitable opportunity to revenge against Lin Chuan.

However, he never expected that the heavens would present him with such an opportunity. Wan Qianqiu smiled coldly in his heart. He wanted to defeat Lin Chuan openly in this alchemy competition so that the Fourth Elder could realize who the better genius of alchemy actually was!

"Today's rules for the alchemy competition are very simple. Participants will only make use of the medicinal herbs provided by the sect to refine pills. The one who refines the highest quality pills will be considered as the final winner of the contest!"

When Elder Gu saw that everyone who were to participate in the competition had arrived, he went forward and announced the competition rules. Then, many alchemy cauldrons were carried into the arena by the sect disciples in an orderly manner. All the cauldrons were the most basic ones. It was expected that the participants could only refine a first-grade pill. It seemed that this alchemy competition was fair.

Each disciple had a total of ten types of medicinal herbs. Although they were not all exactly the same, they were all a mix of low to middle grade medicinal herbs. There was nothing special about them. Lin Chuan only took a glance and began to think of what kind of pill he should refine.

Everyone only had two incense sticks burning time as a timer to refine the medicinal pill. As time passed, if the medicinal pill was yet to solidify, the participants automatically gave up on the competition.

Thus, when Elder Gu announced the start of the competition, all the disciples started immediately, and put in all their focus on refining their pills.

Lin Chuan was no different. He simply looked at the medicinal ingredients and first checked if there was anything wrong with them, before he began to place them one after another into the refining cauldron.

Since there was only one portion of the medicinal ingredients, everyone only had one chance to refine their pills. Some disciples, who were not proficient in pill refinement and were used to using their own alchemy cauldron, had adjusted to using only theirs. The impromptu use of a new refining cauldron wasn't something they were accustomed to, hence they couldn't control the heat. They made mistakes in the process of refining the pills. As a result, they failed and were immediately eliminated.

At least one-third of the disciples were eliminated for this reason. Since they were still not as good as others, they could not blame anyone.

Moreover, with fewer people, everyone's gazes became even more focused. This was because they quickly identified those who were the true alchemy masters.

When Wan Qianqiu started refining his pills, his expression was different. His body also had an aura that did not match his figure. He methodically placed the ingredients into the pill cauldron one after the other and started the fire. Soon, the pill cauldron began to emit a pill fragrance.

The so-called pill fragrance was the smell that appeared when the pill was formed. The richness and nature of the pill fragrance directly affected the outcome of the pill being refined.

It was said that when high-grade pills produced their fragrance, they attracted strange phenomena around. However, what Wan Qianqiu refined this time was only a level-two pill, so it could not cause any unusual events to happen. Even so, the richness of his pill fragrance still made many disciples envious.

"That must be Senior Brother Wan, right? Sure enough, he's an alchemy genius. The fragrance of the pill he refined is so dense. I can totally smell it!"

"The winner of this season's competition must be Senior Brother Wan, right? I heard that in order to improve his alchemy skills, he went into seclusion for two whole years!"

Wan Qianqiu's performance undoubtedly boosted the impression everyone had of him. As the pill fragrance gradually dissipated, the flames in Wan Qianqiu's pill furnace also disappeared. He had completed his pill refinement.

That was way too fast!

Many people were astonished. Wan Qianqiu had only managed to use one incense stick burning time, yet he had succeeded in refining the pill?

As a faint light came up, everyone finally saw the pill that Wan Qianqiu had refined.

"Wow, isn't that the Marrow Cleansing Pill? An original grade-two pill can only be refined by a level two alchemist! Also, there is a high chance of failure! But, Senior Brother Wan succeeded in just one trial. He is really a genius!"

Someone immediately recognized the pill that Wan Qianqiu had refined. Besides Wan Qianqiu, there were also many other disciples who had completely refined their pills. However, they were all grade-one pills. None of them were comparable to Wan Qianqiu's level-two pill.

When he heard the exclamations and praises of the other disciples, Wan Qianqiu was satisfied with his ego trip. The two years he spent seclusion had earned everyone's commendations. He felt that it was all worth it!

At this moment, Wan Qianqiu looked at Lin Chuan with a mean expression. At that moment, Lin Chuan was only halfway through his pill refinement, and there was no pill fragrance coming from his cauldron yet. Wan Qianqiu was certain that he would definitely win, so he sneered cruelly.

"In the past, Fourth Elder chose you instead of me. Now, I want to prove that he was wrong! All of you were wrong!"

Wan Qianqiu said coldly in his heart. He was already prepared to terribly humiliate Lin Chuan once he had failed.

However, Lin Chuan was oblivious of how Wan Qianqiu's pill had turned out, because something was wrong with his own process.

He didn't understand what was happening. Rumbling sounds came from his pill cauldron. Meanwhile, Lin Chuan discovered that the medicinal ingredients he had refined didn't even fuse with each other.

"There's something wrong with these medicinal herbs!" Lin Chuan's expression changed. At this moment, he realized that the herbs had probably been secretly destroyed by someone. The spirit energy inside them were no longer there. When he had examined them earlier, he didn't realize this.

On the other hand, the medicinal herbs of the other disciples were all very normal. Why was something wrong with his own?1

Suddenly, something occured to Lin Chuan. He looked towards where the elders were. Second Elder was looking at him with a sinister smile. His expression discretely showed that he was mocking Lin Chuan for being too naive.

At this time, if Lin Chuan was yet to understand what was going on, then he was a total fool. It turned out that the Second Elder had sent someone beforehand to change all the medicinal herbs that Lin Chuan would use in the competition into dead medicinal herbs that had no spirit energy.

These medicinal ingredients were simply not capable of being refined into medicinal pills. Currently, Lin Chuan's pill refinement was in a huge mess.

"But did you think that doing this will stop me from refining medicinal pills?" Right at this moment, the corners of Lin Chuan's mouth formed a devious smile. He gently bit his finger. A drop of his blood that contained the origin bloodline of all things followed his guidance and entered the pill cauldron. The herbs that were originally devoid of spirit energy instantly exploded with powerful spirit energy. That was not all, the medicinal herbs all fused together automatically. The entire process was exceptionally smooth. Everything seemed to have happened on their own, and it made people exclaim in amazement.

At the same time waves of pill fragrance appeared, Lin Chuan's medicinal pill also came to the final stage of its refinement. When they smelled the fragrance of the pill, the expressions of the Second Elder and Wan Qianqiu changed drastically!

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