Chapter 512: Lost Already
Chapter 512: Lost Already
Fan Shengyuan took a slight glance towards Lin Feng after getting all his herbs and frowned. He shook his head in disdain and put a single spirit herb in his cauldron before beginning to refine it.
It didn’t take him long before he put the refined herb in special pockets inside the cauldron before putting another spirit herb.
Onlookers nodded in satisfaction, after all, Fan Shengyuan’s refinement speed was very good.
They all again turned their attention to Lin Feng and saw that he was still lost in the herbs. They shook their heads, this wasn’t even a competition now.
Zhe Peng felt a little relieved inwardly, this means that Lin Feng wasn’t truly a worthy alchemist, it makes things easier for him.
Few breaths later, Lin Feng was finally done with his selection. There were a total of eight spirit herbs in his hand. Usually, for a single pill, this many spirit herbs were too much, but since these herbs were as common as they could get, only in large numbers could they create a good pill.
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"Sigh.. finally he collected all the herbs, but Fan Shengyuan has already refined his third spirit herb.." Ruolan Xin shook her head, she felt like Lin Feng was just too careless here. How can someone be so nonchalant even during a competition?
The head elders didn’t say anything, they just waited for Lin Feng to refine the spirit herbs.
Lin Feng didn’t make them wait any longer, but the moment he opened the lid and put all the spirit herbs in the cauldron, it made their eyes go wide.
"What the.." Qin Ruoxuan almost cursed out loud in little despair, she still held some hope, but seeing that made her lose even that small piece of it. She looked at Cui Shuyin with an aggrieved expression, "How can you be so calm, Sister Cui.."
Cui Shuyin really was unbothered with everything, she looked at Qin Ruoxuan with an innocent smile on her lips, "What happened?"
She wanted Qin Ruoxuan to feel the pinch of choosing Lin Feng, at least that much was needed for her to get so much for following her.
Qin Ruoxuan took deep breaths to calm herself and spoke with annoyance, "I am going to live in Sword Pavilion to recover everything.."
"As if, you are not allowed to come there.." Cui Shuyin snorted slightly.
"What is he really doing.." Shen Tainji didn’t like what he was seeing, he was expecting Lin Feng to be a talented alchemist, this was the reason he even agreed to this challenge in the first place.
Cui Shuyin sighed, "Just watch quietly, you all are in for a big surprise.." She finally decided to ease their suspicion.
Her words made everyone look at her, especially Qin Ruoxuan, who felt as if she was saved from the gates of hell.
"Your words are making me a little nervous now, Elder Cui.." Yin Qianshui really meant what she said.
They all were thinking of the fact that why would Cui Shuyin even agree to wager such high stakes on Lin Feng, now her words made it clear that she wasn’t doing it blindly, she knew something which they didn’t.
Most of them had pondered on this fact before making their choice, but no matter what possibility they thought of, the chance of Fan Shengyuan winning this competition was higher.
They all looked at Lin Feng, who finally put his hands on the cauldron and seemed to be refining all the spirit herbs.
The disciples watching Lin Feng had similar reactions. They had all watched an alchemist refining spirit herbs and knew that refinement of them was done one by one, so it was given that Lin Feng wasn’t following the orthodox path of refinement, which meant he would most likely fail.
Lin Feng used normal qi flames for refinement. With his original strength, his normal flame art was also immensely powerful, so he had to suppress his strength quite a lot for the integrity of this cauldron.
It took only three breaths and he was done with the refinement, and the next breath he had already concocted the pill.
He removed his hands from the cauldron, and the next moment, a pill with three runes came out of it.
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"What?"
Shen Tainji’s eyes widened immediately in shock, and he wasn’t the only one who got shocked, most, if not all, of the audience had the same reaction right now, specifically the Alchemy Pavilion’s disciples. After all, even if they didn’t pay attention to those three runes, the speed at which Lin Feng had just concocted the pill was unprecedented.
The fact that Fan Shengyuan was still on his fifth spirit herb was already a statement.
As for the matter that it was a three-rune pill, it made it even more unprecedented. Even if they forgot about the difficulty and luck required to concoct such a pill, the time it took was far more than a two-rune pill, which most were certain that Fan Shengyuan was aiming for.
"This... Just how.." Shen Tainji looked towards Cui Shuyin. He already knew that this battle was over because there was no way Fan Shengyuan could create a pill in just one minute.
"Told you that you all were in for a big surprise, also don’t ask me, he rarely tells me anything.." Cui Shuyin smiled.
"Sis Cui, I knew it, following you was the best decision, hehehe.." Qin Ruoxuan’s eyes were practically shining right now. She knew very well that Lin Feng could finish the match just by interrupting Fan Shengyuan’s pill refinement easily after one minute.
"I should have thought more about the fact that Elder Cui didn’t like to gamble unless she was certain of something.." Duan Lie smiled in defeat.
Ruolan Xin sighed in lament hearing that, another loss for her master. She couldn’t help but look at Lin Feng, who was holding the pill and observing it nonchalantly. She just couldn’t see through him at all.
"Ugh, my fragile heart cannot take this loss, I need some comfort, Elder Cui.." Yin Qianshui showed an expression of extreme sadness which felt almost genuine.
Cui Shuyin ignored her completely while others sighed in little loss, but that was it, a gamble was a gamble.