Translator: Silavin
The source of Dong Yu’s foul mood was simple: for the past several days, he had failed continuously.
Not only him, Ning Li could not replicate that day’s miracle either.
It seemed that success had been nothing more than an accident, a fleeting brilliance.
Moreover, Dong Yu genuinely could not comprehend what this newcomer was thinking.
Originally, disturbing others during Pill refining in Southern Brilliant Hall would result in permanent banishment from the premises. Furthermore, this boy had interrupted the refinement of a Pill that even important figures from the Inner Sect’s Alchemy Hall cared about!
If not for Bai Ling’s plea, he would never have forgiven this boy so easily.
Yet this boy was utterly tactless. Given an opportunity, told to leave, he refused to go. Instead, he chose to challenge Dong Yu’s limits!
Already plagued by the vexing problem of failure in fusing, Dong Yu’s accumulated rage finally erupted completely at this moment!
“Do you think that because you were considered a genius in whatever backwater territory you came from, that you can act high and mighty, looking down on everyone in our Brilliant Sky Sacred Land as well!?” Undisguised disgust coloured Dong Yu’s voice.
Generally speaking, those who had just entered the Sacred Land would sensibly abandon their arrogant attitudes. However, this obscure youngster before him was far too tactless!
“I’m merely stating the facts.” Facing the aura that would make ordinary Earth Grade Alchemists struggle to breathe, Qin Yichen appeared completely unaffected. His expression did not even show a trace of fear.
“Fire Heart Spirit Fruit and Ice Dragon Water Grass, one stalk of each. To fuse these two types of Medicinal Liquid requires three portions of Withered Frost Grass. Furthermore, during the fusion process, you absolutely cannot rush it all at once. You must first allow the two to intermix three times, separate them, then intermix nine more times before they can truly fuse.”
Under Dong Yu’s darkening gaze, Qin Yichen not only did not stop speaking but continued like a master instructing a student, explaining in detail. Even covering minute particulars with extraordinary precision.
This string of words left Dong Yu completely baffled.
What intermixing? The moment those two types of Medicinal Liquids made contact, massive rejection occurred, followed by furnace explosion.
He had lost count of how many times he had repeated this process!
However, without even realising it himself, Dong Yu’s body, previously radiating fury, gradually relaxed. The oppressive atmosphere within the pavilion also quietly dissipated considerably.
“Different medicinal properties. If you forcibly fuse them, even if you knead them together, they still won’t truly merge…” As Qin Yichen spoke, he walked towards the Pill Furnace ahead.
Behind him, Bai Ling wanted to stop his disrespectful behaviour, but seeing that Dong Yu raised no objection, she could only stand by the pavilion entrance, watching quietly.
[*Hmph!* This Young Lady has already tried to help you. If you’re too tactless and Uncle Dong punishes you, don’t come blaming me!] Finally, Bai Ling stamped her small foot, thinking to herself.
At this moment, Qin Yichen walked directly before the Pill Furnace. As if completely disregarding Dong Yu, he reached right in front of him to take the materials he had selected, then tossed them into the furnace.
Seeing Qin Yichen’s casual movements, Dong Yu could not help but furrow his brows. Though momentarily stunned by Qin Yichen’s earlier words, he did not believe this youth could accomplish what even him or that important figure from the Inner Sect, couldn’t achieve!
*Pang! Pang! Pang!* Immediately, Qin Yichen’s hands began to dance, following a mysterious trajectory as they struck the Pill Furnace.
The movements did not appear particularly special, yet they flowed with extraordinary fluidity, supremely natural.
Somehow, from the first glance, both Dong Yu and Bai Ling felt their gazes inexplicably drawn in, unable to look away, as if their very consciousness had been captured by that technique.
*Whoosh!* Just as both their expressions grew somewhat dazed, with the fall of his palm, a perfectly round Pill shot forth from the Pill Furnace. Qin Yichen caught it with one hand, and his palms ceased their movements.
Gazing at the Pill in Qin Yichen’s hand, both Dong Yu and Bai Ling felt their minds momentarily short-circuit.
In Qin Yichen’s hand, that Pill was largely identical to the one Ning Li had refined, with two distinctly different medicinal fragrances swirling around it. This was proof that this Pill had fused two different medicinal properties, of two different attributes!
However, compared to Ning Li’s Pill, the one Qin Yichen had refined far surpassed it in both Grade and the richness of its medicinal fragrance!
Dong Yu’s figure shot forward like the wind, practically snatching the Pill from Qin Yichen’s hand.
“This…” Gazing at the Pill in his hand, even Dong Yu, a Peak Earth Grade Alchemist, could not help but draw a sharp breath. His eyes flooded with overwhelming shock.
Ning Li had gathered numerous Earth Grade Alchemists and researched for so long, succeeding only once through sheer coincidence. Moreover, after that single success, they never succeeded again.
Neither he, Dong Yu, nor that important figure from the Inner Sect Alchemy Hall had succeeded despite personal attempts.
Yet now, in the mere time it took to drink a cup of tea, a Pill fusing two different properties had been refined by a youngster who had just entered the Sacred Land!
This Pill was capable of revolutionising the entire World of Alchemy! Yet, it had been casually created just like that!?
Dong Yu’s mind fell into a brief blank state. To the side, Bai Ling was equally dumbstruck, staring at the Pill in a daze.
After quite some time, Dong Yu finally recovered his senses.
“This pill. You refined it… *Cough cough…* How did you refine it?”
Dong Yu suppressed the excitement that nearly overwhelmed his composure and questioned Qin Yichen.
His tone no longer contained even a trace of the displeasure from Qin Yichen’s earlier arrogance!
“Didn’t I already tell you before?” Qin Yichen blinked. “First intermix three times, then intermix nine times, and the Pill is complete.”
“But… the intermixing…” Dong Yu’s brows furrowed slightly. Every time he tried to intermix, the two different Medicinal Liquids would mutually reject each other. How could one achieve what Qin Yichen described?
Rather than directly answering Dong Yu’s confusion, Qin Yichen reached for more materials from the side. His Spiritual Energy spread forth, and the medicinal ingredients visibly withered at an observable rate as droplets of pure Medicinal Liquid were extracted.
Witnessing this scene, Dong Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly. From this single demonstration of control alone, he understood that this youth’s mastery of Spiritual Energy had exceeded his peers
Under their watchful gazes, controlled by Qin Yichen’s Spiritual Energy, two Medicinal Liquids of completely different properties began slowly converging.
At this moment, both Dong Yu and Bai Ling held their breath, knowing the most critical step was about to unfold.