Chapter 3669: Just talk?

“You…I…”

Gongsun Hong was so shocked that he was incoherent for a moment.

As a High-Rank Eighth-Rank Immortal Pill Master, he was unwilling to be called a waste, and he was unwilling to admit defeat just like that.

“Young man, what’s the use of just talking on paper? If you have the ability, refine a furnace of Ninth-Rank Medicinal Pills for me, and this Old Man will be convinced.”

Soon, he found a way to counterattack. What the other party said was well-reasoned and indeed the loopholes and shortcomings in his own Alchemy, which he could not deny.

But he could not believe that a Young man, a mere youngster, would be a Ninth-Rank Immortal Pill Master and would be able to refine Medicinal Pills of a higher Rank than his own.

As long as Ye Bufan could not perform Alchemy, then he would barely save his last bit of face.

“Alchemy, you say? Then today, I will open your eyes and let you witness what true Alchemy is, lest someone like you remains ignorant.”

To his surprise, Ye Bufan agreed without hesitation and stepped towards the Pill Furnace he had just used.

“I’ll use your Pill Furnace to refine the same Medicinal Pills you just refined, so you’ll be convinced and won’t look for excuses later.”

Ye Bufan said, sitting cross-legged in front of the Pill Furnace, and without using a special Dan Fire, he directly flicked a wisp of Dan Fire into it.

Gongsun Hong stood by, watching somewhat unexpectedly. He didn’t expect this Young man to actually dare to perform Alchemy.

Seeing Ye Bufan skillfully ignite the Pill Furnace, a hint of doubt arose in his heart. Could it be that this was truly a High-Rank Immortal Pill Master?

But then his expression instantly changed drastically, and this thought vanished.

Under his gaze, Ye Bufan actually threw all of the second batch of Medicinal Pills he had just prepared into the Pill Furnace at once.

Seeing this scene, Gongsun Hong instantly exploded.

He had just spoken so eloquently, but it turned out he was a waste who knew nothing.

Where was the sequence he spoke of? Where was the Medicinal Pill Fusion? Where was the attribute complementarity? Why was it all gone when it came to him?

Even a novice who didn’t understand Alchemy wouldn’t throw so many Spirit Medicines into the Pill Furnace all at once. Wasn’t this a waste of resources?

One must know that Alchemy is an extremely difficult task.

As an Immortal Pill Master, one’s Mental Energy is limited, and being able to control one Spirit Medicine well is already commendable.

Throwing dozens of Spirit Medicines into the Pill Furnace at once would only result in them instantly turning into ashes.

“Young man, do you know what you’re doing?”

Having wasted so many Spirit Medicines at once, Gongsun Hong still felt a pang of heartache, and coupled with the previous humiliation, it made him instantly erupt.

“Didn’t you just pretend to know Alchemy? Didn’t you speak so logically and eloquently? Why is it all gone when it comes to you?

Where is the medicinal property generation you spoke of? Where is the attribute counteraction you spoke of? Where is the sequence you spoke of? Why is everything gone now?”

Ye Bufan, however, remained calm, not even glancing at him.

“Those are for ordinary Alchemists. I don’t need them.”

“You don’t need them?”

Gongsun Hong almost fainted from anger. “Young man, do you mean you’re not ordinary? You don’t need them? Who do you think you are, a Dan Wang or a Dan Saint?”

The Old Man stood by, stamping his feet and pounding his chest, venting the frustration in his heart.

But he suddenly stopped halfway, staring wide-eyed into the Pill Furnace.

Normally, according to Ye Bufan’s method of refining Spirit Medicine, they would immediately turn into a sky full of ashes upon entering, with not a single one remaining. However, the imagined scene did not occur.

Instead, dozens of Spirit Medicines in the Pill Furnace were being refined, fused, and had their Impurities removed in an orderly and sequential manner.

In a short while, these Spirit Medicines were all purified and refined, turning into drops of pure medicinal liquid.

“This…how is this possible?”

Gongsun Hong looked as if he had seen a ghost, his old eyes wide, his eyeballs almost popping out of their sockets.

Having refined Medicinal Pills for so many years, this was the first time he had seen someone refine Medicinal Pills in this way, and the key was that they succeeded.

The He Xuan Dan he was trying to refine was the lowest Rank among Ninth-Rank Medicinal Pills, relatively easy to refine, but even so, it required thirty-seven Spirit Medicines.

Controlling so many medicinal ingredients for refining, purifying, and removing Impurities also meant that the Alchemist had to divide his Mental Energy into thirty-seven parts.

Moreover, this was the most basic requirement, and at the same time, the Alchemist needed to have extremely superb Alchemy attainments, otherwise, it would be impossible to proceed.

If it were before, he would never have believed that such a person existed, but now he had witnessed it with his own eyes.

Refining thirty-seven Spirit Medicines at once—this technique, this Mental Energy, this Dao of Alchemy attainment—made it unimaginable for him.

Shock! It was truly too shocking!

He never dreamed that such a miraculous thing would be witnessed in a Young man.

Just like that, the Old Man stood there, staring intently at the Pill Furnace, like a wooden or clay sculpture, completely dumbfounded.

After an unknown amount of time, a rich Medicinal Pill fragrance wafted over, instantly bringing him back to his senses.

It had actually reached the stage of forming Medicinal Pills. Could it be that such a miraculous Alchemy technique truly existed in the world? Could it be that the other party could truly refine the He Xuan Dan?

Gongsun Hong’s feelings were extremely complex: shock, longing, and disbelief.

His eyes were wide open, not blinking, afraid of missing the crucial moment.

He knew that his previous furnace of Medicinal Pills had failed at the very end. He wondered if the Young man in front of him could succeed?

Although the Luo family members had no doubts about Ye Bufan’s Alchemy, they were also concentrating and watching with great interest.

If Gongsun Hong’s Alchemy just now was like flowing clouds and water, then Ye Bufan’s technique was dazzling and perfect.

It was simply an art, a miracle, so fast that it was dizzying.

Under everyone’s gaze, Ye Bufan performed a Pill collection incantation.

Then, with a wave of his hand, nine Medicinal Pills flew out from inside and landed in the jade bottle in his hand.

The Medicinal Pill fragrance diffused, filling the air with its aroma.

“It succeeded so quickly?”

Although the Alchemy was over, Gongsun Hong still had his eyes wide open and his mouth agape, unable to close it for a long time.

He himself was an Eighth-Rank Immortal Pill Master, and he had met countless fellow practitioners over the years, but no matter who refined a furnace of Medicinal Pills, it would take at least one or two hours.

For Ye Bufan, from start to collection, it took less than fifteen minutes. This speed was truly astonishing.

He reached out and pinched himself hard. The intense pain told him that everything was real, and he was not dreaming.

“Take a look. Are you convinced?”

Ye Bufan flicked his hand, and the jade bottle flew directly in front of him, suspended in mid-air.

Gongsun Hong swallowed, reaching out to take the bottle in front of him.

When he saw the Medicinal Pills inside, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and his heart was churning, shocked beyond words.

Normally, for an Immortal Pill Master refining a furnace of Medicinal Pills, three were considered passing, and six were already very impressive.

However, there were exactly nine Medicinal Pills in the jade bottle before him, and each one had three golden Pill纹, clearly High Grade Medicinal Pills.

After a brief daze, he knelt down with a thud.

“Young Master is mighty. This Old Man was blind before. I humbly request Young Master to accept me as a disciple!”

(Recently, I’ve been writing books while on medication, suffering from insufficient blood supply to the heart and brain. I have to see a doctor again today and continue taking traditional Chinese medicine.)