Chapter 194 - Kind and Easy to Cheat (1/2)

Ch194 – Kind and Easy to Cheat

Ji Xiaoyou nodded. “She’s one of the aunts in my family. I heard that she married over to the Lin family many years ago.”

“Yeah. I didn’t expect that we’d actually be family.” Yan Tianhen said happily.

Ji Xiaoyou smiled and didn’t respond. Some bitterness that was difficult to perceive was mixed in with that smile of his.

Although he was part of the Ji family, and he had been born to the direct line of the Ji family as well, he could be considered to be detested by both humans and dogs alike in the Ji family. He only managed to register and partic.i.p.ate in the compet.i.tion today because his mother spent a lot of effort in fighting for a placing for him.

But Ji Lanjun is different. Even within the Ji family, Ji Lanjun’s alchemy standard was among the top, and she has always been respected by others.

Yan Tianhen felt like Ji Xiaoyou was looking more and more pleasant to the eye, so he took another yellow duckling from his storage bag and handed it to Ji Xiaoyou. “Since you have such good taste and pretty looks, I’ll give this to you as a meeting gift ba.”

Ji Xiaoyou was a little fl.u.s.tered and shook his hands forcibly. “No no, I can’t take it.”

Yan Tianhen frowned. “Why can’t you take it? Don’t tell me you don’t think this duckling is good enough? I’m telling you now, don’t just look at how this duck appears to be of a low quality, it’s actually very useful.”

When Ji Xiaoyou heard this, he was afraid that Yan Tianhen would misunderstand and quickly explained, “It’s not that I don’t think the duckling’s good enough, but my mother told me before that I can’t ask for other people’s things. Otherwise, I’ll be treated as a beggar.”

“How could she say that?” Yan Tianhen frowned and felt like Ji Xiaoyou’s mother was being too cautious.

When his Daddy was still around and took him to visit relatives, those uncles would give him some so-called meeting gifts as well and Lin Zhan would always smile as he asked him to accept it. Why would beggars be mixed into it?

Ji Xiaoyou looked down and said, “Upright people don’t eat the food handed out to him by others.”

Yan Tianhen pondered for a bit and nodded. “Your mother’s right, but this is just something I’m giving you of my own accord, so it can’t be considered as you asking for it. Also, I think that since you have such good taste, I should be able to become friends with you.”

The two words “become friends” touched Ji Xiaoyou. His whole body trembled as he stared at Yan Tianhen in disbelief. He was just about to speak when someone mercilessly interrupted.

“You actually want to become friends with someone like him? Are you blind?” A st.u.r.dy young man beside Ji Xiaoyou spoke jeeringly, “Do you know that Ji Xiaoyou’s a b.a.s.t.a.r.d? His mother gave birth to him after committing adultery; everyone in Wind Reflection City knows that he’s the disgrace of the Ji family!”

Ji Xiaoyou’s face turned ghastly pale in an instant.

The fatso’s voice was particularly loud, so it was easy for everyone on the compet.i.tion platform to hear his words clearly.

Everyone’s gazes s.h.i.+fted to Ji Xiaoyou.

Ji Xiaoyou bit down harshly on his lower lip. He returned to his seat and looked down without saying a single word.

The fatso was delighted for being able to get his way. “Ji Xiaoyou, if I were you, I’d just hide deep in a forest in the mountains, find a rope, and strangle myself to death, lest I dirty other people’s eyes!”

The fat boy uttered a hng, “His mother is a s.l.u.t who committed adulter;, he shouldn’t even be living in this world!”

“Even if his mother did commit adultery, what does that have to do with him?” After Yan Tianhen angrily pointed a finger at the fat boy, he took his duckling, walked over to Ji Xiaoyou, and placed the duckling next to his cattail ha.s.sock. “Xiaoyou, this is for you.”

Ji Xiaoyou was stunned. He looked up at Yan Tianhen, whose face wasn’t very good-looking and it could probably frighten children into crying when he goes out at night, his surprise slowly turning into grat.i.tude.

He forced a smile, revealing his white teeth, and accepted the yellow duckling. “Thank you.”

Mother said before that one can not judge a book by its cover and, sure enough, she hadn’t lied to him.

Although Yan Tianhen looked scary, he was really kind at heart.

Yan Tianhen waved his hand nonchalantly. “You’re welcome. In any case, I’m doing this because you like my Dage.”

When the fat boy saw this, he uttered a hng in disdain. “I didn’t expect you to be willing to mix around with a little b.a.s.t.a.r.d like him. You may just be one of his kind as well.”

“It’s none of your d.a.m.n business.” Yan Tianhen said impatiently. He disdained to argue with this sort of brat, so he sat down cross-legged properly on the cattail ha.s.sock in front of him and waited for the organiser to distribute the pill furnaces and spiritual plants.

The fat boy muttered a “can’t tell what’s good for him” to Yan Tianhen, rolled his eyes, then sat back on his seat as well.

Soon, the organiser came over to place a pill furnace in front of everyone.

The alchemist compet.i.tion was relatively simple; after giving out certain spiritual plants used for refining pills, alchemists must refine a medicinal pill within the stipulated time. Whoever refines the most medicinal pills of the highest grade in the shortest time will be the winner.

There were many similarities between the alchemy and craftsman paths; if one wants to refine a powerful medicinal pill, then one may even take up to one and a half years to do it. Thus, in order to save time, the medicinal pills that are to be refined were all those that can quickly test the standards of an alchemist.

Of course, this sort of compet.i.tion didn’t rule out situations in which one was unable to display the full extent of their capabilities.

The compet.i.tion this time chose the Nurture Qi Pill.

Although a Nurture Qi Pill was an introductory level pill for alchemists, it was able to test the foundations of an alchemist and didn’t take long to make either. Thus, it was a necessary medicinal pill in every Hundred Families Gathering’s alchemist compet.i.tion.

Yan Tianhen had naturally seen it in the《Divine Jun Alchemy Arts》manual that Duan Yuyang had given him. Moreover, the refining techniques in that manual were particularly special — its refinement speed was much faster than an ordinary pill’s refining techniques.

Therefore, after the compet.i.tion formally began, Yan Tianhen quickly formed his refining hand seals and appeared extremely fast, such that his seals could barely be seen with the naked eye. People would feel dizzy just by looking at him.

Duan Yuyang s.h.i.+fted over to Lin Xuanzhi’s side again and clicked his tongue in surprise. “Ah Hen’s actually this proficient with it now. Looks like he really is gifted in alchemy.”

When Lin Xuanzhi heard someone praise his younger brother, he naturally felt comforted. He nodded, “Ah Hen is gifted in anything he does, he’s different from ordinary people.”

Duan Yuyang and Yan Tianhen had a good relations.h.i.+p, and he also saw him as a younger brother, so he naturally wouldn’t think that there was anything wrong with Lin Xuanzhi’s kind of flaunting.

On the contrary, after pondering for a bit, he even added, “I still have some alchemy arts and recipes with me, I’ll pa.s.s them on to him another day ba!”

Lin Xuanzhi glanced at Duan Yuyang.