Chapter 1334 (1/2)

Chapter 1334

Seeing Long Chen shaking his head, the disciples were startled . It was a failure? But it hadn’t looked like one .

“Only three rings?” Long Chen took out one of the nine pills, revealing it only had three rings . The rest only had two rings .

After working so hard, he had only refined a three-ring pill . That disappointed him . Had his alchemy arts regressed? Or was it due to the curse?

He hadn’t held back much just now, having used about eighty percent of his true ability . He had thought that even if he didn’t refine a top grade pill, it should be no problem refining a nine-ring high grade pill .

But either he had overestimated himself or underestimated the difficulty of refining the Soul Gathering Heart Tempering Pill . He couldn’t even tell if it was because of the curse . That was why he was a bit stunned .

“Tch, what a show-off!”

Countless disciples almost coughed up blood from seeing Long Chen’s disappointed expression .

For the Foundation Forging disciples, just forming a pill would be a huge success, even if it was just a garbage pill .

As for the Jade Core disciples, originally they had felt that just refining a low grade Soul Gathering Heart Tempering Pill would be enough . If they refined a middle grade one, they would be mostly a.s.sured of getting in the top three . They hadn’t even thought about refining a high grade one .

For Long Chen to actually sigh with disappointment after refining a three-ring pill was truly unbearable . It was definitely bullying .

“Pay attention to your mental state . You are alchemists . With such a mentality, what kind of accomplishments could you possibly have?” shouted a stern elder .

Only then did Long Chen come out of his stunned expression . From those envious expressions around him, he seemed to understand something .

“Congratulations, Long San . You can wait outside . ” One of the elders who was on his side spoke to Long Chen, a smile on his face . Long Chen’s skill far surpa.s.sed his expectations .

“Yes . ”

Long Chen left . According to the rules, he was not supposed to touch anything on the refining platform after finis.h.i.+ng his refinement . That was so that the people in charge could confirm there had been no cheating .

When Long Chen walked out, he saw Li Kang waiting for him .

“Long San, why have you come out as well? Did you fail? Don’t worry about it, you can try again in two months . Temporary failure isn’t a big deal,” comforted Li Kang .

“Hmph, disciples that get a free pa.s.s into the test only get one shot . If he wants to try again, he’ll have to get in the top thousand first . You think he’s qualified?” sneered a disciple .

Long Chen was enraged inside . How were there so many idiots? It wasn’t as if he had provoked these people . He stared icily at the speaker .

That person instantly jumped in terror . All his hair stood on end as he felt like he was being stared at by an ancient monster . He involuntarily retreated a few steps .

But then he felt that this action was very embarra.s.sing, and his embarra.s.sment turned into anger . “Brat, are you asking for a beating?!”

Long Chen ignored him . Pulling Li Kang to an empty corner, he asked, “Have Chai Liehuo and Fang Chang come?”

Long Chen truly wanted to know this . Fang Chang and Chai Liehuo were qualified to come to Pill Valley . He just didn’t know if they had .

“No . ”

Li Kang shook his head . “I feel like they definitely know about the situation over here, which is why they don’t want to come . The two of them are peak geniuses in a place like the Eastern Wasteland . But if they came to Pill Valley, they would only be able to crawl at other people’s feet . They definitely don’t want such a thing . ”

Long Chen nodded . The Huo, Chai, and Fang families had been in charge of the Eastern Wasteland’s Pill Tower . The Huo family had been destroyed, while the Chai and Fang family heads had been killed by Long Chen . Fang Chang and Chai Liehuo had very likely become the heads of their respective families, being the local rulers of the Eastern Wasteland .

Long Chen felt like the two of them didn’t like being constrained . Furthermore, they weren’t infatuated with alchemy . By staying in the Eastern Wasteland, it showed that the two of them would rather be the heads of a chicken than the back of a bull .

Long Chen felt some emotion when he thought of the two of them . The two of them weren’t bad people, and he had been brothers with them .

But their two family heads had been greedy for his Earth Flame and tried to kill him . Moreover, he had been the one to kill the two of them . At the same time as he had killed them, he had severed his ties with Fang Chang and Chai Liehuo .

If they were to learn that it was Long Chen who had killed their ancestors, no matter the reason, they wouldn’t be able to forgive him .

Even if they were so magnanimous as to not get revenge on him, they wouldn’t be able to stay brothers . So this relations.h.i.+p had been severed at that time .

Hearing that they hadn’t come comforted him, as well as disappointed him . This kind of feeling was hard to describe with words .

He chatted a bit more with Li Kang . After all, they were like people from the same rural town who had once more reunited . When Li Kang told him about how hard things had been on him in the past three years, even his eyes turned red . These three years had been rough .

After all, this place was Pill Valley . Everyone was advancing as fast as they could, and alchemy was the only thing that mattered . The pressure was great enough to drive a person insane . Without a person to complain to, his grievances all spilled out upon encountering Long Chen .

Long Chen was speechless . Within Pill Valley, you had to be prepared to be bullied and to face immense pressure . But at least there was no danger to their lives, so a person should know when to be satisfied .