Chapter 1289 Replace (1/2)

In front of the Great Alchemy Hall.

After hearing Yaoyao’s words, the always calm and confident Xu Beiyan could no longer conceal his emotions, finally allowing them to be visible on his face. Yaoyao’s abrupt declaration had clearly upset him.

Fortunately, Xu Beiyan still had some wits about him and did not begin shouting to question her. He earnestly looked at Yaoyao and said, “Great goddess, did I make some mistake while assisting you? If so, please tell me so I can remedy it.”

He smiled bitterly as he continued, “It was not easy for us to improve the success rate and pill production number per batch over the past two years. If we replace anyone at this juncture, won’t it affect the production of Ancestral Dragon Pills?

“You should know that the All-Heavens City numerous Nascent Source and Law Domain experts risked their lives to bring back the pill ingredients in hopes of exchanging for Ancestral Dragon Pills. Hence, our success rate and production efficiency is of utmost importance to them!”

Towards the end, Xu Beiyan seemed to lose his composure somewhat, causing his voice to grow louder.

Outside the Great Alchemy Hall, the watching crowd naturally heard Xu Beiyan. They were instantly taken aback before their expressions began to change.

“What does he mean? Are they going to replace Xu Beiyan?”

“Is that appropriate? Xu Beiyan has already assisted in the pill production for two years and has ample experience. Moreover, he has an Allroamer stage Spirit, making it much easier to adjust the other Law Domain experts’ Genesis Qi influx. Why are they suddenly replacing him?”

“Lady goddess seems to want Zhou Yuan to take over and replace Xu Beiyan?”

“This...this is preposterous!”

“That’s right, Zhou Yuan is merely a Nascent Source expert, how can he participate in the Ancestral Dragon Pill production? Even if the goddess wants to support him, there should be no need for him to take this particular job, right?”

“If this leads to a decrease in the Ancestral Dragon Pill production, won’t we have to bear the losses?”

“……”

The crowd exploded into whispers in front of the hall. The numerous Nascent Source and Law Domain experts, who were originally just watching for entertainment, could no longer remain calm. After all, the Ancestral Dragon Pill production affected their interests.

According to the rules of All-Heavens City, every practitioner needed to hand over all the Ancestral Dragon will fragments they obtained in exchange for tokens. When the Ancestral Dragon Pills were subsequently produced, the token holders would be able to exchange the tokens back for pills accordingly.

However, this was where the problem lay. The Ancestral Dragon Pill production was not stable and would often fluctuate. This led to a substantial fluctuation in the token exchange rates.

Normally speaking, four tokens could be exchanged for an Ancestral Dragon Pill.

If the pill production was better than usual, the rate might be three for one, but if it was worse, it might even reach six for one.

From this, one could see how important the pill production rates were for struggling Nascent Source and Law Domain practitioners of All-Heavens City.

This was also why they reacted so greatly upon hearing that Yaoyao was intending to replace Xu Beiyan, who had been assisting for the past two years.

As the disturbance outside the Great Alchemy Hall continued, space rippled and four figures walked out.

The appearance of these four figures caused the commotion to die down. Everyone recognized these two individuals. They were the Saint experts stationed in All-Heavens City.

“What’s going on? What scandal has made all of you so noisy?” A green-robed elder’s gaze swept across the crowd as his deep voice boomed, causing everyone to keep quiet out of fear.

The green-robed elder was known as Saint Lu Liu. In addition, he was one of Xu Beiyan’s masters.

Hence, after asking his question, Saint Lu Liu turned towards Xu Beiyan as his tone softened. “Beiyan, what’s going on?”

Xu Beiyan hurriedly bowed. He glanced at the fully composed Yaoyao, clearly hesitating to speak.