Chapter 130 - Crooked Path (2/2)

His haughty attitude led Vicious Pill King to feel newfound rage for him, “You little prick, are you that shameless? You already cleared a spot, so don’t push it! That Appetite Pill may be a 1st grade but it’s the worst there is. It can’t get any lower than this.”

“Isn’t the worst also a 1st grade? The judge clearly stated: refine a 1st grade pill and compete in speed. Each of you are morons. You didn’t listen to the rules and tried to refine a great pill. Who’s to blame for your loss? There’s no way I’m giving up my spot!”

Zhuo Fan’s attitude was beyond arrogant and earned the ire of every alchemist. But they had no words to refute.

They could only stomp in hatred.

[Son of a bitch! Why couldn’t I have found the loophole in the rules? This damn runt used it instead! I could refine an Appetite Pill even faster than him!]

Dismay flowed like a river in the hearts of each of the thousands of alchemists. But who could blame them? The opportunity to win was right there in front of them, but they did not see it.

So, they chose to direct all their anger onto Zhuo Fan. They looked at him as their worst enemy. It was fine if he had used real skill to win, but Zhuo Fan just got the biggest advantage, a cheap trick, to get in front of them. None of them could ever accept it.

All their killing intent seemed to fly right past Zhuo Fan, who found the time to even smile, “Oh my, you know what they say, envy of talent and all that. It seems that yours truly has been pretty outstanding so far.”

The crowd was a powder keg primed and ready to blow.

Xiao Ya shook her head helplessly, “Young master Song, I’ve seen my fair share of shameless people, but you’re the worst by far.”

“He-he-he, what are talking about? This is yours truly’s nature!” Zhuo Fan grinned, “They didn’t consider their own nature while yours truly is the most at peace with myself. I earned first place, prop and all!”

Seeing him tooting his horn, Xiao Ya felt sick and no longer paid attention to this dissolute young master.

The alchemists looked down on him. He had no skill, they thought. He used a crooked path, they thought. He’d be washed up next round, they thought.

Though one man among them looked at him with a stern face.

It was none other than the newly kicked in 5th spot, Liu Yizhen.

He was just like the others at first, mocking Zhuo Fan for saying the end justified his demeaning means. Taking him for an incompetent fool.

But Zhuo Fan leaked the fact the first round wasn’t about speed but one’s mind, a test to their nature. This shocked him and he began to look at Zhuo Fan with different eyes.

Were there even a handful among these thousands of alchemists who caught the test’s real meaning? Yet, this immoral young master saw through it with a glance. Was he perhaps a hidden gem, a grand alchemy genius?

If so, then refining the Appetite Pill may not have been his limit, only complying with the rules.

Liu Yizhen no longer wore a casual expression but one of dead seriousness.

The Tianyu Empire had many talents crop up in recent years. Not only the Vicious Pill King’s prized pupil, Yan Fu, but now this outstanding genius as well.

This would make the Hundred Pill Meeting more intense by the second! [I thought getting third would be alright, but by the looks of things, I might not even make it to the fifth place…]

Grandmaster Liu started sinking into depression.

Refining all his life, he never achieved anything great, and many outstanding youngsters kept overtaking him. It was sad, and regretful…

“Although I do not wish to, I still must declare young master Song as the first place winner of this round!” Not paying attention to the old man’s lament, nor Zhuo Fan’s true strength, Xiao Ya declared with a sigh.

In an instant, everyone hissed.

Zhuo Fan couldn’t care less, grinning at them. To him, they were just a blind fool with no future!

Vicious Pill King snorted, “You had it easy this time, but I will throw you out the next round!”

“Humph, can you?” After a sneer, Zhuo Fan turned around and pointed at the words on his back with pride, “Take a good look, you’re just the Vicious Pill King, while I am Heaven-toppling Pill!”

Vicious Pill King laughed coldly, “You think wearing a dead man’s cloak will help you? Ha-ha-ha, Chu Qingtian was a genius, but couldn’t compare to me in alchemy. Heaven-toppling Pill is just his own egotistical words. Speaking of it, his death at the hands of my antidote is proof of how naive and immature he was.”

“Yan Song, is that formula truly fake?” Tao Danniang couldn’t help but ask.

Yan Song snickered, “Would you be looking like this if it weren’t? He-he-he, that foolish kid didn’t know his limits, stole my formula and ended up killing himself with it, taking down others with him. Getting beaten to death by Drifting Flowers Edifice’s people was his just deserts.”

Tao Danniang clenched her fists, her eyes burning with anger, “I have worked three years on it, only to find out it’s fake.”

Up on the terrace, Chu Qingcheng bit her lip as the killing intent in her eyes grew. It was thanks to the two overseers stopping her that she didn’t charge at Yan Song.

Long Jiu sighed.

He understood Chu Qingcheng’s feelings. Who could stand to watch their most hated enemy that put their little brother to death continue to humiliate him?

Zhuo Fan then said something that left them speechless.

“Yet here I am, standing before you in his cloak!”

His tone was calm and looked at Yan Song with a challenging grin.

Yan Song couldn’t help but clench his fists, his eyes gradually reddening, burning with endless rage…