Chapter 136, - Secret Art That Shakes the People (2/2)

Liu Yizhen’s face froze and shook his head awkwardly, “Ha-ha-ha, I’m not sure either. I have only read some records regarding this ancient secret refining skill. The only one who knows its secrets is only Grandmaster Song.”

Whoosh!

In a blink, eyes whipped to Zhuo Fan. Xiao Ya was no different.

Zhuo Fan raised his eyebrows and grinned evilly, “Want to know? He-he-he, but I won’t tell you unless you beg for it!”

“You!”

Xiao Ya glared with hatred at him. She may have been disrespectful, but not enough to condone such constant mockery.

But that’s how petty Zhuo Fan was. He looked askance, clearly meaning to evoke others to know his thoughts. [On your knees and beg for it, or yours truly won’t say a word.]

[I already displayed my skill and earned my right as the first place. Now you want me to share my secrets with the whole crowd?]

His attitude allowed others to understand the reason. So, even if they were in the Drifting Flowers Edifice, they lifted their fists.

“Beg, beg, beg…”

The crowd roared with mighty force, shaking the entire Drifting Flowers Arena.

Huangpu Qingyun’s mood darkened. He didn’t think Zhuo Fan had such skill to turn this around and grasp everyone’s hearts.

This was the way of a ruler!

“This man must not be allowed to live!” Huangpu Qingyun glared with hatred. His followers nodded.

Liu Yizhen didn’t think much of the scene and only shook his head. [Grandmaster Song is such a prankster, ha-ha-ha…]

With the hall shouting beg, Xiao Ya was on the verge of tears. While Zhuo Fan just leaned on the cauldron impassive.

It seemed he’d only give up after she kneeled.

Helpless, Xiao Ya’s tears flowed, and her slender legs began to buckle.

But an angry roar came from the terrace, “Song Yu, stop playing around!”

Zhuo Fan was startled and looked at the angry Chu Qingcheng. With a helpless smile, he relented in her favor and shook his hand at Xiao Ya, “Whatever, it was only a joke. You take me for such a heartless man?”

[I do!]

Xiao Ya didn’t dare say it, however, she gave a look of thanks towards Chu Qingcheng.

“As to why yours truly used this secret skill, you have Vicious Pill King to thank for that. He was so careless in spilling some green python scale mixture after all!”

Now that Xiao Ya was off the hook, Zhuo Fan started explaining. But the first thing he did was drag Vicious Pill King into this. The crowd had become calmed, listening enraptured to Grandmaster Song’s lecture of his skill.

“Grandmaster Song is still blaming me for my inadvertent mistake?” Vicious Pill King squinted.

Shaking his hand, Zhuo Fan shook his head, “Why, I would never! I am only thanking you. Sacred Dragon Evocation has the dragon word in it and had to have an ingredient related to dragons. The Yang Pill had no such ingredient. Meanwhile, a snake was, for all intents and purposes, can be considered a small dragon. Your mistake granted me the liberty to use this secret art!”

“But the snake is yin, while the Yang Pill only had yang ingredients. And Grandmaster Song’s Yang Dragon Pill is also yang. I did not sense any yin inside.” Vicious Pill King’s eyelid twitched, clenching his fists.

Snickering, Zhuo Fan mocked, “You think the likes of you can unravel the mysteries of an ancient secret skill? Yin and yang restrain each other, but can also interchange. To evoke the yang out of this yin, green python scale extract, I had to rely on yours truly’s essence to wash it down with additional incentive.”

Holding his belly, Zhuo Fan laughed out, “Pee is water, and water is yin. But a virgin is pure yang. Yours truly used his pure yang pee to change yin into yang, to turn a snake into a dragon. Not only has the ingredients been refined completely, but there was also the extreme yang dragon power. This allowed the 2nd grade pill to rise to the 5th grade. A pity that once the pill is split, the pills effect starts to leak along with the dragon power, lowering its grade and potency.”

Now everyone understood and looked at Zhuo Fan with a greater admiration for his secret refining skill.

Vicious Pill King was no different, clapping his hands with force, fully admitting defeat in his heart, “Grandmaster Song is unparalleled in his refining skill. I concede this round to you without remorse. However, Grandmaster Song, you’re at a disadvantage. The next round is mine.”

Vicious Pill King’s eyes flickered with killing intent. Zhuo Fan grinned.

The two locked eyes and even a blind man could see they were at odds. Tao Danniang was moved. It caught her by surprise, the fact that Zhuo Fan could make Vicious Pill King admit his loss.

His future was boundless.

Then she started worrying. Vicious Pill King’s last words pointed at Zhuo Fan’s weaker cultivation.

Even with Zhuo Fan’s unparalleled refining skill, he could not beat Vicious Pill King.

Helpless, Tao Danniang was thinking on how to settle this and not let such a great youth fall here.

It was only now that Xiao Ya spoke after having made her decision, “In this round, 39 passed and 11 forfeited. The first place stays with Grandmaster Song. The second place is Vicious Pill King’s…”

Her words traveled far and the crowd began to wonder why so many people withdrew?

They had no way to know that many felt inferior after they witnessed Zhuo’s refining skill, their confidence was in shambles. If an alchemist had no confidence, how could they refine?