Chapter 146 - Shameless Looting (1/2)
“Grandmaster Song, y-you…
Xiao Ya pursed her red lips and despite knowing what he was doing, she couldn’t outright say it. Before the three rounds, Zhuo Fan was nothing more than a nameless silk pants, now turned number one famous alchemist. Some token of respect had to be present when addressing him.
[Even as the first in the empire, you still need to be ethical. You should not openly break the rules of Hundred Pill Meeting.]
Xiao Ya was watching him awkwardly. She could neither stand still nor let him do what he wanted. This was a pickle.
Zhuo Fan’s hands paused and raised an eyebrow, “Didn’t you say these are for us? So which is it?”
“Grandmaster Song, I think you misunderstood me.” She explained, “These are only used as complementary ingredients to the ones you have…”
“Yeah, but I am lacking everything!”
Zhuo Fan resumed looting the cabinets.
The crowd was speechless, [You can do that?] The alchemists from before were also shocked silly, thinking they should’ve taken some more when they had the chance.
“Uh, judge! If Grandmaster Song can do it, then there’s no problem if I do it too…” Liu Yizhen licked his lips, looking at Zhuo Fan and Xiao Ya anxiously.
[If I don’t hurry up, the kid will pick them all clean.]
He was a top alchemist, but he sorely lacked ingredients.
Xiao Ya glared, “Grandmaster Liu, don’t make trouble. You’re saying you can use them all in this round?”
Liu Yizhen let an awkward smile, then shook his head on his way to his spot.
With how many ingredients there were, who could refine them all? He couldn’t mess with Drifting Flowers Edifice.
Then again, [Getting a couple can’t hurt, right?]
Liu Yizhen looked again at Zhuo Fan with admiration. He was plundering the cabinets like he was moving house. [Just which clan or sect does he hail? There’s no way a third rate clan kid would dare perform highway robbery right under Drifting Flowers Edifice’s nose.]
“Grandmaster Song, you need to make sure you use all ingredients you are taking. Or there will be serious consequences!” Xiao Ya had gotten angry and changed her tone.
Zhuo Fan’s hand slowed, then smiled inside.
[With how many there are here, how could they be refined in one go? This amount is enough for tens of thousands of pills. Then again, so what?]
Once he got crowned as the Pill King, he’d take the Bodhi Root and haul ass out! The Drifting Flowers Edifice could then do nothing but eat his dust.
So, he might as well get as many treasures as he could. They’d be breaking all ties at the end and it would be such a waste to leave these beauties lying here!
Slowly turning his head, Zhuo Fan grinned, “How do you know I won’t be using them all? I’ll do it in a jiffy, don’t you worry your pretty little head about it.”
He then resumed his shameless picking.
Xiao Ya was close to crying. She never saw a more vile grandmaster in her life.
Refining tens of thousands of pills on the spot? As if! This was daylight robbery!
The crowd watched the darkest horse in this arena, who had displayed alchemy skills more outstanding than even Vicious Pill King, now robbing the cabinets of ingredients.
[To think this grandmaster has balls to rob Drifting Flowers Edifice…]
Yet, Drifting Flowers Edifice did not even try removing him from the premises. After all, who told them to give the alchemists free reign? And what if someone insisted he could refine thousands upon thousands of pills?
[Although far fetched, that’s beside the point. You can only settle this after the competition.]
Xiao Ya waited bitterly for Zhuo Fan to load up his ring.
When he stopped, Xiao Ya was overjoyed, and smiled, “Grandmaster Song, are you ready? Then please return to your spot and begin refining. Everyone is waiting for you.”
Frowning, Zhuo Fan turned to Xiao Ya and his ring flashed, “My storage ring is packed, can you bring me another?”
Staggering, Xiao Ya was about to collapse. The audience’s faces froze.
[Grandmaster Song, you’re too shameless!]
“No, Drifting Flowers Edifice does not provide storage rings.” Xiao Ya roared.