Chapter 152 - Cradle Returning Dragons (1/2)

Translator: StarReader

Editor: Silavin

Whoosh~

The raging flame made a clear contrast with Vicious Pill King’s wane face. The once imposing and tough old man now appeared frail and with one foot in the grave. His body swayed in the breeze, a moment away from collapsing.

But he clenched his teeth and persevered. He grinned at Zhuo Fan, who was looking back at him, with excitement.

As if to challenge Zhuo Fan, Vicious Pill King’s gestures changed and the flame soared.

Losing blood essence three times in a day along with supplying so much Yuan Qi had taken its toll on his aged body. Sweat began to fall from not just his face as his hands grew paler and seemed to age with the naked eye.

But his eyes danced in joy as he saw the pill slowly form within the flame.

His behavior even stirred the sympathy of those who hated him to the core, including Chu Qingcheng and the overseers.

“Vicious Pill King is vile and twisted, but one had to admit his alchemy skill is worthy of admiration. He lives up to his name as the first alchemist in the empire.” Long Jiu sighed in praise.

The others nodded, watching Vicious Pill King with the same feelings.

Despite being on opposite sides, a hero was worthy of respect.

Bone Soul Truefire was indeed a heaven and earth spirit flame. And in the expert hands of Vicious Pill King, the pill was completed in no time at all.

The pill was ready to be taken out of the inferno.

But right at this moment, Vicious Pill King spat more blood essence!

Everyone was nervous when it entered the fire. A humming spread and the Bone Soul Truefire burned hotter.

At the same time, a pill shined brightly and flew out of the fire with a cackle. The sound of the laughter was in fact the same as Bone Soul Truefire’s.

“Vicious Pill King bestowed the pill with spirituality!” Long Jiu sighed in amazement. The others looked on in shock at the incredible dancing pill.

It was a known fact that a heaven and earth spirit flame could instill spirituality into a pill, but doing it was a whole another matter.

In Tianyu Empire’s thousand-year-old history, there had been accounts of alchemists possessing a heaven and earth spirit flame, but none of them were able to refine a living pill.

This rumor came from outside the borders. But for such an alchemist to appear even after such a long time, it was still rarer than rare. The entire continent might not have had such a genius appearing over the last half millennia.

But Vicious Pill King had done it!

Zhuo Fan with his dazzling performance had made the people neglect this number one alchemist in the empire. But now he used his power to prove he was still the best.

With a gesture, the pill entered his hand and Vicious Pill King’s hair started swirling in the air. He slowly raised the pill in Zhuo Fan’s direction, his eyes recovering their pride and arrogance.

He was weakened but let the people see this old man teetering towards collapse like a lofty giant.

“T-this…”

Xiao Ya opened and closed her mouth speechless. In the end, she finally managed to express her doubt, “Odd, the pill looks to be above the 7th grade but not quite in the 8th. What does it mean?”

Squinting, Vicious Pill King didn’t respond. Only stared rivetingly at Zhuo Fan.

It was an open provocation.

Chuckling, Zhuo Fan said, “It is without a doubt a 7th-grade pill, albeit a perfect one. If you insist on defining it, you can call it a grade skipping pill. But it is in fact this kind of pill the hardest to refine in one’s alchemical journey. It may be a 7th-grade pill, but it’s worth supersedes a common 8th-grade pill.”

The crowd was in complete shock!

This was their first time hearing of a 7th grade pill that exceeded an 8th grade pill. Even some low-grade alchemists were dumbstruck.

Though the 5th-grade alchemists and above were fully aware of the reason.

There were, in fact, some alchemists who had a hundred percent chance of refining 5th-grade pills that could touch upon how to reach the perfect quality. But never, even after they entered the 6th grade, had they achieved it.

Thus 6th grade pills were easy to refine, while perfect 5th-grade pills were nigh impossible.

To them, refining a grade surpassing pill was a talent among talents.

Talent was already needed to become a high-grade alchemist, but for refining a perfect pill one had to be a genius.

It was clear Vicious Pill King was such a man.

In an instant, the people’s image of Vicious Pill King grew exponentially.