Chapter 154 - Transcending Pill King (1/2)

“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Let the dragon’s feast perfect the pill!”

Zhuo Fan’s shout was followed by a vigorous shake of the hand, sending 18 drops of Bodhi Jade Sap into the air. The 18 dragonlings acted like cats catching the smell of fish, nabbing a drop each.

Roar!

As the dragonlings roared, their body dissolved into azure flames followed by their heads and leaving a ball of azure fire.

Then the fire scattered to reveal upon the world a shining azure pill. It released a soothing smell, gripping the hearts of everyone there.

“W-what grade is it to have such an astonishing effect?” The people stared unblinking at the 18 dancing pills.

These pills had yet to renounce their dragonic nature, roaring as they traveled the sky.

All 18 of them were clearly alive. What got people so distraught was that while Vicious Pill King nearly gave his life to make just one, Zhuo Fan flipped his hand and there went eighteen of them dancing across the sky.

This feeling was something words weren’t enough to describe. Just how many times did one need to surpass Vicious Pill King’s skill to breach this gap?

There was no need for judging at this point. Everyone was dead set that Zhuo Fan was the winner. And this time, his victory was perfect, incontestable, thoroughly crushing the opposition.

Taking a small bottle, Zhuo Fan waved for the 18 pills. He put them inside without even letting Xiao Ya take a single peek.

Xiao Ya was alarmed, “Grandmaster Song, the pills you refined…”

“No need to see them.” Zhuo Fan cut her off with a shake of his head. He turned to the dumbstruck and collapsed Vicious Pill King and muttered, “I won!”

Pure confidence.

The whole crowd watched the calm and proud Zhuo Fan with a sense of awe. They looked at him as if he was their sole king.

His cocky and obnoxious attitude came back in full force as well, making them all bend their knees.

[In alchemy, I am the first. Who dares claim my throne?]

Zhuo Fan stood there, quietly, giving the grandmaster alchemists a whole new meaning to how small they felt.

He was a true Pill King. A Pill King with unquestionable authority!

Xiao Ya was the closest to Zhuo Fan. She bore the brunt of his aura, but was fast to recover also, “Grandmaster Song, I’m convinced you have gone beyond mere winning. But please, explain to us, what grade are they?”

“18 pills, all of perfect 8th-grade quality!” Zhuo Fan deadpanned.

The crowd erupted in surprise. The grandmaster alchemists knew he exceeded their imagination, but never knew the full extent of it. How sheerly unbelievable it all was.

Vicious Pill King could refine a perfect 7th-grade pill and he was already at the peak of his skill.

When people saw the 18 pills, despite the shock, they only went as far as thinking Zhuo Fan refined them as perfect 7th-grade pills. It was more than enough to surpass Vicious by many times.

But this little prick went even further beyond anyone’s guess. He not only surpassed him but went a full grade above.

Perfect 8th-grade pill. That was something not even a 10th-grade alchemist could accomplish consistently, least of all 18 of them in one breath.

Such heaven-defying skill was only mentioned in legends, hearsay. How could it ever be a reality, here and now?

This cheeky little prick was that much of a monster?

They shouted at him in their hearts, but they could not hide the sheer admiration and respect they held for his incredible refining ability.

Vicious Pill King himself was floored. His green hair became white under the naked eye. He aged dozens of years in just one breath.

It was an astonishing defeat. Vicious Pill King never had suffered such a thorough and complete loss. It left him with no chance of a comeback.

This Pill King had discovered today that his refining ability was nothing when faced with a true expert. The despair, the grief, was harder to bear than even death.

Yan Fu watched his master’s loss with a pained heart. He flicked a glare at Zhuo Fan, but all he could do was gnash his teeth.

[This brat is too damn strong. Master was never his match. And I will never get the chance to catch up to him either!]

As there was a man beyond the next, so was a sky beyond another. It was such an apt description that no one could refute it.

He took master as his role model. Acting as brash as him, thinking his master was the best alchemist in the world. But then came the day his master was defeated, hopeless of even taking revenge.

Such a gap was no different from a chasm…

Tao Danniang ought to be going wild with joy seeing Yan Song’s crushed spirit. But it never came. Every new wave drove higher than its predecessor, who died on the sandy beach.