Chapter 38 (1/2)

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Kang Lu’s face turned ghastly pale at once upon learning about Lu Jiuhe’s refinement failure. Stunned, he looked as if he had lost his soul.

The crowd was extremely astonished as well. Lu Jiuhe was a high-grade disciple. How could he fail when he was just refining the unorthodox Blood-clotting Pill? Even if the Blood-clotting Pill was refined in the hands of a medium-grade disciple, the success rate was at least above 80%, so how could Lu Jiuhe have failed?

Elder Zhou turned around and took a glance at Fang Lin to see him smiling. He had already figured out the situation quite well in his heart.

The Three Mountain Shakes did not just rock his own cauldron but also the other person’s cauldron as well. Fang Lin is actually rather cunning! Elder Zhou smirked to himself.

In the distance, Meng Wuyou and Mu Yan were very relieved to see the result. At the same time, they found themselves impressed by Fang Lin’s performance this time. Both the Three Mountain Shakes and the Smoky Dragon were extremely rare occurrences, yet both phenomenons had happened to Fang Lin. All these underlined that he was a special individual that stood out from the crowd.

“The boy is always capable of startling others,” Meng Wuyou scoffed.

Mu Yan smiled and said, “I believe that Fang Lin is going to attract even more attention now that he’s used the Three Mountain Shakes technique. I wonder what’s on the first elder’s mind now.”

Meng Wuyou’s smile faded gradually. “The first elder is a man with profound ideology, but there’s one thing about him that we can be certain of—he will never allow Fang Lin to threaten that person’s status.”

Mu Yan nodded but did not comment on that.

On the other side, Zhao Dengming and Wu Zhen stood gazing at one another. They found that it was hard for them to accept this outcome.

“I didn’t expect Fang Lin to be capable of hiding his talents. He’s actually skilled in the Three Mountain Shakes technique that was lost to the world ages ago. Our plan has failed this time,” Wu Zhen complained with a long face.

Zhao Dengming was frowning deeply. A layer of glum shrouded his face as he said, “We are well aware of Fang Lin’s family background. He comes from a small clan, but he’s skilled in ancient alchemy techniques such as the Three Mountain Shakes. I think that we should look deeper into this matter.”

Wu Zhen nodded. While the disciples were astonished by Fang Lin’s performance, the elders like them would investigate this matter. The outcome of the match between Fang Lin and Lu Jiuhe came second when it came to Fang Lin’s capability of practicing the alchemy technique, the Three Mountain Shakes. Such a discovery was enough to carry a huge weight.

There were way too many ancient alchemy techniques lost to the world since ages ago. The alchemists of today could only read about these ancient techniques from the remnants of torn ancient books and recordings.

Today, Fang Lin had performed one of the ancient alchemy techniques known as the Three Mountain Shakes. Even though he was currently just a trivial character in the sect, it elevated his greatness to a level that was much higher than an elder now that everyone knew about his proficiency in practicing the ancient alchemy technique.

“Even if he’s skilled in the Three Mountain Shakes technique, there’s no room for him to be the first elder anyhow,” sneered Zhao Dengming.

Wu Zhen nodded. Albeit the Three Mountain Shakes being shocking, the alchemy sect’s first elder was still the true master of the alchemy sect, and Fang Lin’s existence threatened his status to a certain extent.

On the alchemy altar, Lu Jiuhe regained consciousness. The very moment he awakened, he looked into his cauldron in a stupor. He had almost fainted once again when he saw the pitch-black residue left at the bottom of the cauldron.

“How did this happen?” Lu Jiuhe wanted to weep but his eyes were dry. It felt like his entire world had collapsed. He refused to believe everything that had happened before his eyes. In fact, he even gave himself a tight slap just to check if he was caught in a nightmare. After being caught in a daze for a long while, he had no choice but to accept the reality of his failed refinement.

Elder Zhou reminded, “Lu Jiuhe, you should give Fang Lin the Century Lingzhi according to the agreement earlier.”

Upon listening to the order, the people looked at Lu Jiuhe in sympathy as they thought, ‘You’ve truly placed yourself at an utter disadvantage this time. Besides making a fool of yourself and embarrassing yourself, you’re also giving away your precious Century Lingzhi for nothing. Poor Lu Jiuhe! He has taken a really bad fall this time, one that’s way worse than the transgressions that he has gone through in his entire life.’