Chapter 38 (2/2)

Lu Jiuhe’s face was filled with sorrow, rage and injustice. He felt even more recalcitrant. He was fully confident in his alchemy skills, so how could he have failed when he was only refining the elementary Blood-clotting Pill?

Suddenly, Lu Jiuhe reacted when he remembered how his cauldron had suddenly shaken in a ghastly manner during the final juncture of the refinement process. He was convinced that the failure of his refinement process was related to the shaking at the end.

“Could this be the result of Fang Lin’s doing?” Lu Jiuhe glared at Fang Lin in hatred while the latter did not pay attention to him at all.

“Lu Jiuhe, did you hear me?” Elder Zhou asked in a displeased tone when he noticed that Lu Jiuhe did not have the intention to retrieve the Century Lingzhi.

Upon listening to Elder Zhou’s reminder, Lu Jiuhe’s heart was filled with extreme reluctance. However, he could only take out the Century Lingzhi obediently and pass it to Elder Zhou while his heart felt like it was breaking into a thousand pieces.

Elder Zhou examined the item in his hand for a while to ensure that the Century Lingzhi was not a fake. Then, he turned around and passed it to Fang Lin.

The enmity in Lu Jiuhe’s heart grew tremendously as he watched the Century Lingzhi being passed into Fang Lin’s hand. He immediately stored his Green Stone Cauldron before he turned around and left. He refused to stay in this place where he was defaced and disgraced completely. Furthermore, he did not want to stay and listen to the others making fun of him. Most importantly, he refused to bear witness to Fang Lin storing the Century Lingzhi in his pouch.

Lu Jiuhe left in a hurry. No one noticed his absence because everyone’s gaze was fixed upon Fang Lin. This very moment belonged to the victor.

In the crowd, a martial arts disciple spoke cheerfully, “Fang Lin looks like he has real capabilities. I think we can seek his help to refine elixirs for us in the future.”

“Even though this boy looks like he is asking for a beating, his alchemy skills are genuinely quite impressive. We should befriend him,” said the other martial arts disciple while nodding in agreement.

Kang Lu and his troop left the place in dejection as well. Fang Lin had won, sending all their plans spiraling into the drain.

In the great hall of the alchemy sect, Gu Daofeng stood behind the metal console table with his hands clasped behind his back. He stood straight regally like a pine tree without moving.

“Fang Lin won. Moreover, he used the ancient alchemy technique known as the Three Mountain Shakes,” a youth reported to him in the great hall.

“The Three Mountain Shakes?” Gu Daofeng spun around, his elegant face tainted with a tinge of astonishment.

The youth replied with a smile, “You’re surprised too, huh? I was even more surprised than you are when I saw it with my own eyes.”

Gu Daofeng appeared to be immersed in deep thought. He spoke after a long while, “Send the alchemy pavilion to retrieve the Three Mountain Shakes technique.”

The youth nodded. Soon afterward, he left the great hall.

The competition at the alchemy altar had already ended. However, the repercussions of the event lasted for days. Other than the alchemy sect, many people from the martial arts sect were talking about Fang Lin.

At first, Fang Lin was still planning on how to make a name for himself in the martial arts sect. The alchemy match happened just in time to spread his reputation.

The martial arts sect disciples came to befriend Fang Lin on the second day after the alchemy match. Naturally, he welcomed them with open arms. Moreover, he generously presented each of the visiting martial arts sect disciples with a Blood-clotting Pill.

Within a day, the nine Blood-clotting Pills refined during the alchemy match were all distributed as gifts. Even though he felt slightly broken-hearted to do so, the sacrifice was necessary. At least, the martial arts sect disciples that took his pills would put in a good word for him in the martial arts sect.