Chapter 52 - Verification Approved (2/2)
Many of the people thought about this as well. They shook their heads to themselves, hoping that they could discard this unrealistic idea from their minds. How could this be possible? Fang Lin was but a youth of 17 or 18 years old. How could he possibly improve the alchemy prescriptions left behind by the alchemy sect predecessors?
However, Gu Daofeng’s words seemed to imply that Fang Lin played an unusually important role in this event as well.
Meng Wuyou appeared to be slightly hesitant. He was already in a position that he could not back down from anymore. It was apparent that Gu Daofeng had already figured out that the person who had truly detected the flaw in the alchemy prescriptions was not him. No matter how hard he tried to conceal the fact, he just could not do it anymore.
At once, Meng Wuyou spoke in a deep voice, “It is true that Fang Lin did give me a hand in the matter of discovering the flaws in the alchemy prescriptions.”
Upon listening to his words, the elders were bewildered. On the other hand, Gu Daofeng cracked into a faint smile and said, “I’m afraid there’s more to it than that. Elder Meng, you’re still hiding something.”
Meng Wuyou heaved a sigh. “That is true. The mistakes in these 17 alchemy prescriptions were pointed out by Fang Lin. I tested and verified each and every one of them. It is genuinely as Fang Lin pointed out. These alchemy prescriptions can be further improved.”
As soon as those words were spoken, the people were beyond shocked, including Mu Yan.
“That’s absurd! That’s truly absurd! He’s just a low-grade disciple. How dare he talk about improving the alchemy prescriptions at random?”
“That’s funny! So, it turns out that Elder Meng has been tricked by the b*stard, Fang Lin!”
“You’ve wasted our time trying to debate this. This is just a farce!”
Some elders immediately shook their heads and sneered in disgust. In fact, some were already planning to leave the great hall. Even the elders that supported Meng Wuyou earlier also heaved a sigh. They felt that this matter was truly extremely absurd. The entire alchemy sect was roused just because of a low-grade disciple’s comment.
Mu Yan frowned ever so slightly. She looked at Meng Wuyou with a slightly displeased expression. How could Meng Wuyou not have notified her of such an important matter in advance? She had no idea how to react to the situation when she was completely unprepared for this.
Zhao Dengming immediately stepped forward and said aloud, “Elder Meng, have you gone demented because of your age? How could you willingly take the words of just a low-grade disciple so seriously and waste our time?”
Before his voice died away, Zhao Dengming realized that something was wrong. He hastily cupped his hands together before his chest and saluted Yan Zhengfeng. “Forgive me, Elder Yan. I really put my foot in my mouth. I did.”
Yan Zhengfeng took a glance at Zhao Dengming. He did not bother to fuss with Zhao Dengming, but he looked toward Meng Wuyou and said, “I’ve heard about that boy, Fang Lin, before. The four saints’ statues manifested themselves in his presence and he was also the only junior alchemy disciple that scored full marks in the examination. He also defeated the high-grade disciple, Lu Jiuhe, in the alchemy match previously. He can be described as an exceedingly rare genius in our alchemy sect.”
The crowd did not disagree with Yan Zhengfeng’s appraisal because even those who were biased against Fang Lin had no choice but to admit that he was genuinely a one-of-a-kind genius.
“Yet, you’re going to amend the alchemy prescriptions of our alchemy sect predecessors just because of the boy’s comment. Meng Wuyou, since when have you turned into such an irrational person?” Yan Zhengfeng questioned.
Meng Wuyou spoke without changing his expression, “Fang Lin received guidance from a master when he was young, so he is well versed in numerous alchemy prescriptions. I’ve already made amendments to these 17 alchemy prescriptions according to his instructions. They are genuinely much better than the original prescriptions.”
“Oh? Have you already tested and verified these?” Yan Zhengfeng asked with a frown.
Meng Wuyou nodded. He had been busy testing and verifying Fang Lin’s statement these past few days just to ensure that he was fully confident before he came to this place today.
Yan Zhengfeng inhaled a deep breath. Soon afterward, he turned around and said to Gu Daofeng, “First Elder, in this case, I shall consent to carry out the experiment to test and verify the amended alchemy prescriptions. I’d like to see if this boy, Fang Lin, is truly a peerlessly genius as you mentioned.”