Chapter 358: The Preliminary Round (1/2)
After leaving the Pagoda, Yang Wei returned to his room where it was completely silent.
Thanks to the notice he posted outside the room, none of the other disciples had dared to barge in.
After all, if they had accidentally disrupted Yang Wei's alchemy refining, then they would surely be bashed by the others.
Yang Wei stretched his body slightly as he made sure to crush a pill in his hand.
Since he was using concoction as an excuse to train in the Pagoda, then his body must emit a medicinal smell. Otherwise, his lies would be easily exposed and they would question what he was doing all alone in the room.
Sometime later, once everything was done, Yang Wei stood up as he opened the door.
A large notice was posted on the wall as it told Yang Wei to meet the others in the reception area whenever he was done.
”Hopefully, I'm not late…” Yang Wei muttered as he began heading toward the reception area.
After walking for a few minutes, Yang Wei noticed everyone was already in the reception area.
Some disciples were sitting in a lotus position as they cultivate, while some were practicing their techniques.
If it weren't for the spacious area in the Ivory Hotel, Yang Wei was sure they would have long been kicked out for disturbing other guests.
”Yang Wei, you are finally here huh,” Shan Zhilan crossed her arms as she glanced at Yang Wei.
”Confining yourself in the room for a week… have you managed to produce a good result?” She asked.
Suddenly, Jing Feng walked forward as she stepped in between Shan Zhilan and Yang Wei.
”Enough, Shan Zhilan… Yang Wei hasn't even obtained his alchemist badge yet nor learned much about alchemy. Stop making him stressed by asking for the pill resistance pill.”
”Woah, did you really need to defend him this quickly? I mean like… if he wasn't refining pills for the past weeks then what is he doing?”
As they were staring intensely at each other, Yang Wei decided to defuse the bomb by retrieving multiple jade bottles.
”Elder Shan, these are all the pills that I have refined.” Yang Wei said as he explained some other jade bottles.
”Besides the poison resistance pill, I had also refined some other strength-enhancing type and spiritual qi recovery pill.”
Shan Zhilan and Jing Feng both held a dumbfounded expression at the excessive amount of jade bottles Yang Wei had retrieved.
It was so much that even Jing Feng doesn't have the confidence to be able to refine so many within a week.
Seeing their shocked reaction, Yang Wei had realized his blunder in retrieving so many jade bottles in one go.
When he was training in the Pagoda, Fan Ping had constantly fed him alchemy pills to consume. Thus, his sense of logic had been clouded hard and the amount he retrieved wasn't much in his eyes.
However, that was a different case for Shan Zhilan, Jing Feng, and the other disciples.
That was because they believed all the pills in the jade bottles were refined by Yang Wei, and not someone else.
”D-Did you really refine all of these within a week?” Shan Zhilan asked stutteringly.
Yang Wei scratched his head as he needed to come up with a lie fast.
Clasping his hand, Yang Wei shook his head.
”I had refined the poison resistance pill, but the other pills with me were refined during my one-month disappearance.” Yang Wei said solemnly, hoping to sound as sincere as possible.
Shan Zhilan nodded her head.
She would rather believe this kind of explanation than believe Yang Wei was able to refine so many pills in one week.
Refining pills is completely different when cultivating.
One must never be distracted and be focused at all times during the refinement period. Otherwise, there's a chance the pill might explode or dissolve in its essence if the flame was too hot.
Sometime later, Shan Zhilan distributed the pills evenly to the other disciples.
Meanwhile, Jing Feng dragged Yang Wei secretly to a corner as she glared intensely at him.
”Speak… who refined those pills?” Jing Feng asked in a serious tone.
Yang Wei sighed softly as he knew she would definitely catch on to his lies.