100 Pranking Grandpa Don (1/2)

”How do I know you can't teach me anything?” Crazy Don repeated the question with a derisive look.

”When I started learning alchemy, you were not even born yet, kiddo. What kind of alchemic knowledge do you know that I haven't learnt before?” Crazy Don scoffed.

Leon was not offended by the scoffing.

”The world is so vast, and the profundity of alchemy is a never-ending path of learning that could never be fully comprehended simply after reading ten thousand books nor treading ten thousand miles. Do you dare claim to know everything there is to know about alchemy?”

Leon spewed some profound words and threw a question back at the elderly while giving him a cursory glance.

”Hah, I naturally wouldn't dare, but what I know is certainly more than what you know, kiddo.”

Crazy Don spoke with certainty.

Leon shook his head at the elder's blind confidence. He was a rank 5 Alchemist Sovereign in his past life and was certainly not an average joe. Rank 5 Alchemist Sovereigns were capable of refining tier 5 spirit pills for Void Realm practitioners and were just one rank below the divine rank.

It wasn't farfetched to say that his alchemy skills stood at the peak of the mortal realm. As such, the elder's blind confidence was no difference to arrogance. One should never judge a book by its cover.

Leon targeted the elder with a tricky question. If Crazy Don knew what the Purity Renewal Pill was, he would know how much it meant to him.

When ingesting pills, there was always a limit to the effectiveness of a pill before the body develop complete immune to it. The Purity Renewal Pill can reset the body's immunity to pills and remove the residual pill toxins that could not be removed with the Toxin Cleansing Pill.

Leon had only given the elder a cursory glance, but he already knew that the elder had hit a bottleneck in his cultivation for years. He was able to infer the problem after diagnosing the elder through look and smell.

He had been on the mark. Crazy Don had been ingesting the Essence Strengthening Pills for most of his life to improve his cultivation. However, the pill gradually lost its effectiveness as he approached 9-stars in his cultivation, before ultimately becoming completely ineffective after reaching 9-stars.

As such, he had be stumped at the gate of transcendence for years without much hope of taking the last step. How frustrating it must be for a person to reach the fabled doors of transcendence but unable to open it.

”Purity Renewal Pill? What kind of pill is that? Don't think you can pull the wool over this old man's eyes by making up some pill name he never heard before.”

”...”

As expected, Crazy Don did not know what the pill was. Otherwise, he would have long achieved transcendence. His body was completely healthy and had no problem reaching transcendence if not for the pill immunity.

Leon mouth curved into a grin at Crazy Don's reply.

”You don't even know what a Purity Renewal Pill is and yet you claim you know more than me? Listen up, the Purity Renewal Pill is-”

Leon suddenly paused his words. Crazy Don wore a lackadaisical expression and started yawning the moment he started explaining the pill's usage. It was uncertain whether the elder was listening to Leon's words. His face couldn't help but twitched.

”Are you listening to me, Old fart?”

”Yeah, yeah… I'm listening.”

Crazy Don answered perfunctorily without a care for Leon's rudeness. He had no idea why he didn't mind staying behind to listen to this kid, who was still wet behind the ears, trying to preach about alchemy to him. Maybe he was bored and was looking for some way to kill time.

Leon noticed the perfunctory tone in the Old fart's words and lack of attention. His following words carried a hint of impatience.

”How can the master teach, if the student is unwilling learn? Is that the attitude of a listener?”

”Haih…alright, I'm listening… intently.”

Crazy Don placed extra emphasis on the word 'intently'. He wagered the kiddo would give him an earful as his 'Master' if he didn't play his part as the 'student'. He still wanted to listen to what the kid says so he can quickly rebut him. Nonetheless, his attitude was still  superficial.

Leon didn't care if the Old fart's attitude was genuine or not as long as he was listening.

”The Purity Renewal Pill has the effect of reset the body's immunity to pill efficacy.”

His words were brief, but his goal was achieved as the message was been delivered.

”Reset the body's immunity to the pill's efficacy? Hmph! That's some bold claims, kiddo. All words are empty talk. Present some hard evidence if you want to convince this Old man!”