novelraw Chapter 258
Chapter 258
Changgui observed Zheng Tuo’s elixir once more and had a good idea in his mind.
"How else can this newcomer win? I think he’s bound to lose."
"I didn’t expect Zheng Tuo to have this skill, I somehow feel he’s gotten a bit more handsome."
Zheng Tuo listened to the whispers of his classmates and felt immensely proud inside.
He raised his head and lifted his chin towards Changgui: "Kid, considering you’re new here, if you admit defeat and apologize to me, I won’t hold this against you."
Changgui looked puzzled: "Why should I admit defeat?"
"Still boasting like that!"
"I think this newbie must be arrogant because he got into our Immortal Armor Class through connections and thinks he’s something great!"
"Tch, I really look down on those who have no skills and yet pretend otherwise!"
Changgui ignored everyone’s comments, saw that the pill furnace was cleaned, and stepped forward.
Judging by the level of the Qi Smoothing Pill Zheng Tuo refined, he didn’t plan to bring out the Qiankun Cauldron, as there’s no need to unnecessarily attract others’ attention.
Besides, seeing their operations earlier, with such ease in refining elixirs, why not do the same?
The four cultivators opened the furnace again, and Changgui placed the materials inside one by one.
The elderly gentleman squinted, watching Changgui’s movements closely, afraid of missing anything.
However, the next moment, Changgui’s actions nearly made the old man’s jaw drop.
After putting in all the materials, Changgui suddenly used his Samadhi Fire to wrap the gradually forming elixir, requiring only a thin layer, which didn’t consume much spiritual power, yet demanded far more precise control of the fire.
"Is that the Samadhi True Fire?!" Someone exclaimed.
Even the old man hadn’t expected that within Changgui’s seemingly ordinary upper-grade Fire Spirit Root lurked the Samadhi True Fire!
You should know, such a mutated Fire Spirit Root not only exerts purer fire spiritual power in attacks but also, for alchemists, Samadhi True Fire is simply a divine gift, making alchemy twice as effective!
"This...he’s cheating!" Feng Tian hurriedly reacted upon seeing the Samadhi True Fire. Anyone who learned basic alchemy knowledge knows the massive aid Samadhi True Fire offers in alchemy!
Zheng Tuo felt a moment of tension, but quickly relaxed, thinking, what good is spiritual power anyway? The materials used are terribly wrong; can one make rice out of flour?
The old man shook his head at Feng Tian’s protest: "How can this be called cheating? Owning Samadhi True Fire is one thing, but being able to apply it in alchemy, especially when the majority of the furnace’s fire is controlled by other cultivators, is quite another."
Someone nearby listened and couldn’t help but nod: "The gentleman is right; with his actions, even if it were possible to refine it initially, now it could be burned."
Upon hearing this, Feng Tian looked at Zheng Tuo’s calm demeanor and was temporarily reassured.
He was thirteen, and Zheng Tuo was only a year younger, but he had always been excellent in academics, so losing to him wouldn’t be much. But losing to a newcomer, an eight-year-old kid, would be too embarrassing.
Fortunately, this newcomer knows nothing, foolishly thinking having Samadhi True Fire makes him successful, ridiculous! Made him tense for a moment, psh.
To control this fire is indeed challenging; Feng Tian and Zheng Tuo obviously refined it easily before, while Changgui had spent nearly twice the time, beads of sweat starting to form on his forehead.
"Give it up, newbie, if it doesn’t come out just admit defeat, clinging to face is suffering!"