Chapter 14: I Wonder If Deputy Hall Master Li Had His Breakfast?
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
In the Pill Hall.
Wu Hao quickly stored the pills he refined into a porcelain bottle.
There were two reasons why he stored them so quickly.
Firstly, he had to ensure that the medicinal herbs in the medicinal pill would not be lost.
Secondly, he saw that Gu Zecang's pill was already at the final stage.
He wanted to see it.
After seeing Gu Zecang's pill fire manipulation technique with his own eyes, Wu Hao was looking forward to seeing if Gu Zecang could form a pill in the end.
After all, he had never seen a pill being refined with this kind of method.
At the same time, the surrounding disciples also had various emotions in their eyes.
Li Ce and Wang Lei looked at this scene with extremely serious expressions.
Han Daobai's hand, which was stroking his beard, was faintly trembling.
This was something he had imagined several decades ago.
The result of this alchemy held extraordinary significance to him!
In everyone's eyes, Gu Zecang, who was still in a state of selflessness, suddenly raised the temperature of the pill fire!
The pure essence of the medicinal herbs in the cauldron had already slowly taken the shape of a pill.
At this moment, under the high temperature.
It suddenly condensed into a pill!
Bang!
Gu Zecang slapped the pill cauldron with his large hand, and a pill the size of a dragon's eye shot out from the pill cauldron.
It landed on Gu Zecang's palm.
-- It was a success!
Without any mishaps, the pill was completed!
At this moment.
Seeing that the pill in Gu Zecang's palm emitted a glazed color, everyone's gazes were practically focused on it.
Han Daobai couldn't suppress the joy in his chest.
Good!
Very good!
Just by smelling this rich pill fragrance, Han Daobai knew that this pill was certainly a success.
At this moment, Gu Zecang also came out from his tranced state moments ago.
When he saw the pill in his palm, his face also revealed a trace of joy.
Finally.
He was crazily practising how to refine a pill for a month and he finally succeeded in doing that in front of the Pill Peak disciples.
Unfortunately, it was only a glass-colored pill. It should still be inferior to the golden pill that Junior Brother Lu Ming had refined.
"Since the pill has been successfully refined, bring it over and ask Hall Master Han to appraise it."
Li Ce spoke slowly, trying his best to maintain a calm tone.
Now, the time to truly judge the outcome had come!
Was it because their Pill Peak had to give Gu Zecang twenty times the additional pill resources...
Or was it because Gu Zecang was kneeling down and only paying attention to Hall Master Han's judgment?
After Wu Hao smelled the rich medicinal pill fragrance just now and saw the glazed medicinal pill with his own eyes, his state of mind had completely collapsed.
This... this was what the Deputy Hall Master had said when he called him over, that he was competing with 'trash'?
At this moment, Wu Hao wanted to ask Li Ce what the definition of 'trash' was in his eyes.
Was the person who was able to condense the pill fire in one second considered 'trash'?
Or was the person that was able to condense 90% purity pill fire rendered 'trash'?
Or was a person who was extremely skilled in alchemy called 'trash'?
Wu Hao thought helplessly as he and Gu Zecang handed the pill to Han Daobai.
But no matter what, he still didn't know what the color of the glass represented.
He still had a chance of winning.
Han Daobai suppressed his emotions.
This was the Pill Peak after all and he was standing in front of so many disciples of his own Pill Hall.
No matter what, he had to act calm.
In the end, Han Daobai gently took Wu Hao's medicinal pill and carefully examined it.
"Good."
"The quality of the medicinal pill is not bad, it should have a completion rate of 73%!"
As his voice fell, Wu Hao felt a sense of relief.
After all, he had already done his best.
And upon hearing this answer, most of the surrounding disciples and Li Ce all revealed satisfied smiles.
A 73% completion rate for medicinal pills.
An ordinary Rank 1 alchemist could only refine to a 50% completion rate.
A 73% completion rate was already considered to be extremely exaggerated.
Wu Hao was indeed worthy of being known as a top talent in alchemy!
"Next, it's Gu Zecang's medicinal pill."
Han Daobai's expression didn't change, but he was experiencing surging emotions internally.
This was the result of his imagination and actual practice back then.
Moreover.
He had been refining pills for so many years, but he had never seen a glazed medicinal pill.
He was also somewhat curious as to what this glazed medicinal pill's completion rate was...
Hiss!
This!
"F*ck... 91%!!"
Han Daobai forced down his expletive and stood up on the spot.
He stared at the medicinal pill and shouted!
Hearing that.
At this moment.
Everyone present was completely dumbfounded this time!
91%?!
This!!
All the Pill Peak disciples had been refining pills for so many years, and they didn't even have a completion rate above 75%.
Gu Zecang had only taught himself for a month.
He could refine a pill with a 91% completion rate with a flip of his hand?!
In just an instant, everyone present in the Pill Hall, including those waiting outside for the results, was immediately dumbfounded after hearing that it was a 91% completion rate!
Where did this Gu Zecang come from?
Deputy Hall Master Li and Hall Master Han had dug a hole for him.
But in the end, he crawled out of it!
"Hahahahahahahaha."
"Are Pill Peak disciples only at this level?"
Everyone was too shocked for words.
Gu Zecang, who had waited for an entire month for this moment to happen, would not let go of such an opportunity.
He looked at the shocked expressions of the Pill Peak disciples beside him, as well as some of their fearful gazes.
Gu Zecang felt so good that his entire body was super relaxed!
"Impossible!"
"How could Wu Hao lose?!"
To others, if Pill Peak lost, so be it. After all, others could do so.
At most, they would feel a little depressed and be ridiculed a little.
But Li Ce couldn't accept it.
"Why is it impossible?"
"Hall Master Han personally appraised it. How could it be wrong?"
Gu Zecang smiled slightly, then forced out a pose and said, "Hiss, I don't know why, but I suddenly feel like watching someone gnaw on a tree."
"I wonder, Deputy Hall Master Li, have you eaten breakfast?"
As he finished speaking, Li Ce's expression froze!
"What?"
"Deputy Hall Master Li said it in front of so many people. Don't tell me that you are going back on your words?"
Seeing Li Ce's expression stiffen, Gu Zecang immediately said with a smile.
One had to know.
On the way here today, Gu Zecang had rehearsed several times in advance the posture he should take after winning the bet.
Originally, he had thought that just mocking the Pill Peak disciples back was a little too boring.
He didn't expect Li Ce to make a huge bet just now.
Li Ce was also panicking when he was directly called by name.
This time, not only did Gu Zecang refine the pill, his completion rate reached an astonishing 91%.
Especially now that this had happened in front of hundreds of Pill Peak disciples.
So many people had seen it with their own eyes.
There was simply no way to tamper with it.
However, if he wanted to do something like eating a tree in front of so many people, wouldn't that be disgraceful?
As the Deputy Hall Master of the Pill Hall, he would lose face as a result.
Therefore, Li Ce began to quickly think of ways to make up for it.
"Uh... Junior Brother Gu, I was joking just now. How can you take it seriously?"
Li Ce smiled embarrassedly.
"If you don't believe me, you can ask Deputy Hall Master Wang and the others. I often joke with them."
As he spoke, Li Ce turned to look at Wang Lei and the others.
In the end, he discovered that Wang Lei and the other Deputy Hall Masters had already retreated two meters away from him.
At this moment, he saw Li Ce's gaze fall on him.
Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Wang Lei braced himself and replied, "Deputy Hall Master Li has always been cold-faced and serious when doing things. How could he possibly say such nonsense today?"
You!
Good heavens!
Hearing Wang Lei's words, Li Ce almost cursed out loud.
"Deputy Hall Master Li, I told you so. How could you be joking?"
Seeing this scene, Gu Zecang asked with a smile.
"Then... There must be some of the Pill Hall disciples here who can testify for me, right?"
Seeing that Wang Lei and the others didn't help him, Li Ce immediately began to divert his attention and turned to look at the surrounding Pill Hall disciples.
In the end, after waiting for ten breaths, not a single disciple stood out to speak.
Even the disciples who usually liked to flatter Li Ce didn't stand out at this time. They didn't even respond in the crowd.
This time, Li Ce was completely dumbfounded. He never expected that the disciples on his Pill Peak would choose to remain silent at this time.
What?
Did they like watching him eat trees so much!?
But what Li Ce didn't know was that, after the series of heaven-defying pill refining skills that Gu Zecang had displayed, the hearts of the surrounding Pill Peak disciples had long been set ablaze with earth-shaking waves.
The gazes they looked at Gu Zecang were all different.
Because.
Not all of the alchemy disciples present were alchemy talents.
Some had stayed on the Pill Peak for a few years but still ended up being the lowest-ranked pill servant.
Thus, after personally seeing Gu Zecang use only a month to reach his current heaven-defying level, they associated it with what Gu Zecang had previously mentioned, that the alchemy techniques imparted by the Pill Peak were wrong.
This undoubtedly confirmed this point.
Thus, they would want to learn the correct alchemy skills.
They also wanted to be like Gu Zecang, using only a month, to become a Rank 1 alchemist.
To be able to condense the pill fire with a flip of the palm and to get a completion rate of 91% for refining a pill.
Those disciples who had a rank in alchemy, as experts, would want to master that incomparably exquisite fire control skill.
Therefore, when faced with Li Ce's signal, not a single one of them answered.
At this moment, Li Ce looked at the Pill Peak disciples who were all silent, and he was slowly breaking down.
He angrily took a step forward and slapped the table, "F*ck it, say it, why don't you all say anything?!"
"All of you are playing with silence, right?"
Li Ce looked around as he spoke.
But before he could continue speaking, a voice sounded behind him.
"Noisy."
"When has my Pill Peak ever broken a promise? Li Ce, you can go now."
When the voice entered his ears, Li Ce couldn't hold it in anymore, because these words were said by Han Daobai.
Under such circumstances, after his Pill Peak's elder spoke, no one was helping him?!
Li Ce felt that his sect had completely died.
Then, without any hesitation, he took a deep breath.
Step by step, he walked out of Pill Hall No. 1 and headed straight for the big tree at the door!
Kacha!
Sounds came in from outside the Pill Hall.
"Hahahahaha, I'm dying of laughter."
"Mm, Deputy Hall Master Li is indeed worthy of being a Deputy Hall Master. He has good teeth."
At this moment, Gu Zecang was completely elated.
He laughed loudly as he looked at the scene in the distance.
Then, he realized that the Pill Peak disciples who were scattered around were still surrounding him.
After a flash of inspiration, he immediately turned around and looked at them, "Hiss, why do I remember someone saying just now that if I win, he will eat the pill cauldron?"
"Was it you? Was it you?"
After a round of teasing, the Pill Peak disciples around him felt helpless and were about to leave.
Suddenly, Han Daobai's voice sounded.
"Little friend Gu, don't make fun of them."
"This has nothing to do with them."
Hearing this, Gu Zecang turned to look at Han Daobai.
"Hall Master Han."
"You really should have said this a month ago. I feel like it's a little late to say it now."
"Pill Peak, remember to prepare the extra monthly quota for later. I still have things to do, so I'll be going back first."
Although Gu Zecang said this with a smile, his words were not polite.
Therefore, after saying those harsh words, Gu Zecang was ready to turn around and leave.
After putting a front, he would run away. This was his way of survival.
Later, no matter what the other party replied to him, he would not care!
And just as he turned around, Han Daobai spoke again.
But this time, Gu Zecang stopped in his tracks.
He even looked at Han Daobai in disbelief!
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