Chapter 221: Don’t Underestimate Me!

Daphne Camellia finished arranging her ingredients a long time ago but Zen was still taking his time slowly.

Daphne Camellia's brows twitched slightly as she couldn't stand him wasting time on such simple steps.

"Hey, couldn't you hurry up and arrange your ingredients already," Daphne Camellia shouted, hoping Zen would pick up his speed.

His speed of rate in arranging was akin to a snail and Daphne Camellia doesn't have all the time in the world for him to spend.

Meanwhile, Zen ignored her shout as he continued arranging the ingredients at his own pace.

'What's the point of rushing things?' Zen exclaimed inwardly.

Sometime later, Zen finally heaved a sigh of relief when he finished arranging his ingredients in a beautiful manner.

Daphne Camellia gritted her teeth in anger. 'Hmph, just continue to be a showoff and try to delay the inevitable. This alchemist face-off is my victory no matter what.'

Daphne Camellia glared at Zen and asked, "Can we begin the face-off now or are you going to try and come up with some excuse to delay the match again?"

Zen rubbed his chin slightly and made a blissful expression. "You're amazing Daphne Camellia."

And he continued, "How did you know I need to use the toilet first before we can start the match?"

When Daphne Camellia heard his excuse, she almost wanted to strangle his neck off.

"Then what the fuck are you waiting for? Go and do your business already." Daphne Camellia lost her cool completely and started cursing at Zen.

Zen kindly bowed down, showcasing his etiquette before saying, "I shall thank Miss Daphne Camellia for her kindness in letting me do my toilet business. Otherwise, I'm afraid I would have to do it in front of you."

Afterward, he dashed toward the door and left the backyard, leaving a hot-red tomato face Daphne Camellia alone.

"SHAMELESS SCOUNDREL!" Daphne Camellia cursed as she stomped on the ground.

She couldn't believe his shameless display truly has no bound as he dared to utter such words in front of a young maiden.

Heck, he even took his merry time in a supposedly serious alchemist face-off. 

Daphne Camellia could not help but wondered if he came from another world since no one could possibly behave like he does.

In the end, Daphne Camellia decided to sit down and calm her emotion because her current emotion is not suitable to refine any pill. 

Suddenly, realization dawned on her when Daphne Camellia figured out what Zen was trying to do.

'Hmph, you did all these acts to try and ruin my concentration so that you can win easily. Don't underestimate me,' Daphne Camellia clenches her fist as she decides to ignore every action from Zen.

Sometime later, the door opens and Zen walks inside with a smile on his face. 

"Ahh, letting off those liquids in my body sure made me feel better." Zen chuckled softly as he continued to say something disgusting in front of Daphne Camellia.

However, he was soon disappointed when Daphne Camellia had zero reaction to his words and had her eyes closed.

'You can't fool me any longer, Zen. By doing these dirty tactics to collude my mind proves that you have no confidence in your alchemy skills.' Daphne Camellia sneered inwardly as she waited for Zen to begin the match.

Zen could only shake his head at her serious concentration and swift thinking to figure out his little strategy.

'I was expecting to continue this on for a longer period but who would have thought she got a brain for once,' Zen exclaimed inwardly as he walked toward his cauldron.

Afterward, he glanced at Daphne Camellia and smiled briefly. "We can begin now, Daphne Camellia."

Daphne Camellia nodded her head as she opened the lid of her cauldron before activating her flame at the bottom to start heating the cauldron up.

Once the cauldron began heating up, Daphne Camellia grabbed an ingredient before throwing it inside the cauldron to start melting the impurities away from it.

Her action was extremely quick as she kept throwing more and more ingredients down at the cauldron whereas Zen was still staring at his cauldron without moving a bit.

Daphne Camellia sneaked a glance to check on Zen and gloated when she saw him being in a daze. 'Heh, as expected of an impulsive person like you who could only show off your flame without any practical technique.'

Daphne Camellia's confidence grew stronger as she was guaranteed to win this face-off.

By gaining the confidence, Daphne Camellia began more daring in her refinement as she grabbed two ingredients from her arrangement and dropped it down at the cauldron before starting to melt their impurities at the same time.

This was a difficult process because she must control the flame temperature to match both of the properties of the ingredients and any mistake could result in her ingredient burning up into a crisp.

Zen smiled inwardly when he saw her being haughty and arrogant in her abilities again.

'Sigh, rushing your refinement just because I'm not doing anything is a foolish move to do.' 

Zen shook his head slightly as he snapped his finger and the BloodJade Flame soon appeared as it quickly started to heat up the cauldron.

Afterward, Zen opened the lid before grabbing a handful of the ingredients and dropped it down at the cauldron.

It was also at this precise moment where Daphne Camellia witnessed his crazy act of trying to melt multiple ingredients at the same time.

'C-Crazy, doesn't he know that each ingredient requires a different temperature? Even I only dared to attempt two ingredients at once yet he actually dared to grab a handful of ingredients.' Daphne Camellia widened her eyes in shock at his ridiculous action.

Although she wanted to win him very badly, this kind of win wouldn't even satisfy her because he basically gave up by doing so.

Thus, Daphne Camellia glanced at Zen with a bit of anger for not even taking her seriously.

'Hmph, since you wanted to lose this badly then I will gladly fulfill your wish,' Daphne Camellia shouted inwardly as she increased her flame temperature.