Chapter 33 - Shocking the Holy Son

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Seeing the scholarly man, Xu Nianliang immediately revealed a pleasantly surprised smile.

“Holy Son, why are you here?!”

The current Xu Nianliang was completely different from before. He was like a boot-licking dog!

He looked like he wanted to stretch his head over and let someone pet him.

“Don’t I need help? That’s why I came to look for you. I didn’t expect you to have friends here, so I won’t bother you anymore.” The Holy Son, Kong Yuhuai, smiled elegantly.

“Please don’t, Holy Son. These two aren’t my friends. Don’t be anxious. I’ll pack my things and accompany you to refine pills!” Xu Nianliang immediately shouted, preparing to pack his things. He didn’t even glance at Ao Cheng and Jiang Xiaobai, as if he didn’t know them.

“Xu, you’re really shameless. You say you don’t know us, so you don’t know us?” Ao Cheng widened his eyes. The temper of a second-generation heir was rising.

Xu Nianliang was stunned and his hands slowed down a lot. He looked at the surprised Kong Yuhuai, and then at the black-faced Ao Cheng before speaking in embarrassment.

“There’s nothing I can do. The Holy Son is our Five Lotus Mountain’s role model. It’s my honor to be able to help the Holy Son. Time is tight. We can talk about what happened just now when I come back.”

Ao Cheng strode forward and stopped him. “No, this friend of mine hasn’t shown you his alchemy skills yet!”

“Holy Son, are you in a hurry? If you’re not in a hurry, let’s sit down and have a cup of tea and chat. It just so happens that this friend of mine is also an alchemist. If it’s convenient for you, you can give him some pointers.” Ao Cheng turned around and looked at Kong Yuhuai.

He looked just like an old man.

The moment these words were said, the entire place was in an uproar.

The few of them looked at this fellow with shock in their eyes.

“Ao Cheng, don’t mess around. If you anger His Highness the Holy Son, I will not let you off!” Xu Nianliang hurriedly reprimanded.

Jiang Xiaobai also had a surprised expression. He had already begun to think of a way out. If he offended the Holy Son of Five Lotus Mountain, Ao Cheng might be fine with relying on his identity, but Jiang Xiaobai would not be!

However, Kong Yuhuai’s personality was indeed like the aura he was exuding. He was a scholarly and elegant person. He did not feel angry because of this. Instead, he smiled.

“Alright, but it’s not really guiding. It can only be said that we are having an exchange.”

Look, look, look!

This was what a disciple of a major faction should be like. Ao Cheng, that b*stard, could not compare at all!

Seeing this, Ao Cheng sneered. With a clang, he took out a table, chair, and stool from his storage ring. A teapot, a mountain, and a spring. Even with Kong Yuhuai’s composure, this scene was somewhat shocking.

“Come on, mortal. Show me your alchemy skills. Don’t disappoint me. After all, you have to achieve what you brag about, right?” Ao Cheng finished brewing the tea and looked like he was watching a show.

The corners of Jiang Xiaobai’s mouth twitched. Then, he walked up to Xu Nianliang’s pill furnace. As he took out the spirit herbs, he wondered in his heart.

The script that he had arranged didn’t seem to be like this?

Wasn’t he supposed to show off his skills in front of Ao Cheng, make the other party think highly of him, and then succeed in the strategy?

Why did he now look like he was juggling?

“Don’t waste the time of His Highness the Holy Son. You’re not an alchemist at all. Stop pretending, okay?” Xu Nianliang said unhappily.

“Xiao Liangzi, don’t slander him like this. Since this fellow Daoist has already started preparing to refine pills, we’ll just sit and watch,” Kong Yuhuai said with a faint smile.

Ao Cheng laughed. “Mortal, if you can’t hold on anymore, it’s okay to make a joke now.”

Jiang Xiaobai couldn’t be bothered with him at all. He casually threw all the spirit herbs into the pill furnace. With a casual finger, a white flame was selected at the bottom of the pill furnace.

This was the most basic fire control technique. Even a Qi Refinement realm cultivator could easily learn to use it.

Seeing Jiang Xiaobai throw all the spirit herbs into the pill furnace, Xu Nianliang’s eyes were wide open.

“Hey, how is this called refining pills? Such good spirit herbs were all wasted!”

“I’m talking to you. Why aren’t you listening? Ao Cheng, your friend is simply messing around. This is what you call a high-grade alchemist? This is bullsh*t!”

Xu Nianliang’s face was full of heartache. Those spirit herbs were all ruined. It would be a waste to just waste them like this. How good would it be for him to use them to refine pills?

Just like that, under the astonished gazes of the three people, Jiang Xiaobai spent twenty minutes before extinguishing the flames under the pill furnace.

“Look, look, look. I told you he was completely messing around. He didn’t even release the medicinal fragrance. How can it be called refining pills? There was no pill formation at all. It’s a pity that there were so many good spirit herbs wasted!” Xu Nianliang lamented bitterly.

When Ao Cheng saw this, although he was smiling, his eyes had already narrowed slightly.

It could be predicted that if Jiang Xiaobai was really boasting and messing around, Ao Cheng would immediately cut off all ties with him. Even if Jiang Xiaobai had helped Ao Cheng many times before, it would be useless.

Ao Cheng’s temper was like this. You could do whatever you wanted, but you couldn’t lie to him!

For a moment, the atmosphere in the small courtyard froze. Kong Yuhuai also frowned. He indeed did not sense the medicinal fragrance coming from the pills. Moreover, with this kind of pill refining technique, it was impossible to refine pills.

“Mortal, where are the pills you refined?” Ao Cheng said with a smile, but Jiang Xiaobai could already hear the coldness in his tone.

However, he did not pay much attention to it. He directly opened the lid of the pill furnace and took out a round pill.

“Fresh out of the furnace, high-grade Foundation Establishment Pill.” Jiang Xiaobai smiled indifferently.

When he said this, the other three people were dumbstruck.

Xu Nianliang’s expression was as if he had seen a ghost. He strode in front of Jiang Xiaobai and grabbed the pill in his hand to examine it carefully.

There was still some residual heat on the pill. Moreover, judging from the aura, it was indeed a freshly refined Foundation Establishment Pill.

They were all dumbfounded.

Ao Cheng was dumbfounded because Jiang Xiaobai really knew how to concoct pills, and the other two alchemists were shocked because he could really concoct pills like this!

“You… How did you do it?” Xu Nianliang looked at Jiang Xiaobai in shock, his face full of disbelief.

Jiang Xiaobai smiled but didn’t say anything.

“But, you clearly didn’t even emit the medicinal fragrance. How is this possible?” Xu Nianliang exclaimed.

“Why is it impossible? Who said that the medicinal fragrance must be emitted when refining pills?”

Jiang Xiaobai smiled faintly. “Moreover, not being able to emit the medicinal fragrance means that you didn’t waste any of the medicinal strength. Otherwise, why do you think you could smell the fragrance? Naturally, it’s because the useful ingredients in the spirit herbs have leaked.”

“There’s such a saying?” Xu Nianliang widened his eyes.

At this moment, Kong Yuhuai had already stood up and walked in front of Jiang Xiaobai with a solemn expression.

“There is such a saying. Moreover, when Master is refining pills, he will not emit the medicinal fragrance.”

“I didn’t expect that this Daoist brother’s pill refining ability would be so outstanding!”

Kong Yuhuai had already begun to become slightly excited as he spoke..