Chapter 358 - 354: All-Alchemic Clash, Transcendent?

Chapter 358 - 354: All-Alchemic Clash, Transcendent?

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Wei Wuyin didn’t hesitate either, lifting his vial and sending it to them. He didn’t try to swap it out for an older or lesser quality elixir to hide anything. This was nearly impossible to accomplish without prior preparation. Therefore, without any qualms, he sent forward the peak-quality elixir.

When it floated to Yi Yun and the others, they inspected it just like before, but after some discussions, Li Che and Yi Yun had awkward expressions. This only became more awkward as the other three continued to exchange their thoughts on the matter.

In the end, Yi Yun produced a bitter smile, which gave the watching crowd a strange feeling. Was something wrong? Did Wei Wuyin generate an impure-quality product? These thoughts swirled endlessly as doubts started to emerge. Due to Qingye Ying’s display of patience and carefulness, there were expectations in their hearts.

To some, Qingye Ying having a higher quality product was expected. The strange expressions of Yi Yun and Li Che seemed to reinforce this point in their imagination. But if they truly knew what was being transmitted, they might fall out of their chair.

Yi Yun transmitted to the other four, "I don’t know what quality this elixir is." His helpless admission left the others lost.

Li Che echoed his words, "Neither do I. I’ve never heard of mirror-like liquid before when describing the Refraction World-Light Elixir. At least, I’ve never heard of an elixir that looked like this."

To these experienced alchemists, they were extremely familiar with the appearances of elixirs. But as they inspected this elixir, they were uncertain.

Gao Zi snorted in disbelief, "How could you two not know? What about its grade? Is it even the right elixir?"

"We all saw the process," Yi Yun said with a pause, "We all saw the end result. Ascendant Emperor Wei used the exact same materials and standard process to produce this elixir. While it is certainly the eighth-grade Refraction World-Light Elixir, we can’t determine its quality."

Lin Ruyan asked, "Is it impure-quality?"

Li Che shook his head, "It lacks any hint of impurities, so no."

Gao Zi added, "But it’s not low-quality?"

Yi Yun nodded, "It’s not. Low-quality elixir gives off shifting light of the spectrum while high-quality elixir gives off simultaneous light of the spectrum. We can see that from Princess Ying’s. And I’m sure Jiang Feilan can vouch for the low-quality elixir."

"..." Jiang Feilan nodded.

"...Then is it peak-quality?" Lin Ruyan asked, uncertainty in her voice. If it was so easily determined as such, then why the need to deliberate?

Yi Yun and Li Che looked at each other in dismay, a hint of uncertainty within their eyes as well. A peak-quality elixir wasn’t mirror-like but completely white, absorbing all the colors of the spectrum into a single source. This was what was recorded and determined by ancient alchemists. When they looked at the glass-like liquid once more, their expressions became slightly unsightly.

This was an issue.

If they couldn’t determine the quality, then what was even next?

In truth, Wei Wuyin hadn’t known about this either. He believed that it was peak-quality by default, attributing his conflicting knowledge to inconsistent reports. But what he hadn’t realized was that the elixir had a unique quality to it.

"And the Astral Core Realm could be considered the upper limits of the Mortal Dao, preceded by two other Mortal Realms. Who knows what laws are, but I do know what Mystic Intent is. It is not something I can describe. In a similar way as it’s nearly impossible to describe the False Reality Phase of Qi Condensation to anyone effectively."

Wei Wuyin frowned heavily. This was useless.

"But," Wu Yu continued, "At the time, he also said the reason he sought to leave was due to the scarce quantities of Mysticism inhabiting the starfield. If he had this, he could transcend the limits of the Mortal Dao, bring higher quality to his products and reach the Mystic-Rank as an Alchemist."

Wei Wuyin’s eyes brightened. This wasn’t useless. In fact, it answered his question.

Since he underwent the Zenith Origin State, he was always curious about how it differed. Was the leaking of his personalized mana carried traces of Mystic Intent or something similar? Something that could evolve a product beyond the peak?! Regardless, he felt the likely scenario was chance.

The scarce quantities of this Mysticism might’ve been drawn in by chance! It was the only answer!

When he considered this, his eyes looked to the vial of mirror-like liquid. With a confident smile, he stepped forward. "Judges, I’ll have to apologize."

"...Hm?" The five turned their eyes to Wei Wuyin, including the screens of the starfield. He was magnified, his unearthly handsome face revealed clearly to all. Many were curious what he would say.

"The elixir I concocted is not peak-quality," he stated.

A slight clamor started to surge, slowly intensifying upwards to an eventual uproar. But before that uproar could be reached, Wei Wuyin continued.

"Nor is it high. Or low. Or even impure." Wei Wuyin revealed a faint grin, and this grin shook the hearts of everyone watching. Qingye Ying’s heart started to pound, unable to calm herself down for some reason.

"It is of a quality beyond anything else, it is Transcendent-Quality!" He announced with explosive excitement. He would be the first to usher in this quality into the history books, so how could he not be incredibly excited to reveal it!

Everyone, "...?"

There was a silence after, a clear silence filled with uncertainty and skepticism.

For tens of thousands of years, there were only ever four qualities, and this was determined by grand sages and seers of old, fortifying the belief that only these four qualities existed. To suddenly declare that there was a fifth was like a random person on the street declaring that the starfield was just a large ocean, how could they believe it?

This was even before the King of Everlore ever made his appearance, so how could this be?

Wei Wuyin frowned.

He sighed.

Fortunately for him, he didn’t need to have them randomly believe him. He instead adopted a bright smile, "Give me a few minutes. I’ll prove it." When he said that, he turned back to his alchemical table and brought out his cauldron.

The best way to prove it?

Well, didn’t he just need to make the other qualities and compare?!