Chapter 319 - 319 319 Bizarre Phenomenon

Chapter 319: Chapter 319 Bizarre Phenomenon Chapter 319: Chapter 319 Bizarre Phenomenon “Fine! But I have a wager to add as well!”

The elder’s eyes briefly scanned Feng Wuchen, and Beidou Yankong faintly smiled, his smile brimming with confidence.

Since Feng Wuchen had proposed a wager, Beidou Yankong had to accept it.

As the Elder of the Beidou family, and considering himself more skilled than a Shen Dan Master in alchemy, how could he not accept, lest he become a laughingstock?

Beidou Yankong could tell that Feng Wuchen held some status at the auction and was highly regarded by the likes of Chu Changkong and others.

However, Beidou Yankong didn’t care about Feng Wuchen’s identity.

With the overwhelming strength of the Beidou family, the strongest in Jiuzhou, Feng Wuchen’s identity, however significant, was but a member of the auction house.

“May I ask what wager Elder Beidou would like to add?” the Shen Dan Master asked indifferently.

With Feng Wuchen exuding such confidence, the Shen Dan Master was absolutely reassured.

“Since this young man wants to bet on the life of a member of my Beidou family, then I shall bet on his life,” Beidou Yankong said proudly, his old eyes turning towards Feng Wuchen.

“It seems Elder Beidou is very confident. Well then, it’s settled. If the Shen Dan Master loses, take my life; but if you lose, I’ll kill him!” Feng Wuchen said with a faint smile.

“Young man, you better wash your neck clean,” Beidou Yankong said with a cold sneer. With a wave of his hand, the Pill Furnace ignited with cracks, and with another wave, dozens of medicinal herbs flew up, entering the Pill Furnace in sequence.

“You only have three chances. If you fail to refine it three times, you lose,” Feng Wuchen said with a smile.

“I’ve been refining the Huoyang Purple Spirit Pill for many years, three chances will suffice,” Beidou Yankong declared with utmost confidence, his soul power flowing skillfully into the Pill Furnace.

“You’re overestimating yourself! Kid, you’ll soon learn what it means to be out of your depth,” the middle-aged man behind him said with schadenfreude, watching Feng Wuchen.

“Heh!” Feng Wuchen laughed coldly, not even giving the middle-aged man a glance. In Feng Wuchen’s eyes, the man was already as good as dead.

An hour later, the Shen Dan Master had already successfully refined a Tianyuan Pill, with clear and lustrous patterns on the elixir, a high-quality product. Compared to other alchemists, this Tianyuan Pill was indeed formidable.

“The elixir is quite decent,” the Shen Dan Master nodded with satisfaction.

“As expected of a Shen Dan Master, the quality of the Tianyuan Pill is exceptionally high,” Chu Changkong secretly marveled. If it were him, he could not have refined a Tianyuan Pill of such high quality.

“This Tianyuan Pill is indeed of good quality, but it still falls short of the ones I make,” Beidou Yankong grudgingly acknowledged the elixir, but clearly indicated his superiority over the Shen Dan Master.

“The Shen Dan Master has succeeded in refining it, Elder Beidou, better not make a mistake. If you lose, your loss becomes the talk of the town, where would you place your old face then? Right?” Feng Wuchen said with a light smile, toying with a tuft of faint green flame in his hand.

Feng Wuchen showed no signs of worry, appearing as someone waiting to execute the middle-aged man.

Beidou Yankong’s eyebrows knit slightly, his old face turning a bit gloomy, a flicker of anger rising in his heart.

Feng Wuchen’s demeanor, as if he had already won, irritated Beidou Yankong immensely.

“Quiet, don’t disturb the elder’s alchemy! Speak another word, and I’ll rip your mouth!” the middle-aged man said coldly, his eyes slightly squinting.

“Insult Brother Feng again, and I’ll kill you now!” Ling Xiaoxiao said coldly, the man’s repeated insolence having enraged her.

The middle-aged man was merely at the Third Layer of the Tianyuan Realm, Ling Xiaoxiao’s strength might not be inferior to his.

“No hurry, let him live a bit longer,” Feng Wuchen said with a faint smile, giving the man a cold glance, feigning shock at the man’s attitude.

“You!” The middle-aged man became furious, but he dared not act out and disturb Beidou Yankong’s alchemy. He had to endure!

The man’s fierce gaze, filled with the intent to kill, fixed on Feng Wuchen like a hunter eyeing his prey.

The middle-aged man had already decided that once Beidou Yankong finished refining the elixir, he would make his move to kill Feng Wuchen immediately.

Time ticked away; Beidou Yankong had completed the extraction of the medicinal liquid, and the next step was to solidify the pill.

As the elixir was on the verge of being successfully refined, a smirk appeared on Beidou Yankong’s elderly face. He disdainfully glanced at the Shen Dan Master, then turned a cold eye towards Feng Wuchen.

“The elixir is about to be successfully refined. Young man, are you ready?” Beidou Yankong asked with a cold laugh.

Feng Wuchen paid him no mind, his handsome face remained untroubled.

In his hands, Feng Wuchen toyed with the green flame, his mouth curving into a cryptic cold smile.

At the flicker of Feng Wuchen’s thoughts, he manipulated the feeble green flame to control the fire poison within Beidou Yankong’s body.

Beidou Yankong, who was in the midst of alchemy, felt the fire poison within him suddenly flare up, his face instantly changing.

“Why is the fire poison suddenly…” Beidou Yankong inwardly panicked, unable to comprehend why the fire poison would act up at such a critical moment.

“Boom!”

As Beidou Yankong was reeling in shock, the Pill Furnace let out a dull boom, the medicinal ingredients inside exploded, and billowing black smoke spread, filling the hall with the scent of charred herbs.

Beidou Yankong’s alchemy had failed.

“The elixir was refining well when the fire poison suddenly erupted,” the Shen Dan Master furrowed his brows slightly, his gaze inadvertently shifting to Feng Wuchen.

“The fire poison has subsided,” Chu Changkong and others were astounded.

The fire poison within Beidou Yankong’s body had not acted up earlier or later, but precisely when it was time to solidify the pill.

The eruption of fire poison meant that Beidou Yankong could not channel soul power, and without soul power to maintain it, the medicinal powers couldn’t merge, leading to the explosion of the Pill Furnace.

Not only did it erupt, but after the explosion, the fire poison also weirdly subsided.

Was the fire poison merely toying with Beidou Yankong?

Beidou Yankong’s face was full of astonishment; he had no idea what was happening.

“The fire poison outbreak was supposed to happen in three days, so why did it happen earlier this time? What’s even stranger is that the fire poison subsided again.” Beidou Yankong was very puzzled and extremely confused.

“Elder Beidou, is this what you call the result of several years of refining Huoyang Purple Spirit Pills?” Feng Wuchen asked with a smile that was very bright.

Beidou Yankong’s face flushed a bit with embarrassment but he did not argue back, as the more he tried to explain, the more it seemed like a cover-up.

Beidou Yankong was not surprised by the outbreak of fire poison; even if it happened a few days early, that was not strange. But what was strange was that the fire poison had just flared up and then subsided.

This unusual phenomenon had never happened before.

Beidou Yankong had never encountered such a bizarre occurrence of fire poison before and could neither understand nor explain it.

Since the fire poison outbreak was an issue with his own body, Beidou Yankong wouldn’t suspect foul play by others since that was impossible.

Beidou Yankong could only blame his own bad luck.

“An outbreak of fire poison that subsides in an instant; such a thing is simply impossible. Could it be the handiwork of the ‘Pill Emperor’?” The Shen Dan Master secretly speculated.

Apart from connecting it to Feng Wuchen, the Shen Dan Master could think of no other reason.

The Shen Dan Master’s speculation gave himself quite a scare.

If the fire poison outbreak was instantly suppressed and it was Feng Wuchen’s doing, doesn’t that mean Feng Wuchen could control fire poison?

The more the Shen Dan Master thought about it, the more terrified he became; if Feng Wuchen really could control fire poison, that would be truly horrifying!

After cleaning the pill furnace, Beidou Yankong continued with his alchemy, knowing he had two more chances after one failure.

Beidou Yankong continued the alchemical process, placing one herb after another into the pill furnace.

The Alchemy Decision was in motion, instilling Soul Power into the pill furnace, starting the calcination process to extract the essence of the herbal liquid.

His movements were skilled and efficient without any hesitation.

The great hall was silent, with all eyes fixed on Beidou Yankong.

As seconds ticked by, the pill furnace exhibited no abnormalities, and a fragrant aroma began to waft from it.

“Solidify the Pill!” Beidou Yankong shouted fiercely, his hands forming a seal, as he frantically poured Soul Power into the pill furnace.

“It must succeed!” the middle-aged man prayed inwardly, having already failed once, who could guarantee there wouldn’t be a second time?

With a thought, Feng Wuchen once again took control of the fire poison within Beidou Yankong’s body.

“Shen Dan Master, just give up. How can the Tianyuan Pill compare to the Huoyang Purple Spirit Pill? Moreover, the quality of the elixir I’m making is better than yours…” Just as the pill was smoothly solidifying and about to be completed, a proud look appeared on Beidou Yankong’s age-worn face.

But the proud smile on his face instantly stiffened as Beidou Yankong detected a sudden flare-up of the fire poison.

Beidou Yankong was greatly alarmed and hastily stopped to try and suppress the fire poison with his True Yuan.

The faces of the audience all changed, sensing the terrifying aura of the fire poison.

“Bang!”

The pill furnace exploded with a loud noise, the smell of charring filled the air, and black smoke billowed.

Beidou Yankong had failed at alchemy for the second time!

“Failed…” the middle-aged man began to panic. Beidou Yankong had now failed at alchemy two times in a row, and there was only one last chance left.

If he failed on the last attempt, his life would not be spared!

Shen Dan Master and Chu Changkong exchanged glances, both seeing shock and disbelief in each other’s eyes.

The alchemists and artifact refiners at the auction were dumbfounded.

“This… this…” Beidou Yankong’s face was full of astonishment too, utterly puzzled, unable to explain the reason.

Just as Beidou Yankong was about to suppress the fire poison, it subsided once again.

The fire poison seemed to be defiantly against Beidou Yankong!

This bizarre phenomenon left Beidou Yankong both perplexed and angry.

If the first time could be called an accident, how would one explain the second time?

“What’s the deal with this fire poison?” After a long moment of shock, Beidou Yankong finally snapped back to his senses.

Having failed at alchemy twice, Beidou Yankong felt humiliated himself. He had boasted about his many years of experience in refining Huoyang Purple Spirit Pills and how incredibly skilled he was, but now, two failures at alchemy were akin to shooting himself in the foot.

Both times were the same, just as the elixirs were about to be successfully refined, the fire poison would outrageously flare up at the critical moment. And after Beidou Yankong had halted the alchemical process, the fire poison would subside as if nothing had happened.

It was as if he had seen a ghost!

“Elder Beidou, you still have one chance left; you’d better not waste it. Alchemical failure is a minor thing, but if the news spreads, it would be serious. I have a habit of sharing some secrets with others and right now, someone is already scared. Don’t scare him to death,” Feng Wuchen said with a teasing smile.

Beidou Yankong’s face was dark with anger, his lungs nearly exploding from rage.

The middle-aged man was becoming increasingly panicked; Beidou Yankong had never encountered such an incident during regular alchemy, but today it had happened twice with inexplicable and eerie occurrences.

“You brat! It must be your doing!” the middle-aged man pointed at Feng Wuchen and bellowed angrily.

“What a joke! The fire poison belongs to Elder Beidou himself; what does that have to do with me? What, you can’t produce an elixir and you’re blaming someone else? If you’re not capable, then don’t concoct any Huoyang Purple Spirit Pills,” Feng Wuchen said with a look of disdain.