Chapter 762: Mediocre Person?

Chapter 762: Chapter 762: Mediocre Person?

In a quiet room, a young man in his twenties wearing a white robe was sitting cross-legged. His skin was slightly dark and his appearance was not particularly handsome, he could only be described as ordinary.

This young man had the strong scent of the pill flame lingering around him, indicating he was a pill refiner who spent most of his time by the pill furnace.

“Brother Ling, excuse my interruption,” a voice came from outside the quiet room at this time.

The young man waved his hand and the door of the quiet room opened, allowing a fat man to walk in.

This fat man was one of those who had been with Qi Yu before, but now he had come here with a somewhat panicked look.

“What’s the matter?” The white-robed young man glanced at the man, and asked indifferently. His attitude was quite cold, giving the impression that he didn’t think highly of the fat man.

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The fat man did not dare to neglect and said directly, “Someone came to the North Town Hall today, also a registered disciple.”

The white-robed young man, who was Ling Zhongtian, showed a look of interest upon hearing this.

“Tell me more,” Ling Zhongtian asked.

Immediately, the fat man recounted all the events that had happened previously to Ling Zhongtian.

“Oh? Is it Fang Lin who caused a stir in the Xuan City? So he’s come to the North Town Hall.” Ling Zhongtian said, a hint of surprise in his eyes.

“Brother Ling, this Fang Lin is not simple. I’m afraid he might become your strong competitor,” the fat man advised carefully.

Ling Zhongtian smiled faintly, “Not every stray dog can be considered as Ling Zhongtian’s rival. Since I’ve come to the North Town Hall, the title of the unique disciple naturally belongs to me. All the others are just stepping stones for me.”

Ling Zhongtian’s words revealed his complete confidence. He didn’t regard any other registered disciples of North Town Hall in his eyes, believing he had already secured the only disciple position. He considered the so-called competition as merely a formality, and no one could rival him.

“With Brother Ling’s strength, of course, no other registered disciples can compete with you. But Fang Lin is a bit unusual. He seems to know quite a few ancient alchemy skills and possesses several Soul Commanding Pill Fires. You shouldn’t underestimate him,” the fat man said.

Ling Zhongtian showed disdain, “Ancient alchemy skills… I wonder how many of them my Ling family has? As for the Soul Commanding Pill Fire, it’s not about the quantity but the quality. There’s nothing to worry about.”

Seeing Ling Zhongtian so confident, the fat man didn’t say much and quickly excused himself and left.

Only after the fat man left did Ling Zhongtian reveal a hint of coldness.

“Fang Lin, although we have no grudges, I hope you won’t stand in my way,” Ling Zhongtian muttered to himself, then continued to meditate.

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“Here is a pill formula, for a fourth-grade entry-level pill. Take a look at it. If you have any questions, you can ask me,” Elder Miao handed a pill formula to Fang Lin and said.

Fang Lin nodded, glanced at the pill formula, and then walked straight to a pill furnace not far away.

“What are you doing?” Elder Miao asked in surprise.

“Making pills,” Fang Lin answered nonchalantly.

Elder Miao was a bit astonished. He just took a glance at the pill formula and started to make pills right away? Was it an exaggeration? Or did this youngster want to show off in front of him?

Elder Miao didn’t say much. Since Fang Lin wanted to make pills, let him make a batch first to see his alchemy Tao.

There were a lot of medicinal herbs here, all ready for use. Fang Lin prepared all the medicinal herbs required in the formula, then slapped the pill furnace lightly, igniting the flame.

He didn’t use the Soul Commanding Pill Fire, just the ordinary flame inherent in the pill furnace to refine the pills.

Without any redundant actions or fancy techniques, it was just ordinary pill refining. Everything seemed very normal.

Elder Miao frowned slightly. Judging from Fang Lin’s smooth and seamless actions, his basic skills were indeed very solid. But just relying on this, it seemed a bit unrealistic to compete with the other registered disciples. All of them were not easy opponents, each of them had a few distinctive skills. Without any unique skills hidden, he would only be making a fool of himself.

However, Elder Miao didn’t say anything. Although Fang Lin’s pill refining method seemed a bit ordinary, it was still necessary to judge based on the quality of the pills.

Fang Lin covered the pill furnace with a calm expression, looking very relaxed, as if he was doing something very ordinary.

Time passed bit by bit, Fang Lin didn’t do anything else and seemed to be simply waiting for the pills to be finished.

Elder Miao shook his head secretly. While Fang Lin did nothing wrong, more brilliant pill refiners would use this time to apply some special techniques to further improve the quality of the pills or shorten the pill refining time.

Those pill refiners who just sat and wasted time like Fang Lin were mostly mediocre.

Elder Miao wanted to say something several times but held back, continuing to watch Fang Lin refining the pills with patience.

He waited until the pill furnace emitted white smoke and the fragrance of pills.

Fang Lin came forward, put out the flame underneath the pill furnace, and opened the lid.

A burst of more intense white smoke rose, accompanied by a strong pill fragrance. Elder Miao’s face showed a surprised look, judging from the fragrance alone, the quality of the pills should not be too bad.

After waiting for the white smoke to disperse for a while, Fang Lin took out several round pills from the pill furnace.

“Elder, please have a look,” Fang Lin handed the pills to Elder Miao with a smile.

Elder Miao nodded taking the pills. He was about to say something but was taken aback after he took a closer look.

There were a total of four pills, all of which were of high quality – round and full, bright in color, with the scent of pills hitting the nose.

They were undoubtedly of high quality, not a bit doubtful. Even a little bit more, and they would have reached the perfect quality.

Elder Miao was somewhat shocked. Fang Lin obviously didn’t use any unique pill refining techniques. Everything was performed methodically and had no highlights. Under normal circumstances, even if he was able to refine the medicine, it should be of medium quality at best. It would already be very good to have a high-quality one.

But unexpectedly, all four pills reached high quality, far beyond Elder Miao’s expectations.

“How did you manage to do this?” Elder Miao could not help but ask.

Fang Lin looked at him with a strange face: “Isn’t it just refining pills? I did it casually.”

Elder Miao was speechless. Although the pill he asked Fang Lin to refine was not hard—it was only a fourth-grade entry-level pill—but if it were another young pill refiner, he might not achieve the same result as Fang Lin.

“Do you know the ancient alchemy skill?” Elder Miao asked.

Fang Lin answered, “Of course, but for such simple pills, there’s no need to use special pill refining skills.”

Elder Miao rolled his eyes. You won’t die if you don’t boast, right?

“Alright, then show me the ancient alchemy techniques you know,” Elder Miao said with twitching corners of his mouth.

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