Chapter 784: Taking the Lead

Chapter 784: Chapter 784: Taking the Lead

Fang Lin was the first to start refining, which surprised many, even the Hall Master of North Town Hall and the elders were astounded.

“The formula of Purple Origin Pill was recently discovered in an ancient relic and hasn’t been widely disseminated, even we had to study it thoroughly before daring to refine it. This Fang Lin has only glanced at it twice and then starts refining?” one of the elders said with amazement.

Another elder from the lineage of Alchemy Tao sneered, “He is just showing off, thinking he has exceptional talent and doesn’t need to study it in depth. A man like this will never make it big, there’s no need to pay too much attention.”

“We can’t really say that, maybe Fang Lin really is extremely talented.” A different elder responded.

The Alchemy Tao family elder smirked and shook his head, “No matter how talented he is, it’s impossible to thoroughly understand an ancient pill recipe just by looking at it a couple of times.”

“That’s true.” Several elders nodded. They had also studied the formula of the Purple Origin Pill, even they couldn’t be confident enough to start refining after just a few glances.

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“I didn’t expect this kid to be so reckless. Starting refining so quickly, he’s bound to fail!” Ling Changhe said while smirking, as if he had already envisioned Fang Lin’s failure.

“In this competition, Zhongtian will surely win, there should be no surprises. This Fang Lin is just a small jester, nothing to be feared.” Ling Family Elder whispered, also not believing Fang Lin could succeed.

In any pill refiner’s view, a thorough understanding of the pill formula is crucial when attempting to refine a pill that hasn’t been made before.

Only by completely understanding the content of the formula, predicting every possible variation within it and, making sure you are well-prepared and confident, one should start refining.

Only the inexperienced pill refiners who are new to this field would glance at the formula twice, believing that remembering the formula is sufficient and then rashly begin to refine.

Truly experienced pill refiners would spend a lot of time studying the formula, and without enough certainty, they wouldn’t dare to start refining.

As most people see it, Fang Lin’s actions were ill-considered and overconfident. The idea of successfully refining a pill from this practice was simply absurd.

“Excuse me, miss, how should I address you?” Dugu Nian who was standing in the crowd, was approached by a few self-perceived impressive pill refiners from noble families who initiated a conversation.

Dugu Nian glanced at them. They looked fine, but she was not interested and didn’t respond.

The men were embarrassed and a little angry. They all came from noble families, while not as famed as Ling Family or Shen Family in Alchemy Tao, they were by no means of low birth, yet had never been ignored in this way.

“Humph, it’s clear without looking that Fang Lin is just showing off and is sure to fail.” A young man from an Alchemy Tao family said, unhappy with the attention Dugu Nian was giving Fang Lin.

“Compared to the other competitors, Fang Lin is certainly lacking.” Another man commented indifferently, belittling Fang Lin.

Dugu Nian chuckled in response, without turning back she coldly voiced, “Compared to Fang Lin, you’re not worthy to be his punching bags, talking big here. If you dare, say these things to his face, see if he doesn’t knock your teeth out.”

The men turned red with anger, feeling humiliated by Dugu Nian’s ruthless words, which were full of disdain for them.

However, they didn’t dare to argue. After all, Fang Lin had punched Ling Zhongtian’s father, Ling Changhe, and didn’t bow in front of Ling Haoyang. If it were them, they would be nothing in front of Fang Lin.

Fang Lin didn’t care about the people around him discussing. He prepared the ingredients to refine the Purple Origin Pill, wiped his hands and focused attentively on the Pill Furnace in front of him.

In his left hand, a blue flame appeared – the Fire of The Extreme Sea.

“Soul Commanding Pill Fire!”

“I seem to recall hearing that Fang Lin exhibited three types of Soul Commanding Pill Fire at the Pill Alliance in Xuan City.”

“What? Three types of Soul Commanding Pill Fire? That’s impossible isn’t it?”

“Exactly, the more Soul Commanding Pill Fire one possesses, the more difficult it is to assimilate. He’s still so young, how could he assimilate three different Soul Commanding Pill Fires?”

“I suppose it’s just rumors. Anyway, I don’t believe it.”

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As soon as the Fire of the Extreme Sea appeared, sounds of turbulent waves emanated from the flame, as if the sea waves were roaring.

Ling Zhongtian, Zhu Yuntao and others all looked at Fang Lin, but none showed any surprise. For them, the Soul Commanding Pill Fire was not a rarity, everyone had at least one, and they were all uncommon types of Soul Commanding Pill Fire.

“Fire of the Extreme Sea? It’s a good fire. Could this boy have been to the Seven Seas?” The Hall Master of North Town Hall murmured in surprise.

The Fire of the Extreme Sea entered the Pill Furnace. Under Fang Lin’s exquisite control, the flame rose, quickly heating up the Furnace.

Next, Fang Lin made another astonishing move.

“What is he doing?”

“Has he gone crazy?”

“My god, what on earth is he doing?”

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The crowd let out astonished cries, all of their eyes widened.

Upon seeing Fang Lin stomp his foot, all the herbs floated into the air, then just like a flood dragon diving into the sea, they all rushed into the Pill Furnace in unison.

This scene left everyone in shock.

“There’s rumor that this young man knows the ancient refining skill!”

“Shaking Three Mountains! I’ve heard about that!”

“Impossible! Does he really know Shaking Three Mountains?”

“Looking at his action now, I’m afraid he really is about to apply that lost skill!”

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The whole audience fixed their eyes on Fang Lin because it was rumored that Fang Lin knew the ancient alchemy skill, Shaking Three Mountains.

Most of them were skeptical about this rumor, thinking it was unbelievable. Shaking Three Mountains had been lost for a long time and was impossible to reappear.

But at this moment, seeing Fang Lin’s action, everyone was looking forward with anticipation, hoping to see the re-emergence of the lost Shaking Three Mountains.

Even the higher-ups from North Town Hall stretched their necks, holding their breaths, eager to see if Fang Lin could display Shaking Three Mountains. If he managed to show it, his worth would be different.

However, Dugu Nian scoffed and muttered, “Just Shaking Three Mountains? I know that too. What’s the big deal.”

The people around were taken aback upon hearing her words, but no one believed her.

Ling Zhongtian and others couldn’t focus on studying the pill formula anymore, they all looked at Fang Lin with a deep sense of seriousness on their faces.

Fang Lin looked around, seeing everyone staring at him, he smiled.

“Performing Shaking Three Mountains all the time is quite boring to me. Let’s try something different this time.” Fang Lin smiled and said.

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned. After all this fuss, he wasn’t going to perform Shaking Three Mountains after all?

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