NIP 190. Chapter 190 Good Boy!
190. Chapter 190 Good Boy!
Chapter 190: Good Disciple!
The era of the Last Law has just ended, and the full recovery of spiritual energy has only begun less than a year ago.
Xuan Ye Dao Ren couldn't believe that there was any alchemy technique in the world that could surpass their Zhengyi Sect.
He was convinced that Liu Zihao, this young child, was just talking nonsense and making things up!
Feeling offended by the challenge to his sect, Xuan Ye Dao Ren became angry and started questioning Liu Zihao, completely forgetting how bad his current situation was.
Seeing the old Daoist getting impatient, Liu Zihao couldn't help but sneer and say,
"What's outdated? There isn't a single thing that satisfies me!"
"Are you trying to deceive me with some ancient alchemy inheritance? Do you really think I'm young and ignorant, so easy to fool?"
"Let me tell you the truth, if I could beat you, I would have exposed the alchemy inheritance on my body a long time ago, and you would have been coveting it and plotting against me. I would have flipped the table on you!"
With his big brother standing by his side, Liu Zihao was full of courage and had no fear on his face.
He spoke without reservation, almost giving Xuan Ye Dao Ren high blood pressure with his words.
"With your level of alchemy, you still want me to be your disciple?"
"Hmph, dream on!"
"Forget about personal cultivation strength, my current alchemy attainments are enough to surpass you by a mile. If anyone should be a disciple, it should be you!"
"What's wrong, are you still glaring at me? Are you not convinced?"
"If you're not convinced, then let's have a competition. Whoever loses will kowtow and become the other's disciple. Do you dare?"
Liu Zihao made arrogant remarks, completely disregarding Xuan Ye Dao Ren.
Pfft!
Xuan Ye Dao Ren was so angry that his body trembled, and he suddenly spewed out another mouthful of blood.
However, when he heard the bet mentioned by Liu Zihao, the Daoist who had just been spitting blood couldn't help but brighten up, and his emotions instantly calmed down.
"Are you serious?!"
Xuan Ye Dao Ren stared at Liu Zihao and asked loudly,
"Do you really want to compete with me in alchemy? If you lose, you will become my disciple?"
Child, if you had such thoughts, you should have said it earlier!
If you had said it earlier, I would have already enjoyed the tea of respecting my teacher, wouldn't I?
Xuan Ye Dao Ren's interest was piqued, and he was extremely confident in his alchemy skills.
It's the same old saying.
He absolutely didn't believe that among the native human races of this era, there would be anyone whose alchemy skills could surpass their Zhengyi Sect, someone who could compete with the true Xuan Ye.
This Liu Zihao in front of him indeed had some talent in alchemy, and even created the widely circulated "Satiety Pill" through a different method.
But how old is he?
Even if he started practicing alchemy from his mother's womb, how could he compare to a alchemist who has immersed himself in alchemy for tens of thousands of years?
"Wrong!" Liu Zihao raised his head proudly and retorted, "It's not me becoming your disciple, but you losing and inevitably becoming my disciple!"
"I just hope that you won't go back on your word and cry, refusing to abide by the agreement!"
That's exactly what I wanted to say!
The old Daoist wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and said loudly,
"Alright, it's a deal!"
"As long as you can surpass me in alchemy, what's wrong with becoming your disciple?!"
"I also hope that after the competition, you won't cry and refuse to abide by the agreement!"
While speaking, Xuan Ye Dao Ren also glanced cautiously at Liu Zimo beside Liu Zihao.
Seeing that Liu Zimo didn't speak up to stop him, he couldn't help but feel delighted. He felt that this disciple had been won over today!
"Good!"
Liu Zihao stepped forward and immediately agreed, then arrogantly spoke to the old Taoist:
"Don't accuse me of bullying you. You can choose whatever elixir you want to refine, and I'll take them all!"
Upon hearing this, Xuan Ye, the old Taoist, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth. He had intended to say that, so how did this brat beat him to it?
However, since this kid was so confident, there was no need for him to be polite. He would just teach him a lesson!
"In that case, let's compete in refining the Soul Nurturing Pill!"
Without much thought, Xuan Ye directly said:
"You just said that the success rate of my Soul Nurturing Pill is too low and it's a waste of spiritual herbs, right?"
"Then let's make a bet on this pill. Let's see who can refine a higher quality and larger quantity of Soul Nurturing Pills!"
It was clear that the old Taoist was still holding a grudge. He was unhappy with Liu Zimo's belittlement of their alchemy skills.
Liu Zimo nodded in agreement without any objection. In his opinion, if someone wanted to seek trouble, he had no reason to stop them.
Seeing that Liu Zimo didn't object, Xuan Ye's face showed a slight joy.
He slowly sat up, reached into his pocket, and took out a healing pill, swallowing it. The injuries on his soul had visibly improved.
However, when he tried to break the spiritual restriction that Liu Zimo had placed on him earlier, he found that with his current cultivation level, he couldn't even shake it a bit.
Xuan Ye, the old Taoist, couldn't help but have a deeper understanding of Liu Zimo's strength. His awe and fear towards him grew even stronger.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, I wonder if you can lift the restriction on me?"
After several unsuccessful attempts, Xuan Ye awkwardly looked up at Liu Zimo and made a request:
"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, I have no ill intentions towards your disciple. I just want to have a fair competition with him!"
Liu Zimo looked deeply at the old Taoist and nodded slightly.
Swish!
With a wave of his right hand, he completely lifted the restriction on the old Taoist.
However, just to be safe, he left a few tricks in the old Taoist's sea of qi and mind. If the old Taoist had any evil thoughts and wanted to harm Liu Zimo, he could instantly subdue him again!
"Thank you for your help, Fellow Daoist!"
With control over his body restored, Xuan Ye sincerely bowed and thanked Liu Zimo.
Then, the old Taoist straightened his posture, waved his hand, and took out two sets of spiritual materials for refining the Soul Nurturing Pill from his storage spirit tool. He looked serious as he presented them to Liu Zimo.
"Young man, choose one!"
"Each person only has one chance to refine. After the pills are made, we will compare them to determine the winner!"
Xuan Ye, the old Taoist, had a confident expression as he asked Liu Zimo to choose the materials. It seemed that he already had the victory in his hands.
Liu Zimo didn't bother to be polite with him and casually picked one set of materials.
Then, he asked his big brother to take out his commonly used Gold Core Furnace and started refining it right there in the courtyard.
Xuan Ye, the old Taoist, glanced at the young man's alchemy technique and shook his head slightly when he saw that he was using ordinary firewood as the heat source, directly roasting the pill furnace.
In the eyes of alchemists like them, using ordinary fire to refine pills was undoubtedly the lowest and most primitive method of alchemy.
Ordinary fire was difficult to control, and the temperature couldn't be controlled as desired. It was possible to barely refine ordinary pills, but it was almost impossible to refine high-grade pills like the Soul Nurturing Pill!
[This round, I'm already guaranteed to win!]
[Liu Zimo is still too young and arrogant. He still needs a master like me to properly train him!]
Xuan Ye Dao Ren's lips curled slightly, even though the competition had not officially started, he already had the victory in his hands.
Swish!
After taking out his own personal alchemy furnace, Xuan Ye Dao Ren quickly ignited the spiritual fire and began refining on the spot.
Beside him, Liu Zimo heard Xuan Ye Dao Ren's inner thoughts and couldn't help shaking his head.
This old Taoist was a bit too happy too early.
Others may not know how skilled Liu Zimo's alchemy level was, but as his elder brother who taught him alchemy, how could Liu Zimo not know?
All of Liu Zimo's alchemy inheritance came from the foreign inheritance he extracted word for word from Yao Lingling's mouth. It was the top-level alchemy secret of the human race in the Illusory Demon Realm.
As for how it compared to the alchemy inheritance of the Zhengyi Sect, Liu Zimo couldn't guarantee.
After all, he had never seen the alchemy techniques of the Zhengyi Sect, so he couldn't make a fair judgment.
But Liu Zimo knew his own younger brother's personality very well.
If he didn't have great confidence, would Hao Zi deliberately provoke Xuan Ye Dao Ren and set a trap for him?
That's right.
This was a tactic to spur Xuan Ye Dao Ren, a trap set by Liu Zimo for him.
Liu Zimo saw through this and knew that his younger brother had been moved and wanted to take this opportunity to bring Xuan Ye Dao Ren under his wing, so he cooperated like this.
In mid-air.
Jiao Linglong saw the commotion below and couldn't help secretly transmitting a message to her master:
"Master, this seems a bit inappropriate!"
"Although Xuan Ye Dao Ren's cultivation is the lowest among his nine senior brothers, his talent in alchemy is second only to Chong Xu Zhen Ren in the entire Zhengyi Sect!"
"Master may not know, but in ancient times, the Zhengyi Sect was renowned for its alchemy. Their alchemy inheritance was unparalleled in the entire ancient era!"
"And Xuan Ye is the best at alchemy under Chong Xu Zhen Ren. Even my former master, Wu You Dao Ren, had asked him to refine spiritual pills!"
"Young Master Zi Hao challenging him in alchemy is undoubtedly challenging Xuan Ye in his strongest field, and he is very likely to suffer a big loss!"
Jiao Linglong didn't understand alchemy, so she didn't know at what level Liu Zimo's alchemy skills were at now.
But based on common sense, she didn't think that the seventeen-year-old Zi Hao could surpass Xuan Ye Dao Ren, who had already gained some fame in alchemy during the ancient era.
Liu Zimo shook his head indifferently and transmitted a message to Jiao Linglong:
"It's fine. It would be great if Hao Zi wins. Having a disciple in the Spirit Domain realm to serve me would be quite satisfying."
"Even if Hao Zi loses, what can happen?"
"I can just end Xuan Ye Dao Ren with a single palm. Problem solved!"
"He's not qualified to take my younger brother as his disciple."
Huh?
Jiao Linglong was momentarily speechless and couldn't help but silently mourn for Xuan Ye Dao Ren for two seconds.
This guy, if he loses, it's fine. At least he can still keep his life.
But if he can't distinguish the situation and is determined to win, then there is only one path for him: death.
This new master of hers has never been a soft-hearted person.
Overall, Xuan Ye Dao Ren has kicked the iron plate this time and encountered a star of calamity!
You know, after surviving the end of the Dharma era and living until now, why would he deliberately seek death and provoke Liu Zimo?
At this moment.
The alchemy competition in the Taoist temple courtyard continued.
Zi Hao leisurely added firewood to the alchemy furnace and occasionally stirred it with a ladle, as if cooking soup and food, very down-to-earth, without the appearance of a proper alchemist.
On the other hand, Xuan Ye Dao Ren's alchemy technique was not only skilled, but he also focused on controlling the fire and adding medicine, showing a serious attitude without any intention of slacking off.
It seemed like he couldn't wait to prove to Liu Zi Hao with actual results that their One True View's alchemy inheritance was not as terrible and insignificant as the other party claimed.
In this round, he not only wanted to win, but also wanted to make Liu Zi Hao admit defeat and willingly become his disciple.
Little did he know, in the eyes of Jiao Ling Long in mid-air, his actions were undoubtedly a voluntary death sentence.
If it weren't for the fear of his master's punishment and the fact that it didn't have a deep relationship with Xuan Ye, Jiao Ling Long couldn't help but secretly remind this unlucky guy.
Soon.
After about ten minutes or so.
Liu Zi Hao glanced lightly at Xuan Ye Dao Ren, who was still busy over there, and took the initiative to withdraw the firewood and extinguish the fire, sitting on the side and chatting with his older brother.
Seeing Liu Zi Hao's actions, Xuan Ye Dao Ren couldn't help but curl his lips, thinking that this little guy knew that his level was not enough and his alchemy had failed, so he had voluntarily given up.
However, he did not stop his alchemy actions because of this.
Since he had started the furnace and lit the fire, even if knives were falling from the sky, he had to refine the elixir in this furnace. This was his alchemy habit all along.
Moreover, even if Liu Zi Hao gave up, he had already won this bet. Xuan Ye Dao Ren also wanted to show his best side to this soon-to-be disciple.
In this way, Xuan Ye Dao Ren carefully controlled the temperature and fire, and busied himself for about ten more minutes before extinguishing the fire and opening the furnace, using his best alchemy technique to collect the final formed elixir.
"Haha, nine top-grade elixirs!"
Seeing the final formed Soul Nurturing Elixir, which amounted to nine pieces, reaching the perfect number for a furnace of elixirs, Xuan Ye Dao Ren couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Such a rate of elixir production and success rate, even in the era of abundant ancient spiritual energy, was extremely rare, let alone in the modern era where spiritual energy had just recovered.
It could be seen that after ten thousand years of silence, his comprehension in the realm of alchemy had greatly improved.
"Come, my good disciple! Take a good look at the Soul Nurturing Elixir that your master has refined. Nine elixirs in one furnace, and each one is top-grade!"
Xuan Ye Dao Shi held the nine top-grade Soul Nurturing Elixirs that had just come out of the furnace and walked proudly to Liu Zi Hao, saying loudly,
"What you thought was a thirty percent success rate is nothing in front of a true alchemist!"
"How about it, are you willing to become my disciple now?"
Liu Zi Hao glanced down at the nine top-grade elixirs held by Xuan Ye Dao Ren and sneered,
"Just nine top-grade elixirs and you're so pleased with yourself. Do you dare to say that your One True View's alchemy technique is outstanding?"
"My good disciple! I'll give you a chance. Now, it's up to you to personally open the lid of your master's furnace and see the quality of the Soul Nurturing Elixir I've refined."
He's really stubborn to the end!
Even at this point, he still refused to admit defeat?
Xuan Ye Dao Ren looked at Liu Zi Hao speechlessly, then raised his hand and opened the lid of the furnace in front of Liu Zi Hao.
Whoosh!
White mist rose and the fragrance of the elixir filled the air.
Smelling this unusual elixir fragrance, Xuan Ye Dao Ren's expression couldn't help but change, and he quickly lowered his head to look at the bottom of the furnace.
Then, he stumbled and sat directly on the ground.
His face instantly turned pale, and the nine top-grade Soul Nurturing Elixirs in his hands slipped to the ground.
"Top-grade elixirs!"
"And there are nine of them!"
"How is this possible? Not only did he shorten the time it took to refine the elixir by half, but the quantity and quality of the elixirs are also far superior to mine!"
"This shouldn't be!"
"With an ordinary furnace, ordinary fire, and a lack of any skillful alchemy technique, how could he produce top-grade Soul Nurturing Elixirs?"
"How did he do it? It doesn't make sense at all..."
Xuan Ye Dao Ren muttered to himself like he was going crazy, as if he had been possessed by a demon.
(End of this chapter)