The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron
Chapter 964 - Chapter 964 Chapter 964 Thousand-Spirit Pill

Chapter 964: Chapter 964: Thousand-Spirit Pill Chapter 964: Chapter 964: Thousand-Spirit Pill Upon hearing this, everyone present was stunned, even Master Wen’s expression froze for a moment before he revealed a wry smile.

The Assembly of Masters of Pill all had odd looks on their faces. They had thought that Fang Lin was able to discern the nature of the pill through his own insight and experience. They never imagined that it was merely by chance that he had read about this pill in ancient scriptures.

No wonder, how could a youngster who has just stepped into the rank of a Five Cauldrons Pill Refiner, not even twenty years old, possess such terrifying perceptiveness and experience?

“Hmph, and I thought it was something special, turns out it’s just good luck and having read some ancient scriptures,” Master Ling, who had previously lost his teeth to Fang Lin, immediately sneered disdainfully.

Fang Lin glanced at him, his face an image of harmless innocence, “Master Ling, your speech seems to be whistling through a gap.”

Upon hearing this, everyone tried to hold back their laughter, almost bursting out loud.

Master Ling was fuming, his complexion turning sour, wishing he could charge at Fang Lin and fight to the death.

His speech indeed whistled through a gap, as his front teeth had been knocked out by Fang Lin. Not to have such an effect would have been strange, and being reminded of it by Fang Lin now was truly embarrassing for him.

“Is there something wrong with having read the ancient scriptures?” Fang Lin looked at the crowd and retorted.

This question left the Masters of Pill at the scene speechless. Indeed, there seemed to be nothing wrong with having read ancient scriptures, but it all felt strangely amiss.

“Although you identified the issue with this pill, it was not based on your own perceptiveness, but because you read about this pill in ancient scriptures. Therefore, it doesn’t count as having uncovered Master Wen’s question,” someone said.

Fang Lin laughed, “Do I have to be like certain individuals who don’t read regularly and then fail to see through a pill at a critical moment? As a Pill Refiner, it is of utmost necessity to read extensively about the Alchemy Tao. Which Master of Pill isn’t well-versed in numerous texts? So what if I’ve read ancient scriptures? I’m proud, I’m boastful, I am simply more knowledgeable than you.”

His words resonated, forceful and filled with absolute confidence.

For a moment, the Masters of Pill were left speechless, unable to say anything, some even began to feel a touch of shame involuntarily rising within them.

Master Ling and the others were grinding their teeth in frustration. Fang Lin was just too articulate. Trying to gain an advantage over him in a war of words was proving to be exceedingly difficult.

“Well said. We, as Pill Refiners, indeed need to peruse a wide array of books to expand our horizons,” Master Wen nodded, saying. Although Fang Lin had not discerned the nature of the pill through his own perceptions, having such breadth of knowledge was already very rare.

At least, Master Wen was very satisfied with Fang Lin’s performance.

In fact, Fang Lin had said this intentionally. Did he really need to look at ancient scriptures? He himself was the most comprehensive Alchemy Tao encyclopedia.

He had discerned the issue with the pill entirely through his own perception, but using such an excuse also prevented himself from appearing too astonishing.

“Master Wen is too kind,” Fang Lin said as he bowed slightly to Master Wen, offering a humble word of thanks.

Master Wen smiled and asked, “Then can you name this pill?”

Fang Lin pondered for a moment, then replied, “Although I’m not entirely certain, this pill should be called the Flame Bone Pill.”

“Excellent, this is indeed the Flame Bone Pill. It seems that reading more truly is beneficial,” said Master Wen.

However, his words caused many of the alchemy masters present to blush with shame. If Master Wen was speaking like that, wasn’t he mocking them for reading less than a young junior?

Especially the Ling Family Elder, who Fang Lin had earlier scolded to read more, turned repeatedly from green to white in rage, feeling that Master Wen’s words were deliberately aimed at him.

Master Wen waved his hand and collected the Flame Bone Pill. This was an ancient pill, with most of its medicinal properties dissipated, not much use except to present to everyone for identification.

“This is your reward,” Master Wen said as he waved his hand again, and a jade bottle flew towards Fang Lin.

Fang Lin took the jade bottle with both hands, opened it, and saw that inside were three pills with a rich fragrance.

Just by smelling the scent of the pills, Fang Lin’s face lit up with joy; they were actually three Thousand-Spirit Pills.

The so-called Thousand-Spirit Pills were extremely useful for cultivation, consuming one could enhance one’s cultivation efficiency by five times.

And that wasn’t all, if one were to consume three Thousand-Spirit Pills together, then the cultivation efficiency would reach a terrifying thirty times, and this effect would last for a full two months.

Two months of time, a thirtyfold increase in cultivation efficiency, this effect was sufficient to cause a martial artist’s realm to skyrocket.

Of course, such a powerful pill naturally had its drawbacks; there were disadvantages to every advantage, which was unavoidable.

The drawback of the Thousand-Spirit Pill was that the higher the cultivation, the smaller the effect when consumed. For those above the Spirit Bone realm, taking the Thousand-Spirit Pills would essentially have no effect.

Moreover, the Thousand-Spirit Pills could only be consumed once, up to three pills at a time. If consumed again, they would lose their effect.

Fang Lin had also thought about refining Thousand-Spirit Pills before to swiftly increase his cultivation, but although the refining of the Thousand-Spirit Pills was not difficult, it was very time-consuming, and he did not have so much time to spend on this.

In five months, the third stage of the Nine Countries Talent Battle would take place, and he also needed to travel to Qing Nation. He couldn’t waste the intervening five months refining pills for cultivation.

Just then, what he was thinking about appeared. By attending the Master Conference, he had unexpectedly obtained a bottle of Thousand-Spirit Pills, an unexpected gain indeed.

Although other alchemy masters didn’t know what was inside Fang Lin’s bottle, seeing the joy on his face, they knew it must be something good and naturally felt very envious.

“Thank you, Master Wen,” Fang Lin put away the jade bottle and thanked Master Wen.

Master Wen nodded slightly and said, “Your talent is the best I’ve seen among the young in the Pill Alliance. I hope that one day, you will become a pillar of our Pill Alliance.”

Fang Lin cupped his fist, “This junior will certainly not disappoint you, Master Wen.”

Those alchemy masters who had previously targeted Fang Lin felt very uncomfortable hearing these words. If Fang Lin were to become a pillar of the Pill Alliance, where would that leave them?

On the other hand, those alchemy masters who were on good terms with Fang Lin showed delight. The more extraordinary Fang Lin became, the more it proved their discernment was accurate and that befriending Fang Lin was the right choice.

Especially the alchemists from the Long Family felt that Mr. Long Jiu’s discerning eye was astute in noticing Fang Lin’s uniqueness and advising the clan’s descendants to form an alliance with him, a very wise decision.

“There is one last problem to solve, but it will be a bit more difficult than the previous two,” said Master Wen, and with a sweep of his hand, a silhouette suddenly appeared out of nowhere.