69novels 599. A small group of onlookers
599. A small group of onlookers
After learning where Xiao Yan and his group were, Cao Ying and Dan Chen rushed over and knocked on the door. Fei Tian, the former elder of Feng Lei Pavilion, actually opened the door for them. Confirming that only Dan Chen and Cao Ying had come together, Fei Tian wasn't surprised and simply accepted the gifts they offered.
"The two ladies have arrived. The celebration banquet hasn't started yet. Please come in!" Fei Tian said with a smile.
After Cao Ying and Dan Chen entered the room together, they found that there were already quite a few people inside.
Fortunately, most of them were familiar faces. The former young master of the Starfall Pavilion, Mu Qingluan of the Heavenly Phoenix Clan, Xiao Yan's maid, and Lei Jingxiao, Yao Qingyu, and Wei Jiangyuan, whom they had met in the Pill Realm, were all waiting here.
At this moment, everyone was gathered together. When Wei Jiangyuan saw Cao Ying and Dan Chen arrive, his eyes lit up. Then he gestured for them to be quiet. Cao Ying looked closely and realized what had happened: it turned out that everyone was gathered around Lei Jingxiao watching him refine pills.
Upon understanding the situation, both Cao Ying and Dan Chen smiled. If it were Yao Qingyu or Wei Jiangyuan refining the pills, it wouldn't be anything extraordinary. As eighth-grade alchemists, they would certainly be curious about their alchemy techniques and what kind of pills they could produce, but that was about it.
However, everyone was curious about Lei Jingxiao's pill refining. After all, his repeated cauldron explosions at the Pill Gathering were quite famous. In fact, before several eighth-grade alchemists had succeeded in refining pills, Lei Jingxiao was the focus of everyone's attention.
Of course, the attention given to Lei Jingxiao wasn't exactly positive.
Seeing Lei Jingxiao continue refining pills in the cauldron, Cao Ying and Dan Chen, being very well-behaved, found a good spot to watch.
Upon closer inspection, the two completely changed their initial opinion that Lei Jingxiao's alchemy was just a frivolous hobby. Apart from being a bit clumsy and resembling that of a novice, Lei Jingxiao's alchemy techniques actually had no major problems.
More importantly, although Lei Jingxiao's technique had flaws, his Dou Qi was genuine Dou Zun level, his soul power had reached the Spirit Realm, and although the flames were likely naturally generated by his cultivation technique, they were by no means bad; they were probably even stronger than the beast fire collected by ordinary alchemists. His medicine cauldron was even the Myriad Beast Medicine Cauldron, which was ranked on the Heavenly Cauldron List. In short, apart from his technique, everything else was top-notch.
Correspondingly, he only refined a mere fourth-grade pill.
These combined conditions gave Lei Jingxiao a lot of room to maneuver in refining pills: even if he made a small mistake, it wouldn't be a big deal. After all, it was only a fourth-grade pill; the difficulty was there, but quite limited.
The two saw through it at a glance, but still followed local customs and quietly watched Lei Jingxiao refine pills along with the others.
Qing Lin and Mu Qingluan were already familiar with each other through Ling Zhuo's introduction and rumors. Lei Jingxiao, Wei Jiangyuan, and Yao Qingyu were people they had interacted with within the Pill Gathering Space. Therefore, Cao Ying and Dan Chen were not at all embarrassed at this moment.
The process of refining a fourth-grade pill didn't take long, and Lei Jingxiao had already started before they arrived. So, after an incense stick's time, Lei Jingxiao completed all the steps of the refining process. In the end, as Cao Ying and the other person had expected, Lei Jingxiao refined the fourth-grade pill without encountering any trouble.
When Lei Jingxiao successfully and carefully held a fourth-grade pill in his hands, a genuine smile of joy appeared on his face.
Seeing this, Wei Jiangyuan chuckled and took the lead in clapping.
Seeing this, Qinglin also started clapping in a very cooperative manner, and finally everyone in the room began to applaud and celebrate for Lei Jingxiao.
The atmosphere in the room was incredibly harmonious at that moment, and no one cared that Lei Jingxiao had only refined a fourth-grade pill. Even if anyone in the room knew alchemy, they could easily refine a fourth-grade pill like that.
Overjoyed, Lei Jingxiao gave Wei Jiangyuan a defiant look: "It's all your fault! You made me look so pathetic at the Pill Gathering. See? This is my true strength!"
Wei Jiangyuan was also very generous, giving Lei Jingxiao a thumbs up: "Young Master Lei's actions are truly extraordinary. I feel it's such a pity that the Lei Clan didn't train you to be an alchemist from the beginning. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been Xiao Yan who stopped Ling Zhuo at this Pill Gathering, but Young Master Lei, and we wouldn't have had to fight so hard."
Upon hearing this, everyone understood the teasing tone in Wei Jiangyuan's words, and laughter filled the room. Cao Ying had to admit that with someone like Wei Jiangyuan, who could stir up trouble over anything, the atmosphere was never dull.
"Welcome, Sister Cao Ying, Sister Dan Chen." Wei Jiangyuan acted like a host, welcoming Dan Chen and Cao Ying. If Yao Qingyu hadn't been there, he would have even gone to shake hands with them.
Most of the people here are young, and they've gotten to know each other over the past year. This trip to the Pill Realm has given many of them real connections. Cao Ying has also genuinely saved Yao Qingyu and Wei Jiangyuan, so the atmosphere quickly became lively.
Since Xiao Yan and Little Fairy Doctor, who were the true hosts, had not yet appeared, the group began chatting idly, easily steer the conversation towards the recently held Pill Gathering. And once the Pill Gathering was mentioned, the focus naturally shifted to Xiao Yan, as he was indeed the true protagonist of this gathering.
"Speaking of which, it's quite a remarkable story that Xiao Yan and Medicine Venerable both won the Pill Gathering championship and passed on their skills to this master and disciple," Cao Ying said.
Wei Jiangyuan also pouted and complained, "Yes, yes, neither my teacher nor I have this honor. My disciple is disappointing, and this will probably become a knot in my heart in the future."
Wei Jiangyuan was just complaining, but he happened to hit the nail on the head regarding the common point made by several people at the table. Each person can only participate in the Pill Gathering once, and with Xiao Yan participating this time, those who originally had a good chance of winning, such as Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Wei Jiangyuan, were indeed no longer eligible to win the Pill Gathering championship because of Xiao Yan.
"The Medicine Master is also the champion of the Pill Refining Competition. I wonder if my elder brother has come close to his alchemy skills." Having just successfully refined his first pill, Lei Jingxiao was obviously very excited and took the initiative to ask questions related to alchemy.