Chapter 474 - Today Is My Birthday

Unfortunately, this was what Pill King Han addressed him as, so this would be what he was called. No matter how upset that man surnamed Wang became, he also couldn’t let his temper flare over this matter. In front of so many people, he couldn’t even speak harshly.

Immediately following this, he could only flick his sleeve with an ashen expression and say: “Are we doing this or not? Do you dare?”

Pill King Han wore a smiling expression: “We shall.”

Speaking up to here, he gave a slight pause. Others thought that he was going to say, “I dare.” And if he responded in this way, it would further provoke that man surnamed Wang.

However, after Pill King Han paused, what he said was… “After you.”

Listening to this, he seemed very courteous, but that pause only made that man’s complexion even more unsightly.

Gu Zuo suppressed a smile.

This Pill King Han was really interesting. He was under the impression that anyone who could become a pill king before fifty, fortuitous encounters notwithstanding, would be a serious and research-oriented talent who was dedicated to medicine refinement. This was unexpected…

It would be great if Pill King Han became Senior Sect Brother Xu’s master.

On that side, the man surnamed Wang and Pill King Han were already about to compete.

Of course, the first thing to do was to get the medicine — There were as many as ten thousand types of medicinal ingredients. Although the majority wasn’t particularly precious, and even the product ranks were relatively low, it was complicated enough.

If one of these medicinal ingredients was incorrect, or their hand seals had the slightest positional mistake during the refining process, then one could well imagine the consequences.

The man surnamed Wang was very familiar with refining this type of Myriad Golden Powder, and selected it for this provocation. It had to be said that this was the way to use one’s own strengths to attack the opponent’s weaknesses. It seemed a bit despicable at first glance, but considering that he was only a profound-level pharmacist and the other party was a pill king, it also couldn’t be said to be unfair.

Pill King Han didn’t take this matter to heart. He waved his hand, and beautiful maids walked out from the side one after another. Within each of their hands was a pouch-like, inter-spatial tool, and countless medicinal ingredients were poured out from inside these pouches.

Some ingredients were set down directly, and others were placed within various boxes. At this moment, the ingredients completely covered the ground.

Pill King Han’s line of sight fell upon those medicinal ingredients.

Gu Zuo’s heart moved.

Psychic power?

Just now, he sensed a wisp of abundant power burst forth. After quickly inspecting those medicinal ingredients, an invisible form of energy seemed to retrieve those piles of ingredients and stack them into a new pile on the side.

It was obvious that these stacks of ingredients were what Pill King Han was going to use to refine the Myriad Golden Powder. However, what Gu Zuo paid attention to wasn’t the medicinal ingredients, but that wisp of invisible power.

Strange.

Very strange.

Gu Zuo rubbed his face.

This psychic power was different from his own. It was much stronger&#k2026; It wasn’t about how much it exceeded in quantity. Rather, it was the difference in quality.

If Gu Zuo’s psychic power was the seawater beneath the ocean’s depths, then Pill King Han’s psychic power was like elemental mercury. It was incredibly dense and heavy. It wasn’t like the seawater of the ocean’s depths was thin and light. It was just that it wasn’t nearly as solid as mercury. Fundamentally, it was an entirely different type of substance.

Gu Zuo was at the Nurturing Psyche Realm, and Pill King Han was at the Spirit Psyche Realm. Could it be that the quality of this psychic power was one of the difference between the Spirit Psyche Realm and the Nurturing Psyche Realm?

This conjecture was highly probable.

To the side, Xu Lingxiu carefully watched the exchange between Pill King Han and the man surnamed Wang.

Pill King Han quickly picked out the medicinal ingredients. Meanwhile, the man surnamed Wang had made preparations long ago. With a wave of his hand, all of his ingredients were released. They were also piled up beside him.

Although one was prepared and the other was not, Pill King Han’s speed wasn’t much slower than that of the challenger. When the man surnamed Wang released his medicinal ingredients and was about to heat up his pill furnace, Pill King Han was doing both simultaneously. Compared to that man, Pill King Han appeared even more methodical and thorough. His movements were also a little more graceful.

The man surnamed Wang: “…”

Gu Zuo came back to his senses, and observed three seconds of silence for that challenger.

Actually, why did the challenger have to take things to heart so much?

What happened afterwards wasn’t outside of Gu Zuo’s expectations. Even though the man surnamed Wang had the same type of wondrous fire as Pill King Han — That’s right. It was because he had the same wondrous fire in his possession that the challenger wasn’t willing to recognize Pill King Han. He only thought that the other was lucky, and that he himself was in no way inferior.

But Pill King Han’s ability to control the wondrous fire was far stronger than that of the man surnamed Wang.

Myriad Golden Powder was a relatively challenging pill prescription to refine. However, profound-level pharmacists wouldn’t understand that pharmacists who were already pill kings had almost no difficulties in refining medicinal pills below the earth level. Unless it was an ancient prescription that was particularly rare and complex, they could see through the mysteries of most medicinal prescriptions at a glance to conduct a refinement. It was to the point that some only needed to know the ingredients being used to surmise seventy to eighty percent of the prescription’s refining process. It wasn’t uncommon to find something with similar medicinal efficacy after several attempts.

Just like today, the man surnamed Wang was suffering because his understand of pill kings was lacking.

The problem of the Myriad Golden Powder mainly laid in the processing and fusion of ten thousand types of medicinal ingredients. With regards to other difficulties, they were just ordinary problems. However, as far as a pill king was concerned, what challenge could this pose?

Not long after, the refining vessels of the two had reactions.

The man surnamed Wang used a medicinal cauldron, which was commonly used to refine powders. At this time, when the cauldron lid was opened, the gold-colored medicinal powder was revealed, exuding a faint heat. The medicinal effects within it could be considered somewhat violent, but if it was used by martial artists, the effects were indeed extraordinary.

This medicinal powder was worthy of this challenger’s special skills. Even though he was previously upset by Pill King Han, this didn’t affect the man from refining medicine. The product grade reached grade ten.

Shortly thereafter, it was Pill King Han’s turn. He didn’t deliberately use a medicinal cauldron. When the furnace lid opened, the medicinal powder inside erupted outwards. The powder was drawn back with a wave of his hand, and fell into a jade tray on the side.

This medicinal powder was similarly a pure gold color. Based on its physical appearance, it seemed similar to what the man surnamed Wang refined. However, the psychic powers of everyone present were out of the ordinary. After examining the finished products of the two people, they unanimously cupped their hands and congratulated: “This is Pill King Han’s victory!”

The man surnamed Wang was left in a daze: “How is this possible…”

Gu Zuo shook his head.

How couldn’t this be possible?

The products refined by the two were indeed similar in appearance and product grade, but under the inspection of psychic power, it was easy to discover that the Myriad Golden Powder refined by Pill King Han had slightly greater quantities than that of the challenger… When the quality was about the same, wasn’t it the quantity that decided the outcome?

— In addition, even more people clearly understood that if Pill King Han practiced a few more times, it was reckoned that the man surnamed Wang would also be beaten in terms of product grade. How was there any room for this man to be arrogant?

Thus, this matter ended in defeat. When all was said and done, the man surnamed Wang was a proud and aloof individual. He wouldn’t shamelessly wait in this place and listen to Pill King Han’s explanations and experiences. He silently put away his cauldron, turned around, and walked out in large strides.

The other pharmacists didn’t urge him to stay. Since this person made a provocative choice, he would naturally bear the consequences of failure if he lost. There was nothing to say.

With the unlucky man surnamed Wang having gone first, there were still several people remaining who wanted to issue their own challenges. Their hearts were thumping loudly in their chests. However, while they arrived full of joy and expectations, many people already knew that they only came to provoke Pill King Han. If they started getting cold feet, where were they going to put their faces?

Moreover, while not competing would mean losing face, competing also didn’t necessarily mean that they would suffer defeat. Perhaps, it was because Senior Wang had a prior disagreement with Pill King Han? If Pill King Han had a greater understanding of Senior Wang, he could easily secure a victory.

Hence, another person came out, and proceeded to compete with Pill King Han.

It was still a medicinal pill with a high degree of difficulty that this profound-level pharmacist selected. It was only a pity that this person also lost to Pill King Han without any suspense.

After that, there was one more person, and then another, and so on…

Four or five times in a row, all of them were defeated under the hands of Pill King Han.

This was enough to prove Pill King Han’s strength. In addition, there were also some discerning people who realized that Pill King Han’s hand seals were different every time he used them. Was this because he had an incredibly extensive inheritance?

From this point of view, there was a great possibility that Pill King Han would become a pill emperor in the future!

Those who came rushing to apprentice themselves looked at Pill King Han with even more fervent gazes.

Gu Zuo increasingly felt that if Senior Sect Brother Xu could apprentice himself under Pill King Han, what he gained would be unimaginable — As a junior sect brother, he had already “unconsciously” given some things to Senior Sect Brother Xu before. However, if it continued in this way, it would harm the friendship between them. It would even damage Xu Lingxiu’s pride. However, if Pill King Han accepted Senior Sect Brother Xu, he would have a promising future, so there wasn’t any need to worry about other things.

When Xu Lingxiu looked at Pill King Han, the look in his eyes was resolute.

Gu Zuo quietly asked: “Senior Sect Brother Xu, what do you think?”

There was a rare sense of solemnity in Xu Lingxiu’s expression: “Junior Sect Brother Gu, I’m going to give it my very best.”

It seemed as if Pill King Han didn’t notice the facial expressions of the numerous pharmacists. He smiled gently at everyone: “Today happens to be this Han’s birthday, and I hope to share my experiences with enthusiasts all over the world.”

He sighed: “Because this Han has cultivated arduously for many years, I have finally made some achievements with great difficulty. However, there’s this feeling of time slipping away. If my life suddenly comes to an end, I’m afraid that my legacy can’t be passed on. This path won’t have any way to continue. Therefore, I want to take advantage of this opportunity to accept a personal disciple.”

This passage was spoken very sincerely. Listening to this, one would feel a sense of lamentation and sorrow.

Indeed. Time passed very quickly…

However, the majority of the people present couldn’t feel this way. In particular, those who were older had rather complicated moods.

Such an exclamation was a somewhat similar experience for any of them. But if they remembered correctly, Pill King Han’s age was only forty-eight! His internal qi realm was already at the peak of the Noble Realm, and his lifespan was no shorter than three thousand years! If he worked a little harder and broke through to the Royal Realm, he could live for five thousand years!

Gu Zuo had an exasperated look.

Ah, he felt that Pill King Han sort of deserved a beating…

T/N: Thanks for the corrections, Charysa.

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