Chapter 117: Still Lost?

At this moment, Chen Yan’s face was so dark that he was ashamed. He wished that he could find a hole in the ground and hide in it. However, Zhong Haoran was still ridiculing him at the side. He whispered in his ear,

“You still want to win against me? Give me the spot in your hand. I will do a good job in the City Lord’s estate for you.”

No one noticed the undercurrents between the two of them.

Chen Yan stared at him hatefully and said through gritted teeth, “In your dreams!” At this moment, his intestines were turning green with regret. He should not have seen Lin Bai refine a seventh grade spirit replenishing pill and let him enter the Alchemist Association so rashly.

Who would have thought that he would be given such a big surprise in the end? Unfortunately, it was too late to say anything now.

“Don’t tell me you think that at this time, some miracle will happen? The person you found can’t even pass the Basic Theory Test, and you still hope that he can refine some kind of medicinal pill.”

As soon as his voice fell, a faint sound was heard.

“Crack!”

As if something had fallen off, the crowd looked in the direction of the sound. The sound was coming from Lin Bai’s hand. The layer of pitch-black color on the pill faded away, revealing a faint golden light.

There was actually another pill inside. When everyone saw this, they couldn’t help but feel a little confused. More and more cracks appeared on the black shell, and threads of spirit energy spread out from within.

The spirit energy was extremely pure, turning into dense white mist-like threads that floated around. No wonder there were no fluctuations or abnormal signs of spirit energy just now. It turned out that all of it was locked inside this black shell, preventing any essence from being lost.

As the black shell shattered, the spiritual energy seemed to have found an exit. It instantly surged out like a fountain, with many small drops of water splattering outside.

Everyone felt their faces turn ice-cold, and their eyes became clear. They all felt as if they had been enlightened.

This spiritual energy was different from what Zhang Chengfan had felt before. If the previous spiritual energy was a river, then the current spiritual energy was an endless ocean. The ocean contained all kinds of rivers, and one would never know where the end of the ocean lay.

Right now, all of them had entered a mysterious state. They felt like small boats floating on a vast ocean. As the spiritual energy fluctuated, they were pushed into an unknown journey.

“I heard from a very senior elder of the Alchemist Association that there would be a strange phenomenon when concocting pills. The concocting process is very ordinary, but when the pill is formed, it is accompanied by a dense spiritual energy. In the end, the pill is formed into a pitch-black pill.”

His tone paused as he stared at the pill in Lin Bai’s hand and the black outer shell that had fallen to the side. His eyes were burning with a glow of disbelief.

“But that is only the outer shell. The real pill is still inside. The black outer shell can protect the pill very well, locking the pure herbal effect inside without any loss. It can be said that the herbal ingredients’ effects have been magnified to the extreme, thus achieving the most perfect level.”

However, there were too few people who could cause such a phenomenon. Whether it was the cauldron or the flames, they all had strict requirements. Moreover, it required the alchemist to control the spiritual power to the extreme, so very few people had seen it. They didn’t know much either.

Now, Lin Bai’s phenomenon was exactly the same as what he had said. Only then did everyone reveal a look of sudden realization. Then, their eyes were a little absent-minded. They had originally thought that he was a good-for-nothing, but who would have thought that he was acting as a pig to eat a tiger.

However, this person’s acting was too much! In the first round of the competition, he actually got a zero in the theory test. Someone couldn’t help but say, “Was he so strong that he looked down on the competition and gave a round for free?”

To be able to create such a phenomenon, no matter how they thought about it, this person shouldn’t have gotten a zero. Everyone had endless guesses about Lin Bai’s actions, and they even thought that he had done it on purpose.

However, they didn’t know that according to Lin Bai’s weak theory, he could only get a zero. With regards to their assumptions, Lin Bai didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“When refining high-grade medicinal pills, the methods used are usually quite simple. Today, I’ve finally witnessed it.”

The people who mocked Lin Bai earlier only felt a loud slap on their faces and didn’t dare to make a sound. This time, it was as if they wished they could find a hole in the ground and hide in it.

After all, to be able to create such an effect, even the elders in the Alchemist Association could not do it. This was enough to show his strength. On the other hand, Zhong Haoran seemed to have switched places with Chen Yan. It was his turn to turn green and white.

“But even so, both of them have refined the pills. This round should be considered a draw. Lin Bai still lost in the end.”

When Zhong Haoran heard this, a glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes, as if he had regained some sort of confidence. He snorted coldly and said, “That’s right, he still lost!”

Hearing everyone’s discussion, Zhang Chengfan lowered his head. No one could see his expression clearly. Previously, he was still a little uncertain, but when he saw the pill that Lin Bai had refined, he instantly understood.

The reason why the Eye of The Netherworld had been listless earlier was because of Lin Bai’s flames. The corners of his lips curled up. “I should have thought of this long ago. To be able to remain unextinguished under the pressure of the Eye of The Netherworld, how could it be a simple flame?”

It was just laughable. Everyone had been deceived by that fake appearance. Zhang Chengfan felt that it was a pity. He was also one of the people who had been deceived by the fake appearance. That was why he hadn’t paid any attention to it at that time.

He muttered to himself. As his voice was too low, no one could hear what he was saying clearly. Up until now, no one knew what kind of flame Lin Bai’s flame was. It could even affect the Eye of The Netherworld, which was ranked 15th on the mystical fire rankings.

Zhang Chengfan even suspected that if Lin Bai had the intention, he could even extinguish the Eye of The Netherworld. However, this was also his guess. There was no way to prove it. Faint colors flashed across his gray eyes.