Chapter 1919 Where Is Your Elder?

"He's out! That kid's out!"

"How long has it been? He's already finished?"

"Finished my ass! Of course he failed! In such a short time, could he really refine a ninth-grade difficulty pill?"

...

As soon as Ye Yuan emerged, it immediately caused a stir.

He came out too quickly, having spent less than two hours.

Logically, the higher the difficulty of the pill, the more troublesome it was to refine.

A pill like the Yuhua Yuxin Dan naturally took even longer.

Even for a master like Shen Chang, spending four or five hours, or even six or seven, was normal.

Ye Yuan entered the alchemy room and came out in less than two hours—what could he possibly have concocted?

Did he think a ninth-grade difficulty pill was like a head of cabbage on the street, easily made?

Ye Yuan naturally couldn't be bothered with these busybodies.

He parted the crowd and walked straight toward the felt-hat middle-aged man's stall.

Seeing this, everyone was stunned.

That kid, he's really going?

Looking for trouble?

"Hmm? That kid, here so soon?" A large crowd surged over, naturally catching the attention of Shen Chang and the felt-hat middle-aged man.

After Ye Yuan left, he had pestered the felt-hat middle-aged man for a long time, but the man wouldn't budge without seeing the divine-grade Yuhua Yuxin Dan.

Seeing Ye Yuan approach, Shen Chang said irritably, "Brat, you actually dare to come! Don't tell me that in this short time, you've already refined a divine-grade Yuhua Yuxin Dan!"

The felt-hat middle-aged man looked at Ye Yuan, impatience showing in his eyes, but he said nothing.

"Of course! Otherwise, would a junior like me dare to trifle with two masters?" Ye Yuan said with a smile.

With that, Ye Yuan took out a sealed vial and tossed it to the felt-hat middle-aged man.

The man caught it, and his expression instantly changed.

Not only him, but Shen Chang's face also turned serious.

Through the vial, the pill's quality was visible—extremely beautiful, pleasing to the eye.

Needless to say, the pill's quality was very high.

The felt-hat middle-aged man eagerly immersed a wisp of divine sense into the vial, and his expression grew increasingly shocked.

Then, a look of ecstasy appeared.

Appearance was one thing; whether it was truly a divine-grade pill required verification.

Everyone stared at the felt-hat middle-aged man. His expression infected those around him, leaving them equally stunned.

Could it be that the vial really contained a divine-grade Yuhua Yuxin Dan?

Ye Yuan watched the felt-hat middle-aged man quietly, saying nothing more.

With his current strength, refining a Haoling Yuhua Yuxin Dan was no problem, let alone a Ziling Divine Pill.

Suddenly, the felt-hat middle-aged man gently pushed the jade box containing the Earth Qilin toward Ye Yuan and said, "The Earth Qilin is yours! The pill's quality is even better than I imagined. If you need any other compensation, feel free to ask."

One sentence, and everyone was shocked!

"It... it really is a divine-grade Yuhua Yuxin Dan?"

"I must be seeing things! Could it be that this kid's alchemy skill surpasses Master Shen Chang's?"

...

Master Shen Chang had been pestering him for ages, and the felt-hat middle-aged man wouldn't budge.

Now, he just gave the Earth Qilin to this young man!

The impact of this scene was too strong for everyone.

In the Great Capital, divine-grade pills were not rare, but divine-grade ninth-level pills were extremely rare.

Every ninth-grade pill was as difficult as reaching the heavens!

Heaven-grade is easy to find, divine-grade is hard to come by!

But now, Ye Yuan had produced a heaven-grade ninth-level pill—how could they not be shocked?

With Master Shen Chang as a contrast, the shock was even more intense.

Ye Yuan reached for the Earth Qilin, but Shen Chang shouted, "Hold on!"

The felt-hat middle-aged man frowned and said, "Master, the deal is done. Surely you don't intend to break it?"

At Baicaoji, transactions were a matter of mutual consent.

Breaking a deal was a serious offense here, and even someone like Shen Chang couldn't bear the consequences.

Shen Chang didn't answer. He extended his hand toward the felt-hat middle-aged man and said, "Give me the pill."

The man hesitated for a moment but eventually handed over the vial.

He wasn't worried that Shen Chang would damage the pill, as the consequences would be too severe.

Shen Chang took the vial and immersed a wisp of divine sense into it.

Soon, his expression turned complex and shocked, just like the felt-hat middle-aged man's earlier.

"Kid, where is your elder?" Shen Chang asked Ye Yuan gravely.

"Elder?" Ye Yuan was taken aback.

"Stop playing dumb! Judging by your bone age, you're no more than two thousand years old. If at that age you can refine a Yuhua Yuxin Dan close to Haoling divine grade, then I've lived all these years in vain!" Shen Chang said.

Hearing this, the surrounding crowd showed a look of sudden realization.

That's right!

This kid must be from some alchemy clan, with an extremely powerful high-level Divine Pill Master behind him.

That high-level Divine Pill Master's strength was at least not inferior to Master Shen Chang's, and possibly even greater.

Otherwise, Master Shen Chang wouldn't be so serious.

As for Ye Yuan spending an hour or two in the alchemy room, that was just a smokescreen.

Hearing Shen Chang's words, Ye Yuan's expression turned strange.

Was his performance really that astonishing?

Shen Chang didn't believe the pill was refined by him.

If he refined a Haoling Divine Pill, would Shen Chang guess that the expert behind him was the Medicine Ancestor?

"I refined this pill myself," Ye Yuan said calmly.

Shen Chang looked at Ye Yuan and said earnestly, "Young man, wanting fame is fine, but you must rely on your own ability! If you go on like this, even if you become famous, what will you do when people come to you for pills? You come from a good background; don't ruin yourself!"

Clearly, Shen Chang didn't believe Ye Yuan at all.

Ye Yuan had gone out for a spin and returned in less than two hours with a Ziling Divine Pill.

In Shen Chang's view, this was just Ye Yuan's attempt to cover up, hoping others would believe he had refined it himself.

In reality, Ye Yuan just happened to have a divine-grade Yuhua Yuxin Dan on him.

If he came from an alchemy clan, carrying a few healing holy pills was perfectly normal.

But this kind of 'vanity' disgusted Shen Chang.

Beside him, Bai Chen and Ning Tianping couldn't bear it any longer and wanted to argue, but Ye Yuan stopped them with a gesture.

"Master Shen Chang's lesson is well taken. I am enlightened. However, my elder is not with me, so I'm afraid I'll disappoint you," Ye Yuan said with a smile.

Ye Yuan understood that no matter how he explained, this old man wouldn't believe him, so he just went along with his words.