Chapter 385: I'm Done Again

Three pills were laid out before Ye Yuan and Tong Wenchang.

The quasi-pill king was about to announce the start when Tong Wenchang interrupted.

“Hold on!”

The quasi-pill king frowned. “What is it?”

Tong Wenchang cupped his hands toward Yang Xiu. “Elder Yang, I request to analyze ten pills! Moreover, three of them are quasi-fourth-grade pills!”

Yang Xiu narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, clearly weighing Tong Wenchang's proposal.

Undoubtedly, Tong Wenchang's request greatly increased the difficulty of the pill analysis.

For grand pill masters, third-grade pills were the most familiar.

Before breaking through to quasi-pill king, studying quasi-fourth-grade pills was utterly meaningless—a completely overambitious move.

And Tong Wenchang himself had only recently broken through to quasi-pill king, so his proficiency with quasi-fourth-grade pills was not high.

This request undoubtedly increased the difficulty for both sides.

After pondering for a moment, Yang Xiu slowly said, “I have no objection, but this request still requires the consent of the Xiao family, after all, this is a duel between your two families.”

“I disagree! The tradition of the Pill Duel has always been to compare three third-grade pills. What right does Tong Wenchang, a junior, have to arbitrarily change the rules?” Xiao Changfeng immediately refused.

Tong Wenchang sneered. “Hmph! The Xiao family is a bunch of cowards! They don't even dare to fight fair and square, only resorting to petty tricks! Since this kid could write so many correct answers, analyzing ten pills probably isn't a problem for him, right? Why don't you ask his opinion?”

After speaking, Tong Wenchang looked at Ye Yuan with a mocking expression. “Kid, you're not as spineless as the Xiao family, are you?”

Ye Yuan looked at Tong Wenchang with a faint smile and countered, “Are you sure you want to do this?”

For some reason, seeing Ye Yuan's smile, Tong Wenchang suddenly felt a pang of guilt.

But since the words were out, he naturally couldn't take them back and slap himself in the face.

Besides, no matter how talented this kid was, he couldn't possibly analyze quasi-fourth-grade pills, could he?

“Of course. How could I take back what I've said? Just tell me if you dare or not!”

“In that case, let's make it bigger—how about all ten pills be replaced with quasi-fourth-grade ones?”

Ye Yuan remained very calm, his words light as if quasi-fourth-grade pills were nothing more than candy to him.

Tong Wenchang's face darkened, looking at Ye Yuan in disbelief.

“This kid… is he deliberately trying to pressure me? Ten quasi-fourth-grade pills…”

Ye Yuan's words caused an uproar among everyone.

An intermediate grand pill master actually wanted to analyze quasi-fourth-grade pills—and ten of them!

Although Ye Yuan's previous performance had been monstrous, everyone thought it was only because he was incredibly familiar with third-grade pills.

Surely, he couldn't be familiar with quasi-fourth-grade pills too…

Remember, Ye Yuan was only sixteen!

Without thousands of refinements, how could one be so familiar with pills?

Tong Wenchang gritted his teeth and said harshly, “Ten it is! I, a dignified quasi-pill king, am not afraid of you, an intermediate grand pill master!”

Yang Xiu also showed a hint of excitement; he wanted to see just where this kid Ji Qing's limits were!

“Good, since both sides agree, then we'll compete on analyzing quasi-fourth-grade pills!” Yang Xiu said.

…

When the ten quasi-fourth-grade pills were placed before Tong Wenchang, his expression turned very ugly.

In pill analysis, the main ingredients were relatively easier to identify, but the auxiliary ingredients were not so easy.

He couldn't help glancing at Ye Yuan and was stunned again.

Ye Yuan was meditating with his eyes closed again!

Tong Wenchang was almost losing his mind—where did this kid get such confidence?

These were quasi-fourth-grade pills!

Could it be that he could answer instantly even for quasi-fourth-grade pills?

“This kid must be putting on an act to disturb my focus! Don't look at him; I just need to do my own work!” Tong Wenchang forcibly pulled his gaze away.

But just as he began analyzing the first pill and hadn't even identified a single main ingredient, Ye Yuan's nightmare-like voice rang out.

“I'm done again,” Ye Yuan said calmly.

This time, he had taken even less time than before!

Tong Wenchang smacked his lips, feeling his throat go dry.

When he saw Ye Yuan hand the jade slip to the quasi-pill king, Tong Wenchang was almost on the verge of collapse.

However, he had to patiently finish analyzing all ten pills!

“Maybe… maybe Ji Qing is deliberately messing with me? Yes, that must be it!”

Tong Wenchang silently encouraged himself, forcibly pulling his fluctuating emotions back.

Outside, everyone exchanged glances, at a loss for words to describe their shock.

These pills were quasi-fourth-grade, and they were exclusive to the Alchemist Association, not common ones from the outside.

Ye Yuan had analyzed all the pills without even looking?

“Hey, do you think Ji Qing's answers will be all correct again?”

“Well… maybe? Analyzing ten quasi-fourth-grade pills this fast—even a pill king couldn't do it, let alone a quasi-pill king! Unless…”

“Unless he knew the formulas beforehand! But… these ten pills are exclusive formulas of the Alchemist Association!”

“…Today's Pill Duel is really too surprising.”

…

After another long wait, Tong Wenchang finally finished analyzing all the pills.

By then, he was drenched in sweat.

Apart from the psychological pressure, analyzing ten quasi-fourth-grade pills in such a short time was a huge challenge for him.

When the quasi-pill king presented the two jade slips to Yang Xiu, Yang Xiu almost snatched them over.

This time, Yang Xiu didn't look at Tong Wenchang's jade slip; he immediately immersed his divine sense into Ye Yuan's.

After a few breaths, Yang Xiu's face was filled with shock!

“Elder Yang, could it be that Ji Qing's answers…”

Yang Xiu smiled bitterly. “See for yourselves.”

With that, Yang Xiu handed Ye Yuan's jade slip to the pill king elder.

After reading it, the pill king elder murmured, “This… how is this possible?”

When the seven elders had all read it, their expressions were almost identical.

Everyone knew that Tong Wenchang's jade slip no longer needed to be looked at.

However, out of a sense of responsibility, after being stunned for a long time, the seven elders still took turns reading Tong Wenchang's jade slip.

But their expressions while reading Tong Wenchang's jade slip were completely indifferent.

Clearly, after reading Ye Yuan's jade slip, they had lost all appetite.

“In the second round of pill analysis, Ji Qing has fully analyzed the ingredients of all ten pills, and all answers are correct! This round, Xiao family's Ji Qing wins by a landslide!” Yang Xiu finally announced the result.