Chapter 469: Noah's Pill Refinement
Just as the cloaked boy was about to leave the room, he caught sight of the agitated appearance of the old men. Curious to see what was going on, he thought about going back into the room. 'What caused these old fools to act like that? They didn't even react like that when they saw me creating a pill.'
"What are you still doing here? Hurry up and go to the next room if you don't want to be disqualified!" Much to his misfortune, one of the supervisors caught him.
Under the pressure of the core formation level elder, he had to leave the room. But his misfortune did not just end there…
*Thud!*
Just as he walked out of the room, he collided with someone and fell to the ground.
"You bastard—" He was so annoyed that he cursed out loud, but soon his expression changed. His words got stuck in his mouth when he saw a sharp pair of blue eyes looking at him with indifference.
Fortunately for him, the man ignored him and walked past without saying anything.
'Who is he?' The boy clenched his small hands under his robes, recalling the feeling he got from the man.
"Ah, you must be the last person!" The cloaked boy turned to see that the elders were happily receiving the boy, which further fueled his jealousy.
'They are clearly being partial here! What a joke of an empire!'
"Indeed, senior. I have come a little late; please forgive me for that." He was further shocked to hear the playful voice coming from the same man that had shocked him.
"No worries! No worries! You are barely on time!" The supervisor also waved his hand with light laughter.
"Originally, I wasn't interested in joining this small tournament, but then I heard that a Rank 5 Alchemist is participating. I couldn't sit still after hearing that." Noah chuckled playfully as he walked towards the old supervisors.
Be it the cloaked boy or the old men, they all were shocked by his words and a certain thought flashed through their minds. 'Could it be?'
"Junior, are you saying you are also a Rank 5 Alchemist?" The same supervisor who brought the cloaked boy could not help but ask the question in his heart.
"Although I don't have an alchemist identity token, I can indeed refine Tier 5 pills. I hope seniors would allow me to make one right in front of you."
Hearing the starting words Noah spoke, the three supervisors in the room frowned, but when they heard the latter half of his sentence, they readily agreed to his words. The reason they gave him a chance was because Noah was someone who was personally recommended by the empire.
"Good, you can use these herbs present here and make any low-level Tier 5 pills for us." The three elders looked at each other and nodded in unison.
Sensing something, one of the supervisors looked outside the room and glared at the boy who was still standing there even after so many of their warnings. With a snort, he caused the boy to tremble and run away in panic. With a wave of his hand, he closed the room.
Noah did not even bother to glance outside the room and approached the table on which two alchemy cauldrons were placed. One was a normal Tier 1 cauldron while the other was a Tier 5 cauldron. These cauldrons belonged to the empire. Higher-quality pills need high-quality cauldrons to withstand the impact of the pressure of qi and heaven and earth energy during the alchemy process.
Analyzing the cauldrons for a while, Noah started to arrange the materials he needed for the refining of the pill around the cauldron. The supervisors' expressions changed when they realized that while Noah was arranging materials, the cauldron caught fire by itself.
'What monstrous control! He did not even look at the cauldron and the fire is also so stable.'
'No wonder he was recommended by the emperor.'
*Woosh!*
Their shock did not end just yet. They saw Noah doing something that they had never seen anyone do in their lives. Without even looking, Noah threw three herbs into the cauldron altogether. Now that these old alchemists looked closely, they saw that the way Noah had arranged the herbs did not even make sense.
'Could it be that he is a con artist?'
'But I don't think the emperor would be deceived by someone like that.'
'Let's wait and see what happens in the end!'
They all started talking among themselves through thought transmission. Unbothered by their suspicious gazes, Noah threw another three sets of herbs, leaving only one on the table. One of the supervisors even thought that Noah was using some kind of profound way to make a pill that they were unaware of.
But the truth was far from that…
Noah was simply trying to make things difficult for himself. He did not want to accidentally create a perfect pill in front of anyone, so he was using some random method to increase the difficulty of his pill forming.
*Woosh!*
Soon the energy from heaven and earth came rushing towards the cauldron and a pill started to take form!
'Again?'
"This time it's even stronger than before!"
"Just what is happening?"
Most of the audience was now seated in their seats and they were shocked by the huge commotion that occurred before the event even started.
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Wuhan smiled, his eyes gleaming with a sense of relief while Xin Yan and Elysia looked as if nothing extraordinary had happened. For them, it was only natural that Noah could cause this much commotion.
The captain of the Black Sword, who had been sleeping all this time in the middle of the area, started to wake up and frowned while looking around.
'Why are they so loud? The event hasn't even started yet. Let me sleep, you owl spawns.'
Back in the selection room, the elders looked at the pill presented before them with eyes almost popping out of their sockets.
"Tier 5 pills of 93% purity?!"