Chapter 744 - 661: Pill Battle in the Alchemy Pavilion, The Biggest Mistake of This Life

"Lu Feng, Third Level Alchemist of the Alchemy Pavilion, accepts the Pill Battle!"

Lu Feng stepped out from the crowd, looked directly at Yang Chan, and replied in a loud voice.

Since the Pill Battle had been initiated, this moment was bound to happen sooner or later. Yang Chan had already anticipated it, so it came as no surprise.

It was time for the Pill Battle to begin.

The venue for the Pill Battle was right in the Alchemy Pavilion. A separate high platform had been erected, equipped with Earth Fire and a Pill Furnace for refining elixirs.

The entire refining process would be on full display for all the spectators to see, crystal clear.

While Pharmacists weren’t obsessively secretive, they didn’t have a habit of letting others watch them perform Alchemy publicly. Thus, aside from Pill Battles, it was rare to see a Pharmacist perform Alchemy in the open.

One could only observe if they had a very close relationship with the Pharmacist.

Of course, such an observation would only reveal superficial techniques, Alchemy habits, and the approximate Pill Formation time. The truly precious Alchemy Methods would not be revealed. Unless the Pharmacist offered explicit guidance, it was impossible to learn them.

For many, watching this Alchemy process was already an extremely rare opportunity, not to mention a Pill Battle at the level of Yang Chan and his opponent.

Not everyone got the chance to see a Third Level Alchemist perform Alchemy, especially when the elixir in question was a Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill, which aids the cultivation of Bone Marrow Cleansing Grandmasters.

Therefore, by the time Yang Chan and Lu Feng ascended the Pill Battle platform, a large crowd had already gathered.

A Pill Battle wasn’t something two people could just start on a whim. The Merak Sacred Land Pill Pavilion had appointed a Top Level Pharmacist to oversee the event and act as the final judge, who would declare the result of the Pill Battle.

If the difference in skill was vast, the outcome would be obvious. But when the gap was small, a comprehensive evaluation would be made based on numerous factors like Alchemy time, elixir quality, and so on.

The Pill Pavilion naturally had its own specialized scoring criteria.

Among them, elixir quality was by far the most important factor, far outweighing all others. The essence of Alchemy, after all, was the quality of the resulting pill. In contrast, the other conditions were not nearly as significant.

At this moment, under the Top Level Pharmacist’s arrangements, Yang Chan and Lu Feng appeared on the designated Pill Battle platform. Next to their Pill Furnaces were the ingredients for the Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill.

There was only one set of ingredients. Failure would mean an automatic loss. Only if both succeeded would a comprehensive evaluation be conducted.

Many were shocked that Yang Chan had chosen the Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill for the battle. If he lost, even with all his preparations, his confidence would surely be affected.

Not everyone could improve under such intense pressure.

Upon hearing about Yang Chan and Lu Feng’s Pill Battle, Yuwen Ze had immediately abandoned the elixir he was refining and hurried over to the Alchemy Pavilion.

Standing below the stage now, he watched the high-spirited Yang Chan. ’Once upon a time, that was me,’ he thought. But ever since losing his last Pill Battle, he had never been able to regain that state.

Back when he was promoted to Third Level Alchemist and was refining elixirs of the same level, he had been confident he wouldn’t lose to anyone. He even hoped to use the Pill Battle to take his Alchemy Ability to the next level. Unfortunately, the final result was not what he had wished for.

Furthermore, Yang Chan’s previous countermeasures had caught his attention, so he had come here specifically to see how Yang Chan would perform. He wanted to see if Yang Chan could win this battle.

Although from a certain standpoint, he should want to see Yang Chan lose, from the perspective of a fellow Genius Pharmacist, he hoped Yang Chan could win this battle and overcome such a deliberately targeted scheme.

He wished for it, yet he felt the chances were far too slim.

Having experienced it himself, he knew better than anyone just how immense the pressure was in such a high-stakes situation, and how few people could withstand it.

Even he had failed back then.

’The battle is about to start. To choose the Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill for the duel... what incredible confidence you must have to make such a choice!’

Qiu Feizhang also appeared below the battle platform, watching the two competitors on the stage.

He, too, had not expected Yang Chan to choose the Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill for the Pill Battle.

Qiu Feizhang had been closely following the matter of Yang Chan’s Pill Battle, so he came over the moment it started. He was now here to watch the outcome.

He believed Yang Chan wouldn’t be completely unprepared; after all, Yang Chan’s previous responses showed he was no fool.

’Let me see what ace you have up your sleeve!’

’Still, I really hope you don’t succeed!’

Qiu Feizhang’s gaze fell upon the high-spirited Yang Chan on the platform, his expression complex. When it came down to it, Yang Chan was his competitor. He naturally had no reason to wish for Yang Chan to win this battle.

In the end, it all came down to the ace up Yang Chan’s sleeve, as well as Lu Feng’s performance.

Compared to the Merak Saintess’s premeditated plot in the past, Quasi-Saint Son Gongye Zhe’s move this time wasn’t quite on the same level, because Lu Feng’s recent Alchemy-related information could all be investigated.

Even if he had hidden some things, it wouldn’t be much. Lu Feng’s potential was plain to see.

Additionally, Yang Chan hadn’t been in the Merak Sacred Land for long, and his promotion to Third Level Alchemist in the Pill Pavilion was very recent. Gongye Zhe simply hadn’t had the time to devise a detailed, targeted plan. This was all a spur-of-the-moment decision, an act of retaliation for Yang Chan’s actions at the Spirit Medicine Tower.

All these factors combined naturally meant that Lu Feng’s situation could be thoroughly investigated.

If he could find out Lu Feng’s situation so clearly, there was no reason why Yang Chan, who was backed by the Merak Saintess, wouldn’t know as well. Therefore, for Yang Chan to still make such a choice under these circumstances, in Qiu Feizhang’s eyes, he must have an ace up his sleeve.