Chapter 748: The Only Chance in This Lifetime, How Is This Possible?

Chapter 748: Chapter 663: The Only Chance in This Lifetime, How Is This Possible?

Any alchemist knew what the changes on the Pill Battle Platform signified.

Even those who had never successfully refined a Top Quality Elixir themselves had seen such a scene at the Alchemy Pavilion. And those who hadn’t would be told what was happening. So under these circumstances, everyone knew exactly what was going on.

The elixirs had reached Top Quality. And since everyone knew which elixir the two were competing to refine, they naturally understood what this meant.

Right now, however, they were more concerned with whose Top Quality Elixir was of higher quality—and who had won!

Every single person widened their eyes, their gazes fixed on the Alchemy Furnaces on the Pill Battle Platform, trying to discern whose refined elixir was better and who would be the victor of the Pill Battle.

After his Alchemy Furnace began to cool, Yang Chan took out the finished Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills.

There weren’t many—only three—due to the limited materials.

From the three, he selected the one with the best quality. This would be the elixir for the Pill Battle, the one that would decide the outcome against Lu Feng.

Not far away, Lu Feng did the same, presenting a single Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill.

Lu Feng’s expression was complex. Because he couldn’t get a close look at the elixir Yang Chan had refined, he couldn’t judge the quality of the Top Quality Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill and could only wait for the final verdict from the Pill Battle officials.

‘He was prepared all along before agreeing to the Pill Battle!’

Lu Feng now understood that Yang Chan’s Alchemy Ability was far greater than he had anticipated. At the same time, this might be his only chance to defeat Yang Chan in a Pill Battle.

While the high-pressure situation might have helped, personal ability was still the crucial factor. Otherwise, reaching this stage would have been impossible.

When Yang Chan had first agreed, Lu Feng thought he was being arrogant. Now, it seemed he had underestimated Yang Chan and his abilities.

His earlier words were now coming back to bite him. The only way to save face was if his elixir’s quality was higher than Yang Chan’s; perhaps then things wouldn’t be so bad.

On the Pill Battle Platform, after Yang Chan and Lu Feng finished their refining and presented their elixirs for the competition, someone came forward to take them to a nearby pavilion.

In the pavilion sat several people in charge of the Pill Battle. The man in the center was the Pill Battle Steward, Shen Mingxiu, a Top Level Pharmacist from the Pill Pavilion whose status was exceptionally high.

Had this Pill Battle not involved Third Level Alchemists, he would not have appeared at all.

The few people next to him were also Third Level Alchemists, acting as his assistants. They were the ones who typically handled Pill Battle matters.

“To think Pharmacist Yang could refine a Top Quality Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill so soon after becoming a Third Level Alchemist… his talent is truly astonishing!”

These Third Level Alchemists in charge of the Pill Battle were, of course, keenly aware of the difficulty of refining a Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pill.

Many Pharmacists, after being promoted to Third Level Alchemist, would get stuck at the stage of refining Bone Marrow Cleansing Elixirs, unable to improve. One could only imagine the difficulty.

And even for those who could refine Bone Marrow Cleansing Elixirs, improving upon the pass-grade quality was an extremely slow process. Reaching the point of refining a Top Quality Level elixir required a great deal of time.

The improvement of one’s Alchemy Ability was a gradual process of accumulation over days and years before a breakthrough was possible. This progress was not as obvious as in Martial Arts Cultivation, because alchemy had no visible upper limit.

The difference between a regular elixir and a Top Quality Elixir might seem like a thin line, but the difficulty in crossing it was imperceptible. Even veteran Pharmacists would find it hard to accurately describe the gap, as it was different for every individual, and thus there was no uniform standard.

Yet here Yang Chan was, displaying a transcendent talent for alchemy right before their eyes.

It hadn’t been very long since Yang Chan joined the Merak Sacred Land. After joining, he had been rapidly absorbing the Merak Sacred Land’s knowledge of alchemy, spending every day reading records of alchemy insights. This was all information that could be easily found.

But no one had expected that, even with these recorded insights, Yang Chan could still improve so quickly.

“The elixir on the left was refined by Pharmacist Yang Chan, and the one on the right by Pharmacist Lu Feng. Everyone, you may now assess the quality of these two Top Quality Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills!”

Shen Mingxiu looked at the elixirs placed before him. With just a single glance and a whiff of the Medicinal Qi, he had already judged the quality of both Nourishing Vein and Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills.

However, he didn’t announce the results directly. Instead, he let the other assistants inspect them, as was the standard procedure for a Pill Battle.

The final decision in a Pill Battle rested with him, but the opinions of his assistants were also required. This was because the Pill Battle adhered to principles of openness and fairness, preventing it from being a one-man decision and guarding against favoritism or fraud.

Though, under normal circumstances, such a thing would never happen.

“Then I’ll take a look at the elixir on the right first!”

“Lu Feng is a veteran Third Level Alchemist. He’s already succeeded in refining a Bone Marrow Cleansing Elixir before, so its quality should be guaranteed!”

A slightly chubby assistant said.

Although the Pill Battle’s verdict was meant to be impartial, people have their biases; they are not perfectly selfless and just.

When the quality of the elixirs was similar, these biases could influence the result.

“The elixir’s quality is superior! Its quality score is well over eighty, reaching eighty-five. Lu Feng truly lives up to his name as a veteran Third Level Alchemist. The quality is very high!”

The man, wearing a pair of special gloves, closely observed the elixir Lu Feng had refined, analyzing the pill in his hand from multiple angles.