The Strange Flame Rekindles in Battle Through the Heavens

Chapter 58 Furukawa's Appreciation

Chemir strode to the table, picked up a bottle of pills, and began to examine them closely. Guhe and Fama did the same, checking the quality of the pills.

Gu He casually picked up a bottle of pills from the table, smelled it, and his eyes immediately lit up. He praised, "This is a Rejuvenation Pill, which can treat serious internal injuries. The pill is of superior quality, and its efficacy is at least three times that of ordinary Rejuvenation Pills on the market."

"Young friend Nie Feng, the Power Accumulation Pills you refined this time seem to be a little different from the last ones!" Fa Ma picked up a jade bottle containing Power Accumulation Pills and said to Xiao Yan with a smile.

"Heh, one is made with a special kind of strange fire, and the other is just made with ordinary flames. It's no wonder they're not the same!" Xiao Yan thought to himself.

"Maybe it's because my alchemy skills have improved these past few days!" Xiao Yan said casually.

Seeing that Xiao Yan was unwilling to tell the truth, Fa Ma smiled and continued to examine the pills on the table.

The little princess and Liu Ling behind them were not idle either. They picked up the jade bottles on the table, poured out a pill, and began to examine it carefully.

"It smells so good!" Yao Yue smelled the pill and immediately felt refreshed. A faint medicinal fragrance wafted into her nose, making her feel relaxed and happy.

Although Nalan Yanran and Yaoye were not alchemists, seeing everyone praising the pills made by this alchemist named Nie Feng, they naturally went to the table, picked up a bottle of pills, and examined them closely to see if the pills were as miraculous as they were said to be.

Nalan Yanran uncorked the bottle, held the opening to her nose, and inhaled the aroma of the pills inside. The rich fragrance emanating from the bottle entered her body through her nostrils, instantly brightening her previously haggard face. She closed her eyes, savoring the scent, and her fatigue gradually vanished, replaced by an indescribable sense of comfort.

Yao Ye picked up the bottle of Rejuvenation Pills that Gu He had previously held, wanting to see if the pills truly possessed the miraculous effects that Gu He, the Pill King, had described. After careful examination, she discovered that they were indeed more potent than any Rejuvenation Pills available on the market.

Yao Ye commands the empire's 50,000 iron cavalry. For the empire's army, being wounded in battle is commonplace, so the demand for healing medicine is immense. The empire allocates a significant amount of money annually to purchase healing medicine; on the battlefield, soldiers who carry healing medicine with them have a much higher chance of survival.

Liu Ling also examined the pill in his hand, smelled it, and frowned slightly. Although he could refine such a pill effortlessly, he knew he couldn't achieve this level of refinement. Even his teacher, Pill King Gu He, would find it difficult, because the pill contained some mysterious ingredients.

"I didn't expect Mr. Nie Feng to have only just become a first-grade alchemist, and yet he can refine so many pills in just a few days. If I were to refine them, even if I didn't eat, drink, or sleep, working all day long, it would be difficult to refine so many pills in more than ten days. Little Princess, can you do it?" Liu Ling couldn't help but feel a little jealous when she saw that Nie Feng's talent in alchemy had surpassed her own. Since Liu Ling became a disciple of the Pill King Gu He, she had never encountered an alchemist as young as herself in the Jia Ma Empire.

"Don't even mention ten days, even if you gave me a year, I still couldn't refine these pills." Princess Yaoyue heard the sarcasm in Liu Ling's words towards Xiao Yan, but she couldn't wait for a conflict to arise between the two! That way, this Nie Feng would completely side with their royal family.

"It seems that Mr. Nie Feng was already a first-grade alchemist more than a year ago. Mr. Nie Feng's talent in alchemy is truly outstanding, even surpassing me and the little princess. It makes me feel ashamed!" Liu Ling said sarcastically.

Xiao Yan naturally sensed the sarcasm in Liu Ling's words. Seeing that everyone else was also looking at him, they wanted to hear what Xiao Yan had to say.

Xiao Yan's lips curled into a strange smile as he looked at Liu Ling and said calmly, "You really can't hide anything from you. Only a very small number of these pills were refined by me. Most of them were refined by my master when he was bored. Moreover, after they were refined, they were just thrown away as garbage. Based on the principle of not wanting to waste them, I collected them all to see if I could sell them for a few dollars and then buy some rice, flour, cooking oil, and other necessities to supplement the family income."

"Hehe, it seems Mr. Nie Feng's teacher is a man of true character! Even my master doesn't have the habit of carelessly throwing away pills." Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Liu Ling's face immediately turned somewhat ugly. Wasn't this implying that his teacher, Gu He, was inferior to Nie Feng's teacher?

The others laughed as well, knowing that Xiao Yan was joking.

The table was covered with all sorts of pills, and everyone in the room gathered around it like they were opening a blind box, occasionally letting out exclamations of amazement.

"Huh! It's actually a second-grade pill, the Azure Flame Pill. This pill is quite complicated to refine. Could it have been refined by young friend Nie Feng?" Fa Ma suddenly noticed the second-grade pill on the table and asked in surprise.

"Of course not! How could I possibly refine a second-grade pill successfully!" Xiao Yan shook his head and denied it.

"Hehe, young friend Nie Feng, you're quite the joker. These pills are clearly all newly made, the oldest of which is no more than three months old. And this second-grade pill, the Azure Flame Pill, was made no more than five days ago. Am I right, old man?" Fa Ma shook his head and chuckled.

"President Fa Ma's knowledge of pills is truly astounding. This second-grade pill was indeed refined by me." Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly. In front of these veteran alchemists, he really couldn't hide anything.

"What? He really made these pills? But he only recently became a first-grade alchemist, how could he possibly make second-grade pills!" Yao Yue looked at Xiao Yan and exclaimed in disbelief.

Liu Ling was also filled with disbelief. Although Fa Ma was already certain that the pills were likely made by Xiao Yan, he still couldn't believe that Xiao Yan had this ability, especially since there were nearly four thousand pills! It was only possible to make four thousand pills in three months unless they were all the simplest and quickest-to-make energy-accumulating pills, but there weren't many energy-accumulating pills among these pills.

"Hehe, President Fa Ma is right. These pills were indeed refined within the last three months, and their quality shows that Brother Nie Feng's alchemy skills are constantly improving. Because the older the pills, the lower their quality, while the recently refined pills are of increasingly higher quality. Brother Nie Feng's talent in alchemy is truly enviable! Even I, Gu He, didn't have this talent back then. I believe that soon Brother Nie Feng will be able to surpass me and become the number one alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire." Gu He also praised after observing the pills.

Seeing that Fa Ma and Gu He spoke so highly of Xiao Yan, everyone in the hall showed expressions of envy. After all, such talent was extremely rare, even on the entire Dou Qi Continent.

Only Liu Ling's face was gloomy, and his hand gripping the folding fan trembled uncontrollably. He hadn't expected his master, Gu He, to have such a high opinion of Xiao Yan; even his teacher had never praised him like that. At this moment, the flames of jealousy in Liu Ling's heart had burned to their peak, because Nie Feng's appearance had completely overshadowed his brilliance.

(End of this chapter)