The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1348

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The entire crowd almost fell on their seat in laughter as the alchemist loudly farted in the middle of the ongoing contest. With this incident, one is sure that the guy has sealed his fate as a laughing stock in the profession.

But luckily for him, Xin Ja did not decide to claim his life as he views it as a minor offense and has not gone over his bottom line. But he still needs to be taught a lesson as a warning to the rest who would dare to offend him.

This incident ended as the alchemist went back to their refining. After choosing their herbs they were to start refining and that is where the timer would start.

Xin Ja uses the cauldron and quickly refines a couple of potions and then mixes them in the alchemy pot. After doing that, he simmered the pot and then left it.

Then he began taking out the 6th tier herb that he got from the pile and chopped it into 5 portions. Then he began refining them one by one.

One failure after another made the people who are watching him sneer at his action.

"How dare a mere brat try to refine a 6th-tier herb… Does he think it would be that easy?" someone said with a snarky comment.

"Haha… I think he is trying to overestimate himself. In fact, I think that guy does not have any Ki. I would say that he is but a trash, a normal man… Hahaha…" jeered another one.

Those who heard this sneered, but those that have brains just frowned and looks at Xin Ja in curiosity. Not everyone in the stadium is stupid that only goes with the crowd. Many of them have their brains and have already noticed Xin Ja and how he was able to concoct without using Ki.

Or that he could use Ki but externally.

Many of the old alchemists even began to look at the young man favorably.

At this time, the eyes Xan Xumi squinted as she watches the guy refine the herbs. Then, when she gets a whiff of the refined herb, her expression darkened.

"I guess he is not that simple after all…" she muttered while looking at Xin Ja.

Ao Meixi who is watching on the side has her hands clasped in worry as she could not help but wish those two, good luck.

When she learned that they are able to enter the main alchemy contest, she immediately feels relieved. It only means that the two are really exceptional.

Some people even congratulated her.

They especially showed their intention of cooperating with her, especially with Master Yo who can refine close to 80%.

Those that are in the know secretly sent her a message. Because they know that if there were no tricks that were done, Master Yo could have refined the herb higher than 80% in purity.

Now, what does that mean?

It means that if they can get their hands on an 80% purity refinement product, then they could concoct a more effective potion.

Now that would be something else.

So in short, even if they lose this time, her business is already a done deal. But of course, she would still be facing some problems because she has not gotten a place in the contest.

Now, if ever one of them could enter even the top 100, then she could already heave a sigh of relief. At that time, even the Xulo clan would not just prance in front of her and then bully her.

The Medal of Alchemy Certification gives the alchemist and the clan or family that he or she is under, a sign of protection from the alchemist association.

If a certain family is wiped out or the alchemist is hurt, then the association will punish the family that did the attacking.

The alchemist association has become one of the most influential forces in the kingdom ever since the rise of the alchemist association in the Kingdom of Jimal. The empire began to support the association with their utmost power and this, in turn, made the alchemist privy to many advantages.

But of course, this also has a law coupled with the condition, and that law is laid for the alchemist not to take advantage of the privilege given to them.

Everything would be according to the result of the investigation done by the central government of the kingdom.

And so, Ao Meixi is feeling a bit anxious while watching the scene where Xin Ja continuously fails his concoction.

In the meantime, when Master Yo saw what Xin Ja is doing, he almost curse out loud. He wanted to hit himself on the wall for not thinking of such a good idea of practice.

If he could also do what Xin Ja is doing, then he could actually practice refining higher-tier herbs.

"What a crafty fellow…" he muttered while shaking his head.

Soon, the timer neared the end and many of the alchemists have already finished their concoction. In that duration of time, there were many who has their cauldron and alchemy pots blown due to failure.

Some have failed due to their inexperience or the lower quality of purity in their refinement.

By this time, a large portion of the number of alchemists has been sent out of the arena as they are already too weak to refine another batch and try to concoct a pill.

Soon, Xan Xumi walks out from her table and presented the pill she was able to concoct.

The elder who received the pill showed a faint smile on his face.

"You are one of the disciples of Master Jiang, right?" he asked.

"This junior is Master Jiang's 10th disciple, Xan Xumi…" she replied with a bow.

"Good, good, what a good seed… I can tell that you are able to refine a 3rd tier strength-enhancing pill… The effect is around 30%... Good, this is good…" the old man said as he sings praises of Xan Xumi's pill.

This time, Xulo Yan also walks forward and handed his pill to a middle-aged-looking man in a white robe.

The man showed a faint smile on his face and then takes a whiff of the pill.

"This is Invigorating Pill… a 3rd tier pill of the lower level… The effect is about 20%..., not bad… not too bad at all." The man commended.

Then more alchemists presented their pills. Some passed and some did not.

By this time, Master Yo walks toward a middle-aged man and hands him a pill bottle.

When the man received the pill bottle and opened it, he suddenly frowned.

"Failed… this is such a trashy pill…" he said as he suddenly threw it to the brazier on his side.

Master Yo frowned when he saw what the man did.

The woman behind that alchemist also frowned as she actually has taken a whiff of the pill. But she did not say anything and just watches on the side.

"You have not checked it properly and you said it was a failure?" suddenly Master Yo said.

He might be a docile person, but he would not let others bully him just like that.

"What? Do you object to my judgment? Get out of here! Do you dare challenge the association?! Guards! Kick this person out of here!" he suddenly shouted.

Master Yo was flabbergasted at the unreasonable guy. He did not expect that this would happen. It was as what Xin Ja has told him.

With a sneer, he suddenly looks at the woman behind the man.

"I think that madam has an opinion about my pill, right?" he said while looking at the woman.

The woman showed a faint smile on her face.

"This elder has sharp eyes. It seems that you've noticed my reaction… I did not expect that such underhanded means is also rampant in this city…" she suddenly said while she stood up and then walked to the table.

She began picking up one bottle after another from the pile tossed to the side.

The judging panel showed pale expressions on their faces when she did this.

One of them suddenly stood up and quickly bowed, this guy knew that lying is no different from getting his license revoked. So he decided to talk.

"Master… We… We are being pressured by the clan in the city. If we do not obey, then they would gang up against us…" an alchemist reported while large beads of sweat began to pour out of his forehead.

The woman did not say anything and just picks one pill bottle after another. Then she stood in front of the man that threw the pill bottle at Master Yo.

"What you have thrown is a high-quality pill, a 5th-tier pill…" she said then smiled.

"If that is trash, then so are all of these…" she said as she showed the pill bottles in her hand.

At the bottom of the pill bottles, the alchemist would inscribe the family or clan where he belongs, so she decided to call the names.

Soon, half of those that were chased out came back and only 1/8 of those that were said to have passed were left, the rest actually failed.

The clans became gloomy at this moment and wanted to attack that woman. But no one dares move as not only is she an alchemist from the headquarters but also a powerful cultivator in the late stages of the Ki-Champion realm.