NOVEL NEXT Chapter 527 - 212: Alchemy Competition
Chapter 527: Chapter 212: Alchemy Competition
The three of them were startled upon hearing this and didn’t know what had happened to make Ji Ling so angry.
So, they quickly hastened their steps toward the site of the incident…
Upon arriving, Lin Jing immediately saw Ji Ling, who was still panting and glaring angrily at Lin Jue.
And Lin Jue, likewise, was staring back at Ji Ling, only with contempt in his eyes.
Besides Ji Ling and Lin Jue, Ye Yun and the sisters Yan Xing and Yan Yue were also present.
Seeing Lin Jing and the others arrive, the sisters Yan Xing and Yan Yue quickly walked over.
Yan Ming glanced at Lin Jue and Ji Ling before speaking up, asking the sisters:
“What’s caused them to argue, and what was that about a bet just now?”
“What in the world is going on?”
After Yan Ming finished speaking, Yan Yue immediately stepped forward and began to explain:
“Father…”
“The thing is…”
…
…
Yan Yue then started to relay the entire incident…
And as she narrated, Lin Jing and the others came to understand the whole matter…
It turned out that the whole incident had started because of Lin Jing.
Lin Jing had been invited by Yan Ming to help Yan Xing and Yan Yue with alchemy, but since arriving on Spirit Rock Island, Lin Jing had spent all his days in the alchemy room.
Aside from constantly studying the elixir scriptures, he had made no other preparations.
Originally, Ji Xiyue and Ji Ling, apart from delivering White Jade Cleansing Spirit Grass, also wanted to observe the preparation of the Cleansing Spirit Elixir.
However, with Lin Jing showing no signs of action, Ji Ling, who already looked down on Lin Jing, became even more convinced of his own thoughts,
Believing Lin Jing must be a fraud.
Consequently, Ji Ling’s complaints became more frequent, and he became increasingly impolite in his speech.
But as ill luck would have it, Ji Ling’s grumbling was overheard by Lin Jue, who, after listening, obviously wouldn’t stand for it and immediately retorted.
As a core disciple from the Elixir Hall of the Xingluo Elixir Sect, Ji Ling naturally had his pride and initially didn’t deign to argue with Lin Jue…
But Lin Jue was not at all polite.
He went straight to the point, accusing not only Ji Ling’s alchemy skills as inadequate but also saying Ji Ling’s aunt paled in comparison to Lin Jing…
Now, Ji Xiyue was the number one alchemy genius of the Xingluo Elixir Sect and Ji Ling’s source of pride—how could he allow anyone to denigrate her?
Ji Ling became even more intolerable.
Therefore,
he started arguing directly with Lin Jue.
Neither was willing to back down, and as they argued, their spat escalated into a bet.
As for the method of the bet, it was naturally alchemy.
Since Ji Ling was already a core disciple in the Elixir Hall of the Xingluo Elixir Sect, he naturally would not refuse when Lin Jue suggested alchemy.
The reason why Ji Ling was so enraged
was because Lin Jue’s words during the process were frivolous, and his contempt was not the slightest bit concealed.
The proud Ji Ling was naturally extremely angry, which led to his angry outburst in the end.
Before Yan Yue could finish, Ji Ling and Lin Jue saw Lin Jing and the others approaching and quickly walked over as well.
However, upon their arrival, they just glared at each other, and no one spoke.
It was only after Yan Yue finished speaking that Ji Ling spoke up, addressing Ji Xiyue:
“Aunt…”
“I want to have an alchemy contest with that Lin Jue.”
And Lin Jue, not to be outdone, said forthright:
“Let’s have the contest, I’m not afraid…”
Upon hearing this, Ji Xiyue’s expression immediately darkened, and she said coldly to Ji Ling:
“Nonsense…”
“You’re a core disciple of the Elixir Hall. How can you casually compete in alchemy with others?”
“Hurry up and apologize to Lin Daoyou…”
On hearing this, Ji Ling became anxious, pointing at Lin Jue, he said:
“But…”
“he dared say that my alchemy skills are no better than his and slandered you, claiming your alchemy skills are not as good as his brother’s…”
Before Ji Ling could finish, Lin Jue interjected:
“It was you who slandered my brother first…”
On hearing this, Ji Ling immediately retorted:
“You boast about how great your brother is; why doesn’t he just make the elixir himself then? If it were my aunt, I bet she would have created it by now.”
Lin Jue scoffed coldly before replying:
“Do you even understand? My brother is in the midst of his preparations. Do you think making a Cleansing Spirit Elixir is as easy as any other Elixir Medicine?”
“He’s doing this to be able to produce a Cleansing Spirit Elixir of exceptional quality or better. Can your aunt do that?”
“You…”
Ji Ling, pointing at Lin Jue, trembled with anger…
Until a moment later when Ji Ling shouted out:
“My aunt can definitely make an exceptional Cleansing Spirit Elixir.”
Lin Jue turned his head dismissively and said:
“I don’t believe it…”
Ji Ling, driven to irritation, exclaimed:
“You…”
“Let’s make a bet…”
“A bet it is…”
…
…
“All right…”
“Enough…”
Two voices spoke at once, those of Lin Jing and Ji Xiyue.
Chastened by their scolding, the two lowered their heads, but even with bowed heads, they didn’t behave, still glaring at each other in silent confrontation.
At that moment,
Yan Ming, also seeing the situation, quickly stepped in to mediate:
“Fellow Daoists…”
“May I offer a suggestion?”
Lin Jing and Ji Xiyue both turned to look at Yan Ming.
“Please speak, Yan Daoyou…” Lin Jing then said.
Ji Xiyue also nodded lightly before looking at Yan Ming.
Yan Ming nodded and began:
“Seeing the two of them like this, neither will easily admit defeat. I think it’s better to let them have their contest. They can let their abilities do the talking. That way, even if one loses, both sides will be convinced.”
“After all, it’s just an alchemy competition; there won’t be any danger. What do you two think?”
Upon hearing this, Ji Xiyue’s brow furrowed slightly as she said: