Chapter 3140 — Most Marvellous Indeed

A "beep" sounded, and the first-grade automatic cauldron started up successfully. Little Kong selected the Spirit-Gathering Pill refinement, then followed the prompts on the LCD screen and began condensing the pill fire to refine the elixir...

This sequence of movements left everyone present dumbstruck. Even Ouyang Chuanqi, though he had already heard Ouyang Nong describe the cauldron once before, was greatly astonished at this moment. Was it really this intelligent? It looked just like a modern smart rice cooker—put in the rice, press a button, and then everything was automatic?

President Shen, Ouyang Chuanqi, and even Kang Zhaoming all crowded around Little Kong to watch him refine the pill. In the past, Little Kong would surely have grown nervous and botched the refinement, but not now; every step came with a prompt, and he had no fear of losing focus and overlooking something.

President Shen, Ouyang Chuanqi, and Kang Zhaoming could also see what was on the screen. Watching Little Kong's earnest manner, they gradually began to believe in this heaven-defying piece of high technology—while Kang Zhaoming's expression turned rather ugly indeed.

The appearance of this first-grade automatic cauldron would deal a tremendous blow to the pill market—and for Kang Zhaoming especially, it was nothing short of disastrous news! He had refined so many first-grade pills; if from now on anyone could refine pills with a first-grade automatic cauldron, who would still buy the pills of the Xuandan Sect?

So Kang Zhaoming kept praying silently in his heart: It's a trick, it's all a trick!

"Whoosh—" Little Kong deftly completed the final step, then let out a breath of relief. Following the prompts on the screen, he withdrew the pill fire and said, "Done—the pill is complete. President Shen, President Ouyang, Vice President Ouyang, please inspect it!"

"Oh? It's done just like that?" President Shen was astonished. "You haven't even opened the cauldron—how do you know it's certainly a success?"

"Indeed, Little Kong. If I remember correctly, although you can control pill fire, your body lacks the wood attribute, so you could only be a pill appraiser, not a pill refiner. How is it that you can refine pills now?" Ouyang Chuanqi asked as well.

"President Shen, President Ouyang, this is precisely the marvel of the first-grade automatic cauldron. So long as one can control pill fire—regardless of whether one is skilled at refinement, regardless of whether one's body has the wood attribute—as long as one can freely adjust the temperature of the pill fire, one can refine pills with the first-grade automatic cauldron, and with one hundred percent success, with no possibility of a spoiled pill." As he spoke, Little Kong lifted the lid of the first-grade automatic cauldron. At once, fragrance filled the room, and a round, plump Spirit-Gathering Pill, haloed with pill aura, leaped into everyone's sight!

"This..." Kang Zhaoming pointed incredulously at the pill in Little Kong's hand. "How is this possible? This isn't scientific—this is utterly unscientific! What first-grade automatic cauldron? It's all a fraud, all an illusion! You must be a seasoned pill refiner, pretending to lack the wood attribute, aren't you? What is your aim?"

"Elder Kang, I remember this Little Kong, and his body truly has no wood attribute. If you don't believe it, you may examine him yourself!" Ouyang Chuanqi said with some displeasure.

"Examine him I shall!" Kang Zhaoming paid no heed to whether Ouyang Chuanqi's tone was pleasant or not; he had to get to the bottom of this, to expose the fraud! With that, he seized Little Kong's hand and began to examine him—only to be startled by what he found! For Little Kong's body truly had no wood attribute, only the fire attribute!

"This... impossible!" Having finished the examination, Kang Zhaoming believed it even less. Pointing at Little Kong, he said, "Even if you have no wood attribute, you have the fire attribute, and you can still refine Spirit-Gathering Pills. Practice makes perfect—refine them a few more times, get the feel for it, and you can succeed too. Don't think I don't know!"

Little Kong frowned and said, "This is only my second time refining. Vice President Ouyang can vouch for that!"

"That's right—this is indeed Little Kong's second time refining Spirit-Gathering Pills!" Ouyang Nong nodded and affirmed. Little Kong had refined one pill before, and to ensure he would have ample stamina for today's demonstration, Ouyang Nong had not let him refine any other pills these past two days.

"You're all in it together—how could I trust a word you say?" Kang Zhaoming waved his hand and said to Little Kong, "If you've got the ability, refine a different pill for me. Refine a Life-Returning Pill... no, refine a Qi-Restoring Pill!"

The so-called Qi-Restoring Pill was a pill taken by Yellow-rank experts to rapidly restore physical stamina and true qi. Because its restorative effect was unremarkable and it was effective only for Yellow-rank experts, almost no pill refiners bothered to refine this obscure pill!

After all, there was no market for the thing. Yellow-rank experts in ordinary sects were mostly common disciples, and rarely had occasion to use Qi-Restoring Pills in battle, while Yellow-rank experts in the secular world had no channels to buy such pills at all. Thus the Qi-Restoring Pill was exceedingly rare—even Kang Zhaoming would not dare claim he could refine one successfully in a single attempt, for he had never refined it before, and did not even know how.

President Shen did not stop Kang Zhaoming's words either. After all, he too was half-believing and half-doubting at this moment, and wanted to verify just whether the first-grade automatic cauldron in Little Kong's hands could refine other first-grade pills!

"It can refine it!" Little Kong glanced at the menu on the first-grade automatic cauldron—there indeed was a "Qi-Restoring Pill" option—and nodded. "But I don't have the ingredients for a Qi-Restoring Pill on hand..."

"You there—go prepare several portions of first-grade pill ingredients for me, including those for the Qi-Restoring Pill." President Shen pointed at a disciple waiting nearby and gave the order.

"Yes, sir!" The disciple nodded and hurried off to prepare them.

Hearing Little Kong's words, Kang Zhaoming's heart skipped a beat, and he was seized by a sudden foreboding. After all, Little Kong had agreed far too readily! Still, Kang Zhaoming bolstered his own spirits and said, "Don't put on a brave front—talk is cheap. Refine it first, then we'll see."

After a while, the disciple returned, holding several bags in his hands, which presumably contained various first-grade pill-refining ingredients.

"President Shen, these are the ingredients for the Qi-Restoring Pill, and these are the ingredients for the other first-grade pills." The disciple handed the bags to President Shen.

President Shen nodded, took the Qi-Restoring Pill ingredients, and handed them directly to Little Kong, while setting the rest on the ground beside him. "Little Kong, can you refine the Qi-Restoring Pill now?"

"I can!" Little Kong nodded and poured the bag of Qi-Restoring Pill ingredients straight into the first-grade automatic cauldron!

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