Chapter 25: Perfect Elixir Veins Alarm the Elder—How Did He Do It?

A moment later,

outside Lin Bai's cave abode.

The commotion had long since drawn a crowd of outer-sect disciples, packed shoulder to shoulder!

Elder Ouyang Xiu arrived, stepping upon the void!

"Disperse!!!"

He bellowed, and a terrifying wave of cultivation base aura erupted!

In an instant,

the tribulation thunder that had gathered was driven away!

After all this,

Elder Ouyang Xiu stared down at the cave abode below in disbelief, catching the rich elixir fragrance and the aura rippling from a flawless elixir!

"A second-grade elixir, the Spirit-Forging Pill?!"

"The outer sect has such a prodigy?!"

A storm surged within his heart; his mouth went instantly dry!

How could this be?!

And at this moment,

seeing Elder Ouyang Xiu's arrival, the scene erupted!

"That's our Mentaixuan Sect's Elder Ouyang, a fifth-grade alchemist?!"

"Lin Bai actually alarmed Elder Ouyang?!"

"No way? He… what on earth did he refine?!"

One outer-sect disciple after another cried out in horror, feeling their scalps go numb!

Under the gaze of the many disciples,

Elder Ouyang Xiu slowly descended, his eyes fixed intently on the cave abode before him, looking toward Lin Bai within!

"This… is truly a flawless-grade Spirit-Forging Pill?!"

Stepping into the cave abode, he saw ten Spirit-Forging Pills lying quietly in the furnace, radiating dazzling light and an incomparably rich elixir fragrance—his mind thundered!

Such luster, and the golden-thread-like elixir veins across the surface—an impeccable, flawless grade!

And a single furnace yielding ten of them, every one flawless?!

He drew in a sharp breath,

Elder Ouyang Xiu stared at Lin Bai beside him in utter shock, forcing out, "Even I could not refine ten flawless-grade Spirit-Forging Pills in a single furnace!"

"Heavens, this… this is nothing short of a miracle!!!"

"What is your name?!"

His mouth was parched, and the shock in his eyes deepened!

Gazing at Lin Bai before him, he looked at him as though he were a treasure, his body trembling uncontrollably!

An outer-sect disciple he had no impression of could refine a furnace of ten pills, all of flawless grade—even if he himself could advance to a sixth-grade alchemist, he wouldn't have sufficient confidence!

Yet such a feat came from an outer-sect disciple???

In that instant,

"Fl… flawless grade?!"

The many disciples outside exploded, screaming until their scalps nearly split!

One after another, they stared at Lin Bai inside the cave abode as though they had seen a ghost!

Paying no heed to the uproar outside,

Lin Bai blinked, glancing at the somewhat dazed-looking Elder Ouyang Xiu before him.

"Reporting to the Elder, this disciple is Lin Bai!"

He answered, his heart also stirring greatly!

He had merely taken the advice, and just like that, without him knowing how, he had refined a flawless-grade elixir?!

And ten of them at that, every single one flawless, not a single failure!

The Advice-Listening System—terrifying beyond compare!

Elder Ouyang Xiu received the answer, his breathing quickening, and asked again, "Incredible, far too incredible!!!"

"Lin Bai, how did you refine these ten Spirit-Forging Pills?!"

Under his gaze filled with shock,

Lin Bai scratched his head and muttered, "Elder, I… I can't quite recall either, but this disciple did have a strange feeling—somehow, without realizing it, I refined this furnace of pills."

He casually offered an excuse.

The many disciples outside: "???"

Amid their stunned bewilderment,

Elder Ouyang Xiu trembled all over, exclaiming with intense excitement, "That's it, that's it—flawless-grade elixirs have no fixed method or formula. You child, you possess a supreme talent for the Dao of Alchemy!!!"

Lin Bai was stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

But before he could speak,

Elder Ouyang Xiu's eyes turned red, filled with fervent admiration, his breathing rapid as he said, "This old man asks you—would you be willing to take me as your master, and become my personal disciple at Alchemy Peak?!"

At this moment, looking at Lin Bai, it was as though he gazed upon a treasure beyond compare!

Before Lin Bai could give an answer,

the disciples gathered outside erupted once more, their eyes brimming with endless envy as they looked at Lin Bai!

"What!!!?"

"Elder Ouyang actually wants to take Lin Bai as a direct disciple?!"

"This is the highest honor! If Lin Bai agrees, his path within the Zong Sect will be smooth sailing from now on!!"