Chapter 97

Although Su Ling'er's exclamation was very faint, Xu Que still heard it, and he felt a sudden wave of embarrassment.

"Uh... no wonder I felt the pill still tasted sweet!"

Xu Que said with a sheepish laugh.

These words immediately made Su Ling'er's cheeks flush, and she gave Xu Que a reproachful, sidelong glance.

"Ding, the pill has been refined. Please, Host, open the cauldron yourself to collect the pill!"

At this moment, the system's notification sound rang out in Xu Que's mind.

He was immediately overjoyed, looked at Su Ling'er, and smiled: "How about we make another bet?"

"What?" Su Ling'er asked in a low voice.

"If I open the pill furnace right now and get a perfectly intact pill, you owe me another condition. How about it?"

"Now?" Su Ling'er was immediately surprised. She pondered for a moment, and a faint smile appeared at the corners of her mouth: "Then what if there are waste pills?"

"Then I owe you a condition, or it cancels out the previous one. You decide!"

"Fine!" Su Ling'er smiled and agreed immediately.

In her view, Xu Que's half-baked approach made it impossible to refine a pill. Even if one or two perfect pills appeared, that would already be an incredible miracle; wanting not a single waste pill was absolutely impossible.

So no matter how she looked at it, she felt she was sure to win.

Moreover, she had even thought of the condition: it would undoubtedly be to make Xu Que stay in the Heaven Demon Tribe from now on.

"Remember, if you lose, you must be a good sport!" Su Ling'er reminded him, feeling uneasy.

Xu Que laughed: "Of course, I am a man of my word!"

After saying this, he put down the roasted wings in his hand and walked straight toward the pill furnace.

Meanwhile, outside the door, the crowd saw Su Ling'er and Xu Que finish talking, and when Xu Que walked toward the furnace, they all assumed he had agreed to stop refining pills, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Great King is still the best; she was able to persuade him."

"It seems it shouldn't be difficult to invite him to stay in our Heaven Demon Tribe."

"Why do you say that?"

"Look at the Great King's expression. When have you ever seen her smile like this over the years? Only this Sun Wukong can do that."

"It's no wonder. Although Young Friend Sun is of the monkey race, he looks quite handsome and dashing, is multi-talented, has great strength, and can even refine good pills. He is actually quite a good match for our Great King."

"Bang!"

At this moment, a muffled sound came, interrupting the discussion of several alien powerhouses.

As they turned their heads to look, Xu Que had already lifted the lid of the pill furnace.

A wisp of seven-colored cloud mist actually rose gracefully from the furnace, and at the same time, strands of blue electric arcs streaked through the mist, resembling a tiny thundercloud.

"This... what is this?"

"Could my eyes be playing tricks on me? How could there be such a phenomenon?" The crowd was astonished.

Xiao Yu, who was sitting to the side gnawing on roasted chicken wings, also suddenly raised her head, and then froze on the spot.

"Pill... Pill Cloud Phenomenon, it's actually a Pill Cloud Phenomenon!"

She was so surprised that her voice trembled. The roasted wing in her hand fell to the ground with a "plop," and she looked at Xu Que in disbelief.

"Xiao Yu, what's wrong with you?"

Su Xiaoqi was frightened by Xiao Yu's actions and hurriedly asked.

The crowd outside the door, including Su Ling'er, also focused their attention inside.

Xiao Yu said in great surprise: "Great Sage Brother is too amazing! Once a Pill Cloud Phenomenon appears before the pills are out of the furnace, it means they are supreme-grade pills!"

"Supreme-grade? Aren't pills divided by star ratings?" Su Xiaoqi asked in surprise.

"Yes, but within the same star rating, there are also quality differences. With Xiao Yu's current strength, I can only refine Two-Star Middle-Grade Spirit Nourishing Pills when I'm lucky, while the Spirit Nourishing Pills Great Sage Brother refined earlier were Two-Star Upper-Grade. But now... this batch of new pills is Two-Star Supreme-Grade. According to ancient records, Two-Star Supreme-Grade is even more precious than Three-Star Middle-Grade!"

"What?"

When the crowd heard Xiao Yu's explanation, they were shocked.

"Two-Star Supreme-Grade, more precious than Three-Star Middle-Grade? Doesn't that mean... his alchemy can almost be called that of a Three-Star Alchemist?"

"This... how is it possible? A Three-Star Alchemist at the Golden Core Stage Perfection!"

"That's not right! The key is that this batch of pills was refined while he was roasting chicken wings!"

Suddenly, everyone's gaze toward Xu Que became extremely horrified.

"Ding, congratulations to Host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting cool. Reward: 40 Acting Cool Points!"

"Ding, congratulations to Host 'Xu Que' for successfully acting cool. Reward: 60 Acting Cool Points!"

Two system notification sounds rang out in Xu Que's mind. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but lift, and he gently grasped the air with his large hand, causing ten Grand Pure Lightning Avoidance Pills to fly out of the furnace instantly!

He had also heard what Xiao Yu said about the Pill Cloud Phenomenon. Indeed, only supreme-grade quality could produce such a phenomenon, but this phenomenon had little to do with the alchemist's strength and was closely related to the level of the pill itself.

Among Two-Star pills, the Grand Pure Lightning Avoidance Pill itself belonged to the top tier. The reason it wasn't rated as Three-Star wasn't because its medicinal power wasn't strong enough, but because its refining requirements weren't high. Basically, as long as one reached the Two-Star Alchemist level, one had the ability to refine it.

However... basically no one could refine it successfully, because once this kind of pill was successful, it belonged to the supreme grade; there were no middle-grade or upper-grade versions!

Therefore, regardless of which star rating a pill was, as long as it was of supreme-grade quality, it was the most terrifying existence in terms of difficulty.

Even a Nine-Star Alchemist couldn't guarantee whether they could refine a Two-Star Supreme-Grade pill, or rather, they basically had no certainty; whether it succeeded or not depended purely on luck.

But now, Xu Que had refined a Two-Star Supreme-Grade pill while roasting chicken wings, which made it truly unbelievable to everyone.

Su Ling'er was also dumbfounded. She never expected this result. Not only were there no waste pills, but he had even refined supreme-grade pills. Now she owed him another condition.

"Great Sage Brother, wait a moment."

At this moment, Xiao Yu, who had been staring blankly at Xu Que, suddenly exclaimed.

Following that, the little girl ran over, pried open Xu Que's hand, and saw ten Grand Pure Lightning Avoidance Pills, with electric light intertwined, emitting faint halos.

"Grand Pure Lightning Avoidance Pills!" Xiao Yu was instantly frightened and screamed.

The crowd present was also suddenly stunned, and then completely moved, rushing in one after another in horror.

"What? Xiao Yu, what did you just say?"

"Young Friend Sun refined the legendary Grand Pure Lightning Avoidance Pills?"

"My God! How is that possible?"

"Young Friend Sun, let us take a look."

"Ah! It really is the Grand Pure Lightning Avoidance Pill, exactly the same as recorded in the ancient books!"

"Hahahaha, this time the Great King no longer needs to worry about the Heavenly Tribulation."

"The new Demon Emperor will be our Great King!"

A group of people was both surprised and laughing, like lunatics.

"Wait, don't be in such a hurry. Let me put a layer of chocolate on them first. This time it's strawberry chocolate flavor." Xu Que was surrounded by the crowd, unable to move, and said speechlessly.

"Sun Wukong!" Suddenly, Su Ling'er called out, walked in front of Xu Que, and said with a solemn face: "Come with me for a moment."

"Ah? What's wrong?" Xu Que was stunned.

But Su Ling'er didn't explain, turned around, and walked out of the alchemy room.

The crowd was also surprised, not knowing the situation!

"What's wrong with Sister? Why is she so serious?" Su Xiaoqi also asked in confusion.

Xu Que was happy and said: "Isn't this obvious? Your sister can't hold back anymore and wants to express her admiration for me. With so many of you here, of course, she's embarrassed to say it."

"You... you're talking nonsense!" Su Xiaoqi said angrily.

"Hehe, goodbye!"

Xu Que chuckled, grabbed the Grand Pure Lightning Avoidance Pills, and stepped forward to chase after Su Ling'er.

Su Ling'er didn't say a word. After leaving the alchemy room, she went straight toward the small woods in front.

Xu Que was startled and hurriedly shouted: "Ling'er, this... is this too fast? We're going straight into the small woods? How about we wait until tonight? It's too conspicuous in broad daylight."

Su Ling'er paused. She ignored Xu Que's words, instead looked around vigilantly, her expression solemn, and she lowered her voice: "Sun Wukong, we are setting off for the Thunder Pool right now. We can't wait any longer."

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