Volume 3, Chapter 394 – The Pill Is Complete!

Things had gotten troublesome.

Although Cheng Yinyin did not understand alchemy, she could tell from the reactions of those around her that the pill Chi Xiyan was refining was by no means ordinary.

Cheng Yinyin raised her head and looked toward the platform at the center.

However, she was not looking at Chi Xiyan. She was looking at Wei Ziqing.

Naturally, when she saw Wei Ziqing staring at Chi Xiyan with such blazing eyes, Cheng Yinyin’s heart could not help but sink.

Anyone could see that the woman had already caught Wei Ziqing’s interest.

If that woman really managed to successfully refine the pill, no one present would be able to compare to her.

“Second sister, I heard that high grade pills are very difficult to refine. Even some seasoned alchemists cannot guarantee success, right?”

“Mm.” Lu Zhuxin nodded slightly.

Even the strongest alchemist could not guarantee a hundred percent success rate in refining a pill.

But such a rule did not apply to the protagonist.

In all sorts of novels, the odds of the protagonist bursting with unexpected talent and performing beyond expectations at a critical moment were infinitely close to a hundred percent!

The same held true for the heaven mandated female lead.

Even though Chi Xiyan was refining a pill beyond her proper realm, Lu Zhuxin did not think she would fail.

Cheng Yinyin’s face darkened. She could see the composure on that woman’s face.

As if, to her, this was nothing more than a trivial little task.

Damn it! Where on earth had that woman learned such skill.

Cheng Yinyin bit down hard on her teeth.

She wished she could rush up right now and smash Chi Xiyan’s cauldron.

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But she knew there was nothing she could do at the moment.

“The only hope now rests on the drug that Cheng Lixue put on her.”

Cheng Yinyin looked at Chi Xiyan’s face.

“It’s been so long now. The drug’s effects should already be taking hold, shouldn’t they?”

A vicious light gathered in Cheng Yinyin’s eyes.

An alchemist could not be disturbed during the refining process, or it would easily lead to failure, or even an exploding furnace.

The substance in that rouge was not some fatal poison.

But once combined with the flower scent she had specially prepared beforehand, it would cause pain and itching, along with redness and swelling.

The effect could last half a day, ruining her appearance on the spot, more than enough to make that woman fail the selection.

The rouge itself was harmless, and no one would be able to trace it back to her.

And in this Huayue Court, no one would bother stepping forward on behalf of a young lady with no backing.

“As long as that woman fails at refining her pill, she will have no chance of passing the selection!”

Had she and her mother not planned all of this just to knock that woman out of the selection?

The viciousness in Cheng Yinyin’s eyes gradually turned into a cruel, smug sneer.

Yet, after another span of time passed, still nothing unusual had appeared on Chi Xiyan’s face.

“That’s not right! The poison on that woman’s face should have taken effect long ago!”

“Why is there no reaction!”

“Why can she still keep refining the pill!”

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Cheng Yinyin stared at Chi Xiyan in disbelief.

Suddenly, as if something had occurred to her, she whipped her head around to look at Lu Zhuxin beside her.

“Was it you?”

“Did you tamper with it? Did you not do as I told you?!”

Lu Zhuxin’s face remained calm, as if she had not noticed the viciousness on Cheng Yinyin’s face at all.

“Cheng Yinyin, it seems you have misunderstood something.”

“Whatever her faults may be, Cheng Lixia is still my sister.”

“I truly do not like that she is always keeping watch over me, but that does not mean I would actually help you hurt her.”

She gently pushed the rouge box in her hand back toward Cheng Yinyin.

“You put a drug into this rouge, didn’t you.”

“If you do not want this thing to end up on Noble Consort Wei’s desk, then stop targeting her.”

“If you do, we can still be good sisters.”

Cheng Yinyin gritted her teeth hard, her expression turning vicious.

“You wretched Cheng Lixue, I never imagined I would actually fall for your scheme!”

“You deliberately got close to me just to gather leverage against me?”

Lu Zhuxin nodded slightly. “My sister and I hold no ill will toward you or the Cheng family. We have no interest at all in the Cheng family’s assets. It is you who are narrow minded.”

“Otherwise, no one would have caught hold of anything on you.”

“Ha ha!” Cheng Yinyin let out a low, cold laugh. “Cheng Lixue, it seems you are getting a little too pleased with yourself too soon. Surely you do not think a small box of rouge is enough to threaten me.”

“Cheng Lixia is still perfectly fine right now. Go ahead and hand that rouge to Noble Consort Wei and see. See if she will believe your one sided story!”

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The poison in that rouge box was a compound poison, but on its own the rouge appeared to have no problem whatsoever.

And the seed that triggered the poison had already been used up long ago.

Even if this woman handed the rouge box over to Noble Consort Wei, they would find no evidence at all.

Wei Ziqing had always cared about his reputation. Without evidence, there was no way he would punish a noble clan’s daughter.

So Cheng Yinyin was not afraid of Lu Zhuxin doing such a thing.

Seeing Cheng Yinyin so utterly unmoved, Lu Zhuxin shook her head helplessly. “Stubborn to the end.”

Up on the platform, Chi Xiyan had no idea of the falling out between Lu Zhuxin and Cheng Yinyin.

At that moment, her pill had already reached its final stage.

She suddenly pressed her fingers together and gave a light tap.

As the silvery white spiritual threads trembled lightly, the furnace’s body rang out.

The lid burst open, and the half finished pill shot violently out of the furnace, soaring high into the sky.

The crowd cried out in shock.

The young woman flicked her bare hand, and the silvery white spiritual threads wove instantly into a net, wrapping the pill tightly.

Runes lit up one after another across the pill’s surface. When the last trace of profound light was locked into the pill’s body, the medicinal fragrance suddenly gathered into a streak of blue rainbow, carrying the cloud patterned spirit pill slowly down into her palm.

Chi Xiyan flicked her finger, fixing the still humming pill in midair. “Noble Consort, I have not failed the task entrusted to me.”

Only then did the crowd remember to cry out in astonishment.

In Wei Ziqing’s ear, the voice from within the ring sounded once more.

“A Dragon and Phoenix Crimson Sun Pill with three markings. For many alchemists of lower realms, even refining this pill at all is a struggle, and yet this girl has managed to produce three markings directly.”

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“I do not know under whom she trained, but her talent for alchemy truly is astonishing.”

Wei Ziqing took a deep breath.

He looked at Chi Xiyan with the air of a man determined to have her.

“Cheng Lixia, qualified!”

“Next, Cheng Lixue!”

Chi Xiyan came to Lu Zhuxin’s side, only to find that the atmosphere between Lu Zhuxin and Cheng Yinyin seemed off.

Lu Zhuxin said nothing, only rising silently and walking toward the stage.

Cheng Yinyin shot Chi Xiyan a cold glare.

“I never imagined I would actually fall at the hands of a little girl like this.”

Chi Xiyan looked at her with a face full of confusion.

Seeing her expression, Cheng Yinyin let out a cold laugh. “Right, you do not know anything at all.”

She lowered her voice and said quietly, “Just wait and watch. In a moment, there will be quite the spectacular performance on that stage.”

“Let us all wait and see!”

Cheng Yinyin smiled darkly.

Chi Xiyan could not understand what this woman was up to.

She turned to look at Lu Zhuxin, who was walking toward the stage, and a strong sense of unease suddenly welled up in her heart.

An unfamiliar name suddenly surfaced from her memory.

“Northern Frontier Snow Serpent…?”