The Strongest Dandy in the City-Chapter 789 - 785

"Is this kid an idiot? He actually wants to add Purple Wisteria Flower to the Bone-Dissolving Powder? If he can concoct Bone-Dissolving Powder that way, then I’ll blow up my own ass."

"It looks like this kid is here to cause trouble. If he has been exposed to poisons before, he wouldn’t possibly be ignorant of the effects of Purple Wisteria Flower, which is to slow down the corrosiveness. Adding it to Bone-Dissolving Powder would result in a concoction that definitely wouldn’t even be slightly corrosive."

"This kid is definitely going to have a bad day today. How dare he try to fool us at the Myriad Poison Sect? The people from the Tianshan Sect will absolutely not let this kid off either."

"Look at this kid now, still putting on an act like he’s some sort of big shot. He seriously thinks he’s a poison concocting master? I think he’s a master of concocting shit! He’s nothing but a pile of crap."

...

In the stands of the Training Ground, when the disciples of the Myriad Poison Sect heard Chenfeng mention that he wanted Purple Wisteria Flower, expressions of disdain, mockery, and more flashed across their faces. As disciples of the Myriad Poison Sect, they were naturally knowledgeable about the medicinal properties of Purple Wisteria Flower. They whispered and buzzed with discussions among themselves.

Chenfeng turned a deaf ear to these discussions because he believed in the formulation from the sacred poison scripture. After all, he had already concocted the Vitality-Depleting Pill from the sacred poison scripture once before. Remembering the various proportions of the herbs in his mind, he began to meticulously concoct using all the different instruments on the table.

Standing beside Chenfeng, Xia Zining also heard the increasing jeers around them. Though she did not speak, worry was mounting in her heart. Then, seeing Chenfeng’s extremely serious expression, she thought to herself, "I should believe in Chenfeng. After all, even though this man can be a bit of a scoundrel at times, he has never let me down."

Having realized this, Xia Zining started to focus on being Chenfeng’s assistant. Since Chenfeng joined in midway, other contestants had already finished concocting their Bone-Dissolving Powder in succession.

Under the arrangement of the Myriad Poison Sect, the concocted Bone-Dissolving Powders were poured into water tanks to test their effects one after another. Some powders didn’t even react when poured into the water tanks, while others couldn’t corrode even a corner of a piece of wood; only a few could barely corrode a corner of the wood in the tanks.

After all, the tanks were filled with water, so a small box of Bone-Dissolving Powder would quickly be diluted by the water. Being able to corrode a corner of wood was already quite difficult, not to mention dissolving an entire block of wood, or other iron blocks and special metals. No wonder when Yuan Fengyang participated in the Myriad Poison Sect disciple competition years ago, the Bone-Dissolving Powder he concocted managed to corrode half a block of wood in the tank, which shocked the entire Sect, earning him the reputation of a once-in-a-century poison concocting prodigy.

Sitting in the prime seats of the stands, Kang Baiyin and others saw that nearly all contestants had finished concocting their Bone-Dissolving Powder. The qualified ones could directly become disciples of the Myriad Poison Sect, while those whose concoctions hadn’t met the standard were rejected by the Myriad Poison Sect on the spot, allowing them to try again in next year’s disciple competition.

In previous years, those who were rejected would have left the mountain immediately. However, this year was different. They didn’t rush to leave the mountain this time because they knew there was a good show to watch next! They were already very upset about not becoming disciples of the Myriad Poison Sect, and now, they could see what kind of miserable end that idiot who added Purple Wisteria Flower to the Bone-Dissolving Powder would meet."

"The two of you should now be able to rest assured, right? Among the other contestants, the one with the best result could only completely corrode a single corner of the wood. Concocting poison is not that simple. Otherwise, why would we publicize the eight medicinal ingredients needed for Bone-Dissolving Powder? What’s really important is the proportion of each ingredient, which has been figured out by generations of elders in the Myriad Poison Sect," said Kang Baiyin, the Sect Leader of the Myriad Poison Sect, to Lu Douwen and Yu Qianshi from the prime seats in the stands.

Lu Douwen nodded with a smile and said, "That’s best, that’s best indeed. But isn’t that brat Ye Chenfeng too good at pretending? Even now he’s still calmly concocting his Bone-Dissolving Powder?"

"Second brother, I think that little beast Ye Chenfeng is just stalling for time, but how long can he delay? Today he is destined to fall into our hands," said Yu Qianshi, the corners of his mouth lifting into a vicious smile.

...

Time slipped by second by second, and many people in the crowd were becoming impatient. About twenty minutes later...

Chenfeng finally managed to concoct the Bone-Dissolving Powder. He placed the white powder into a small box made of special material on the table, noticing that there was a considerable amount left over.

Holding the small box in his hand, Chenfeng walked straight to the water tank in the center of the Training Ground, which had been freshly filled with water, as well as new pieces of wood, iron, and special metals.

Kang Baiyin, seated in the prime spot in the stands, stood up and asked, "Have you concocted the Bone-Dissolving Powder?"

"Yes, I have," Chenfeng replied very directly.

After hearing Ye Chenfeng’s confident reply, Yuan Fengyang, the Great Elder of the Myriad Poison Sect, also stood up and said coldly, "Kid, do you really think there’s a need to pour your Bone-Dissolving Powder into the tank? I’d stake my life that the powder you’ve concocted won’t even corrode a speck of sawdust, let alone completely dissolve a whole piece of wood."

"Ye Chenfeng, you vile creature, surrender yourself to me now!" Lu Douwen roared furiously.

"Ye Chenfeng, you..."

Just as Yu Qianshi was about to roar in anger, he was directly interrupted by Ye Chenfeng’s indifferent retort, "Does the Myriad Poison Sect have no credibility at all? I haven’t even poured my Bone-Dissolving Powder into the tank yet! How do you know it won’t corrode the whole piece of wood? Wait until the results are out, then you can buzz around all you like, I won’t mind at all."

To be honest, even Ye Chenfeng himself was not entirely confident, as he believed in the recipe from the Myriad Poison Scripture, but this was, after all, his first attempt at making Bone-Dissolving Powder.

"Is this kid too arrogant? Even the Great Elder said his Bone-Dissolving Powder is useless, this is almost a sure thing."

"I think this kid is purely showing off. He knows he’s at his wit’s end, if not now, when would he pose and pretend?"

...

The whispering of the Myriad Poison Sect disciples rose again, and Yuan Fengyang, the Great Elder, watched Ye Chenfeng with a gloomy look in his eyes, his voice colder and more sinister than before, as he commanded, "Kid, hurry up and pour the Bone-Dissolving Powder you concocted into the tank! I want to see if a miracle will happen?"

Ye Chenfeng directly poured all of the Bone-Dissolving Powder from the small box into the tank, then instinctively stepped back several paces.

One minute passed, then two minutes, three minutes.

However, there was still no reaction in the tank, and joyous smiles were creeping onto the faces of everyone present, including Kang Baiyin, Lu Douwen, and others. Ye Chenfeng also began to feel drums in his heart, "Could it be, could it be that something went wrong during the concoction process?"

"Ye Chenfeng, you despicable creature, what excuses do you have now? I..."

However, just as Lu Douwen was about to move and capture Ye Chenfeng, the water in the tank suddenly reacted; the piece of wood began to corrode gradually, and the speed of the corrosion became faster and faster until it finally disappeared into the tank.

But the corrosion in the tank was not yet over. After the entire piece of wood had been corroded away, the piece of metal also began to corrode. In the blink of an eye, the whole block of metal also vanished into the tank.

All those present, especially the people from the Myriad Poison Sect, swallowed continuously with "gulp! gulp!" sounds as they saw this scene, and that included Sect Leader Kang Baiyin and Great Elder Yuan Fengyang.

The corrosion in the tank seemed to have only just begun. After the metal block had dissolved, the last type of special metal also began to corrode, and the speed was even faster than before, disappearing into the tank in an instant.

Now, everyone from the Myriad Poison Sect was stunned, dumbfounded, and looked like idiots. They knew that even the authentic Bone-Dissolving Powder from the Myriad Poison Sect could not completely dissolve the last type of special metal with just such a small boxful; Kang Baiyin had already demonstrated this to Ye Chenfeng. freeweɓnovel~cѳm

This time it was truly sensational,

When Yuan Fengyang concocted Bone-Dissolving Powder that could corrode half a piece of wood, it shocked the entire sect and he was hailed as a once-in-a-century genius.

If Yuan Fengyang was a once-in-a-century genius, then was Ye Chenfeng a once-in-a-millennium alchemical prodigy? No, perhaps a once-in-ten-millennium master of poisons! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian (qidian.com), give monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)