Wasting Money to Become an Immortal-Chapter 163: Tastes disgusting

There was only silence that lingered in the air after the tribulation cloud dissipated.

Everyone looked at the beam of light that came down from the heavens and the person standing in it like they didn’t know how to react.

After all, this was something that none of them had ever seen before.

Even if they wanted to react, they really didn’t know how to react in this situation.

In the end, before any of them could say a thing, the beam of light disappeared first.

The way that it disappeared was slowly and hesitantly, almost as if whoever was sending it was asking if this was enough. It was only when I looked up at the sky that this beam of light completely disappeared.

Then all of the clouds scattered, not leaving a single trace behind.

It was as if the clouds were scared of forming in this place.

Everyone looked even more shocked seeing this since they had never seen anything like this before.

Tribulation clouds that dispersed on their own and even offered their blessings to someone that went against the heavens...

Just what kind of monster was Lin Fan that he could cause a phenomenon like this?

I felt awkward with everyone looking at me like this, so instead of remaining silent and showing off, I turned to Shen Qing Feng and asked, "Elder Shen, does this mean that I’ve passed the preliminaries?"

The others who had passed all looked like they had been slapped in the face when they heard this.

They all wanted to shout, "If someone like you doesn’t pass, then who would!?"

But none of them really wanted to say this since it would be a blow to their pride to admit something like this.

However, it was clear by the way that everyone looked at him now that they took him as a rival. It seemed like with just this performance, Lin Fan had become the one that everyone wanted to beat.

Even the top three of the preliminaries looked at him like they wanted to beat him.

Shen Qing Feng revealed a bitter smile at being asked this before saying with a nod, "That’s right, you passed."

I just simply gave a nod before turning my attention to the Refining Crystal in my hand.

I revealed a thoughtful look before saying, "Now, what do I do with this?" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

It had been mentioned that the Refining Crystals that the contestants refined would be theirs to keep.

The Refining Crystals weren’t just items that were used to test the refining skills of an alchemist, they also had a use when it came to being added to refinement of a pill.

Depending on the grade of these Refining Crystals, they would help increase the success rate of any alchemy pill refinement.

That was because these Refining Crystals were filled with medicinal energy, which increased based on how well these Refining Crystals were refined.

Starting from the violet stage, they would increase it by 1%.

Then the indigo stage would increase the chance by 5%.

From there it went from 15%, 30%, 50%, 75%, and finally 100% for red crystals.

That was just how much medicinal energy was contained within these Refining Crystals the purer that they became. A red Refining Crystal was almost a guarantee for a successful pill refinement.

Though that was only for pills that were third grade and below.

Second grade pills and higher were just too complex for these Refining Crystals to guarantee success, but that didn’t mean that they still wouldn’t raise the success rate since it was a burst of medicinal energy.

The effects were just a bit weaker than if these were used for second grade pills.

The crystal that Lin Fan had was red with white specks, which meant that it would have an effect that was even better than just a red crystal.

That was because the white specks were a sign that it was above 100% refined. The white specks were a representation of new medicinal energy being created during the refining, something that mortal alchemists shouldn’t be capable of doing.

That was why it was so heaven defying that it attracted the tribulation clouds.

With a Refining Crystal like this, there was no doubt that it might guarantee the successful refining of a first grade pill.

These were pills that could change one’s fate and help one become an immortal.

At the same time, the first grade pills were what alchemists needed to become a true Medicine King. Only those that refined a first grade pill would be regarded as a Medicine King, a First Grade Alchemist.

This was an item that would help them achieve this goal, so there were many alchemists that wanted this Refining Stone.

After thinking about it for a bit, I brought it up in front of my face and said, "It kind of looks like candy, I wonder how it tastes."

While everyone was shocked by these words, I brought the Refining Crystal to my mouth and bit into it.

The moment that I did, there was a ’clunk’ sound as I couldn’t break through with my teeth.

"Hard!"

This thing wasn’t a normal level of hard, this was a level of hardness that was difficult to describe. It was like trying to bite right into concrete, that was just how hard it was.

So I wasn’t even able to make a single dent in this thing.

The only thing that I could do was take it out of my mouth and give it a lick instead, but all that I could say was...

"Bitter! This thing tastes disgusting!"

It was like the taste of medicine with how bitter it was, but that wasn’t strange since this was a concentrated mass of medicinal energy in the first place.

Everyone’s face turned ugly when they saw this, even those that didn’t know what the Refining Stone was capable of had an ugly look on their face.

After all, this was a treasure that had even attracted a lightning tribulation.

There was no doubt that this wasn’t a normal item and now there was an idiot who was trying to bite into it like candy!

"You prodigal!"