Alchemy Master

Chapter 566, The Shock Brought by Spirit Liquid

Translator: Silavin

Spirit Seed.

Whether it’s an ordinary Spirit Seed or a High Grade Spirit Seed, refining them carries a certain degree of danger.

In Heavenly Dragon Imperial City, amongst the various Major Families, there was no shortage of tragedies that have occurred due to refining Spirit Seeds.

High risk, high reward.

The internal competition within Major Families is actually quite fierce, so naturally some people choose to take the risk and refine Spirit Seeds.

Compared to Spirit Seed, however, the Spirit Liquid inside was much more gentle.

This does not mean that refining their Spirit Liquid was less dangerous than the pure Spirit Seed itself, but rather that Spirit Liquid could be blended and diluted!

After blending and dilution, the risk involved naturally decreases significantly.

Therefore, for high-ranking Nobles, Spirit Liquid would be their first choice if they could afford it.

Normally, within one Peak Grade Spirit Seed, there would at least be about one hundred drops of Spirit Liquid contained.

One hundred drops!

One drop costs one million gold coins.

In short, one Peak Grade Spirit Seed was worth up to one hundred million gold coins!

What an astronomical figure this was.

Even amongst some of the Major Families in the Imperial City, only some Core Disciple could afford to use Spirit Liquid.

The moment he saw the Spirit Liquid swaying, Ouyang Haotian’s expression became extremely gloomy, and his fists involuntarily clenched.

[This… isn’t this too much!?]

Just a moment ago, Qin Yichen was still pulling a long face, acting shamelessly and refusing to cut the crystal, but in just these few short minutes, there had been a complete reversal!

The Spirit Liquid within that Peak Grade Spirit Seed, even though more than half had already dissipated, when looking at it, there were at least a dozen or so drops remaining!

A dozen or so drops of Spirit Liquid—that was equivalent to more than ten million gold coins!

Moreover, such a substance was absolutely in short supply now!

On one side were two ordinary Spirit Seeds, which at most would be worth around two million.

On the other side, however, was Spirit Liquid worth more than ten million.

Obviously, the result of the competition between both sides was already clear.

“How is this possible? How is this possible…”

Looking at Qin Yichen, who was holding the Spirit Liquid and dancing with joy, Ouyang Wensu’s body trembled in disbelief. He desperately slapped his own cheeks, only to discover that this was not a dream, but cruel reality instead!

At this moment, Qin Yichen completely demonstrated what it meant to be a petty person achieving success.

Holding the Spirit Liquid that would make countless people envious, after showing off for quite some time, he finally stopped. Then, as his gaze fell upon Ouyang Haotian, the many Nobles in the venue who had originally been making a commotion also quietened down.

However, even though there were no more sounds of commotion, throughout the second floor there were still extremely heavy breathing sounds. A dozen or so drops of Spirit Liquid were already enough for an unknown Force to join the ranks of Second Tier Forces established in Heavenly Dragon Imperial City.

“Brother Ouyang, it seems that the Divine Appraiser from your Family has gained his reputation in vain!” Qin Yichen chuckled lightly. Rather than rushing to make Ouyang Haotian fulfil his promise, he spoke with a light laugh.

“Indeed, that Spirit Crystal was personally appraised by Ouyang Zhutian…”

“To call a Peak Grade Spirit Seed trash… is Ouyang Zhutian blind?”

“*Haa…* No wonder the Disciple he taught also failed. From five Shooting Star Spirit Crystals, he barely managed to produce two ordinary Spirit Seeds.”

Following Qin Yichen’s words, quite a few Nobles began whispering amongst themselves. For a moment, Ouyang Wensu, who had originally been praised by the Nobles, was criticised to pieces. Suffering the same fate was the Divine Appraiser Ouyang Zhutian, who was at the Ouyang Family enjoying himself while catching stray bullets.

Hearing the unfavourable words about the Ouyang Family, Ouyang Haotian’s expression turned the colour of pig’s liver, but what everyone was saying was true.

Ouyang Wensu producing two Spirit Seeds from five Shooting Star Spirit Crystals had originally been something worth boasting about. However, when compared to a Peak Grade Spirit Seed—even a damaged Peak Grade Spirit Seed—it was worth nothing at all.

“But this guy… is it really just luck?”

“If everyone had this kind of luck, then the Crystal Houses wouldn’t need to continue operating.”

At this moment, the manager of Water Moon Crystal House was also sighing inwardly, but immediately after, he began to feel somewhat troubled.

He had not forgotten that Qin Yichen and Ouyang Haotian had asked him to serve as a witness. Now that the result of the competition had come out, it was time for both parties to fulfil their promises.

If Qin Yichen had lost, that would have been fine. Although this young man appeared to spend money freely, presumably the Force behind him would not be too shabby, but compared to the Ouyang Family, it would definitely be somewhat inferior.

But now, the losing party was actually the future Patriarch of one of Heavenly Dragon Imperial City’s Four Great Families… Ouyang Haotian!

Could he really make him crawl out of Water Moon Crystal House?

Thinking of this, the manager felt his head splitting with pain. At this moment, he wanted nothing more than to slap himself a few times. [Damn it! Why did I agree to be their witness!?]

Although the Force behind Water Moon Crystal House was the Sha Family, which was also one of the Four Great Families, how could he, a mere Crystal House manager, dare to demand that the future Patriarch of another Family crawl out of here on the spot?

“Manager, the result has already come out…” Just as the manager was feeling troubled, Qin Yichen’s voice suddenly rang out.

Qin Yichen’s words immediately caused the entire venue to fall silent. This guy really wanted Ouyang Haotian to crawl out of this place? Did he not know who the other party was?

However, while some were astonished by Qin Yichen’s bold behaviour, there were still many playful gazes directed towards Ouyang Haotian.

In Heavenly Dragon Imperial City, incidents that could make this such a powerful Family’s Young Master lose face was not common.

“That… *ahem*, Grandmaster, why don’t we just let this matter slide?”

The manager coughed dryly twice, quietly winking at Qin Yichen, speaking with great difficulty.

“Let it slide? That won’t do. When I said I wouldn’t cut just now, did you see them having any intention of letting me off?”

Hearing this, Qin Yichen jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, shouting loudly. “Absolutely not! If you’re a man, you must fulfil your wager!”

“Right! Well said! Just now I saw they had no intention of letting this Brother off either!”

As soon as Qin Yichen’s words fell, they elicited a voice of agreement. However, this voice had barely been transmitted before it was silenced under numerous sympathetic gazes.

The person who had spoken in agreement also turned deathly pale. Only now did he realise that the other party was Ouyang Haotian! By embarrassing him like this, his Family probably would not be able to continue operating in Heavenly Dragon Imperial City.

Sure enough, when this person noticed that Ouyang Haotian had glanced at him intentionally or otherwise, his heart immediately became filled with darkness.

“*Ahem* Brother Qin’s luck truly makes Haotian admire you! Let’s just consider today’s events a small game between you and me, how about it?”

However, Ouyang Haotian truly lived up to being the almost-recognised future Patriarch of the Ouyang Family. Under the gaze of numerous eyes, he quickly recovered. Immediately, he chuckled lightly, speaking to Qin Yichen in a joking tone.