14. Chapter 14: A gamble of 250,000 gold coins

Chapter 14 A gamble of 250,000 gold coins

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These four simple words made the faces of the alchemists present look ugly.

They felt as if they had been tricked by Chen Xiao!

Seeing the faces of these people becoming more and more ugly, Chen Xiao seemed to have thought of something, and simply stood up, walked slowly to Alchemist He, reached out and grabbed a handful of medicinal residue from the clay pot, and asked lightly: " What's this?"

"This is medicine residue!" Almost everyone said this subconsciously.

"No, this is medicinal material!" Chen Xiao's tone was calm, but he had a final word.

"Medicine?" Everyone frowned and looked at Chen Xiao with some dissatisfaction, wondering why Chen Xiao said these words.

"That's right, look at this. The steps you took to purify the medicinal solution are just nonsense. Even with the naked eye, you can see that at least half of the medicinal solution remains in it, but you just poured them out. "Isn't this a waste?" Chen Xiao pinched the residue with his hands, and sure enough, some liquid began to drip out.

"It does contain a lot of liquid medicine, but as we all know, the remaining ones are too difficult to purify. Even if it can be purified, it will take a lot of time, and there are still many impurities. The gain outweighs the loss, so this is currently the accepted approach, even if Even if the president comes here, he won't be much better than me in terms of purification!" Alchemist He frowned, what he said is that everyone is the same, don't you have any other ideas?

"Hmph, there are quite a few excuses!" Chen Xiao said lightly, almost in a scolding tone, not showing mercy at all because the other party was a two-star peak alchemist.

These words made Master He's face turn pale, and he was about to rebuke Chen Xiao.

But Chen Xiao suddenly bent down and picked up a porcelain bottle, and said lightly: "There is also this liquid medicine. There are so many black impurities in it. Can't you see it? I don't know how to remove the impurities before condensing them." Would it be easier for Dan?”

"We naturally know this, but we are not third-grade alchemists after all, and our soul power is limited. It is already very rare for Master He to remove nearly 70% of the impurities. Even for us, it is nothing more than that!" Another one The alchemist spoke, and this time, the rest of the people nodded slightly, their eyes falling on Chen Xiao, as if they wanted to see what Chen Xiao had to say.

"This Yang Dan is a third-grade elixir. The impurities must be removed to at least 80% before it can be successfully refined. However, the one you purified is only 70%. When the elixir is condensed later, some of the medicinal materials are not pure. , too many impurities will cause the liquid to be unstable, and the potion is too light. Even if you really refine it, it will be just garbage. Not only will it not be able to save people, but on the contrary, whoever eats it will probably die!"

Chen Xiao's words were so heartbreaking that they made Master He's face turn extremely ugly. He wanted to refute, but he didn't know where to start.

"Presumptuous, this is nonsense! Even if the elixir contains too many impurities, the efficacy of the medicine will be weakened at most. How can it kill people? You must know that your current behavior is to wantonly slander a two-star alchemist. Even if you are punished It’s not an exaggeration!” An alchemist couldn’t bear it anymore and stood up to scold Chen Xiao.

"Don't believe it? What if I successfully refine the elixir according to the method on the elixir recipe?" Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes and fell on the person who was scolding him.

"If you can refine it, I will apologize for what I said just now!" The alchemist had a sneer on his face and looked at Chen Xiao with contempt.

From the beginning, they did not believe that Chen Xiao could refine a third-grade elixir. In addition, even Alchemist He failed just now, and now they did not believe that Chen Xiao could refine it.

"Not enough!" Chen Xiao shook his head lightly.

"Not enough?" Everyone frowned slightly: "Then what do you want?"

"How about we take a gamble. If I successfully refine it, each of you will give me another 50,000 gold coins. If I fail to refine it, I will give each of you 50,000 gold coins. How about it?!"

"This..." Everyone's eyelids twitched. They didn't expect Chen Xiao to play so big.

You know, excluding Lu Feng, there are five alchemy masters present. This is equivalent to a one-time gamble of 250,000 gold coins. Such a large number of gold coins is enough for ordinary people to have food and clothing for a lifetime!

"Okay, I promise you!" Master He spoke first, and then changed his tone: "But, how can we believe that you can provide 250,000 gold coins?"

"I am the young master of the Chen family. Based on this, it must be enough, right?" Chen Xiao said lightly.

"Are you Chen Xiao, that good-for-nothing from the Chen family?" an alchemist exclaimed. Except for Lu Feng, everyone present only knew Chen Xiao's name, but they didn't know Chen Xiao's details at all.

Now when I suddenly heard Chen Xiao's words, I immediately realized that it wasn't that they were slow to react, but that although Chen Xiao had a great reputation as a good-for-nothing, how respected were they as a two-star alchemist? Naturally, he would not inquire about the appearance of a good-for-nothing young master.

Hearing the word trash, Chen Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly, and the alchemist who blurted it out reacted and his face turned red. Judging from the previous series, if they still believe the rumors outside and believe that Chen Xiao is a trash, then they It's really a pig.

Not to mention anything else, just judging from the fact that Chen Xiao has a powerful master from the Dongxun Empire behind him, there is absolutely no way that Chen Xiao is a waste!

Otherwise, how could a strong man who was looking for an empire in the east fall in love with Chen Xiao and accept him as his disciple?

But it is also true that, with the Chen family backing Chen Xiao, and the rumors about Chen Xiao, no one has ever heard that Chen Xiao can make pills!

Even if there is really a master who takes Chen Xiao as his apprentice, Chen Xiao should not be able to reach the level of a three-star alchemist so quickly!

Considering this, and the temptation of 50,000 gold coins, the other alchemists nodded and agreed to bet with Chen Xiao.

As for the gold coins, the Chen family, as one of the four major families in Qingyang City, naturally has no shortage of these hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and they are not afraid that the Chen family will dare to default on their debts.

Soon, except for Lu Feng, the remaining five people all reached a bet agreement with Chen Xiao. Although they all wondered why Chen Xiao was so confident, they thought that Chen Xiao was only a four-star martial artist. Even if he really had the ability to refine a third-grade pill, he did not have enough true energy to support Chen Xiao to refine a complete pill.

So, this bet, they will definitely win!

After the bet was made, the crowd stopped mocking Chen Xiao. At the instruction of Master He, someone went to get two more herbs for refining Huiyang Pills.

They said they were giving Chen Xiao two chances, so that outsiders wouldn't say they were bullying Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao naturally had nothing to say about this. He accepted the extra herbs without hesitation.

After the herbs were brought, Chen Xiao went directly to Master He's pill furnace and began to clean up all the residues of the herbs inside.

The ground fire was turned on, and Chen Xiao's eyes became sharp in an instant.