Elder Cheng's voice was soul-stirring, as if possessing a kind of magic, echoing long within the Pill Hall.
"Oh my gosh!"
Miao Miaomiao, deeply immersed in the joy of alchemy and unable to pull herself away, was startled by his loud voice. She looked up blankly, "What's going on? Why are you yelling at me?"
"And you still have the nerve to ask!" Elder Cheng covered his nose and mouth with one hand, pointing at the Pill Furnace that was still spewing black smoke with a *kuku* sound, and questioned, "Come! Tell me, is this alchemy, or are you manufacturing biochemical weapons?"
Faced with the questioning, Miao Miaomiao's heart remained completely calm: "Look at how you put that! Of course, it's alchemy! I strictly followed the steps you told me."
"That's right, I can prove it!" Shi Wanyue immediately raised her hand and stood beside her.
"Nonsense!" Elder Cheng glared, his beard bristling, "If I followed my steps, how could it turn into this monstrosity? Look at the disaster you've caused in the Pill Hall! — Hey, stop it right now, stop refining! Are you trying to suffocate me?"
"Okay~" Miao Miaomiao shrugged and quietly stepped aside. — It was finished anyway.
"Elder Cheng, what has happened?" Just then, Sect Master Mo Changfeng arrived in a hurry, accompanied by several Elders.
The towering black smoke rising from the Pill Hall, and the pungent odor permeating the entire Sect, had alarmed the few old fellows who were in a meeting. Thinking something major had occurred, they immediately dropped their affairs and rushed over to investigate.
"Ask her!" Elder Cheng's face was dark, and he angrily pointed at the culprit, Miao Mou.
My Pill Hall was perfectly fine, but as soon as she arrived, she ruined it like this! It's outrageously evil!
The latter looked completely innocent: "I was just honestly refining an elixir..."
Mo Changfeng frowned deeply: "Are you sure you were refining an elixir, and not the latrine?"
"That's going too far! I was legitimately refining! As for why it turned out like this, how should I know?"
Shi Wanyue: "That's right, it has nothing to do with Senior Sister."
Elder Cheng clutched his chest: "So, you're saying it's my fault?"
After nurturing disciples for so many years, this was the first time he had encountered such an eccentric person, and he felt inexplicably disheartened.
"Hey, give me some face and say less! Speaking of which, this is kind of an artificially created phenomenon on my part. Haven't you ever considered that the elixir refined this way might be extraordinary?"
Saying this, Miao Miaomiao proactively stepped forward and opened the lid of the Pill Furnace.
In front of everyone, she pulled out a pitch-black elixir the size of a fist, its surface covered in rough bumps and lumps.
Seeing everyone's disgusted expressions, Miao Miaomiao tried hard to argue: "You can't judge everything by its appearance. Although this elixir looks a bit ugly, and smells... ugh~, it really doesn't smell good either. But, maybe it tastes especially delicious?"
Everyone: "Do you even believe that nonsense yourself?"
Are you trying to fool us like we are idiots?
"Why wouldn't you believe it? Haven't you eaten stinky tofu? Haven't you tasted stinky snail noodles? The principle must be the same..."
"Stop rambling about irrelevant things!" Elder Cheng impatiently waved his hand to interrupt, "If this elixir of yours isn't poisonous, I'll eat this furnace!"
Other people's elixirs are sought after for money; this elixir of hers is probably sought after for one's life!
Mo Changfeng shook his head: "I don't think we should jump to conclusions so hastily. As for whether it's poisonous, we can just test it, right?"
His intuition told him that this elixir was not as simple as it appeared.
"How do we test it?"
Before those people could speak, Miao Miaomiao cleverly stepped back: "I'm not hungry anyway."
"I'm not hungry either!" Shi Wanyue linked her arm with hers, standing on the same front line.
Elder Cheng didn't make things difficult for the two juniors. His wise gaze turned toward Mo Changfeng beside him: "How about... Sect Master, you set an example?"
In his view, this lump before him was no different from excrement; whoever ate it would feel disgusted.
Since he was the one who suggested it, it was only reasonable for him to set the example.
"Tsk, look at your lack of ambition! It's just an elixir, what's the big deal? You're making it sound like we're heading to the execution ground."
Mo Changfeng chuckled and shook his head, casually picking up the elixir and stuffing it into the hand of the White-Bearded Old Man next to him, "Here, Old Gao, eat it for them to see."
"Holy crap!?" Old Gao, who inexplicably received the big gift package, exclaimed, "No, Sect Master, you..."
"Hey, you don't need to say anything! Everyone knows you suffered a lot when you were young..."
So I have to suffer in my old age? Isn't this bullying an honest person! Old Gao was so angry his face turned green.
Seeing Old Gao looking at him as if he were the murderer of his father, Mo Changfeng laughed heartily: "Just kidding, don't take it seriously. Let's stick to the old rules and draw lots!"
This way, no one had any objections.
In the end, Elder Cheng, who was responsible for teaching alchemy, happily secured the tasting qualification.
Seeing his face twisted in misery, like a widower whose wife had just passed, Mo Changfeng patted his shoulder comfortingly: "It's alright, Old Cheng. Harden your heart, close your eyes, and just gobble it down."
"That's right, taking medicine is such a joyous occasion! You should smile! Like us, hee hee~~"
Smile my foot! Elder Cheng rolled his eyes: Both of you make it sound so easy! Such a huge lump, it's almost the size of my entire meal.
That damned girl, why didn't she concentrate it? Refining such a large pill, as if people weren't eating enough?
But there was no choice; it was his bad luck.
Elder Cheng shot Miao Miaomiao a fierce glare, but the latter pretended not to notice, lowering her head and fiddling with the corner of her clothes.
Finally, under everyone's expectant gaze, Elder Cheng tremblingly picked up the elixir, held his breath, and took a large bite.
"How is it? How is it?" Everyone hurriedly asked.
Elder Cheng: "Chew, chew~~"
At this moment, he looked very strange. If you said it was delicious, he had a look of utter despair. If you said it wasn't delicious, he kept chewing away in his mouth.
After a long time, he finally swallowed it with a gulp.
Elder Cheng looked greatly relieved, plopped onto the ground, patted his chest, and gasped for air: "You really shouldn't underestimate this elixir. Although it looks ugly and smells foul, eating it... is even more damnably awful!! Yue~"
As he spoke, he gagged repeatedly.
In his entire life, this was the first time he had eaten something so disgusting. The single bite he just swallowed had already consumed all his effort.
Mo Changfeng was caught between laughter and tears: "Then why were you chewing it so heartily just now?"
Elder Cheng looked like he was about to cry: "It's sticky to the teeth..."
As soon as the words left his mouth, his expression suddenly changed. He sprang up from the ground with a *swoosh*, his face full of surprise: "Hey? That's not right! The medicinal efficacy of this elixir seems to be more than three times better than usual!"
More than three times! When everyone heard this, they immediately showed surprised expressions.
This shit-like elixir actually possessed such a miraculous effect! It truly opened their eyes.
At this point, it was finally Miao Miaomiao's turn to speak: "See? See! I told you, anything produced by Master Miao is guaranteed to be top quality! Are you still going to doubt me?"
Seeing her smug look, Elder Cheng immediately poured a bucket of cold water on her: "Although, but... a normal person simply couldn't swallow this elixir! Sect Master, smell it if you don't believe me."
Saying this, he leaned close to Mo Changfeng and blew a strong breath towards him, "How is it? Isn't it overwhelmingly stinky?"