The Unremarkable Senior Brother
Chapter 37

Dad, I Didn't Lie—This Really Is a Peerless Immortal Pill! New Book, Please Collect

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Inside the Pill Furnace.

A lump—yes, a lump—of black, mud-like stuff lay there quietly.

Though it gave off a strange fragrance, how could this thing possibly be called a pill?

Pill mud was more like it.

Lu Changsheng's expression changed slightly.

This wasn't scientific.

He had followed exactly the same pill-refining steps as Liu Qingfeng. How could the pill he refined turn out differently?

"Eldest Senior Brother, Eldest Senior Brother, what kind of immortal pill is it? Let me smell it first."

Liu Qingfeng squeezed his head over, then took a deep breath. Without even looking, he said, "Heavens! A Peerless Immortal Pill, a Peerless Immortal Pill! Senior Brother, I feel like I'm about to ascend."

Lu Changsheng paid no attention whatsoever to Liu Qingfeng's flattery, merely sinking into thought.

Liu Qingfeng opened his eyes as well. When he saw the scene inside the Pill Furnace, he could not help sucking in a cold breath, his expression changing drastically.

Lu Changsheng's heart sank. It seemed his terrible pill-refining skills could no longer be concealed.

Yet Liu Qingfeng said in utter shock, "Hiss! Heavens, so this is what a Peerless Immortal Pill looks like!"

Lu Changsheng: "..."

"You live till you're old and learn till you're old. I need to take notes." Liu Qingfeng eagerly pulled out a Jade Scroll.

"Are you serious?"

Lu Changsheng looked at Liu Qingfeng, genuinely not knowing what to say.

It was clearly a pile of useless dregs, yet it was being called a Peerless Immortal Pill?

"What do you mean, serious? Eldest Senior Brother, you're far too harsh on yourself. You've already refined a Peerless Immortal Pill, yet you're still unhappy."

Liu Qingfeng could not help sighing with feeling as he earnestly took notes.

"How can you be sure this is a Peerless Immortal Pill?"

Lu Changsheng asked.

"Eldest Senior Brother, how can you be sure this isn't a Peerless Immortal Pill?"

Liu Qingfeng replied without thinking.

Lu Changsheng froze.

Thinking about it carefully, he was right.

Who said a Peerless Immortal Pill had to be a pellet?

In an instant, his confidence returned. Lu Changsheng wanted to scoop out the pill mud himself, but he was afraid it would be hot, so he looked at Liu Qingfeng. "Junior Brother, I'll give you a chance. Scoop out the Peerless Immortal Pill."

At those words, Liu Qingfeng immediately nodded. Brimming with excitement, he scooped the pill mud from the furnace. Though it was a little hot, he was a cultivator after all, and in two or three motions, he dug out a huge lump of black pill mud.

"Tut, tut, a Peerless Immortal Pill. My father said that true immortal treasures embody the Great Dao in its simplest form—the more ordinary they seem, the more extraordinary they are."

"Look at this pill. It's black and ugly, just like this mud—"

As Liu Qingfeng spoke, he even began to sing. Lu Changsheng gave him a look, and Liu Qingfeng immediately shut his mouth.

Looking at the black mud before him, Lu Changsheng thought for a moment, then directly began rolling pills.

What if it really had miraculous effects?

Meanwhile, Liu Qingfeng pinched off a tiny bit with his fingernail and put it in his mouth.

Smacking his lips, Liu Qingfeng frowned.

Seeing Liu Qingfeng voluntarily test the pill, Lu Changsheng could not help observing him closely.

"How is it?"

"It's a little sour and sweet. It should probably have a bit more spice. Eldest Senior Brother, what kind of pill is this? Why do I feel like my mind has become much clearer?"

After a while, Liu Qingfeng felt his mind clear up, and he instantly felt wonderful.

But just as he was about to roll the mud into pills, a voice suddenly came from outside.

"Changsheng!"

It was their master's voice.

"You stay here and roll the pills. No matter what happens, don't come out yet."

Lu Changsheng spoke, and Liu Qingfeng immediately nodded.

Very soon, Lu Changsheng walked out of the Pill Room.

He saw that the main peak was already packed with people.

Could they have come to call him to account?

Lu Changsheng had no idea his pill refining had caused such a huge commotion. Seeing so many people, he thought Li Yang's matter had been discovered.

"Master!"

Lu Changsheng gritted his teeth. He might as well admit it outright. He did not want to drag anyone else down; he had to be an Eldest Senior Brother who took responsibility.

But he had only just opened his mouth.

When someone impatiently rushed over to Lu Changsheng.

"Changsheng, I have refined pills all my life, yet I have never seen a Peerless Immortal Pill. Quickly, quickly, quickly, take me to see what a Peerless Immortal Pill looks like."

This was the Pill Hall's Hall Master!

He looked exceedingly anxious.

Before Lu Changsheng could speak, the man had already charged into the Pill Room.

The other elders rushed in after him as well.

Everyone wanted to behold the Peerless Immortal Pill with their own eyes.

After all, none of them had ever seen one.

Creak!

The Pill Room doors were flung open. Dozens of elders stood at the entrance like a pack of bandits, staring at Liu Qingfeng.

At that moment, Liu Qingfeng was kneading pills. When he saw the doors open, he jumped in fright and stared blankly at the elders.

Combined with the way Liu Qingfeng was kneading pills, he looked like a dim-witted child playing with mud.

"Qingfeng, what are you doing in here, playing with mud?"

Liu Qingfeng's father, Liu Qing, wore an angry expression.

The moment he opened the door, he saw his son sitting there playing with mud like an idiot. How could he not be furious?

"Dad, I'm kneading pills."

Liu Qingfeng answered instinctively.

"Get out, get out, get out! Hurry up and get out of here. Stop making a fool of yourself."

Liu Qing was furious and directly told Liu Qingfeng to scram.

"Oh!"

Liu Qingfeng lowered his head, though he could not help grumbling inwardly.

Fine, I'll go. Why are you shouting so loudly?

It had been an inner thought, but for some reason, Liu Qingfeng blurted it out.

The instant those words left his mouth, Liu Qing's face turned even uglier.

"Well, well, your wings have hardened now? You dare speak to your father like that?"

Liu Qingfeng froze. He had not meant to say that aloud, so why had it slipped out?

But someone quickly interrupted the father-and-son quarrel and asked urgently.

"Qingfeng, where is the Peerless Immortal Pill your Eldest Senior Brother refined?"

It was the Pill Hall's Hall Master. As a pill-refining cultivator, he was desperate to know where the Peerless Immortal Pill was.

"There. Right here."

Liu Qingfeng pointed earnestly at the lump of black mud in his hands.

"Stop joking around and tell us already."

"What kind of joke are you playing, brat?"

"Tell us, hurry up."

"Senior Brother Liu, your son really deserves a beating."

Everyone was somewhat angered. They had already been anxious, yet Liu Qingfeng was actually toying with them.

"Hurry up and tell us. Stop spouting nonsense here."

Liu Qing said irritably.

"Dad, it really is here. I wasn't lying to you."

Liu Qingfeng pointed at the lump of black pill paste.

He spoke with utter seriousness.

Smack.

The next moment, Liu Qing slapped Liu Qingfeng on the head, his face blazing with anger. "Is your skin itching, brat? Hurry up and tell us."

"Dad, I wasn't lying to you."

After taking that slap, Liu Qingfeng truly felt wronged beyond words.

"Enough nonsense—we'll find it ourselves!"

"If he won't talk, we'll look for it ourselves."

"Yeah, yeah, yeah! We'll find it ourselves!"

With no time to waste, everyone began searching for the Peerless Immortal Pill.

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