The Five Hundred Fortieth Chapter: Soul Trial
Over in the Lei Family's section, Lei Tianlong returned to the rest area, his face so dark it looked as if water might drip from it.
"Damn it, Chu Pengcheng, you bastard!"
The Lei Family members also hung their heads, no longer acting so high and mighty as they had at the start.
"Damn it! Chu Pengcheng really lucked out, finding a talent like that!"
"Big brother, don't be angry. Bi Fan just has high Spiritual Power. He's nothing to fear!" A voice came from beside them.
Lei Tianlong looked toward Lei Tianhu, and the anger on his face subsided a little. "Tianhu, what are you—"
"Big brother, you're so angry you can't think straight. As an alchemist, don't you know that high Spiritual Power isn't the standard for measuring an alchemist's rank? Strong Spiritual Power makes it easier to control the heat when refining pills and produces higher-quality pills, but that's all."
Lei Tianhu spoke at length. "Some people are born with exceptional gifts. Their Spiritual Power may be stronger than that of ordinary people, even rivaling that of a high-ranking alchemist from birth. But that doesn't mean they're highly ranked alchemists. According to the records, a Spiritual Power prodigy appeared in our Great Scarlet Realm a thousand years ago. At six, his Spiritual Power was tested and found to rival that of a fifth-grade alchemist. Almost everyone was certain he'd achieve great things in alchemy. But what happened? He never advanced beyond the second-grade alchemist realm for the rest of his life!"
Lei Tianlong's eyes shifted. "You mean Bi Fan is that kind of prodigy?"
"Who knows?" Lei Tianhu shot back. "According to Bi Fan's test results, his Spiritual Power rivals that of an eighth-grade alchemist at the peak, or even