How Could He Possibly Refine a Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill?!

"What did you say, Xiao Ze?"

Princess Yao Yue's expression immediately froze.

She thought she had misheard him.

Xiao Ze actually dared to mock her Tier 3 Alchemist rank for being too low.

Did he even know what he was saying?

At her age, reaching Tier 3

had already been extremely difficult.

For an ordinary person,

it would have been impossible to reach such a high rank.

Yet coming from his mouth,

it seemed like nothing worth mentioning.

Princess Yao Yue immediately let out a cold laugh.

With her willful and spoiled temperament, she naturally would not tolerate such disrespect.

"Xiao Ze, don't talk big."

"Maybe we should both refine a Tier 3 Medicinal Pill."

"And perhaps the quality of yours won't even compare to mine."

"I think you're just trying to cover something up."

"If we really compete, you may not be able to beat me."

"As for Great-Grandfather saying that you can refine pills above the fourth grade..."

"I don't believe a single word of it."

"At your age, no matter how gifted you are..."

"you couldn't possibly refine a pill above the fourth grade."

"I don't believe it. I simply don't."

The Royal Princess was famous for being spoiled and willful.

It was not only because she possessed exceptional talent in alchemy.

At such a young age, she had already reached the rank of a Tier 3 Alchemist.

More importantly, she was the Royal Family's little princess.

She had been doted on dearly.

And she also had a great-grandfather who had now broken through to the Dou Zong realm.

Who in the entire Jia Ma Empire would dare look down on her?

It was only natural that she had become so arrogant.

"Yue'er, you must not speak to little friend Xiao Ze like that."

Jia Xingtian was highly perceptive.

After hearing what Yao Yue had just said,

he immediately rebuked her.

Then he looked at Xiao Ze and said,

"My apologies, little friend Xiao Ze. My great-granddaughter is young and doesn't know better."

"She speaks without thinking."

"If she said anything wrong and angered you,"

"please don't lower yourself to the level of a little girl."

"Great-Grandfather, who are you?"

"Why are you saying such nice things to him?"

"Didn't he merely provide an Imperial Extreme Pill? What's so impressive about that?"

"It was only because the teacher behind him was capable."

"That doesn't mean he can refine Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills. I don't believe it."

Xiao Ze sighed.

"Fine. Since you want to compete with me so badly, I'll play along."

"But if you lose to me, don't cry."

"Hmph, what a joke. I would never do that."

Afterward,

Yao Yue and Xiao Ze

arrived at the Xiao Family's inner courtyard.

The area there was relatively spacious.

It was best suited for refining pills.

Since the two of them were competing to see whose finished pill would be superior,

many members of the Xiao Family came to watch.

They all gathered around to see for themselves.

"Is that the Royal Family's little princess?"

"Who would have thought that she was already a Tier 3 Alchemist at such a young age?"

"Truly incredible. She really is a princess of the Jia Ma Empire."

"Her talent is beyond question."

"But Xiao Ze of our Xiao Family isn't bad either, right?"

"I heard the clan leader mention last time that Xiao Ze can refine Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills."

"That can't be true. The clan leader is Xiao Ze's father, after all."

"What father wouldn't want to praise his own son?"

"Sometimes, it's perfectly normal to exaggerate a little."

"But if you say Xiao Ze can truly refine Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills..."

"Let alone me, I'm afraid not many people in our Xiao Family would believe it."

"Think about it yourselves. Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills..."

"Are those really something that can be refined so casually? Use your heads."

The many members of the Xiao Family

thought it over carefully and found that it did seem reasonable.

Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills truly were not so easily refined.

Perhaps the clan leader loved his son too much.

That was why he had exaggerated somewhat.

Xiao Xun'er stood nearby.

She heard their discussion about Xiao Ze.

They clearly did not believe he could refine Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills.

Xiao Xun'er said nothing.

She merely cast them a glance.

The few of them immediately hurried away.

They hid off to one side.

Everyone knew that in the Xiao Family, if anyone spoke ill of Xiao Ze,

Xiao Xun'er would never let them off easily.

They had no desire to walk into the line of fire.

So they immediately shut their mouths.

Meanwhile, Xiao Yan

stopped his cultivation

and also came to the center of the Xiao Family's inner courtyard.

Seeing Xiao Ze competing in alchemy against the Jia Ma Empire's little princess,

Xiao Yan was deeply amazed in his heart.

"As expected of my younger brother."

"To make a princess of the Jia Ma Empire Royal Family personally come to Wutan City to compete with him in alchemy..."

"It is clear that, within the Jia Ma Empire Royal Family,"

"Xiao Ze's reputation and importance are both considerable."

"In the future, our Xiao Family's position in the Jia Ma Empire will surely be limitless."

Xiao Yan walked over to Xiao Zhan's side.

Father and son stood together.

Then everyone's gazes and attention

were focused on Xiao Ze and Princess Yao Yue before them.

The two of them

each spent an hour

refining the Tier 3 Medicinal Pill, Qi Recovery Powder.

Yao Yue spent an hour

and easily refined the Tier 3 Medicinal Pill.

After finishing the pill,

Yao Yue's expression became even more smug.

Then she looked at her great-grandfather, Jia Xingtian.

"Well, Great-Grandfather? I didn't disappoint you."

"This Tier 3 Medicinal Pill, Qi Recovery Powder, that I just refined..."

"has reached peak quality."

"And Xiao Ze? He hasn't even finished refining his pill."

"It's obvious he's inferior to me. You really made a mountain out of a molehill."

"You said he had the ability to refine Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills."

"I don't believe it. The facts prove that this is utter nonsense."

"He's so young, only a few years older than me at most."

"How could he possibly refine a Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pill? I don't believe it."

As Yao Yue finished speaking,

many members of the Xiao Family

were also whispering among themselves.

"It seems the things Clan Leader Xiao Zhan said before were indeed greatly exaggerated."

"Forget Fourth-Grade Medicinal Pills."

"I doubt he can even easily refine Tier 3 Medicinal Pills."

"But even so, being able to refine Tier 3 or Tier 2 Medicinal Pills..."

"is already extremely impressive."

"Our Xiao Family lacks resources and influence, after all."

"Xiao Ze's alchemy rank and ability being inferior to the Royal Princess's..."

"is perfectly normal."

Xiao Ze spent a little over an hour

before finally refining his pill.

Yao Yue looked at him.

"Well, Xiao Ze? You admit defeat now, right?"

"I only took half an hour to refine my pill."

"And yours has already gone over time."

"The quality of the pill I refined has reached the peak of Tier 3."

"Even if you can also refine peak-quality Tier 3 Qi Recovery Powder,"

"you took longer than I did."

"So your alchemy is still inferior to mine."

"Then I naturally won this competition. You have no objections, right?"

As Yao Yue finished speaking,

"Let me see the pill you refined."

"You didn't even reach peak quality, did you?"

Yao Yue looked at the pill Xiao Ze had refined.

But her expression froze.

Because the grade of this pill had already far surpassed Tier 3.