At the elder's startled cry, everyone looked closely.
Ye Tian cried inwardly, Oh no!
His chubby little hands hurried to squash the pill he held, unwilling to let this Heaven-Grade Pill that had reached Return to the Origin reveal itself.
Otherwise... if they mistook him for an alchemy prodigy, how would he ever laze around?
But just as he was about to act, Ye Linglong came up to him, lifted him into her arms, and hurriedly checked his tiny body.
Hearing the elder's shout, Ye Linglong had thought something had happened to Ye Tian and rushed over to look after him.
"Phew, as long as my little brother is all right."
"So, little brother, what were you doing just now?"
Holding Ye Tian, Ye Linglong noticed that her little brother still had a ball of mud in his hand.
"Hehe, you really are curious, little brother. Bored enough to roll mud balls yourself."
Ye Linglong said with a smile, realizing that her little brother really was extraordinary.
Other babies his age did nothing but sleep, yet Ye Tian was not only brimming with energy, he was hardly sleepy at all.
Unable to bear the boredom earlier, he had picked up some dirt from the ground and rolled it into a ball.
Just then, the elder from the Alchemy Hall who had spoken earlier approached Ye Tian, bowed gracefully to him, and said, "Greetings, young master!"
Looking at the mud ball rolled between Ye Tian's little hands, he spoke with amusement.
"Could the young master be refining pills?"
"Young master, you're much too young to refine pills."
Then he stroked Ye Tian's little cheek and spoke with a smile.
But... Ye Dan alone did not laugh.
As though noticing something amiss, his eyes widened into perfect circles. Sensing that something was wrong, he let out a soft exclamation.
He was the foremost alchemist of the younger generation, one of the finest alive, capable of refining Saint-Grade Pills.
In this age when no Divine-Grade Pills appeared, he stood among the very best alchemists in the Eternal Immortal Domain. Naturally, his discernment was extraordinary!
He immediately crouched down, took Ye Tian's chubby little hand, and stared at the pill. After studying it for a moment, his eyes blazed, and his voice rose several times louder than usual:
"Cousin, you're clearly an alchemy prodigy without equal among hundreds of millions!"
"Young Master Ye Dan, please stop joking. This is just a mud ball, not a pill."
The Alchemy Hall elder, who had just been lamenting how his own alchemy workshop had been battered lifeless onto the shore, shook his head with a bitter smile, thinking Ye Dan was joking.
"Look, elder. Although this pill appears utterly ordinary, it contains world-shaking power."
"And it has neither pill fragrance nor Pill Markings. No matter how worthless a pill is, even the lowest of the low will have Pill Markings."
"If it were merely a mud ball, how would you explain the radiant light shimmering within it and that world-shaking power?"
"This is clearly the highest realm of alchemy, Return to the Origin!"
"And only an alchemy prodigy unmatched through the ages can refine a pill that reaches Return to the Origin!"
"Moreover... this is very likely a Heaven-Grade Pill!"
A Heaven-Grade Pill? This, this, this... it was utterly absurd, a tale from the Arabian Nights!
Ye Tian was already back in Ye Linglong's arms, marveling inwardly, My cousin really is something. He actually saw through this mud ball's extraordinary nature at a glance.
Still, this system's ultimate alchemy mode really is useful. Just roll some mud around, and out comes a Heaven-Grade Pill.
"Young Master Ye Dan, only the finest alchemists can refine Heaven-Grade Pills. How could one appear in the hands of a baby who isn't even two days old?"
"Even you, with your innate divine alchemy body, only refined one at fifteen."
The Alchemy Hall elder let out a puzzled murmur, still unwilling to believe it.
A two-day-old baby refining a Heaven-Grade Pill—had he gone mad, or had the world gone mad?
Most importantly, the young master had not refined anything at all. He had clearly just pinched some mud into shape!
"Heh, one look will tell us whether it's real!"
"According to legend, once a Heaven-Grade Pill that has reached Return to the Origin appears, it triggers a heavenly phenomenon!"
"We'll know the answer as soon as I pour magical power into this pill!"
A man of action rather than words, Ye Dan extended a finger and poured magical power into the pill.
The brown mud ball first began trembling and humming, as though some great terror were about to emerge.
Then... a terrifying pressure erupted from the pill with a thunderous roar, bearing the crushing divine might of ten thousand tons.
At the same time, billowing purple mist surged across the heavens like a tide.
Wisps of purple qi gathered into rivers, blossoming between heaven and earth like dazzling flowers.
A rich pill fragrance seemed to break through the confines of space, spreading through the air above the entire alchemy square and even beginning to drift farther afield!
Anyone who caught its scent immediately felt their mind and spirit nourished, their cultivation on the verge of advancing!
Inside the Alchemy Hall, numerous venerable elders and alchemists looked into the distance in shock. "Another Heaven-Grade Pill that has reached Return to the Origin has appeared!"
"Which alchemist refined a Heaven-Grade Pill? Hurry, come with me to find them!"
Meanwhile, in the square, the elder lowered his head in unbearable shame, too embarrassed to face anyone.
A baby less than two days old had actually molded a Heaven-Grade Pill out of dirt.
"Hahaha, Ye Dan, I knew it was you!"
Just then, the Alchemy Hall's hall master and the others arrived. At the sight of Ye Dan and his companions, they were overjoyed.
They assumed Ye Dan had refined the pill that had reached Return to the Origin. After all... aside from Ye Dan, where else could they find such a peerless prodigy?
But Ye Dan shook his head and looked at Ye Tian, his eyes filled with pride, before explaining the situation to the hall master and the others.
When the Alchemy Hall's hall master learned that their young master, not even two days old, had refined a Heaven-Grade Pill that had reached Return to the Origin out of dirt, his jaw nearly dropped to the ground. His face filled with indescribable astonishment.
"This, this, this... it's the most absurd thing under heaven!"
"If it hadn't come from your own lips, Young Master Ye Dan, I would rather die than believe a baby less than two days old could refine a Heaven-Grade Pill that has reached Return to the Origin!"
"This... is nothing short of a miracle, worthy of being recorded in history!"
The Alchemy Hall's hall master nearly tore out his own beard.
Almost no one alive could refine a pill that had reached Return to the Origin, much less a Heaven Grade Pill, yet a baby had rolled one out of dirt!
How was that possible?
Every watching Ye family disciple and elder had their mind short-circuit at the same instant.
A newborn baby had used mud to refine... no, to mold a Heaven-Grade Pill?
Smack!
One disciple thought he was dreaming and slapped himself across the face, leaving himself dazed.
This... this couldn't be right, could it?
For a moment, an eerie silence fell over the square. No one opened their mouth.
This had clearly gone a little beyond common sense.
The Alchemy Hall's hall master stared at Ye Tian with burning eyes, as though gazing at a priceless treasure.
Ye Tian lay in Ye Linglong's arms, burying his little face against her chest.
Inside, however, he kept screaming like a groundhog:
Fucking lousy system! You never do anything decent!
What kind of garbage stunt is this? I'm just a fucking baby! Can't you let me keep a low profile?!
I want to laze around! Laze around! If these science nerds set their sights on me, how am I supposed to slack off in the future?! Does the Ye family lack Heaven-Grade Pills?!
Lousy system! What good are you?!
Ye Linglong lifted Ye Tian and planted a smacking kiss on his cheek, her lovely eyes curving into delighted crescents as she sent Ye Dan a voice transmission:
"Hey, great genius, I might not have beaten you, but you haven't beaten our little brother either! Time for the great genius to step aside!"
Ye Dan smiled helplessly. He had even talked about giving his little cousin a first-meeting gift, only to make a complete blunder.
"Although I don't know how this happened, a true genius, the son of a Divine Emperor, simply can't be judged by common sense."
With that thought, Ye Dan watched Ye Linglong play with Ye Tian and said inwardly:
Little Tian, you're the rising star of the future Alchemy World!
Just then, a servant arrived with a report for the Alchemy Hall's hall master. "Hall master, the mistress has returned from the Jade Pool."
"She wishes to summon you. It seems there's something urgent!"
"I'll go at once. Young Lady Linglong, please take good care of the young master. He is the hope of the Eternal Immortal Domain's Alchemy World!"
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