Everyone Waiting to See Him Make a Fool of Himself

"Fang Mu, this is your task for this month. The medicinal herbs are here."

Inside the Merit Hall on Pill Fire Peak, Fang Mu accepted the mission token and medicinal herbs handed to him by the Fang Mu.

His task this month is to refine six batches of Body Tempering Pill, and he must hand over at least six mid-grade Body Tempering Pill and thirty low-grade Body Tempering Pill. The rest will be the Fang Mu.

This means that Fang Mu has to submit six Body Tempering Pill for each batch, which is a heavy task for a novice alchemist.

After all, most novice alchemists can only refine one mid-grade Body Tempering Pill at most in a single batch of pills.

However, this was nothing to Fang Mu. He bowed slightly to the Fang Mu and said, "Thank you Martial Uncle Zhang."

"Um."

Deacon Zhang nodded slightly. He had originally wanted to remind the young man, but there were many people around, so he couldn't say much.

We can only hope this kid has good luck.

No sooner had Fang Mu left than someone in the Merit Hall informed Senior Brother Liu and his group of the news.

"He didn't protest?"

Senior Brother Liu asked a question instinctively.

"Reporting to Senior Brother, that Fang Clan simply said thank you," the disciple from the Merit Hall replied respectfully.

"That's interesting."

Junior Brother Jin chuckled with interest, "It seems this Junior Brother Fang is quite confident. He's only been a disciple for three months, yet he thinks he can complete the task."

Senior Brother Liu asked, "Junior Brother Jin, what are you planning to do? Are you suggesting we prevent him from using the fire chamber?"

Junior Brother Jin laughed and said, "We're all from the same sect, how can we bully a newcomer like this? Let's just give the worst fire chamber to Junior Brother Fang, and it would be best to give him a furnace that's prone to exploding too. Then we'll have a good show to watch."

"Brilliant, absolutely brilliant."

Senior Brother Liu gave Junior Brother Jin a thumbs up. "In this way, this kid won't be able to stay on our Pill Fire Peak anymore, unless he complains to Senior Martial Uncle Chen."

Junior Brother Jin: "Don't worry, Senior Brother. Those servants are all arrogant and conceited. They think they're only superior to us scions of noble families because of their background. They'll definitely grit their teeth and get through this setback."

That makes sense.

Senior Brother Liu said, "I can't wait to see that little servant's expression after he's been humiliated. I hope he doesn't beg for mercy too quickly, otherwise it won't be interesting."

The people around nodded in agreement; everyone was waiting to see the kid make a fool of himself.

Who told him to be so high-profile on his first day at the Cloud Mist Sect, actually riding a crane with Fairy Qinghe? Even the inner disciples and a group of true disciples were dissatisfied with him.

Fang Mu was naturally unaware that he was being targeted, and he immediately headed to the fire chamber with the medicinal herbs.

He didn't practice alchemy in his own courtyard for two reasons: first, he was afraid of revealing his secret; second, he clearly sensed that his fellow disciples didn't have a good impression of him.

Even the Fang family members who had joined the Cloud Mist Sect with him earlier avoided him like the plague.

Fang Mu didn't think much about the reasons behind it. In his view, everyone in the Cloud Mist Sect was just a passerby in his life, and there was no need to have too much interaction with them.

"Senior brother, I'd like to borrow a fire room."

He then handed over his identity token.

The disciple on duty in the fire chamber glanced at Fang Mu instinctively upon seeing his identification token.

"Junior Brother Mu, right? What kind of fire chamber do you want? Let me see if we have any left?"

"Reporting to Senior Brother, I only want the cheapest fire room, the cheaper the better."

Fang Mu's words completely baffled the disciples on duty.

Why isn't this kid playing by the rules?

Who would come to the alchemy room looking for the worst fire chamber?

Although the disciple on duty was puzzled, Fang Mu's words were exactly what he wanted to hear.

"There is a Class D fire chamber, which costs only one spirit stone or one merit point per day."

"This is the one I want. The merit points will be deducted from my identity token."

Without any hesitation, Fang Mu chose the fire chamber.

"OK."

After deducting Fang Mu's merit points, the disciple on duty handed over a jade token along with Fang Mu's identity token.

"Thank you, Senior Brother."

Fang Mu accepted the two plaques, thanked the other party, and then walked into the fire room.

The disciple on duty watched Fang Mu's retreating figure, thinking to himself: This kid is really strange. I really don't understand what Senior Sister Qinghe saw in him?

He shook his head, banishing all those thoughts, and spread the word that Fang Mu had already entered the fire chamber. Now he just had to wait and see that kid Fang Mu.

Inside the fire chamber.

Fang Mu casually tossed the fire-controlling token aside, then took out his Pill Cauldron, summoned spiritual fire, and began refining pills.

Time passed second by second.

Senior Brother Liu, Junior Brother Jin, and others also came outside the fire pit to enjoy tea, waiting to see the show.

An hour passed.

No one showed any sign of impatience.

Two hours passed quickly.

A disciple standing next to Junior Brother Jin asked, "Senior Brother Qi, are you sure Fang Mu is using a Grade D fire chamber? It's been two hours and there's still no movement?"

Senior Brother Qi, who was on duty, laughed and said, "Junior Brother, don't worry. Although the fire in the Dingdeng Fire Chamber is unstable and no one can say for sure when it will erupt, it is certain that something will happen after three hours."

It is precisely for this reason that many outer disciples want to gamble on their luck and see if they can safely pass through the three hours.

Senior Brother Liu took a sip of tea. "It'll only take an hour, everyone, let's continue."

Amidst the casual conversation, three hours had passed.

Everyone's gaze fell on the exit of the fire chamber.

A moment later, no one saw Fang Mu emerge from the fire chamber covered in soot.

All eyes turned to Senior Brother Qi.

"Brother Qi, you didn't give me the wrong token, did you?" Senior Brother Liu asked, somewhat displeased.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. If you don't believe me, you can come with me to the D-class fire chamber to find out for yourselves."

Senior Brother Qi said somewhat displeased.

Just as the two were about to clash, Junior Brother Jin spoke up, "Why should you two senior brothers get angry over a mere servant? Won't things be clear when he comes out to hand over the token?"

"That's all we can do."

As he spoke, Senior Brother Liu bowed slightly to Senior Brother Qi opposite him.

The latter didn't speak, but simply turned his head away.

Inside the fire chamber, level D.

Fang Mu has already refined three batches of pills. In the three months he has been at the Cloud Mist Sect, his pill refining skills have not been stagnant. In particular, after his divine sense became stronger, he was able to neutralize the medicinal power in the pill furnace.

His own spiritual fire alchemy skills were also superior; today, each of the three batches of pills produced a high-grade Body Tempering Pill.

He glanced at the Pill Cauldron, which was already glowing red from the spiritual fire. If he refined another batch, it would probably explode.

Therefore, Fang Mu chose to rest for two hours before continuing to refine pills, since the right to use the fire chamber was only for one day.

His rest and recuperation caused considerable hardship for the people waiting outside.

Everyone waited from day to night, but Fang Mu still didn't come out.

One of the young men, growing increasingly impatient, muttered unconsciously, "Could Fang Mu have been swallowed up by the subterranean fire?"

Upon hearing this, no one present refuted him. Although no disciples had died or perished in the accidents that had occurred in the Ding-class Fire Chamber, quite a few had been seriously injured and fallen into a coma.

Senior Brother Qi glanced at the hourglass not far away. "If you all can't wait any longer, you can go back and rest first. I'll notify you all to come when the time comes."

Junior Brother Jin said, "No need. We're already here, so naturally we should wait for the result."

Several hours later.

Fang Mu finally finished refining the last batch of pills.

Looking at the six high-grade Body Tempering Pill in his hand, he felt a pang of emotion. If he had been able to refine Body Tempering Pill of this quality back then, his strength would definitely have reached a higher level.

The Body Tempering Pill is no longer very effective for me.

He put everything into his storage bag and was about to leave when he caught a glimpse of a fire array that had never been activated before.

If I hadn't activated this fire array and someone with ulterior motives noticed, wouldn't my secret of possessing spiritual fire be discovered?

Thinking of this, Fang Mu immediately took the jade tablet in his hand, activated the fire array, and then drew out the earth fire. He had also learned the art of fire control in the Cloud Mist Sect. In order to prevent accidents, he turned the earth fire to the minimum. However, even so, the earth fire in the array still emerged out of his control.

Half an hour later, Fang Mu watched the flames grow larger and larger, and finally decided to shut down the fire array.

After finishing all this, he took the sign and left the fire room, heading outside...