Without even seeing the pill in the furnace, Hall Master Old Yang said with a smile: “Ling Xiao, although there are still some problems in your refining process, it doesn’t matter. At your age, you are already doing an outstanding job. This Lan girl can achieve her current status because she has been learning alchemy and medicine since she was nine years old, while you have just started.”
“Seniors, did something go wrong with my alchemy process?”
Ling Xiao frowned and asked. He didn’t understand what was the problem. Obviously, everything had gone well.
“You opened the furnace too early, but that is normal. After all, this is your first time.” Lan Yu’er replied.
She actually had a rare smile.
Had this ice-cube melted?
“But seniors, I think my Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pill is of better quality than those refined by your Medicine Hall.”
Ling Xiao took the pill out and handed it to Hall Master Old Yang.
“How can this be… ah! This is impossible!”
Hall Master Old Yang’s words were a bit incoherent.
At first, he had felt that Ling Xiao was a bit arrogant, but when he saw the pill, he was stunned.
At this moment, even the puppy that had been sleeping on his shoulder opened its eyes.
Lin Yu’er’s was also stunned, and her beautiful face was red like a ripe apple.
As for Dai Yuling, she directly sat on the ground with her entire body drenched in sweat.
“It took just one-third of the time to refine such a perfect Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pill! Is this old man having a hallucination?”
Hall Master Old Yang pulled his own beard as if trying to break free from this dream.
“Ouch! It’s not an illusion! How did you do it, boy?”
Hall Master Old Yang asked with surprise: “No, no, no, don’t answer! Let this old man think about it.”
He circled the pill furnace, carefully observing the fire and pill. After that, he clapped and said: “I understand! I understand! You are truly a genius. When ordinary people do alchemy, they waste a lot of fire energy during the process. In addition, some errors will always appear in his or her fire control. Therefore, they can only refine slowly to timely mend his or her errors.”
“But you are different. You actually used your true essence to lay down a heat insulation layer around the pill furnace, which prevents fire energy leakage. Naturally, this is just a small trick, and this old man and Lan girl have also tried it before, but we were not as good as you.”
“The most amazing thing, however, is your fire control. During the entire process, you actually didn’t make any errors at all. In order words, the entire process was flawless, which greatly reduced the time.”
Lan Yu’er quickly asked: “Ling Xiao, did you hide something from us? Just a day before yesterday, you knew nothing about alchemy and medicine. But today, you were able to refine such a perfect Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pill. How is this possible?”
She suspected that Ling Xiao had refined pills before.
Ling Xiao smiled and said: “Senior Sister, I don’t have any strong points, but my memory power is quite good, and my comprehension power is also not bad. All the books you gave me the day before yesterday, I memorized and comprehended them. Moreover, I have already gone through this alchemy process no less than a hundred times in my mind. So, it was easy and successful.”
“You aren’t telling me that you have already memorized all those books, are you?”
Lan Yu’er’s eyes were wide like two full moons.
Ling Xiao nodded and said seriously: “Senior Sister, you are right. I have already memorized all those books. So, in fact, not only a Golden Snow Lotus Disperse Yuan Pill, I can also refine other ordinary pills.”
When he spoke, his tone was as humble as possible. He didn’t want others to think that he was too arrogant.
However, would this kind of thing be humble no matter how you put it?
In the eyes of others, just being able to do this, humbleness would turn into pride.
Hall Master Old Yang glanced at the puppy on his shoulders. At that moment, a golden light appeared on its forehead.
Although it was for just an instant, Ling Xiao still noticed it.
Now, he knew that that puppy was not ordinary.
“Old man, did you mean that he didn’t lie?”
Hall Master Old Yang was wild with joy.
His puppy was extraordinary: the golden light on its forehead was a kind of ancient magical power—Eyes of Truth.
It was useless to lie in front of it.
Now that he knew that Ling Xiao had not lied, he had confirmed that Ling Xiao truly had terrifying memory power and comprehension.
Hall Master Old Yang had lived for more than one hundred year and was approaching two hundred years. He had seen many geniuses. Among them, there were many who could ‘remember things after one reading.’
But Ling Xiao didn’t just have a good memory, his comprehension power was also heaven-defying.
If he could just remember things, it was impossible to successfully refine the pill as it needed complete comprehension.
Ling Xiao had obviously succeeded.
However, Hall Master Old Yang didn’t fully understand Ling Xiao’s most terrifying skill.
It was not that he had a good memory nor his great comprehension power.
Instead, it was that he could directly integrate whatever he saw and touched into his soul.
The soul was the foundation of a person. All human knowledge, memory, skills etc. existed in the soul.
Not to mention a few books, even if it was a complicated martial art move, he could directly take it for himself as long as it entered his eyes.
“Freak!”
After a long time, Hall Master Old Yang and Lan Yu’er uttered this word at the same time.
Yes, if there was something more terrifying than a genius, wasn’t that a freak?
“You two are flattering me. I just have a good memory. I can roughly remember anything after one read, and my comprehension power is a bit better.”
Ling Xiao scratched his head and said, feeling embarrassed.
“Pretend! Keep on pretending! How important are the abilities to memorize and understand? Aren’t you clear about this yourself?”
Hall Master Old Yang glared.
Although he was glaring, his face clearly had a smug smile. Fortunately, he had drawn-in this boy early. Otherwise, this boy would have been stared at by others, and he would have suffered a big loss.
Not to mention comprehension power, just the ability to memorize this was enough to make a martial artist stand above others.
With the addition of his comprehension power, that was simply a cheat.
Hall Master Old Yang didn’t know that these two abilities were just branches of the Landscape Martial Soul’s abilities.
Ling Xiao’s full abilities were far beyond their imagination.
“Can I test you again?”
Lan Yu’er said with hesitation.
“Senior Sister, you said four questions before; you can’t go back on your promise.”
Ling Xiao smiled bitterly.
“No, I just want to confirm whether you have truly memorized everything.” Lan Yu’er explained.
Ling Xiao looked at the sky. He still had time, so he could only sigh and say: “Okay, but I don’t have much time. If you want to ask something, be quick.”
“Hehe, I also want to join!” Dai Yuling hastily said.
“Let this old man join the fun too.” Hall Master Old Yang was also in a playful mood.
“You guys are truly, sigh, forget it. Let’s start.”
