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Chapter 530 The Mu Genius Who Refused to Lose

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The moment Bai Zihan refined a Grade-4 pill, the result was already decided!

That conclusion spread like wildfire.

No one refuted it.

No one even tried because it was the truth.

An undeniable truth.

Even the most stubborn disciples could only fall silent.

Some sighed.

Some shook their heads.

Others looked toward Mu Linyue with complicated expressions.

Respect!

Pity!

Regret!

"Senior Sister Linyue... lost before she even finished..."

"What a shame!"

"Against something like that... there's nothing she could've done..."

The murmurs were quiet, but they carried weight.

The weight of a verdict already passed.

And yet-

Mu Linyue stood unmoving before her furnace.

Her hands were as steady as ever, as if none of those voices existed.

As if the outcome did not matter.

Her world was only the furnace before her.

Only the pill within.

The flames flickered.

Then they surged.

A final, brilliant rise of golden fire.

The air trembled slightly.

The already dense medicinal fragrance became even richer.

"This feeling..."

"No way..."

Mu Yuelan's eyes narrowed slightly.

Her gaze locked onto the furnace.

Then-

Suddenly-

The flames collapsed inward.

Compressed into a single point.

And vanished.

Silence!

A single breath passed.

Then, Mu Linyue lifted her hand.

And opened the furnace.

A burst of fragrance exploded outward.

And within, a pill rested.

Its surface shimmered with a deeper hue.

Not the bright gold of Grade-3 but something richer.

Mu Linyue reached in.

Her movements were calm and unhurried.

She picked up the pill.

Turned.

And revealed it to the hall.

Silence!

Absolute silence!

Because they recognized it.

"That pressure..."

"That aura..."

"It's not Grade-3..."

A disciple's voice trembled.

"It's Grade-4."

Mu Yuelan's eyes sharpened.

Her spiritual sense swept over the pill.

Then her expression changed.

"Mid-tier Grade-4 Soul Ascension Seizing Pill!"

Her voice was low.

But it echoed like thunder.

BOOM!

The hall erupted.

"WHAT?!"

"Another Grade-4?!"

"And it's mid-tier?!"

Shock turned into chaos.

Because now, everything they thought was settled had been overturned again.

Bai Zihan's Grade-4 pill was no longer unmatched.

Bai Zihan also looked at Mu Linyue's pill and instantly recognized it.

Indeed, it was of a higher grade than his pill.

The Soul Ascension Seizing Pill was a pill for those in the Golden Core Realm who wanted to forcefully break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.

It was only used by those who felt that their potential was exhausted and that

they couldn't break through in their lifetime.

For others, it would only make their foundation unstable and hinder future

breakthroughs.

A pill miraculous for some-and for others, nothing but a useless pill.

But it was a mid-tier Grade-4 pill nonetheless.

However...

(How can that be?)

Looking at the ingredients available, it was certain that the materials for the

Soul Ascension Seizing Pill weren't present here.

Then he narrowed his eyes and glared at Mu Linyue.

"You cheated!"

Since the ingredients weren't here, then it was certain that Mu Linyue had used

materials from her storage ring.

Mu Linyue blinked.

Her brows knit ever so slightly as she looked at him.

"Cheated?"

Her tone was almost confused.

As if she genuinely didn't understand what he meant.

Of course, she knew exactly what Bai Zihan was referring to-but why should

she play along?

Then, a faint curve touched her lips.

"What do you mean, Cousin?"

There was no anger in her voice.

Only a quiet, almost innocent curiosity.

Bai Zihan's eyes narrowed.

"The ingredients."

He said coldly.

"The ingredients here are only for Grade-3 pills!"

His voice grew firmer.

"There's no way to refine a Soul Ascension Seizing Pill with what's available."

A ripple spread through the crowd.

That question made sense.

For a moment, all eyes turned back to her.

Mu Linyue stared at him.

Then she laughed.

Just a soft, amused sound.

"So that's what this is about?"

She tilted her head slightly.

Looking at him as if he had said something rather childish.

"Sore loser?"

The words were light.

But they landed heavily. Bai Zihan's expression darkened. Mu Linyue, however, didn't stop.

Instead, she slowly raised her hand.

The pill was still resting between her fingers.

Her gaze swept across the hall.

Then returned to him.

"Tell me, Cousin..." Her tone remained calm.

"Wasn't the only rule to see who refines a higher-grade pill? When did we put a

restriction on the materials?"

A pause.

Bai Zihan knew that.

He gritted his teeth in anger.

Obviously, he had assumed that since Mu Linyue was only a Grade-3 alchemist,

refining a Grade-4 pill would guarantee his victory.

There was no need to think too much about competing with a Grade-3

alchemist.

But who could have thought that Mu Linyue had already become a Grade-4

alchemist-and was capable of refining such a pill? That was his mistake.

He had underestimated her!

On the other hand, Mu Linyue breathed a quiet sigh of relief.

She had initially only planned to refine a Grade-4 pill to show her progress to

Aunt Mu Yuelan-and to teach Bai Zihan a lesson.

Her current limit was mid-tier Grade-4 pills. She had wanted to display the vast gap between them.

To crush him completely.

She hadn't even thought he could refine a Grade-1 pill, so even if she refined

Grade-1 pill, she honestly thought that she could win easily.

She had never taken him seriously.

But fortunately, that decision had been correct.

Otherwise...

She might have actually lost!

While she remained arrogant on the surface, a trace of lingering unease stayed

in her heart.

She didn't know when this cousin of hers had begun practicing alchemy.

Refining a Grade-4 pill using Grade-3 ingredients?

She had never even heard of such a recipe.

And judging by his Flame control-

He was not inferior to her.

Actually, Bai Zihan showed superior control over Qi and Fire but Mu Linyue

wouldn't admit it.

Regardless-

In the end, she was still the winner.

And she had no intention of letting go of this chance to mock him.

"Yes, I used the materials from my Storage ring"

Her lips curved slightly.

"So what? There was no rule against it."

Moreover, she thought that being prepared was one of the essences of being an

alchemist.

Why? Would you complain when you lose to someone because they have Heavenly Flame?

That just means that you were not prepared enough.

As long as one could refine a higher-grade pill, that would mean that the alchemist was better, no matter the method.

Bai Zihan looked at Mu Linyue, who was being shameless.

Well, he too would have been this shameless. After all, in the end, she didn't break any rules and was the winner.

"Hmph! I thought that you looked down on me. Unexpectedly, you have to all out just to take an undeserved victory."

"If someone wasn't too confident then he might have come up with a rule to

ban the usage of materials outside this room. Guess somebody has become too overconfident because of his recent fame!"

"Well, indeed, who could have thought that the genius of Mu Linyue would go

to such length against an untalented person like me? Looks like someone was scared!" "Scared! Blah! Bai Zihan, I just wanted to show you the difference between me

and you!"

"Yeah! yeah! You showed me the difference alright."

While the two were still bickering, the others were too stunned to say

anything.

For the two of them, they seemed too immersed in the competition to care

about anything else.

But for the others, they saw something entirely different.

Two juniors of the Mu Clan-though Bai Zihan was from the Bai Clan, he still

carried Mu Clan blood-who hadn't even turned twenty were already Grade-4 alchemists.

That level of talent wasn't just enough to dominate the Desolate Heaven Empire

It was unprecedented in the entire history of the Eastern Region of the

continent.

And it wasn't just one.

But two!

For them, who won didn't matter as much as realizing that both of them were

Grade-4 alchemists.

Especially Bai Zihan!

Who could have thought that he couldn't just refine pills-but could refine a

Grade-4 pill?

From this moment onward, everyone in that room would have to treat him with

respect.

Because he was now a higher-grade alchemist than most of them.

Mu Yuelan was equally shocked by both of them. "Since when did you break through to Grade-4 alchemist?"

She asked, directing the question at Mu Linyue.

"Hehe... Aunt! I was just about to go and reveal that. Who would have thought

someone would be foolish enough to challenge me with Grade-3 ingredients

and give me such a perfect opportunity to show off?"

Mu Linyue said, directly mocking Bai Zihan.

Bai Zihan was obviously angry.

Not only had he been overconfident, but he had also fallen right into Mu

Linyue's hands.

There could hardly be a greater humiliation than this.

But whatever!

He believed there would be plenty of opportunities to make Mu Linyue regret

these words.

So what if Grade-4 wasn't enough?

Then he would show his Grade-5 knowledge.

And if even that failed-

There was still Grade-6, Grade-7, and Grade-8 knowledge that he had acquired.

He refused to believe that those wouldn't be enough to shut Mu Linyue up.

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