Chapter 152

Chapter 152: Yin Yang Five Poisons Pill
Mu Ye was stunned.

She had been opponents with Wang Qian for many years. No one knew his strength better than she did.

It seemed that while she had been working hard on her cultivation, Wang Qian had not been slacking either.

The pride that had risen in her heart after her breakthrough vanished in an instant. Her lively brows and eyes calmed down again.

There was always someone stronger. There was always a higher sky.

Her road was still very long.

After the grade was announced, Wang Qian felt as if he had swallowed a Calming Heart Pill.

He proudly raised his head, enjoying the admiring gazes from all sides. In his mind, he even began to picture himself taking over as Young Sect Master.

“Number four hundred and thirty-nine, Mu Ye, present your pill.”

Elder Luo’s words cut off Wang Qian’s daydream.

He looked at Mu Ye, his eyes full of provocation.

After hearing the call, Mu Ye did not open her alchemy furnace right away. Instead, she turned and searched the crowd.

It did not take her long to find the person she wanted to see. Her gaze carried a hint of unease.

Yu Zhao stood in the middle of a group of Herb Hall disciples. A faint smile rested on her lips as she gave Mu Ye a firm nod.

[Believe in yourself.

You can do it.]

Mu Ye seemed to receive the message Yu Zhao sent her. She nodded back with determination, then turned, lifted the lid of the alchemy furnace, and took out one black and one white pill, placing them on the tray.

As soon as the pills appeared, the huge plaza boiled with noise again.

“Strange, why are the pills Mu Ye refined different colors?”

“And there are two pills. Did she fail the refinement?”

“It doesn’t look like that. Did she and Junior Brother Wang plan this and only use their trump cards during the assessment?”

After seeing Mu Ye’s amazing alchemy method earlier, the elders of Greenwood Sect had been wondering what effect her pills would have.

Now that they saw them, they really were unusual.

Two pills of different colors, refined in a single alchemy furnace?

Even they were seeing this for the first time.

Wang Qian and Elder Wang could no longer smile. After seeing the elders’ reactions, they became even more anxious.

They had thought defeating Mu Ye would be easy. Who could have guessed that she would also use a unique alchemy method, instantly wiping out Wang Qian’s advantage.

At this moment, Mu Ye carried the tray to the front of the platform and faced the elders. She said calmly: “This disciple refined a third-grade Five Venoms Pill.”

Before she finished speaking, Elder Lian and another elder moved with quick hands and each grabbed a pill from the tray.

Elder Lian held the white Five Venoms Pill. Its shape and color were beautiful, not much different from the Fire-Toxin Purging Pill Wang Qian had refined.

Elder Lian used spirit power to rub off a bit of powder and placed it on her tongue to taste.

Mm. Yes, that was the taste of poison.

The other elder brought over the black Five Venoms Pill to compare and found that, except for the color, everything else was exactly the same.

The elders were very surprised.

Since they were the same pill, why were there two different colors?

They all looked at Elder Lian, signaling for her to ask.

Elder Lian was curious too and said: “Mu Ye, the two Five Venoms Pills you refined are different colors. Do you have an explanation?”

If it was only a color difference, Mu Ye’s assessment grade would not be very high. At the very least, it would not reach Wang Qian’s level.

In other words, this assessment would still count as Wang Qian’s victory.

Right now, the most nervous person in the arena was not Mu Ye, but Wang Qian. He clenched his fists, and he could hear his own heartbeat pounding in his ears.

[Please do not. Please do not…]

“I do.”

With that single word, Mu Ye shattered Wang Qian’s hopes.

She said: “These two pills are both Five Venoms Pills. No matter which one you take, you will be poisoned. However, as long as you take the other pill within a certain time, the poison can be cured. Separately, they are poison pills. Together, they neutralize each other. That is the Yin Yang Five Poisons Pill I came up with.”

Mu Ye’s words plunged the entire plaza into silence.

“Yin Yang Five Poisons Pill?”

Refining both a poison pill and an antidote at the same time, using the spirit herbs meant for a Five Venoms Pill?

Was this really not just a crazy fantasy?

“Impossible, there is no way you could do that!”

Wang Qian roared at Mu Ye, his face twisted.

As an alchemist, he understood too well what the Yin Yang Five Poisons Pill meant.

It meant that while he was still following in others’ footsteps, his peer Mu Ye had created a new school of alchemy.

From now on, Mu Ye’s name would spread far and wide among alchemists.

Mu Ye stayed calm and said: “You not being able to do it does not mean I cannot.”

This was her achievement. She had no reason to feel inferior.

“No! I do not believe it, I do not believe it!”

Wang Qian screamed himself hoarse and tried to rush up to Mu Ye to shout in her face.

How could Elder Luo let him act up in front of everyone? With a single thought, he froze Wang Qian in place.

Elder Wang jumped to his feet, wanting Elder Luo to release Wang Qian. But when he saw Wang Qian’s crazed expression, he was both heartbroken and helpless.

If Wang Qian were let go, things would only get worse.

The Greenwood Sect disciples looked at one another, not sure how to react.

They had never heard of an alchemy method like Mu Ye’s before, so they instinctively doubted it.

Many elders were thinking the same thing.

They really found it hard to believe that a Foundation Establishment Stage alchemy disciple could create a brand new school of alchemy just by relying on her own understanding.

“Mu Ye, do you have a way to prove that your Yin Yang Five Poisons Pill is as miraculous as you say?”

The others did not feel comfortable asking this, so Elder Lian voiced it for them.

Mu Ye said: “I do. Master, please give me the two Yin Yang Five Poisons Pills.”

Elder Lian gave a small smile and placed the black and white pills back on the tray in Mu Ye’s hands.

Without another word, Mu Ye picked up one Five Venoms Pill and popped it into her mouth.

The poison melted the moment it entered her mouth.

Mu Ye’s face turned green at a speed visible to the naked eye. Her lips darkened to black, and her body went stiff as she toppled backward.

The sect master was stunned.

The elders were stunned.

The disciples were even more stunned.

Elder Luo was the closest. He hurried forward, caught her, and grabbed the other Five Venoms Pill, stuffing it into her mouth.

After a few breaths, Mu Ye’s rigid body softened, and color returned to her face.

With Elder Luo’s support, she stood up and tried to speak: “Se-sect mas-ter, el-elders, ev-everyone…”

The poison had not fully cleared, so her speech was still slurred.

But she had used her own body to prove that her words were true.

Elder Lian looked at her with both relief and heartache.

Many people thought she valued Mu Ye because of her talent. But they did not know that the brightest thing about Mu Ye was her love and stubborn devotion to the Dao of Alchemy.

“Top grade.”

An Alchemy Hall elder spoke solemnly after a long silence.

“I agree.”

“Mu Ye must be top grade.”

“I have no objections.”

The elders once again looked at Sect Master Wu Sang.

Sect Master Wu Sang smiled broadly and said: “She deserves it.”

Elder Wang slumped back into his seat in defeat.

From the sect master’s attitude, it was clear who he favored.

Qian-er no longer had any hope.

Sect Master Wu Sang announced: “Mu Ye, your grade for this assessment is top grade.”

“Heavens, two top grades! This must be the first time this has ever happened!”

“Senior Brother Wang Qian is top grade because he deserves it. But Senior Sister Mu Ye is top grade only because there is no grade higher than top grade! Her strength is already far beyond the range that top grade covers!”

“Junior Sister Mu is too strong. I thought Junior Brother Wang would surely win, but she turned out even stronger! If she becomes Young Sect Master, I will be completely convinced!”