Chapter 461: Ruined

Lin Feng took out a wooden chair and sat down, waiting for someone to come for pill refinement.

He could see that most of them were interested but were waiting for someone to test the waters, since he might just be a bottom-tier alchemist who would waste their spirit herbs.

He could have started refining any pill to give them confidence in him, but there was no need. He was certain someone would definitely want to try their luck even if they didn’t trust his skills.

Just as he had expected, a burly-looking man came near him.

"Are you an alchemist?"

Hearing his rough voice, Lin Feng, instead of answering, looked at the cauldron before looking back at him.

The expression on the burly man’s face changed slightly, "Cough!..."

He coughed in some embarrassment before asking for the refinement, "I want to refine a Bone Marrow Strengthening Pill, how many sets of herbs do you need, and what is the price for the refinement?"

Lin Feng nodded, "My prices are a bit higher, 150 high-grade spirit stones for an Early Stage Initiation Realm pill..."

The burly man and even the onlookers frowned when they heard that. The normal price of such pills was around 100 high-grade spirit stones. 150 was too much. Not to mention, young unknown alchemists charged even lower prices.

The burly man even wanted to lash out, but since Lin Feng was an alchemist, he held himself back. He didn’t want to get banned from getting his pills refined by other alchemists if the situation went out of control.

"It’s too much, if you can lower it to around 100 spirit stones, then we can talk further, or else I am leaving..."

Lin Feng shook his head, "That’s not happening..."

The burly man sighed and was about to leave when Lin Feng continued.

"I think you misunderstood something though, I charge higher because I am going to ask for only one set of spirit herbs for refinement, and if I fail, then I will pay back for the herbs..."

Hearing that was enough to stun the burly man and the onlookers. They couldn’t believe what they had just heard.

Even the most famous alchemists took three sets of herbs for refinement, yet this unknown alchemist was asking for only one set.

They could have just labeled him as a fraudster if not for the fact that he mentioned returning the value of the spirit herbs if the refinement failed.

This was unprecedented, since alchemists don’t return anything even if they fail to refine a pill using multiple sets of spirit herbs. This is why choosing a reputable alchemist is very important for cultivators, especially if they are using valuable spirit herbs.

Alas, lower realm cultivators like them who weren’t part of big sects and had no prominent background hardly got a chance to meet alchemists, much less reputable ones.

This is why, even when Lin Feng was unknown, most of them became interested and wanted to try their luck.

The burly man immediately took out four spirit herbs from his storage ring and placed them on the table, "Please proceed with the refinement..."

How could he miss this chance? The cost of the spirit herbs was even higher than the pill refinement itself, so saving two sets was heavenly bargain for him.

Lin Feng looked at the herbs and nodded. Pills are just an amalgamation of the effects of spirit herbs used to make them, which are easily absorbable by humans.

This man wanted the same. Since he didn’t specify in what way he wanted his pill to be formed after refinement, he just wanted the maximum return from these specific herbs.

Lin Feng placed one hand on the cauldron and used his Yang Flames. Next, he picked up the herbs together and tossed them inside all at once.

The burly man’s excited expression after getting such a good deal changed immediately when he saw that. It was the same with the others who were watching keenly to see his skills.

Although they all weren’t alchemists, they all knew that different herbs required different heat and flame control methods to refine properly.

That’s why all the alchemists they had seen till now always put the herbs in refinement one by one to get better results.

Seeing Lin Feng throw the herbs in like that, they all felt disappointed. Maybe he would be able to refine the pill, but it might not have a single rune on it. That was just a waste of spirit herbs.

They all felt pity for the burly man, as the unknown alchemist had never mentioned that failing to form a runic pill would be considered a failure.

So as long as he created even a normal pill, he didn’t have to return the total value of the spirit herbs wasted by him.

What a devious scheme. Thank goodness they didn’t go first themselves, or they would have made the same mistake of not asking about the runes, because it was very much expected from an alchemist to at least form a single rune, or else they shouldn’t call themselves alchemists.

The burly man was gritting his teeth right now. If not for the fact that it was a sin to disturb an alchemist when he was refining a pill, he would have lashed out, not even caring about the status of Lin Feng.

Why should he care? Which alchemist ruined spirit herbs like that?

Just as the burly man was lamenting his luck for trusting this bottom-tier alchemist, Lin Feng stopped his flames and took out a single pill before tossing it towards the burly man.

"Pay 150 spirit stones..."

The burly man instinctively caught the pill, but his eyes seemed like they had lost their soul or something.

Lin Feng hadn’t thrown the pill too fast, so even if the burly man or those who were still paying attention to him were caught off guard, they still saw the pill, and that was enough to shock them throughly.

The burly man’s hands trembled, and he immediately looked down to confirm what he had just seen.

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