My Master Knows It All-Chapter 1388 - 332_5

Wen Dan was also curious why the three pill furnaces had not exploded. Under normal circumstances, they should have already detonated, especially with the kinds of ingredients Cao Zhen had thrown in...

Recalling the herbs that Cao Zhen had added earlier, a sudden realization struck him. He exclaimed with newfound clarity, "I understand now! The Blue Ghost Grass he added is indeed violent, but before that, he had already thrown in Earth Burst Fruit and Raging Sun Flower. These two spirit herbs usually remain inert when encountering Blue Ghost Grass. However, among the ingredients he is refining, there is another herb—Water-moving Lotus. When these four herbs come together, Water-moving Lotus can absorb the violent properties of the other three. That’s why the pill furnace stabilized."

"Ah, so that’s how it is."

"These three herbs... can actually be used this way?"

"Does this mean Cao Zhen planned for this from the start? That he deliberately added those herbs?"

"So, does this mean... Cao Zhen really understands alchemy?"

The crowd began to feel puzzled once again. Slowly, they realized they couldn’t figure out Cao Zhen at all.

Not only them, but even Wen Dan and Luo Zhen, who was still actively refining pills, found themselves baffled. From the very beginning of the alchemy process, Cao Zhen had committed countless mistakes—basic, common knowledge errors at that.

By logic, Cao Zhen’s pill furnace should have exploded long ago, yet strangely, it remained intact.

Some of the reasons could be explained; herbs had neutralized each other. But there were other factors they couldn’t comprehend. How exactly were some of the violent herbs being absorbed or neutralized?

Moreover, calling Cao Zhen inexperienced in alchemy didn’t entirely fit. His fire control techniques were exceptionally refined. And as for the alchemy techniques he used—they couldn’t understand them, yet they couldn’t deny the mysterious profundity they felt in each.

The problem was, if Cao Zhen truly knew how to refine pills, then who on earth refined pills like this?

Cao Zhen ignored the onlookers, focusing entirely on his alchemy.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed.

Initially, the crowd stayed just to watch the inevitable chaos, expecting Cao Zhen’s complete failure at any moment. Many assumed his pill furnaces could explode at any time. But time and again, after Cao Zhen adjusted the flame’s temperature, added specific herbs, or cast profound alchemy techniques, the pill furnaces stabilized just before appearing on the verge of explosion.

By the end of the third day, the pill furnace before Cao Zhen had begun to gradually stabilize.

Bored onlookers, finding no excitement, started to leave.

Why stick around when there was no more spectacle? Most weren’t dedicated to alchemy anyway. Watching Cao Zhen control flames and toss herbs into a pill furnace was simply too dull.

Yet, a smaller group remained. Some were alchemy disciples, while others were ordinary disciples who stayed out of curiosity or spare time. They reasoned that if they’d already waited this long, they might as well see Cao Zhen fail—surely, it would happen any moment now.

But three days later, as they sensed the growing stability of the three pill furnaces before Cao Zhen, they began to question their own instincts.

It seemed Cao Zhen’s pill furnaces wouldn’t explode anytime soon.

Luo Zhen even started doubting whether he could win this competition.

With the ingredients Cao Zhen had thrown into the furnaces, Luo Zhen himself couldn’t guarantee preventing explosions to this point. For Cao Zhen to manage this feat, he would have to be an exceptional alchemy master.

"Wait, something’s wrong. Why is the aura from Cao Zhen’s pill furnace becoming weaker?"

Suddenly, several voices interrupted. Luo Zhen, in the middle of his pill refining process, even glanced toward Cao Zhen. Previously, the pill furnace before Cao Zhen had constantly trembled, with violent auras surging forth and the fragrances of various herbs wafting out. Yet now, as the furnace steadied and the violent aura dissipated, even the herbal fragrance had vanished completely.

"The fragrance is gone?"

"When there was aroma before, it proved the pill was still being refined. Now that there’s no fragrance, does that mean the ingredients have completely failed?"

Just as the speculation began, Cao Zhen tossed another herb into the pill furnace. As the furnace opened, a rich herbal aroma instantly wafted out.

"So... the fragrance remains?"

"There’s a fragrance. But is it from those three specific pills?"

The remaining crowd consisted of specialized alchemy disciples, yet they had only heard about the three types of pills being refined. None had ever seen—or smelled—them, so they had no way of confirming the aroma’s origin.

Meanwhile, as Luo Zhen continued refining his pills, none dared disturb him. Instead, all eyes turned to Wen Dan.

Over the past three days, Wen Dan had gone from confidently predicting Cao Zhen’s furnace would explode in half an incense stick’s worth of time to getting repeatedly humiliated by reality. freewebnøvel.coɱ

Under the scrutiny of the crowd, Wen Dan hesitated for a moment before finally nodding. "Yes, that aroma indeed belongs to those three kinds of pills. As for why the fragrance isn’t escaping, I don’t know."

In the distance, Cao Zhen, now fully in sync with the current rhythm of refinement, overheard Wen Dan’s comment and sneered disdainfully. "You don’t even know this? The absence of aroma means that all medicinal properties are being retained within the pill furnace. Only then can the medicinal effects be maximized."