Chapter 161: Tear Off that Hypocritical Mask
? Jin Hongze came here uninvited. This alchemy conference has nothing to do with him, and it doesn't matter if he leaves or not. It will not affect the alchemy conference, and no one will say anything about him, at most he seems too small.
However, Li Ziliang is one of the hosts of the alchemy conference and one of the judges. If he followed suit, it would undoubtedly be an extremely irresponsible performance. How can he hang around in this circle in the future? But if you don't leave, it will be too embarrassing to stay here, and isn't the previous statement a white statement?
While Li Ziliang was hesitating for a moment, Jin Hongze and his disciple Jiang Ziliu had already reached the stairs, and they were about to go downstairs and leave.
But at this time, Ye Zan suddenly said: "Is Grandmaster Jin leaving now? There are still good things to see later! It would be a pity if you were not there."
Jin Hongze's footsteps only paused, but he snorted again without looking back, and led Jiang Ziliu downstairs.
"Forget it, let's leave him alone. What about Li Zongshi, don't you have some urgent business to leave?" Ye Zan turned around and asked Li Ziliang while putting away the elixir.
Li Ziliang was even more embarrassed, but although he didn't respond to Ye Zan, he didn't shake his sleeves and leave like Jin Hongze did. Instead, he returned to his seat and sat down, looking at the square outside.
Although it was dark, the crowd in the square outside did not disperse, and there were still alchemists going up to show their skills. Moreover, for ordinary alchemists, it often takes a long time to refine a furnace of alchemy, and sometimes one day and one night may not be enough, so naturally they will not leave halfway.
After Ye Zan received the elixir, he handed it to Yan Xinghe and said, "Thank you brother Yan for providing the elixir furnace and herbs."
Yan Xinghe pushed the pill back, and said with a serious face: "Fellow Daoist, you are welcome. I am already satisfied to enjoy such a wonderful scene. Please accept these pills."
"Okay, then I'll take it." Ye Zan didn't show any pretense, and directly put away a box of pills.
"Fellow Daoist, please, fellow Daoist Liu, fellow Daoist Qi, please!" Yan Xinghe said to Ye Zan and the others. This time, there was no Jin Hongze picking faults anymore, and Li Ziliang also became an invisible person.
However, Ye Zan smiled, and said, "Not busy, I still have something good here, and I want to share it with you."
While speaking, Ye Zan walked to the window on the other side of the square, took out something from the Qiankun Ring, and threw it out in mid-air of the square.
Seeing this scene, Yan Xinghe and the others couldn't help but think of what Ye Zan said to Jin Hongze just now, so they all followed.
Looking out curiously.
What Ye Zan threw flew to the other side of the square with a ray of light, attracting everyone's attention along the way. Then, the thing hung in the air, emitting light outwards, and formed a huge light curtain in the air in the blink of an eye.
"Fellow Daoist, this is?" Yan Xinghe asked curiously.
Ye Zan smiled and said, "Brother Yan, don't worry, you'll find out after reading it."
And following Ye Zan's words, some images suddenly appeared on the huge light curtain, as if several figures were shaking. The image quickly became clear, and when people saw the image clearly, someone in the square immediately exclaimed.
It turned out that the several figures in the image were Yan Xinghe and other alchemy masters on the wooden building, and of course Jin Hongze was indispensable among them. And the video is accompanied by sound, everyone's voice is very clear, as if standing in front of the audience and speaking.
That's right, Ye Zan was just playing the video, showing what he saw and heard after he went upstairs.
From Yan Xinghe's enthusiastic invitation to Ye Zan and others to sit down, to Jin Hongze standing up and criticizing, saying what the rules are, and Li Ziliang also standing up to express his opinion.
In fact, the video is put here, and the alchemists below, on the one hand, watched it curiously, and on the other hand, they didn't think there was anything wrong with Jin Hongze and the others. Even, perhaps out of his rebellion against the powerful, he felt that Jin Hongze dared to challenge Dan Dingzong, which was the performance of a true hero.
Especially when Ye Zan said that he wanted to practice alchemy on the spot and win the title of master of alchemy. In the square below, there was a sound of cursing, or ridicule full of disdain. It was obvious to them that Ye Zan was definitely overthinking his abilities.
However, on the wooden building, Li Ziliang, who knew the whole process, couldn't sit still anymore, stood up and asked, "What do you mean, Your Excellency!"
"It's nothing, let everyone take a look, so as not to spread rumors in the future, saying that I got the title of Alchemy Grandmaster through the back door. You know, that Jin Grandmaster is very good at this kind of thing. Liu of my sect The elder is an example." Ye Zan said without looking back.
"You!" Li Ziliang gritted his teeth, but sat back.
At this moment, the public in the square was somewhat excited, and many people were scolding Ye Zan and others for being rude to Jin Hongze. But the video was playing, and soon came to the part where Xun Hongwen retrieved the herbal medicine and the pill furnace, and then Jin Hongze inspected the herbal medicine.
Jin Hongze inspected the herb, and then scratched it with his finger. Originally, no one could see anything at the scene. However, the first picture was enlarged, the second was a close-up, and the third most important thing was that it had been edited.
That's right, it was just edited, after all, Jin Hongze's actions are too secretive. Ye Zan also guessed after the fact that the other party moved his hands and feet at this time, so he simply edited it in the screen.
However, the people below, and even several alchemy masters, did not know that this video could be edited. So, on the huge light curtain, it was clearly seen that Jin Hongze flicked a little powder when fingering the herbs.
This time, the people below stopped talking, even though they all felt that that didn't prove anything, they still didn't dare to speak easily.
The video continued to play, and soon came to the place where Jin Hongze said that Ye Zan had failed in alchemy, and walked over to interrupt Ye Zan arbitrarily. There were discussions in the square, and as the video played, the discussions became louder and louder. The people in the square had different views, some still supported Jin Hongze, but more people started to support Ye Zan instead.
People have a kind of psychology, which is to sympathize with the weak. At first they supported Jin Hongze because Jin Hongze was weak compared to Dan Dingzong. But now, compared to Jin Hongze, Ye Zan is undoubtedly weak again. Although due to the perspective problem, they still don't know what Ye Zan looks like.
And sympathizing with the weak is actually substituting oneself into the perspective of the weak. Because no matter where, almost everyone has the experience of being looked down upon, or he thinks he is underestimated by others. Although alchemists have a high status, they are also human beings. It is said that every mountain is as high as another. No one will stand at the top all their life, only looking down on others and not being looked down upon by others.
When the video reached a critical point, even the people who were making alchemy in the square couldn't help but stop, looking up at the light curtain in midair. As a result, there were some alchemy furnaces that soon emitted black smoke, but no one took care of them.
In fact, Jin Hongze and Jiang Ziliu hadn't left yet. When Ye Zan started playing the video, the master and apprentice had just walked out of the wooden building. At first, when hearing the discussions on the square, they were basically in support of Jin Hongze, which made Jin Hongze feel quite complacent. But soon, as the video played, especially at the place where the herbs were inspected, Jin Hongze's expression changed.
Immediately afterwards, the voices of discussion in the square began to curse Jin Hongze a lot. Jin Hongze is a person who cares about face very much, otherwise he would not have treated Liu Gan like that. However, the playback of this video is tantamount to destroying his image that he has cultivated for many years.
"It's too shameless, with such a character, is it worthy of being a alchemy master?"
"That's right, it's really discrediting Grandmaster Alchemy. I used to think that he was kind and kind, but I didn't expect him to be so shameless."
"Grandmaster Yan is also good-tempered. If it were me, I would have kicked this guy out a long time ago, but I still left him there to chatter!"
"Look, he is still refining alchemy, so he went up to interrupt, obviously not wanting the other party to make alchemy. Just now who said that the powder he cast is harmless, stand up and let me see."
The video continued to play, and the vision of Dan Furnace appeared, which made everyone in the square quiet again. For these alchemists, watching the pills come out is probably more exciting than watching a terrifying battle.
Finally, the top-quality elixir was released, and cheers erupted in the square, as if watching a movie and seeing the protagonist kill the villain.
But immediately after, Jin Hongze's performance attracted a lot of scolding. But this time, even the people who said something nice about him before didn't dare to say anything more. Master Alchemy, can you afford to lose like this? People's top-grade pills have been released, and they are still talking about playing tricks, why don't they say that they poisoned themselves!
"puff!"
Jin Hongze spat out a mouthful of old blood, and the dignified Yuanying Patriarch, who was also the master of alchemy, was so angry that he vomited blood.
"Master?" Jiang Ziliu hurriedly supported Master, and then shouted to the surroundings: "What are you, you dare to speak nonsense about alchemy here, what do you know, it's all fake, it's all fake !"
Following Jiang Ziliu's yell, the square fell silent, and everyone's eyes fell on Jin Hongze and Jiang Ziliu. Don't look at them scolding happily before, but when they really face themselves, they are a little afraid to speak up. After all, the other party is the master of alchemy and the ancestor of Yuanying. Is that easy to offend?
However, in the eyes of these people, there was no admiration when they saw Jin Hongze, only fear and contempt, or even mockery.
"puff!"
Under such eyes, Jin Hongze spat out another mouthful of old blood, grabbed Jiang Ziliu next to him, and flew directly into the sky, disappearing in a blink of an eye.
At this time, the video had finished playing, Ye Zan waved to the other side, and took back the magic weapon that played the video. Then, he turned his head to look at Yan Xinghe and the others, and said with a smile: "Everyone, did you enjoy watching it?"
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