Chapter 164: The People Who Eat Melons Are Swaying

"Fellow Daoist Jin, what is the purpose of coming here?" Yan Xinghe asked in a bad tone.

After what happened in the wooden building, Yan Xinghe and Jin Hongze were torn apart. Although they still called each other "dao friends", they obviously didn't regard each other as "friends".

Therefore, Yan Xinghe's opening was quite merciless, asking a alchemy master what he was doing at the alchemy conference, obviously expressing rejection.

Jin Hongze sneered, and said lightly: "I am the master of alchemy, what do you think I am here for?"

"Fellow Daoist Yan, fellow Daoist Jin, in the presence of a large crowd, you two should take care of the grandmaster's face a little bit, and don't let everyone see the joke." Li Ziliang quickly stood up to persuade the two, then turned to Jin Hongze, and asked: "Fellow Daoist Jin, where are you?" , is it possible that you are also going to participate in the master's performance?"

"That's right, the two newly-promoted grandmasters dare to make a fool of themselves on stage at this time, why can't I come?" Jin Hongze glanced at Ye Zan and Liu Gan over there, his face full of disdain.

Indeed, although Ye Zan and Liu Gan had won the title of Alchemy Master, strictly speaking, they only met the standard of a master. It's like saying that in a university, there are also college students, but there is obviously a gap in the university knowledge mastered by freshmen who have just entered the university and senior students. Unless the senior student, in the past four years, has been picking up girls and playing games.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, Ye Zan and Liu Gan, the two new masters of alchemy, cannot compare with senior masters like Yan Xinghe and Jin Hongze.

Moreover, if it hadn't been for the incident on the wooden building, Jin Hongze would have had a place in the link of the master's performance. However, Ye Zan did so many things, Jin Hongze was so angry that he vomited blood and left. In addition, Ye Zan and Liu Gan happened to be promoted to alchemy masters, so they replaced Jin Hongze.

"Hehe, it's up to you to judge whether we show our ugliness or not! On the contrary, you old man, don't you think it's not humiliating enough, so you came here specially to reappear?" Ye Zan immediately said nothing when he heard Jin Hongze's words. replied politely.

"Junior, don't be complacent. The old man admits that he was wrong before and was blinded by the two of you for a while. But this time, this master's performance is a test of the true ability of the alchemy master. It doesn't make sense." Jin Hongze's voice was like that of a Hong Zhong, and his words immediately made everyone in the audience quiet down.

Evil ways? Everyone in the audience heard Jin Hongze's words, and immediately became suspicious of Ye Zan and Liu Gan. After all, from ancient times to the present, alchemy masters in the Golden Core Realm are rare, let alone those in the Foundation Establishment Realm. Could it be that these two people really used some crooked means to deceive them into getting the title of alchemy master?

I have to say that following what others say is actually a common problem of most people.

And it is independent of human will. In many cases, it is not because you know this truth that you can keep yourself from following others' opinions.

Moreover, the performance of Ye Zan and Liu Gan was too exaggerated in the eyes of many people. It's fine for you to say that you have the attainments of a master of alchemy, but you still produce top-quality pills as soon as the furnace is opened, even if you see it with your own eyes, you will find it unbelievable.

When facing the unknown, people always think about "why", and always find an acceptable explanation. Jin Hongze's words undoubtedly gave those people an acceptable explanation. Yes, no wonder they acted so exaggeratedly, it turned out that they used crooked means. We didn't behave like that, just because we are orthodox alchemists, we don't bother to play with those tricks.

Although not everyone started to question Ye Zan and Liu Gan, it was obvious that Jin Hongze's words were recognized by many people.

"Evil ways? It's ridiculous. Ignorance is not your fault, but it's your fault to show off your ignorance." Ye Zan didn't get angry. Instead, he said with a smile on his face, "If it's true what you said , then your current ability, compared to the ancestors of alchemy ten thousand years ago, is it also crooked? If you really have the ability, don't change the method of alchemy, and use the standard alchemy formula ten thousand years ago to make me a furnace Dan take a look."

The way of alchemy has always been changing. The alchemy recipes and alchemy techniques of ten thousand years ago are aimed at the herbal materials of ten thousand years ago. But with the changes of the times, the changes in the medicinal properties of herbs, and the different conditions, if you want to make pills, you must change the recipes and techniques.

There are indeed some people who, when exploring some ruins, will occasionally discover ancient alchemy formulas that do not exist now. However, such elixir is actually only a reference value, if it is completely copied from the original, it may not be possible to make elixir at all.

"Excessive words!" Jin Hongze obviously didn't know how to answer. Unless, he is really able to refine a furnace of elixir with the ancient recipe thousands of years ago as Ye Zan said. However, if that's the case, Ye Zan might talk about the ancient recipe from 100,000 years ago, or even the ancient recipe from the prehistoric era.

You must know that in the prehistoric era, when alchemy first appeared, it was not actually alchemy as it is now, but like a secular doctor, using various herbs to decoct juice and take it.

Therefore, Jin Hongze can only reprimand "excessive words", in fact, anyone can see who is making an argument.

But Ye Zan didn't stop, turned around and pointed to the notice on the wooden building, and asked Jin Hongze and everyone in the audience: "According to what you said, is the topic that the Jade Cauldron asked is the same?" What about evil ways?"

"Hmph, the topic proposed by the Jade Cauldron is for the benefit of the lesser fellows, you dare to compare with the Jade Cauldron!" Jin Hongze was a little bit overwhelmed.

Ye Zan laughed, glanced at everyone in the audience, and said: "The topic given by the Jade Cauldron is intended to allow people below alchemy masters to refine the Nine-Returning Soul Pill. And the alchemy method I use, It is to allow me to refine the master-level elixir, why am I a crooked way? Just because I am not the alchemy master, so I can't use the method of alchemy that suits me, otherwise it is a crooked way?"

Ye Zan added authoritative comparisons in his words. In many people's hearts, there is actually a desire to despise authority, and a mentality of "why he can do it, but I can't". How can Jin Hongze compare to Ye Zan in terms of manipulating public opinion and grasping the psychology of the people who eat melons.

Sure enough, following Ye Zan's words, the discussion of everyone in the audience immediately changed direction, and many people showed approval on their faces. In their eyes, Ye Zan has become a hero who has the courage to challenge authority.

"Fellow Daoist Jin, have you had enough trouble? If you have to lose all the little bit of face you have left, you will be reconciled!" Yan Xinghe scolded in a deep voice.

"You!" Jin Hongze was so angry that he couldn't speak for a moment. He originally came here full of confidence, thinking that as long as he labeled the opponent as crooked, he would surely win. Who would have imagined that the other party was young, but had a lot of experience in bickering, and turned the situation around in an instant.

"Okay, okay, then I want to see how long you can be fooled by your crooked methods!" Jin Hongze saw that bickering was not enough, so he decided to skip to the next step and see the truth in his hand.

Seeing that Jin Hongze's words became more and more outrageous, Yan Xinghe frowned, and asked with a gloomy expression: "Fellow Daoist Jin, what exactly do you want!"

"I don't want to do anything, I want to compete with him, and I will use today's topic!" While speaking, Jin Hongze looked at Ye Zan again, and said in a hateful voice, "Young man, do you have the guts to bet against me?"

"Hehe, what do you want to bet?" Ye Zan asked with a smile.

"Today, if you lose, kneel in front of me and admit your mistake, and truthfully confess to all your colleagues that you schemed against me and ruined my reputation." Jin Hongze said unceremoniously.

"Oh," Ye Zan nodded, and then asked, "What if you lose?"

"What do you want?" Jin Hongze never thought that he would lose. After all, he is a senior alchemy master, and he had already prepared for today's topic, so how could he lose?

Ye Zan rubbed his chin, looked Jin Hongze up and down, and said, "I don't need you to kneel, anyway, the grievances between you and Elder Liu cannot be resolved by kneeling and apologizing. That's good, if you can show What, I'll take a bet with you on anything I like."

"Okay, I have the elixir..." Jin Hongze didn't prepare any bets at all, so he directly took out the elixir he had refined.

However, before Jin Hongze could introduce those pills, Ye Zan waved his hand and said, "I can make that stuff myself, and it's still top quality. Would you like me to feed it to my mount?"

"You!" Jin Hongze put away the pill bitterly, took out some spirit stones, and said, "Then I will use this spirit..."

Before Jin Hongze could finish speaking, Ye Zan took out a few high-grade spirit stones from the Qiankun Ring, and said, "Do you think I am someone who lacks these things?"

Ye Zan still had the desire not to show his fortune, so he didn't take out the top-quality spirit stone, otherwise one piece would be enough to drive everyone in the audience crazy.

And don't look at it as just a top-grade spirit stone, but it is also very impressive in this world. Even if Danxiu is considered a high-income group, few people can get it out.

As soon as Ye Zan took out the top-grade spirit stone, Jin Hongze looked at the middle-grade spirit stone in his hand, and his face turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. Before the gamble started, he lost two rounds first, so he gritted his teeth, took out a small porcelain bottle, and said: "This bottle contains Yimu Qinghuo from the different fires. What else can you come up with?"

Everyone in the audience was in an uproar when they heard the name "Yimu Qinghuo", and everyone was as excited as if they had been beaten with chicken blood. Although this Yimu Qinghuo is not a powerful kind of fire among the many strange fires in the world. But for alchemists, this fire has a special meaning, and is known as one of the most suitable fires for alchemy.