"Hmm, no big problem, I can concoct it," Mu Jinyu answered with an easy tone.
"Tsk!" Zhou Yi finally couldn't help but scoff upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, and said, "After looking at the pill formula, you still say such things. There are only two possibilities. One, you have absolutely no knowledge of alchemy, which is why you speak so boldly. Two, you are deliberately pretending, trying to cheat for a reward!"
"In any case, I'm ashamed to associate with you!"
"If you truly knew alchemy, would you not be aware that the main ingredient, along with several auxiliary ingredients, are all insufficient in potency? If they aren't replaced, it would be a failure from the process of extracting their powers!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Xiuying looked toward Mu Jinyu with even greater suspicion.
After all, Mu Jinyu had only looked at it for three minutes, yet claimed to have understood it and even assured confidently that there were no issues.
Whereas Zhou Yi had studied it for three straight days and nights before fully understanding the intricacies of concocting the Mysterious Yang Pill and its difficulties!
Compared to him, Mu Jinyu's approach seemed rather perfunctory.
Seeing the deep doubt in Chen Xiuying's eyes and generally understanding why her doubt intensified, Mu Jinyu simply smiled nonchalantly, unfazed.
It was like fixing smartphones. When customers bring their broken phones to the repairmen, if the customer keeps watching as the phone gets repaired, the repairmen would be extremely cautious and take over half an hour to fix the phone.
They would then charge the customer several hundred yuan for the repair, which seems worth the charge for the skill displayed.
However, if the customer does not watch how the repairman fixes it, the repairman may resolve the issue in just a few moments.
Actually, the problem with the phone is not so serious. But if the customer isn't satisfied, feeling that his several hundred yuan was well spent, how would he be willing to pay willingly?
Moreover, what the repairman sells isn't just the repair fee; it includes his discernment and experience, as he can instantly identify the source of the problem and fix it quickly!
Otherwise, even if the repairman tells you what's wrong with the phone, and you attempt to buy parts and tools online to fix it yourself, the result is often not a repaired phone but a further damaged one.
Chen Xiuying following Zhou Yi's suspicion was for the same reason because previously Zhou Yi had spent several days mastering the pill formula and Mu Jinyu grasping it in three minutes didn't meet her expectations of what an alchemy master should be capable of.
Unable to hide a smirk and shaking his head, Mu Jinyu finally spoke leisurely, "I told you, stop looking at me with such a narrow view. Just because you can't do it doesn't mean I can't. You can't solve the issue of the main and auxiliary medicines losing their potency, but that doesn't mean I can't!"
"Oh? Then how will you solve it? Show me!" Zhou Yi, seeing Mu Jinyu still being stubborn, couldn't help but chuckle coldly.
Mu Jinyu turned his head to look at him, his lips curling up, and said, "What if I can solve it? What will you do then?"
Zhou Yi blurted out, "If you can solve this issue, I will acknowledge you as my master right here!"
"Acknowledge me as your master?"
Hearing Zhou Yi's words, Mu Jinyu was slightly stunned and then shook his head, "No need for that, your talent is too poor. You aren't qualified to be my disciple. If I can solve this issue, just join my Dragon King Hall as a Guest Elder."
"Alright, I agree," Zhou Yi, upon hearing Mu Jinyu criticize his talent once again, laughed out of sheer aggravation and then agreed. He then posed a challenge, "Then what if you can't solve it? What should be done then?"
"Do as you see fit?" Mu Jinyu raised an eyebrow and said.
"Alright, you said so! Don't go back on your word later!" Zhou Yi said.
"Don't worry, as the chief disciple of Yu Shenfeng, my strength is not far from the Advanced Divine Realm. The three of you together, I definitely won't be able to escape," Mu Jinyu said with a light smile.
Hearing Mu Jinyu say this, Chen Xiuying's fierce face twitched slightly, and then she gave Zhou Yi a secretive nod.
Signaling him that if Mu Jinyu dared to go back on his word, she wouldn't just stand by.
Although Mu Jinyu came to perform alchemy at the request of Qiu Bai, if he couldn't do it, there was no need to deceive people; he could just leave, and she wouldn't make it difficult for him.
But since he insisted on claiming he could do it and even wagered with Zhou Yi, if he refused to acknowledge the bet at the end and Zhou Yi lacked the strength to force him, she naturally couldn't just watch.
After all, Mu Jinyu was potentially ruining her decades of hard work, and Yu Shenfeng didn't have decades more for her to slowly gather those materials again.
"Dragon Master... Sister..." Qiu Bai looked worriedly at Mu Jinyu and then at Chen Xiuying, wanting to say something.
Mu Jinyu waved his hand, and then he took out the Shennong Cauldron and began pulling out several herbs.
"Red Lotus Flower, Wind Blood Fruit, Vermilion Jade Branch..."
As Mu Jinyu pulled out the herbs, he reported each of their names.
Chen Xiuying listened as Mu Jinyu announced the names of the medicines and took out the medicinal ingredients. Her face gradually shifted from astonishment to delight, gazing into Mu Jinyu's eyes, which sparkled with expectation.
Zhou Yi's expression also changed from initial impatience and disdain to solemnity, looking into Mu Jinyu's eyes, filled with disbelief.
It wasn't only that Mu Jinyu possessed a Magic Treasure Level Alchemy Furnace, but more importantly, the medicinal ingredients he took out were all auxiliary medicines for refining the Mysterious Yang Pill.
These were the very same auxiliary medicines that Chen Xiuying had gathered for a batch of Mysterious Yang Pills, which had lost most of their potency due to improper preservation.
Moreover, the medicinal ingredients Mu Jinyu took out had just been harvested recently. They were potent and active in properties, simply perfect for alchemy.
Mu Jinyu quickly finished taking out the auxiliary medicine for the Mysterious Yang Pill, then set it aside and turned the Shennong Cauldron upside down, beginning to pound it vigorously.
"Clang clang clang!"
Immediately, ingredients began to fall out of the Shennong Cauldron, quickly piling up into a small mound.
And they kept falling out; one couldn't help but wonder how many Spiritual Medicines Mu Jinyu had brought on this trip.
The reason there were so many was that Mu Jinyu and Qiu Bai had worried that their pill formula was correct but that they wouldn't understand it or would mix up the ingredients, so they decided to bring a large supply of Spiritual Medicines with them.
That way, if there really was a problem, he could simply switch them out without having to go back and forth, wasting time.
Soon, Mu Jinyu had thrown out all the medicinal ingredients to ensure that none stored inside the Shennong Cauldron would burn up during alchemy. He first set the cauldron on the ground, then walked over to the Red Dragon Whiskers.
Zhou Yi glanced at the pile of Spiritual Medicines and especially the three or five strains of Mysterious Yang Pill auxiliary medicines that Mu Jinyu had set aside, realizing that Mu Jinyu truly was skilled in Alchemy, but...
Among that pile of auxiliary medicines, there were no freshly picked Red Dragon Whiskers!
That's right!
Red Dragon Whiskers were a Level 5 Spiritual Medicine, extremely rare, and it was improbable that Mu Jinyu would have them.
Thinking this, Zhou Yi frowned and spoke, "I must apologize first, you indeed are skilled in Alchemy and could identify the flawed medicines in the batch prepared by Master Chen's Nephew, but…"
"You don't have Red Dragon Whiskers, so how will this be resolved?"
Hearing Zhou Yi's words, Chen Xiuying also snapped back to reality, her face once again wearing a hint of disappointment.
Since Mu Jinyu hadn't brought fresh Red Dragon Whiskers, it meant that he still had to use her Red Dragon Whiskers, which had lost much of their potency due to poor preservation.
It was like gambling; the chance of success in refining the Mysterious Yang Pill was too low!
Especially since the Red Dragon Whiskers were the main medicine for the Mysterious Yang Pill!
Upon hearing Zhou Yi's words, Mu Jinyu continued his actions without a pause, not saying anything. He quickly walked to the shelf holding the Red Dragon Whiskers and took it down.
"It shouldn't be stored like this, but since it's me, it's not a big problem."
As he said this, Mu Jinyu suddenly shouted lightly, executing the True Dragon Art as well as the Green Emperor's Wood Emperor Art!
In an instant, as his shout rang out, massive torrents of Spiritual Energy crazily surged into his body, casually circulating once, transforming into the purest Origin Source and essence of life, and channeled into the Red Dragon Whiskers!
Suddenly, the previously shriveled and withered Red Dragon Whiskers, as if reversing time, transformed from their dried red color to a fresh red hue, as vivid as blood!
"This, this, this…"
Zhou Yi, Chen Xiuying, and Qiu Bai, watching the drastic transformation of the Red Dragon Whiskers and the restoration of its potency to that of a newly harvested state, all widened their eyes, unable to imagine such miraculous abilities existed in the world!
"Huff, huff…"
Not only that, as Mu Jinyu used the Wood Emperor's True Qi and the Origin of Wood to revive the Red Dragon Whiskers, a bit of his True Yuan unintentionally dispersed slightly, immediately causing various shriveled medicinal ingredients placed on nearby racks to also regain their essence Qi and rejuvenate to their youthful state!
For a moment, various Immortal Herbs blossomed, and the scent of medicines and flowers overwhelmed the senses. Zhou Yi and the others felt as if they were in the midst of an Immortal Palace, their faces filled with disbelief.
While Mu Jinyu held the Red Dragon Whiskers, his eyes slightly lifted, shimmering with a flowing light, remaining silent yet exuding an innate majesty!
In this vast expanse of Life Origin Qi, Zhou Yi and the others were momentarily led to believe they were witnessing the God of Spring descending to earth!