Chapter 3140 — Most Marvellous Indeed
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A "beep" sounded, and the first-grade automatic cauldron started up successfully. Little Kong selected the Spirit-Gathering Pill refinement, then followed the prompts on the LCD screen and began condensing the pill fire to refine the elixir...
This sequence of movements left everyone present dumbstruck. Even Ouyang Chuanqi, though he had already heard Ouyang Nong describe the cauldron once before, was greatly astonished at this moment. Was it really this intelligent? It looked just like a modern smart rice cooker—put in the rice, press a button, and then everything was automatic?
President Shen, Ouyang Chuanqi, and even Kang Jingming all crowded around Little Kong to watch him refine the pill. In the past, Little Kong would surely have grown nervous and botched the refinement, but not now; every step came with a prompt, and he had no fear of losing focus and overlooking something.
President Shen, Ouyang Chuanqi, and Kang Jingming could also see what was on the screen. Watching Little Kong's earnest manner, they gradually began to believe in this heaven-defying piece of high technology—while Kang Jingming's expression turned rather ugly indeed.
The appearance of this first-grade automatic cauldron would deal a tremendous blow to the pill market—and for Kang Jingming especially, it was nothing short of disastrous news! He had refined so many first-grade pills; if from now on anyone could refine pills with a first-grade automatic cauldron, who would still buy the pills of the Xuandan Sect?
So Kang Jingming kept praying silently in his heart: It's a trick, it's all a trick!
"Whoosh—" Little Kong deftly completed the final step, then let out a breath of relief. Following the prompts on the screen, he withdrew the pill fire and said, "Done—the pill is complete. President Shen, President Ouyang, Vice President Ouyang, please inspect it!"
"Oh? It's done just like that?" President Shen was astonished. "You haven't even opened the cauldron—how do you know it's certainly a success?"
"Indeed, Little Kong. If I remember correctly, although you can control pill fire, your body lacks the wood attribute, so you could only be a pill appraiser, not a pill refiner. How is it that you can refine pills now?" Ouyang Chuanqi asked as well.
"President Shen, President Ouyang, this is precisely the marvel of the first-grade automatic cauldron. So long as one can control pill fire—regardless of whether one is skilled at refinement, regardless of whether one's body has the wood attribute—as long as one can freely adjust the temperature of the pill fire, one can refine pills with the first-grade automatic cauldron, and with one hundred percent success, with no possibility of a spoiled pill." As he spoke, Little Kong lifted the lid of the first-grade automatic cauldron. At once, fragrance filled the room, and a round, plump Spirit-Gathering Pill, haloed with pill aura, leaped into everyone's sight!
"This..." Kang Jingming pointed incredulously at the pill in Little Kong's hand. "How is this possible? This isn't scientific—this is utterly unscientific! What first-grade automatic cauldron? It's all a fraud, all an illusion! You must be a seasoned pill refiner, pretending to lack the wood attribute, aren't you? What is your aim?"
"Elder Kang, I remember this Little Kong, and his body truly has no wood attribute. If you don't believe it, you may examine him yourself!" Ouyang Chuanqi said with some displeasure.
"Examine him I shall!" Kang Jingming paid no heed to whether Ouyang Chuanqi's tone was pleasant or not; he had to get to the bottom of this, to expose the fraud! With that, he seized Little Kong's hand and began to examine him—only to be startled by what he found! For Little Kong's body truly had no wood attribute, only the fire attribute!