The Mighty Cauldron: Extreme Alchemist! - Chapter 50

The old man was stunned for a moment upon hearing that. Soon, he answered, “No, of course. Such a precious ancient alchemy technique like the Three Mountains Shakes can only be placed in the alchemy pavilion naturally. One must be a high-grade disciple in order to learn that. Moreover, the technique must be exchanged by paying a certain amount of compensation.”

Upon listening to these words, Fang Lin sneered in his heart. It seemed like this old man was the elder of the alchemy pavilion. He was here to represent the interest of the alchemy pavilion but not the interest of the entire alchemy sect or the sect disciples.

If Fang Lin were to hand over the Three Mountain Shakes to this old man, he estimated that the technique would appear in the alchemy pavilion by the next day. Due to the rarity of Three Mountain Shakes, the exchange rate would be exceedingly high as well. Not many high-grade disciples could afford to exchange for it anyway.

This way, the party that would profit the most, in the end, would still be the alchemy pavilion. The alchemy sect disciples could only lament about their inadequacy when they compared their skills to the power of others.

Fang Lin’s ideology was to disseminate the Three Mountain Shakes. Even though he loathed quite a number of people in the alchemy sect, he was an ideal, ambitious, selfless, and righteous alchemist. Furthermore, he had even been an honorable Extreme Alchemist in his past life, so he could not allow himself to treasure his own skills selfishly. He wanted his alchemy skills to be disseminated to the world and ensure that all were equal.

Of course, not everyone was capable of learning an alchemy technique like the Three Mountain Shakes. It was utterly impossible to thoroughly understand it without having studied and trained for a period of at least eight to ten years.

Fang Lin had learned the Three Mountain Shakes in his past life. It had taken him a total of three long years just to completely master the alchemy technique.

At once, Fang Lin looked at the old man in white and voiced out, “Elder, I don’t think that the Three Mountain Shakes should be taken into the alchemy pavilion, but it should be disseminated amongst the disciples.

Upon listening to his words, the old man had a drastic change of expression. When he looked at Fang Lin once again, his gaze was tainted with a chill.

Fang Lin’s words defied the alchemy pavilion’s interest without a doubt. On the other hand, the old man felt extremely displeased that he would make such a remark against him as the elder of the alchemy pavilion.

“Fang Lin, the Three Mountain Shakes must be taken into the alchemy pavilion. This matter has already been discussed with the first elder and a few of the alchemy pavilion elders,” he said indifferently. The feigned smile on his face earlier had already vanished, leaving only sternness.

Fang Lin noticed that the old man had shown his true colors, so he stopped his respectful behavior as well. “In that case, I’m afraid that I can’t hand over the Three Mountain Shakes then,” he responded, pursing his lips.

The old man’s lips curled into a faint disdainful smile. “This matter is way beyond your approval grade. The first elder has already decided, so you’ll just need to abide.”

Fang Lin answered with an ‘oh’ before he turned around and left. He utterly ignored the old man’s threat.

Upon seeing Fang Lin turning a deaf ear to him, the old man was infuriated. I’m the elder of the alchemy pavilion. Which one of the disciples has never behaved respectfully when they see me? How dare you turn around and leave?

“Fang Lin! Do you even have any respect for me?” he shouted in rage.

Fang Lin waved his hand to dismiss him as he did not even have the intention to turn around. His silhouette soon vanished at the end of the corridor.

The old man had a sour expression. He turned red with rage for a while and became ghastly pale for a moment. So, it turned out that what he thought would be as easy as breathing had actually failed beyond his expectations.

“The Three Mountain Shakes will be in the possession of our alchemy pavilion!” he muttered to himself while clenching his fists tightly. Soon afterward, he left in quick strides.

For the next seven consecutive days, the old man appeared in the Yellow Building. Every time Fang Lin encountered him, the young disciple would turn around and leave with the intention to avoid him.

The old man was so furious he wished that whenever Fang Lin avoided him, he could immediately give Fang Lin a slap that would send him sprawling onto the ground. However, they were in the alchemy academy. If an elder were to attack a disciple for no reason, he would be impeached by the crowd and face severe consequences.

As a result, the old man refused to attack Fang Lin unless he was completely out of options.

Half a month later, some people were sent from the alchemy pavilion once again. Besides the old man, a woman in black joined him.

These two people blocked Fang Lin in the corridor outside the alchemy rooms. One of them stood in front of him while the other stood behind him. Fang Lin could not move forward or retreat back into the room. As a result, he felt rather helpless as he looked at the two people standing in front of him and behind him.

“Fang Lin, hand the Three Mountain Shakes over to me,” the old man instructed coldly. He was driven to complete impatience during these days because of Fang Lin. He simply wanted to get the Three Mountain Shakes as soon as possible.

“Fang Lin, this matter is genuinely beyond yourself as an individual. The Three Mountain Shakes doesn’t belong to you alone, but the skill is to be shared by the entire alchemy sect. If you still refuse to hand it over, I’m afraid that you might be convicted with the crime of attempting to betray the alchemy sect,” condemned the woman. She looked at Fang Lin as if she was looking at a prey with nowhere to flee.

Not a disciple was seen around them. It appeared as if they had been intentionally chased away from the scene.

Fang Lin was well aware that he had nowhere to turn for help at the moment. Moreover, these two people may even attack him if he were to provoke them.

At once, he immediately assumed an expression to charm and please these people. He cupped his hands before his chest to salute them and said, “Elders, how would I dare to do so? I wonder if you have any brush and paper with you. Please allow me to write the Three Mountain Shakes technique down and hand it over to you, Elders.”

The old man clenched his teeth in rage when he saw Fang Lin’s sudden change of attitude. He was counting on Fang Lin to continue his resistance, so he had a reason to teach the kid a ferocious lesson and vent his pent up anger from the past few days.

However, Fang Lin utterly did not give him the opportunity to do so. His expression changed faster than anybody else. He had still been righteous and outspoken a moment ago, yet he turned cheeky and boisterous in the next moment.

The old woman in black sniggered once as if she was very pleased with Fang Lin’s behavior. She waved her hand and conjured a paper and a brush that landed in front of him.

Fang Lin immediately lay down on the ground and began writing. The alchemy pavilion elders guarded the area around him, lowering their heads to check on him occasionally. Both of them had a glimmer of excitement and anticipation in their eyes. Their hearts were burning with enthusiasm. This was the ancient alchemy technique, the Three Mountain Shakes. If they could learn this, their alchemy skills would certainly be elevated to a brand new level.

However, they looked puzzled after watching Fang Lin for a while. What was he writing?

Fang Lin wrote swiftly. After an hour, he filled three huge papers with a copious amount of words. When he was done writing on those three pieces of papers, he stood up and stretched his body. Then, he passed the papers covered in writing to the old woman who accepted it with a strange expression. She took a look at it and became even more puzzled.

“Fang Lin, is this the Three Mountain Shakes?” she asked suspiciously.

Fang Lin nodded and said, “I’ve already written out the cultivation method of the Three Mountain Shakes technique for both of you. May I leave now?”

Both of them gazed at one another. They hesitated for a moment before they let him leave in the end.

Fang Lin ran away instantly. Both of them did not notice the faint spurious smile on his face.