newbobooks Chapter 277 Xiao Lang has arrived carrying the alchemy furnace!
Chapter 277 Xiao Lang has arrived carrying the alchemy furnace!
"Miaomiao, you can continue."
Si Yelin looked at Chu Miao with his eyes, nodded to her, and his attitude was completely different from when he treated Yuan Aruo.
"These pills have a very poor color and smell; they are not the ones I refined."
Chu Miao said, "Since no outsiders have touched the pills after they were delivered to the base, it means that it was someone inside the base who touched them."
The senior executives were immediately displeased when they saw that Chu Miao had even suspected their own people. They opened their mouths to speak.
When they met Si Yelin's cold gaze, they silently swallowed their words.
"Then, who could exchange so many ordinary-grade pills for the pills I refined?" Chu Miao continued, "This not only requires the other party to have a certain status in the base, but also requires the other party to know how to refine pills or to know alchemists in order to do it."
"In your base, there should only be one person who meets this requirement, Yuan Aruo, right?"
Yuan Aruo is not only an alchemist, but she also holds a high position in the base. She saw and touched these pills when they were delivered, so she is the prime suspect.
"Miss Chu, are you doubting me?" Yuan Aruo asked, looking at her.
Chu Miao glanced at her: "You're wrong. I'm not doubting you, I'm certain. Isn't my tone of certainty obvious enough? I'm certain that you switched my pills!"
"This is utterly absurd! How could it be Miss Yuan!"
The high-ranking officials couldn't listen any longer. They had watched Yuan Aru grow up, and they couldn't tolerate Chu Miao smearing her like this: "Back then, everyone was poisoned by these pills and almost lost their lives. It was Miss Yuan's pills that saved everyone's lives. Why did she switch the pills?!"
"Because her alchemy skills are not as good as mine, she became greedy when she saw the excellent pills I made and wanted to take them for herself. In addition, she dislikes me and wants to frame me by giving you problematic pills so that you will get sick from taking them. Then she will help you, and you will all be grateful to her and hate me to the bone."
Chu Miao directly stated what Yuan Aruo was thinking.
“Miss Chu, your misunderstanding of me is so deep.” Yuan Aruo smiled bitterly. “I never expected you to think of me like that. I, Yuan Aruo, am upright and honest, and I never do anything to harm others. As for your statement that my alchemy skills are inferior to yours, I, Yuan Aruo, have been learning alchemy since I was seven years old, for nearly twenty years now. I am quite well-known in the ancient martial arts world. I dare not claim to be that great, but compared to Miss Chu, I think I am still better.”
"Then let's have a competition."
As soon as Yuan Aruo finished speaking, Chu Miao said, "Let's see whose alchemy skills are better. Since the pills I made almost killed someone, while the pills you made saved someone, then your alchemy skills must be better than mine. If in the end your pills are worse than mine, it means there's something fishy about this, and you've switched my pills."
Yuan Aruo's eyes flickered, clearly feeling guilty.
She wished she were more capable than Chu Miao.
Can……
Thinking of the amazement she felt when she first saw the pills refined by Chu Miao, her gaze darkened.
When the pills were delivered to the base, she opened the box with a mocking attitude to check the pills inside. As soon as the box was opened, a rich aroma of pills wafted out, and her expression changed.
She took out a pill and swallowed it!
Instantly, the air currents surged, and a powerful surge of energy coursed through the body's limbs and bones!
Yuan Aruo could not hide her shock. These pills could actually help people cleanse their marrow and improve their cultivation. She only took one pill and felt her internal strength improve significantly.
Such potent pills are beyond the capabilities of even the most skilled alchemists in the ancient martial arts world.
But now it has been refined by a little girl from China!
She stared intently at the box of pills, and late at night, while everyone was asleep, she switched the pills.
She replaced the pills refined by Chu Miao with the defective ones she had refined herself.
Because it was a defective product, many people were poisoned after eating it.
Yuan Aruo then took out an antidote to detoxify them, while Chu Miao secretly kept the excellent pills she had refined for research.
Yuan Aruo knew her alchemy skills were inferior to Chu Miao's, and instinctively tried to refuse, but Xiao Lang spoke first: "Yes! There's no point in saying so much here, let's have a competition! Let's see whose alchemy skills are better!"
"Yuan Aruo, why aren't you saying anything? What, are you scared?"
"If it wasn't my master who concocted the pills that almost poisoned someone, and you still saved them? Then your pill-making skills should be much better than my master's. What are you afraid of? Or are you hiding something? You're the one who switched the pills!"
“Miss Yuan would never do such a thing!” Si Mu chimed in, “Young Master Xiao, how can you doubt Miss Yuan like that! Miss Yuan, since Young Master Xiao has said so, to prove your abilities, why don’t you have a contest of alchemy skills with Miss Chu!”
"Once the competition is over, everything will be clear, won't it?"
Si Mu seemed to be speaking up for Yuan Aruo, but he was actually putting her in a difficult position, forcing her to agree to the competition.
Yuan Aruo secretly cursed Si Mu for being an ingrate. She had been so good to him back then, even giving him so many pills, and now he was actually protecting Chu Miao.
She knew her alchemy skills were inferior to Chu Miao's, and she would be exposed in a competition. She gritted her teeth and said, "Ah Lin—"
She wanted to use Chu Miao's age and status as a guest as an excuse, but before she could finish speaking, Si Yelin interrupted her: "Then let's have a competition. Si Mu, go and arrange the venue and necessary items for the competition."
"Yes."
Si Mu immediately went down to prepare.
On-site alchemy requires medicinal herbs, an alchemy furnace, and an open flame.
It's not some fantasy drama where you can summon fire with your fingertips. Most alchemists nowadays use open flames directly and then use their internal energy to precisely control the size of the flames.
Yuan Aruo has her own alchemy furnace, while Chu Miao has nothing. Yuan Aruo said, "Miss Chu, you don't have your own alchemy furnace, do you? I used one before, but it's not in use now. You can use it."
"No need." Chu Miao lazily raised her eyes.
“I’m the only alchemist in the base, and I have an alchemy furnace. If Miss Chu doesn’t want it, then we don’t have one.” Yuan Aruo smiled, “But how can you refine pills without an alchemy furnace?”
"A true alchemist doesn't need an alchemy furnace. I can beat you even with just a big cauldron." Chu Miao glanced at her calmly, but her words were extremely arrogant and ruthless.
Knowing that Yuan Aruo and Chu Miao were going to have a competition, almost everyone from the base came. When they heard Chu Miao's words, they were all amused and annoyed.
Although they didn't know how to refine pills, they did know that alchemists needed a furnace to refine pills.
They had never heard of anyone being able to refine something using a large pot.
Is she cooking?
Yuan Aruo also smiled.
She was curious to see how Chu Miao would refine pills using a large cauldron.
They speak without thinking, unafraid of offending themselves.
"Really? I've never seen anyone refine pills in a large cauldron before. I'd really like to see it for myself."
Just as Yuan Aruo finished speaking.
A voice rang out.
"Make way! Make way! Don't block the way, Master! I've brought you the most advanced and awesome alchemy furnace in history!"
Xiao Lang strode over in a flurry of activity, followed by a large truck with an incredibly luxurious alchemy furnace mounted on top of it!