“Old Monkey, look quickly.”
Elder Sheep pointed towards the door of the room and called out.
Elder Monkey followed the direction of Elder Sheep’s finger and saw Ye Qiu dressed in white robes, standing at the doorway, bathed in sunlight, looking elegant and extraordinarily handsome.
“No wonder the Lord wants him to stay longer among the demon clan. He really has an impressive appearance.”
Elder Monkey looked envious, then seemed to think of something and suddenly stood up. “Isn’t he supposed to be looking at the pill formulas? Why has he come out?”
Elder Sheep said, “Perhaps it is too stuffy inside, and he came out for some fresh air?”
Elder Monkey snorted coldly. “Hmph, he has only been looking for one night and already comes out for air. This kid has no patience at all.”
At that moment, Ye Qiu stretched lazily, turned his head, and noticed that Elder Monkey and Elder Sheep were both staring at him.
Ye Qiu walked over with a smile and greeted them.
“Good morning, you two Elders!”
Elder Sheep smiled and said, “Brother Ye, is the air in our demon clan acceptable?”
Ye Qiu replied, “There is no smog, no sandstorms. The air quality is much better than in the mortal world.”
Elder Sheep said, “There are simply too many of those pill formulas. If you are tired from looking, come out to breathe some fresh air. Combining work and rest will make you twice as effective with half the effort.”
Elder Monkey snorted coldly. “What combining work and rest? I think he just wants to slack off.”
“Ye Changsheng, remember, you only have ten days.”
“Yesterday has already passed one day, so you have only nine days left.”
Elder Sheep quickly said, “Elder Monkey, Brother Ye only started looking at the pill formulas yesterday afternoon. It is not fair to count a full day for him.”
Elder Monkey said, “This is my territory. If I say it is fair, it is fair.”
Elder Sheep said, “Are you not making things difficult for Brother Ye?”
“Mind your own business.” Elder Monkey then said to Ye Qiu, “Ye Changsheng, if you feel you cannot do it, you can admit defeat now.”
Ye Qiu smiled faintly. “The word ‘surrender’ has never existed in my dictionary.”
What on earth is a dictionary?
Although Elder Monkey did not know what a dictionary was, he understood Ye Qiu’s meaning.
“If you refuse to surrender, then hurry back to look at the pill formulas. I simply do not believe you can memorise one hundred thousand pill formulas in ten days.” Elder Monkey shouted.
To his surprise, Ye Qiu stood still and did not move.
“After spending one night, I think you are right, Elder Monkey. For an ordinary person, memorising one hundred thousand pill formulas in ten days is indeed extremely difficult…”
Ye Qiu changed his tone and grinned. “But I am not an ordinary person.”
“What do you mean?” Elder Monkey sneered coldly. “Do you mean to say you can memorise one hundred thousand pill formulas in ten days?”
Ye Qiu said, “To be honest, I have already memorised all the pill formulas.”
“What did you say?” Elder Monkey was first shocked, then furious. “Ye Changsheng, how dare you mock this Elder? Are you tired of living?”
Ye Qiu countered, “Elder Monkey, I do not understand your words. How have I mocked you?”
Elder Monkey said, “Those are one hundred thousand pill formulas!”
“This Elder took a full ten years to memorise them all.”
“You now tell me that you memorised them all in just one night. If this is not mocking me, what is it?”
“Elder Sheep, do you believe it?”
Elder Sheep did not believe it either, but seeing Ye Qiu’s smiling face, his heart skipped a beat. He exclaimed in shock, “Brother Ye, could it be that you really have memorised them all?”
Ye Qiu smiled and said, “Elder Monkey, do not be angry at my words.”
“Just because you could not do something does not mean I cannot.”
“For example, identifying spiritual herbs. There were only thirty-four thousand kinds, and you took a full three years, but I only needed two hours.”
“One hundred thousand pill formulas took you ten years to memorise, and I only needed one night. I think that is quite normal.”
How is this anywhere near normal?
I understand now. This kid is looking down on my talent.
Hmph, if my talent were poor, how could I possibly become a heaven-grade alchemist?
“Kid, you actually dare to look down on this Elder’s alchemy talent. This is outrageous.”
“I tell you, this Elder is a once-in-a-million alchemy genius of the demon clan.”
“You have memorised them all, have you? Fine, I will test you right now.”
“If you fail to answer even one, or make a single mistake, not only must you return all the spiritual herbs to me, I will also give you a beating.”
Having said that, Elder Monkey stormed angrily towards the room.
Ye Qiu prepared to follow, but Elder Sheep grabbed him.
“Brother Ye, Old Monkey is angry. Be careful later.”
“If things go wrong, hide behind me.”
“With me protecting you, Old Monkey will not do anything to you.”
“Thank you, Elder Sheep.” Ye Qiu thanked him and quickly caught up with Elder Monkey.
Elder Sheep also followed into the room.
Elder Monkey entered the room, casually picked up a pill formula, and said, “Bone-Regenerating Blood-Fusing Pill.”
Ye Qiu quickly answered, “The Bone-Regenerating Blood-Fusing Pill is a high-grade yellow-level pill. It requires three spiritual herbs: Blood Essence Demon Fruit, Ten-Thousand-Year Green Spirit Vine, and Snow Bone Ginseng. The refinement steps are…”
Ye Qiu finished his answer, completely correct.
Elder Monkey picked up another pill formula and said, “Azure Spirit Pill.”
Ye Qiu answered, “The Azure Spirit Pill is a low-grade yellow-level spiritual pill. It requires four spiritual herbs: Azure Rock Grass, Black Heavenly Hemp, Ten-Thousand-Year Azure Spirit Mushroom, and Thousand-Year Stalactite. The refinement steps are…”
Still no mistakes.
Elder Monkey continued walking deeper into the room, taking out pill formulas to ask, and Ye Qiu’s answers remained error-free.
“Could this kid really have memorised them all? Impossible.”
Elder Monkey picked up a pill formula and said, “Heavenly Soul Blood-Fusing Pill.”
Ye Qiu answered, “The Heavenly Soul Blood-Fusing Pill is a mid-grade earth-level spiritual pill. The required spiritual herbs and steps are extremely complicated, needing approximately seventy-nine spiritual herbs, namely Ten-Thousand-Year Dragon Blood Mushroom, Bone Spirit Fruit, Profound Heaven Azure Vine, Thousand Spirit Grass, Night Spirit Liquid…”
Ye Qiu’s answer matched the formula content word for word.
“I refuse to believe that in just one night, he could memorise all the pill formulas here.”
Elder Monkey refused to give up and continued testing Ye Qiu.
He asked over a thousand times in a row.
Ye Qiu answered fluently, without the slightest error.
Sweat appeared on Elder Monkey’s forehead, but he still refused to give up, even as his mouth grew dry, he continued the test.
The one thousand five hundredth question.
Ye Qiu answered correctly.
The two thousandth question.
Ye Qiu answered correctly.
The three thousandth question.
Ye Qiu answered correctly.
The four thousandth, five thousandth, six thousandth…
Ten thousandth, twenty thousandth, thirty thousandth…
Ye Qiu’s answers were completely correct!
Elder Monkey stared in stunned disbelief, his eyes showing incredulity. Not a single one wrong. Ye Changsheng had memorised them all.
“This… how is this possible!”
“He only used one night!”
“Bloody hell, is he still human?”
“He is simply a monster!”
Having answered so many times, Ye Qiu’s throat was almost smoking. He asked, “Elder Monkey, do you want to continue?”
“No need.” Elder Monkey snorted coldly and turned to leave.
“Wait.” Elder Sheep quickly spoke up. “Old Monkey, you lost the bet. Hurry and give the pill to Brother Ye.”
Elder Monkey said, “I did not bring the pill with me.”
Elder Sheep said, “Where did you put the pill? I will help you fetch it.”
“Shut your mouth! The bet was between me and Ye Changsheng. What business is it of yours?” Elder Monkey was so angry his eyes blazed.
Elder Sheep said, “I am the witness, and you invited me to be one.”
Elder Monkey: “…”
Ye Qiu smiled and said, “Elder Sheep, Elder Monkey is one of the top ten elders of the demon clan, highly respected and prestigious. A senior of such status will certainly give me the pill, otherwise where would he put his face if word got out!”
“Right, Elder Monkey?”
Elder Monkey was so furious he nearly had a stroke.
“Hmph, a bet is a bet. This Elder keeps his word.”
Elder Monkey took out a wooden box, threw it to Ye Qiu, and turned to leave.
Ye Qiu caught the wooden box, looked at Elder Monkey’s retreating back, and shouted loudly with a brilliant smile.
“Elder Monkey, thank you.”
“Yesterday you gave me so many spiritual herbs, and today you give me a heaven-grade spiritual pill. You are too generous. It makes me feel embarrassed.”
“I have decided. I will definitely be friends with you.”
“In the future, I must bet with you a few more times.”
Bet again?
I think you just want to rob me.
Elder Monkey was so angry his vision spun with stars. In a moment of carelessness, his forehead “bang” slammed into the door, drawing blood.
