Chapter 4760 — What on Earth Does That Mean

Huo Yudie and the others exchanged glances, watching Wei Zhao with anxious faces. Fortunately, this time no dangerous arcs of lightning came crackling out—only Wei Zhao's reaction was rather strange. He had simply frozen in place, motionless.

"Wei Zhao?" Huo Yudie ventured cautiously, afraid he might be in danger again. But Wei Zhao paid her no heed, giving no response at all.

At that, Ning Xuefei and the others could not help growing nervous too. They exchanged a look and were about to rush over to see what was wrong when Wei Zhao finally raised his head, his expression as he looked at the women strangely inexplicable.

"How is it? How is it?" Shangguan Lan'er asked hastily.

"Well, I originally thought this batch of materials would be enough for at least one Thunder Profound Pill, and with some luck, two wasn't out of the question. But..." Wei Zhao's gaze came to rest at last on Huo Yudie, and he hesitated, swallowing back his words.

"Don't tell me it failed?" Huo Yudie's face went white at once. Still, this was what she had expected, so she forced a smile and said, "It's all right. If it failed, it failed. Actually, this is for the best—the Thunder Profound Vine has already been used up by me anyway, so Master won't have to go make that deal with Ren Zhongyuan."

Ning Xuefei and the others exchanged glances. That was easy enough to say, but this way Huo Yudie would surely incur heavy punishment from her master—this was no small matter, after all—and in the end Ren Zhongyuan might still get his way.

Wei Zhao shook his head, his expression unreadable, and instead asked, "Yudie, about what you said before—with this much Thunder Profound Vine, how many Thunder Profound Pills could Ren Zhongyuan's father guarantee to refine?"

"Four." Huo Yudie thought it over, then added, as if to console herself, "But that's only what Ren Zhongyuan himself said. Who knows whether he was talking nonsense—maybe they can't refine any at all. Maybe he just made it up to deceive people."

"Four? I don't know whether he was lying, but it's not impossible." Wei Zhao shook his head with a peculiar look. He reached into the Divine Farmer's Cauldron and pulled out a handful, and when he opened his palm, there lay several crystalline deep-blue pills, faint traces of lightning flickering within them.

Even if the women had never seen such a thing with their own eyes before, with such obvious characteristics how could they fail to understand? That was right—these were the legendary Thunder Profound Pills!

"Four?!" Huo Yudie took a careful look and was instantly dumbstruck—Wei Zhao had refined four Thunder Profound Pills in one go. That was a level only a top-tier seventh-grade alchemist could reach! With such skill, he could walk into any Yellow-Rank academy in the Eastern Continent and be its chief alchemist!

"Look again." Wei Zhao shook his head with a half-smile, then reached into the Divine Farmer's Cauldron with his other hand and pulled out another handful. When he opened it, Huo Yudie nearly fainted on the spot—four more!

Now even Ning Xuefei and Shangguan Lan'er were staring wide-eyed, speechless for a long while. From that tiny piece of Thunder Profound Vine, Huo Yudie had gotten eight Thunder Profound Pills at once—was this not a dream?!

Even for those top-tier seventh-grade alchemists, producing four at once was already extremely rare. But eight—double that amount—any fool could tell you it was simply impossible.

Yet no matter how unbelievable, the fact could not be changed: eight neat Thunder Profound Pills lay right before them, and there was no denying it!

Huo Yudie was utterly stunned. She rubbed her eyes desperately until the corners of her eyes twitched, and only then was she finally sure she was not seeing things. Dazed, she walked over to Wei Zhao's side and said, "Pinch me, will you? I want to see if I'm dreaming. It's been so long since I had such a vivid dream..."

"Don't worry, you're really not dreaming. This is real—eight Thunder Profound Pills!" Wei Zhao shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. In truth, he found it incredible himself. Out of his trust in Han Jingyi, he had been confident of success this time, but he had never imagined there would be this many.

After all, even though he had prepared more than enough materials beforehand, that would have been enough for four Thunder Profound Pills at most—because Ren Zhongyuan had boasted as much, he had subconsciously assumed the same. Never in his wildest dreams had he expected double the amount. Thinking about it now, Han Jingyi must have further optimized and improved the cauldron, which was what led to this unexpected overproduction!

And seeing Han Jingyi's ever-calm, ever-smiling face, Wei Zhao felt for a moment as if he were seeing that confident, capable woman Liu Jinghan again... But the next instant, Han Jingyi had reverted to her former adorably blank smile.

No wonder the whole refining process had been so full of strange disturbances, so heart-stoppingly tense—so it was all because she had prepared such a huge surprise for them!

Ning Xuefei and the others were cheering and jumping about nearby. Only then did Huo Yudie accept reality. She could not help saying, "How is your mortal world so incredible? To have such a wondrous alchemy artifact—it's simply heaven-defying! And that fool from before too—his divine weapons were terrifyingly powerful. It really overturns everything I know..."

"Who's the fool?" Han Jingyi cut in to ask.

"The fool is Kang Jingming. That's the nickname she gave him," Wei Zhao explained with a smile.

"Not at all! You're the one who gave him that nickname—you were the one who called him a fool. I didn't even know what 'fool' meant at first," Huo Yudie retorted, pouting, in excellent spirits.

"So now you know what it means?" Wei Zhao gave her a half-smiling glance.

"Huh?" Huo Yudie was taken aback, then asked weakly, "Oh, right—what exactly does 'fool' mean?"

At that, the women all doubled over with laughter. Most of the time, Huo Yudie played the role of the understanding elder sister before them, but when it came to anything from the mortal world, she was completely lost.

"It's not something you can explain in a sentence or two. Anyway, Kang Jingming is a classic fool—just take it that way." Wei Zhao laughed, then took out three Thunder Profound Pills and handed them to Huo Yudie. "There. These three Thunder Profound Pills should be enough to answer to your master. I'm sure she won't say anything more."

"Wonderful! Now I never have to put up with that horrid Ren Zhongyuan's scowls again. Wei Zhao, you're the best!" Overjoyed, Huo Yudie threw her arms around Wei Zhao on the spot—and only when she felt the teasing looks from Ning Xuefei and the others did she blush and awkwardly pull back. She was not an uninhibited girl; this had simply been a moment of sheer excitement.

Wei Zhao shrugged. To be honest, with a figure as stunning as Huo Yudie's, being hugged by her like that really did feel rather nice—he wouldn't mind a few more times. (To be continued)