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Chapter 260: Top Grade Pills
"Ahem, I carefully observed the two elixirs, and they indeed belong to the category of middle-grade elixirs, but the elixir refined by Jian Nantian is slightly better, so he is the No.1 in this alchemy ceremony." The emperor opened his eyes. Talking nonsense with squinting eyes, in a daze, he beat Lin Sakay's elixir to second-class.

Lin Sakai clenched his fists tightly, and let them go after a while. He didn't seem to care much about the result of this alchemy ceremony, but was very angry at Nangong Lingtian's opening his eyes and telling nonsense.

"Wait!" Seeing the old emperor hastily announced the result, Cheng Cheng couldn't help shouting.

"What's your dissatisfaction?" The eunuch asked transgressively with a finger on his orchid.

Cheng Cheng almost vomited out what he ate yesterday, and then he said, "I haven't checked the elixir I made, so how could I have given the order so hastily?"

"Hmph, I think the elixir you made is low-grade at most. What qualifications do you have to come out and make a fool of yourself?" Jian Nantian couldn't help but said, No. 1 must be him, and he will definitely take the Phoenix Princess, and he also pre-ordered the son-in-law With regard to the title, it feels like Cheng Sheng is just overthinking his abilities.

"Whether it's inferior or not, you have to test it and rank it." Regarding Jian Nantian's sarcasm, Cheng Cheng didn't take it to heart, and just regarded it as a dog barking.

Then the alchemist came to his table, picked up the jade bottle on the table, uncorked the cork and looked at it, and found that the inside was azure blue, like the blue sky and the ocean, he couldn't help being slightly startled, and then put the elixir out of the bottle. Poured out of the bottle and spread it in the palm of his hand, the surface of the pill body was smooth and shiny, as if wrapped in a circle of blue halo, everyone could see the dazzling light of the pill in his palm.

"Shangpin, it's top-rank, oh my god it's really top-rank!" The alchemist was trembling with excitement, and shouted loudly while spreading the Da Huan Pill in his hand.

"What, Top Grade!"

"Impossible, at such a young age, how can he refine a high-grade Great Return Pill?"

"Yes, absolutely impossible."

Apart from being shocked, the audience voices of disapproval kept coming one after another. Cheng Sheng was less than 20 years old, and it was inconceivable for everyone to be able to make it into the top ten. How could he make a top-grade fourth-grade elixir?

"I've tested the pills for decades, and they can't be wrong. They're top-grade!" Seeing that everyone didn't believe it, the alchemist showed it to a few people who were also alchemists next to him, and his tone was quite suspicious. excited.

"Are you old and confused?" Jian Nantian stared, furious. He was already angry enough for someone who could refine a middle-grade elixir, but another high-grade elixir appeared. Can he not be angry?
"I'm old, so don't be confused. This top-grade pill is worth a lot. If you don't believe me, you can verify it yourself." How can you not be angry when a kid is humiliated in front of everyone?At the same time, he is also a person who can read his face. The emperor obviously favored Jian Nantian on purpose, and even the chief eunuch was helping him intentionally or unintentionally when reporting the number, so he didn't dare to make too much publicity.

This tone was not expressive, and the alchemist resolutely asked Jian Nantian to test the alchemy by himself.

Undoubtedly, after seeing the elixir, Jian Nantian's face seemed to be smeared with pot ashes, and he didn't understand how Cheng Cheng roasted the elixir with an open fire, and there was no trace of burns at all. In his cognition, this is impossible, but the matter is in front of him, and he can't help but not believe it.

Lin Sakai, who was extremely depressed at first, had a smile on his face. Unexpectedly, Jian Nantian had exhausted all his scheming, and in the end it came to nothing. Isn't it a particularly big tragedy?

The emperor intends to take sides, but he can't distort the facts. The eyes of the masses are discerning, and the elixir refined by Cheng Cheng belongs to the top grade. Everyone can see clearly, so he can only announce with a dark face: "This alchemy competition , Cheng Cheng won the crown, and he is also the candidate for the country's son-in-law."

Just now, he had favored Jian Nantian once, but this time Nangong Lingtian was really helpless, if the emperor could change what he said casually, wouldn't all of this seem like a joke?How to convince the courtiers?Therefore, he resolutely made such a decision.

The queen frowned lightly, and pulled the emperor's dragon robe twice from behind, as if to convey some intention, Nangong Lingtian knocked her hand off, and then continued: "I'm hosting a banquet tonight, take care of yourself!" In honor of the ten rookies, I also hope that everyone can stay and have a cup of wedding wine. As I said just now, everyone who participated in the competition will have a reward, and I will send someone to send it to you in a while."

After saying some innocuous words and saving face enough, Nangong Lingtian made all the audience disperse, and then left with the queen.Nangong Yuling and the prince Nangong Zhanpeng also left.

"Humph" snorted heavily, and Jian Nantian walked away in a huff. I don't know what the meaning of his snort was, but it must have included Cheng Cheng's dissatisfaction with depriving him of his title of son-in-law, and the murderous aura burst out of his body .

"My son-in-law, congratulations." Lin Sakai stepped forward, cupped his fists and said congratulations, he was very happy, thinking of Jian Nantian's face like a pig's liver, he couldn't help laughing.

"Brother, how can you be so happy without becoming a son-in-law?" I always feel that Lin Sakai is a little familiar, but I can't tell where he is familiar. Seeing him coming forward to congratulate him, Cheng Cheng is naturally happy.

"Of course I'm happy, happy for my brother."

The more he looked at this kid, the more pleasing he was, Cheng Cheng couldn't help punching him, put his hands on his shoulders and followed the crowd, there was no one vying for the crown of son-in-law, and only Lin Sakai seemed like nothing happened However, other people are picky about him.So, he feels good about this kid.

Even if he didn't win the crown of son-in-law, Cheng Cheng still wanted to take Fenghuang, that is, Nangong Yuling, away. He realized that he really cared about this man-in-law. Seeing that she was going to become someone else's woman, he felt uncomfortable, that's why he was so angry just now. Desperately, he finally won the crown of son-in-law.

However, the performance of the eunuch and the emperor's old son made him really puzzled. Now, after connecting the details discovered before and after, he found that the emperor's old son and the eunuch were indeed favoring Jian Nantian.How could the emperor favor one of them?

Also, Jian Nantian, who struggled even to refine the third-grade elixir, could it be that his character broke out today?It's too abnormal to refine a fourth-grade elixir to produce a middle-grade one.

There must be some unknown secret in it, otherwise how could it be so weird?This was a matter between Jian Nantian and the old emperor, and he couldn't get any insight into it, so he had to take a step at a time. Anyway, this matter gave him a very weird feeling, and it was not just that simple.

"By the way, brother, did you know about my explosion just now?" Thinking of a small black stone stuffed into the cauldron furnace, Cheng Cheng asked abruptly. Bu Bian stared at Lin Sakae's reaction, if he did it, he would definitely feel guilty and feel unnatural for a moment.

"You know? What's the matter?" Turning to look at him, Lin Sakai asked suspiciously.

Being caught off guard and being able to maintain such a mentality without any flaws, unless Lin Sakae is an old fox, there is absolutely no such city.Cheng Cheng gave up his doubts about him, he thought it was impossible for him to do it.

If it wasn't Lin Sakai, who would be behind the scenes, and only for himself?Jian Nantian?Or the little boy in the black robe?Only these two people are the most suspected, because there are only three strong competitors.

When I got back to the embassy, ​​I didn't think of a reason. It was really foggy, and I couldn't find any clues at all, and I didn't bother to think about it anymore.

In the main hall of the splendid imperial palace, the queen stood in front of Nangong Lingtian and asked, "Your Majesty, do you really want to betroth the Phoenix to that kid?"

"This is something that the entire Wuli Empire knows. Can I go back on my word?" Nangong Lingtian was a little impatient with the Queen's question. How to establish prestige in front of courtiers?
"Tian'er has always liked Phoenix very much, how could he give up if he couldn't get Phoenix this time?" The queen is also surnamed Jian, she is the eldest daughter of the head of the Jian family, and Jian Nantian is his nephew, so she naturally wants to help Jian Nantian spoke.

"What's wrong with him to let it go? The alchemy ceremony was also his idea, and now he has lost to others, and he has to bear the consequences." Nangong Lingtian is not happy anymore. Does he want to see the emperor of Wuli Kingdom? A younger generation in the family has a face?He was given a chance, but he didn't get it himself.

"Anyway, I don't care, the emperor must settle this matter, Fenghuang must marry Tian'er." The queen sat down on the chair, playing with her temper.

Nangong Lingtian looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he pushed her back twice, and said in a rather flattering manner: "I am the king of a country? How can I not keep my word? Besides, it is because of the alchemy ceremony." , choosing No.1 as the son-in-law is something Nantian and Fenghuang agreed to, and they are willing, but now that things have come to this point, there is nothing I can do."

"Your Majesty, after all, Tian'er is your nephew, right? You don't help him, but you want to help that outsider, do you still have a conscience?"

"I also want to help? I have helped him once in the competition field. The Dahuan Dan made by that kid named Lin Sakai is better than the one made by Nantian. Don't I also like Nantian?" But what Cheng Cheng refined was a high-grade pill, which is obvious to all, so I can’t open my eyes and talk nonsense, right?” Nangong Lingtian explained aggrievedly that he had indeed helped Jian Nantian, and had always favored him , but who made him meet such a powerful opponent?Can't blame others.

(End of this chapter)