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Chapter 949: Pill Rings
"You wouldn’t happen to know a thing or two about Pill Rings, would you?" Kent’s voice entered the Pill Emperor’s head, causing him to blink a couple of times before responding.
"Why did you ask?"
"Nothing too serious. I just want to find out how it will help me to win the duel."
The man raised his brow, unsure how to handle what Kent had just said. "Are you being serious? Pill Rings are something Pill Monarchs and higher dare talk about. What does a Pill Grandmaster know about Pill Rings?"
Kent smiled. "I don’t, so that was why I asked. Now, can you tell me a thing or two about Pill Rings?"
The Pill Emperor sighed.
"I don’t know much, mainly because I have no business learning about that yet. However, from what I know, Pill Rings are like a boost to the pill.
There are eight of them, to the best of my knowledge, with rumours even suggesting that there is a ninth ring. I only know of the first two rings, and that is thanks to witnessing a duel between two Pill Sovereigns.
The first is the Grey Ring, which, from its name, appears grey around the pill. Each ring comes in three qualities: Low, Medium, and High. A low-grade Grey Pill Ring on a pill will give it a 10% extra boost in purity.
The Medium Grey Pill Ring will give the pill a 30% boost, while the High Grey Pill Ring will give the pill a 50% boost.
The second is the Green Pill Ring.
That one is a step up from the grey pill ring. From what I know, a low-grade Green Pill Ring provides an 80% boost in purity, while a high-grade Green Pill Ring offers a 120% boost.
This means that if you manage to concoct a Tier 9 Pure pill, forming a high-grade green pill ring will increase the purity to 220%, which we both know will make the pill several times richer and more potent.
I don’t know why you ask, but know that Pill Rings are what determine the quality of pills in the Immortal Worlds.
Down here in the Supreme High Worlds, we only have the Purity levels since even Pill Sovereigns can boast their chest and say they can easily form Pill Rings."
Kent smiled behind his cauldron, knowing full well that if he managed to pull off the Pill Ring, not only would he be winning the duel, he would become an instant hit in the pill world.
Naturally, he was already looking forward to that.
If he had been recognised in the path of the sword in the future, then he wanted his name to spread too in the pill paths in the past.
’Nana said I can only form one Pill Ring at my current level. However, she said nothing about the grade I will be coming out with.’
Kent, who didn’t know if this was going to end well, considering he had yet to try the Pill Ring Refining Technique, sighed in his head and closed his eyes, sending a part of his consciousness into the Sword Mind space that had now turned into a Pill Room.
He started slow as he dived into the technique. He didn’t know what would happen, so he planned to get familiar with the technique before using it.
Naturally, before he came to the pill duel, he brushed through the technique, but because he wasn’t really looking forward to using it, he didn’t pay close attention.
He expected Pill Saint Flura to be of the standards of the Medium World since she was merely a replacement for the Pill Princess back in the Supreme Immortal Sect.
However, he was struck dumb when he saw what the Pill Saint could do. In a way, Kent underestimated her.
After thirty minutes, Kent became familiar with the technique.
’With the flame I am using, I will be able to form only a low-grade Grey Pill Ring,’ Kent said, looking at Pill Saint Flura, who was wrapping up her refining.
The onlookers were shocked by Kent’s display. However, since the Pill Saint was wrapping up, they knew the winner had been determined.
One of the winning factors is the time spent making their pill. If they both were to get the same pill purity, they would have to use the time taken to complete the refining to determine the winner.
"This kid has a great future."
"Indeed. He has proven to all of us that it doesn’t matter the ranking; provided you have the means, you can easily defy all odds."
"I will never forget today’s experience."
"Me too. It will be rooted in my mind, and years to come, if I am still living, I will tell today’s display by this kid to my great-grandchildren."
A few minutes later, Pill Saint Flura wrapped up and took out a pure white pill and placed it in a pill bottle.
She turned and looked at Kent, who was staring back at her with a smile on his face. Naturally, the gloating she planned on gloating was caught in her mouth. The smile on Kent’s face was like he had set a trap for her, and she fell for it.
This made her narrow her eyes at Kent’s cauldron. She saw the white pill in the cauldron, but despite knowing she also had the same pill, she couldn’t help feeling she had lost.
"I know what you are thinking," Kent said, slapping the side of his cauldron, causing the white pill in his cauldron to fly out.
However, instead of catching it and placing it into a pill bottle, he extended his hand and formed a ring of flame around it, causing it to hover in the air.
This stunned everyone, causing them to stand on their feet, including the Pill Sovereigns on the last floor of the pagoda.
"Why the hell do I have a smile on my face when I am clearly lagging behind in the time of completion?" Kent smiled, looking away from Pill Saint Flura.
On the stands, all those recording this duel channelled their energy into their recording crystal, allowing them to capture the audio much more clearly.
"The answer is simple, Pill Saint Flura. I am better than you, and deep down, you know that. You can feel it deep within you.
However, while you still think you have the upper hand, why don’t you ask yourself this important question? If the winning is determined using the purity or the time of completion, then why hasn’t he stopped refining his pill?" Kent laughed.
"I mean, one can’t go beyond 100%, right?" The look on the Pill Saint’s face changed. She could sense it, or more accurately, feel it; something wasn’t right.
"I mean, what could possibly make one gain purity more than 100%?" This time, the onlookers were also brought to the same thought processes as the Pill Saint.
One of them, a Pill King, blurted out what he was thinking. "The only way for a pill to surpass 100% purity is if you can form a Pill Ring. However, not even I have the means... Don’t tell me this kid thinks he can form a Pill Ring."
Kent, who heard him, turned toward him and smiled. Then he formed a hand seal, and the flame ring around the pill began to spin.
"No way," a Pill Emperor who came from the 7th floor muttered, looking at a faint grey ring slowly appearing around the pill.
"He is actually doing it."
With widened eyes and jaws hanging by a thread, Kent started to slowly form the Pill Ring.