"How is it? How is it?"
The Zhan family head repeatedly urged the cultivator who was examining a young man with inferior spiritual roots. Half an hour ago, the young man had signed a voluntary trial drug agreement and taken Bai Shengyi's pill.
Just then, the sound of the Sun family head's hearty laughter came from the other side.
"Everyone, look quickly! This person's spiritual root was originally a low-grade wood spiritual root, and now it has become a mid-grade wood spiritual root. Doesn't this prove the effectiveness of Master Mei's pill?"
The Sun family head had even more confidence in Mei Shuying, increasingly and energetically supporting the Mei family, congratulating the Mei family head while discussing matters of early cooperation with the Mei family.
The Tang family head sighed at his own delay and quickly stepped forward.
As the three were chatting animatedly, a gasp arose from the side.
"The results are out! Bai Shengyi's pill is real, and that beggar is now a cultivator with a high-grade water spiritual root!"
"If I remember correctly, this beggar didn't even count as having a low-grade spiritual root before. Is Bai Shengyi's pill that potent? The destiny of this beggar is about to change drastically from now on!"
This was truly a leap from hell to heaven in one fell swoop!
From a useless person who couldn't cultivate to a prodigy praised by everyone, Song Wenxi, who thought he would only be a beggar his entire life, stared with wide, disbelieving eyes.
Afterward, he immediately knelt before Bai Shengyi and swore, "The grace of a second life is greater than the heavens. I, Song Wenxi, am willing to follow you from now on, through mountains of blades and seas of fire, at your command."
A spiritual resonance passed, and the oath was sealed.
Qin Si looked at the young child before him, about ten years old, and his brow twitched involuntarily, but he still said nothing, only moving closer to Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi raised her eyebrows in surprise. Seeing the determination in the young man's eyes, she couldn't say much and instead said, "Get up, and first get used to the changes within your body."
Song Wenxi stood up and wanted to stand behind Bai Shengyi, but saw the man who had been by Bai Shengyi's side point to an empty space not far away.
"Go over there."
Bai Shengyi, not paying attention to their movements, said to Mo Shuxin, Feng Xunguang, and Zheng Wuxin, "Seniors, forgive my presumption, but I beg you to examine him again."
Bai Shengyi pointed to the young man who had taken Mei Shuying's pill.
Mo Shuxin immediately walked over. After a moment, her expression changed slightly, and then she realized with a sudden enlightenment, "So that's how it is! No wonder!"
Then it was Zheng Wuxin and Feng Xunguang's turn. After examining, they both detected the abnormality within the young man's body.
Yes, the spiritual root had indeed been purified, but this purification came at the cost of consuming life force.
"Mei Shuying's pill definitely has a problem. This is not a spiritual root purification pill," Feng Xunguang stated definitively. "And it's nothing like the pills from Wuyue City."
"Impossible!"
The Mei family head pushed aside the Tang family head and Sun family head in front of him and strode forward.
"Are you sure you're mistaken? Isn't he fine?" The Mei family head pointed at the cowering young man.
Just then, a commotion suddenly arose from the direction of the Mei family.
"Help! Lord Bai, please save me!"
A guard ran out from the Mei family, stumbling and kneeling before Bai Shengyi.
The guard kept kowtowing to Bai Shengyi, "Lord Bai! My spiritual root is truly ruined, please save me! I don't want to die, I'm only thirty years old..."
This was the first cultivator who had tested Mei Shuying's pill three days ago. His spiritual root, just as Bai Shengyi had said, had become even more turbid by the time the three days were up!
"Mei San! What are you causing such a fuss for, you disgraceful thing!"
The Mei family head had not yet grasped the seriousness of the situation and was still scolding his own guard. He didn't even notice Mei Shuying's trembling hands and gradually paling face.
It's over, there's really a problem.
To ensure the spiritual root purification pill was truly effective, more than one person had tested the drug for the Mei family. Due to the risks of testing the drug, the Mei family had promised to promote all those whose spiritual roots were purified to be personal attendants of the Mei family head, and they had also come to the Alchemy Competition.
With the first one having a problem, there would be a second, a third...
"Help! Miss Bai, Alchemist Bai, please help us!"
A total of seven guards ran out, tears streaming down their faces as they pleaded with Bai Shengyi for help. Because Bai Shengyi had accurately predicted the consequences of Mei Shuying's pill, these people had all, without exception, regarded Bai Shengyi as their last hope.
Mo Shuxin and Feng Xunguang stepped forward to examine the few, and both said, "It is indeed the side effects of the pill acting up, there's nothing that can be done."
"No! Impossible! How could this happen? Are you all targeting the Mei family?" The Mei family head swayed precariously, pointing at the guards and yelling, "The Mei family has never treated you poorly, why are you doing this?"
"Mei family head!"
A guard suddenly raised his head.
"The brothers tested the drug for Master Mei back then because the Mei family forced us. Our spiritual roots were of low grade, and if we didn't test, we would be expelled from the Mei family. The brothers do not resent the Mei family, but Mei family head, you cannot slander us either. We just want to live, is that wrong?"
The last five words made Bai Shengyi's heart stir.
She deeply understood the guard's feelings. Indeed, in this world where cultivation reigned supreme, it was too unfriendly to ordinary people and the weak.
Especially for those who had no choice from birth.
Bai Shengyi squatted down and said to the guard, "Give me your left hand."
"Young friend Bai, their meridians have already begun to be damaged," Feng Xunguang shook his head, advising against Bai Shengyi getting involved in this mess.
The Mei family's wrongdoing should be resolved by the Mei family themselves.
"I know what I'm doing," Bai Shengyi told Feng Xunguang, then carefully examined the guard's dantian and other areas, frowning. "I roughly understand your situation. I can only say that if you want to return to how you were before taking the pill, I only have a seventy percent chance. For survival, ninety percent."
"If you trust me, wait on the side, and I'll handle things first."
"Alright!"
As soon as Bai Shengyi finished speaking, the guard quickly agreed and led the others to the side.
With the guard's withdrawal, Mei Shuying and the Mei family head were completely exposed under everyone's gaze.
"Senior Mei, you probably don't know that when I was researching the spiritual root purification pill, to control the potent poison in the Purple Ginseng Ganoderma, the color of each grade of pill produced could not be the same."
Bai Shengyi smiled, but her gaze toward the two was chillingly cold.
"If you want to plagiarize my pill formula, you should at least come up with a pill that doesn't harm people!"
Bai Shengyi's words were like a fierce slap across Mei Shuying's face.
"I..." Mei Shuying opened his mouth, his previously smug face turning ashen.
The Mei family head, however, unyieldingly argued, "That just means Shuying was researching in the wrong direction..."
"Heh! He clearly wanted to usurp my original title!"
Bai Shengyi tore off this fig leaf without reservation, trampling the Mei family's reputation into the dirt.
"And still an irresponsible alchemist! Oh no, someone who treats human lives like grass is not fit to be an alchemist!"
Just as the Mei family head was about to say something else, a person waved their hand and shouted, "I can make the decision, it was Lord Bai who provided pills for the Song family auction house in Wuyue City!"
It was Song Yuan, who had rushed over.
"I'm sorry, the Mei family previously invited me to Meijian City for cooperation. I didn't expect such a thing to happen. As soon as I found out, I came immediately. I am truly sorry, Lord Bai."
It was visibly clear that Song Yuan was both respectful and grateful towards Bai Shengyi; such an expression couldn't be faked.
So now, the truth was out.
It was not Mei Shuying who had researched the spiritual root purification pill, but Bai Shengyi!
This was destined to be a day of shock and astonishment, and many people's jaws almost hit the ground.
Bai Shengyi!
She was less than twenty, still so young, yet she had independently researched a pill that could change the future of all cultivators on the continent. What extraordinary talent!
No one doubted that from this day forward, the name Bai Shengyi was destined to become renowned across the entire continent! It would even drive all alchemists on the continent into a frenzy!
And at this moment, facing the apologies of the Mei family head and Mei Shuying, this person lightly uttered a sentence.
"I do not accept your apology. And please remember, from now on, for any commercial dealings with the Mei family, our Qianxiao Peak will absolutely not provide spiritual root purification pills."