"Boy, you think you can show off in front of me? Come back when you've achieved a 70% success rate."
Zhu Mingyuan sneered coldly, his eyes filled with disdain.
Alchemy was an intricate and delicate craft, and success rates were typically low.
For a first-rank alchemist refining a first-grade pill, the average success rate was only around 30%.
For a second-rank alchemist like Zhu Mingyuan, the success rate for a first-grade pill usually ranged between 50% and 60%.
Refining seven successful Body Tempering Pills from ten sets of materials was considered an impressive achievement. Zhu Mingyuan was confident that even if Jiang Chen was a first-rank alchemist, there was no way he could surpass a 70% success rate.
Jiang Chen ignored Zhu Mingyuan's taunts. He walked directly to the pill furnace and entered an alchemic trance.
[Ding! You have started refining the Body Tempering Pill. The system automatically activates a hundredfold success rate!]
The system's notification echoed in his mind as Jiang Chen skillfully began the process.
[Ding! You refined a first-grade Body Tempering Pill and gained 1000*100 experience!]
Ten minutes later, Jiang Chen completed his first pill.
"Unbelievable! This kid actually refined a Body Tempering Pill!"
"He's so young, yet he has the skills of a first-rank alchemist. He's a true prodigy!"
The onlookers were astonished.
Jiang Chen remained focused, refining one pill after another: the second, the third...
[Ding! You refined a first-grade Body Tempering Pill and gained 1000*100 experience!]
[Ding! You refined a first-grade Body Tempering Pill and gained 1000*100 experience!]
[...]
[Ding! You have been promoted to a fourth-rank alchemist!]
In just one hour, Jiang Chen finished using all ten sets of ingredients, producing ten perfect Body Tempering Pills! He had achieved a flawless 100% success rate.
"Oh my god! Ten pills from ten ingredients! Is this real?"
"His alchemical skills are astonishing. I can't believe this!"
The crowd was speechless, their eyes wide with shock.
"Su Lingxiang was right to recognize his potential."
Tang Sheng, equally stunned, whispered, "Jiang Chen's talent is extraordinary."
"No... Impossible! This is absolutely impossible!"
Zhu Mingyuan's face went pale, his voice trembling with disbelief. How could this kid, who didn't even have an alchemist badge, possess such an extraordinary success rate?
Ten ingredients, ten pills! Even many third-rank alchemists couldn't achieve a 100% success rate.
"There's nothing impossible in this world," Jiang Chen said calmly. "Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't."
He glanced at Zhu Mingyuan and smirked. "Sorry, but my success rate is 100%. You've lost."
"No... I'm a dignified second-rank advanced alchemist! How could I lose to a nobody like you?"
Zhu Mingyuan's face flushed with anger. "You just got lucky, that's all!"
"Enough!" Tang Sheng's expression darkened. "Alchemist Zhu, you're a second-rank advanced alchemist. Can't you accept defeat with dignity?"
He continued, "From today onward, Brother Jiang Chen will be the chief alchemist of Baodan Pavilion!"