Second Uncle was left incredibly embarrassed by Ye Chen's actions.

  He hurriedly expined that he didn't mean it that way.

  Ye Chen remained silent and directly saluted the family head sitting at the top.

  "Grandfather, I want to join the Qingyun Sect!"

  Ye Chen's style was always like this, simple and direct.

  Years of experience in state-owned enterprises had taught Ye Chen that if you want something, you have to say it outright and strive for it.

  If you don't fight for it, no one will give it to you.

  Now that he had returned with great achievements, it was the perfect opportunity to ask for benefits, and he couldn't miss it.

  Second Uncle's expression changed, and he immediately looked at the family head.

  On the stage, the head of the Ye family, Ye Hong, looked at Ye Chen with a hint of affection: "Xiao Chen, you've suffered..."

  "But the rules were set before, and the quotas are distributed according to contributions. Grandpa can't py favorites. Otherwise, the family would have no rules."

  "Steward, how do the contributions of each disciple rank?"

  Hearing this, Second Uncle immediately smiled.

  According to contributions, his third son was secure.

  After all, he had personally helped his third son refine many pills to submit.

  Sure enough, the steward spoke up: "The third young master of the second branch, Ye Feng, ranks first..."

  "The third young master can already refine medium-grade Essence Cultivation Pills."

  "He has brought considerable benefits to our Ye family."

  Hearing this, the family head nodded in satisfaction and looked at Ye Chen: "Xiao Chen, Feng'er's talent in alchemy is evidently better. If he can enter the Qingyun Sect to cultivate, he might become a top-grade alchemist, or even break through to the second grade."

  "This is all for the family."

  Hearing this, Ye Chen sneered inwardly.

  In his memory, this family head grandfather was always biased towards Second Uncle.

  He sent Second Uncle to learn alchemy.

  His father, who had the best cultivation talent, had to start dealing with family affairs early on.

  Second Uncle's children were in prosperous pces.

  He himself was sent to the desote Silver Moon Market.

  Such favoritism was all too common.

  Ye Chen lowered his head: "Grandfather is right..."

  "But my father's greatest wish when he was alive was for me to enter the Qingyun Sect."

  "Now that my father is dead, if I lose this opportunity to enter the Qingyun Sect, wouldn't it mean my father died with regrets?"

  "So I must fight for this quota."

  "When I was at the Silver Moon Market, to improve my alchemy skills and contribute better to the family, I sold the magic artifact my father left me and learned alchemy from the alchemists at Qingyun Workshop."

  "Now my alchemy skills have improved by leaps and bounds."

  "I ask grandfather to give me a chance!"

  Ye Chen dared to defy him?

  This made the head of the Ye family displeased.

  But Ye Chen's father had indeed just died, and Ye Chen had returned with great merit, enduring hardships.

  If he didn't satisfy this small request, wouldn't it seem too heartless?

  The head of the Ye family gnced at his second son.

  Seeing that his second son had no objections, he nodded directly: "In that case, I'll give you a chance."

  "Bring the alchemy furnace, and let Ye Feng and Ye Chen have a competition."

  "Let's refine the Essence Cultivation Pill."

  Upon hearing this, Ye Feng immediately stepped forward and saluted.

  He looked at Ye Chen, his face full of confident smiles.

  He was well aware of Ye Chen's talent and skill in alchemy.

  What could he possibly use to compete with him?

  It was simply asking for humiliation.

  The Ye family servants quickly brought the alchemy furnace, but there was only one.

  "Seventh brother, let me go first, you can watch and learn..."

  Ye Feng said with a smile.

  However, Ye Chen shook his head: "Let me go first, it'll save time..."

  Ye Feng and his father, Ye Tianhai, were amused by this.

  Blowing up the furnace faster, right?

  That indeed saves time.

  At least you have some self-awareness.

  They didn't mind Ye Chen making a fool of himself.

  Ye Chen then sat cross-legged, tossed a low-grade Spirit Stone into the furnace, ignited the fme, and began refining.

  Initially, the cn members didn't have high hopes for Ye Chen.

  After all, Ye Feng was Ye Tianhai's son.

  And Ye Tianhai was the only alchemist in the family who could refine top-grade first-tier pills.

  He must have given his son plenty of private lessons.

  What could Ye Chen use to compete with him?

  But as Ye Chen began refining, the expressions of the cn members subtly changed.

  It was because Ye Chen's movements were too skilled.

  They were smooth and seamless, as if he had refined the Essence Cultivation Pill countless times, everything was second nature to him.

  Ye Tianhai and his son's expressions shifted from initial indifference to seriousness.

  Experts see the essence, while ymen watch the show.

  Ye Tianhai could easily see that Ye Chen had mastered the timing of the fire, the addition of ingredients, and the fusion of the liquid perfectly.

  There wasn't a single fw.

  But how was this possible?

  Ye Chen couldn't even distinguish the ingredients before.

  He had only been at the Silver Moon Market for less than two years.

  How could he have improved so drastically?

  At this moment, Ye Tianhai regretted agreeing to Ye Chen's request earlier.

  But now it was too te.

  After an hour passed.

  Under the gaze of all the cn members.

  Ye Chen confidently stood up and opened the furnace...

  As the furnace opened, the entire hall was filled with the rich aroma of pills.

  All the cn members were instantly captivated.

  Most people had consumed Essence Cultivation Pills.

  But they had never encountered such a rich aroma.

  Ten perfectly round pills flew out of the furnace and nded in Ye Chen's hands.

  Ye Chen held them up with both hands: "Grandfather, I have finished refining..."

  "Ten supreme-grade Essence Cultivation Pills."

  Supreme-grade Essence Cultivation Pills?

  As Ye Chen's words fell, the hall, which had been particurly quiet due to the presence of the family head, erupted in an uproar.

  Top-grade pills were merely expensive, but they could be bought with money.

  But supreme-grade pills were truly rare.

  Supreme-grade pills had no residue and wouldn't cause any pill toxins when consumed.

  There were very few alchemists capable of refining supreme-grade pills.

  It was said that only the top-tier families or the personal disciples of major sects could consume supreme-grade pills from a young age.

  And Ye Chen had actually refined supreme-grade pills?

  This was unbelievable.

  Even Ye Tianhai couldn't refine supreme-grade pills.

  Could Ye Chen's current alchemy skills be higher than Ye Tianhai's?

  In any case, the entire hall was in an uproar.

  The head of the Ye family looked at the pills in Ye Chen's hands, unable to hide his surprise.

  As for Ye Tianhai and his son Ye Feng, they were utterly shocked.

  Ye Chen had even refined supreme-grade Essence Cultivation Pills.

  How could they compete with that?

  Realizing that the Qingyun Sect quota they had in hand was slipping away, Ye Feng couldn't help but loudly question: "This is impossible!"

  "When we learned alchemy together, you had the worst comprehension."

  "Even my father can't refine supreme-grade Essence Cultivation Pills, how could you?"

  "This is definitely suspicious."

  Facing Ye Feng's doubts, Ye Chen smiled: "When I was learning alchemy with Second Uncle, there were indeed many things I didn't understand, I was muddled..."

  "But for some reason, after taking a few lessons with the alchemists at Qingyun Workshop in Silver Moon Market, it was like a light bulb went off in my head, and everything I couldn't figure out before suddenly made sense."

  "I could learn what I couldn't before, and my progress was rapid."

  "But it's definitely not because Second Uncle didn't teach me well, it's just that the teaching methods of the Qingyun Workshop alchemists suited me better..."

  "I guess I was lucky to discover my talent."

  Ye Chen's expnation made the cn members' expressions subtly change.

  Ye Chen said he didn't mean it.

  But he was clearly implying that Ye Tianhai was a poor teacher, leading him astray.

  As for Ye Tianhai himself, he was almost exploding with anger.

  His hand under his sleeve couldn't help but tremble...

  CPDD