Before Chu Xiaotian's words could even settle, Pan Zheng slamd the table first. Rising abruptly, he glared angrily at Chu Xiaotian and said harshly, "How presumptuous! Chu Xiaotian, what do you think this place is? Do you have the right to say such things here? If you want to verify pills, why not test your own?"
With a similarly stern expression was the Valley Master of dicine King Valley, who said coldly, "Chu Xiaotian, as an alchemist, you should know that the cost of many elixir pills is unimaginably high! If entering the competition requires pill verification, every alchemist would have to bear costs of millions, tens of millions, or even billions!"
"Exactly!" Yu Xinghuo of the Thirty-two Skillful Hands also raised his eyebrows and said, "If every elixir pill in the competition required verification, to be used on patients to check its effects, such expenses aren't sothing everyone can afford. Attending a single Elixir Pill Conference might an a sect could go bankrupt!"
"If an ordinary person made such a suggestion, it could be excused as ignorance, but you, Chu Xiaotian, as an alchemist, don't understand this?" Another juror from the Thirty-two Skillful Hands yelled angrily, "Shen Qiang's elixir pills are divine grade. Not to ntion a divine pill that could defy heaven and change fate to cure cancer, even just a Pei Yuan Pill is worth about a billion. Chu Xiaotian, if you want verification, then you pay Shen Qiang's price and buy his pill, and then you can test all you like!"
Seeing all five judges furious, many cultivators who didn't initially understand, exploded after hearing their words.
"Yeah, my god, thinking about it, it's true. I've watched so many Elixir Pill Conferences, and I've never seen on-site pill verification. Shen Qiang's pills are divine grade and, combined with their ability to defy heaven and change fate, must be priced well over a billion. This Chu Xiaotian, wanting them for verification without paying, is utterly out of the question."
"Damn, even in business, there are costs. Such a pill's cost alone must be at least tens of millions, right? Is this Chu Xiaotian brain-damaged?"
"Ugh, Chu Xiaotian should change his na to Heaven's Fool!"
Amidst the clamor of the crowd, Chu Xiaotian, having resolved himself, arrogantly and coolly said, "I, Chu Xiaotian, broke the rules, and I apologize to everyone. However, what are elixir pills for? To cure illness and save people! If they can't be used to cure illness and save people, then what use are these pills?"
The crowd was stunned and then fell silent.
Pan Zheng was furious and said angrily, "dicine may not cure terminal illness, and Buddhas save only the destined. Chu Xiaotian! As a cultivator, don't you understand this principle? Birth, old age, sickness, and death are the human norm! Since you're so noble, so pure, why haven't I seen you give your Spiritual dicines to others?"
Chu Xiaotian fell silent, then rolled his eyes and said with a bitter tone, "I'm just an eliminated alchemist, what qualifications do I have to give elixir pills to others? But Shen Qiang, isn't he a divine grade alchemist? Isn't he an immortal? Then let him save people! If he won't save those dying, what qualifies him to be called a divine grade alchemist?"
"Enough!" The Valley Master of dicine King Valley said angrily, "Soone, get this Chu Xiaotian out of here!"
Hearing this, two highly cultivated cultivators appeared beside Chu Xiaotian in an instant. One of them said coldly, "Mr. Chu, please."
Many cultivators who witnessed this scene shook their heads helplessly.
"The most shaless thing in the world is moral coercion. This Chu Xiaotian, it's fine if his pills can't compare to Qin Yurou's, and no one would have said anything about his skill level. But now, among all the alchemists here, who doesn't know the value of Shen Qiang's pills?"
"If you practice martial arts, must you kill? If you have money, must you donate? If you have dicine, must you treat others for free? If you have a car, must you be on call at all tis? Such thinking, it's really childish and laughable to the extre."
"I always thought this Chu Xiaotian was a decent person, soone with great potential. Now, I suddenly feel like I was truly... blind before!"
But just as many cultivators were shaking their heads, Shen Qiang, sitting in front of the judges, suddenly turned around and said calmly, "Wait a mont."
Everyone was startled.
But just when everyone thought Shen Qiang was planning to humiliate Chu Xiaotian, they were shocked to hear.
"People speak of fate; if the patient you're referring to is here in dicine King Valley, then bring him over."
Hearing this, everyone was suddenly dumbfounded.
"Shen Qiang! The rules must not be broken!" Pan Zheng roared.
The Valley Master of dicine King Valley also said harshly, "Shen Qiang, you must not accompany him in this foolishness!"
Hearing the words of the two major figures, Shen Qiang smiled peacefully and said, "Don't worry, I know that even as a doctor, I can't treat everyone in the world. But I will do my utmost to do what I can."
Everyone was taken aback.
Chu Xiaotian laughed wildly and said, "Shen Qiang, don't pretend to be noble! Do you think the quality of your elixir pills is everything? I'm telling you, you're wrong! The sole purpose of an elixir pill is to cure! And records of cancer go back four thousand years, and in all these years, no one has ever been able to refine a pill that can effectively treat it— can you?"
Hearing this, everyone's heart trembled.
"Indeed, cancer is not an ordinary ailnt. Elixir pills are not omnipotent, and whether it can be treated well is still questionable!"
"Thinking deeper, if Shen Qiang's pills can treat cancer, then his power is not just in alchemy techniques; his dical skills must also be incredibly formidable!"
"Alchemists understand dical skills, but they're more like pharmacists. Typically, unless they're seniors or highly skilled, their dical skills might not necessarily be stronger than hospital doctors."
As the crowd was faintly worried, Shen Qiang, sitting there, coldly raised his eyebrow.
"Chu Xiaotian, what nonsense are you spouting? You said to verify the pill, and I never disagreed. Now I'm even letting you bring the patient, yet you've changed your tune to discuss whether my pills can treat? Do you have the right to say that?"
Chu Xiaotian gave a cold hum, "Alright then, this is sothing you're willingly doing, not breaking the rules."
Instantly, the crowd rolled their eyes.
Shen Qiang, however, laughed, "Bring the person up."
Chu Xiaotian imdiately gestured towards the outside.
Then, everyone saw two cultivators carrying a stretcher co in, and lying on the stretcher was a man at death's door, emaciated as a skeleton.
They brought him directly in front of the judging panel.
All five judges stood up and walked over to the man on the stretcher. After taking a look, Yu Xinghuo sighed, "It's too late; this man is already critically ill. With jaundice covering his body, it seems he can last no more than seven days."
The Valley Master of dicine King Valley sighed and, holding the man's hand on the stretcher, said, "I really did not expect that in just half a month, the illustrious Lord Chi Yan of the Cultivation World would beco so frail."
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