He remained calm and composed, finishing the last stages of his Colorful Chrysanthemum Pill.
Seeing this, Tao Wen breathed a sigh of relief.
Her younger brother, usually so restless, had indeed grown significantly in the past decade.
He already had a hint of the temperant of a seasoned leader, one who could remain unruffled even if a mountain like Taishan were to collapse before him or if deer were to frolic around him with gay abandon!
"He should succeed, right?"
She whispered to herself.
...
Under everyone’s anticipatory gaze, Tao Yisheng released the last Spiritual Secret.
The Earth Fire subsided, causing the Bronze Tripod to tremble slightly.
A fragrance that was a mixture of chrysanthemum and orchid wafted in the air.
"Did he succeed?"
"No!"
"There’s a hint of burnt sll!"
"This is..."
The initially joyous Tao Yisheng, when he obtained those three pills of only green and yellow color, had a look of disappointnt visibly etched on his face.
Just then.
Tao Daonan’s voice resonated in perfect ti.
"Presenting green and yellow, falling short of three colors, this pill is incomplete, a Waste Pill!"
Almost at the sa ti.
Tao Wen swiftly turned her beautiful, sparkling eyes towards Luo Chen.
The latter shrugged, spreading his hands outward.
He made a gesture that seed to say, "even though I guessed right, it’s not my problem".
Tao Wen nodded and looked away.
Just as she had predicted before, he failed.
However, there are degrees to failure!
She fixed her gaze on Tao Daonan.
"Tao Yichen’s pill refinent ended in a total collapse, not even reaching the pill’s final stage of formation."
"Even though Yisheng also failed, he refined a Second Order Colorful Chrysanthemum Pill, making his Pill Refinent Technique far superior to his."
"The result is clear, the position of Family Head, Clan Chief should make a decision now, shouldn’t he!"
Most people present.
Including many of the Foundation Establishnt True Cultivators on Tao Daonan’s side, nodded subconsciously.
Indeed, the superiority between their pill refinent techniques had been decided!
So, about the position of the Family Head...
To everyone’s surprise!
"Hahaha!"
A burst of aged laughter echoed, leaving the crowd astonished.
Tao Daonan pointed to the Waste Pill in Tao Yisheng’s hand and said, "If a journey of a hundred miles is considered, ninety is only half the journey! If you haven’t reached the destination, what difference does it make from just getting started?"
"That’s not quite accurate", Tao Wen squinted her eyes.
Tao Daonan shook his head, "Then how should it be said? If you take these three Waste Pills and Yichen’s shapeless scrap, and sell them to others, can you sell them for more Spirit Stones just because you were closer to success?"
"No, they are both worthless!"
"A Waste Pill, is a Waste Pill!"
The mont these words resonated, the crowd was unsurprisingly shocked.
But at the sa ti, they couldn’t find anything wrong with it.
No one is willing to part with their hard-earned Spirit Stones to buy your Waste Pill just because your pill refinent skills are higher.
Thus, strictly according to the final output, both Tao Yisheng and Tao Yichen failed.
How can there be a question of who is superior or average!
A large number of people agreed with this rationale.
This even included Luo Chen.
When he was refining the Jade Marrow Pill, he failed countless tis, and the quantity of Jade Marrow Waste Beads he accumulated reached thousands.
But no one was willing to pay a high price for those defective products.
On stage, Tao Yisheng’s face had also turned sowhat pale.
He couldn’t accept this outco, and neither could Tao Wen.
"In my opinion!"
Tao Daonan continued to speak.
"Yisheng is really too young. This position of the Family Head should still go to Yichen, who is experienced and prudent."
Tao Yichen is his own grandson!
Him holding the position of Family head is equivalent to Tao Daonan himself controlling the family. There’s no difference at all.
Tao Wen snorted faintly and looked at Tao Yisheng, speaking slowly, "Since you believe that there’s no difference between a success or a failure, then why not continue the refinent? We should have a conclusion today."
"I don’t think that’s necessary!" Tao Daonan frowned.
"Yes, it’s very necessary!" Tao Wen scanned the crowd and said categorically, "Do you want to hear that our Xiao Nanshan Tao Family’s new Family Head was selected from two failures?"
A failure picked from two failures?
Isn’t that still a failure!
Under Tao Wen’s serious gaze, no one could imdiately refute her.
Or rather, the Foundation Establishnt True Cultivators on her side didn’t want to refute her at all.
They unanimously voiced their support for the continuation of the pill refinent competition.
Even Tao Daonan’s side couldn’t find a reason to oppose.
The Clan Chief and Family Head are different.
The forr is responsible for rituals, bloodline inheritance, respecting hierarchies and so on. It is usually an elder with high prestige in the family who takes up this post.
But the latter is responsible for all internal and external affairs, big or small.
What is needed, is a young, promising, and strong representation.
They represent the face of the entire family!
They’re even considered to be the representative of a declining or flourishing major family!
This kind of status can’t afford to have the stain of "failure" from the start.
Seeing that everyone held no objection.
Tao Wen abruptly turned her head, "Did everyone get enough rest!"
"Continue to refine the pill!"
"Don’t stop until you refine the Colorful Chrysanthemum Pill."
"Whoever refines it will beco the new head of my Xiao Nanshan Tao Family!"
Without a second thought.
Tao Yisheng naturally began to direct dicine Disciples to prepare new materials for him, and asked the Fire Worker to clear the Earth Fire Passage, and also asked the Cleaning Cultivator to cleanse the Bronze Tripod that was dirtied by the previous pill refinent.
He was an expert at these tasks, as if he had experienced such a situation countless tis before.
All of this practice was a result of the past year when he had been assigned by Luo Chen to the Luo Tian Creed for hard labor.
On the other side, Tao Yichen also forced himself to lift his spirits and start similar work.
Before long.
Earth Fire reignited!
Pill refinent resud!
Only at this mont, the atmosphere that had been tense due to their confrontations gradually eased down.
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