Please, Expel Me! I Need to Activate My Villain System! - Chapter 26:

Chapter 26: Nephew Qin! Please Be My Disciple!

The pill refining competition officially began!

According to the rules, both would refine the Grand Void Soul Condensation Pill using their own formulas. Victory would be judged based on the pill’s grade, the number of pill patterns, and the purity of its medicinal properties.

At the center of Jade Spring Peak’s plaza, two bronze pill furnaces stood tall.

“Qin Fan’s lost his mind! He dares challenge Senior Brother Ye in pill refining?”

“He’s blown up more than ten furnaces. What’s he gonna win with—wishful thinking?”

Whispers ran rampant below the stage.

No one had any faith in Qin Fan.

Ye Chen’s lips curved faintly, sneering inwardly, Trash, you’re digging your own grave.

With an aloof demeanor, he clasped his hands behind his back and said, “Junior Brother Qin, please.”

Qin Fan lazily scratched his ear, “No need to be so polite, Senior Brother. You go first!”

The competition officially began!

Ye Chen stood in white robes like snow, flicking his fingers toward the furnace. The ground fire roared to a height of three meters.

“My god! That’s a Profound-grade Flame Control Technique!” gasps echoed below.

He began tossing herbs into the furnace with fluid precision, and the fragrance instantly wafted across the square.

“As expected of Senior Brother! Hidden depths!” Bai Zhiruo’s eyes sparkled with admiration.

The other Senior Sisters also looked enchanted.

In contrast, over at Qin Fan’s side…

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He first knocked on the pill furnace, grinning, “Nice and sturdy.”

Immortal Yuquan’s beard shot up in fury, “Unfilial brat! If you dare blow up another furnace, I won’t let it slide!”

Qin Fan didn’t care at all.

After igniting the ground fire, he casually tossed all the required herbs into the furnace. Black smoke puffed out immediately.

“Hmph,” Ye Chen coldly snorted in his heart. Trash will always be trash.

With another flick of his finger, a strand of green pill fire elegantly danced through the air, drawing cheers from the girls watching.

“Show-off.” Qin Fan curled his lips and leisurely pulled out a spirit fruit to munch on.

The entire place fell into stunned silence.

Everyone else was refining pills with complete focus—and he was eating?

“Absurd! Completely absurd!” Immortal Yuquan’s blood pressure skyrocketed.

And then it got worse.

Qin Fan threw the fruit core into the furnace.

“Let’s add some flavor.”

Boom!

A refreshing fruity fragrance burst from the furnace.

Xia Qingyue, Su Meier, and the other girls twitched violently at the eyelids.

“Junior Brother Qin… is he throwing this on purpose?”

Aunt Xiao Hongling gently covered her mouth and laughed. “This little rascal is quite interesting.”

…

Soon came the flame control phase.

Ye Chen proudly split his pill fire into nine streams, twining like dragons and drawing waves of applause.

Qin Fan yawned, pulled out a tattered straw fan, and waved it at the furnace.

Whoosh!

The flame under his furnace leapt up wildly.

Pfff!

It almost extinguished—then he somehow fanned it back alive.

Everyone’s expressions froze.

Was this… pill refining?

From any angle, Qin Fan looked more like a kitchen fire stoker than an alchemist.

Then came the herb purification stage.

Ye Chen elegantly extracted more spirit herbs, skillfully purifying them. The aroma was so pure it made people swoon.

Qin Fan, meanwhile, had already dumped all his herbs in. Now he pulled out a spatula… and started stir-frying.

“This… this really is just cooking, huh?”

Everyone stared, jaws slack.

Time passed…

Then came the final and most critical step—pill formation.

Ye Chen’s face grew serious, all traces of his earlier composure gone.

But then—

His furnace trembled violently, web-like cracks forming across its surface.

“No! I clearly followed the formula…”

BOOM!!!

A deafening explosion burst forth.

Ye Chen was blown back, face blackened with soot, clutching a half-melted lump of herbal sludge.

The plaza fell into utter silence.

Senior Brother Ye Chen… actually caused a furnace explosion?

Bai Zhiruo’s eyes narrowed. So even Senior Brother blew up the furnace like me…

Meanwhile, Qin Fan’s furnace exuded an elegant aroma, faint dragon and tiger roars echoing from within…

As everyone stood in stunned disbelief, Qin Fan suddenly shouted, “It’s ready!”

With a slap of the furnace—

Nine golden lights shot into the sky, transforming into nine miniature golden dragons that soared and danced around the furnace.

“This… this is a pill refining phenomenon?! Nine Dragons Paying Tribute!!!”

Immortal Yuquan’s jaw dropped in shock.

Ye Chen, face charred and broken, screamed hysterically, “Impossible! How could that trash…”

Before he could finish, Qin Fan scooped out the pills with his spatula like he was serving food, and said, “Come, come—fresh out the furnace, still warm!”

Xia Qingyue’s gaze grew thoughtful. “So Junior Brother Qin’s previous furnace explosions were all a disguise…”

Su Meier, Leng Qingshuang, and the other girls stood frozen like statues.

Bai Zhiruo stared blankly for a moment, then suddenly dashed up to Qin Fan with burning eyes. “Junior Brother Qin! I wronged you!”

Qin Fan took three hurried steps back. “Please don’t! Third Senior Sister, I’d rather you keep hating me!”

“No!” Bai Zhiruo grabbed his sleeve, eyes sparkling with admiration. “Now I understand. You just wanted to attract my attention in a special way!”

Qin Fan: “???”

This woman’s narcissism is terrifying…

Just then, Su Meier rushed over and barked, “Bai Zhiruo! Have some shame! Stop harassing my Junior Brother Qin!”

Seeing the two Senior Sisters about to start fighting, Qin Fan had a flash of inspiration.

They’re all part of Ye Chen’s harem anyway. Since I’ve already made an enemy of the Child of Destiny, I might as well go all the way.

His eyes gleamed mischievously, and he suddenly gave a wicked smile. “My lovely Senior Sisters…”

He pulled Su Meier into his arm by the waist and gently lifted Bai Zhiruo’s chin with the other hand.

“Since you both like me so much… how about we discuss alchemy together tonight?”

Instant silence.

PFFFFT!

Immortal Yuquan, mid-sip of tea, spat it out on the spot.

That unfilial disciple… dared to flirt right in front of him?

And not just flirt—he hit on two girls at once?!

Ye Chen had just recovered slightly. Upon hearing that, he nearly fainted.

Su Meier’s cheeks flushed crimson as she stomped in embarrassment, “Wh-Who wants to discuss with you?!”

But Bai Zhiruo’s eyes were shining. “I’d love to discuss pill refining all night with you… How about we start now?”

“Wait!” Qin Fan suddenly panicked.

Damn it! I don’t even know real pill refining! My 3rd-grade Pill Master Trial Card already expired!

“I was just kidding!”

Xia Qingyue appeared behind him at some point, her voice cold. “Junior Brother Qin, seems like you’re having a lot of fun?”

Qin Fan broke out in cold sweat. “Second Senior Sister, let me explain—”

“No need.” Xia Qingyue turned around, her voice frosty. “Seems I’ve spoiled you too much.”

“Don’t be like that, Senior Sister! Love me again!”

Qin Fan kept spewing shameless lines, all to provoke Ye Chen.

PFFT!

On the side, Ye Chen finally coughed up blood in rage.

Those were his women!

Now they were all revolving around Qin Fan, that useless bastard.

Immortal Yuquan’s face twitched, his hand trembling as he pointed at Qin Fan. “You… you unfilial brat! Are you trying to drive your Senior Brother mad?!”

Right then, a system prompt rang out:

[Ding! Child of Destiny experiences blood stagnation. Luck Points Plundered: +5,000!]

Qin Fan stared at the system message and sighed. “Man, today’s Child of Destiny has such a fragile mind.”

Ye Chen had just gotten back to his feet—

Whoosh!

A beam of light streaked down from the sky.

Elder Luo suddenly flashed before Qin Fan and hugged his arm tightly.

“Nephew Qin! Please, I’m begging you—take me as your master!”