Chapter 374: The First to Refine a Pill!

  "Liu Ling, that kid, his pill fire is quite powerful! His refining speed is something even you few might struggle to match!" Fa Ma, Liu Ling's progress from the stage, remarked softly to the vice president standing beside him.

  "Master Fa Ma, indeed, our speed in refining medial ingredients is not as fast as Liu Ling’s. It seems Alchemy King Gu He’s skills in teag his disciples are truly impressive!" Upon hearing Fa Ma’s ent, the two vice presidents standing nearby spoke with a hint of embarrassment.

  Initially, Fa Ma was somewhat impressed by Liu Ling's speed, but whewo began praising Alchemy King Gu He, his expression subtly ged.

  "There's o belittle yourselves. Speed in refining ingredients is important, but it’s not the most crucial factor. The true skill lies in perfectly fusing the refined materials—that’s the real test!" Fa Ma said sternly.

  "Yes, Master, we were too shallow in our uanding!" The two vice presidents, feeling even more ashamed, bowed to Fa Ma once again.

  "Alright, let’s tig."

  After saying this, Fa Ma turned his attention back to Liu Ling.

  At that moment, not far from Liu Ling’s ptform, the cauldron on another testant's stoform, uo withstand the increasi, suddenly exploded. With the explosion, the pill being refined inside was ruined, and a harsh red light fshed—signaling failure.

  The alchemist whose hair was scorched bd face disfigured from the bst stood dumbfounded, staring at the fshing red light. After a moment, he cursed under his breath, stomped off the ptform, and walked out of the square, biting his lip as tless eyes followed him.

  "Puy!"

  Watg this se, Xiao Yan couldn’t help but feel a hint of schadenfreude.

  But after a brief smile, his curiosity got the better of him, and he looked toward Liu Ling’s ptform once again.

  To his surprise, he saw that Liu Ling had already begun fusing the refined ingredients. Even more shogly, Liu Ling was attempting to fuse all six ingredients simultaneously—a method far more difficult than the usual approach.

  "There's still so much time left; why is he taking such a risky approach? If he fails, all his efforts will be for nothing!" Xiao Yan muttered to himself. The moment, he quickly shook his head, refocused his thoughts, and stopped paying attention to Liu Ling. Instead, he cautiously added one ingredient after ao his cauldron, patiently experimenting to refine each to its optimal purity. After seeing the earlier testant fail, Xiao Yan became even more careful.

  As time slowly passed, the vast square was itently illuminated by fshes of red light. One by one, alchemists, their faces pale or flushed with anger, left the ptform, dejected. Uhe pitiful gazes of the audiehey relutly exited the arena, their hearts heavy with disappoi and frustration.

  Despite the difficulty of the test, it was clear that many talented alchemists had gathered for this petition. Aside from those who failed due to various reasons, at least half of the testants, like Xiao Yan, were still steadily testing the purity of the ingredients.

  When the giant hss on the wall had emptied nearly halfway, Xiao Yan finally pleted his experiments with the ingredients’ purity. Aside from actally burning two herbs during the process, his results were quite satisfactory.

  The step was to begin fusing the refined ingredients and form the Bone-Growth Pill.

  This stage was even more delicate and plex than the refining process. A moment of distra could lead to the plete destru of the ingredients. If the ingredients were exhausted, it would mean failure for Xiao Yan as well.

  g!

  At that moment, a crisp sound echoed across the square.

  Over at Liu Ling’s ptform, the lid of his cauldron tly lifted, and a perfectly round pill shot out, caught swiftly in his hand.

  The first pill of the petition had been successfully refined by Liu Ling.

  Upon witnessing this, the crowd iands could no longer tain themselves. Despite attempts to maintain order, many broke into appuse.

  "As expected of Alchemy King Gu He's disciple, amazing!"

  "Everyone else is still refining their ingredients, and he’s already pleted the pill. He’s truly far ahead of the others!"

  After Liu Ling successfully refihe pill, Fa Ma's expression became somewhat serious. Not long before, he had used Liu Ling as an example to "teach" the people around him, but reality had quickly tradicted him.

  In the VIP se, several people who had initially been very optimistic about Xiao Yan had already shifted their full attention to Liu Ling.

  "To think that this disciple of Alchemy King Gu He has such a profound uanding and terrifying speed in pill refining!" Princess Yao Ye thought to herself in surprise.

  "As expected of my senior brother, his skills in alchemy have truly been passed down from our master!"

  In the er, Xiao Yi Xian, who had just finished fusing two medial ingredients, goward Liu Ling’s ptform, a bright smile f at the er of her lips.

  "What? He actually mao successfully fuse six ingredients at once!"

  Boom!

  Upon realizing that Liu Ling had already succeeded in refining the pill, Xiao Yan’s expression drastically ged. The moment, a low, muffled sound came from his cauldron.

  Ihe cauldron, the pill fire surged violently, and a dull sound resonated from within. The two ingredients that Xiao Yan had been fusing for the better part of the process instantly turned into bck ash. With the materials reduced to ashes, the pill fire ihe cauldron also quietly extinguished.

  This ued event caused the expressions of Nan Jie, Princess Yao Ye, and Jia Xingtian in the VIP se to darken. They had high hopes for Xiao Yan, but none of them had anticipated such a mishap.

  "No, I ’t let him affect me!"

  Seeing this, Xiao Yan, feeling frustrated, spped his forehead in annoyance.

  Afterward, Xiao Yan began to recall the refining process in his mind.

  "Although the fusion failed, I’ve already grasped most of the details. This time, I ’t make any more mistakes!"

  Xiao Yan quickly picked up the final batedial ingredients and began refining again.

  Meanwhile, the sands in the giant hss oage were rapidly flowing down.

  g!

  Following Liu Ling’s success, another crisp sound rang out. From a er, Xiao Yi Xian waved her hand, and a pill shot out from her cauldron.

  As Xiao Yi Xian became the sed person to successfully refihe pill, many eyes immediately turoward her.

  "Who is that? How could they refihe exam pill so quickly?"

  "Why is she participating in the Alchemist ference while wearing a bck robe, making herself so mysterious?"

  Many people began to specute about the identity of the mysterious bck-robed figure.

  At that moment, Fa Ma furrowed his brows deeply. Even with his powerful soul perception, he couldn’t detect the slightest trace of aura from beh that bck robe.

  (End of Chapter)

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