After Feng Zhenqiu left, a middle-aged woman walked to the centre of the round altar and bowed to the crowd before saying, "I am Heaven Seeking Palace Pill Pagoda's Ming Ning. I will be hosting this Five Elements Pill Competition. Dean Feng was right, there are indeed very few people in our Five Great Empires who can step into the Heaven Realm's Three Great Heavens. As the saying goes, heaven never seals off all paths. This time, the Five Elements Desolate Domain has given everyone in our Five Great Empires a chance, and this chance will be decided by the competition.
For this Five Elements Pill Competition, there will be five Tier 6 Earth Pill Refiners, including me, who will participate in the final evaluation. I believe that as long as you have a good result, you will definitely be able to get a good placing. The first round of the competition will be an elimination round. May the participating pill refiners use the jade token in their hands to walk to the front of their respective pill furnaces. "
"Wuji, it doesn't matter if you succeed or not, just go all out and compete. Don't worry, we can always come back next time. We only got 97 in the previous competition, so it doesn't matter if we don't get a placing this time, "Zhen Shaoke comforted Mo Wuji.
Mo Wuji nodded, "Young master Zhen, rest assured. No matter what, I will do my best."
Even if Zhen Shaoke could do it again, he would not have the chance to do it again. Mo Wuji did not find it strange that Zhen Shaoke said that Nine Moons Pill House got 97 in the previous competition. How many big sects and powers were there in the Five Great Empires? Nine Moons Pill House was really not much. To be able to get within the top 100, Nine Moons Pill House's performance was already not bad.
Mo Wuji took the Nine Moons Pill House's jade token and walked to the side of the pill furnace. Even though the distance between the pill furnaces was rather large, the pill furnaces at the side were ultimately less affected.
After waiting for all the pill refiners to stand in front of the round altar, Ming Ning said in a clear voice, "Because there are many participants, and to make the competition more convincing, the first round will be the purification of herbs. The first event is the purification of medicinal herbs. The maximum score for this event is 100, and the top 300 will be chosen …
Hearing about purification of herbs, Mo Wuji's heart leaped with joy. He was not afraid of anyone in the purification of herbs. Even when it came to purifying Tier 4 spiritual herbs, he was confident that he would not be weaker than an average Tier 4 Earth Pill Refiner.
"This time, we are going to purify the fourth grade Iron Heart Bodhi Fruit. Each person can only get one. The fire used for purification was provided by the red firestone. When the furnace was opened, there were the red firestone and the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit. Please insert the jade token in your hand next to the cauldron and open the cauldron. The competition will now begin … "
Hearing Pill Master Ming Ning announce the start of the competition, almost all the pill refiners standing in front of their pill furnaces immediately took out their jade tokens and opened their pill furnaces to retrieve the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit and the Scarlet Firestone.
Mo Wuji was in a daze, and did not immediately take out the item. The joy he felt when he heard that the topic was purification had long disappeared.
The Iron Core Bodhi Fruit was one of the most difficult spiritual herbs to purify among the Tier 4 spiritual herbs. This kind of spiritual fruit was extremely hard, and it was extremely difficult to purify it even with Earth Fire, let alone the lowest grade of firestones, the Scarlet Firestone.
It could be said that out of all the participating alchemists, he was at the greatest disadvantage because his cultivation was the lowest.
The higher one's cultivation was, the easier it would be to purify this kind of hard spirit fruit. If one's flame was weak, they could use their Quintessential Essence in conjunction with hand seals to purify it. The lower one's cultivation, the stronger the flames needed to be. The Scarlet Firestone he was using now was clearly the weakest flame. How was he supposed to compete?
Zhen Shaoke's gaze landed on Mo Wuji. Seeing that the others had already started, but Mo Wuji had not, he sighed in his heart.
As the Young House Master of the Nine Moons Pill House, how could he not know the difficulties Mo Wuji was facing? He had calculated everything, but he did not expect that the first round of the competition would also be related to cultivation.
With Mo Wuji's Channel Opening Stage cultivation, it was not an easy task to use the Scarlet Firestone to purify the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit. Not to mention purifying the medicinal essences within, he still had to enter the top 300 out of the 1000 over pill refiners.
The reason why he chose Mo Wuji was because Mo Wuji's pills were of extremely high quality. Based on previous pill competitions, the last round of the competition would definitely be the pill refining competition. It was not impossible for a Tier 3 Mortal Pill of excellent quality to enter the top 100.
In the previous Five Elements Desolate Domain Pill Competition, there was a Tier 3 Mortal Pill Refiner who used an extremely high quality Tier 3 Mortal Pill to defeat a Tier 4 Earth Pill of poor quality.
But now, Mo Wuji was very likely to be eliminated in the first round.
After being in a daze for close to a minute, Mo Wuji inserted the jade token into the side of the pill furnace and opened it. No matter how difficult it was, he could not be eliminated in the first round.
After the pill furnace was opened, there was a fiery red firestone and a black fruit the size of a fist. Other than that, there was also a jade vase. The jade vase was marked with a number, which was exactly the same as the number on his jade token. It seemed like the number was created after the jade token was inserted into the side of the pill furnace.
Mo Wuji placed the jade vase to one side and activated the red firestone. Since he had already started, he could not afford to hesitate.
The flames under the pill furnace rose up and Mo Wuji consecutively slapped the walls of the pill furnace. He used the simplest method to clean up the pill furnace.
Following which, Mo Wuji placed the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit into the pill furnace. The flames at the bottom of the furnace were continuously ignited by Mo Wuji, but the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit was still melting very slowly.
After another ten over minutes, the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit was only half melted. At this point, Mo Wuji could already smell the aroma of the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit.
Mo Wuji was very clear that this aroma did not come from his pill furnace, but from someone else's melted Iron Core Bodhi Fruit. This meant that before the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit melted, someone else had already started purifying the medicinal essence.
I can't let this go on. Mo Wuji took in a deep breath. Others could lose this round, but he definitely could not.
Mo Wuji carefully placed his hand into the pill furnace and started to form hand seals. In reality, he had hidden the pill technique within his hand seals and was using the pill technique to purify the medicinal essence.
In Mo Wuji's original plan, he did not intend to use the pill technique right from the start. He was prepared to only use the pill technique at the very end, when the medicinal essence was fused and the pill was formed. As for purifying the medicinal essence, he did not even need to use the pill technique.
But now, at the start of the competition, he had no choice but to use his killer move. This made him feel very helpless. Who asked his cultivation level to be so low that he could not use his elemental energy? Among the thousands of pill refiners here, he was probably the only one in the Channel Opening Stage.
As the pill technique landed on the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit, the originally slow melting speed of the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit increased. However, the speed was still not fast. After all, the flame was only provided by the red firestone.
No, he might be able to purify the medicinal essence of the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit this way, but he would definitely not be able to get a placing. As Mo Wuji thought of this, he gritted his teeth and directly used his hand to shovel the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit.
On the surface, it looked like he was shoveling the fruit, but in reality, he was using the pill technique to directly affect the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit. He had no other choice. Who asked his cultivation level to be so low? His spiritual will was also not strong enough to maintain the pill technique for long periods of time.
Fortunately, he was only purifying one type of medicinal ingredient. If he was purifying a few types of medicinal ingredients, he could only watch helplessly as others beat him. When he purified a few types of medicinal ingredients, he could only use the pill technique to fuse the ingredients with his hand. Eventually, the spiritual energy of the ingredients would dissipate.
A fire-like heat landed on Mo Wuji's skin, instantly scorching it. If it was a lightning strike, Mo Wuji could not care less. However, the heat from the fire caused Mo Wuji to grimace. Even so, Mo Wuji did not dare to let go. He was afraid that if he let go, he would not be able to do it a second time.
Seeing the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit that was being purified, he thought of the ridicule he previously gave to Shi Jun. Previously, he mocked Shi Jun for using a wok to stir-fry vegetables. Now, wasn't he the same? Shi Jun still used a wok, but he was using his hands to stir-fry.
Mo Wuji suddenly came to a realisation. No matter when, no matter where, he should never underestimate anyone. Not because this person might be stronger than you in the future, but because you might be the same as him in the future.
After half an hour, Mo Wuji could no longer endure it. Only then did he retract his hand. The Iron Core Bodhi Fruit in the pill furnace had already completely melted. The medicinal essence had also been purified by Mo Wuji's hand stir-frying method.
Because he had used too much spiritual will, Mo Wuji felt a little dizzy. However, he did not dare to stop. He also did not dare to swallow a single pill. He was afraid that if the rules did not allow it, then everything he had done would have lost its effect.
This pill competition was not for his own glory, but to save Yan 'Er. He could not afford to make any mistakes.
The hand that was stir-frying was burning with pain. However, Mo Wuji completely ignored all of this. All of his attention was on the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit in the pill furnace.
After his hard work, the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit finally emitted a faint medicinal fragrance. Mo Wuji did not dare to be careless. He placed all of his attention on it. He was already at the final moment. He was about to separate the dregs.
He gathered all of his elemental energy and poured it into the pill furnace. Using his pill techniques, he started to separate the dregs.
"Pa da!" A dregs of the medicinal dregs were sent out of the pill furnace. Following which, the purified medicinal essence was also brought out by Mo Wuji and sent into a jade vase by the side.
If it was any other time, Mo Wuji would definitely purify it again. Right now, he really couldn't do it anymore. He could even imagine that if he forcefully continued to purify the medicinal liquid, perhaps all of his previous efforts would be in vain, and the purification of the medicinal liquid would be for naught.
"Phew!" Closing the jade vase's lid, Mo Wuji let out a long sigh of relief. When he lifted his head to look at his surroundings, he realised that other than a few tens of people, he was the last to finish.
Fortunately, he had finally completed it. The burning sensation came again. Mo Wuji looked at his right hand. It was already charred black. It did not seem like his own hand.
Now that the medicinal essence was purified, before the jade vase was taken away, Mo Wuji did not dare to swallow any healing pills. In this competition, he did not want to make any mistakes.
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