Li Xiuzhu thought about it and told Li Maolin, who was next to him. However, he did not avoid Chi Lianying. Li Maolin frowned and did not speak, but Chi Lianying was not surprised at all.
Lu Ping stretched out his hand to hold the Red Ibis Fire. The flame turned into the shape of a Red Ibis Bird in mid-air and began to dance around the alchemy furnace. After the alchemy furnace was heated up, Lu Ping began to put the spirit herbs in his hand into the alchemy furnace according to the order recorded in the alchemy recipe and began to refine.
At this time, the alchemy furnace in front of Yue Jiangrui suddenly emitted a strange fragrance. Yue Jiangrui's face lit up. He stretched out his hand and pointed at the alchemy furnace. The lid of the alchemy furnace flew up, and nine pills suddenly jumped out of the alchemy furnace. Yue Jiangrui used a jade bottle to suck the pills that flew out. The nine pills suddenly turned into a straight line and flew into the jade bottle.
Yue Jiangrui was the first to successfully refine the first batch of pills. The alchemy masters in the void were obviously affected. Several alchemy masters made obvious operational mistakes. Some alchemy furnaces exploded, some alchemy furnaces emitted a burnt smell, and some alchemy masters tried their best to control the process. Although the refining did not fail, it was obvious that even if the refinement was successful, the success rate would be greatly affected.
Yue Jiangrui glanced at Lu Ping and found that Lu Ping's operation was very unfamiliar. Obviously, he was refining a kind of pill that he had never encountered before. Yue Jiangrui was quite happy with Lu Ping's misfortune. He secretly thought that Lu Ping's luck was really bad. In this case, alchemy masters would generally start with the pills that they had refined before. At this time, Lu Ping obviously encountered three kinds of strange pills. This also showed that this person's knowledge and inheritance were not necessarily very high.
Senior Brother Qi and Senior Brother Ye, who were not far from Lu Ping, also noticed Lu Ping's situation. Senior Brother Qi smiled disdainfully, then turned his attention to his alchemy furnace. Senior Brother Ye's eyes flashed, not knowing what he was thinking. Then, he also turned his attention to his alchemy furnace. He had started concocting pills before Senior Brother Qi, and there wasn't much time left until the completion of the pills.
Lu Ping's heart sank when he saw Yue Jiangrui's success rate of concocting Blood Condensation Realm medicinal pellets with a 90% success rate. Yue Jiangrui was indeed worthy of his title as the number one alchemist in the North Alliance, second only to the grandmaster alchemists. One should know that Lu Ping's success rate for Late Blood Condensation Realm medicinal pellets was only 80% even with the help of the Azure Spirit Fire.
Fortunately, the Elixir Meeting had just begun, and this was just a warm-up.
Without the support of the Azure Spiritual Fire, Lu Ping's success rate was obviously affected. However, with Lu Ping's current skill in alchemy, the impact wasn't too serious.
When the Soft Jade Pill was out of the cauldron, almost all the alchemists in Qian Yuan Cave had already finished concocting their first batch of pills. Yue Jiangrui even followed closely behind Lu Ping's Soft Jade Pill and successfully concocted his second batch of pills. Another nine pitch-black pills were produced.
Lu Ping stretched out his hand and collected the seven warm and glossy pills into a jade bottle. This made many cultivators who were prepared to laugh at Lu Ping were shocked. They didn't expect this guy, who was always stumbling during the concoction process, to have such a high success rate. Could it be luck?
On the other hand, Yue Jiangrui, Senior Brother Qi, and Senior Brother Ye's faces turned solemn. They could tell that this was Lu Ping's first time concocting a pill, but he had a seventy percent success rate. They didn't dare to underestimate his alchemy skills.
At this time, in the middle of the clouds, the patriarchs of the Zhang Family and Wang Family had already arrived at Li Maolin's group.
"Brother Maolin, this alchemist from your family doesn't seem to be very brilliant. I originally thought that the alchemist who dared to make a cauldron-smashing agreement with Yue Jiangrui must have some amazing skills. I didn't expect him to be so mediocre."
The patriarch of the Wang Family was called Wang Biao. He was a burly middle-aged man with a cultivation of the fifth layer of the Core Forging Realm. He had seen what had happened between the alchemists from the Zhang Family, Wang Family, and even paid close attention to Yue Jiangrui because of the cauldron-smashing agreement. Just now, he saw that not only did Yue Jiangrui's success rate reach ninety percent, but Senior Brother Qi, who represented the Wang Family, and Senior Brother Ye from the Zhang Family also had a success rate of ninety percent. Not only was Lu Ping the last to successfully concoct his first batch of pills, but his success rate was only seventy percent. Although his success rate was not bad among all the alchemists, it was obviously not as good as the alchemists from the first three families.
Li Maolin replied casually, "Brother Wang, you worry too much. The first stage of the competition is just to eliminate some of the unqualified alchemists based on their success rate. Alchemist Lu Jiu's seventy percent success rate is more than enough to advance to the next stage. So what if your family's alchemist has a hundred percent success rate?"
Wang Biao snorted coldly and said, "One small clue reveals the general trend. If he's already so bad at concocting Blood Condensation pills, you can imagine how bad he will be when it comes to concocting Half-Step Forging Realm pills."
Li Maolin's expression changed. This was exactly what he was worried about. A master alchemist's success rate wasn't determined by the number of batches of pills they produced. Each batch of pills was affected by many external factors. Therefore, the success rate was determined by a master alchemist's continuous production of pills. This was why the Northern Alliance's Elixir Association used the success rate of a master alchemist to eliminate a master alchemist, rather than the number of batches of pills they produced.
In the blink of an eye, a day had passed. At this time, the first stage of the Elixir Association was nearing its end. Yue Jiangrui's third batch of pills had already been successfully concocted. It was another nine pills. He was the first alchemist to complete three batches of pills out of nearly two hundred alchemists in the entire Elixir Association.
Yue Jiangrui walked out from the alchemy room formed by the white clouds and received the compliments of a hero from the Shangguan Clan Master and the others. Yue Jiangrui turned to look at Lu Ping and discovered that Lu Ping's third cauldron of medicinal pellets was also on the verge of condensing.
Yue Jiangrui's carefree mood was now clouded.
Initially, Lu Ping was slower than Yue Jiangrui by an entire cauldron of medicinal pellets. But after three cauldrons of medicinal pellets, Lu Ping seemed to be catching up. The time he took to concoct the last two cauldrons of medicinal pellets was shortened again and again. Now, he was only short of Yue Jiangrui's last cauldron.
Yue Jiangrui had already noticed Lu Ping's method of alchemy. He found that Lu Ping's three batches of pills were concocted in one go. After each batch of pills was finished, Lu Ping did not take any rest to recover his spiritual power or relieve the fatigue of his Divine Sense.
"Hmph, it's just that your cultivation is a bit more profound. Using your Divine Sense continuously is extremely easy to cause fatigue. With such a vicious cycle, let's see how you deal with the next stage of the alchemy assessment."
The alchemy furnace suddenly opened, and an exotic fragrance whizzed out of it along with a heatwave. Senior Brother Ye heaved a long sigh of relief, and rubbed his sleepy head. Then, he stretched out his hand, and collected the seven pills fluttering in the air into the jade bottle. After that, he swallowed an orange-red fiery bird.
At this moment, Senior Brother Qi whistled on the other side. The red tail of the fire fox under the furnace suddenly flashed with a trace of white light. Then, the red furnace fire suddenly burst into a white flame. The white flame disappeared in a flash. Senior Brother Qi's furnace was still open. The aroma of the pills assailed the nostrils. He also collected the seven pills.
At the same time, Lu Ping made nine seals in succession. The Red Ibis Fire at the bottom of the furnace burst into a blood-red fire wave. The furnace in front of him shook, and seven pills like jade beads jumped out of the furnace one after another and were collected by Lu Ping.
Lu Ping reached out to collect the Red Ibis Fire, which had become a little dim, with the Spirit-Gathering Plate. When he looked up, he found that Senior Brother Ye and Senior Brother Qi were looking at him. When they saw Lu Ping looking back, they withdrew their eyes and flew to the area where the Zhang Family and the Wang Family were. However, Lu Ping still saw a trace of fear in their eyes.
Senior Brother Qi and Senior Brother Ye naturally knew about the Three Jade Elixir, but this alchemist named Lu Jiu in front of them was obviously refining this kind of elixir for the first time. Otherwise, he would not be the last alchemist in the cave to refine elixir. However, what made them afraid, in addition to this person's strong supernatural power and Divine Sense, was this person's stable success rate: all three furnaces of elixir had a success rate of 70%.
Was it a coincidence, or was it intentional?
A success rate of 70% was not too high for the elite alchemists of these big sects, but being able to control the success rate of each furnace of elixir to be at 70% was another meaning.
After Ye and Qi got the three elixir recipes, they had refined two of them before. They first chose the easiest one and easily refined nine elixirs. The second one was a little more difficult, but it also had an 80% success rate. The last one was their first time refining. In addition, they had refined two furnaces of elixir before, so their supernatural power and Divine Sense were inevitably a little tired, so they had a success rate of 70%.
Yue Jiangrui's expression was as gloomy as still water. Obviously, he also realized this problem. But then, he saw Lu Ping's pale face and faint beads of sweat on his forehead as he walked towards Li Maolin and the others. Yue Jiangrui sneered.
Lu Ping did not speak to Li Maolin and others. After coming down from the White Cloud Pill Room, he showed the 21 elixirs to the masters, then sat cross-legged on the cloud in the main hall. He swallowed a elixir and began to meditate to recover the spiritual power and Divine Sense in his body.
Li Maolin did not know how Lu Ping was doing. Seeing Lu Ping in such a state, he could not help but feel anxious. However, he still tried his best to remain calm. Li Xiuzhu and Chi Lianying knew that Lu Ping had cultivated the "Divine Sense Transformation" technique and could even suppress Chu Ting with his Blood Condensation Realm spiritual power. He definitely would not be as weak as he appeared to be.
The two women looked at each other and did not speak. Only Li Xiuzhu's expression changed. No one knew what he was thinking. Chi Lianying's beautiful eyes wandered as she looked at Lu Ping, who was meditating.
More and more alchemists handed their elixirs to the masters to examine.
The results of the first stage of the Elixir Gathering were out quickly. According to the Northern Alliance's rules, half of the alchemists would be eliminated in this stage. The masters in the main hall set the standard at 60% success rate based on the results. Almost a hundred alchemists were eliminated.
On the second day, the second stage of the Elixir Gathering began. This time, there were still three types of elixir recipes, but they were all half-step Core Forging elixirs. Lu Ping was about to follow the crowd into the White Cloud Pill Room when he heard Hong Ye, Laozu, suddenly say, "I didn't expect the Northern Alliance to have an expert from the monster race participate in this Elixir Gathering. Congratulations!"
A long laugh came from the void of the Heaven's Abode, "Haha, this time, I brought my disciple here without an invitation, it is indeed rude of me. I hope Ancestor won't take it to heart. I am Yan Wujiu, a demon cultivator from the East Sea.
The cultivators in the White Cloud Pill Room were in an uproar. They did not expect the Northern Alliance to let a monster cultivator sneak into Heaven City and come to the Heaven Palace.
Only the masters in the main hall seemed to have encountered a very difficult problem. They communicated with each other with their eyes, sending a message: Why is he here?
Hong Ye, Laozu, smiled and said, "He is a guest. There is no need to be rude!"
Hong Ye, Laozu, waved his hands from the middle to the sides. The White Cloud Pill Room suddenly split open, and the clouds quickly gathered, forming a white cloud path that led to the end of the White Cloud Pill Room. At the end of the path, two figures, one tall and one short, were slowly walking towards the crowd.
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