After Lin Long's successful refinement, it took about an incense's time before someone succeeded. The second person to succeed was Huang Yuan.
After Huang Yuan was Li Cheng. After Li Cheng, there were actually two people who failed. Although they were extremely close to success, they still failed in the end.
After failing, they could only helplessly walk off the stage.
At this moment, there were only two people on the stage who were immersed in refining pills. One was Lin Shiyin, the other was Gu Qi.
Lin Shiyin's small cauldron emitted a rich medicinal fragrance. It was obvious that she had a high chance of success. As for Gu Qi, he was still in the middle of the refinement process. It was hard to say whether he would succeed or not.
Indeed, not long after, a "bang" sound came from Lin Shiyin's small cauldron. Immediately after, she took out a pill from the small cauldron.
After being appraised by Dong Jianwu and the other alchemists, this pill was confirmed to be the Clear Sky Pill. In other words, Lin Shiyin had successfully refined it and successfully entered the next round.
At this moment, everyone's gaze was focused on Gu Qi.
Even Gu Qi's teacher felt a great pressure. On the contrary, Gu Qi, who was on the stage, seemed to not notice the changes in his surroundings. He was still fully focused on the small cauldron in front of him.
This was already the last set of ingredients. He could not afford to make a single mistake.
After about an incense's time, Gu Qi withstood the pressure and finally successfully refined the Clear Sky Pill. At this moment, he finally let out a long sigh.
"As expected of the Alchemist Alliance's number one among the younger generation. Although there were all sorts of accidents, he still managed to refine the Clear Sky Pill with his own strength."
Seeing Gu Qi's reaction, many people below the stage gasped in admiration. In their opinion, if it was them, they would not be able to withstand such pressure.
Just like that, five people finally entered the next round. These five people were Lin Long, Gu Qi, Lin Shiyin, Li Cheng, and Huang Yuan.
Among the five people, the Alchemist Alliance took up three spots. This made people sigh in admiration at the Alchemist Alliance's strength. It also proved that the future of the Central Region's alchemy world was still in the hands of the Alchemist Alliance.
Logically speaking, after going through so many rounds of competition, they should have to rest for a while. After all, refining pills for such a long period of time would consume a lot of the participants' energy. Especially those who used spiritual fire, the consumption of their will power was even greater.
But what they didn't expect was that Dong Jianwu would announce the start of the competition after just the time to drink a cup of tea.
Dong Jianwu first explained, "I believe that many people do not understand why the competition is starting so soon. This is because this competition is not only a test of one's alchemy ability, but also the strength of one's Divine Sense. After all, Divine Sense is very important to the alchemy process. Only with a strong Divine Sense can one's alchemy ability improve."
"Instructor Dong is right. This is the same principle as sharpening a knife to cut wood. Only by sharpening the knife of Divine Sense can the wood for alchemy be easily cut down."
Dong Jianwu's words were met with the approval of many people. They had all come into contact with alchemy and knew the role of spiritual will in the process of alchemy.
"During such a long period of time, Linlong didn't use his spiritual fire. Therefore, he clearly has more hope since he didn't expend too much energy."
"You can't say that. Without a spiritual fire, there's no advantage in the alchemy process. Linlong might have been lucky and just happened to pass the Clear Pill test. The next pill he'll be refining will definitely not be something he can easily succeed without a spiritual fire."
"This is a double-edged sword. There are pros and cons."
Everyone below the stage was discussing spiritedly. Now, no one looked down on Linlong. However, because Linlong didn't have a spiritual fire, not many people had high hopes for him.
"The next pill to be refined is a third grade pill, the Nine Revolutions Earth Yuan Pill," said Dong Jianwu.
Hearing Dong Jianwu's words, a worried expression appeared on the faces of the few people on the stage. They couldn't be blamed for being worried, because the difficulty of refining the Nine Revolutions Earth Yuan Pill was even higher than the Clear Pill.
Everyone below the stage nodded their heads in agreement. In their opinion, at such a crucial stage, refining a pill of such a high level of difficulty was the most suitable choice.
"Instructor Dong, can I use my own medicine cauldron?" At this moment, Huang Yuan suddenly asked.
Even though he had successfully refined quite a few Nine Revolutions Earth Yuan Pills, due to the high difficulty, he basically used his own medicine cauldron. Now that he was using an ordinary medicine cauldron from the Alchemist Alliance, he was naturally worried that he wouldn't be able to succeed.
This situation occurred because the medicine cauldron played an important role in the success of the pill refining. A good medicine cauldron could even greatly increase the success rate.
"No, if I use my own medicine cauldron, it will be unfair to some people." Dong Jianwu immediately rejected.
Seeing Dong Jianwu's reaction, Huang Yuan could only helplessly shrug his shoulders.
"Using an ordinary medicine cauldron is a better way to test an alchemist's ability. Therefore, I agree with this rule of the competition." Gu Qi suddenly said. He had an incomparably proud expression on his face, as if he was extremely confident in refining the Nine Revolutions Earth Yuan Pill.
Previously, he had been rebuked by Linlong, so he naturally wanted to grab this opportunity to show off. Furthermore, he had been working hard on the Nine Revolutions Earth Yuan Pill for a few months, so he was extremely confident in this aspect.
"Looking at senior brother Gu, you seem to be extremely confident in this Nine Revolutions Earth Yuan Pill."
"Of course. Who is senior brother Gu? He is the number one person among the younger generation of our Alchemist Alliance."
"If he can't refine it, none of the people on the stage will be able to."
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Seeing Gu Qi's expression, many people below the stage began to praise him.
"Alright, let's first bring out the medicinal ingredients. After that, the competition will begin."
After Dong Jianwu's words fell, the Alchemist Alliance disciples immediately brought out the ingredients for refining the Nine Revolutions Earth Yuan Pill and walked onto the stage.
After all, the Nine Revolutions Earth Yuan Pill was not an ordinary pill. Therefore, the ingredients were not prepared in a timely manner.
Five people meant five large portions. Therefore, five people walked onto the stage with five large portions of ingredients.
At this moment, an accident suddenly occurred on the stage. One of the Alchemist Alliance disciples accidentally tripped when he passed by Li Cheng's table. As a result, the ingredients in his hands fell to the ground. This was not a big deal, as he even knocked over Li Cheng's table.
Due to the suddenness of the accident, Li Cheng did not manage to catch the falling small cauldron. As a result, it smashed onto the ground and shattered into pieces.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I … I really didn't do it on purpose." The disciple who caused trouble hurriedly apologized in an incomparably flustered manner.
He really couldn't figure out why he suddenly stepped on something on the ground and fell down just like that.
The ingredients that fell were not damaged. As for the small cauldron that was shattered, it was not worth much. Therefore, Dong Jianwu only furrowed his brows and said, "Pick up the ingredients on the ground … Change the damaged small cauldron."
The last sentence was naturally directed at the person in charge of preparing the equipment.
With Li Cheng's help, the disciple who had caused trouble hurriedly picked up the ingredients and placed them beside Li Cheng before leaving in an uneasy manner. Not long after, a new medicinal cauldron was placed on Li Cheng's table, which had already been straightened.
At this moment, the other people's ingredients were naturally already placed.
"This round of the competition will officially begin."
As Dong Jianwu's voice sounded out, this round of the competition officially began.
The five people on the stage immediately began to mix the ingredients.
This time, Linlong used a little more time to mix the ingredients compared to the Clear Sky Pill. However, he was still far ahead of the others.
"This Linlong is really capable."
The people below the stage could not help but exclaim in admiration. At this moment, no one looked down on Linlong.
Even many master alchemists could not help but exclaim in admiration. This was because they knew that even if they were to make a move, their speed would definitely not be faster than Linlong.
Of course, mixing ingredients quickly did not mean that one's alchemy skills were strong. Therefore, if one wanted to see how strong one was, they would still have to see if Linlong could refine the Nine Revolutions Earth Yuan Pill.
This time, Linlong still used ordinary flames.
Due to Linlong's previous success in refining the Clear Sky Pill, even though she did not know why Linlong did not use his spiritual flames, Lin Shiyin was no longer as worried as before.
Very quickly, the other four people also successfully mixed the ingredients and started the actual refining. However, the fastest person among them was still slower than Linlong by a full two cups of tea's time.
After that, the few of them still took out their spiritual flames.
Even though the time taken to refine the pill was very long, the attention of the crowd was basically focused on them. Between their medicinal cauldrons, the scene was extremely quiet, and no one felt that it was boring at all.
Not long after, a wave of exclamations came from the left side of the stage.
"Senior Brother Gu is really too amazing. He actually mastered the Fire Dragon Playing with Pearls."
"This is too dazzling. When will I be able to do this?"
"You, forget about it. Only a fourth-grade alchemist can learn and master the Fire Dragon Playing with Pearls."
"Ah … Senior Brother Gu is already a fourth-grade alchemist?"
"Looks like Gu Qi will definitely take first place in this round."
"Ah, a fourth-grade alchemist. Senior Brother Gu, I want to marry you!"
…
After such exclamations, the entire crowd was in an uproar. This was because Gu Qi had used the Fire Dragon Playing with Pearls, a fourth-grade alchemist's technique. This Fire Dragon Playing with Pearls allowed the medicinal ingredients in the medicinal cauldron to be heated more evenly, thus increasing the success rate.
Of course, the most shocking thing was the strength that Gu Qi had displayed. A fourth-grade alchemist! Furthermore, Gu Qi was so young, only twenty-five years old. He could be said to be the most outstanding genius in the Alchemist Alliance in many years.
With his strength, he would definitely inherit his teacher's legacy and eventually become the Alchemist Alliance's president.
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