Under the crowd's astonishment, Linlong remained composed as he easily controlled the flames in his palm.
Under his control, the three green dragons shuttled back and forth under the pill as if they had a mind of their own. They controlled the flames to refine the pill that had yet to take shape.
After a while, he gently flicked his palm upwards. The pill in the flames immediately flew up and appeared in the crowd's field of vision.
"It should be done," someone shouted from below the stage.
Those with better eyesight also nodded their heads in agreement.
Sure enough, when the pill fell, Linlong removed the flames in his palm and steadily caught the pill that fell from the sky.
Dong Jianwu and the others immediately walked over with great excitement.
Using flames as a cauldron. Even old fellows like them would find it difficult to do so. How could they not be excited?
After receiving the pill from Linlong's palm and carefully examining it, Dong Jianwu immediately announced that Linlong had successfully refined the Nine Orifices Essence Yang Pill.
"Linlong is indeed amazing!"
"He is worthy of being the number one."
"To be able to use the Three Dragons Playing with a Pearl at such a young age and possess such a Spiritual Fire, there really is no one in the younger generation who can compare to him."
"Wrong. Even without the Spiritual Fire, there is no one who can compare to him."
…
The crowd below the stage began to exclaim in admiration. Even those who did not think highly of Linlong and harbored enmity towards him could not help but exclaim in admiration. This was because the ability that Linlong had displayed was simply too powerful.
However, the competition was not over yet. This was because Li Cheng's refinement had not ended. It was very likely that he would be able to refine the pill. It was even more likely that he was also concealing his true strength. Therefore, after exclaiming in admiration, the crowd once again focused their attention on Li Cheng.
At this moment, there was a sudden "chi" sound. It was actually a wisp of green smoke coming out from Li Cheng's small cauldron.
Li Cheng's refinement had failed!
Li Cheng's expression was incomparably ugly. He did not expect his opponent to be this powerful. He did not expect that he would lose so thoroughly.
After shaking his head, he turned around and was about to walk down the stage.
However, just as he turned around, Linlong's voice suddenly rang out from behind him. "Wait."
Li Cheng turned around and said with a gloomy expression, "What's the matter, Brother Lin?"
"What is it? Young Master Li is not going to take away your Five Seal Illusionary Cauldron?" Linlong said with a slight smile.
What Five Seal Shadow Hexagon Cauldron? Most of the people present were baffled.
Those who knew what the Five Seal Shadow Hexagon Cauldron were immediately horrified.
Beside Lin Long, Dong Jianwu and the others immediately rushed to Li Cheng's table. Li Cheng's expression changed. Just as he was about to put away the small cauldron before him, it was already too late. Dong Jianwu had already stopped him.
It wasn't just Dong Jianwu and the other alchemists who were in charge of the examination. Luo Hong and Kong Zhi, who were on the stage, also walked over. The other alchemists on the stage also wanted to come over, but they were stopped by Luo Hong.
As for Dong Jianwu, he had already picked up the small cauldron and was examining it seriously.
"What's going on?" The puzzled person immediately asked the knowledgeable person beside him.
Someone who knew replied, "The Five Seal Shadow Qi Cauldron is a special medicine cauldron made by the Western Domain's Yin Sifting Sect. This kind of medicine cauldron is famous throughout the entire Chaotic Sky Continent. It can be said that it is countless times better than the small cauldrons here."
"What? The mysterious Yin Sifting Sect in the Western Regions?" The person who had asked this question wore an astonished expression.
"Yes."
"However, that small cauldron is not the same as ordinary small cauldrons. How can it be the Five Seal Shadow Qi Cauldron?"
"That's unknown. Let's continue watching. I feel that Li Cheng is strange. It seems that there is something fishy going on."
At this moment, Luo Hong and Kong Zhi also walked to Dong Jianwu's side. Luo Hong asked, "Elder Dong, how is it?"
"It is indeed the Five Seal Shadow Qi Cauldron. Moreover, it is clearly custom-made, so it is much smaller than ordinary Five Seal Shadow Qi Cauldrons. Moreover, it is made exactly like ordinary small cauldrons." Dong Jianwu was extremely shocked.
"Let me take a look." Luo Hong immediately furrowed his brows.
If what Dong Jianwu said was true, then the Yin Sifting Sect was clearly involved.
After picking it up and examining it carefully for a while, Luo Hong's brows furrowed even more. This was because the small cauldron had a very orderly arrangement of five seal runes that looked like plum blossoms. Apart from the Five Seal Shadow Qi Cauldron, there was no other small cauldron with such runes.
Luo Hong immediately looked at Li Cheng and said, "Li Cheng, what exactly is going on?"
Li Cheng had clearly profited from using the Pentaengraving Xi Cauldron. If Linlong hadn't mentioned it, they wouldn't have known about it at all. This was because the small cauldron was just too similar to the other small cauldrons. Furthermore, it had used a special technique to suppress the characteristics of the Pentaengraving Xi Cauldron.
Li Cheng reacted quickly and hurriedly said with a sullen face, "President Luo, I also do not know what is going on. I have been refining pills all this time. As for changing the small cauldron just now, I did not participate in it."
Li Cheng's words were indeed watertight. During the entire process just now, other than the accidental fall of a disciple of the Alchemist Alliance, everything else could be said to have had nothing to do with him.
"Instructor Hao Yin, come over here and explain to me what is going on!" Luo Hong shouted at one of the instructors behind him.
That instructor was in charge of logistics. He was in charge of the medicinal ingredients and changing the cauldron. It was impossible for Li Cheng to change the small cauldron on the spot. Therefore, the problem must have occurred during the changing of the cauldron. It had a lot to do with Hao Yin.
Hao Yin walked over with an ugly expression and said to Luo Hong, "President, forgive me for my negligence. Just now, I threw the matter of the cauldron to a disciple and did not personally ask about it."
Hao Yin was naturally filled with regret. Just now, he had indeed become a shopkeeper who did not do anything. Who would have thought that there would be such a mistake?
Luo Hong also trusted Hao Yin because Hao Yin was on his side. He immediately said coldly, "Where is that disciple?"
"Disciple Meng Yue is here." Immediately, a disciple came out from behind. At the same time, he directly knelt on the ground and said, "President, this disciple was wrong. When this disciple brought the cauldron over to give to Young Master Li, it was accidentally knocked down by someone. As a result, the cauldron fell to the ground and broke. This disciple originally wanted to go back and change it, but who would have thought that that person would directly take out the small cauldron from his bosom and say that it would be the same if he took this small cauldron. This disciple saw that this small cauldron was exactly the same as our small cauldron, so …"
"Then what's with the small cauldron that Lin Long used?" Luo Hong shouted again. He could see that the small cauldron that Lin Long had just exchanged was also brought over by this disciple.
"It's also that person … This disciple was behind the door just now and wanted to go back. That person took out another small cauldron. This disciple saw that it was still our small cauldron, so …" Meng Yue said very gloomily.
At this point, it was already very obvious that someone had secretly changed the small cauldron. The small cauldron that was given to Li Cheng was in good condition, but the small cauldron that was obviously already damaged was given to Lin Long.
"Where is that person?" Luo Hong shouted loudly.
"That person claimed to be a disciple of our Alchemist Alliance. He was also wearing our Alchemist Alliance's uniform. However, I don't have any impression of him. I thought that he was a newcomer," Meng Yue hurriedly said.
"Did anyone see him?" Luo Hong immediately looked around and asked.
There were many people around when the small cauldron was swapped. Therefore, someone must have seen who had come into contact with this disciple in front of him.
"President, I saw it. Just now, there was indeed someone who came into contact with Meng Yue. That person is indeed a newcomer to the Alchemist Alliance. He is indeed Instructor Zhou Jin's new disciple, Yang Ming," someone shouted loudly.
Upon hearing this, Instructor Zhou Jin hurriedly stood up. "President, I did indeed accept a new disciple called Yang Ming. I thought that he was quite talented, but I really didn't know that he was such a person."
"Then where is Yang Ming?" Luo Hong looked at him coldly and asked.
"Dead, Yang Ming is dead!" Suddenly, someone shouted from behind.
Luo Hong and the others hurriedly walked over and saw a person lying on the ground behind the martial arts stage. His face was pale and he was no longer breathing.
"This person is Yang Ming!" Meng Yue immediately said.
"This person is Yang Ming." Someone who recognized Yang Ming also said.
"Zhou Jin, how did Yang Ming die?" Luo Hong looked at Zhou Jin again.
"How would I know?" Zhou Jin hurriedly said.
"Then where is he from? Why did he join the Alchemist Alliance?" Luo Hong asked.
"He is from Gaozhao City, which is not far from here …" Zhou Jin said.
Subsequently, the token found on Yang Ming's body proved this point.
Although the Liu Family had specially invited him to join the Alchemist Alliance, Zhou Jin would never admit to this at this time.
With Yang Ming's death, the clues were immediately cut off. Luo Hong wanted to immediately find out who the mastermind was, but once the clues were cut off, he had no other way.
Of course, Li Cheng and Zhou Jin, as well as the Liu family behind Li Cheng, were the most worthy suspects. However, without evidence, what could he do about them?
He could only helplessly say to Dong Jianwu, "Elder Dong, please announce the results of the competition."
Dong Jianwu nodded and immediately walked to the front of the stage.
At this time, Lin Long suddenly said, "President, wait."
Hearing this, Dong Jianwu immediately stopped. Luo Hong looked at Lin Long and said, "Little Brother Lin, what do you think?"
The strength that Lin Long had displayed made them subconsciously think highly of him.
"I have a way to prove who is the mastermind behind this." Lin Long smiled.
"What way do you have?" Luo Hong's eyes immediately lit up.
The others also looked at Lin Long strangely. They did not know how he could see something that they could not see.
"As long as you give me some authority on this martial arts stage, it will be fine," Lin Long said.
Luo Hong nodded and said proudly, "Of course, here, as long as you do not do anything that violates the Alchemist Alliance's rules, it will be fine."
In this place, the Alchemist Alliance was the king. He did not need to fear anyone.
"That's good." Lin Long smiled and then walked towards Li Cheng.
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