This was because no one wanted to be slower than someone from the last year's competition. That would be too shameful.
An incense stick's worth of time passed. Two incense sticks' worth of time passed …..
Under Ye Zifeng's guidance, Bingqian slowed down her concoction speed and started to focus on the quality of the pill.
"Big brother rough guy, you're amazing. After I do what you said, I can feel that this will be the best pill I've ever concocted in my entire life!"
Ye Zifeng smiled, "Don't be so sure. I can guarantee that this won't be the best pill you've ever concocted in your entire life. You'll have plenty of chances in the future ….."
"Okay!" Bingqian's eyes lit up and had a grateful look on her face.
She knew that if it wasn't for Ye Zifeng, she wouldn't have been able to concoct the Yuan Increasing Pill like this.
Out of the other four groups, the first to concoct the pill wasn't the first and second place. It was Qushui City's Yi Hao.
It was as if he had been suppressing himself for a long time. The moment he concocted the pill, he laughed out loud and looked at Xu Zhen.
"Brother Xu, our strengths are on par with each other. Every time we concoct a pill, the quality of the pill is the same. This time, I was the first to concoct the pill so I was faster than you by a bit. The elders will see this. I'm afraid that I won't be able to see brother Xu in the next competition. To be honest, I'm a bit sad ….. "
When he said this, he didn't have any sincerity at all. It was as if he was taking pleasure in Yi Hao's misfortune.
Xu Zhen coldly snorted. After being provoked by Yi Hao's words, he concocted the pill faster and faster. The cauldron emitted a golden light, causing Yi Hao to stare blankly.
"Pill completed!"
Suddenly, Xu Zhen laughed loudly and opened the lid of the cauldron. He took out a piece of cloth and placed the Yuan Increasing Pill into the cauldron.
The Yuan Increasing Pill was sparkling and translucent. It was dark green with a bit of black in it. Compared to Yi Hao's pill, it was at least a grade better.
"You, you!" Yi Hao inhaled a deep breath of cold air. His eyes were filled with shock.
"I'm sorry, Brother Yi. I know that I might not be able to surpass you in terms of pill formation speed, so I put in a lot of effort into the quality of the pill. Compared to you who formed your core too early for the sake of speed, I'm much better, right? I'm sure the seniors here have already made their judgment! "
As Xu Zhen spoke, her eyes were filled with pride. She turned around with a smile, hoping to receive praise from some of the seniors.
However, in next to no time, his face seemed as if it had been ruthlessly stepped on by someone, and it became extremely ugly.
This was because the elders in the alchemy world did not pay attention to the battle between Xu Zhen and Yi Hao. Instead, their gazes were all focused on Liu Bing Qian.
Xu Zhen and Yi Hao looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes.
"He's just a person at the bottom. What's there to pay attention to? Could it be that it's strange for a cauldron to emit purple Qi in advance? "Xu Zhen did not understand at all what the elders were trying to say.
At this time, Qi Zimo, who was first in line, also finished concocting the pill. However, his expression was too calm. There was no change in his expression before and after the pill was formed. It was as if he had just completed what he was supposed to do in a matter of course.
"It's been a year, but Zimo's alchemy skills are still so exquisite. Young Master Hua is very impressed. I'm ashamed of my own inferiority!"
Young Master Hua from Copper Fire City had been trying his best to keep up with Qi Zimo's speed. However, no matter how hard he tried, his talent could not compare to Qi Zimo's. Hence, he was still two to three beats slower than Qi Zimo.
However, he had lost to Qi Zimo, the publicly acknowledged genius alchemy many times already. He wasn't too depressed about it.
Qi Zimo looked at him expressionlessly, "Three things. First, we're not close, so don't call me Zimo. Second, I don't like people who call themselves Young Master Hua. Third, I'll give you a suggestion. When you're concocting pills, don't think too much about messy things. Otherwise, you won't be able to become a first rate Pill Master. "
His words were said mercilessly.
Copper Fire City's Young Master Hua was just pretending to flatter him. He didn't expect that his warm face would be stuck on someone else's cold butt. Naturally, he was feeling very gloomy in his heart.
"Qi Zimo, don't think that you're so great just because you're the champion of the Pill Competition. Other than concocting pills, what else do you know? Don't tell me that you're really going to stay in a small place like High Wind City and cultivate your Pill Dao for the rest of your life? "
Qi Zimo looked at him coldly. He didn't want to talk any more nonsense with him. He wasn't in a hurry to take out that Essence Increasing Pill from the cauldron. Instead, he continued to use his spiritual energy to soak it into the cauldron. He was trying to use the residual heat to wash away the last bit of impurities in the pill.
This action of his actually did not have any obvious changes to the quality of the pills. However, for a person who strived for perfection, this was indeed an essential step.
Because of this, many of the elders in the alchemy world started to praise him. To be so meticulous when it comes to alchemy, he will definitely achieve great things in the future. Naturally, he will be praised by the elders in the alchemy world.
Because of this, all four groups of alchemists have finished their pills. The only group that hasn't finished yet was Ye Zifeng's group. Naturally, everyone's attention was on Bingqian and Ye Zifeng.
"Miss Liu's alchemy skills really did improve this time. It's just that she's a bit slow. I'm afraid that she won't be able to escape the fate of being eliminated."
"In my opinion, if Liu Bing Qian loses, then most of the blame will be on that pretty boy. Other than helping to light the fire at the beginning, I haven't seen him do anything else. This is almost equivalent to Liu Bing Qian giving way to a person for nothing!" If she can win like this, then I'll just kill myself. "
"When I saw the purple light coming out from Bingqian's cauldron, I thought that things would take a turn for the better. It seems like I was too naive."
Everyone was talking about Bingqian. Some of the words entered Bingqian's ears and shook her heart. At the same time, the qi in her hands trembled a bit.
"Bingqian, don't worry about what people are saying. Refine your own pill and prove it to them with your actions." Ye Zifeng's calm voice was like a shot in the arm. It made Bingqian feel energetic again.
"I understand."
She was at the final stage of the pill concoction process. She didn't dare to be distracted at all. She focused all of her qi into the ingredients. She didn't even care about the nervousness in her heart.
Ye Zifeng smiled and told her the last steps of the pill concoction process.
"The purple qi has been formed. This means that the Spirit Converging Ginseng has gathered all of the qi in the cauldron. The most important thing to do now is to gather all of the qi. Gather all the Spiritual Qi that can be gathered onto the surface of the pill. Don't leave a single air barrier! "
Bingqian took a deep breath. After listening to Ye Zifeng talk for so long, she was starting to get used to it. Actually, she didn't need Ye Zifeng to tell her how to gather the qi into a pill. She could imagine how to do it herself.
In the past, this matter was almost unimaginable, causing her to feel a faint trace of joy in her heart. This was because this undoubtedly meant that after Ye Feng's guidance, her understanding of the Dao of alchemy had risen to another level.
While Liu Bingqian was gathering her spirit, several silver flames once again ignited within the furnace. This caused an uproar among the crowd. Many people had never seen a furnace emit flames during the formation of a pill, especially a silver flame.
Bingqian was shocked. She didn't dare to be careless at all. At the same time, the alchemists all stood up and stood at the edge of the cauldron. They nervously watched Bingqian's every move. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly.
Among the seniors, not everyone knew about the ancient method of concocting pills, and among those who knew, there were very few who used this method to concoct pills. If Liu Bing Qian succeeded this time, she would undoubtedly become the first person in the Pill Competition to use the ancient method to concoct pills!
"Formation!" When Bingqian gathered all of her qi, a red light shot into the sky and flipped the lid off the cauldron. Amidst the exclamations of the crowd, two elixirs wrapped in red spiritual energy slowly descended from the sky.
"Two Spirit Increasing Pills?" Even a layman couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this.
Ye Feng saw that Liu Bing Qian was stunned and reminded her with a smile.
"Bingqian, what are you doing? Hurry up and take the pill. Don't let it fall onto the ground."
"Okay!"
Bingqian's heart trembled and a happy expression appeared on her face. She quickly took the two pills and placed them on the tray. Up until now, she still felt like she was in a dream. She felt like she was in an illusion.
Some of the elders couldn't help but walk over and ask Muyun Old Devil, "Senior Old Devil, what's going on? Wasn't there only one set of ingredients? How did she concoct two pills? Did you give her a bit too much? "
Muyun Old Devil came back to her senses and glared at him, "What a joke. You all saw it clearly when we were distributing the herbs. Everyone was given the same amount of herbs without exception. You're asking me how I was able to concoct two Spirit Increasing Pills? Let me tell you, I want to ask someone else! "
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