Within the scarlet Thousand Beast Cauldron, the raging Heavenly Flame rose once again. The terrifying temperature caused the space around Xiao Yan to violently distort even though they were separated by the cauldron.
As he felt the temperature within the cauldron, a grave expression gradually surfaced on Xiao Yan's face. The next step of fusing the pills would not be as easy as the previous steps!
Taking a deep breath, Xiao Yan slowly suppressed the anxiety in his heart. After all, this was the first time he was refining an Emperor Grade Elixir. Xiao Yan could not help but feel some pressure in his heart.
After calming himself down, Xiao Yan carefully recalled the refining process in his mind. He tried his best to gain sufficient confidence before he actually started.
Over four hundred refining ingredients flashed across Xiao Yan's mind one by one. Xiao Yan followed the order in the pill formula and categorized the ingredients one by one. He carefully observed every detail of the refining process, including the changes in the flame during the refining process, the control of the temperature, the speed at which the ingredients were fused, the time for fusing, the medicinal properties of the elixir and so on.
After Xiao Yan went through all these contents in his mind a couple of times and confirmed that he could accurately control them, he suddenly acted. His palm slammed on the medicinal cauldron. Following a 'bang' sound, the lid of the medicinal cauldron opened.
Immediately after, Xiao Yan waved his sleeve and the Heavenly Flame suddenly swept out. It wrapped around the medicinal ingredients in the jade bottles and turned them into gorgeous balls of light that floated in front of Xiao Yan.
Using his powerful Spiritual Strength to control the temperature within the cauldron, Xiao Yan moved his finger and a ball of light quickly flew over and stopped in front of Xiao Yan.
"Jade Poria Ointment and then … Dragon Saliva, come!"
As he muttered, another ball of light flew over. Xiao Yan smiled and gently waved his hand. Two balls of light were instantly thrown into the cauldron by Xiao Yan.
The refining of the Emperor Trial Elixir required the mixing of various medicinal ingredients. Two or more medicinal ingredients were needed to prevent some of the medicinal ingredients from exploding due to the conflicting medicinal properties. This was not difficult for Xiao Yan.
As long as he could accurately control the medicinal properties of these medicinal ingredients and ensure that they did not clash and the medicinal properties were not overly depleted, he could basically guarantee that there would not be any problems in the later stages of the refining process.
As Xiao Yan's finger continued to move, streaks of light flew into the cauldron in an orderly manner as if they were performing acrobatics. Xiao Yan thought.
At the judges' seats, Gu Li watched Xiao Yan's refining process go so smoothly. However, he did not dare to relax in the slightest.
At this moment, the medicinal ingredients in the cauldron.... the medicinal ingredients in the cauldron would immediately become useless if there was even the slightest mistake....
On the other side, Mo Di had also begun to refine the pill. Compared to the Emperor Trial Elixir, the refinement of his pill was much simpler. Therefore, his pill refining speed was much faster than Xiao Yan's.
After the various medicinal ingredients in the Thousand Beast Cauldron were fused, they had all turned into balls of various colored viscous liquid.
At this moment, these liquids contained waves of terrifying wild energy. If it was not for the fact that the various medicinal ingredients were harmonizing with each other, it was likely that they would have exploded the moment they were fused.
After all the medicinal ingredients in the cauldron had been harmonized to an equilibrium point, the next step was to fuse these medicinal ingredients again. Under the refinement of the Heavenly Flame, the medicinal properties would gradually fuse and turn into an embryonic pill. Finally, when the medicinal properties of the embryonic pill had completely fused into one, the Emperor Trial Elixir would be considered a success.
What Xiao Yan had to face next was the most difficult stage in the entire refining process of the Emperor Trial Elixir.
This was because whether it was the medicinal properties of the medicinal ingredients, the stability of the energy after the fusion, or the changes in the Heavenly Flame, it was very likely that all of these factors would cause the final outcome to fail.
Once that happened, Xiao Yan would have to start all over again.
Xiao Yan was not anxious. He first put aside the most important part of the entire pill refining process, the viscous ointment. This ointment was the first batch of medicinal ingredients to be fused. It was the product of the fusion of the Dragon Saliva Liquid and the Jade Poria Ointment.
These two ingredients could be considered as the two most important medicinal ingredients in the entire Emperor Tribulation Pill. It could be said that if the pill lacked these two ingredients, even if the pill could be refined in the end, it would be no different from a useless pill.
Xiao Yan's actions were not based on the Emperor Trial Elixir formula. Instead, he made this choice based on his many years of experience in refining pills.
Xiao Yan's actions also caused some of the slightly knowledgeable Half-emperors in the viewing platform to feel puzzled. Xiao Yan's actions were completely illogical!
Could it be that Yan Xiao knew that he would not be able to successfully refine the Emperor Trial Elixir, so he wanted to refine a useless pill in order to fight for the champion's position?
Although Xiao Yan and Mo Di were both rank two alchemists, an Emperor Grade Elixir was not as easy to refine as an ordinary elixir. Hence, even with their extraordinary skills, they did not have much confidence that they would be able to refine an Emperor Grade Elixir.
Hence, the thoughts in everyone's hearts were not without reason. After all, as long as Mo Di was unable to produce an Emperor Grade Elixir, even if the pill in Xiao Yan's hand was a useless pill, it was still better than nothing.
Compared to the guesses in the hearts of the Half-emperors, Gu Li and Chi Lin had a deeper understanding of the situation. Based on their many years of experience, the two of them could roughly guess what Xiao Yan was thinking.
The fusion of these two key medicinal ingredients could not play a role in the overall situation. Instead, it required other medicinal ingredients to fuse and balance its power.
Xiao Yan's method could be considered as an opportunistic one. He avoided the more complicated process and first fused the medicinal ingredients that had gentler medicinal properties and were easier to fuse. He left the ointment for last.
Although this would result in the loss of a portion of the medicinal properties in the end, causing the quality of the elixir to not be the same as before, it was the safest method.
The fusion process was not simple. Xiao Yan needed to constantly control the fusion process between the medicinal ingredients in the medicinal cauldron. His control of the fire was also at an extreme level. If he was careless, the medicinal ingredients in the cauldron would instantly be annihilated.
Xiao Yan could only slowly fuse the two medicinal ingredients together at a speed that was nearly undetectable by the naked eye. No matter what, the two types of energy had to be at the same equilibrium every second. There could not be the slightest change.
Time slowly flowed by. Xiao Yan's forehead was already filled with densely packed perspiration. Even though this was the case, Xiao Yan still did not move. At this moment, he needed to place all of his attention on the medicinal pill that was slowly merging in front of him. Everything in the outside world had been cut off by him.
"Clang!"
As the two types of energy gradually converged under Xiao Yan's control, a purple energy ripple spread from the cauldron with a bang.
This was not the result of a failed fusion. Instead, it was because the energy within the two medicinal ingredients was too powerful. Xiao Yan was unable to suppress the two similarly wild and violent energies in time during the fusion, resulting in this result.
Although it was not considered a big deal, just this alone was enough to cause Xiao Yan to nearly make a mistake.
As his finger trembled slightly, another terrifying energy ripple swept out from within the medicinal cauldron. It violently smashed against the inner walls of the medicinal cauldron. The enormous cauldron also involuntarily trembled slightly.
"Clang!"
Another wave of wild and violent energy swept out. Xiao Yan's expression involuntarily became increasingly ugly. Following the collision of these two types of energy, the other medicinal ingredients in the cauldron also suddenly became somewhat uncontrollable. The wild and violent energy that had been suppressed with great difficulty actually showed signs of recovery.
Before Xiao Yan could act to suppress it, another cluster of purple-brown medicinal paste appeared. After a series of intense vibrations, a wave of frightening energy ripple suddenly swept out.
"Clang!"
"Clang!"
Before the first wave subsided, another wave rose. Following the riot of these two types of energy, the other medicinal ingredients in the cauldron, which had been merged with great difficulty, also suddenly rebelled at this moment. Wave after wave of frightening energy ripples continuously smashed against the inner walls of the medicinal cauldron. The sound that was emitted was just like the sound of a bell being rapidly struck.
Upon seeing this scene, Xiao Yan also understood that this set of medicinal ingredients to refine the Emperor Tribulation Pill was likely to be knocked off. The only solution left was to refine another set of medicinal ingredients …
With a soft sigh, Xiao Yan gently waved his hand. A 'Heavenly Flame' suddenly rose and instantly incinerated those rebelling medicinal ingredients.
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