Lu An only glanced at this woman once and never looked at her again. There were too many powerful people in this world. If he could refine a Tier 8 Pill, it also meant that other Tier 7 Heavenly Masters could do the same.
Eight hours had passed since the start of the competition. The grade-8 pharmacists present had all closed their books. However, the choices they made next were somewhat different. Some pharmacists chose to close their eyes and simulate. Some pharmacists, in order to catch up with the progress of the Montenegrin Empire's pharmacists, chose to give up on the simulation and directly enter the real refining process. One must know that the risk of doing this was very high because the real refining time was several times longer than the simulation. Moreover, if there was a mistake, one would have to start from the beginning and lose an opportunity.
Even so, almost half of the people still chose to refine immediately. At this moment, Lu An had only finished half of the book.
Slow!
Too slow!
In the Southern Cloud Empire's VIP room, everyone looked at Lu An's slow movements and were somewhat anxious. Especially Princess Yan Yi, her face was filled with worry and her hands were tangled together.
The facts proved that no matter how anxious they were, it was useless. On the stage, Lu An did not seem to feel the pressure from the others and continued to read at his own speed. When Lu An finally finished reading the original book, the sky was already dark.
Or rather, the sky was already dark and it was already late at night. The bright moon hung in the sky and there were no clouds in the sky. However, the huge competition field did not fall into darkness. Without exception, everyone present was a Heavenly Master. Everyone released a bit of light that could illuminate the entire competition field.
Lu An finally closed the book. He took a deep breath and gently closed his eyes.
Had he finally reached the stage of meditation?
The people from the Southern Cloud Empire and the women from the Lu Clan were all staring at Lu An. If other pharmacists needed to meditate for sixteen hours, then Lu An's time might be twice as long. As a result, he had wasted two days of time!
Among the eight pharmacists from the Southern Cloud Empire, four of them were in the middle of a meditation simulation. Three of them chose to refine directly and were constantly busy. This choice was correct as both sides were guaranteed.
Only Lu An's brilliance could not be seen, which made people feel less and less confident.
After all, he was only a Level Seven Celestial Master. The difference between him and a Level Eight Celestial Master was too great.
However, just as everyone was feeling extremely anxious, Lu An suddenly opened his eyes and began to quickly move the materials out of the ring!
Immediately, these people were shocked. Could it be that Lu An wanted to give up on meditation, and directly choose to refine?!
Lu An used his actions to give them a definite answer. According to the records in the book, he quickly sorted out the ingredients and arranged them around the incomparably huge refining platform. He stood at the center of the pill refining platform, and with a flash of light from his ring, he took out a pill furnace.
He quickly threw the first material that needed to be purified into the cauldron. Under the blazing heat of the Ninth Heavens Sacred Flame, the pill refinement finally began.
Seeing this scene, Yao and Beauty Yang's eyes flickered. Their eyes never left Lu An for even a second.
Inside the pill furnace was an ice furnace, and inside the ice furnace was the Ninth Heavens Sacred Flame. Lu An kept refining the materials inside. Refining the materials of a Level Eight Elixir was actually a very troublesome matter. Although Lu An had the Ninth Heavens Sacred Flame, the pressure of using it was not enough. Even so, his refining speed was definitely not slower than the other Level Eight Celestial Masters present.
It was not that Lu An did not think of purifying two materials at the same time. He had even prepared more pill furnaces in his ring, but in the end, he did not take them out because he did not have the confidence to not make any mistakes.
When Lu An began to purify, the steps were almost exactly the same as his. The stunning woman on the left also took out her pill furnace and began to refine.
The purification process had a very high requirement for one's ability to control fire, especially the materials of a Level Eight Elixir. Many of the materials could only be purified on one side, and some materials even needed to be chiseled and polished into a special shape before they could be used. And these things would cause Lu An a lot of trouble.
The purification process was long and boring. It slowly went from midnight to dawn, and from dusk to dawn. It was obvious that the audience was tired of shouting and became silent. Even some of the weaker spectators couldn't bear this kind of boring alchemy process and actually fell asleep.
Refining elixir was a tedious and boring matter. It was not as exciting as a battle to the death.
From dawn to noon, and finally, it was Nine Heavens Sacred Flame. A day had passed. At this moment, all the Level Eight Celestial Masters who were meditating opened their eyes and began to quickly immerse themselves in the process.
On the Montenegrin Empire's side, the six Level Eight Celestial Masters were about to finish the purification process and begin the refining process.
The Celestial Masters from the other empires would occasionally look at the people from the Montenegrin Empire. It was impossible to say that they were not worried. Even the people from the Medicine God Nation had a serious expression. In the Medicine God Nation, there was a middle-aged man who had the most serious expression.
It was also this man who the four great empires and even the sects paid the most attention to from the beginning to the end. There was no one else who could compare to him.
This man was none other than the strongest Celestial Master of the Medicine God Nation, Sun Zhong.
Everyone knew that the Medicine God Nation was a place without any government. Everything was managed by the local Celestial Masters. These Celestial Masters formed a huge Celestial Masters Alliance. Although Sun Zhong was not the king of the Medicine God Nation, his status was higher than the king's. Even the Alliance Master had to be respectful to him.
The Medicine God Nation ranked people based on their alchemy skills. Sun Zhong was the best alchemist in the Medicine God Nation.
In the past, the four empires and sects had sent Sun Zhong countless invitations, but they were all rejected by him without exception. Sun Zhong pursued alchemy wholeheartedly. His greatest belief was the strongest alchemist in the world, Zhong Jing, who founded the Medicine God Nation. The "Zhong" in his name came from this alchemist's name.
Sun Zhong was also considered to be the alchemist with the highest chance of winning the championship. However, with the Montenegrin Empire's interference, it was hard to predict who would win.
However, one had to admit that Sun Zhong's alchemy skills were very good. He did not meditate. Instead, he quickly read through the alchemy manual and immediately started refining. His purification speed was shockingly fast. The gap between him and the Montenegrin Empire was constantly closing. In addition, the Medicine God Nation had a Level Eight alchemist who happened to have refined the Reversal Yang Pill before. This caused the people from the Montenegrin Empire to feel the pressure from the Medicine God Nation. They all sped up their alchemy. The competition between the two sides caused the others to panic even more.
After another eight hours, it was already afternoon. Lu An had not even purified half of the ingredients. At this time, the six alchemists from the Montenegrin Empire and the two alchemists from the Medicine God Nation had already entered the refining stage.
Lu An was no fool. He could naturally feel the heated atmosphere between the Level Eight alchemists. If it was a competition of speed, he definitely would not be able to catch up. In fact, the difference was too big. Now, Lu An no longer had the desire to win. He only hoped that he could successfully refine this pill.
He was not the only one with such thoughts. Just like that, the second day passed. Finally, all the Level Eight alchemists had completed the purification stage and entered the solidifying stage.
The purification process was a single operation of the ingredients. It was relatively simple and not easy to make mistakes. The alchemists present were all people with solid foundations. However, when it came to the refining process, it was different. Any error in the control of the fire would instantly cause the refining of the pill to fail. They would have to start all over again.
The refining process was even slower than the purification process. At this moment, the fastest alchemists from the Montenegrin Empire had already refined for a total of 24 hours. They estimated that they would finish refining in another 24 hours and reach the final step of solidifying the pill.
Solidifying the pill was a very long process. According to the alchemists' previous refining experience, solidifying the pill would take about 12 hours. In other words, the refining process would take exactly three and a half days from beginning to end. In their opinion, as long as there were no accidents, they would definitely win.
Moreover, they still had a backup plan.
To the left of the Montenegrin Empire was the Medicine God Nation. To the right was the Heavenly Dragon Empire. After the twelve alchemists from the Montenegrin Empire communicated with each other through divine sense, the other six alchemists who had not started refining from the beginning began to move.
The alchemist closest to Sun Zhong placed an ingredient into the cauldron. Both of his hands continuously released powerful flames into the cauldron to refine the pill. However, at this moment, the alchemist's eyes turned cold and a cold smile appeared on his face.
Bang!!!
Suddenly, an earth-shattering explosion sounded in the arena. The cauldron was blasted into two halves and rapidly flew to the left and right!
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