Time passed slowly. Soon, everyone noticed that Lu An and Li Han did not explode like Sun Zhong and Liu Heng. They were very stable and had been refining.
Slowly, everyone began to discuss. Everyone was shocked. Even Sun Zhong had a problem, how could these two youngsters pass it so easily?
In the VIP room, the six women of the Lu family heaved a sigh of relief in their hearts. Princess Yan Yi and Emperor Wang Yan directly expressed their relief. It seems that Lu An was stronger than they thought.
Even more shocked were the six people on the judging platform. They knew how difficult this was, but the two of them passed it smoothly. This really shocked them.
It had to be known that even within the sect, all of the trained pharmacists would have to undergo an assessment. The highest level of assessment was the refinement of this pill, and the pill recipe they received was also the version without notes. In the records, the number of people who could successfully pass the fifth material could be counted on one hand.
Liu Heng's face was very ugly. He thought that the two of them must be pretending. They did not refine the fifth material, but just threw it into the furnace. It must be like this! As for Sun Zhong, his eyes were fixed on the changes in the furnace, as well as the speed at which they threw in the materials. In fact, it was the same speed as when he passed the first difficulty.
In other words, the two of them really passed the difficulty, and were not pretending. How was this possible?
Even if the two youngsters were vigilant because of his failure, it was still too scary. If the two of them did not pass the difficulty by chance, then they were really geniuses.
Watching the two of them pass the difficulty, Liu Heng still did not refine. Because he did not know where the problem was. As for Sun Zhong, he wanted to see if the two of them could pass the second difficulty that made him explode.
That was the problem with the twentieth material. Until now, he had not figured out where the problem was.
Finally, in the afternoon, the sky gradually darkened. Before the sky was completely dark, the last rays of sunlight shone on the competition stage. Lu An and Li Han were refining the nineteenth material.
The materials were steadily refined in the furnace. The two of them were still fully focused, without the slightest slack. Soon, the refining of this material was completed. Next was the twentieth material.
Whether it was the six people on the platform or Sun Zhong, they all looked at the two of them seriously. Finally, the second difficulty was coming.
The twentieth material was none other than a crystal core.
This was a wind and water dual attribute crystal core. This crystal core came from a strange beast that could release Divine Sense attacks, so it had a powerful Divine Sense power. According to the alchemy manual, the refined crystal core only had a thin shell left on the surface, and inside was the spiritual energy. Once the crystal core was placed inside the alchemy furnace, the shell would be melted, and the spiritual energy would be integrated into the liquid to preserve it.
In fact, up until now, the liquid that had been refined was basically used to carry this crystal core, which was to create a container that could hold the power of Spiritual Energy. But if that was the case, why did it explode? And it was even more serious than the last time?
Lu An and Li Han looked at the Crystallic Nucleus in their hands and guessed that Sun Zhong had most likely exploded because of this Crystallic Nucleus. Lu An frowned and thought carefully. There were only three reasons for the so-called explosion. Either the materials were ignited due to the high temperature, or several materials had a special reaction and exploded, or several materials repelled each other and caused an explosion. As for this material, it was most likely because of the latter two reasons.
Special reaction? Energy repelling?
Lu An's eyes were dignified. The possibility of a special reaction and energy repelling was very small, so it was that the wind and water dual attributes contained in it conflicted with the previous materials.
Wind?
Water?
No matter how he thought about it, it was impossible for it to have an explosive reaction with the previous materials. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that the previous materials were a failure?
So, where did the problem come from?
Looking at Sun Zhong and Li Han stopping at the same time, Sun Zhong's eyes were dignified as he carefully watched every movement of the two people. In his view, even if these two people failed, it would eliminate a lot of possibilities for him.
Lu An stood in the same place and thought hard. After a quarter of an hour, he thought of all the possibilities, but still could not think of the cause of the explosion.
Could it be that Sun Zhong's previous refining of the container had made an error, which led to the explosion?
Soon Lu An rejected this idea. So far, the refining of the first nineteen materials was difficult, and the other materials were not as difficult as the Reverse Yang Pill. Sun Zhong could not have made a mistake.
So, if it was not wind, if it was not water, what else could it be?
Lu An closed his eyes and repeatedly recited the contents of the pill recipe in his sea of consciousness. After ten breaths, Lu An's body shook violently, and suddenly opened his eyes and stared at the crystal core in his hand!
Could it be ….. that there was a problem with the crystal core itself?!
This crystal core itself came from a powerful strange beast, and it was a strange beast that could launch a spiritual attack, could it be …..
Lu An frowned, he was ready to make a bold attempt.
He saw that his eyes were slightly focused, and instantly released a ray of spiritual sense, which went straight to the crystal core. When his spiritual sense penetrated the shell and entered the crystal core, it instantly connected with the spiritual sense inside the crystal core!
Boom!!
Lu An's sea of consciousness suddenly shook violently, and this huge vibration almost made his sea of consciousness explode! However, Lu An was prepared in advance, and his sea of consciousness was already filled with the Astral Diffusing Force. When this violent impact rushed into his sea of consciousness, all the Astral Diffusing Force immediately turned into a violent force to fight against it!
After ten breaths, the violent Astral Diffusing Force finally destroyed the spiritual sense explosion, but this spiritual sense was too strong, even Wang Meng, whom Lu An had met in the Abyss of Hell, was far inferior to it. It was comparable to the spiritual sense attack of a Level 7 Heavenly Master, and it might even be stronger! But now, it was all gone.
Lu An's guess was right, since this crystal core came from a strange beast, in addition to the power of wind and water, the crystal core also had a strong spiritual sense, then the strange beast would pour its own consciousness into the crystal core, and once it was killed and its crystal core was taken away, when it was used, the spiritual sense in the crystal core would burst out with anger.
When the anger burst out in the pill furnace, it would naturally cause a huge explosion, and everything would be destroyed. In other words, in order to use this crystal core, the strange beast's own consciousness would have to be removed first, and then it would be converted into pure spiritual sense for use.
However … this was really sad.
Perhaps this strange beast also knew that it would be targeted by humans, so it poured its anger into the crystal core in advance. For a strange beast to be prepared for death when it was born, it was too cruel.
Lu An's eyes moved slightly, and his face became calm. After slightly bowing his head to the crystal core, he threw it into the pill furnace.
Bang!
The crystal core entered the water, but it did not cause any ripples, and quietly melted, allowing the spiritual sense to surge through the entire liquid.
This scene made the judges' bodies tremble, and Sun Zhong was even more so! Even Li Han, who was on Lu An's left, looked at him with a hint of admiration in her eyes. She copied Lu An's method and began to refine.
"So that's how it is." Sun Zhong frowned and muttered to himself. He had seen the process of Lu An releasing his spiritual sense, and following this line of thought, everything was not difficult.
"It turns out that the spiritual sense in the crystal core contains anger." Sun Zhong picked up the crystal core on the side and said in a deep voice, "Generally, crystal cores with spiritual sense do not have such a thing, and communicating with one's own spiritual sense with the crystal core is likely to affect each other's spiritual sense, and may even cause harm to oneself, only a madman would do this."
With that, Sun Zhong looked at the young man in the distance, and his eyes became more dignified, and said, "Boy, I consider you have the upper hand for the time being."
Immediately, Sun Zhong began refining again. The third refining speed was very fast, as if to catch up with Lu An's progress. Soon, the fifth material was put in, and after a long time, the twentieth material, which was the crystal core, was put in. Sure enough, after the anger in the crystal core was removed, there was nothing strange, and it passed smoothly.
At this moment, it was already late at night, and the bright moon was in the sky, but because of the repeated explosions, everyone was not sleepy at all, especially the alchemists, all of them were abnormally energetic, watching the four people refining pills in the field. Everyone recorded every action of the four people, which was a precious treasure for them.
Sun Zhong's refining speed quickly caught up with Lu An and Li Han, but he slowed down again. He had always been the one to take the lead, but this time, he wanted to let these two young people take the lead.
The people in the back could always see the movements in front, and could also avoid a lot of mistakes and traps.
The six people on the high platform looked at this scene and smiled. Although Sun Zhong's choice lost his reputation, it was the best choice for the competition.
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