Time continued to move forward, from dark to dawn, it was now the morning of the seventh day.
After refining, Lu An and Li Han had both reached the fortieth material. From last night until now, Lu An had been concentrating on refining his own pill, and did not pay attention to the others. But he was also very clear about the movements of the other three people, now that he had become the leader, the others were waiting for him to make a mistake, and learn from him.
Lu An naturally did not want to do this, but there was no other way, there was always someone who had to take the first step. Li Han and Sun Zhong followed closely behind, with two fewer materials than him, as for Liu Heng, he had just passed the fifth material with great difficulty.
The sun shone on the faces of the audience, as countless people in the audience were already lying down, either lying down or sitting down, falling asleep one after another. Even the ground outside the competition venue was the same, there were many tents and houses set up, and inside were people sleeping.
The sun was dazzling, waking these people up. As for all the alchemists who wanted to learn something, after watching for six days and six nights, they finally could not bear it, and began to feel sleepy. If it was an ordinary six days and six nights without sleep, it would not be a big deal for these people, but if they were to concentrate on watching, it would consume a lot of energy, but they also admired the four people in the competition venue even more than them, and even more than them, they were able to persevere until now.
Hundreds of thousands of people yawned, and the six people on the referee's high platform were obviously tired. One of them looked at Lu An's progress, and finally regained some of his spirit, and said to the others, "Soon, this Lin Xiaoliu is going to refine the forty-fourth material."
When the other five people heard this, they all opened their eyes and looked down, some of them even fell asleep on the table. This forty-fourth material was the third hurdle, and could also be the place where the watershed was opened.
Half an hour later, the time was close to nine, Lu An finished refining the forty-third material, and with a wave of his right hand, a plant on the Alchemy Refining Platform instantly appeared in his hand.
This was a complete plant, moreover it was not a purified plant, it needed to be purified on the spot, otherwise it would evaporate. According to the Alchemy Manual, it was necessary to extract the juice of this plant, this juice had a strong vitality and vitality, and could give the pill a long life. One had to know that the carrier of the Divine Sense had to be a living thing. It had to be alive. Pure liquid couldn't carry it. And this juice was able to do just that.
The so-called purification was to extract all the juice from the plant and add it into the liquid. The purification of this material was very simple. There was no need to use flames at all. All one needed to do was to use their strength to break the plant and extract the juice. This kind of action could be done by any slightly stronger alchemist.
However, just as Lu An was about to crush the plant and extract its juice, which floated above his palm and was about to put it in, he suddenly paused and stopped.
Li Han and Sun Zhong, who had been secretly observing Lu An, were slightly startled by this sudden stop!
Not only these two people, but the six people on the judging platform and the seven women in the Southern Cloud Empire's VIP room were also the same. These people had been staring at Lu An. They were all somewhat astonished, but their emotions were different.
That's right, Lu An stopped because he felt that the plant juice in his hand was somewhat different from the liquid he had refined before.
Looking at the boiling liquid in the alchemy furnace, and then looking at the juice in his palm, Lu An frowned.
To him, this was a completely unknown pill, and as the leader, no one could give him any hints or references. Any decision he made that exceeded the Alchemy Manual's content meant that he was taking a huge risk. If he failed, it meant that the previous six days and six nights of refining would be wasted, and he would have to start all over again.
Lu An frowned and stood in the same place, thinking over and over again for the time it took to brew a cup of tea. Finally, Lu An took a deep breath, looked at the boiling liquid in the alchemy furnace, and put his left hand into the furnace. Instantly, a cold air gushed out, and the boiling liquid slowly cooled down, becoming calmer and calmer.
Not only was it calm, the entire liquid even became a little cold, without a trace of heat. After seeing this, Lu An merged the juice in the palm of his hand.
Lu An did not put the juice on the surface, but poured it directly into the innermost layer, and then waited quietly without doing anything. He watched as the juice slowly separated and spread out in all directions, like dots of starlight slowly covering the bottom, sparkling and translucent.
This was the light of vitality.
However, this light gradually dissipated from the bright flash, and finally disappeared into the bottom of the liquid. Lu An frowned, and used his divine sense to feel the changes in the liquid, and found that the divine sense inside was very strong, as if it had gained vitality. Not only that, but Lu An, who had Immortal Qi, was also very sensitive to vitality, and could also feel the changes in the liquid life in the alchemy furnace, becoming stronger and stronger.
Lu An smiled, he was right.
This plant was cool to the touch, which meant that it was a cold object, of the Yin attribute. Therefore, before adding the liquid, the temperature of the liquid had to be lowered, or else the boiling liquid would directly kill the life, and it was very likely that the cold and hot of the plant would clash violently, resulting in another explosion.
As for why it was placed at the bottom, it was very simple. As the saying goes, Yin is inside Yang, and Yang is outside Yang. Yin is Yang's nourishment, and Yang is Yin's protection. Yin must be in the innermost layer, this was the way of heaven and earth.
After waiting for another 10 minutes, Lu An was sure that all the Yin attribute life force had been converted into pure vitality, and then the temperature gradually increased, and the liquid became boiling hot again, and he grabbed the 45th material in his hand.
He passed?!
The six people on the judge's platform were stunned, and they looked at Lu An's actions with astonishment. Was this kid a monster? He actually did not fail?!
In fact, among the first three challenges, this one was the most confusing, because the number of plant materials was the most among the materials to refine the Three Line Enchanting Pill! Especially in the refinement of the first 43 materials, there were as many as 29 kinds of plant materials, and more importantly, there were no special refining requirements, so this 44th material was very confusing.
Generally speaking, it was very easy for pharmacists to extract plants and throw them in like before, causing an explosion. How could this kid be so cautious?
Maybe this was also due to the fact that Lu An had the Ninth Heaven Sacred Fire and the Deep Ice, two Fate Wheels of extreme Yin and extreme Yang. Not only was he not afraid of heat and cold, but he was also very sensitive to heat and cold. Therefore, when he touched the plant, even if it had the same texture and temperature as the other materials, he could directly feel the changes of heat and cold inside.
Seeing Lu An stop at the 44th material, Li Han and Sun Zhong also stopped to think. Both of them were excellent at refining elixirs. After carefully feeling the inside of the plant for a while, they figured out the secret. They crushed the plant and put it at the bottom, and let the vitality be absorbed and transformed bit by bit.
Sun Zhong turned his head to the right and looked at Lu An as he was transforming the plant. This kid was able to figure this out, which made Sun Zhong even more respectful of this kid's alchemy skills.
Just at this moment, something strange happened!
Boom!!!
All of a sudden, there was a shocking explosion, which startled the three people who were refining. Fortunately, it did not affect their refining work, or it would be too annoying.
Lu An frowned and looked to the front. In front of him, Liu Heng's alchemy furnace was billowing with thick smoke that shot up into the sky. Just now, he threw the crystal core into the furnace, which caused it to explode.
"How could this be? How could this be?! " Liu Heng was truly enraged. Perhaps it was because he was enraged by the humiliation, but he continued to punch the cauldron like a madman, causing the cauldron to buzz. Among the hundreds of thousands of people present, some of the weaker ones even fainted from the shock.
The six people on the judging platform frowned. One of them immediately shouted, "If you make any noise that has nothing to do with refining elixirs, you will be disqualified and expelled from the competition!"
Hearing this, Liu Heng's body trembled. He looked up at the judging platform with discomfort. If they were from the four empires, he would have turned around and left. However, these people were from the Sect and he could not afford to offend them. He could only sit down and sulk, wondering why the crystal core went wrong.
Sun Zhong looked at Liu Heng with contempt and said to himself, "You don't even know how to copy. Mediocre!"
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