After Lu An got the furnace, he didn't put the materials into it immediately. This made Sun Zhong, who was watching from the side, nervous.
What was he waiting for?
Lu An kept looking at the thirty-three materials on the table. Sun Zhong was very puzzled by this scene. He didn't think it was a coincidence that Lu An beat him that day. After all, the Pharmacists Conference could be held several times. Being lucky once couldn't be lucky every time. More importantly, the Tri Yao Enchanting Pill couldn't be refined by coincidence and luck. He still remembered the difficulties they encountered at that time. After Lu An found a way to overcome them, they followed and learned from him.
Then … why didn't he refine the pills? These materials shouldn't pose any pressure to him!
Beside Lu An, Beauty Yang looked at her husband quietly. She didn't make any noise to disturb him. Compared with Sun Zhong's confusion and anxiety, she was very calm. After experiencing so many things, her confidence in Lu An had become almost blind.
Lu An would never do anything meaningless. All the women in the family knew this very well.
Lu An's eyes quickly swept across the 33 materials. After ten breaths, he finally stopped. He quickly raised his hand and took out a material and put it into the furnace.
Seeing this, Sun Zhong's body shook violently.
Not only Sun Zhong, the moment Lu An put in the material, Huang Nong happened to look up at Lu An. When he saw this scene, he was so shocked that his hands almost trembled.
The reason for their shock was very simple. The material Lu An put in was not the first material specified in the Elixir Pill Manual.
In other words, Lu An didn't refine the pills according to the order in the Elixir Pill Manual.
Did he put in the wrong material? Or did he do it deliberately?
The possibility of the first situation was so low that even a first-level pharmacist couldn't make such a mistake. After all, the order was clearly written in the Elixir Pill Manual, and it had been deduced in the sea of consciousness. How could there be a wrong material?
However, if it was the second situation where he deliberately changed the order of putting in the materials, it was even more incomprehensible.
One had to know that the order of refinement had extremely strict requirements. This had a huge relationship with the level of formation of the pill, the distribution of energy, and so on. Even the slightest mistake in the heat control would cause the entire structure to be destroyed, and the pill refinement would not be successful, not to mention the wrong materials.
Such an action would directly lead to the failure of the entire pill refinement!
Huang Nong and Sun Zhong both frowned as they watched this scene. To be honest, if any other alchemist were to do this, they would definitely not be able to successfully refine it. However, if it was Lu An who did such a thing, the two of them would feel even more pressure.
They didn't believe that this young man would be so stupid.
Huang Nong took a deep breath. Since his opponent had done such a thing, he would not allow himself to lose no matter what!
Huang Nong immediately raised his hand and placed the third ingredient into the furnace!
Lu An did not look at Huang Nong's refining speed. Instead, he concentrated on looking inside his own pill furnace. The Ninth Heavens Sacred Flame in the cauldron was white and red. This was the result of him controlling the temperature. He carefully watched the burning of the ingredients inside without any distractions.
When Huang Nong placed the fourth ingredient into the cauldron, Lu An raised his hand and placed the second ingredient into the cauldron.
Huang Nong and Sun Zhong frowned again because this time, Lu An's ingredients … were completely different from the ones in the pill manual!
No matter what, in their eyes, this was a careless mistake!
Disregarding everything else, if these two ingredients were placed together without the neutralization of other ingredients, they would have a very serious reaction with each other, causing them to lose each other's effectiveness. Even if the pill was formed in the end, it would only be an extremely defective pill.
However, no one was allowed to disturb the refining process, let alone give any pointers. Sun Zhong stood in the center and watched all of this without saying anything. As for Huang Nong, he did not say anything and focused even more on refining his own pill.
Next, both parties entered the refining process wholeheartedly.
Sun Zhong and Huang Nong were more than three hundred years apart. Before Sun Zhong became famous, Huang Nong was the number one alchemist in the Medicine God Nation and had long been famous throughout the world. It was not until Sun Zhong also became a top alchemist that Huang Nong gradually retired. However, this did not mean that his alchemy skills had regressed.
On the contrary, after giving up his fame, he could devote himself to the study of alchemy. His current alchemy skills were much better than before. Even Sun Zhong was inferior to him in many aspects.
Time flew by and soon, two hours had gone by. Huang Nong had already refined eight ingredients, and Lu An had already placed five ingredients into the cauldron. If the difference in strength between the two was taken into account, Lu An being able to do this was already very frightening.
After another two hours, Huang Nong had already placed nineteen ingredients into the cauldron. At this time, Lu An had only placed ten ingredients into the cauldron. After all, there were many ingredients that needed to be compressed during this period. Lu An was not as strong as Huang Nong, so the process was slower.
After another two hours, Huang Nong had placed twenty-eight ingredients into the cauldron while Lu An had placed seventeen.
Sun Zhong looked at Huang Nong. He had to admit that Huang Nong's speed was very fast. Even he was not confident that he could put in the pills so quickly. However, when he turned to look at the other side, his brows deeply furrowed.
From beginning to end, Lu An had not followed the order of the pill recipe to put in the ingredients.
At this speed, Huang Nong would need at most one hour to put in all thirty-three ingredients. Then, it would be time to condense the pills.
With Huang Nong's strength, he would need at most four hours to condense the pills. In other words, he would be able to successfully refine the pills before nightfall. From Sun Zhong's point of view, no matter how much he thought highly of Lu An and how talented he felt Lu An was, he didn't think Lu An could win at all based on the way he threw in materials.
A moment later, Huang Nong picked up the twenty-ninth ingredient and quickly threw it into the cauldron.
At the same time, Lu An moved as well.
His eyes turned cold. He quickly picked up the last ingredient in the pill recipe and threw it in. Then, he suddenly closed the cauldron with the cauldron lid!
Bang!
The sound of the lid closing instantly made Huang Nong and Sun Zhong's bodies shake. They looked at Lu An in shock!
What did it mean to close the lid?
It meant that the refinement was over and the pill was condensing!
Both of them gasped and looked at Lu An's alchemy table in shock! There were still fifteen ingredients that had not been touched at all. They had not been thrown into the cauldron at all!
What was he doing?
Using eighteen ingredients to condense the pills?!
Huang Nong frowned. His expression was very solemn. He really did not understand what Lu An was trying to do. Was he trying to lose on purpose, or was he crazy and looking down on him?
One could not be distracted during the process of refining pills. Huang Nong did not look at Lu An anymore and focused on refining pills. Because in his opinion, there was no doubt that Lu An had failed!
This competition was boring to win!
Huang Nong focused on refining pills. Sun Zhong was still looking at Lu An's alchemy table. Suddenly, his body shook. He suddenly realized something!
The thirty-three ingredients on the alchemy table were placed in order. This could avoid the trouble of looking for ingredients when putting them in. And at this moment, the remaining fifteen ingredients on the alchemy table were separated from each other … Sun Zhong realized that Lu An was not really not putting in any ingredients quickly!
On the contrary, Lu An was putting in the ingredients according to the pill recipe. It was just that … he had fifteen ingredients that he did not put in yet!
Looking carefully, Lu An had put in the five ingredients that had the power of consciousness. If the remaining fifteen ingredients were to be classified in detail, they were all important ingredients that were responsible for the structure of the pill. Without these ingredients, it was very difficult to have a specific structure for the pill. The layering of the pill was also very difficult. And the structure and layering had a huge relationship with the energy that protected the pill. It was an essential part!
However, although Lu An did not use the materials for the structure and layering, he used the materials for the support structure and layering. This choice was very confusing.
In less than an hour, Huang Nong finally finished refining. He closed the lid of the alchemy furnace and began to condense the pill with all his strength.
Condensing the pill was not just enough to burn it with fire. It was also necessary to continuously pour in one's strength to help the structure and shape of the pill. Lu An had been using both hands to press against the alchemy furnace. He was concentrating on pouring his strength into the furnace. Compared to Lu An, Huang Nong was much more relaxed. He only needed to use one hand.
But it was not that Huang Nong was careless and did not want to use both hands. It was just that there was really no need to use both hands. Too much strength would damage the structure. Huang Nong once again looked at Lu An's concentrated appearance. In his opinion, Lu An's strength was too fierce. This was not beneficial to the formation of the pill.
No matter what, no matter what happened, he would win this competition!
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