When the start of the competition was announced, the supervisors immediately came in front of the competitors and handed the recipe to each of them.
The Heart Fire Pill's pill recipe was no longer as simple as a simple sheet of paper. It was a thin book. The first page of the book had the materials needed to refine the pill. The 21 pharmacists did not make any extra movements and all came to the edge of the arena. They asked their own chamber of commerce to copy down the materials and prepare them as quickly as possible.
Lu An was the same. He quickly came to the side of the arena. Dong Hao also knew the rules and was already waiting for him. The steward quickly copied down all 23 materials, but looking at these materials, Dong Hao and the steward's faces were a little ugly.
"How is it?" Lu An looked at the two's expressions and asked with a frown.
Dong Hao's face was a little stiff, and he said bitterly, "To tell you the truth, there are three materials that are very difficult to get. They are Yamada Flower Dew, Summer Early Leaf, and Heart Refining Red Fruit. The chamber of commerce's warehouse can take out at most two sets. I'm afraid they can't take out more. "
Two sets? Didn't that mean there were only two chances?
Lu An frowned even more. The Heart Fire Pill was a fourth-grade high rank pill. Not to mention the Heart Fire Pill, even when he refined the Injury Pill, he failed four times. Even he did not have the slightest confidence in two chances.
"Can't you buy it?" Lu An asked.
"I will buy it, but the chances are slim." Dong Hao smiled bitterly and shook his head. "When the content of the competition comes out, all the first-rate chambers of commerce will immediately block the materials and not let others buy it. Now we can only rely on second-rate chambers of commerce, but as long as they recognize us as members of the Dong Chamber of Commerce, they won't sell it to us, the competitors. "
Lu An frowned, but there was nothing he could do now. He nodded slightly and said, "Prepare the materials in the chamber of commerce and send them over first. We'll talk about the rest later."
"No problem." Dong Hao said, "I'll get someone to prepare it now."
After explaining the materials, Lu An returned to his stone platform and sat on the chair to read the recipe quietly. The recipe had a total of six pages, and it clearly explained every step of refining pills without any ambiguity. However, by the time Lu An finished reading the entire Alchemy Manual word by word, it had already taken a full two incense sticks worth of time.
Lu An could only use one word to describe the alchemy process, which was tedious.
The Heart Fire Pill was the first medicinal pill that he had encountered that could be used repeatedly. The ingredients that he had encountered in the past would at most be refined or used once. However, the Heart Fire Pill was different. Some materials would be used repeatedly in alchemy, and the way they were used was completely different, which made Lu An feel a lot of pressure.
Not only that, but the amount of materials needed to refine the Heart Flame Pill was also incomparable to the pills that Lu An had refined in the past. This was Lu An's second attempt at concocting a grade-4 pill. To him, grade-4 was still a foreign territory.
In the arena, even the other twenty fourth grade alchemists had solemn expressions on their faces as they concentrated on reading the alchemy manuals. Very clearly, this Heart Fire Pill also gave them quite a bit of pressure. However, a first-rate merchant association was still very powerful, and the Dong Family's merchant association could not be compared to them. In less than half an hour, the Chamber of Commerce had already prepared 23 types of materials and sent them over.
It was the Chilly Ice Merchant Association.
Everyone looked at the Chilly Ice Merchant Association, and their expressions became gloomy. It was obvious that the person who had bribed the Alchemist Union this year was most likely the Chilly Ice Merchant Association.
Below the stage, the Chilly Ice Merchant Association's president also revealed a smile. The three fourth grade alchemists that represented the Chilly Ice Merchant Association in the competition had worked together for the entire night to study the elixir. Although they did not succeed in refining the elixir, at least the first half of the process was accurate. In this way, they had a huge advantage over the other merchant associations.
Indeed, after the three fourth grade alchemists received the materials, they placed them on the table and quickly refined the elixir. This scene naturally made everyone feel a lot of pressure.
Lu An also took a glance, but that was it. He then continued reading the alchemy manuals. After another half an hour, the other first-rate merchant associations also sent their materials to the alchemists.
Out of the 21 people in the competition, only Lu An did not have any materials. The stone stage was empty, and he sat on the chair without moving.
This scene was naturally seen by the audience below the stage. The audience shook their heads and looked at Lu An sympathetically. In today's competition, Lu An was destined to be a supporting character.
Like most elixir refining processes, the first step to refining the Heart Fire Pill was to refine it. Soon, all the fourth grade alchemists released their flames. Immediately, the entire stage and the surrounding temperature became very hot, and it was easy to get scalded.
The moment the flames were released, all the fourth grade alchemists looked around at the same time. One had to know that flames meant a lot to an alchemist. The strength of the flame directly determined the alchemist's strength.
Moreover, the strength of the flame could have a suppressive effect. When some powerful or special flames appeared, they could suppress the surrounding flames. However, such a situation did not appear here. Although there was a difference in strength, they could not suppress the other flames.
Lu An also raised his head at this time and looked at the alchemists around him. All the alchemists were refining, and what Lu An had to do was to observe others refining so that he would not take any detours.
As expected, the first step was very difficult for the alchemists on the stage. The refining of materials was not the same, but different alchemy recipes had different requirements for concentration and purity. If there was a slight deviation, it would have a huge impact on the subsequent refining process. This seemingly simple first step, no one dared to act blindly without thinking.
"Why is the concentration requirement so strange?"
"Damn it, it still doesn't work!"
"…"
After a few attempts, the alchemists around him all complained. However, no one stopped trying. After all, they had a lot of materials and would not consider the cost of failure.
While others refined, Lu An just watched quietly. Over time, the people below the stage also forgot about Lu An's existence. After all, the refining process of a fourth grade elixir was not something that could be seen at any time.
Time passed little by little. Finally, after a full two hours, the people from the Dong Family's Chamber of Commerce ran over from afar, sweating profusely.
"Lu An! Lu An! "
Lu An, who was concentrating on watching others refining, was shocked. He immediately turned his head to look below the stage and saw Dong Hao waving at him. He was delighted and quickly came to the side of the stage.
"The materials are all here!" Dong Hao immediately handed a ring to Lu An and said, "I will ask my men to buy more materials. After all, the second-rate Chamber of Commerce does not know the contents of the alchemy recipes, but you have to be careful!"
"Okay." Lu An nodded and immediately returned to his stone table and took out all the materials from the ring.
Looking at the dazzling array of materials on the stone table, Lu An took a deep breath and calmed himself down.
Then, he stretched out his hand and released an ice stove on the stone table.
The moment the ice stove appeared, a terrifying temperature spread out. The stone table was instantly covered with a thick layer of frost, and the surrounding alchemists' flames were immediately affected and dimmed after shaking for a while.
Ice?
This scene immediately attracted the attention of all the people on and off the stage. Everyone looked over in confusion. They had great doubts about Ice's appearance.
Ice and fire were polar opposites. How could an ice stove be used?
Even the people from the Dong Family's Chamber of Commerce were a little confused when they saw this scene. After all, Lu An had been refining elixirs in his room, and no one had seen Lu An's real refining process. Therefore, when the ice stove appeared, they were also dumbfounded.
"Lu An … Is he all right?" An alchemist asked worriedly.
"Who knows …" The others were not sure and said, "I have never seen this kind of alchemy furnace."
In the stage, the other alchemists showed contempt after a short moment of surprise. In their opinion, Lu An was just playing to the gallery, nothing more. After ridiculing him, they continued to refine elixirs.
However, Lu An did not care about other people's opinions. He carefully put the first material into the alchemy furnace.
Then, he slowly raised his hands, and a flame gradually appeared in the air in front of his hands.
It was finally about to start.
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