Lu An's reaction was extremely fast and he was able to set up an ice barrier before the impact. This was also related to his belief.
Whatever he did, he had to leave some leeway for himself. Even though he was extremely focused, it didn't mean that he wasn't paying attention to the outside world. As for the other pharmacists, they were completely immersed in their pill concoction which was why they were interrupted.
When this happened, the faces of all the pharmacists on the stage immediately turned black as they looked at the pharmacist who had just exploded. One had to know that a long time ago, there were indeed people who purposely exploded their cauldrons to interrupt other people's pill concoction. However, this was later strictly prohibited. However, cauldrons still exploded from time to time and this was something that no one could avoid during the pill concoction process.
The one who exploded wasn't anyone else but a pharmacist from the Chilly Chamber of Commerce. At this moment, his face was filled with astonishment as he looked at the exploded cauldron. He didn't know what to do as he stood there in a daze.
Song Zhi and the rest came to his side to take a look. After confirming that he didn't do it on purpose, they didn't say anything. However, even a pharmacist from the Chilly Chamber of Commerce exploded his cauldron. This made the other pharmacists slightly worried.
Lu An also raised his head to take a look but that was it. He immediately returned to his pill concoction process. Even though there were many pharmacists around him, he couldn't use any of them as a reference.
Out of the 23 materials, he had already started on the 10th material.
As he was in the middle stage, he wasn't in danger of exploding cauldrons. However, he also knew that too much cold air would directly destroy the medicinal properties of the materials. This was the same logic as too strong of a flame. Therefore, he had been very careful.
Within the ice cauldron, the cold air was like a white fog. It was impossible to see the situation within with the naked eye. Fortunately, Lu An could use the cold air to observe. If someone were to get close to the ice cauldron, they would feel the terrifying temperature inside.
Time passed quickly and it was already midnight. At this moment, there were much fewer people in the plaza. Only the people from the various large chambers of commerce and some rogue pharmacists were still watching. The huge square was already very spacious, only the flames on the arena were still burning fiercely.
However, this was only the beginning.
Since an hour ago, all the pharmacists had basically entered the fourth material. At the same time, they also encountered the same situation as the Chilly Chamber of Commerce, which was the explosion of their cauldrons. At this moment, the sound of cauldrons exploding could be heard. Some of the higher grade cauldrons, even after the explosion, there wasn't much of a problem. However, some people were not so lucky, and their pill furnaces directly exploded.
After the cauldron exploded, they could only start over. However, starting over did not mean that they had found the cause. For a moment, the sound of exploding furnaces rose and fell one after another. No one knew when it would end.
Below the stage, the people from the various chambers of commerce were already seated. The Dong Family's Chamber of Commerce was no exception. Even Dong Hao didn't go to sleep. Instead, he sat below the stage and insisted on watching even though he was sleepy.
Compared to the other chambers of commerce, they were already very idle. The pharmacists who had failed repeatedly asked for materials from the Chamber of Commerce. However, Lu An hadn't come looking for them even once. Although the people of the Dong Clan's Chamber of Commerce were somewhat relieved, they were also somewhat suspicious.
Dong Hao looked at Lu An who was engrossed in refining pills on the stage. Although he looked calm on the surface, he was very anxious in his heart. Everyone else's pill refinement was overflowing with sparks, and they were drenched in sweat. Only Lu An was refining pills extremely quietly. His hands were placed in the furnace, almost motionless.
At this moment, Lu An finally moved. He quickly picked up the eleventh material on the table and put it into the furnace.
This scene was not only seen by Dong Hao, but also by the surrounding supervisors. It couldn't be helped. The remaining materials on Lu An's table were enough to attract anyone's attention. Even the people of the Icy Cold Chamber of Commerce had only just entered the ninth material stage. However, this kid had already put it into the eleventh material. How could they not be concerned?
At this moment, a supervisor moved to Lu An's side. But when he was a step away from Lu An, he suddenly stopped. This was because he felt a terrifying chill invading his body. It was bone-piercing cold and painful.
Why was it so cold?
The supervisor frowned at Lu An. Could it be that this kid didn't feel cold?
During the pill refining process, even the supervisor couldn't disturb the pharmacist before discovering the problem. Therefore, he stood next to Lu An and watched. After discovering that there was no flame in the furnace, only white mist, he became even more puzzled.
What was this kid doing? Freezing materials?
The supervisor looked at Lu An strangely. There was some contempt in his eyes. In his opinion, Lu An's actions were clearly not pill refining. But in the end, he didn't say anything and turned to leave.
Gradually, the moon drew a half circle above everyone's head. After a while, the sky brightened up. Soon, it was morning. There were more and more people on the streets. In the morning, people gathered around the square again.
At this moment, a full 24 hours had passed since the start of the competition. Even if the preparation time for the materials was excluded, the pharmacists on the stage still had 20 hours to refine the pills.
In these 20 hours, the 21 pharmacists didn't rest at all. However, they weren't ordinary people. With their strength, they didn't mind not sleeping for an entire night. However, the mental energy consumption of pill refining was many times greater than staying up all night. Therefore, many of the pharmacists were sweating profusely. They were obviously shaken.
At this moment, most of the pharmacists had already reached the 16th material. The people of the Icy Cold Chamber of Commerce had reached the 19th material. They were only four materials away from success.
At the same time, the only Level 3 pharmacist on the stage, Lu An, had also reached the 18th material. His speed was indeed overtaken by the people of the Icy Cold Chamber of Commerce, but he didn't care. His pill refining skills weren't as good as these Level 4 pharmacists. Moreover, he was using Yin to refine the pills.
As time passed and the performances of the various large chambers of commerce, even the ordinary people knew that the pill refining was about to end. The square was once again filled with people. At the same time, even the people of the Pharmacist's Union were ready to welcome the first person to succeed.
It was noon. At this moment, one of the pharmacists from the Icy Cold Chamber of Commerce picked up the last material and poured it into the cauldron!
This scene immediately attracted everyone's attention. With a 'boom', the flames in the cauldron rose and spiraled up to a height of five feet! When the pharmacist saw this, he immediately raised his hands and forced the flames back into the cauldron. Then, he closed the lid of the cauldron. At the same time, he placed his hands on both sides of the cauldron and used all his strength to let the flames burn in the cauldron.
Song Zhi turned to look at the pharmacist. Indeed, this was the last step of refining the Heart Flame Pill. It seemed that the Icy Cold Chamber of Commerce didn't disappoint him and took first place.
However, not long after the last material was poured into the cauldron, the cauldron gradually became extremely unstable. The cauldron shook left and right at an extremely fast frequency. When this scene landed in everyone's eyes, they immediately became extremely nervous.
The most nervous person was the pharmacist who was refining the pill. Even his arms were trembling as he desperately tried to calm the raging flames in the cauldron.
In the distance, Song Zhi frowned when he saw this scene. His gaze became serious. When he saw the confused expressions of the disciples who had just entered the Pharmacist's Union, he explained, "If you want to stop the raging flames, you have to stop the flames. However, once you stop the flames, the half-cooked material will cause the last material to lose its effectiveness and cause the pill to fail. "
"Then wouldn't it be an endless cycle? There's no chance?" A disciple beside him asked curiously.
"Indeed." Song Zhi nodded and said in a low voice, "It's impossible to retract the flames. He can only brace himself and continue refining. We can only see if his cauldron has the ability to withstand such a violent force."
However, before he could finish his sentence, there was a 'bang' and the cauldron exploded. The fragments flew everywhere!
Not only was the sound of the explosion loud, but the shockwave and the fragments of the cauldron were also unprecedented. In an instant, the pharmacist who was closest to the pharmacist was the most affected. This kind of force was equivalent to the full strength punch of a mid-level fourth-stage Heavenly Master. Not to mention refining pills which required extreme caution, these people might not even dare to take it head-on during normal times!
Immediately, not only were the materials that the other pharmacists were refining blown away, even their cauldrons and people were hit hard. The pharmacists who were focused on refining pills were caught off guard and immediately spat out blood. Four pharmacists fell to the ground and lost all ability to refine pills!
Not only that, but the force of the impact was also spreading outwards. All the pharmacists suffered different degrees of impact. Fortunately, they were outside and had time to react and block it.
At this moment, a huge fragment of the cauldron went straight for Lu An's head!
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