The finals of the Alchemy Competition.
A total of a hundred contestants were refining pills on the same stage. The scene was spectacular.
Those young faces were constantly flipping the True Fire in their hands. It was like a dazzling rainbow, appearing incomparably beautiful. Stalk after stalk of herbs continuously entered the medicinal cauldron. Soon, waves of medicinal fragrance filled the air.
Every alchemist's foundation was incomparably solid. It depended on who could perform to the best of their ability and win the title of the Alchemy Competition.
Nearly ten thousand spectators in the audience stared at the lively scene and watched the young alchemists discuss spiritedly.
"We will soon find out who will be the champion of this year's competition."
"Don't talk nonsense. Look over there, Dan Li is refining pills. Look at his smooth and experienced technique. He doesn't look like an ordinary Medicine King at all."
"His technique is secondary. I heard that the fire in his hand was formed by a Saint Fire Seed spilled from a Saint Pill. It was formed after it merged with his body. Its firepower is extraordinary."
"Speaking of fire seeds, how can it compare to Hou Zhi's innate demonic fire? It is rumored that he swallowed three types of high-level demonic fire before the competition and reached the peak of the Demon King Realm in one fell swoop. The demonic fire in his hand has reached the level of Heavenly Fire and is extremely compatible with him. It is easy for him to refine pills."
"How about Yao Yanchen from the Medicine Sect? His fire seems to be just an ordinary fire. I don't see anything special about it."
"How ignorant. That might be a kind of innate fire seed. Did you see the flames of the contestants around him shrink? That is definitely a high-level fire."
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In the center of the field, a tall and handsome young man was flipping a dark green flame to refine pills. He had a confident smile on his face. With a flip of his hand, herbs were refined one after another. He was so calm and natural. He was Dan Li from the Dan Clan, one of the popular candidates for first place in this year's competition.
"In the territory of the Dan Clan, no one can take the title of 'New Medicine King' away." Dan Li thought to himself. After a pause, he thought again, "This time, I must attract the fire spirit to recognize me as its master."
Dan Li was the most outstanding young Medicine King in the Dan Clan in the past hundred years. It would be easy for him to become a Little Saint Medicine King in the future. If he wanted to become a Saint Medicine King, he would have to rely on great opportunities.
His great fortuitous opportunity was right here. It all depended on whether or not he could attract the support of the Earth Flame Seed.
In the southern corner, a man with an outstanding temperament was methodically concocting pills. He was not as handsome as Dan Li, but he had an otherworldly aura, as if he was born with a unique temperament. He was Yao Yanchen from the Medicine Sect.
His fire seed did indeed look very ordinary, but not many people present knew that this was the spiritual fire that he had awakened from his innate talent. It was of a much higher level than ordinary true fire.
"As long as I can get a wisp of the Earth Fire Spirit, it will be easy to break through to the Heavenly Fish Realm. Don't disappoint me," Yao Yanchen thought to himself.
In fact, he didn't care about the title of Medicine King of the Year. To a genius like him who could refine Heaven Pills, was this title important?
He just wanted to use the Fire Spirit here to help him reach a higher level of martial arts.
In the northern direction, a Fire Monkey Spirit Demon was concocting pills. He maintained the appearance of a Spirit Demon and did not transform into a human. He wore a long robe and looked like a primitive monkey man. His eyes flashed with craftiness from time to time. The fire in his palm was constantly jumping, as if it was a part of his body. He could control it as he wished. He was Hou Zhi of the Fire Monkey Clan, and he had an extraordinary talent in alchemy.
"This time, I will concoct a furnace of top Spirit Demon Pills. Breaking through to the Heavenly Demon Realm as soon as possible is the way to go. Everything else is just fleeting clouds," Hou Zhi thought excitedly.
In different directions, there were different outstanding young alchemists. Their alchemy skills were smooth and pleasing to the eye. It was too much for the eye to take in.
In the northern direction, Dan Zi was concentrating on concocting pills, just like all the other alchemists.
During this period of time, she had followed Yang Wu and received a lot of Yang Wu's true teachings. Her alchemy skills improved by leaps and bounds. She was originally only able to concoct First Tribulation Pill Kings, but now she could concoct Second Tribulation Pill Kings, and even Third Tribulation Pill Kings occasionally appeared.
In this alchemy competition, she did not expect to win in one fell swoop, but she wanted to try her best to enter the top ten. She did not want to waste Yang Wu's careful teachings.
Yang Wu gave her a wisp of sacred fire and taught her the Soul Control Heart Sutra. These were enough to help her quickly improve her alchemy skills, but it was not enough. Everything depended on her performance on the spot.
Before concocting pills, she was disgusted by Ceng Xuneng. She held her breath. If she could not concoct a good enough Pill King, she was afraid that she would be regarded as a woman who looked good but was useless. She had to fight for her dignity.
She recalled what her master had taught her. "Every herb is a part of a pill. If we want to fuse them together, we have to infuse our mental energy into the herbs to understand each of their characteristics, as well as the required proportions. How to fuse the pills together in the most perfect way depends on whether or not we put our heart into refining the pills …"
No matter what you did, "as long as you put your heart into it", you could move the heavens and earth.
Dan Zi had been exposed to alchemy since she was young. She had always been nurtured by her grandfather, so her foundation was incomparably solid. After being taught by Yang Wu, she displayed her talent in alchemy. Her essence, energy, and spirit increased by a large margin, and every herb was successfully extracted.
It was also at this time that the wisp of sacred fire Yang Wu gave her gradually fused with her. Suddenly, a meridian in her body underwent a strange change. Waves of heat were constantly transmitted, as if something was about to emerge from it.
Peng!
Dan Zi did not have time to prepare before a wisp of fire suddenly appeared in her body. Moreover, it began to fuse with the wisp of sacred fire Yang Wu gave her.
"Ah!"
Dan Zi cried out involuntarily. The fire in her palm was too fierce, completely destroying the essence of the herbs in the cauldron.
All of this was not over. The power of the fire seed in her body had just awakened. It was a wisp of "Innate Vein Fire", a power that belonged to her innate potential.
A wisp of pink flames appeared on her body. It greedily absorbed the surrounding flames, constantly strengthening its own ability.
Dan Zi was aware of her own situation. She did not have time to think too much and directly sat down cross-legged to control the awakened fire seed. Moreover, she absorbed the flames here to her heart's content. She had already forgotten that she was in the middle of an alchemy field, surrounded by ten thousand spectators.
The True Fires of the surrounding alchemists were all affected. A lot of their flames had been absorbed by Dan Zi, causing them to destroy the herbs in their hands. They all opened their mouths to curse loudly.
"Bastard, who sucked away my flames? My Lipid Grass!"
"Just who is disturbing our alchemy? This is too much."
"Someone must have used a high-grade flame to absorb the power of our True Fires. How despicable."
"Who doesn't have a high-grade fire seed? Increase the flames, let's see whose fire seed is stronger."
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The alchemists present did not dare to be distracted. Even if their True Fires were affected, the competition still continued. During the competition, it was allowed to compete with each other's flames. This was an unwritten rule among the alchemists.
Not many people in the spectator seats could see what was going on. Only a few powerful martial artists noticed the clues.
On the judging panel, the three main judges and the ten assistant judges all knew what was going on. They were alchemists and were extremely sensitive to the changes in flames. They quickly found the source of the problem.
"Is it that girl again?" King Bagro raised his thick eyebrows and muttered.
"The fire seed is abnormal. Could it be that she attracted the fire spirit to choose its master?" Another main judge said. He was the Little Saint of the Dan Clan, Dan Zhengyi. After a pause, he exclaimed, "No, this … this is very similar to my clan's True Fire 'Peach Pink Flame'."
Although Dan Zhengyi did not belong to the direct line of descent, he was still an honored elder in the Dan Clan.
"That little girl also seems to be surnamed Dan. Isn't she a member of your Dan Clan?" An old main judge asked faintly.
This main judge was called Hou Hui, an old alchemist of the Fire Monkey Clan. He was also Hou Zhi's great grandfather.
"Could it really be my clan's Innate True Fire? But why don't I recognize her?" Dan Zhengyi asked with a puzzled expression.
"There are so many members of your Dan Clan. How could you possibly recognize each and every one of them? I think this little girl has just awakened her Innate True Fire. That's why she attracted a large amount of fire power. Looks like she's also a little genius," King Bagro said with a hint of envy.
The other assistant judges also revealed scorching expressions. They all knew what awakening an Innate True Fire meant to an alchemist.
There were so many alchemists present, and the number of alchemists who awakened their Innate True Fire definitely did not exceed the number of fingers on one hand.
Dan Zi obtaining such a lucky chance truly made people's eyes turn red with envy.
"Elder, she's our Dan Clan's traitor Dan Long's granddaughter, Dan Zi." One of the assistant judges transmitted a message to Dan Zhengyi.
This assistant judge was Dan Yuan, who had been beaten up by Yang Wu. He appeared on the judging panel of the finals. Even Dan Zi did not notice his existence.
"Dan Long, the younger cousin who followed the Battle Clan's Yang Clan?" Dan Zhengyi thought for a moment before replying.
"That's right, it's him. His granddaughter has awakened our clan's' Peach Pink Flame '. We can't let her wander outside as she pleases. We must bring her back to the clan to deal with her," Dan Yuan suggested.
Dan Zhengyi nodded lightly and said, "When it's over, you can talk to her."
"Elder, I'm afraid I can't do that. She has the Yang Clan's people by her side. They're not weak at all."
"Don't worry. In our Dan Clan's territory, the Yang Clan's people wouldn't dare to cause any trouble."
"Then I'll do as you say."
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In the depths of this alchemy field, there was an extremely well-hidden Earth Flame Vein. In fact, this was an Earth Flame Seed that had been sealed here by the Dan Clan. It had not yet become a Sacred Flame, so the Dan Clan's Sacred Elder had not harvested it yet. He even used it as an excuse to hold alchemy competitions every year to earn money.
Suddenly, a wisp of flame forcefully broke through the seal and drilled out.
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