The altar stood tall, unmoved by the wind.
Who would emerge victorious in the battle for the title of Saint Alchemist?
"Today, Xing Yashang and Yang Wu will be competing in alchemy. The price of victory and defeat has been stated clearly, and I will be the witness. Before we begin, I will state three rules. First, all of you must refine one cauldron of Star Pattern Pills in six hours. Second, no one is allowed to use True Fire to attack or interfere with each other. Third, you will be responsible for the Pill Tribulation. Do you have any objections?"
"No objections." Yang Wu and Xing Yashang both said in unison.
Miao Yashang's announcement of these three rules seemed to be for the sake of fairness, but in reality, he was already thinking for Yang Wu. Xing Yashang was a true Star Pattern Realm Saint. If he didn't use True Fire to attack, Yang Wu would lose without a doubt.
Xing Yashang also understood this point, but he didn't care. He could use his alchemy skills to win this bet fair and square.
As for the Pill Tribulation, Xing Yashang wasn't afraid at all. He had the Saint Puppet to withstand the Pill Tribulation. On the other hand, he didn't believe that Yang Wu had the ability to withstand a Saint Pill Tribulation. No matter how talented a low level Dragon Transformation Realm martial artist was, how could he withstand a Saint Pill Tribulation?
In Xing Yashang's opinion, Miao Yashang was very fair.
The other alchemists also didn't have any objections. They were all quietly waiting for the competition to begin.
"Begin!" Miao Yashang didn't waste any more time and announced the start of the competition.
Xing Yashang looked at Yang Wu and transmitted his voice, "What a pity. The Yang Clan will lose a Saint Alchemist with a bright future."
Yang Wu didn't look at Xing Yashang. He began to look at the herbs on the altar. These herbs were prepared by the Alchemist Alliance. There were a total of three sets, which meant that he had to use three sets of ingredients to refine one cauldron of Star Pattern Pills.
Three sets of ingredients to refine one cauldron of pills was a necessary skill for an alchemist with a high success rate. If he used all three sets of ingredients and still couldn't refine the pills, it meant that the result of the competition was out.
Xing Yashang taunted, "Yang Wu, don't pretend to be calm. Now that you're here, it's too late for regrets. If you're willing to submit to the Xing Clan and become our dog, I'll let you live."
"Old dog, don't be noisy." Yang.
Xing Yashang scolded, "Little bastard, since you're courting death, don't blame me."
Xing Yashang didn't delay and began to refine the pills.
Xing Yashang lived up to his reputation as a veteran Saint Alchemist. He took out a sacred cauldron. This pitch-black cauldron looked ordinary, but it emitted an aura of vicissitudes. Vaguely, one could hear the cries of birds. There were three bird heads on the side of the cauldron. They seemed to be the heads of golden crows. They were the Black Golden Crows, which possessed the bloodline of golden crows. They were an extremely rare ancient Spirit Demon Clan. This cauldron was called the Black Golden Crow Cauldron. It was ranked 177th on the Saint Weapon Ranking. The Xing Clan had spent a lot of effort to obtain this cauldron.
The Black Golden Crow Cauldron could increase one's success rate by thirty percent and increase one's ability to refine pills by twenty percent. This was why it could enter the Saint Weapon Ranking.
There weren't more than ten cauldrons that could enter the Saint Weapon Ranking. Xing Yashang could be proud to have one.
This was also the reason why he was so confident.
The Saint Alchemists below all looked envious. In their opinion, as long as they could obtain such a sacred cauldron, they would be able to refine pills of a higher grade.
However, they didn't have such an opportunity. Unless they could get the number one Saint Weapon Master to make a move, they wouldn't have a chance to obtain such a top-grade cauldron.
"Today, I'll show you what alchemy is," Xing Yashang muttered to himself. Murmured Xing Yashang. The power of his saint spirit pulsed, and the herbs rose on their own. Holy fire appeared in his hand. It was the Xing Clan's unique fire. It had devoured many types of fire seeds, and it had condensed into a holy fire. It was the reason why he had become a Saint Alchemist.
Xing Huo had the ability to devour. When it appeared, the surrounding worldly Xuan Qi was devoured by it. The resulting firepower was very oppressive. The alchemists below all retracted their flames, feeling a sense of fear. They were afraid of being devoured by Xing Yashang's sacred flame.
The herbs began to fly into the Black-Gold Crow Cauldron. The Xing Fire burned the cauldron's walls. The essence of the herbs was instantly burned and dripped into the cauldron. Using the mind to refine pills, everything was so natural. It showed the demeanor of a Saint Alchemist.
In the next moment, more than ten stalks of herbs flew up at the same time. They seemed to be controlled by an invisible hand and fell into the cauldron. The Xing Fire's power began to disperse, roasting the herbs separately. Another dozen stalks of herbs were refined. The speed was so fast that the alchemists below were amazed.
The difference between a Saint Alchemist and other alchemists was that they were very skilled at using the mind to refine pills. They could speed up the refinement of pills.
Yang Wu didn't even look at how Xing Yashang was refining pills. Xing Yashang's Xing Fire Domain couldn't affect him in the slightest. He had even broken through the Xing Clan's Fire Domain. Why would he be afraid of Xing Yashang's Xing Fire Domain?
Yang Wu didn't immediately start refining pills. He was still distinguishing the herbs. The three sets of herbs seemed very complete, but to him, there were still some loopholes. There was an extra stalk of herb that shouldn't have been there, and there were two less stalks of essential supplementary herbs.
The Alchemist Alliance definitely didn't do this on purpose. It was because they had the Star Rune Pill's pill formula. With this formula, they could also refine Star Rune Pills. It was just that the quality of the Star Rune Pills would be lowered and the number of condensed pills would be reduced.
Not long ago, Yang Wu had discussed alchemy with Elder Zui and Dan Rilchen. He already had his own understanding of various pill formulas. Moreover, he had obtained ten thousand pill formulas from the Alchemist Pavilion. After comparing them with the formula Little Hei gave him, he had a better understanding of the relationship between herbs. If the formula was right, even an ordinary stalk of herb could increase the success rate of refining pills. If the formula wasn't right, no matter how many saint herbs he had, it would be difficult to refine pills of exceptional quality.
Yang Wu had been in seclusion for three days to digest his understanding of the pill formulas. He had a better understanding of the principles behind them. Therefore, before he started refining pills, the first thing he had to do was to distinguish the herbs. Then, he had to figure out the order of refinement of the herbs. He had to achieve a perfect concoction process. Only then would he be able to win this round.
Yang Wu put away the extra herbs and added the missing supplementary herbs. This process was only noticed by a few people. They didn't understand what Yang Wu was doing. Fortunately, Yang Wu wasn't cheating. Otherwise, they would have exposed him on the spot.
Someone wanted to ask, but was stopped by Miao Miaoqi.
"Vice Alliance Lord, what is he trying to do?" the Saint Alchemist asked Miao Miaoqi.
"Perhaps he feels that our formula isn't suitable, so he added some of his own ingredients. This isn't against the rules," Miao Miaoqi replied.
"How is that possible? Our formula definitely won't have any problems. We definitely won't tamper with it," the Saint Alchemist emphasized.
"Yes, I know you didn't tamper with it, but that doesn't mean you didn't tamper with the formula," Miao Miaoqi replied softly.
The Saint Alchemist was stunned.
Xing Ya Shang had refined quite a few herbs, but Yang Wu hadn't started yet. The people below began to whisper in each other's ears in confusion.
"What is Yang Wu doing? Is he planning to let the Saint Alchemist Elder condense pills first before refining?"
"Doesn't he know how to refine pills? What is he doing up there?"
"Young people really aren't reliable. Dilly-Dallying like this, does he really think he can catch up?"
"Maybe he has acrophobia, haha!"
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Miaomiao whispered to Qing Feng, "Elder Sister, Yang Wu isn't doing good."
Qing Feng ignored Miaomiao. Yang Wu definitely had his reasons for not starting yet. She wasn't worried at all. On the other hand, Miaomiao's skin was extraordinarily thick. If he dared to stick close to her, she would definitely send him flying.
"Elder Sister, this is ten thousand high-grade saint stones. Don't tell me you don't care at all?" Miaomiao whispered again.
"If you say another word, I'll pull your tongue out!" Qing Feng replied coldly.
Miaomiao quickly covered his mouth with a terrified expression.
Not far away, Wang Youling and Zhong Feng sneered. In their eyes, these ten thousand high-grade saint stones were given away for free.
Cao Jifei also noticed Yang Wu's situation. She frowned slightly, and her beautiful eyes rippled with thoughts. After a while, her brows relaxed, as if she understood Yang Wu's intentions. She thought to herself, 'I wonder if he's trying to be smart, or if he's really trying to find a new path.'
Yang Wu finally started to move.
The bronze cauldron quietly appeared in front of the crowd. Not many people could see how amazing this old cauldron was. Only the vice leader, Miao Miao Qi, had a look of surprise on his face. He murmured in his heart, "A divine cauldron?"
Yang Wu still didn't start refining. Instead, he took out a white cloth and gently wiped the cauldron. He cleaned up the remaining medicinal dregs in the cauldron bit by bit, leaving no traces behind.
In the past, Yang Wu wouldn't do this at all. However, from today onwards, he had to wipe the cauldron clean before refining a cauldron of pills. This was his respect for the cauldron, and also his responsibility for refining new pills. The remaining medicinal dregs in the cauldron would affect the formation of new pills, and could even cause the refinement to fail. This was his newest realization.
Only with a sincere heart could one comprehend the dao of alchemy and create perfect pills.
When the old alchemists saw Yang Wu's actions, they felt a trace of respect for Yang Wu. An alchemist who cared for his cauldron was a qualified alchemist.
After wiping the cauldron inside and out, Yang Wu used water power to clean it. He then used fire power to dry the cauldron. Everything was done meticulously. Finally, he put his palms together and murmured, "Lord Cauldron Spirit, from today onwards, I will take good care of you. I will use my heart to refine every cauldron of pills. I will not let you go to waste."
After saying that, he finally began to refine the medicinal herbs.
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