Inside the relatively bright alchemy room.

As Qin Xin's hands moved, the blazing black iron furnace in front of him trembled continuously.

"Click!"

As the aroma of elixir wafted out, several cracks appeared on the blazing black iron furnace.

"Bang!"

After a pill swirling with black and white energy slowly took shape, the already overburdened Blazing Iron Furnace shattered into several fragments and collapsed completely.

Qin Xin clutched the still-hot Hunyuan Pill, a hint of regret in his eyes.

This Blazing Iron Furnace, which he had used for several years since he began learning alchemy, has now shattered, and Qin Xin feels a pang of reluctance.

"Kid, your control over the flames is exquisite, but you haven't quite reached your full potential yet."

After seeing the Blazing Iron Pill Furnace in Qin Xin's hand crack, Danqing also began to criticize him.

Qin Xin was naturally aware of his shortcomings in alchemy. Compared to Dan Qing's superb skill of being able to directly condense a virtual alchemy furnace in the void to refine pills, he was still far behind.

"If we can use the Black Dragon Pill Furnace, none of these problems will exist."

Qin Xin simply shook his head and said.

After trying to refine pills using the Black Dragon Pill Furnace multiple times, Qin Xin discovered a unique characteristic: the pills refined by this furnace were of higher quality than those from ordinary furnaces, and the entire process required significantly less Yuan energy.

Initially, Danqing judged this alchemy furnace to be a seventh-grade alchemy furnace, but Qin Xin could sense that the furnace's grade seemed to exceed the seventh grade, or even the eighth grade.

After all, Qin Xin had spent quite some time at the Pill Academy and had considerable knowledge of many high-grade alchemy furnaces.

These high-grade alchemy furnaces all share a common characteristic: the higher the grade, the more complex the array within them. Although alchemists can use such furnaces to refine higher-quality pills, they will also consume a huge amount of Yuan energy.

Take a seventh-grade alchemy furnace as an example. If an alchemist's martial arts cultivation has not reached the third stage of the Core Formation realm, it is almost impossible for them to control it. Even if a martial artist at the Yuanfu realm pours all the Yuan Qi in the Yuanfu into it, it would probably not be able to fully activate the formation in the seventh-grade alchemy furnace.

But the Black Dragon Pill Furnace in Qin Xin's hands is different. Although Qin Xin has just entered the fourth level of the Void Core Realm, he controls it very smoothly. The formation in the Black Dragon Pill Furnace is complex but very refined.

"Kid, even if your Black Dragon Pill Furnace is a ninth-grade pill refining furnace, you can only use it secretly."

"If it were used openly and honestly, you probably wouldn't even know how you died."

Seeing Qin Xin's somewhat regretful expression, Danqing also spoke in a rather unfriendly tone.

"It seems I still need to buy a pill-refining furnace." Qin Xin shook his head with some regret.

Qin Xin had naturally inquired with Dan Qing about whether he possessed a pill furnace, but Dan Qing's own martial spirit was capable of refining pills, so the pill furnace was merely a burden to him; therefore, Dan Qing naturally did not have one.

As for martial arts, Qin Xin now feels deceived.

Qin Xin now possesses a Celestial-level sword technique, consisting of eight forms.

He has only just begun to master the Sword Control Technique and is still at the very beginning. He is not very proficient in using it, and this kind of thing cannot be mastered through ordinary efforts, but through enlightenment.

Earth-rank beginner martial art, Wildfire Hundred Slashes.

This martial art was previously taught to him by Danqing. Now that he has entered the Void Core Realm, the power of this martial art can be fully unleashed. It can be said that this is the martial art that Qin Xin likes to use most in his daily battles.

A mid-level Xuan-rank fire-attribute physical technique, Blazing Fist.

This martial art was acquired by Qin Xin after he joined the Tianxuan Sect and entered the Martial Tower, along with the Eight Sword Techniques. This close-combat martial art is also Qin Xin's main skill in close combat.

As for the Yellow-Rank martial art, Crimson Flame Blade, this is the only martial art attack that Qin Xin can currently integrate, and it is also Qin Xin's trump card.

Qin Xin had also tried to fuse the Wildfire Hundred Slashes, but every time the two martial arts intents were released, one of them would immediately dissipate during the fusion process, as if it were not recognized by the laws of heaven and earth, which gave Qin Xin a headache.

The damage caused by the fusion of the Yellow-Rank martial arts, Crimson Flame Blade, is already so terrifying. If the fusion of the Wildfire Hundred Slashes martial arts, Qin Xin dared not even imagine the scene.

However, Qin Xin was also somewhat relieved. If he had been able to integrate the martial arts attack of the Wildfire Hundred Slashes, he probably would have died countless times from the impact of that kind of explosion.

However, what Qin Xin regrets the most is the Desolate God Battle Body. After being strengthened to the fifth level, it has now stopped, as if his body can no longer be strengthened.

The Desolate God Battle Body has only seven levels in total. The further you go, the more difficult it becomes to cultivate. Only after reaching the seventh level and cultivating the Desolate God Body can this body-refining martial art be considered complete.

Fortunately, with the existence of the Heavenly Phoenix Martial Spirit Pattern, Qin Xin now possesses the power of the Heavenly Phoenix and the Dragon Soul within his body. The Heavenly Phoenix Armor of the second Nirvana of the Heavenly Phoenix Nine Nirvanas is much stronger than before, and it has also made up for some deficiencies in physical defense.

Now that Danqing has a complete grasp of Qin Xin's situation, he finally agreed to give him a Heaven-rank cultivation technique. As for what the technique is, Danqing kept it a secret and instead told him to prepare well for the Pill Gathering.

Cultivating a Heavenly Rank technique is a very complicated process, and may even involve some dangers, so you need to prepare well.

After tidying up all the fragments of the Blazing Black Iron Alchemy Furnace, Qin Xin walked out of the alchemy room.

The competition is still a few days away from starting, because the Central Continent is vast and many alchemists from various branches of the Alchemy Academy have not yet arrived.

To make travel easier, Qin Xin changed into an alchemist's robe and strolled around the alchemy academy in Tianque City.

It has to be said that having the identity of an alchemist is indeed very useful. He traveled smoothly all the way. The only thing that Qin Xin found a little troublesome was that families would often come up to him and try to recruit him.

Qin Xin naturally rejected all of these offers; he had no desire to join these factions and participate in their struggles.

Upon arriving at a sales hall in the Heavenly Palace Pill Academy, Qin Xin stood before a pill furnace radiating a white glow.

This alchemy furnace is very small in size. The entire furnace body looks as if it were made of glass, and it looks very fragile, as if it would shatter if tapped lightly.

However, the array above the alchemy furnace caused the mysterious fragment of the diagram to fluctuate slightly, which caught Qin Xin's attention.