Seeing this scene, everyone shook their heads helplessly, "Hey... Qin Qianning is indeed a serious alchemist, but... how can she be a match for Shang Ziqian, an experienced alchemist?"
"What on earth is the Tianyuan Sect thinking? You said they didn't want to win, but they fought so hard to get first place in the spiritual cultivation competition just now.
You said they wanted to win... but they didn't send a skilled alchemist, and instead sent a novice. Isn't this just a way to lose for fun?"
"Don't look down on me. What if Qin Qianning is also a powerful alchemist? Don't forget that she has awakened the fire attribute.
Generally speaking, people with fire attributes are more likely to awaken the fire and become alchemists."
"Yes, maybe she has been secretly refining medicine for a long time, but you just don't know it. How can you tell that she is a novice?
As the saying goes, you can’t judge a book by its cover, and you can’t measure the depth of the ocean by a bucket.”
"Is there any need to see this? Anyone with eyes can see it, right?"
"Um???"
The two groups of spectators were talking about it. Qin Qianning's supporters firmly believed that she could win, but when they turned around and saw her actions, they fell silent.
It was just because Qin Qianning was flipping through a book at the moment, muttering, "Aniseed in moderation, two star anise..."
“…”
A bunch of supporters looked so disappointed in her, come on... there's no need to explain for the goddess, the facts are in front of us, there's nothing to say!
She looked no different from a poor student who only started studying after entering the examination room.
A group of supporters held their foreheads and said, "What...what if...I mean, what if cramming at the last minute is actually useful?"
"There must always be some hope in life, otherwise what's the difference between you and salted fish?"
However, Qin Qianning's next action directly shattered all their hopes. She took out a bottle of black stuff and added it to the alchemy furnace.
The president of the Alchemist Guild saw her actions but did not say anything because the rules allowed using one's own herbs as an aid in refining medicine together.
But everyone around Qin Qianning widened their eyes because they smelled a salty aroma of sauce!
The taste is exactly the same as the soy sauce fermented in the big vat at home!
But they couldn't believe it. How could someone use soy sauce to make medicine? Many of them turned their heads quietly to look at what was happening in her direction.
After Qin Qianning added soy sauce, she added some rock sugar, dried chili peppers, and spiritual spring water...
Everyone on and off the stage was stunned. They all asked in self-doubt, "Why do I feel like Qin Qianning is cooking?"
"This is a bit like the steps my wife uses to make braised pig's trotters..."
"No way... No way... First they're roasting sweet potatoes for the alchemy competition, and next they're going to make braised pig's trotters, right?"
As the chef of Tianyuan Sect, Baichuan understood the medicinal ingredients in the furnace as soon as he saw them. Well, they are in for a treat!
He turned to Wei Ye and said, "Master, Junior Sister has prepared the braised dishes. I'll go get some wine so we can have a few drinks."
Wei Ye nodded in satisfaction, "Well, not bad."
Qin Qianning on the stage naturally heard everyone's discussion. She tasted the saltiness with chopsticks and turned to explain, "You misunderstood, I'm not making braised pig's trotters."
The audience breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately... fortunately it's not that outrageous."
But before they could completely relax, Qin Qianning said with a smile: "Hey, it's braised beef. Eating pig's trotters will make you fat, and I need to maintain my figure."
As she spoke, she took out a leg of beef from her personal space and put it into the furnace to stew.
Her portable space can keep food fresh, so she brought a lot of food from Tianyuan Sect and stored it in the corner.
Now it comes in handy. Sweet potatoes are indeed delicious, but... I can’t live without meat!
She put the beef into the furnace, covered the lid and waited quietly.
Everyone stared at each other in amazement, and Qin Qianning was not idle either. She crushed all the remaining herbs with her spiritual power and soaked them in spiritual spring water.
The arena was filled with the aroma of medicinal herbs, and at the same time... the smell of braised beef.
Shang Ziqian, who was originally calmly refining the elixir, was attracted by the movement from Qin Qianning's side and looked at the smoke of braised beef emanating from the elixir furnace.
The expression on his face when he looked at Qin Qianning became even weirder. Just now, the senior brother told him that Qin Qianning would definitely play and would use some strange methods to win.
He told him not to be careless, so he didn't say a word to Qin Qianning from extracting the herbs to refining the medicine.
But her way of refining the elixir can no longer be described as strange. No... Strictly speaking, this is not refining the elixir at all, but cooking!
The eldest senior brother even tried to persuade him to betray his master and follow Qin Qianning. People who laugh and joke during the alchemy competition are not alchemists at all.
How could he possibly follow someone like that?
Mo Yang, who was recuperating from the backlash in the audience, saw what he was thinking.
Using spiritual power to transmit a message, he reminded him, "Second Junior Brother, she is a strange woman. You can't think of her in a normal way."
Shang Ziqian was somewhat disdainful, "If Qin Qianning could beat me like this, I would not only betray my master but also kneel down and call her dad!
Mo Yang couldn't help laughing, "Hahahaha, then you will have another father soon."
Shang Ziqian snorted coldly, turned his head and continued to concentrate on refining the elixir.
Mo Yang shook his head when he saw this. His second junior brother would definitely lose miserably.
If she wasn't outrageous, she wouldn't be Qin Qianning.
It seems... there will be one more person following him to change the trajectory of his future life. Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and the injuries on his body did not hurt so much anymore.
The contestants on the stage were busy refining the elixirs. Soon, the furnaces were opened one by one and the elixirs were successfully produced.
In the second round of competition, each sect sent out its strongest alchemist, so the pills they refined were basically of high-level or above.
The Jueqing Sect even refined a high-level nine-star elixir!
Time passed quietly, and all the alchemists had completed their alchemy, leaving only Qin Qianning and Shang Ziqian still continuing.
However...Shang Ziqian closed his eyes and used his mental power to nourish the elixir in the furnace.
Qin Qianning lazily wrapped the soaked medicinal soup with spiritual power and stuck it to the wall of the furnace.
The juice of the medicinal herbs was evaporated drippingly, the aroma of the medicine was infused into the beef soup pot, and the medicinal residue began to dry up.
In the past, the audience might have thought that Qin Qianning was preparing some secret weapon, but now they can only guess what the seasoning is.
Everything she does is just to prepare delicious food.
The stage was completely silent, with only the occasional gurgling sound from Qin Qianning's alchemy furnace being heard.
Suddenly, there was thunder and lightning in the sky.
Everyone's eyes turned to Shang Ziqian. Like alchemists and spiritual cultivators, they all had to go through thunder tribulations when they advanced to a higher level. Now, only Qin Qianning and Shang Ziqian were left on the scene.
One was concentrating on refining the elixir, while the other was lying down waiting for the beef in the elixir furnace, so it was self-evident who would be the one to receive the thunder tribulation of advancement.
With three crackling sounds, the thunder tribulation fell on Shang Ziqian, and at the same time his alchemy furnace also emitted spiritual light.
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