"puff!"
To everyone's surprise, a scorching heat suddenly swept across the entire central square.
The direction from which this scorching aura emanated made Qin Xin narrow his eyes slightly. "This guy's Heavenly Thunder Wood Flame seems to be even stronger."
The Heavenly Thunderwood Flame in Ding Sheng's hand, like Ming Ningzhu's Lion Heart Flame, belongs to the category of acquired fire. However, in terms of the intensity of the flame, the Heavenly Thunderwood Flame is more powerful.
The purple flames rising around Ding Sheng naturally attracted the attention of countless martial artists, and he himself seemed to enjoy this attention. With a light wave of his hand, wisps of electricity flowed within the purple flames, which were then poured into a silver alchemy furnace in front of him.
On the platform, Liu Jue frowned slightly upon seeing Ding Sheng's even more powerful Heavenly Thunder Wood Flame, and said with some worry, "It seems that Ding Tian came prepared."
After he finished speaking, Ming Wei, who was standing next to him, followed his gaze and looked over at Ding Tian, who was dressed in a black robe.
"It seems there are quite a few suspenseful moments in this year's Eastern Wilderness Pill Gathering," Huo Sheng said with interest, glancing at Ding Tian.
At this moment, Qin Xin focused all his mind inward to avoid external interference. Although the Peiyuan Pill had been pre-refined, Qin Xin had not personally tried it yet, so he was not very confident.
After calming his mind, Qin Xin formed hand seals to control the Yang fire within the Blazing Black Iron Furnace.
With a gentle wave of his hand, a spiritual herb slowly fell into the alchemy furnace. Under the scorching heat of the yang fire, the outer shell of the herb slowly peeled off, and the remaining essence of the herb turned into a ball of green liquid, radiating a powerful spiritual energy.
As the flames shifted and the green liquid churned, black impurities fell continuously, eventually being expelled by the array within the Blazing Iron Furnace.
After several rounds of refining, the green elixir essence began to thicken.
Qin Xin lightly waved his hand, and a jade bottle directly collected the essence of the spiritual herbs from the alchemy furnace.
Qin Xin then used the same method to purify the other spiritual herbs. Based on the process of refining the Peiyuan Pill, Qin Xin was more cautious about some areas where mistakes were likely to occur. Fortunately, the purification process of the spiritual herbs was completed.
After letting out a sigh of relief, Qin Xin swallowed a Qi-restoring pill to accelerate the recovery of his depleted internal energy.
"It smells so good!"
The martial artists watching from the platform kept exclaiming in amazement.
Although Qin Xin had completely calmed his mind, he could still sense his surroundings through his spiritual sense. The rich aroma of medicinal herbs in the square naturally reached Qin Xin's nose. Many participating alchemists had entered the process of fusion pills. Of course, many alchemists had failed the first time and then started the second time.
Qin Xin used his spiritual sense to scan Ding Sheng, who was not far away, and found that he had already entered the process of merging the core.
"As expected of the Heavenly Thunderwood Flame Fire, the speed at which this spiritual herb is purified is quite enviable," Qin Xin murmured to himself.
Because of his Yang Fire, Qin Xin is much faster than ordinary alchemists in the process of refining pills, and he also consumes much less true energy. Otherwise, with his current cultivation level of the ninth level of the Aperture Opening Realm, it would be quite difficult for Qin Xin to refine a fifth-grade pill.
"Click!"
Just as he was feeling sentimental, a slight cracking sound rang out beside Qin Xin.
The Lion Heart Flame within the alchemy furnace in front of Ming Ningzhu suddenly erupted, seemingly due to excessive haste. The essence of the spiritual herbs within the furnace instantly turned into a cloud of black ash and was expelled from the furnace.
However, Ming Ningzhu was not discouraged. Instead, she immediately took out the spare spiritual herbs and threw them directly into the alchemy furnace in front of her to start purifying the herbs again.
Seeing this, Qin Xin was somewhat surprised by Ming Ningzhu's attitude. After all, mistakes in the process of refining pills usually affect the alchemist's mentality, but Ming Ningzhu seemed to be unaffected.
Having recovered his internal energy, Qin Xin did not hesitate and began the next step of the fusion process.
As bottle after bottle of purified medicinal essence was thrown into the alchemy furnace, Qin Xin's expression grew increasingly grave.
The process of refining the Qi-Nourishing Pill is extremely complicated, especially the step of fusion. Different spiritual herbs have completely different tolerances to the temperature of the flame, and the slightest mistake will ruin the entire process.
"laugh!"
The process of the fusion of the spiritual herbs' essences produced continuous sounds, and a thin mist rose from the blazing black iron furnace. This mist was the spiritual energy emanating from the essences of the spiritual herbs.
Qin Xin dared not be careless and focused on controlling the flames, enveloping the dissipated spiritual energy and gradually integrating it into the medicinal liquid.
If too much of this spiritual energy dissipates, it will greatly affect the quality of the pill.
As the last bottle of refined elixir was poured into the alchemy furnace, the green essence of the elixir caused a tremendous transformation in the liquid within the furnace.
"Glug! Glug!"
The entire alchemy furnace was filled with the gurgling sound of the medicinal liquid churning.
"not good!"
Qin Xin's brows furrowed suddenly as he sensed the changes within the Blazing Black Iron Furnace.
He hurriedly tried to control the Yang fire in the alchemy furnace, but no matter how he tried to suppress it, the flames could not be reduced, and the essence of the spiritual medicine had already begun to turn charred black.
"well!"
With a helpless sigh, Qin Xin directly removed the Yang fire from the alchemy furnace, and a charred, paste-like substance was expelled by the array within the furnace.
Clearly, Qin Xin's first attempt to refine the Qi-Nourishing Pill ended in failure.
Qin Xin picked up the charred, burnt-looking substance, sniffed it lightly, and found the reason for his failure to refine it.
The Yuanling Grass is the key ingredient in the Peiyuan Pill, containing extremely complex spiritual energy. After Qin Xin added the essence of the Yuanling Grass to the furnace, the complex spiritual energy mingled with the other medicinal liquids, causing the control of the flames within the Blazing Black Iron Furnace to become somewhat chaotic, leading to the loss of control over the Yang Fire.
Last night, when Qin Xin was refining the Qi-Nourishing Pill using the mysterious fragment of the map, he made most of his mistakes at this step, leading to the failure of the refining process.
Seeing Qin Xin staring blankly at the charred medicinal paste in the square after his defeat, Ding Sheng's lips curled into a smile, as if he were determined to win the championship of this Eastern Wilderness Pill Gathering.
Standing on the high platform, the two sisters, Zhan Qingqi and Zhan Qingyue, naturally witnessed Qin Xin's defeat. The two women stood behind Zhan Sheng, their faces somewhat grim, as if they had been forced to do something, yet they were unable to speak.
"See? This boy is no match for the eldest prince. Your marriage into the royal family is not only for the sake of the family, but also the best outcome for you." Zhan Sheng noticed the changes in his two granddaughters and turned back to advise them.
Zhan Qingqi immediately retorted, "Grandpa, if you want me to marry into the royal family, I'd rather die!"
Seeing her sister's resolute attitude, Zhan Qingyue felt a pang of heartache. Looking at the somewhat aged Zhan Sheng, her eyes lost their former light, and she shook her head, letting out a helpless sigh.
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