Chapter 179: No one is better than me when it comes to cheating
The many onlookers in the square were in an uproar.
On the high platform, even the elders of the Sky Xiyue Sect had strange expressions on their faces at this moment.
Chu Suqin stroked her forehead. Is this really her taciturn disciple? Qu Liangying's mouth twitched. The other four people were not worried about this, but you, a person in the middle stage of foundation building, were worried about this problem.
The recipe of Shouyi Pill is something that even third-rank alchemists like me cannot reproduce. How can a junior like you have the confidence to say such a thing?
Zhang Qing and the other three all looked over at this moment, their eyes were as if they were looking at a god.
no?
You even got the spot from You Xing, how can you be so confident in yourself? Who gave you the courage to say this?
"I think what Sister Yao said is right. Even if it's not the real Shouyi Pill, as long as the efficacy is good, isn't it also a new pill formula? Many alchemists have researched pill formulas based on the remaining Shouyi Pill formula and will not make them public."
Meng Shuang had an expression of agreement on her face. Although her words were soft, everyone on the platform heard them.
This forced Qu Liangying, who originally wanted to scold Chu Ning, to swallow back the words that were already in her throat.
To some extent, Yao Xin's concerns are justified.
You can't just refute Yao Xin. You definitely can't refine it, so don't worry about this problem.
It's one thing to think this in your heart, but you can't say it in public.
Chu Ning didn't care about the looks of the people around him. If he had to blame someone, he could only blame the fact that the cultivators had no awareness of copyright protection.
Before Qu Liangying could answer, Fei Yuelan, who was sitting on the high platform, raised her jade hand slightly, and the light shield in the square became thicker again.
'Even my master's divine sense cannot penetrate into it now. Be careful. No one will be able to tell what medicinal herbs are used.'
Fei Yuelan gave Chu Ning a reassurance. Although Qu Liangying and others were dissatisfied, they could not think of a better response.
The spiritual sense could not detect it, so with the naked eye, as long as Chu Ning covered it, no one would be able to tell what medicinal materials he threw into the furnace.
"Thank you, Master."
Chu Ning thanked him solemnly, and first put six well-known medicinal herbs into the alchemy furnace. However, he did not take out the remaining medicinal herbs directly, but threw the entire storage bag into the alchemy furnace.
After a while, Chu Ning took out the storage bag and immediately covered the stove.
This cautious scene made many people speechless. This was really like operating as if they were able to restore Shouyi Dan.
Yue Yaotian narrowed his eyes slightly on the high platform. He didn't believe that this woman could refine the Shouyi Pill. The more she jumped out now, the greater the blow to the reputation of Xiyue Sect would be when the results came out.
There are many people who have the same idea as Yue Yaotian. As well-known figures, they are not prepared to talk nonsense at this time.
After the herbs were put in, Chu Ning's expression became serious.
No matter how relaxed he appeared before, he devoted himself to refining the elixir every time, even with the help of the Secret Mirror.
The flame rose, and the temperature of the alchemy furnace gradually increased. After ten days, the ten main medicines were completely transformed into liquid. Chu Ning clasped his hands together, and various medicinal materials flew out of the storage bag and shot towards the mouth of the alchemy furnace.
In addition to the main lid, the furnace also has many medicine holes, which are used to add auxiliary medicinal materials.
The role of auxiliary medicinal materials is to speed up the integration of the main medicine. They are not added all at once, but are added according to the degree of extraction of the main medicine.
The speed at which Chu Ning placed the auxiliary medicinal materials caused exclamations from the monks watching on the scene.
Even if you don't know how to make pills, you can see the extraordinary skill and confidence of Chu Ning.
Zhang Qing and the other three had already started putting in auxiliary herbs, but they were only one or a few at a time. To put in hundreds of auxiliary herbs at the same time meant they were either giving up completely or they were absolutely confident in the timing.
Chu Ning, there is no way it could be the former.
"Maybe Yao Xin is really special. Many alchemists don't dare to do this."
"The Xiyue Sect dared to agree that Yao Xin would take You Xing's place in the competition. Yao Xin must have the ability, but refining the main ingredient still depends on controlling the temperature of the main ingredient. As long as there are no major mistakes in the auxiliary ingredients, there won't be any big problems."
Zhang Qing and the other three also saw Chu Ning's actions, with a hint of surprise in their eyes, but then Yang Bin snorted coldly.
"It's just a show of grandstanding. Alchemy is an extremely sacred thing."
Yang Bin thought Chu Ning's behavior was just a show of skill, and many alchemists believed that a qualified alchemist would not show off his skills when refining pills.
This is a kind of disrespect to alchemy.
This view is highly recognized by alchemists who are interested in metaphysics.
Zang Yangming squinted his eyes and looked at Chu Ning. He rubbed a ring on his right hand with his left hand, and after a while his gaze returned to his alchemy furnace.
Among the four, Cao Ke was the one who paid the most attention to Chu Ning.
Before he followed his master to Xiyue Sect a few years ago, his master had already told him that he might face an alchemy competition.
The master wants the Earth Fire, and Xiyue Sect is absolutely unwilling to hand it over.
But he has confidence in himself.
And until now it has indeed been as he expected. Even when facing Zhang Qing and others, he still doesn't think these three people can threaten him.
But now facing Yao Xin, he had a bad feeling in his heart that Yao Xin might be a variable.
Thinking of this, a look of determination flashed in Cao Ke's eyes. It had come to this point, so there was no need to hide it anymore.
Boom! A cluster of flames rose from Cao Ke's hand. The moment the flames appeared, the flames under the furnaces of Zhang Qing, Chu Ning and the other two began to fluctuate.
The four of them quickly controlled the flames and looked at Cao Ke's hand at the same time. At this moment, the flame in Cao Ke's hand had already fallen under the alchemy furnace.
"First-order earth fire."
Zhang Qing's expression turned ugly. He didn't expect that Cao Ke actually mastered the first-level earth fire.
Earth fire.
They are formed naturally in the world and are very rare. If they exist, they are usually occupied by major forces, because the places where the underground fire is formed are often mountains with rich spiritual energy.
If you want to control a kind of earth fire and be able to refine and control it, you must completely subdue the earth fire.
This is not allowed by the forces that possess the earth's fire.
Take Xiyue Sect for example. If Dan Shengzi only borrowed the earth fire to refine pills, Xiyue Sect would not agree. But if Dan Shengzi wanted to subdue the earth fire, then the earth fire would be completely separated from the earth veins.
"This Cao Ke actually refined a stream of earth fire."
"First-level earth fire, but even if it is only first-level earth fire, it is extremely precious. Many third-level alchemists have not been able to refine a trace of earth fire."
Shocked discussions broke out outside the square, and all the alchemists looked at the underground fire in front of Cao Ke with burning envy.
Alchemy furnace and earth fire.
In addition to the alchemist's own strength, there are two external things that can best increase the success rate of alchemy.
Among them, the earth fire is more attractive to alchemists than the alchemy furnace, because refining the earth fire can not only be used to make pills, but also has a power bonus for some fire-attributed spells.
"With the bonus of the first-level earth fire, Cao Ke is the first this time."
"This Cao Ke is really good at hiding his true abilities. In my mind, Cao Ke was ranked third, but now he has jumped directly to first place."
On the platform, the others turned their gazes away from Cao Ke and focused on Dan Shengzi.
It goes without saying that Cao Ke was able to refine the first-level earth fire, and his master Dan Shengzi must have made great contributions.
"Friend Dan is determined to win the first place this time."
An old man smiled and said, Dan Shengzi did not hide the smug look on his face, "My disciple has suffered a lot in order to refine this earth fire. There is no other way. We casual cultivators cannot compare with you."
Dan Shengzi was also a loner, but the people present did not think so about Cao Ke.
Being a disciple of a large sect has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is stability, and the disadvantage is that the master may have more than one disciple, so it is difficult to use all resources to train one disciple.
On the contrary, many independent cultivators only accept one or two disciples, and the resources they provide to their disciples are not as good as those of the talented disciples who are trained by the big sects, but they are more than enough for ordinary disciples.
"Fellow Daoist Cao is really good at hiding."
Zhang Qing smiled and looked at Cao Ke, who responded, "It's the last round, I don't want to have any regrets."
"That's right. This is the last round. We have to go all out."
Zhang Qing formed seals with his hands, and a cluster of deep blue flames appeared on his hands.
With the appearance of this ball of deep blue flame, the temperature of the entire square suddenly rose a lot.
The sudden rise in temperature also attracted Chu Ning's attention. Chu Ning looked over and when he saw the deep blue flame in Zhang Qing's hand, there was surprise in his eyes.
This ball of deep blue flame was not earth fire, but it felt more dangerous to him than the deep blue flame.
"Charming Blue Flame? Liuhe Mountain has a successor."
The many powerful men on the platform looked a little surprised when they saw the ball of fire in Zhang Qing's hand.
Like the Xiyue Sect, Mount Liuhe also has a third-level underground fire.
The underground fire in Liuhe Mountain is called Meilan.
Because the color of this underground fire is dark blue.
The alchemists of Liuhe Mountain are naturally not allowed to refine this earth fire, but they can intercept a part of the earth fire and refine it.
It's a bit like a combination of earth fire and spiritual power.
Liuhe Mountain calls this flame the Charm Blue Flame. Although it is not as good as the earth fire of the same level, it is no worse than the first-level earth fire, and is even more powerful.
Dan Shengzi's expression changed slightly. He thought that his disciple had taken out the Earth Fire and that he was sure to win the competition this time. However, he did not expect that Zhang Qing from Liuhe Mountain had mastered the Charm Blue Flame and instantly reduced Cao Ke's advantage.
"Since both of you are no longer hiding, I'll join you as well."
Zang Yangming smiled slightly, and a fire dragon appeared in his hand.
"go!"
As the word "go" was spoken, a fire dragon hovered over the alchemy furnace, swimming back and forth, like the alchemy furnace's harvesting beast.
Most of the alchemists outside the square looked confused when they saw Zang Yangming's fire dragon, because they couldn't understand what the fire dragon represented.
"Fire marrow? Xuantian Sect is really generous."
On the high platform, Qu Liangying and several other alchemists looked at Yue Yaotian and Yue Zhenhai.
With their eyesight, they could naturally tell what this fire dragon was.
"This is Fire Marrow. I never thought that I could see such a rare thing with my own eyes."
In the square, an old man looked at the fire dragon with shock in his eyes. When he said this, he felt the curious gazes of the people around him and took the initiative to explain without waiting for questions.
"I have also seen the notes of a senior, which mentioned the existence of fire marrow. Fire marrow only exists in earth fire, and ordinary flames cannot be born."
"The birth of Fire Marrow is because there are alchemists who have been refining elixirs on the ground fire for a long time. Over time, the ground fire is nourished by the elixir energy, and slowly it will have an alchemy instinct. For example, which stage of alchemy requires fierce fire and which stage requires slow fire. The Fire Marrow will judge by itself, making it easier for the alchemist to control it."
"There is a saying among the third-grade alchemists that using earth fire to make elixirs is becoming more and more handy because of the birth of fire marrow."
"You don't know about the Fire Marrow because the long time I'm talking about is not just ordinary long. It starts at a thousand years, and it must be a second-level or higher Earth Fire to be born."
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“Also, even if the fire marrow is born, ordinary alchemists will not be able to discover it. The alchemists will only think that their control over the earth fire is handy and that their ability to manipulate the earth fire has improved. The most important thing is to extract the fire marrow from the earth fire, which requires a Nascent Soul expert to do.”
The old man's words left everyone present silent. No wonder they had never heard of the fire marrow. With these conditions combined, it would be strange if they could know about it.
"Then what is the use of this fire marrow?"
After a long silence, someone asked.
"The fire marrow will sense the state of the pill in the furnace. If a strong fire is needed, the fire marrow will give the alchemist a hint, and the alchemist only needs to inject spiritual power, and vice versa."
The old man's words made many alchemists at the scene look at the fire dragon surrounding the alchemy furnace again, with great desire in their eyes.
Anyone who is an alchemist will understand how terrifying the effect of the fire marrow is. The effect of the fire marrow is no different from cheating.
"However, a fire marrow can only be used three times at most, after which it will dissipate."
The old man added a final sentence, which made many unbalanced alchemists feel better. It would be okay if it was just three times, but if he could keep cheating like this, who could compare with Zang Yangming?
The many powerful people on the platform were not surprised by the fire marrow, but were shocked by the meaning behind the appearance of the fire marrow.
The fire marrow can only be extracted by those who are not Nascent Soul experts.
The Yuanying strongman from Xuantian Sect would extract the fire marrow for Zang Yangming? What does this mean?
This shows that Xuantian Sect is determined to win this alchemist competition.
But the rewards offered by Xiyue Sect are not worth such a huge investment by Xuantian Sect.
Fei Yuelan's pretty face changed, with a chill in her eyes. There was only one possibility that could have caused Xuantian Sect to invest so heavily.
The Xuantian Sect also came here for the underground fire in the mountain gate.
"Damn it! Xuantian Sect has its own third-order earth fire, but they want to use Xiyue Sect's earth fire to their advantage. Are they planning to start a war with Xiyue Sect?"
"If I had known earlier, Senior Sister Duan should have killed Yue Zhenhai with one sword."
High in the sky, Duan Yurong crossed her arms, listened to the words of her junior sisters around her, and said, "Now we can only hope that Yao Xin can win."
The person with the most changing expression on the platform was not Fei Yuelan, but Dan Shengzi.
His face was the most gloomy. The Yuanying senior from Xuantian Sect had already taken action, and it was obvious that he was determined to obtain the Earth Fire. He and his master were just pawns being used.
Qu Liangying and the other five third-grade alchemists were also a little apprehensive at this moment. It seemed that this alchemist competition was a hidden confrontation between the Xiyue Sect and the Xuantian Sect. If they had known about this inside story, they would never have come to be referees.
The reason why they came to be referees is that this competition is indeed a grand gathering of alchemists, and being able to serve as referees is a recognition of their attainments in alchemy.
Secondly, it was because Dan Shengzi had communicated with them privately. The circle of alchemists was small, and several people had a good personal relationship with Dan Shengzi, so they agreed to come and serve as referees.
Of course, as referees, they dare not favor Dan Shengzi's disciples. They just have to be fair and not let Xiyue Sect control the game.
"Zang Yangming is deeply loved by the master uncle, so he extracted his fire marrow."
Feeling the gazes of the crowd, Yue Zhenhai explained lightly, but his words were somewhat credible, as everyone on the platform knew it very well.
In the square, Yang Bin felt very uncomfortable at this moment.
He was proud of himself for being able to make it to the final round. When he took out the third-grade alchemy furnace, he was announcing to the others that although I, Yang Bin, am just a casual cultivator, I am not much worse than you, the disciples of the big sects.
The third-grade alchemy furnace is his most proud trump card.
But now this pride was destroyed once again. It was like he had worked hard for a long time and finally lived in a high-end community like the rich second generation, but in the blink of an eye, someone drove out a luxury car from the basement that was as valuable as the house and crushed him once again.
Yang Bin's gaze finally fell on Chu Ning. When he saw that Chu Ning was using ordinary flames like himself, he felt better.
But the next moment, Yang Bin immediately glared at Chu Ning fiercely. Comparing himself with this woman was an insult to himself.
Chu Ning also felt Yang Bin's eyes. He was a little confused. Is this guy's inner drama so rich? I didn't take out the earth fire. I didn't use the ordinary fire like you. Logically, we are on the same front. What do you mean by glaring at me? Chu Ning only knew the earth fire in Cao Ke's hand. He didn't know Zhang Qing's deep blue flame and Zang Yangming's fire marrow. He couldn't hear the outside world, but from Cao Ke's fearful expression, he could guess that the deep blue flame and the fire dragon were no less helpful to alchemy than the earth fire.
However, in front of my secret mirror, you are all destined to be just a foil.
When it comes to cheating, no one is better than me.
Therefore, Chu Ning's mentality was very calm, and the only sound was the crackling sound of the flame burning in the furnace.
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Alchemy is extremely boring.
Especially at the end, after all the auxiliary medicinal materials have been thrown in and the furnace is completely sealed, you can only see the alchemist occasionally changing the size of the fire.
But even so, not many of the onlookers outside were willing to leave. Even those who were not alchemists stayed at the scene and watched.
After the appearance of Earth Fire, Deep Blue Flame and even Fire Marrow, everyone was already looking forward to the final.
This competition will be the most exciting contest among the young generation of alchemists in the past hundred years.
I don’t know whether it will be surpassed in the next hundred years, but it is certain that the previous hundred years will not be more exciting than this one.
No one wants to miss the opportunity to witness this from beginning to end.
period.
Chu Ning and the other four kept changing their hand seals to control the size of the flame.
Although Chu Ning's realm was only the middle stage of foundation building, with the existence of the Secret Mirror, he did not need to reveal power beyond the middle stage of foundation building, and he had enough strength to control the flames, so as not to run out of spiritual power.
Seeing Chu Ning's skillful control of the flame, many onlookers who initially thought that Chu Ning might blow up the furnace, or become an alchemist, gradually changed their views.
This also made the onlookers more excited. None of the five people had failed so far, which meant that this competition would be more exciting.
Fifteen days.
One month.
Three months.
Four months later, Yang Bin was the first to control the flame to the minimum. Any alchemist would know that this meant the pill had been refined and now was the final stage of consolidation.
Yang Bin glanced at the other four people, focusing on Zhang Qing and the other two, with a smug look on his face. No matter what, he was the first to finish.
Three days later, Cao Ke also entered the final stage of consolidating the small fire.
Six days later, Zang Yangming and Zhang Qing turned to low heat almost at the same time.
After the ninth day, Yang Bin's flame was completely extinguished, and Chu Ning was about to turn the fire down, but the next moment he suddenly increased the fire again.
This sudden change instantly attracted the attention of all the onlookers. Even when Yang Bin was about to start the furnace, no one went to watch.
"What is Yao Xin doing?"
"The pill has already taken shape. A sudden strong fire will only cause the pill to crack. Most alchemists should understand this principle."
"In my opinion, maybe the pill Yao Xin had made had already cracked, and he did this on purpose to cover up the embarrassment of his early failure."
Inside the field, Zhang Qing and the other three looked over with inquiring eyes the moment they noticed that Chu Ning had suddenly increased the fire.
They were not as simple as the outside world thought. They thought Chu Ning had already failed in refining the elixir, and was now deliberately adding fuel to the fire to find an excuse for his own failure.
Failure is failure, no excuses are helpful.
Chu Ning could not hear any sound from the outside world, and even if he did, he would not care. As for the looks of Yang Bin and the other three, he did not take them to heart. The reason why he suddenly increased the flame was because according to the prompt of the Secret Mirror, in addition to the Shouyi Pill, there was another pill in the furnace.
The companion elixir of Shouyidan.
In general, the efficacy of the companion elixir will not exceed that of the main elixir, and the efficacy of the companion elixir is still uncertain. Any alchemist will not choose to keep the companion elixir and give up the main elixir.
But for Chu Ning, there is no uncertainty about the efficacy of the companion elixir.
According to the efficacy of the companion pill displayed by the secret mirror at this moment, its value has already exceeded that of Shouyi Pill.
The most important thing is that he can use this pill himself.
If the efficacy of this companion elixir is the same as Shouyi Pill, or even stronger than Shouyi Pill, he would choose to give it up in order not to attract too much attention.
But he couldn't give up on this pill, as he couldn't be sure that he could refine it next time.
Just be in the spotlight.
What does Yao Xin’s limelight have to do with me, Chu Ning?
PS: Today is 50 days away from Jiudeng’s birthday. Can you please ask for a monthly ticket, or shamelessly ask for a reward or something?
(End of this chapter)