Wow!
The appearance of the Nine Netherworld Fire immediately caused a huge uproar throughout the venue.
"Am I seeing things? This kid actually has a spirit fire?"
An old ancestor from an outer sect stared wide-eyed at the ball of black flame in Chi Yuan's hand, his aged face filled with disbelief.
"And it's not just a spark, it's a fully formed spiritual fire! He's only at the Spirit King level, how could he possibly subdue a fully formed spiritual fire?"
Chao Chong, the Supreme Elder of the Seven Gods Sect, said incredulously.
"This kid is truly defying the heavens! With only the peak cultivation of a Spirit King, he was able to subdue the complete Nine Netherworld Flame. How did he do that?"
The elders were filled with disbelief. Ye Chen's Demon Blood Red Lotus Flame Seed was already quite shocking, but Chi Yuan could actually produce a complete spiritual fire that was even stronger than the seed. Were these young people going to be this outrageous?
...
"He actually... possesses a spiritual fire?!"
Gan Jing gripped his teacup tightly, staring at Chi Yuan's Nine Netherworld Fire with a look of utter shock.
"Does Your Majesty still believe that Uncle-Master Fufeng cannot defeat Ye Chen?"
Gan Zhen, with a calm expression that showed no surprise, chuckled and said.
Gan Jing's face was gloomy. Judging from Gan Zhen's reaction, he clearly knew that Chi Yuan had a spiritual fire all along, but why hadn't he investigated any information related to it?
Could it be... that Gan Zhen has blocked all the news?
Gan Jing suddenly realized this possibility and was startled.
Recalling how Gan Zhen had frequently visited Tianfeng Pavilion to curry favor with him over the past year, and how he had remained steadfastly on Chi Yuan's side even after Ye Chen's fame had soared, he realized that he had been kept in the dark by his younger brother!
"Your Majesty, you have excellent skills; I admire you."
Gan Jing's face turned ashen, and he snorted coldly, "But don't be too happy yet. Having a spirit fire doesn't mean he can win. Top-grade fourth-rank pills aren't so easy to refine!"
"Then let's wait and see, Your Majesty."
Gan Zhen lightly waved his folding fan and laughed.
...
Senior brother even has spiritual fire?
Lu Ziling and her six fellow disciples had bright eyes. As expected of their senior brother, he always managed to give them unexpected surprises. Sure enough, they believed that their senior brother was right!
"How is this possible? With his cultivation level, how could he possibly subdue a spiritual fire?!"
Su Yu was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out of their sockets.
It's understandable that Ye Chen possesses a spirit fire seed, given that he has a quasi-god body and it's plausible that he could subdue a weakened version of the spirit fire at the Spirit King level.
But what about Chi Yuan?
This is a fully formed spirit fire! Even he, with his peak Spirit Emperor cultivation, admitted that he couldn't subdue a spirit fire. How could Chi Yuan, with his meager cultivation, possibly do something that only those at the Sect level or above could do?
Not only Su Yu, but also the parents of the six girls were stunned. They knew how talented Chi Yuan was, but in their opinion, no matter how talented Chi Yuan was, he could not be more talented than Ye Chen. The potential of the quasi-divine body was far beyond what a Saint-level innate sword body could compare to.
However, to their utter surprise, Chi Yuan had actually subdued a complete spiritual fire that was even more advanced than the spiritual fire seed!
This completely overturned their understanding.
It should be noted that even the weakest fully-formed spirit fire has reached the Grandmaster level in power. Even Ye Chen's Divine Sun Body might not be able to withstand the power of a fully-formed spirit fire. They simply couldn't understand how Chi Yuan had subdued this spirit fire.
Could it be that... Chi Yuan possesses some unknown talent that is even more powerful than Ye Chen's?
"Mother, it seems you're going to lose."
Su Ningyan said with a smile.
"That's not necessarily true."
Fu Jun smiled slightly, "His spiritual fire is indeed unexpected, but alchemy depends on alchemy skills. If he cannot refine a top-grade fourth-rank pill, even with a complete spiritual fire, he will still lose to Ye Chen."
“Indeed, with his cultivation level, he would have a hard time refining even top-grade fourth-rank pills, let alone refining high-quality ones. Even with the help of spiritual fire, I don’t think he has any chance of winning.”
"If he had Ye Chen's cultivation level, the outcome would be hard to say, but unfortunately his cultivation level is far lower than Ye Chen's, so he will most likely lose."
"That's exactly right. The higher the grade of the pill, the greater the spiritual energy consumption. Ye Chen's spiritual energy is dozens or even hundreds of times higher than Chi Yuan's. He can withstand the consumption, but can Chi Yuan?"
The parents and elders of the six girls still did not think highly of Chi Yuan. It was not that Chi Yuan was not talented, but the conditions for winning were too harsh and the probability was extremely small. Naturally, they did not believe in such a low-probability event.
In fact, most people share this view, including the three most authoritative referees, who all believe that Chi Yuan will lose.
Superior quality represents perfection and cannot tolerate any mistakes. The difficulty of refining it is much higher than that of medium quality. Even a fifth-grade alchemist with the cultivation level of a sect master may not be able to refine a top-grade fourth-grade pill of superior quality in one go. How could Chi Yuan possibly refine it?
"Ha, so what if you have a spirit fire? Let's see how you win!"
After recovering from the shock, Ye Chen regained his confidence.
The complete spiritual fire is indeed stronger than his fire seed, but the difference in cultivation level cannot be made up for by the spiritual fire. If Chi Yuan forcibly refines a top-grade fourth-rank pill, there will only be one result: the consumption will not be able to keep up and his spiritual power will be exhausted.
He will still be the ultimate victor!
On the alchemy platform.
Chi Yuan focused intently, first spending some time familiarizing himself with the feel of controlling the fire. Once he had mastered the control, he took out the five medicinal herbs for the Creation Pill and retrieved them one by one from the Spirit Sealing Crystal.
"This is... a grade five medicinal herb?"
"He's going to refine a fifth-grade elixir?!"
The sight of the medicinal herbs that Chi Yuan had taken out caused another uproar in the room.
It should be understood that grade five spiritual herbs can only be used as materials for refining pills of grade five or higher. Even if only one grade five spiritual herb is used as the main ingredient, the pill refined from it will still be grade five.
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