Chapter 1803: Furnace Art Competitions
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The first point was taken by Shen Xiang, and he managed to surpass the other Divine Temples’ Supreme Pill Saints. This made the Devil Slayer Heaven God even happier, and he continuously mocked the Wealthy Temple’s Supreme Pill Saints and other large Divine Temples.
This further solidified the Devil Slayer Heaven God’s determination to cultivate Shen Xiang, even though he wasn’t his disciple. However, Shen Xiang was still considered a disciple of the Devil Slayer Divine Temple and would not sever his relationship with it even if he left in the future.
"Don't be too pleased, you’ve only taken one point. There are still many more competitions to come," the Wealthy God said with a cold smile, indicating that he didn’t see this matter as significant. However, seeing the potential of a powerful alchemist in the Devil Slayer Heaven God made him envious.
As soon as Shen Xiang could become a Pill God, he would definitely protect the Devil Slayer Divine Temple. For the Wealthy God, this threat from the Devil Slayer Divine Temple would become even greater.
Although there wasn't a significant relationship between the Wealthy Temple and the Devil Slayer Divine Temple, their relations weren’t particularly good either. Moreover, now that the Wealthy God was secretly colluding with the Hell Demon Emperor, this made the Devil Slayer Heaven God even more unhappy.
"The second round of competitions will focus on quickly creating divine weapons and magical implements. After that, we’ll test the strength of these items," Punishment Heaven God roared, causing the audience to instantly grow quiet.
Shen Xiang and the others looked at Yuan Biaobing, who was exceptionally skilled in alchemy among them. Moreover, he had relied on his alchemy skills to become one of the wealthy War Gods in the Devil Slayer Divine Temple.
"Xiaobing, you’re up. You must win. If you lose, I’ll let out a playful laugh and we'll all suffer the consequences," said the Devil Slayer Heaven God with a sinister smile, looking at Ren Tianyong and the others.
"If you lose and we’re all punished, don’t blame us," said Ren Tianyong as he pat Yuan Biaobing’s shoulder and encouraged him, "Show your best!"
The disciples led by Zhou Chao also had solemn expressions, as they too would suffer the consequences. This added significant pressure to Yuan Biaobing—he feared that his fellow disciples would suffer due to his loss and wouldn’t have a good outcome if he were the one punished.
"Relax, I’ve got this second point," said Yuan Biaobing with a faint smile.
The arena was already filled with various materials used for alchemy. These were all used for creating magical implements, and there was a specific standard for the type of magical implement that needed to be created.
"Each Divine Temple can only send one alchemist. Come forward," Punishment Heaven God ordered.
In the end, Yuan Biaobing moved to the arena and was among the two hundred alchemists. Some Divine Temples chose not to participate, clearly wanting to avoid embarrassment.
"You’ll be divided into two groups. One will create a divine weapon, while the other will make defensive equipment like armor or shields. We’ll select the alchemists who create them most quickly, and they’ll have their divine weapons attack each other," said Punishment Heaven God.
"If one of them is damaged, they lose. If neither are damaged or both are damaged, there won’t be a winner for this round," said Punishment Heaven God with a low hum.
"This rule is quite unfair," said the Devil Slayer Heaven God.
"Start distributing materials now. I’ll announce it after that, and you have only ten days," announced Punishment Heaven God.
The alchemists then started to take the materials needed for alchemy. The quality was average, allowing them to create slightly above-average Lower-grade Magical Implements if they were skilled enough. However, the alchemists who were more skilled could create magical implements that rivaled Middle-grade ones.
Yuan Biaobing was allocated to the group that created divine weapons, meaning he was going to attack. He took out his furnace and put the material inside.
Although alchemy and pill refinement were very different, many steps shared similarities.
"What’s Little Two going to make If I were him, I’d create a hammer," said Fat Old Five.
"He’s most skilled at creating swords and daggers, so he likely created a divine sword. These materials are sufficient for him to create an above-average Lower-grade divine sword, and if sold, it could fetch around 300,000 Divine Money," said Ren Tianyong.
"So easy to earn money! It’s much more profitable than pill refinement," said Shen Xiang, amazed. He had previously heard that good magical implements were in demand.
"As they say, it’s not easy to sell them," said Zhou Chao. "Alchemy is much easier compared to pill refinement, so magical implements are sold everywhere. Magical implements can be used for a long time while pills and such are consumed once used."
"Old Two’s shop has goods that have been for sale for a long time but haven’t sold," said Wang Jinshi.
"Start!" yelled Punishment Heaven God suddenly, and the alchemists immediately released flames to start melting the materials.
The process of alchemy was complex and time-consuming, even for Shen Xiang. It was much more complicated than pill refinement because he needed to memorize a large number of spirit patterns, combine them in various ways, and produce better effects. Other aspects needed attention as well; for instance, absorbing divine energy required special alchemical techniques, and controlling the strength was essential.
Shen Xiang had previously attempted alchemy, but it was not something he usually used spirit patterns for. If he were to create divine weapons, it wouldn’t be easy. He had combined alchemy techniques with pill refinement by carving spirit patterns on the pills, using them as energy sources. By adding some unique spirit patterns, he could release powerful effects, and later, when he mastered the Heaven Refinement Art, he stopped researching in this area.
However, now he was planning to delve deep into it again. He decided that this type of pill should be named "War Pill," similar to divine runes, possessing powerful offensive capabilities and could be used as one-time weapons.
Creating divine runes was challenging, and they were expensive. Shen Xiang needed such items for self-defense, so he already had a plan in mind.
Seven days later, Yuan Biaobing successfully created a black divine sword with an average appearance. It was made hastily, so as long as the required strength was guaranteed! Otherwise, he would have been punished if another alchemist completed it slightly faster than him.
The alchemists from the Divine Temple shook their heads and sighed. They saw Yuan Biaobing’s divine sword as ordinary, while their own created divine weapons were much better. However, the reason they didn’t showcase was because Yuan Biaobing completed it faster than them. So, this rule was unfair, but it could also be considered a harsh test—creating the strongest divine weapons in the fastest time required deep knowledge.
Soon, the results from the group creating defensive equipment were announced. The alchemist from the Wealthy Temple had created a golden shield, which looked much better than Yuan Biaobing’s.
"Now let me test it. Hand over the shield and sword," said Punishment Heaven God as he opened his arms, absorbing them into space to collide.
Kaboom! After a muffled sound, the black sword pierced through the golden shield!
"The Devil Slayer Divine Temple wins this round, adding one point," said Punishment Heaven God.
After announcing the results, Yuan Biaobing sighed in relief. So did the disciples of the Devil Slayer Divine Temple—if Yuan Biaobing lost, they would also suffer. forget that you pretended not to know it when I was in front of Grandmaster Tai Yuan. Hehe," said Shen Xiang with a smile, "Can't you see that I'm very calm now"The Golden Dragon Prince nodded. "You'...