Chapter 578: Clash on the Furnace

Xiang stepped into the Refinement Realm, and his True Qi became more abundant. He was now capable of returning to the Mortal Martial Realm from the Sacred Medicine Realm.A spatial portal appeared, an...Chapter 578 - Battle on the Stove

The rules of the alchemy competition in which Shen Xiang was participating attracted many people from Piaoxiang City. They were all familiar with the principles of alchemy and had gathered to watch.

“The winner will not be decided by the rank of the alchemy pill produced or its quantity, but rather by who can successfully produce an untried alchemy pill. I think we're facing the same difficulty in producing new alchemy pills, so let's go round by round with each of us trying to produce a pill that we've never tried before. The person who fails will lose!” Fan Yakuon smiled and said, "What pill are you going to try first I can provide the ingredients."

Shen Xiang's eyebrows twitched. From what he could gather, the requirements for practicing the play cultivation method were extremely high; otherwise, a single mistake would mean losing. Losing would result in a heavy price, making it very challenging indeed.

“I'll use my own ingredients!” Shen Xiang shook his head and refused. He knew the ingredients best, which was a great advantage when using play cultivation method.

“Oh Are you worried that I don't have any I still have several ingredients for the 玄級上品丹!”

When Shen Xiang heard Fan Yakuon's words, he knew that the藥材子 resources in the Holy Pill Realm were abundant. If it was in a World of Profane Martial Arts, no matter how long the sect had existed, it would be difficult to obtain a large quantity of rare ingredients. Of course, not counting Shen Xiang's oddities.

“I want to refine the 玄陽火丹, do you have it” Shen Xiang asked with a smile.

Fan Yakuon shook his head, "No. This 玄級上品丹 is rather difficult to produce, I would like to see it."

As he said this, he took out two very low-quality alchemy stoves.

“To ensure fairness, we will use the same alchemy stove. If anyone fails to produce a pill during refinement, they lose,” Fan Yakuon said.

Shen Xiang took the stove and frowned slightly, recognizing its low quality. It would expose easily, making it difficult to refine a 中品丹 and attempting it for the first time made the process even more challenging.

“I'm refining Longevity Pill, I've never tried this kind of pill before!” Fan Yakuon said.

The True Speech Stone did not emit red light, proving that Fan Yakuon was telling the truth. It was now Shen Xiang's turn.

People who knew the Longevity Pill were amazed upon hearing its name as they understood that it was crucial for many women, especially those growing old. Having this pill could temporarily maintain their appearance.

Shen Xiang gripped the stone tightly, "I've never tried refining the 玄陽火丹."

The stone did not glow, and Shen Xiang returned the stone to Fan Yakuon.

The 玄陽火丹 was a玄級上品丹 for Shen Xiang, completely unknown territory. Fan Yakuon's Longevity Pill was 地級中品丹, and both chose pills they had never refined before.

“That stone is indeed a good thing! If I had one, I'd let this little brat carry it and talk to me every day,” Hua Xiangyue said with a laugh.

Cu夢兒 was not as relaxed as Hua Xiangyue, she was very concerned about Shen Xiang.

“If this round ends in a tie, we must move on to the next. If both our mastery of play cultivation is evenly matched, it will be a battle of endurance,” Hua Xiangyue said. "Don't worry about him, he's very proficient in play cultivation and is progressing quickly. I believe he's using this competition to raise himself, and he has great confidence in himself."

If Shen Xiang lost, he would have to give the alchemy stove to Fan Yakuon. The loss was substantial because Shen Xiang knew how precious the 炎龍寶爐's value was.

Shen Xiang and Fan Yakuon both handled ingredients meticulously.

“If we both fail in the same round, that round will not count and we'll start over,” Fan Yakuon said.

Shen Xiang nodded. At this moment, the nine Yang Flaming Fruit and the Fire Spirit Grass in his hands stood out. Especially for those who cultivated fire, these two spirit medicines were like treasures. Even if they were eaten directly, they would greatly benefit those who cultivate fire.

Meanwhile, Fan Yakuon was handling ingredients that were far from noticeable. Although Shen Xiang didn't look, he knew what those ingredients were because he had them himself.

Fan Yakuon was also drawn by the ingredients in Shen Xiang's hands. He had seen the 玄陽火丹 before, but he never owned the ingredients himself. Alchemists were always curious about things they don't know, and Fan Yakuon was puzzled that Shen Xiang wasn't attracted by his Longevity Pill. He guessed that Shen Xiang must have it too.

A person from the Profane Martial Arts world possessing such precious ingredients was truly astonishing. If Fan Yakuon knew that Shen Xiang possessed some 天級藥材, he would be even more surprised because those things were rare even in the Holy Pill Realm. Shen Xiang could produce them in large quantities.

The reason the ingredients were valuable was due to scarcity, leading to scarcity. The reasons for rarity included the long time it took for plants to mature, sometimes taking tens of thousands of years, and requiring a considerable amount of time for cultivation.

“This stove is goddamned terrible, I'm really worried it's going to explode!” Shen Xiang carefully put the ingredients into the stove, now very nervous. He didn't want to lose that precious alchemy stove.

The main ingredients of the 玄陽火丹 were fire properties, and had excellent resistance to fire. They would absorb flames occasionally to nourish themselves, the fire's strength could either promote growth or destroy energy within the ingredients. To do this accurately, Shen Xiang had to exert his play cultivation method to the extreme.

Therefore, he needed to precisely simulate what degree of fire was suitable.

"I need to save some tricks. This stove can't even support him for long, it's obviously not designed for alchemy!"

Fan Yakuon's brows furrowed, releasing his strength quietly, forming a magical treasure stove that enveloped the low-quality stove. Fan Yakuon was also prepared to move the fire and ingredients inside the alchemy stove into his magical treasure stove at any moment of error, requiring high demands for his strength and divine consciousness and carrying a high risk of failure.

Fan Yakuon was also secretly anxious at this moment. He refined the 地級中品丹, and he realized that the stove's endurance capacity was very poor. This stove was bought from street corners, and he overestimated the quality of these low-quality alchemy stoves.

In the center of the square, everyone was far from Shen Xiang and Fan Yakuon because they saw that the originally gray stove had gradually turned red. Intense heat was emitted from the surface of the low-quality stove, making it look like the stove would explode at any moment, which was very frightening.

"They both have strong mastery of play cultivation, and can support such trash stoves for half an hour!" Hua Xiangyue, on the high tower, looked at those two stoves that seemed about to melt inside, her eyes flashing.hem. However, demons and beasts were rampant now, attacking human domains. Many places had become a wasteland, putting holy states and heavenly families at risk as they were the main targets of demoni...