Chapter 644: Spirit of Alchemy Path

ut to stop. The radiance also dimmed slightly. As the Taiji Dragon Pressure Diagram slowly retracted, Shen Xiang's radiance grew stronger and stronger. People couldn't see his body, but they could onl...Chapter 644 - Spirit of Alchemy

Upon hearing about the upcoming alchemy competition, Shen Xiang felt a great amount of pressure. However, he was not intimidated at all. This was an excellent opportunity for him to improve his skills in alchemy and gain a deeper understanding of the practice.

“The person who makes the best Nine Aperture Refining Body Pill wins. The evaluation criteria are quality and output of pills, with time being limited to today only!” Yan Zilan continued explaining the rules.

Out of twenty people, only three spots were available for those who could refine the Nine Aperture Refining Body Pill. This caused a great amount of pressure for everyone.

To ensure that everyone understood the rules, Yan Zilan repeated herself. Among these people, Shen Xiang faced the most pressure as he only knew how to refine one Tier 2 pill. If he hoped to win the competition, he would have to make many different pills that he had never refined before and succeed in doing so. The Method of Simulation was born to help alchemists achieve success when refining rare ingredients. To use the method well, one must refine various unknown pills to improve their skills.

“The three Tier 2 pills you are required to make are Soul Binding Pill, Lesser Shapeshifting Pill, and玄陽 Fire Pill. The ingredients will be provided by us. To better test your alchemy skills, the quality of the ingredients is slightly lower.” Despite saying this, everyone could guess that it would be as bad as the ingredients for the Five Elements True Essence Pills. To the Sacred Pill Sect, these poor-quality ingredients were worthless, including Nine Aperture Refining Body Pills. However, in the realm of Mortal Martial Arts, these Nine Aperture Refining Body Pills could be auctioned.

It didn't take long for people's assumptions to be confirmed. The ingredients were indeed very poor, prompting curses towards the Sacred Pill Sect among people's hearts. However, it was indeed a very challenging method, and if good ingredients were used instead, the competition would become too boring.

After Yan Zilan announced to start, Shen Xiang quickly dealt with the ingredients for the 玄陽 Fire Pill. His actions were swift and smooth, as he had refined this pill many times before, making it very easy for him. However, someone did better and faster than he did, namely Xiexiaonfeng, grandson of Xieshirong, and LinXiyi from Chaos Mountain. They started making pills simultaneously at the same time as beginning their alchemy processes.

There were only three spots available, and only the fastest three people could obtain them. Therefore, everyone rushed to refine their pills without caring about quality or quantity, only aiming for speed and success!

The sun was intense at midday, heating up the earth. However, from an alchemist's perspective, this heat was nothing.

Shen Xiang was the first to make a batch of pills. Surprisingly, he managed to refine four Soul Binding Pills! Normally, refining four pills was the limit for many alchemists. However, Shen Xiang managed to do it with poor ingredients, making everyone realize that if he used better ingredients, the number might be five. Although there was only one more pill left, if it were at a higher level of the pill, the benefits would be significant.

With this competition, Shen Xiang treated alchemy as he usually did, not wasting ingredients and ensuring the quality of his pills. This impressed many alchemists who admired this attitude, which was highly valued and showed respect towards ingredients. It gave the best ending to the ingredients!

The sight of those four shining pills made some veteran alchemists respect Shen Xiang. This was the spirit that every alchemist should possess, at least in theory.

“Look at them. They are all trying to obtain the Sacred Yin Water for their efforts, but Shen Xiang is just refining pills. He has completely immersed himself in the state of oblivion during alchemy, and it seems that he doesn't even think about winning. He's only focused on using the ingredients to their fullest potential and making the best pills!” Yan Zilan said with a sigh, gazing at Shen Xiang intently.

Xieshirong nodded in agreement, “Yes. This is an alchemy competition and our rules didn't require quality or quantity, so few people would follow this criterion. They just thought these were poor ingredients and could win by making pills, being too eager for success.”

Yan Zilan smiled, “It seems that Shen Xiang's proficiency in alchemy surpasses many of the veteran alchemists!”

Xieshirong chuckled, “Alchemists are usually too eager for success when they're young. But in their old age, they seek the attitude of Shen Xiang's alchemy, which is too late.

Many alchemists at the competition were silently mocking Shen Xiang, who could still be so focused on making high-quality pills with large quantities in such poor ingredients. However, for some young alchemists, they saw this process as a form of training.

Fan Yaku only managed to refine one Soul Binding Pill, making him feel inferior compared to Shen Xiang. As Shen Xiang maintained speed while also ensuring quantity and quality.

To achieve this, it meant that Shen Xiang refined pills in the same way all the time. It had become a habit for him, which was a good one for alchemists.

“Lesser Shapeshifting Pill, not too difficult. You should handle it easily, the Soul Binding Pill might be a bit tricky.” Su Meiyao said.

Shen Xiang had already prepared the Lesser Shapeshifting Pill ingredients. Even though they were rotten, he insisted on doing his best to refine them, maintaining calmness even in a tense atmosphere.

“ Ginseng Spirit Fruits are delicate, and they're also rotten. You need to trust that the Bone Grass and Human Blood Xian Shens are more challenging to handle. You need to increase the fire gradually.” Su Meiyao advised.

These three were the main ingredients, while the damaged auxiliary ingredients weren't a problem for Shen Xiang. He could handle them easily.

The Lesser Shapeshifting Pill allows a玄獸 to become human-like after consuming it. The Ginseng Spirit Fruit looks like a small baby, except for one leg. Bone Grass can be used not only to refine Lesser Shapeshifting Pills but also to cultivate muscle and bone. And Human Blood Xian Shen contains a large amount of essence similar to human blood, which is one of the ingredients that Shen Xiang possesses and obtained in the First Profound Realm.

Shen Xiang had already thrown the ingredients into the pill furnace, and only a few people had completed their first batch of pills by now. When Shen Xiang started his second batch, he was still in the lead.

Of course, Shen Xiang just made time to refine more unknown Tier 2 pills.

Using the same alchemy furnace and poor ingredients for the competition, Shen Xiang maintained his lead as he refined Tier 2 pills. Two hours later, finally, someone managed to refine their second batch of pills, and it was Xiexiaonfeng.

Following that, Fan Yaku and Lin Xiyi also opened their furnaces, each taking out one Lesser Shapeshifting Pill.

Normally, refining a Lesser Shapeshifting Pill would only produce one pill. Although it was easy to refine, producing one pill with poor ingredients was very difficult. Quality differences didn't matter much either.is brow and asked."A drink." Long Xueyi called out, then pulled out a wine jar and poured fragrant water into cups. She didn't know where she got it from, but Shen Xiang drank the cup and wanted more....