Chapter 661 (1/2)
Chapter 661
“What? Has there been some kind of mistake? Is he refining pills or making stew?”
“Does he even know how to refine pills? He doesn’t even understand he has to purify the ingredients first . Isn’t he just messing around?”
“Hey, little fellow, you should add some more water and salt, or the flavor won’t be so good!”
The spectators immediately began to make a ruckus . They were extremely dissatisfied that someone like Long Chen could make his way into this compet.i.tion .
The tower administrator ignored their shouts . The only thing against the rules was for people inside the arena to disturb their compet.i.tors .
The shouts from the spectators were also a kind of test for alchemists . It had to be known that alchemists would always refine pills in a private room . They wouldn’t allow anyone to disturb them .
But now that countless people were watching and shouting, it made refining pills that much more difficult . If you were unable to calm your heart, the odds of a failure would be extremely high .
This compet.i.tion sought this kind of tempering experience . Other than having talent, an alchemist also had to have a calm heart . Only such a person could walk further on the pill path .
If your heart became chaotic just because of someone’s random shouting, there was no way you could have any major accomplishments .
In the face of the insults and ridicules coming from all around, Long Chen’s expression was still calm . His Spiritual Strength circulated and his flame rapidly rose .
“This… this is…”
“Is this real life?”
Following Long Chen’s actions, the sound of the crowd’s shouting quieted . In the end, everyone’s expressions were lifeless . Even the tower administrator’s pupils shrank slightly .
The seven medicinal ingredients in Long Chen’s pill furnace had already begun to slowly be refined . But they were still separated from each other and hadn’t fused .
“He’s used his Spiritual Strength to keep the medicinal ingredients apart . But the exhaustion to his soul energy must be terrifying!”
Everyone was incomparably shocked . Long Chen’s Spiritual Strength was wrapped around seven different medicinal ingredients, refining them at the same time . That was insane . They had never seen someone waste their precious Spiritual Strength like this .
Suddenly, the seven medicinal ingredients were refined into powder at the same time, and they began to merge .
“What?!” Finally, people understood what he was doing .
Normally, people would refine pills step by step, turning each ingredient to powder one by one, and then refine them into pills .
Long Chen was too lazy to do that, and he directly threw them in like he was cooking vegetables . After refining their essence, he directly began to merge them .
To save time, he had actually wasted his precious Spiritual Strength to keep the medicinal powders separated from each other . That was definitely only showing off . When others refined pills, each bit of Spiritual Strength was precious and used as sparingly as possible .
If their Spiritual Strength ended up running out toward the end, then the entire furnace of pills they were working on would be trashed . So Spiritual Strength was extremely precious to alchemists .
Suddenly, Long Chen closed the lid on his furnace . Following that, no one could see what was happening inside .
“Hmph, he’s just showing off . That’s just a second tier pill, and we could refine it with our eyes closed . For him to try and use such a thing to show off, he really is ignorant… what?! The refinement is finished already?!”
A person was in the midst of mocking him when Long Chen’s pill furnace suddenly shook . Medicinal fragrance spread everywhere . It was a clear sign the pill was about to form .
“That’s… that’s way too fast!” Everyone’s jaw dropped . Was this refining pills, or cooking meat?! He had only just closed the lid and it was finished?
Crack . Long Chen’s pill furnace suddenly became covered in cracks .
“This idiot, he pushed his flame too much . Hehe, there’s about to be a furnace explosion . ”
BOOM!
As expected, the pill furnace exploded, drawing out jeers and laughter . But that laughter was cut off midway as if a knife had severed it .
“Impossible!”
All they saw was that although the pill furnace had exploded, a translucent pill furnace had appeared and wrapped around the liquid that was on the verge of turning into a pill .
“This is… the legendary… spiritual furnace…”
“Just how monstrous is his Spiritual Strength?!”
Everyone was dumbfounded . Using pure Spiritual Strength to form a cauldron only existed in legends . The crowd had never seen such a thing .
Even the tower administrator stood up, filled with shock . This was his first time seeing such vast Spiritual Strength .
The registration test only tested the quality of a person’s Spiritual Strength . It didn’t test the amount they had .
That was because the majority of people had around the same amount of Spiritual Strength . Even if there was a difference, it would be extremely minor . So the more important aspect was the quality .
But the amount of Spiritual Strength Long Chen had displayed was enormous, so enormous that it was terrifying . He was actually able to condense a spiritual pill furnace . Just the exhaustion to do so would be enough to refine a fifth tier pill .
The crowd was silent . But Fang Chang was filled with wild delight . Long Chen’s vast soul energy was practically monstrous .
Who cared if he didn’t have a pill furnace? His Fang family had that . Who cared if he didn’t have a beast flame? The Pill Tower had many . But Long Chen’s abnormal, practically endless soul energy was too terrifying .