Chapter 670 (2/2)

“Pill fragrance! Someone’s completed the refinement?!” Everyone hastily looked toward the source of the fragrance .

They saw a man who kept three long whiskers as facial hair . When he smelled this pill fragrance, he was filled with excitement and nervousness . He hadn’t expected that he would be the first to finish .

Long Chen looked at that person and shook his head ever so slightly . As for Huo Wufang, he was sneering in ridicule . Quite a few people sighed upon looking at that person .

Bang! The furnace lid popped upon, and looking inside, the crowd sighed .

“Although it’s high grade, it has no rings . ”

Even the alchemist was dumbfounded . He had already been extremely careful . There had been very few flaws in his merger . How could it be that there wasn’t even one ring?

“Ugh, another fellow with no foundation,” sighed an elder .

“Senior, what’s going on?”

“The Nine Revolution Life Pill is different from other pills . You can’t rush the formation of the pill . In fact, the slower you refine it, the better . It’s the opposite of ordinary pills .

“For ordinary pills, you want to refine it as fast as possible to avoid its essence dissipating into the air . But the Nine Revolution Life Pill contains a Birth Life Gra.s.s . When that gra.s.s is being refined, it absorbs a great deal of life energy from the air . Only by drawing that life energy into it will the Nine Revolution Life Pill truly have the power to save a life .

“As for this fellow, he clearly doesn’t understand the true medicinal effects contained in this pill formula . He refined it according to normal means, so of course there was no way for him to refine it into a ringed pill . This furnace of pills is essentially garbage . ”

Everyone couldn’t help being surprised . They hadn’t been aware that the Nine Revolution Life Pill contained such a secret . But they were more shocked by how abnormal this generation’s Pill Emperor Compet.i.tion was . Not only did you need to be familiar with various medicinal ingredients, but you even needed to be familiar with all kinds of pill formula .

For half of the people here, this was their first time even hearing about the Nine Revolution Life Pill . As for the mystery the old man had explained, over ninety-nine percent of them had been unaware of it .

“It’s no wonder Huo Wufang, Long San, and the others have simply kept a steady flame after sealing their furnaces . ”

“The most difficult point of the Nine Revolution Life Pill’s refinement is to control the Pill Flame to its weakest level once the furnace has been sealed . But at the same time, you can’t allow the pill liquid to congeal . This pill has harsh requirements for the control of the Pill Flame and Spiritual Strength .

“This is something that has little to do with the strength of the Pill Flame . Instead, it depends on control . If you aren’t able to control it well enough, you won’t be able to give the pill enough time to absorb the life energy in the end . Even if the pill forms, it won’t have any rings .

“The fact that you need five rings to pa.s.s the elimination round is an extremely harsh requirement,” sighed the elder .

“In other words, those who finish the pill refinement last will refine higher grade pills?”

“Correct . ”

While they had been talking, another two people had finished their refinements . But the result was just as the elder said: they had no rings .

These two had no choice but to leave, as this had been their last set of medicinal ingredients . It had been extremely difficult for them to finish the refinement, but regretfully, there were no rings .

“Another person’s finished! Ah, what a pity, there’s only one ring . ”

That was someone who had been listening to the crowd and weakened the strength of his flame . But unfortunately, it had already been too late . His late adjustment only caused one ring to appear .

Following that, many more people also finished their refinements . But the results were the same . They were all eliminated . The highest grade was only three rings .

There was no way around it . It wasn’t that they hadn’t wanted to refine it slower, but simply that they were unable to control the flame at the perfect temperature . If they went slightly too low, the pill would congeal . Such a lump wouldn’t even be called a pill anymore . It not only had no effect, but it was also full of toxins .

“Heavens, someone finally pa.s.sed!”

“Junior masters Fang and Chai are also finis.h.i.+ng up! Amazing, they each have three five-ring pills!”

This was the fourteenth hour . The sky had already darkened . But lanterns kept the surroundings bright as if it were still day .

The remaining alchemists all opened their furnaces, but only eighty-seven people had managed to meet the requirements to pa.s.s the elimination round . The failure rate had been ninety percent .

Up until now, the one with the best result was Duan Tianqiao . She was the only one to have refined a six-ring pill, and she was filled with pride .

However, the compet.i.tion was still not over yet . Long San and Huo Wufang were still refining at a low temperature . Both of them were icily staring at the other, their gazes filled with provocation . They were obviously competing .

One hour… two hours… three hours… Their control over their Pill Flames was absolutely shocking . They continued all the way until the sky brightened once more .

“Time is about up . You should prepare to open your furnaces,” said the tower administrator, pointing to the sand . These two fellows had been staring at each other for a full night .

Two bangs rang out . Huo Wufang slowly opened his furnace, causing startled cries to ring out from the crowd .