Chapter 462 - Flame Light Goblet (1/2)
Chapter 462: Chapter 462: Flame Light Goblet
After King Lan Ling’s arrival, Mo Xiu finally had the chance to breathe and avoided a calamity.
However, since his flames had been seized, the result he gained in the second round was not good.
Out of 1500 pill refinement masters, only 180 people managed to completely melt a one thousand years old spiritual herb in four hours and refine the medicinal liquid ten times.
Out of these 180 pill masters, most of them were Fourth Revolution Pill Masters. There were also several Peak Third Revolution Pill Masters who accomplished the given tasks and were fought over by many forces in order to recruit them.
Those who managed to refine the medicinal liquid of one thousand years old Purple Jade Banyan over 50 times were all Fifth Revolution Pill Masters.
Huang Tingzi had managed to refine the medicinal liquid 74 times while Yi Yunzi had done it 77 times.
Mo Xiu only managed to do 72 refinements due to the backlash he suffered and the absence of the flames he once had. He had actually lost to both Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi.
A fact that Mo Xiu found even more difficult to accept was that Ning Fan had actually refined the one thousand years old Purple Jade Banyan 99 times!
One has to know that even a true Sixth Revolution Pill Master could at most refine a one thousand years old spiritual herb a hundred times.
Ning Fan’s result was, without a doubt, telling everyone that his pill refinement mastery was extremely close to the Sixth Revolution!
Although pill refinement grandmasters like Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi were also participating in this test, Ning Fan still got first place in the second round.
Of course, the second round only tested their ability to melt and refine spiritual herbs.
Perhaps Ning Fan was better than them in melting and refining spiritual herbs but weaker than them in pill refinement. Something like this might not necessarily be impossible.
Many old monsters could not wait for the third round of the competition where all pill refinement masters would concoct pills with their true skills. It would be the round that could truly determine the best among them.
They were eager to know whether Ning Fan could still occupy the first place in that kind of situation.
The second round had finally ended. There were still ten days before the third round would start.
In the next ten days, Ning Fan continuously stood outside the western wing of his guest house. Under the snowy and windy weather, his mind was recalling the methods the 1500 pill refinement masters used to melt the spiritual herbs.
On the seventh day, news about Mo Xiu’s complete recovery had spread in the outside world.
Aside from that, Mo Xiu said that he wanted to compete with Ning Fan fair and square in the final round to decide who between them would be the victor!
Hearing this kind of rumor, Ning Fan sneered and disregarded it. He never thought of Mo Xiu to be a person who would do things fairly without resorting to any trickery.
In the dead of night on the eighth day, massive fluctuations of magic power suddenly spread out from the direction of Ju Mo’s broken world.
Some cultivators saw King Lan Ling being involved in the fight against seven to eight Void Refinement Realm old monsters with vigorous aura forces.
In the end, King Lan Ling left in rage as he was outnumbered in that fight.
As for the mysterious Void Refinement Realm experts, they did not pursue King Lan Ling as they dreaded him as well.
Only Ning Fan was aware that King Lan Ling must have been overconfident of himself. Hence, he tried to sneak into Ju Mo’s broken world on his own. However, he was forced to retreat by the Eight Ancestors.
This matter made Ning Fan dread the Eight Ancestors even more.
Even though King Lan Ling only came with his second primordial spirit, his current form was already much stronger than many Void Pierce Stage old monsters.
Since even a strong person like King Lan Ling could not intrude Ju Mo’s Broken World and seize the devil statue slate, it would be even more impossible for Ning Fan to seize the slate by force.
“On second thought, this King Lan Ling is strong. Even though his current form is his second primordial spirit, he could still survive even after he was surrounded by 2 Void Pierce Stage experts and 6 Void Inquiry Stage experts… He truly deserves his fame as an expert at Yun Tianjue’s level. This man’s true self has yet to break through to the Void Fragmentation Realm but no cultivator below the Void Fragmentation Realm would be able to match him…”
After failing to seize the devil slate, King Lan Ling still managed to escape with severe injuries.
He was extremely strong. Of all the experts at the same level as him, he only lost to Yun Tianjue.
King Lan Ling was someone who had fought with Yun Tianjue before. He was unrivalled when facing cultivators below the Void Fragmentation Realm. Moreover, according to rumors, even a First Heavenly Layer Void Fragmentation Realm expert suffered some injuries by his own hand.
The current Ning Fan was far from being King Lan Ling’s opponent. Additionally, he also did not have the intention of fighting him at all.
Since Mo Xiu had recovered to his peak state, he no longer needed King Lan Ling’s protection. He actively began preparations for the third round with the aim of returning the embarrassment he suffered to Ning Fan.
On the ninth day, Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi came to pay Ning Fan a visit one after the other. No one knew what the three of them had discussed.
When Huang Tingzi left, he announced to everyone that Ning Fan would officially become a feudal ranking elder of the Pill Island.
When Yi Yunzi left, he declared to the public that the Zhou Clan would forever back Ning Fan up.
Outsiders had no idea about Ning Fan’s exact pill refinement realm. However, the two of them could tell that his pill refinement mastery was at least at the Peak Grade Fifth Revolution already. Moreover, there was rarely anyone at the Peak Grade Fifth Revolution pill refinement mastery who could compare with him.
Knowing this fact filled them with frustration but also admiration towards Ning Fan’s profound pill refinement techniques at the same time.
On the tenth day, Yun Niansu came to see Ning Fan and told him some information.
Yun Niansu had found out that the narrow-minded Mo Xiu was prepared to create some disturbance during the third round of the Pill Ceremony which might be harmful to Ning Fan.
Yun Niansu was clearly representing the Profound Heaven Palace. Him expressing goodwill to Ning Fan was to actually strengthen the bond between their respective palaces.
After knowing Yun Niansu was the foster son of Yun Bushu who was the third prince of Rain Palace, Ning Fan became even more polite towards him.
According to hearsay, among all the princes of the Rain Palace, only Yun Bushu had a friendly relationship with Yun Tianjue.
On top of that, Yun Niansu had expressed his kind intentions towards Ning Fan several times. Thus, Ning Fan was willing to befriend him.
With Yun Niansu’s warning in mind, Ning Fan had higher alertness for the third round of tests.
Since King Lan Ling was no longer around, if Mo Xiu really dares to cause any trouble to him during the competition, he would not mind taking advantage of that opportunity to eliminate him!
With the protection from the Rain Sovereign, the Pill Sovereign and the Zhou Clan, no one in the entire Rain World would dare to hurt him before he and the Rain Sovereign have a fallout.
He did not need to have too many concerns. Even if it’s the palace lord of the Scarlet Heaven Palace, he might not necessarily be a person whom he could not kill!
Ten days later, the third round commenced.
This time, the test was being held on a land of ice. The spiritual qi in this area was much more concentrated than in the snow valley. If one concocts pills here, it would be at least six to seven times faster than in the outside world.
A hundred and eighty pill masters were participating in this round. However, those with discerning eyes were fully aware that the top three pill masters of this round would probably be selected from Ning Fan, Yi Yunzi, Huang Tingzi or Mo Xiu.
Ning Fan arrived at the ice land quite early. He stood at the platform that belonged to him like an immovable statue.
The weather was cold and dismal with the wind and snow. However, his mind was as peaceful as a white dove.
He repeatedly thought about pill refinement techniques by recalling his memories of him refining pills in the past.
Under the guidance of the Pill Sovereign, his body gradually formed a different aura from the rest.
That aura belonged to his own Dao of Pills. Even though it was currently far from complete, there would certainly be a day where it would fully develop.
His medicine qi which was as dark as concentrated ink spread across a few zhang* (3.33m per zhang).
At this moment, Ning Fan no longer resembled a devil lord. Instead, he completely turned into a pill refinement grandmaster who wholeheartedly devotes himself to the Dao of Pills.
Xu Qiuling stared at Ning Fan from afar. Her beautiful eyes seemed to have been held captive by what she saw.
Yue Lingkong, however, was actually not used to Ning Fan’s pill refinement grandmaster aura when she looked at him. In his mind, Ning Fan should always be a devil lord with a frightening devil qi.
At this moment, Fen Chi was deeply attracted to Ning Fan. There were countless good-looking female cultivators among the audience who felt the same as her.
Feng Xueyan was not here. After King Lan Ling attacked Ju Mo’s Broken World, she was being carefully guarded by the Eight Ancestors as they were worried of her possibly making a careless mistake.
Before she outlives her usefulness, the Eight Ancestors would be extremely good to her.
However, when Ning Fan thought of all that goodness being a mere pretense as they were planning on killing her ten years later, he felt disgusted by the Eight Ancestors of the Giant Devil Clan…
“Hehe. Revered Ming is really early.”
After having a brief conversation with Ning Fan, Huang Tingzi and Yi Yunzi headed to their respective jade platforms. Each of them looked like they were fully prepared.
More and more pill refinement masters reached the ice land. Mo Xiu among them.