The Battle Through Heaven
Failures
The strange scene that suddenly appeared on the open field was also beyond Xiao Yan's expectations. He stared at the many stunned gazes that were shot towards him and could only shrug helplessly. With a shake of his hand, he threw the green-colored flame into the medicinal cauldron. It was only at this moment that the flames in the hands of the competitors returned to normal.
This fellow. Little Princess muttered softly. He's a little depressed. Since he had never witnessed the power of ‘Heavenly Fire’, he had always thought that ‘Dry’ Blue Water Fire was not much weaker than that. However, with a supernatural display of his flame now, any observant person would be able to tell with the view that it was far below ‘Heavenly Fire’. Otherwise, it would not display this kind of way of obedience.
Compared to Little Princess' despair, Liu Ling's face was slightly ugly. The brown colored flame was something that his teacher had invited many strong people to obtain from the body of a rank five Magical Beast, which was similar to a human of the Dou Wang class. It was truly unexpected that before it became the center of attention after being displayed today, it actually paid respect to the flames of others. This really caused him to be speechless.
"Huh. What's the point of having a good flame? If one could not control it, he would only burn himself by playing with fire. " Yan Li let out a soft cold laugh as she placed the black-colored flame in her hand into the cauldron.
As the strange phenomenon disappeared in the open field, all the competitors also gradually retracted their minds, returning them to focus on the exam questions they were facing. The flames in their hands were poured into the medicinal cauldron. After which, they all took out their medicinal ingredients and began the first step of refining the medicinal pill, refining it.
Xiao Yan's gaze stared intently at the medicinal cauldron. Occasionally, he waved his hand and threw one or two medicinal ingredients from the stone table into the medicinal cauldron. After which, he controlled the temperature of the flame and slowly purified the essence needed to refine the medicinal pill according to the information recorded on the medicinal formula.
Although there was an extremely detailed medicinal formula in his mind, Xiao Yan did not dare to be the slightest bit careless. There were only three sets of medicinal ingredients that had been prepared this time. If he were to lose the medicinal ingredients due to a careless mistake, it would significantly increase his chances of failure in refining. This was something that Xiao Yan could not accept. Therefore, he did not dare to enter all the medicinal ingredients at once despite his ability to control ‘Fire Green Lotus Core’. Instead, he chose the safest method by only purifying two medicinal ingredients at once.
There were quite a number of people who shared Xiao Yan's thoughts. This included Little Princess Liu Ling. Even Yan Li, who had always been arrogant, was currently adopting a serious expression as he carefully controlled the flames, meticulously refining each medicinal ingredient. Everyone clearly knew how heartbroken it was to lose medicinal ingredients at such a time.
All competitors in the open field remained silent. Only crackling sounds were emitted as the flames purifying the medicinal ingredients echoed throughout the open ground.
Infected by this kind of calm atmosphere, the originally rather noisy seats on both sides also slowly became quiet. All of their gazes explored the alchemists on the open ground below.
"They're hiding something. The youngsters of today .. "Nalan Jie, who was sitting in the VIP seat, looked at the burning flames on the open ground below and could not help but smile as he said," But looking at the strange phenomenon just now, it seemed like little friend Yan Xiao was better than the others. "
"A ‘Heavenly Flame’ was a strange object that even older Gu He never had. His strength was naturally something that the fire of the Little Princess and the others, obtained from Magical Beasts, could not compare with. " Nalan Yanran at the side smiled as he replied.
Ke ke, that's right. Nalan Jie nodded. After which, he suddenly diverted it to Nalan Yanran and said with a frown, "Did the person from the Misty Cloud Sect who came this morning ask you to come back?"
"Yes." Yeah." Nalan Yanran slightly nodded.
"Ah." Nalan Jie sighed softly. His voice was rather low, "Is it because the Three Years Agreement is getting closer?"
Hearing this, the wrist that Nalan Yanran used to get rid of her black hair suddenly stopped. She pursed her red lips and softly said, "That should be part of the reason."
"Xiao Yan has disappeared for almost two years. I have told you before that when he left Wu Tan City, he had already agglomerated and formed his Qi vortex and became a Dou Zhe. This was done in less than a year. You should also know clearly how difficult it is to increase one's Dou Qi before becoming a Dou Zhe. However, he once again rose up suddenly like lightning in less than a year. In other words, the training talent that strangely disappeared just then appeared again. " Nalan Yanran let out a long sigh. He said in a deep voice, "For these two years, there has been no information about him. However, I think according to his training talent, I fear that he is at least at the Dou Shi class. "
Nalan Yanran nodded his head.
"Ah, I don't want to say it again. You won't listen even if I say it. However, I hope you will apologize to him regardless of who wins or loses the Three Years Agreement. " Nalan Jie rubbed his forehead and said somewhat tiredly.
"Sorry?" Hearing this, Nalan Yanran fused his brows slightly. Immediately, he looked at Nalan Jie rather stubbornly. "I didn't make a mistake! Why should I apologize. "
"You can easily go to the Xiao clan personally and ask Xiao Zhan nicely if he can cancel the marriage engagement. Perhaps, all of these problems would not have happened if you did that, but you deliberately chose to borrow the strength from the Misty Cloud Sect and forcefully pressured the Xiao clan to cancel the engagement. You clearly know how great this blow was for the reputation of the Xiao clan. It's just that because your status has become more prominent over the past few years, you don't want to open your mouth and apologize. " Nalan Jie looked at her grandson indifferently and said, "But did you know that if things continue like this, it will only deepen the distance between you and Xiao Yan."
"Even if the distance doesn't get deeper, he and I can never be together. Since it was impossible, then it didn't matter if the gap was getting deeper. " Nalan Yanran frowned and waved his hand to stop Nalan Jie. He softly said, "Grandfather, you don't need to think about my problems. After all, after the Three Years Agreement ends, he and I will no longer interact from then on. It's not that no one is interested in your grandchild, why do you think about it so many times? All right, you gotta stop talking. Let's relax and watch the competition. "
As soon as he said those words, Nalan Yanran turned his head and directed his gaze towards the open ground. A faint Dou Qi covered his ears, clearly not wanting to hear Nalan Jie's scolding.
Seeing her attitude like this, Nalan Jie was helpless even though she was a bit angry. Moreover, since this was a public place, he could only glare at her angrily before turning helplessly to stare at the open ground.
Currently, nearly half an hour had passed since the start of the examination. Some alchemists in the open field who needed to refine fewer medicinal ingredients had already completely refined all of them. In addition, they had also started preparing for the next step.
Xiao Yan ignored the participants who had completed their refining and was completely focused as he stared at his medicinal cauldron. His left hand would occasionally throw medicinal herbs while his right hand hurriedly sucked the ingredients in the medicinal cauldron that had been purified before storing them into the jade bottle.
Seeing this process of surfing purification, Xiao Yan finally heaved a sigh of relief. He looked around and looked around. With a hint of shock, he discovered that Little Princess, Liu Ling, and Yan Li had actually not completed their refinement yet.
"Ck ck, it seems like the level of medicinal pills they want to refine will not be low. Although the amount of medicinal ingredients did not represent the level of a medicinal pill, ingredients that required more ingredients to be purified and were more complex in nature were usually included in the higher levels. " Xiao Yan shook his head slightly and rested for a moment. After which, he put on a serious expression as he began his next step to combine ingredients into pills.
A green-colored flame slowly rose within the medicinal cauldron. His disciple stared intently at the jumping fire seedlings. A moment later, his hands suddenly began to dance. One bottle after another, the essence materials he had filtered before were being neatly thrown into the medicinal cauldron by him. The fire seedlings immediately pounced forward, wrapping around the medicinal ingredients in an instant.
Closing his eyes, Xiao Yan's turbulent Spiritual Strength was emitted from between his eyebrows. At this moment, his Spiritual Strength seemed to be coming out, each of the subtle reactions from any part of the smelting materials within the medicinal cauldron would be instantly transmitted into his mind. After that, he would immediately compare it to the reactions recorded on the medicinal formula to decide whether the direction of the refining process was correct.
As Xiao Yan began to merge and form pills, Little Princess, Liu Ling, and Yan Li also finished refining their ingredients one after another. Without rest or unnecessary words, they quickly placed the ingredients they had refined into the medicinal cauldron and in the same way began the step of combining them into pills.
There were some soft muffled sounds that were occasionally emitted on the vast open ground. These voices were something that was very familiar to alchemists. This was because every time they failed to purify the medicinal pill, an annoying sound like this would appear. After that, sometimes there will be some sad-faced competitors leaving the competition arena. Therefore, the hundred more original competitors in the open field were gradually reduced.
This Grand Meeting was like a sieve with a sizable hole, getting rid of small and weak competitors. Those who had the qualifications to remain after being filtered for a few laps were naturally amongst the top younger generation.
Time slowly passed. Some competitors in the open field who initially had calm expressions also began to pant. The burden and consumption are so great that people become tired.
"Can you see which medicinal pills they are working on that have higher levels?" Hai Bodong slowly walked to the place behind Fa Ma, stared at the open ground and asked gently.
"I don't know now." Fa Ma shook his head and voiced his thoughts, "However, it is still possible to find some clues as to when the pill will form. The moment a tier four medicinal pill was formed, it would give off its own unique pill scent. The more concentrated the aroma of the pill, the higher the quality of the refined medicinal pill. When a tier five medicinal pill was about to form, substantive energy ripples would appear out of nowhere due to the immense energy contained within the pill. "
Hai Bodong nodded slightly and stopped asking. His hands were placed behind his back while silently waiting for the results of the competition.
Half an hour passed below the expectations of many people. On the high stage, Fa Ma's expression suddenly changed and excitement appeared on his old face. His gaze stared towards the direction Xiao Yan was. At that place, a faint pill fragrance was being emitted and spread from the deep red cauldron.
"This little boy is so quick in forming pills? ‘Api Heavenly’ is indeed amazing. "
The faint medicinal fragrance that spread from within the medicinal cauldron of Xiao Yan was also sensed by the Little Princess, Liu Ling, and Yan Li not far away. The first two looked rather surprised. However, Yan Li laughed coldly in disdain after smelling the scent of the pill. According to the density of this type of medicinal fragrance, it could not compare to the medicinal pill he had refined this time around. If this was the basis of that person, then the champion spot this time would definitely belong to Yan Li.
Xiao Yan's gaze stared intently at the green-colored medicinal pill that was endlessly rolling within the medicinal cauldron. He sniffed the scent of pills floating around and shook his head slightly. ‘Pil Green Spirit Three Lines’ ordinary will have difficulty achieving victory.
"I can only be as strong as possible," Xiao Yan sighed softly. He suddenly took a deep breath that contained some medicinal fragrance in the air. His right hand then quickly took out a pale purple Danwan from his storage ring. After that, he put it in his mouth and chewed it. At the same time, he suddenly withdrew the Spiritual Strength that controlled the green-colored flame. As he did so, the originally roiling green-colored flame quietly became small with the sound of ’embusan’. As the green-colored flame was about to dissipate, Xiao Yan opened his mouth and a group of purple-colored flames flew out, finally flowing into the medicinal cauldron.
"This little boy is really thinking of fixing the second row?" Seeing Xiao Yan's actions, Fa Ma who had just heaved a sigh of relief suddenly felt his heart become tense. He also knew that if Xiao Yan wanted to obtain victory, an ordinary Three-row‘ Green Spirit ’Pil was not enough. However, when refining the Three-row‘ Green Spirit ’Pil, the most difficult thing to understand was the time when the flame needed to be changed. It should be known that even when Fa Ma fixed it back then, he had failed two or three times before succeeding. Xiao Yan, on the other hand, had just obtained the medicinal formula for one night. There were many important details that he was unlikely to fully understand and comprehend. After all, regardless of how much talent he had, it was impossible for him to fully learn a tier four medicinal formula in such a short amount of time.
"Little boy, be careful. You don't have much of a chance. "
Fa Ma softly muttered. At a certain moment, his expression suddenly changed. He suddenly sensed that the originally calm flame within Xiao Yan's cauldron had suddenly become disordered. This is the easiest mistake to make and also the most difficult to avoid during a fire switch.
Fa Ma's gaze stared intently at the middle of the open field. At that place, the purple-colored flame medicinal cauldron seemed to be coming out of the cauldron cover containment. The temperature of the air around the stone table had also been roasted to a sort of illusion.
After making such a huge activity, the countless gazes from the audience seats immediately turned around. When they saw Xiao Yan's sweaty red face, they all took a gentle breath.
"Ah, failed." Fa Ma sighed softly after a while as he sensed the increasingly violent fluctuations. His old face had a bit of bitterness.
After Fa Ma's voice fell, a muffled ear-piercing sound suddenly shot out from the medicinal cauldron in front of Xiao Yan. The purple colored flame suddenly extinguished. A faint black-colored ash shot out from the medicinal cauldron.
"Ah." Hearing that muffled voice, the audience in the seats on both sides issued an ******* regret.