Evil Holy Soul - C233
“What?” “To think that this fellow would actually be so arrogant as to want to forge four grade-5 pills at the same time!” Seeing those four beams of light, all the participants present were thoroughly shocked. All of them had expressions of disbelief.
“Really?” Han Ming, this kid, actually wants to refine four pills at the same time? Isn’t this way too wishful thinking … “However, if he dares to act so arrogantly in this kind of competition, even if he does not succeed in the end, he will thoroughly shine with glory!” Seeing Han Ming’s actions, Ouyang Bo smiled.
Although everyone had a disdainful and mocking attitude, they directly categorized Han Ming as an idiot who did not know his place, but Han Ming did not move. He only focused on pouring his mental energy into the medicinal pill to nurture and compress it.
Although Han Ming’s spiritual power was strong, it was not limitless. There was still a limit. Therefore, Han Ming’s mental strength was overtaxed after he compressed the medicinal liquid from the four pellets into a solid. Even though he had already reached the limit of his strength, he still could not satisfy the needs of the four pills. Therefore, one of the dan beads broke through the restraints of the spiritual power of the Han Ming right before it was about to be formed and directly disintegrated into ashes.
However, without one pill, the pressure from Han Ming immediately lessened. The spiritual energy that should have been controlling the fourth pill quickly dispersed to the other three pills, firmly controlling them and nurturing them bit by bit. In the blink of an eye, five hours had passed. During these five hours, all the other competitors had also entered the warm up phase of pill cultivation. As long as the nurturing was successful and no accidents occurred, the results of the competition would be revealed by the end of the day.
However, the difficulty of refining a tier 5 pill was much higher than a tier 4 pill after all. Thus, during this process, there were actually five people who had their pill shattered and their cauldron exploded at the last moment!
The remaining fifteen people, including Han Ming, were still working in an orderly manner, slowly nurturing the medicinal pills within their own cauldrons. After all, most of these people were Rank 5 alchemists. The medicinal pills that they refined today were the medicinal pills that they were most proficient in. Therefore, the refining process was relatively safer.
However, even if these people were able to successfully refine the medicinal pill, it did not mean that they would have obtained the final victory. After all, the final medicinal pill had to be appraised by the judge panel.
“Phew …” If I want to refine four pills at the same time, with my abilities, it would still be extremely difficult. “Even though I have successfully refined three pills, I am still unable to breakthrough …” In his mind, Han Ming muttered.
Indeed, he had succeeded once. When he broke through to the Heavenly Soul Stage, he had no choice but to give it a try and concoct three Eclipse Pills in order to save his life. However, this time, he had overestimated his mental strength. Although his mental strength had increased by a lot after breaking through to the Heavenly Soul Stage, refining medicine was not child’s play …
“Fortunately, there are still three elementary pills. As long as I nurture them with my heart and remove the impurities in them for the last time, I can guarantee that they will be successfully refined into pills. That is enough!” Lin Yan muttered as his gaze swept across the three medicinal pills within the empty medicinal cauldron.
At this moment, the pill refinement techniques of the other fourteen people had reached the most critical moment. Everyone raised their hands and formed hand seals, entering into the amplification magic formation for their pills. This would increase the grade and efficacy of the medicinal pill. Han Ming was no exception. Both of his hands constantly formed hand seals. For each pill, he infused the Emperor Elixir Technique’s spell formation that was specially used to create the Erupting Pellet.
Of course, this was also the first time Han Ming had injected a medicinal pill into a spell formation. Back then, he had only refined the first Eclipse Pill for its medicinal properties and its reputation. As for the second time concocting three pills at the same time, it was also because of time that he didn’t have the time to pour the pills into the magical formation. He hastily refined the pills and quickly consumed them.
However, this time was different. This time, Han Ming had come prepared. He had made sufficient preparations to shock everyone. Therefore, the pill this time had three magical formations in it with a single breath. Moreover, the formations within each pill were slightly different.
Under the nourishment of the Earth Core Fire, the three cores that had already taken shape were being burned by the cold for the last time. The fragrance of the dan slowly spread throughout the whole venue.
“Pill Fragrance…” Amongst the Grade 5 pills, only the best quality ones would have a pill fragrance! And this kid’s medicinal pills actually had a medicinal aroma to them. It seems like these three medicinal pills are definitely top-notch! ” The Elder of the jury said with a smile.
“Not only that, the ordinary pill fragrance isn’t that thick, but the pill fragrance emitted by the three of them is extremely strong. From the looks of it, these three pills should be of the perfect quality.” Another person muttered.
As for the Grand Elder, who was both the Ouyang Family and the Alchemist Association, she did not say a word and only smiled as her eyes swept across the competitors and looked at their cauldrons one by one.
Although no one was able to see the situation inside the cauldron, those with high cultivation were able to sense the grade of the medicinal pill ahead of time.
Another four hours passed, and Han Ming’s pill refinement was finally successful! He suddenly grabbed at the air with his other hand. The Earth Core Fire in his other hand quickly turned into a giant claw. It directly grabbed the three pills and kept on nurturing them.
At the same time that the Frigid Song Pellet was created, Ouyang Bo’s pellet was also completed. At the same time, there were three other people who succeeded in refining it along with Han Ming’s pellet.
“The five of you, please hand your pellets over and let the jury decide.” The staff carried the plates and walked in front of the five of them.
As for the other ten, it could be said that they had failed. After all, there were already five people who had successfully refined a finished pill. Their pills hadn’t even come out yet, and even if they did, they might not necessarily be able to defeat the pill in front of them. However, these people still did not give up and continued on with their nurturing of the pill.
Finally, after a quarter of an hour had passed, the pills of ten people were successfully produced.
Waiting until all the medicinal pills had been submitted, the Second Elder of the Alchemist Association smiled and said, “Now, let’s begin the evaluation.”
There were a total of five Elders seated on the judges’ platform. The rules for the judges were that each pill would be evaluated by the five Elders one by one and each pill would be ranked from the tier, effect, formation, and Pill Mark. The champion of this Alchemist Competition would be the one with the highest score.
“Ouyang Bo, top grade five pill, Dragon Strength Pill!” Holding the completed evaluation pill, the Second Elder said with a smile.
“Shangguan Fei, high Grade Five Spirit Dan, Clear Wind Pill!”
“Long Fei, high-grade fifth-grade medicinal pill, Spirit Condensation Pill!”
After a series of evaluations, everyone else’s pills had been determined. If Han Ming was excluded, then the winner this time would be Ouyang Bo. This was because the pills he refined, whether in terms of quality or effects, were the most powerful among everyone here. However, because of the existence of Han Ming and the three Earthen Shattering Dans, it was still unknown whether or not Ouyang Bo would be the champion of this competition.
“Han Ming, top grade five pill, Breaking Heaven Pill!” Three! Its effect is to help people to break through bottlenecks between the gold soul user and the heavenly soul user.
The five judges unanimously gave the highest evaluation of Han Ming’s pill. At the same time, they analyzed its effects.
“What?” He had refined three Grade 5 pills at the same time, and they were all of the highest quality! This is impossible! ” Among the contestants, there were constantly people giving out suggestions like this.
“Cheating, it must be cheating! “How could anyone refine three top grade five medicinal pills at the same time, it must be cheating!”
Hearing the discussions of the crowd, Han Ming simply turned a deaf ear and ignored them. On the other hand, the Great Elder smiled and waved his hand, and lightly said, “Everyone, the concept of cheating is completely fake. I believe you have all seen the signs of every step from the fusion of medicinal herbs to the fusion of medicinal essences. For example, do you all have the ability to simultaneously refine three medicinal pellets in your hands? “Therefore, the results of this year’s Alchemist Competition are already out.”
The first elder paused for a moment before he smiled and said, “I declare that the final victor of this Alchemist Grand Competition is the creator of the ‘Breaking Heaven Pill’, Han Ming!”
No one could refute the Great Elder’s question. After all, what the Great Elder said was the truth. Among them, including Ouyang Bo, no one was able to simultaneously refine three medicinal pills. As a result, despite being on the same level as three other cultivators, Han Ming was able to win without any suspense.
“Damn!” Han Ming, aren’t you too amazing? He was so secretive! You actually tricked me over, you’re too ungrateful! ” Ouyang Bo laughed as he patted Han Ming’s shoulder. There was no hint of disappointment on his face from the loss of the match.
“Where?” When did I lie to you? You didn’t ask. A few months ago, when I went to take the alchemist test, I directly asked, if I could directly refine a grade five medicinal pill, would I be able to become a grade five alchemist? It’s just that you don’t understand. Han Ming said with a smile.
After a pause, Han Ming deliberately said, “How about it? This supreme Breaking Heaven Pill, are you interested in buying two to eat at home?”
“F * ck!” Do you think this is a bean or something? Aren’t you just trying to provoke me!? ” Ouyang Bo laughed out loud. Suddenly, he remembered something as he suspiciously looked at Han Ming and said, “Fuck, you ruffian, tell me, last time in Profound Iron City, did you make that Error-Breaking Pill you auctioned?”
“Why ask when you already know the answer?”
Throwing down these four words, Han Ming left the competition grounds with a smile and walked towards the Alchemist Guild. Because now, he needed to change out of his Grade Three Alchemist robe and directly change it to the robe of a Grade Five Alchemist. With this robe, no matter where Han Ming went, he would be able to accept any task that the Alchemist Association entrusted to him.
Moreover, it wouldn’t be long before his achievements today would be spread throughout the entire Purple Clouds Continent. At that time, no matter where he went, there would be people chasing after him to refine medicinal pills.
Finally, Han Ming had achieved his goal!