The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 1612: Chapter 1709: Quadrant Cauldron

There being no rules to restrict them, it meant that both of them could use their own most adept Pill Furnaces for the competition.

This was very good news for both Long Cai’er and Gao Yun; using their own Pill Furnaces for Pill Refining would allow them to bring their strengths into full play.

If they used completely identical and ordinary Pill Furnaces it would, to some extent, limit their abilities.

And in order to win this competition, the Pill Furnaces they were using were naturally extraordinary.

The Pill Furnace in front of Long Cai’er was pale cyan in color and, moreover, it was the very rare Four-footed Square Ding.

The Pill Furnaces of Pill Refiners are generally round with three legs, as this shape allows for faster and more even heating.

The Four-footed Square Ding is relatively rare, as using this type of Pill Furnace can lead to uneven heating inside, easily resulting in Pill Refining failure.

However, some Pill Refiners specifically favor the Four-footed Square Ding for Pill Refining and have mastered unique techniques that fully utilize the advantages of the square ding over the round one.

Long Cai’er’s cyan Four-footed Square Ding looked very different; the body of the ding was very smooth without any adornment, while the four legs were of different colors, with faint twinkling lights surrounding them.

“Hiss! That seems to be the Long Family’s Quadrant Cauldron.” A sharp-eyed Pill Refiner commented.

“Indeed it is the Quadrant Cauldron, you can tell from those four legs which can gather the powers of wind, thunder, water, and fire from nature into the body of the cauldron!”

“The Long Family only has two Quadrant Cauldrons in total; looks like they are really investing this time, aiming to snag the opening victory with this Quadrant Cauldron.”

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Long Cai’er caressed the Quadrant Cauldron in front of her, with a calm demeanor, while the cauldron seemed to be responding to her, the four legs flashing in unison.

And standing opposite her, Gao Yun also had an impressive Pill Furnace in front of him.

His Pill Furnace was a more traditional three-legged round cauldron, with black and white colors, and nothing else particularly astonishing about it.

But the mere fact that it was in black and white colors was special enough, after all, ordinary Pill Furnaces aren’t bifurcated into black and white.

“Hmm? What kind of Pill Furnace is this?” Many people found Gao Yun’s Pill Furnace quite peculiar and couldn’t see anything remarkable about it.

Even many important figures in Tang Tower above were unaware of what was special about Gao Yun’s Pill Furnace.

If it were really just an ordinary Pill Furnace, how could it contend with the Quadrant Cauldron owned by Long Cai’er?

Fang Lin smiled slightly, immediately spotting the secret of Gao Yun’s Pill Furnace.

“Yin-Yang Cauldron, I see.” Fang Lin said with a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Heaven King of the East Pole was a bit surprised; he didn’t expect Fang Lin to recognize the Pill Furnace’s secret with a single glance.

“How did you notice it?” The Heaven King of the East Pole couldn’t help but ask.

Fang Lin pointed to his own eyes: “Just by using these eyes, that’s all.”

The Heaven King of the East Pole felt helpless, as that was as good as not saying anything at all, but it didn’t matter; in time, the secret of Gao Yun’s venerable Pill Furnace would be revealed.

“Grandmaster Fang, what is a Yin-Yang Cauldron?” Cheng Jinhai asked cautiously from behind.

Fang Lin glanced at him, said nothing, and showed no intention of explaining himself. Cheng Jinhai immediately knew he had spoken out of turn and gave an awkward smile while feeling secretly relieved.

Dragon Haotian was also sitting in the front row, right beside the Tang Emperor, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes at the sight of Gao Yun’s Black White Furnace.

Clearly, even Dragon Haotian hadn’t expected the East Pole Heaven King to let Gao Yun use the Black and White Yin-Yang Cauldron in the first round.

In Dragon Haotian’s estimation, the Pill Alliance would likely only resort to using the Black and White Yin-Yang Cauldron either in the third or fourth round.

By revealing the Black and White Yin-Yang Cauldron in the first round, it seemed the Pill Alliance was determined to win the round at all costs.

Dragon Haotian was somewhat worried, as he was well aware of the formidable power of the Black and White Yin-Yang Cauldron. Although the Quadrant Cauldron was equally strong, the pill that needed refining in the first round was the Clear Heart Pill, and in terms of refining speed, the Quadrant Cauldron was far inferior to the Black and White Yin-Yang Cauldron.

Elder Huang stood on the stage, watching the two Pill Furnaces being brought out and had a smile with deep meaning on his face, leaving one to wonder what exactly the old fellow was smiling about.

The ingredients for refining the Clear Heart Pill were already brought up, and the contest began at this moment.

Gao Yun opened the Black White Furnace, and flames began to rise from beneath the furnace. Long Cai’er kicked the red leg of the Quadrant Cauldron with her foot.

The next moment, the red leg released searing flames, starting to heat up the Quadrant Cauldron.

This was the advantage of the Quadrant Cauldron; it could gather four different types of natural energy and didn’t even require the Pill Refiner to use their own Soul Fire for pill refining.

The Fire Power gathered by the Quadrant Cauldron is by no means weaker than a Pill Refiner’s Soul Commanding Pill Fire, and this to some extent reduces the Pill Refiner’s burden, allowing them to concentrate more on the process of Pill Refining.

Gao Yun’s eyes flickered, and he fiercely patted the Black White Furnace, turning the flames above it into a tide that roared towards Long Cai’er’s side.

This scene made many onlookers exclaim in surprise and stirred an even greater excitement among them.

With such a fiery start, it was evident that this Alchemy Tao competition was bound to be spectacular and wouldn’t be as dull and boring as the usual Alchemy Tao contests.

Long Cai’er snorted lightly and also released her Soul Commanding Pill Fire to counter Gao Yun’s offensive.

As the flames from both sides collided, the temperature around the entire platform seemed to skyrocket all at once, with waves of fire rising higher and higher, continuously clashing against each other.

Elder Huang stood to the side, completely unaffected by the collision of the two Pill Flames; indeed, the flames couldn’t touch him at all.

After several exchanges, Gao Yun clearly had the upper hand. Long Cai’er’s face showed a look of astonishment, not expecting Gao Yun’s ability to control fire to be so powerful.

Moreover, not just in control of fire, but Gao Yun’s Soul Commanding Pill Fire was also exceedingly dominant, completely overpowering Long Cai’er’s Soul Commanding Pill Fire.

Even before the beginning of the Pill Refining, Gao Yun seemed to have already taken the advantage in the duel of flames.

It’s no wonder, as Gao Yun had used his dominant fire control abilities back in Flat Sea City during the pill refining contest with the Taoist Sect Pill Pulsar, causing the sectarian Pill Refiner a great deal of trouble and ultimately triumphing over them because of it.

If we’re talking strictly about fire control abilities, among the five talented Pill Refiners dispatched by the Pill Alliance this time, aside from Xu Yanbing with his Innate Soulfire, there’s nobody who could compare to Gao Yun.

“Hmph!” Long Cai’er clearly wasn’t about to concede so easily, and she kicked another foot of the Quadrant Cauldron, but this time it was a purple one.

Boom!!!

Massive lightning bolts burst from the Quadrant Cauldron, heading straight for Gao Yun.

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