The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 1619: Chapter 1716: Around Finger Gently

The Golden Essence Damascene Pill is still a mid-tier fifth-grade pill, and although the complexity of making it isn’t all that high, some of the necessary ingredients are extremely delicate and require very precise control over the heat applied.

If the heat is too intense, the ingredients can easily be damaged, leading to a failed pill refining. Conversely, if the heat is inadequate, the quality of the pills will fall short of expectations.

To refine a batch of top-tier Golden Essence Damascene Pills, one must practice incessantly. Once the control of the heat is committed to heart, one can basically ensure a high success rate.

The demand for the Golden Essence Damascene Pill among Spirit Source Martial Artists is enormous because this pill can increase the odds of advancing to the next minor level. If one regularly consumes this pill during cultivation, they can leave others behind within the Spirit Source realm.

However, as it is a fifth-grade pill, only a Master of Pill can refine it. Thus, this pill is quite expensive and isn’t something ordinary martial artists can casually use.

Generally speaking, refining a batch of Golden Essence Damascene Pills takes about eight to nine hours, while the slower ones might even take more than ten hours.

For the competition, the time is limited to seven hours, which is relatively ample. But the Golden Essence Damascene Pills cannot be refined in a rough and ready manner. In other words, it cannot be refined using the Shaking Three Mountains technique. Once deployed, all the ingredients would be destroyed.

Su Xiaotong has already started the pill refining process, releasing her Soul Commanding Pill Fire to heat up the White Dragon Tripod.

On the other side, Gongsun Xuan also took out his Pill Furnace, and though it does not have the reputation that Su Xiaotong’s White Dragon Tripod does, it is by no means inferior, being a top-tier Pill Furnace from the Gongsun Family, with both quality and material being first-class.

Compared to the fierce fire-fight between Gao Yun and Long Cai’er at the start of the first match, this second match is much more peaceful. Both parties are silently going about their business without bursting into a blaze at the drop of a hat like before.

This also left many in the audience feeling slightly disappointed; after all, the most exciting parts of pill refining are usually the initial fire-fighting and the moment the pills are produced at the end, while the rest of the process tends to be somewhat flat and tedious.

Naturally, these thoughts were mostly held by Martial Artists. Pill Refiners, on the other hand, were much more interested in this peaceful pill refining process, observing every move of the two competitors on stage intently, afraid to miss out on any detail.

In the process of preheating the Pill Furnace, Gongsun Xuan glanced up at Su Xiaotong not far away, and then the second strand of Soul Commanding Pill Fire appeared.

Two strands of Soul Commanding Pill Fire!

The two different flames heating the Pill Furnace at once was a sight that surprised many. No one had expected that Gongsun Xuan had mastered two types of Soul Commanding Pill Fire, which was quite impressive.

The two flames heated the Pill Furnace at an extremely fast pace, quickly reaching the proper temperature for pill refining.

Gongsun Xuan’s hands then got busy, placing the different ingredients into the Pill Furnace in a very strict sequence.

In terms of progress, Gongsun Xuan, who had two types of Soul Commanding Pill Fire, was leading.

Many Pill Refiners from prestigious Alchemy Tao families saw this scene and privately cheered, though they dared not show too much excitement. After all, just earlier, Huang Hanqing had given their younger generation a scathing rebuke, so no one wanted to attract misfortune at this moment.

On the other hand, Pill Refiners from the Pill Alliance were starting to worry, knowing that once they fall behind in the process, catching up would not be easy.

However, Su Xiaotong remained calm and unhurried, and didn’t even spare a glance at Gongsun Xuan. With a slight shift of her foot—

All the ingredients floated in front of her, each distinct and separate.

Su Xiaotong’s hands weaved through these ingredients, continuously introducing them into the Pill Furnace. At this moment, Su Xiaotong’s eyes were even closed.

She relied solely on her sense of touch to differentiate the ingredients and their properties, without any worry about messing up the order of addition.

“This is…”

Fang Lin was the first to notice, his face bearing a trace of surprise.

After that, several high-level Alchemy Tao experts also discerned the clue, showing shocked expressions.

“Around Finger Gently? This girl actually knows the Ancient Skill of Around Finger Gently?” Huang Hanqing stood on the stage, seeing everything clearly, and his shock was the greatest.

Without using her eyes to look at the medicinal herbs, she merely relied on the touch of her hands to distinguish everything about the herbs in an instant.

A pair of hands, ten fingers, each capable of identifying a different herb.

In other words, Su Xiaotong could distinguish ten different medicinal herbs instantly and then decide the order in which to add them.

“Once there was a naturally blind girl who, in her quest to become a Pill Refiner, spent decades researching the method of identifying herbs by touch. The first form of Around Finger Gently was thus born. Later, several Pill Refiners perfected it, and the true Around Finger Gently emerged.” Fang Lin murmured, his eyes filled with a hint of reminiscence.

“You even know About Finger Gently? Don’t tell me you can do it too?” Heaven King of the East Pole looked at Fang Lin oddly.

Fang Lin smiled faintly, not saying whether he could do it or not.

The naturally blind girl he mentioned was someone Fang Lin had known in his past life and could even be considered the person who truly led Fang Lin onto the path of Alchemy Tao.

In his past life, Fang Lin, during his youth, scorned Alchemy Tao and wanted to become a towering figure in Martial Arts just like his parents.

But at that time, Fang Lin chanced upon a blind female Pill Refiner. After witnessing her methods and elegance, he changed his aspirations and embarked on the path of Alchemy Tao.

That blind female Pill Refiner was in fact an Elder of the Pill Saint Palace, but not long after Fang Lin became a disciple of the Pill Saint Palace, she passed away, leaving behind the yet-to-be-completed Around Finger Gently.

Fang Lin, along with a few fellow disciples, perfected Around Finger Gently, making it a unique and unparalleled Pill Refining technique in the world.

Fang Lin did not expect that Su Xiaotong had actually learned Around Finger Gently. Moreover, it seemed she hadn’t just acquired a superficial understanding but had truly grasped its essence.

“In the entire Pill Alliance, only she could fully learn Around Finger Gently; others simply can’t.” Heaven King of the East Pole said with a hint of emotion.

“Around Finger Gently lies in the heart, not the fingers. Only those who are truly untainted can master Around Finger Gently completely.” Fang Lin said calmly.

“It seems you’ve also mastered this Ancient Skill.” Heaven King of the East Pole said with a bitter smile.

Fang Lin remained silent, watching Su Xiaotong below, as if he saw the blind female Pill Refiner from the past.

The two were quite similar, both born with imperfections, yet they devoted everything to Alchemy Tao.

No one is more suitable for Pill Refining than these individuals.

Using the Ancient Skill of Around Finger Gently, Su Xiaotong quickly added all the medicinal herbs to the Pill Furnace.

Flames surged, and two white dragon phantoms appeared to rise from the White Dragon Tripod, carrying jade beads in their mouths as they soared straight up to the Nine Heavens.

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