The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 1620: Chapter 1717: Twin Dragons Playing with a Pearl

The appearance of these two white dragon apparitions made everyone present continuously exclaim in surprise, as their gazes followed the two white dragons upwards.

After entering the depths of the sky, the two white dragons disappeared without a trace, vanishing as if they had never been there.

Su Xiaotong then closed the lid of the White Dragon Tripod and began to refine the medicinal ingredients within the Pill Furnace.

As for what those two white dragon apparitions were up to, Su Xiaotong had an idea, as it was part of her Pill Refining process.

In terms of progress, Su Xiaotong had already overtaken Gongsun Xuan and was now in the lead.

Although Gongsun Xuan was surprised, he did not panic. After adding all the ingredients into the Pills, he began his Pill Refining process.

However, the two white dragon apparitions that flew into the depths of the sky and vanished left Gongsun Xuan with some doubts in his heart, uncertain of their significance.

But in Gongsun Xuan’s opinion, since Su Xiaotong possessed the renowned White Dragon Tripod, there must certainly be some mystery to it. It was just that he had not figured it out yet.

Gongsun Xuan, as the most outstanding young Pill Refiner of the Gongsun Family, also had profound expertise. At this moment, after covering the Pill Furnace, he was controlling two types of Soul Commanding Pill Flames for Pill Refining.

One could see the two types of Soul Commanding Pill Flames circulating around the Pill Furnace, like two distinct rivers, not interfering with each other, yet coexisting interdependently.

“What skillful flame manipulation, with this, every inch of the Pill Furnace can achieve an identical temperature.”

“Indeed remarkable, Gongsun Xuan’s flame control ability can be called perfect.”

“In making the Golden Essence Damascene Pill, it’s all about flame control, Gongsun Xuan, steady and sure, will definitely have no problems.”

“Moreover, Gongsun Xuan uses two types of Soul Fire, which is more advantageous than just one.”

“No wonder they had Gongsun Xuan compete second, it seems the aristocratic family’s higher-ups have also considered this.”

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Many Pill Refiners below were discussing animatedly, and most people were optimistic about Gongsun Xuan’s performance. Although it wasn’t too dazzling, Pill Refining is not about the showiness but producing good Pills is what really matters.

With two types of Soul Commanding Pill Flames and precise control of fire, Gongsun Xuan could be said to be in an invincible position.

On Su Xiaotong’s side, flames wrapped around the White Dragon Tripod, the fire wasn’t too big nor too small, and even though it wasn’t as refined and precise as Gongsun Xuan’s flames, it was still accurate enough to avoid a disastrous failure in the Pills’ concoction.

At the same time, Su Xiaotong looked up at the sky, only to see the two white dragon apparitions reappearing.

Carrying the rolling nature’s spiritual energy, the jade beads in the mouths of the two white dragon apparitions became extremely bright, like two shining stars.

“What’s going on?” The crowd exclaimed again and again, not knowing what had happened.

Huang Hanqing looked up at the two white dragon apparitions with a rather calm expression. After all, he had witnessed the East Pole Heaven King’s Pill Refining in the past, and thus he understood the significance of these two white dragon apparitions.

Every Pill Refining session with the White Dragon Tripod could stimulate a trace of True Dragon power hidden within the Pill Furnace, bringing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the Pill Furnace, enhancing the medicinal properties of the Pills.

Ordinary Pill Furnaces rely on their own Cauldron Qi to nurture Pills, while the White Dragon Tripod uses the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which is entirely on a different level.

Only the East Pole Heaven King knew that many years ago, when he was still a young boy, he followed a group of people into the ancient ruins. Everyone else died, but he survived and obtained this White Dragon Tripod.

At that time, the White Dragon Cauldron was housed within a piece of the broken Dragon Bone, having been preserved for countless years.

Regrettably, when the White Dragon Cauldron was extracted from the Dragon Bone by the East Pole Heaven King, the Dragon Bone immediately turned into dust, causing the East Pole Heaven King such heartache that he almost burst into tears.

However, he did not waste it afterwards; he audaciously took out the Dragon Bone powder and directly used it to refine a Pill that even he did not know what it was, and swallowed it in one gulp.

Perhaps the East Pole Heaven King’s achievements today are related to his reckless consumption of the Dragon Bone that year.

The potency of this White Dragon Cauldron was also unearthed by the East Pole Heaven King, and it had accompanied him for a very long stretch of his life.

Two white dragon phantoms, carrying the overwhelming power of heaven and earth, returned to the Pill Furnace, instantly causing a great surge of Spiritual Energy within the entire furnace.

Thereafter, these two white dragon phantoms would come in and out, each time bringing a massive amount of nature’s spiritual energy back into the Pill Furnace.

Atop Tang Tower, the Tang Emperor sitting in the center showed a wry smile: “Are they going to completely exhaust the spiritual energy of Tang Capital?”

The East Pole Heaven King laughed heartily: “What’s there to be afraid of? Within the Tang Capital lies the Gathering Sky Array, even if all the Spiritual Energy is sucked away, it can quickly be restored, can’t it?”

Feeling helpless, the Tang Emperor shook his head: “It will still take several months to recover. It seems Tang Capital is in for a tough time these coming months.”

The East Pole Heaven King glanced sidelong at the Tang Emperor: “What’s the worry? The fate of an entire nation is concentrated here; even without the natural Spiritual Energy, this place remains the most vibrant in the world.”

“You take all the words, but right now it’s your Pill Alliance Pill Refiners who are plundering the spiritual energy of my Tang Capital,” said the Tang Emperor with a mix of laughter and tears.

The East Pole Heaven King chuckled: “Worst comes to worst, we’ll just give some perks later.”

In the midst of their conversation, the spiritual energy above Tang Country indeed gradually became scarce. Ordinary people might not feel it, but highly cultivated Martial Artists and Pill Refiners could sense it.

If it were anywhere else, the absence of nature’s spiritual energy would have had a great impact, with vitality drying up, all things withering, gradually turning the place into dead land.

But this is Tang Capital, unlike other places. Even without the natural Spiritual Energy, this is the nation’s capital, with the fate of the entire Tang Country suppressing this place, so there won’t be too many serious problems.

Dragon Haotian, who was beside them, had an increasingly ugly expression on his face, and he glowered fiercely at the East Pole Heaven King.

The East Pole Heaven King unceremoniously glared back.

“This contest is probably doomed,” the heads of the other Alchemy Tao noble families looked at each other and sighed deeply.

Although the contest was only halfway through, the outcome was clear to the discerning eye; Gongsun Xuan basically had no chance of winning.

It was not that Gongsun Xuan’s methods were insufficient or his skills were not deep enough, but in terms of the Pill Furnace, the White Dragon Cauldron was just too overbearing.

Gongsun Xuan’s knowledge in Alchemy Tao was not inferior to Su Xiaotong; after all, Gongsun Xuan had also entered the Pill Pole Tower, and he was much older than Su Xiaotong.

But in terms of the Pill Furnace, a single White Dragon Cauldron completely broke the balance.

This method of constantly plundering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for Pill Refining would probably even cause a Six Cauldrons Grandmaster to lose to Su Xiaotong.

If Su Xiaotong didn’t have the White Dragon Cauldron, the outcome of this contest would be difficult to predict.

ps: Third update, leaving now, still three updates tomorrow, I’ll be heading back home tomorrow morning, spending a whole day on the train, what a hassle.

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