The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 1624: Chapter 1721: Semi-Broken Pill Furnace

Other Pill Refiners, as soon as they present their Pill Furnaces, it’s either dazzlingly brilliant or renowned with significant history; in any case, it would never be something ordinary.

Just take the two previous matches with four Pill Refiners on each side, each of them could be considered the cream of the crop.

But the Pill Furnace Xu Yanbing brought out was unexpectedly astonishing.

Not to mention the full set of cracks on the furnace, anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the Cauldron Qi of this Pill Furnace was also nearly exhausted.

To put it bluntly, this was a half-ruined Pill Furnace that might become completely useless after one or two more uses.

Such a Pill Furnace, even ordinary Pill Refiners would disdain to use, only those truly in desperate conditions with no better option would make do and practice with this kind of furnace.

But this is in a competition, and moreover, it’s a major contest between the Pill Alliance and the Alchemy Tao noble families. Xu Yanbing, you needn’t bring out something as extravagant as the White Dragon Tripod, but at a minimum, it should be a Pill Furnace of decent quality.

However, this Pill Furnace, is really too shabby, it simply shouldn’t appear here.

“What is this guy playing at? Bringing out such a broken Pill Furnace just to embarrass himself on purpose?”

“Is he out of his mind? No matter how much one boasts, this is simply contemptuous.”

“Could it be that Xu Yanbing intentionally wants to lose this round? To throw the match in favor of the Alchemy Tao noble families?”

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Upon seeing Xu Yanbing’s damaged Pill Furnace, many couldn’t help but speak out, casting various doubts on Xu Yanbing.

Even the Pill Refiners from the Pill Alliance themselves turned green with indignation. What in the world is this? Even if your Alchemy Tao skills are strong, Xu Yanbing, you should at least use a better Pill Furnace, right? Do you think you can defeat Long Zhixin with such a half-ruined Pill Furnace?

If Xu Yanbing really thinks this way, then it could only be said that he is overly arrogant.

Long Zhixin stared at Xu Yanbing, her pretty face full of chilling intent.

“What’s the matter? You think you can defeat me with such a Pill Furnace?” Long Zhixin asked with a cold laugh, visibly somewhat angered.

Xu Yanbing, with a serious expression, nodded toward Long Zhixin.

Long Zhixin’s teeth clenched tightly, her heart raging with fury. After all, she had some reputation to uphold; how could Xu Yanbing look down on her like this?

Huang Hanqing’s old face darkened; he too was agitated by Xu Yanbing’s absurd behavior. The elder walked up to Xu Yanbing, looked him up and down, and then patted the crack-filled Pill Furnace.

Xu Yanbing hurriedly stopped Huang Hanqing’s actions, appearing to be very protective of his Pill Furnace, as if afraid that Huang Hanqing would shatter it on the spot.

“You brat, you know this Pill Furnace is about to be wasted? And you dare to use it for Pill Refining at this moment? Have you gone mad?” Huang Hanqing cursed disapprovingly.

Xu Yanbing had an aggrieved face: “Junior only has this Pill Furnace.”

Huang Hanqing was left speechless, then turned to glare fiercely at the Heaven King of East Pole at Tang Tower, who merely chuckled sinisterly, revealing an “I’m not involved” expression.

Fang Lin was also quite curious about that damaged Pill Furnace, glanced at the Heaven King of East Pole, and asked: “What’s going on here?”

The Heaven King of East Pole gave a mysterious smile, “Just wait and see. Though Long may be formidable, defeating this lad might not be so easy.”

Fang Lin frowned: “Just let him use this half-ruined Pill Furnace to refine pills?”

The East Pole Heaven King looked at Fang Lin and asked seriously, “If it were you, could you do it?”

Fang Lin was taken aback, neither nodding nor shaking his head.

The East Pole Heaven King didn’t seem to mind, his face still wearing a smile: “This kid’s Soul Fire is not something an ordinary Pill Furnace can withstand.”

Huang Hanqing below was completely helpless, having refined pills for a lifetime, he had seen countless peculiar methods of pill refining, but this was the first time he had seen someone using a half-ruined Pill Furnace for refining.

The importance of a Pill Furnace to a Pill Refiner is immense, especially before acquiring sufficiently advanced skills, a Pill Refiner can’t refine pills without the limitations of a Pill Furnace.

Just like the previous competition, the importance of the Pill Furnace was best demonstrated.

With the White Dragon Tripod in hand, Su Xiaotong defeated Gongsun Xuan, whose strength was not inferior to her own; this is the advantage brought by a top-tier Pill Furnace.

But as for Xu Yanbing’s Pill Furnace, no matter how Huang Hanqing looked at it, it did not seem like a top-tier Pill Furnace, and how many more times could it be used in such a condition?

If during Xu Yanbing’s pill refining process, the Pill Furnace exploded, wouldn’t that just be a farce?

However, since even the East Pole Heaven King seemed to be indifferent, Huang Hanqing didn’t feel it was his place to say anything, though he kept looking at Xu Yanbing with a strange expression.

“In that case, the two of you listen well, you must refine a fifth-grade high-quality Heavenly Human Pill within 24 hours,” Huang Hanqing announced loudly.

Upon hearing that this round required refining Heavenly Human Pills, both Long Zhixin and Xu Yanbing showed solemn expressions.

The many Pill Refiners below also changed their expressions, surprised by the difficulty of this third challenge.

The Heavenly Human Pill, one of the most difficult pills to refine among the fifth-grade pills, with its complexity ranking in the top three; many Five Cauldrons Pill Refiners rarely venture to attempt refining it in their lifetime.

Because the Heavenly Human Pill is too difficult to refine, whether it is the process of refining, the herbal composition, or the adjustments required during the process, it’s all very troublesome.

The refining process of the Heavenly Human Pill practically has no easy parts, testing not only the Pill Refiner’s actual strength but also their understanding of the Heavenly Human Pill.

If one’s understanding is insufficient, or say, they have never refined such a pill before, then this competition might end very quickly.

However, for Long Zhixin, she had already tried refining the Heavenly Human Pill, and although not many times, her success rate was higher than her failure rate.

Of course, even so, Long was still far from thinking the Heavenly Human Pill was easy to refine; with her current ability, the failure rate was still quite high.

As for Xu Yanbing, presumably, he was similar to Long Zhixin; the Heavenly Human Pill also brought him a lot of pressure.

“Perhaps it won’t take five rounds; this competition could determine the final victory or defeat between the Pill Alliance and the Alchemy Tao families,” Fang Lin said silently to himself, his eyes filled with a touch of anticipation.

The ingredients from Tang Country had already been delivered, and just the variety of ingredients alone reached over a hundred kinds, evidencing the difficulty of refining the Heavenly Human Pill.

At this moment, everyone was also eagerly anticipating, as Xu Yanbing was rumored to be someone with Innate Soulfire, but whether it was true or false still required personal observation to conclude.

Long Zhixin spared no courteousness, releasing her Soul Commanding Pill Fire with one hand, followed by a five-colored brilliance flowing from her eyes and shining upon the many ingredients.

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