Fan Yakun left the arena dejectedly. Now he had become a spectator. Looking at Shen Xiang and Xie Nanfeng in the arena, he found that there was still a big gap between himself and Shen Xiang, even though he had merged with the Netherworld Fire Soul.
"It's not easy for this inferior pill furnace to refine to the end. The Nine Apertures Body Tempering Pill is a low-grade earth-level pill. The violent force generated when the pill is condensed can easily destroy these inferior pill furnaces." An old man patted Fan Yakun on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Boy, you did a good job. If it were me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to refine a high-grade Xuan-level pill with this pill furnace."
Fan Yakun shook his head and smiled: "But they can do it, especially Shen Xiang. This is the first time he has refined this kind of pill, and he is using this broken pill furnace."
The old man stopped talking and just lowered his head in thought.
To Shen Xiang, the alchemy furnace was no longer important, and the magic power he used could easily restrain the violent medicinal aura, which made his journey on the alchemy path smoother. Now, when he dealt with some violent medicinal aura, it was not as difficult as Su Meiyao said.
"The day will be over in just one hour!" Yan Zilan said.
Shen Xiang has only reached the middle stage now. He has burned all the medicinal materials and turned them into medicinal powder and medicinal spirit. The next step is to fuse the various medicinal spirits and powders together to condense the pill, but this process also takes time.
"The latter stage is the most difficult, you have to be careful!" Su Meiyao said.
Shen Xiang's brows trembled, because the furnace had exploded during his refining, which was because a major problem had occurred.
"It's really difficult!" Shen Xiang was sweating profusely. He kept rehearsing in his mind and constantly discovered major mistakes. He could always correct them when the mistakes were about to happen. After correcting the mistakes, he would immediately rehearse in his mind again, which would allow him to discover his mistakes as soon as possible.
Shen Xiang's alchemy furnace was shaking even more violently, and so was Xie Nanfeng's. However, Xie Nanfeng's expression was much more relaxed than Shen Xiang's, while Shen Xiang's furnace looked like it would explode at any time.
If Shen Xiang had not attached a layer of magic power to the wall of the alchemy furnace to create a furnace within a furnace, the alchemy furnace would have exploded long ago, because now when the medicinal spiritual energy was fused, it became extremely violent, and the power was like a violent volcanic eruption or a meteorite collision.
"I've done it!" Xie Nanfeng suddenly shouted.
Xie Nanfeng slowly wiped the sweat from his forehead, and the alchemy furnace suddenly exploded. A burst of golden light burst out from it, and golden mist gushed out in all directions. A golden pill as big as a peanut was suspended in the golden mist.
Shen Xiang frowned secretly, because that golden mist was a very rich medicinal aura and medicinal powder, but Xie Nanfeng did not use it thoroughly and wasted so much, which made him feel a little sad. If it were him, he would definitely be able to condense two pills.
Many people have seen the Nine Aperture Body Tempering Pill, but it can usually only be refined by old alchemists. Seeing such a young alchemist being able to refine it, many old alchemists were deeply moved and felt that they had lived in vain.
The golden Nine Aperture Body Tempering Pill was obviously of high quality at first glance. Many alchemists were impressed by the fact that such a good Nine Aperture Body Tempering Pill could be refined in such a short time and using a low-quality alchemy furnace. Xie Nanfeng had been refining pills without a break.
"One furnace can only produce one Nine Aperture Body Tempering Pill. His speed is so fast, and the quality is superb. Even if Shen Xiang can also refine a Nine Aperture Body Tempering Pill of the same quality, I think the final winner will still be Xie Nanfeng, because his speed is much faster than Shen Xiang." An old man stroked his beard and said.
After hearing this, Fan Yakun smiled faintly: "That's not necessarily true. Everyone has witnessed the number of pills Shen Xiang has produced. If he can refine two Nine Aperture Body Tempering Pills, then he will definitely be the winner. Even if they are two pills of inferior quality, in terms of value and alchemy skills, Shen Xiang is the winner."
Taking two pills of inferior quality together is far better than taking one pill of superior quality. Even if Shen Xiang is slower, he can still win.
"It's difficult. This is his first time refining it. The medicinal spirit of the Nine Apertures Body Tempering Pill is very strong. It is difficult to divide it into two parts to condense it, so he can only give up a part of the medicinal spirit. Therefore, since ancient times, when the Nine Apertures Body Tempering Pill is produced, it is also called golden mist filling the sky." The old man shook his head and said, "The reason why this Nine Apertures Body Tempering Pill is expensive is because it is difficult to refine one pill. It is the most difficult among the lower-grade earth-level pills. If it is more useful and more pills can be produced, it will be a middle-grade earth-level pill."
Shen Xiang's alchemy furnace had been shaking violently, but everyone was used to it now. It had been shaking for so long but it hadn't exploded, which made everyone very disappointed.
"When I was refining the Nine Aperture Body Tempering Pill, I could only produce one pill. If it were you, I think you could produce two pills. But you have to think carefully, because the medicinal spirit has already merged into a ball. If you try to separate them, the noise that will be generated will be very loud, which may lead to your failure." Su Meiyao said.
Shen Xiang has now merged all the medicinal powder and medicinal spiritual energy into a ball of golden mist, and this ball of mist is very large. He feels that it can be divided into at least three parts.
"Three pills!" Shen Xiang made up his mind and released all his magic power, starting to tear apart the gentle mist in the alchemy furnace. During the tearing process, extremely violent medicinal spiritual energy surged up and actually knocked the alchemy furnace up and jumped high into the sky.
Seeing Shen Xiang's alchemy furnace suddenly ejected, everyone thought that Shen Xiang was finished, but Shen Xiang was very calm because his magic power was still in the alchemy furnace.
The alchemy furnace fell down again very quickly, and when it was about to touch the ground, it suddenly slowed down, and then landed gently. It was amazing to see, and people wanted to check the alchemy furnace carefully to see if it was a top-grade alchemy furnace. It didn't explode despite such a big noise.
"Only half an hour left!" Xie Nanfeng was actually a little nervous at this time, because Shen Xiang had not failed and had persisted. If Shen Xiang could also refine the Nine Aperture Body Tempering Pill, even if the quality was not as good as his, he would not be happy to win, because it was Shen Xiang's first time to refine it.
Shen Xiang's starting point was much lower than others, but he was able to reach the last step, which shows that his foundation and potential are enormous.
The violently shaking alchemy furnace suddenly calmed down. Shen Xiang let out a long breath and opened his eyes. His face was a little pale, due to excessive mental exhaustion. Seeing this, everyone knew that he had succeeded!
The first time he refined the Nine Aperture Body Tempering Pill, he successfully completed it by performing the refining method. This amazed all the alchemists Xu, because they all thought that they could not do what Shen Xiang did.
Shen Xiang opened the lid of the furnace and took out three black pills from it, which shocked the whole audience, because a good Nine Aperture Body Tempering Pill is golden, but Shen Xiang's is black. Although he had three pills, it was not successful, and it would be useless no matter how many pills he produced.