Chu Hongqing saw Shen Xiang looking at her so boldly, but she didn't feel disgusted, and she even smiled at Shen Xiang from time to time.
"I just heard that your two stores are going to have a competition today, and the headmaster asked me to come and take a look to prevent you from getting bloodied. I am a weak woman, and I hate others fighting to the death the most." Chu Hongqing smiled brightly, and then glanced at Shen Xiang again.
Yu Yan immediately turned Shen Xiang's head away. He thought that Shen Xiang, a young man who had just started out, must be completely bewitched by Chu Hong. He must stop this from happening.
"Bullshit, are you a weak woman too?" Yu Yan snorted coldly. It seemed that he had suffered at the hands of Chu Hongqing.
Shen Xiang finally turned his eyes away and stopped looking at Chu Hongqing. He was tortured so badly by Yu Yan that he almost gouged his eyes out.
"Lü Ying, is this young man yours? Although he hasn't cultivated a Taoist body yet, I can feel that he has a good talent for fire." Chu Hongqing ignored Yu Yan and asked Lü Ying.
"He..." Just as Lu Ying was about to answer, Yu Yan rushed to say, "Of course, he is the owner of this shop, and he is also my brother. You, a witch, don't even think about kidnapping him."
"I just think he will have a bright future if he joins the Fire Lord Sect." Chu Hongqing said with a smile.
"Humph, you have said this to many people, and they all died later! It's all your fault. It's okay for us tribesmen, but the conditions for others to enter the Fire Lord Gate are so harsh, they are basically courting death!" Yu Yan said.
"Little brother, you might as well consider it! The two old gentlemen, Lu Ying and Niu Hao, are both from our Fire Lord Sect. They learned all their alchemy skills in the Fire Lord Sect." Chu Hongqing said again. She did see that Shen Xiang had a good flame, which was quite good for someone with Shen Xiang's strength.
Lu Ying said, "Stop talking nonsense, Lao Niu, how are you going to compete today? Hurry up, we have something urgent to do!"
Niu Hao pushed a young man out and said, "My apprentice is dissatisfied with the alchemist in your store, so he wants to compete with you in alchemy! You won't refuse, right? Even if you refuse, it's okay. I promise not to laugh at you, and I won't spread the news that you refused because you were afraid."
"Since you said so, how can I not refuse?" Lu Ying snorted, then took out a jade talisman for communication, probably to send a message to an alchemist.
Shen Xiang carefully looked at the disciple that Niu Hao pushed out. On the surface, he looked like an honest man, but he could feel the aura of fire emanating from him, which was quite strong.
Not long after, a tall and thin man walked down the stairs. When he saw Master Niu Hao and his disciple, he frowned slightly. It seemed that he knew this pair of master and disciple.
"Third brother, can you beat this guy?" Lu Ying asked.
"Yes!" The third brother nodded, looking very confident.
"Okay, then you can start now. Since we are the challenger, we will set the rules. You must refine the Yaogedan within an hour." Niu Hao said, "Prepare your own herbs."
"The winner will be determined by the quantity and quality of the refined products."
Shen Xiang nodded secretly. This was a common winning rule, and it was reasonable. What surprised him was that they actually competed to refine the Yaoge Pill! This kind of pill should be relatively basic. As long as the alchemists here should be able to refine it, otherwise it would not be sold so cheaply.
"No problem, let's start now, I'm in a hurry!" Lu Ying said: "After you challenge me this time, you can't come again within a year!"
"Okay!" Niu Hao nodded and smiled.
It can be seen that Niu Hao has great confidence, otherwise he would not have made such a big fuss to come here and disrupt the place. At this time, many people came in to watch the fun. These people are all nobles, and you can tell from their clothes and behavior.
Shen Xiang was very excited at this time. He wanted to see how the alchemists in this era of great chaos made pills.
Both parties took out medicinal materials and alchemy furnaces, checked each other's, and started refining after finding no problems.
Shen Xiang just took a look at the other party's medicinal herbs, and as he expected, there were indeed several kinds of medicinal herbs for refining the Skeleton Divine Pill. In addition, there were two kinds of small fruits, one white and one black. He recognized the black small fruit, it was the Skeleton Divine Fruit, but it was much smaller.
As for the white one, he didn't know. He suspected that it played an auxiliary role. It was very troublesome to use the Skeleton Divine Fruit to make pills. Shen Xiang also solved it by using the water and fire refining method.
Both sides released strong flames, but only a trace of heat escaped, and they controlled it very well.
At this time, Shen Xiang also used his Dao Heart Eyes to observe the changes inside the two alchemy furnaces, which immediately surprised him. The two people's refining methods were completely different.
When Lu Ying's apprentice was refining the medicine, he actually crushed the herbs inside the furnace and then released the flame to refine it.
Niu Hao's apprentice wrapped the medicinal materials with a force, and then used the flame to refine the medicinal materials.
This made Shen Xiang understand that in this era of chaos, there are many different methods of refining pills.
Soon, an hour passed, and before the pill was produced, Shen Xiang could see that Lu Ying's apprentice had lost!
Lu Ying's apprentice was quite good. He could refine three Yaogedans in one furnace, and it only took him half an hour to do it.
Niu Hao's apprentice was able to refine four Yaogedans, and the time he took was only slightly slower than the other party.
"The quality is very good. It seems that the alchemists of this era are very outstanding. They produce a lot of pills, condense the pills quickly, and the quality is high!" Shen Xiang also had a preliminary understanding of the alchemists here.
Before an hour had passed, the two had finished the competition!
"Haha... Old Donkey, you lost!" Lu Ying laughed very proudly.
"Damn it, he actually condensed four pills! Didn't he only condense two before?" Lu Ying's apprentice couldn't help but curse.
"Hehe, don't underestimate people. To be my disciple, you must not be too bad! Being able to refine four Yaogedans is very outstanding. Although you lost, don't take it to heart. It's not that you are too weak, but that my disciple is too strong. You don't need to blame yourself." Niu Hao laughed very proudly.
Lu Ying's face was gloomy. Losing the competition was very serious for them. The news of today's competition would definitely spread out and affect their business! If Niu Hao won the competition, he would take away a lot of business.
Chu Hongqing said with a smile: "Boss Lu, you lose! According to the rules here, you have to close down for half a year!"
"I know. You don't need to remind me." Lu Ying snorted angrily.
Shen Xiang didn't expect the consequences of losing would be so serious. A shop with booming business would have to close for half a year after losing the competition, which would be a heavy loss.
"For such an important competition, one match is enough? I think there should be more matches, so that the overall level of a store can be reflected. If one's own suddenly improves, and then challenges the other party, I think even if one wins, it won't be considered that great." Shen Xiang suddenly said, he really wanted to watch a few more matches.