Sweeping Victory

Under Xiao Ming's almost rapid refining, most of the medicinal herbs were refined into the required medicinal liquid and Medicinal Powder in just over an hour.

Having extracted so many medicinal herbs, Xiao Ming's expression remained quite calm. He let out a soft breath, but his gaze turned to the three jade boxes in front of him, a hint of solemnity flashing in his eyes. He could squander the other medicinal herbs, but he had to be as careful with these three main medicinal herbs.

With a flick of his finger, the lid of a jade box flew off, revealing a section of withered, emerald-green Withered Vine inside. Abundant vitality emanated from it. This was one of the essential ingredients for refining the Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill: the Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Vine.

Looking at the withered Withered Vine, Xiao Ming hesitated for a moment, then waved his hand and threw it into the medicine cauldron, before concentrating on controlling the heat.

Inside the medicine cauldron, flames roared, yet the seemingly fragile Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Vine remained completely unchanged despite the intense heat. Upon closer inspection, one could discern faint, luminous light emanating from the Withered Vine, effectively shielding it from the extreme heat.

All Heaven and Earth Spiritual Object possess self-protective capabilities, a fact that didn't surprise Xiao Ming, as he had encountered this situation countless times before.

Maintaining the heat, Xiao Ming closed his eyes slightly, knowing that refining this Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Vine would likely take quite a while.

As Xiao Ming had predicted, the refining process lasted for nearly half a day before the Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Vine gradually cracked open, with drops of emerald green Tree Sap appearing and disappearing in the cracks.

After the surface of the Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Vine cracked, things became much easier. After Xiao Ming spent about an hour more, the Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Vine completely transformed into a ball of emerald green liquid, suspended in the flames, slowly wriggling as if it had come to life.

Looking at the emerald green liquid transformed from the Ten Thousand Year Azure Spirit Vine, Xiao Ming breathed a sigh of relief. He then waved his hand, and the various Medicinal Powder and liquids floating in the corner of the medicine cauldron quickly flew out. Under his full control, they were all poured into the emerald green liquid...

Xiao Ming performed this first step of fusion quite perfectly. About an hour later, a viscous substance floated above the Pale White Flame.

The first step of the refining process was a complete success.

Having completed the first step, Xiao Ming took a short rest before focusing his attention once again on the more complex refining process that followed.

Alchemy is an extremely time-consuming process, especially the refining of medicinal pills, which often takes ten days to half a month. This is not uncommon.

Those present were aware of this situation, so they did not become impatient due to the long wait. Most of those who were able to travel to Holy Pill City to watch were quite capable, and this necessary patience was naturally essential.

Moreover, there were quite a few Alchemist present. Being able to observe so many Alchemy Master refining medicines up close, they wished the time could last longer.

Under those expectant gazes, time slipped away quietly, and in the blink of an eye, four days had passed.

Over the next four days, the refining process in the square was quite peaceful, though occasionally low rumbling sounds could be heard – these were the sounds of furnaces exploding due to problems during the Cauldron Explosion process.

If you don't have enough medicinal herbs and the Cauldron Explosion, then you'll have to leave with regret.

Three people have already left the scene, including Yan Tian, Sloppy Old Man whom Xiao Ming knew.

Yan Tian didn't dwell on leaving early for long, and instead turned his attention to the Alchemist still on the field.

Yan Tian glanced at the cauldrons of the twenty-five Alchemist still in the square and curled his lip.

Based on the energy fluctuations emanating from the medicine cauldron, he discovered that the Alchemist present were all refining Peak Grade Seven Pill.

That's understandable; after all, to win the championship, one must refine Peak Grade Seven Pill.

Even Grade Seven High-level Alchemist can refine Peak Grade Seven Pill, but the success rate is low. Even the pills he refined before Peak Grade Seven Pill.

Unfortunately, he was very unlucky; after the Cauldron Explosion, there were no more medicinal herbs to refine.

"Compared to others, Xiao Ming's progress in alchemy is truly astonishing! It's on a completely different level." Yan Tian noticed that the fluctuations within Xiao Ming's cauldron were much stronger than those of the others.

Moreover, Xiao Ming hadn't thrown any medicinal herbs into the medicine cauldron for half a day, and the herbs around him had long since disappeared.

"Is this the time to start the Pill Fusion? The others haven't even finished refining their medicinal herbs yet. Tsk tsk tsk, the Heavenly Flames is truly Alchemy Divine Tool." A look of envy flashed in Yan Tian's eyes.

Just as Yan Tian had thought, Xiao Ming had reached the stage of Pill Fusion.

Slowly opening his slightly closed eyes, Xiao Ming stared solemnly into the medicine cauldron. Within the rising flames, there were three things that resembled either medicinal liquid or dust. Although these three things looked inconspicuous, they were filled with a rich and shockingly Pure Medicinal Power.

These three ingredients represent Xiao Ming's achievements over the past four days. The refining process has now been successfully completed. What he needs to do next is to perfectly fuse these three ingredients together, calcine them into Medicinal Pill Prototype, and finally complete the pill.

Xiao Ming took a deep breath of the scorching air made by the Heavenly Flames, and turned his solemn gaze to the medicine cauldron. With a thought, the White Glass Heart Flame swirling inside the medicine cauldron suddenly swept out, completely enveloping the three kinds of Pure Medicinal Liquid!

The process of fusing medicinal power demands an extremely high level of control from the Alchemist; the slightest deviation during this process will render all previous efforts futile!

Therefore, this step is extremely important!

Xiao Ming was well aware of this as well, so at this moment, his mind was focused to the extreme, and his vast Soul Power filled every corner of the medicine cauldron. Any extremely subtle change within it would be instantly fed back to his mind.

The process of fusing medicinal power is the longest among all the steps in alchemy, and Xiao Ming's fusion this time lasted for nearly five days before it came to an end.

"Boom!"

In the slightly scorching heat of the world, a deep rumble of thunder suddenly echoed across the sky. Before everyone could quickly shift their gaze, they felt a surge of immense energy erupt from the plaza like lightning. Accompanying this surge of energy, the dark clouds in the sky instantly condensed, and countless silver snakes darted about.

It's Xiao Ming!

Currently, Xiao Ming is making the fastest progress in the plaza, and the surge of energy is coming from his Myriad Beast Cauldron.

"It's actually a Peak Grade Seven pill! Judging by its appearance, the quality of this Peak Grade Seven Pill is probably already close to the limit of Grade Seven Medicinal Pill!"

"Only half the time has passed, and he has already refined Peak Grade Seven Pill. Even with the enhancement of Heavenly Flames, Xiao Ming's Alchemy Technique are unparalleled. Apart from Great Elder Qiu Ling, I'm afraid no one present dares to surpass him!"

"Sigh, Xiao Ming is simply overwhelmingly superior to the others. Fortunately, this time they only care about the quality of the pills. As long as the pills refined by others are no worse than his, they still have a chance to win."

Xiao Ming paid no attention to the discussions outside. His gaze remained fixed on the inside of the medicine cauldron. After five long days of fusion, a small, oval-shaped sphere, about the size of a fist, could be faintly seen in the flames rising inside the cauldron.

This small ball is formed from the Pure Medicinal Power of hundreds of herbs, but it is currently only the prototype of a pill.

After a little more polishing, the pill will be ready, and at that time, Thunder will fall from the sky.

However, Xiao Ming would not be satisfied with this. Peak Grade Seven Pill was still not enough. This time, he was determined to obtain the Earth Core Soul Marrow!

Thinking of this, Xiao Ming's mind stirred, and a tiny speck of Sparkling Dust suddenly flew out from his Na Ring and then entered the medicine cauldron.

Xiao Ming's Bone Regeneration Blood Fusion Pill was already close to perfect. If Xiao Ming's soul were to fully reach the Ling Realm and endow the pill with sufficient spirituality, then the pill he refined this time would be Grade 8 Pill.

This Sparkling Dust is the Spirit Nurturing Dust; it inherently contains Spirit Qi and can replace the function of a Ling Realm soul.

The Spirit Nurturing Dust itself can be added to pills without causing any problems.

As soon as the Spirit Nurturing Dust entered the medicine cauldron, it quickly dissipated into nothingness. However, if a powerful expert with strong perception were to notice that the Spirit Qi inside the medicine cauldron seemed to become exceptionally dense in that instant and was gradually being absorbed by the Medicinal Pill Prototype.

"Laugh!"

After the Spirit Qi was completely absorbed, a massive Green Light Pillar, ten feet long, burst forth from the medicine cauldron and shot straight into the sky!

Beneath this Green Light Pillar, the dense silver lightning in the sky retreated rapidly as if it had encountered something terrifying. The previously arrogant thunderclouds also hurriedly shrank back, not daring to touch the pillar of light in the slightest.

Amidst countless shocked gazes, the beam of light soared straight into the sky. Immediately afterward, as the beam passed over the area, clouds suddenly appeared, and in just a few blinks, they condensed into a thundercloud hundreds of meters in size!

Moreover, what is most shocking is that the thunderclouds formed this time actually have two colors: blue and silver!

"Two-Colored Thunder Cloud?"