Harvest (Part 1)

The Medicinal Cauldron roared and a hundred flames burst forth, eliciting gasps of amazement from the onlookers.

Among the rising flames, the strongest were Yao Yue's Water-Blue Flame, Liu Ling's Brown Flame, and Yan Li's jet-black flame. Moreover, among these three flames, Yan Li's jet-black flame subtly possessed the power to overwhelm the others.

Now that Xiao Yan had obtained the formula for the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill from Fa Ma, he had an obligation to do everything in his power to prevent Yan Li from winning the championship. And now that he saw Yan Li displaying his prowess, Xiao Yan certainly wouldn't let him have his way.

After all, once you reach this round, even the smallest factor could determine the outcome of the match, so Xiao Yan was quite happy to be able to give Yan Li a blow.

So, just as the contestants were unleashing their flames, a cyan light suddenly ignited from Xiao Yan's fingertips.

As the azure light appeared, it expanded outwards instantly, and in just a moment, a Lotus of Prosperity suddenly bloomed in the air.

As the Prosperity Green Lotus bloomed, an imperial aura of flames immediately spread throughout the area. The flames that had been vying for attention were instantly suppressed under this pressure, revealing an air of subservience.

"When the Heavenly Flames is unleashed, Wan Huo are subdued! Even though I saw it yesterday, it still makes one quite apprehensive!" Seeing that Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flames suppressed all the other flames as soon as it appeared, Fa Ma exclaimed again.

Seeing that Yan Li's aura had been suppressed, Xiao Yan immediately smiled. Then, under his control, the Green Lotus Transformation Fire and entered the Medicinal Cauldron, and the final round of medicine refining officially began.

As Xiao Yan began the formal refining process, the others also set off without delay and began refining as well.

The Yan Yang moved slowly across the sky, and the enormous hourglass dripped away little by little. On the vast square, as time passed, faint muffled sounds could be heard from time to time.

All Alchemist are very familiar with this muffled sound, because every Alchemist has experienced the sound of a failed alchemy attempt.

As time went on, many contestants failed in their refining attempts and chose to withdraw from the competition. Those who remained were all working hard to refine their artifacts.

"Can you tell what kind of pill Yan Li is refining?" Jia Xingtian asked Fa Ma, looking at the people refining the pill.

"Not yet." In response to Jia Xingtian's question, Fa Ma shook his head. Then, Fa Ma added, "However, when the pill is about to take shape, we'll be able to see some clues."

Upon hearing Fa Ma's words, Jia Xingtian could only nod and continue watching.

"Old Man Fa, is Xiao Yan about to Pill Formation?" Jia Xingtian, who had been observing, suddenly sensed fluctuations emanating from Xiao Yan's Medicinal Cauldron and immediately spoke to Fa Ma.

"Haha, not bad! As expected of Heavenly Flames, the refining speed far surpasses that of others." As soon as Jia Xingtian finished speaking, Fa Ma immediately said with a smile.

Fa Ma's smile didn't last long before he exclaimed in surprise, "This little guy actually wants to refine a second-level pattern?"

At this moment, Xiao Yan Xiao Yan, suddenly withdrew the azure Heavenly Flames and instead used ordinary Dou Qi to fuel the refining process.

Aside from a few people, no one else could understand why Xiao Yan would abandon the Heavenly Flames and instead use the flame generated by his Dou Qi. However, for those in the know like Fa Ma, it was perfectly clear why Xiao Yan had changed his flame. That's why Fa Ma spoke with surprise.

"It's going to fail." Shortly after Fa Ma finished speaking, Lin Ming shook his head and muttered to himself as he looked at and felt the fluctuations within Xiao Yan's Medicinal Cauldron.

As Lin Ming's thoughts settled, a muffled thud came from Xiao Yan's Medicinal Cauldron. Similar thuds had been heard from the Medicinal Cauldron of many other contestants, so everyone knew that Xiao Yan's Xiao Yan meant his refining attempt had failed.

While most people felt regret over Xiao Yan's failed attempt at refining, some were quite pleased. Among them, Yan Li was undoubtedly the happiest.

Although Xiao Yan was extremely confident in the pills he had refined, he still had to respect Yan Xiao's Heavenly Flames. Therefore, among the contestants, only Yan Li Xiao Yan posed a threat to him. As for the others, Yan Li didn't take them seriously. So now that Xiao Yan had failed in his refining attempt and the only person who posed a threat to him had been eliminated, Yan Li was naturally happy.

The failure to refine the elixir dealt a heavy blow to Xiao Yan, leaving him rather dazed in the arena, despite his appearance as Xiao Yan Xiao Yan.

"Alas! It seems that this failure in refining the pill has been a huge blow to Xiao Yan! I really don't know if giving him the formula for the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill and putting such pressure on him was the right thing to do or the wrong thing." Looking at Xiao Yan's dejected expression, Fa Ma couldn't help but sigh.

Hearing Fa Ma's words, Lin Ming could only say that he was overthinking it. Even if Xiao Yan wanted to become depressed, Old Yao wouldn't let him.

Just as Lin Ming was thinking this, a flash of light appeared on one of Xiao Yan's ring fingers.

The fleeting light contained Soul Fluctuation that went unnoticed by anyone except Lin Ming, not even Fa Ma. This was partly because Lin Ming's Soul Power was far superior to Fa Ma's, and partly because Lin Ming had encountered this Soul Power fluctuation several times and was quite familiar with it, which was why he was able to detect it.

The fleeting light, though brief, was like a refreshing rain in the desert for Xiao Yan, instantly restoring him to his normal state. One could even see a sense of transformation in his eyes.

Having recovered, Xiao Yan looked up at the hourglass, which was already more than half empty. Then, the Green Lotus Core Flame reappeared in Xiao Yan's hand, which he then threw into the Medicinal Cauldron.

Seeing the limited time remaining, Xiao Yan heated the Medicinal Cauldron to the required temperature for refining medicine, and in an instant, he put all the ingredients for the Three-Patterned Green Spirit Pill into the Medicinal Cauldron.

"This... Xiao Yan intends to extract all the medicinal herbs at once?" Even Jia Xingtian couldn't help but exclaim in surprise upon seeing Xiao Yan's actions.

"If Xiao Yan can extract all these medicinal herbs at once, then there will be ample time for the fusion of the pills." Seeing Xiao Yan's actions, Fa Ma was also somewhat surprised, but at this moment, Fa Ma could only explain Xiao Yan's approach.