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At that moment, a voice rose from among the seats. "Good! Brother Lu, this fire-control technique of yours is truly extraordinary!" He rose from his seat and slowly walked toward Lu Chiyang.

Lu Chiyang said, "Pei Zhuo, what are you playing at? If this counts as extraordinary, then don't compete—just admit defeat already! Save us the wasted time."

Pei Zhuo was not angered by Lu Chiyang's words, nor did he argue with him. He merely smiled faintly. "Since Brother Lu has demonstrated fire control, then I shall demonstrate a purification technique."

He took out a stalk of Condensing Essence Grass. Then, as true qi surged forth, a ball of green Spiritual Fire poured from his palm and enveloped the herb.

In just a few breaths, the Third-Rank spirit herb had been refined into a pool of pure liquid, crystalline and translucent, emitting a faint fragrance. Without a pill furnace or any complicated tools, he had used only Spiritual Fire and Spiritual Sense to purify the medicinal herb to such a degree.

The crowd was astonished as well. "He can purify medicinal herbs without a pill furnace? How is that possible? How did he do it?"

Li Bufan also saw a hint of the underlying method. Pei Zhuo had used true qi, Spiritual Sense, and Spiritual Fire to construct an invisible pill furnace, using it to purify the medicinal herb.

Though he understood the principle, replicating it without the guidance of a cultivation technique would be difficult.

He sighed inwardly. Sure enough, anyone capable of standing out in the Pill Combat Tournament is no mediocrity.

The demonstrations from the two had already stunned everyone else, so naturally no one went up to speak further.

The alchemists gathered around them, chattering over one another as they asked all kinds of questions about