Another Heavenly Flame
The green light emanating from Xiao Yu overshadowed the radiance of everyone else. Even the Bone-Nourishing Pill refined by Yan Li could not compare to Xiao Yu's in terms of quality.
Fama slowly exhaled, a glint of light flashing in his cloudy eyes. He sighed softly, "It's foreseeable that the quality of the pills refined by Xiao Shi Yi has reached the level where Pill Pattern appear; otherwise, this result wouldn't have occurred!"
Frank, Master Bu Lin, Otto, and the others beside him nodded slightly. Master Bu Lin and Otto, in particular, had personally witnessed the appearance of Pill Pattern when Xiao Yu refined first-grade and second-grade pills!
Everyone withdrew their gaze. Although they were quite surprised by the pills Xiao Yu had refined, given his record of refining Ironwood Spirit Leaf ten times, they were now able to accept it more quickly.
After glancing at the gray-robed men below the stage, Fama's calm voice once again resounded across the square!
"Now that everyone has passed the first test, we will begin the next round of assessment. Move your finger and press the red button on the lower left of the stone platform."
Xiao Yu looked down, found the red button in the lower left corner, and pressed it.
Then, a slight tremor came from the huge Bluestone Platform, the original testing machine retracted, and another neatly stacked pile of medicinal herbs and a scroll of pill formula slowly floated up.
Fama chuckled and said, "The recipe for the pills you need to refine this time was prepared by our guild with all our manpower over several months. There are still two sets of medicinal herbs; you just need to refine the pills according to the recipe within the specified time and with the specified herbs!"
Xiao Yu's gaze fell on the prescription in his hand. Windwalk Pill, a third-grade pill, almost identical to the one in the original novel. Compared to them, they still needed to explore the two medicinal materials, but he could directly remove the Thick Earth Ganoderma from it.
However, Xiao Yu didn't intend to do that. Firstly, it would attract too much attention, and secondly, wouldn't it be the best way to strike back at that old bastard Yan Li when he was at his most arrogant and smug?
A slightly sinister smile appeared on Yan Li's lips, but the others, who were focused on the prescription, did not see Xiao Yu's expression at that moment.
Yan Li picked up the prescription, a disdainful smile appearing on his lips. He said dismissively, "A petty trick. Is this all the Alchemist Guild of the Jia Ma Empire can pull? If so, then this first place should be mine!"
On the other side, Xiao Yan, Liu Ling, the Little Princess, and the others also frowned slightly, looking at the prescription in their hands with some doubt. They were clearly surprised by how easy the second round of the assessment was.
Xiao Yan glanced at Xiao Yu, who was standing right in front of him. He couldn't see Xiao Yu's expression, but he could see the expressions of Liu Ling and the Little Princess. They were all the same, which made Xiao Yan slowly suppress the confusion in his heart.
"Never mind, let's get started. It would be best if we could pass the level smoothly." Xiao Yan murmured to himself, and then immediately began refining pills.
Liu Ling and the Little Princess, seeing that Xiao Yan had started refining pills, glanced at Xiao Yu and, not to be outdone, began refining medicinal herbs as well.
At the VIP reception desk, Fama looked down at Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan, who had almost immediately begun refining pills. He frowned slightly and whispered, "These two little ones, you must be careful in everything you do. This is the Alchemist Tournament; one mistake and you're out!"
Having just finished his sigh Fama saw Liu Ling and Little Yue'er also starting to refine pills, and snorted, "Little Yue'er is still so impatient. Her alchemy skills were never as good as Xiao Yu and those two little rascals, and now she's rushing to start refining pills. Sigh, it's good to teach you a lesson!"
On the huge plaza, after the previous round of assessments, only Third-grade Alchemist remained. Those who were just there to make up the numbers or Second-grade Alchemist had been eliminated, except for Xiao Yan!
These alchemists summoned flames and began refining pills. Most of them had a look of joy on their faces. After all, this was only refining a third-grade pill, and it was a proper soul medicine formula, so it was basically not difficult!
As time slowly passed, many alchemists in the square had extracted all nine required medicinal herbs. After a slight hesitation, they poured all the essential components into the Medicine Cauldron and began the final stage: Pill Fusion!
Xiao Yu used this batch of pills for practice. Although the flames he produced from his Dou Qi were not as powerful as the Heavenly Flames, his speed was still fast enough, and his pill-refining technique was extremely skillful.
Fama nodded slightly when he saw Xiao Yu's alchemy technique. Although it was still a bit rough, he picked it up quickly. He must have refined pills many times to have such sensitivity and accuracy with medicinal materials!
With a single gesture, Xiao Yu sent the essence of all nine medicinal herbs into the Medicine Cauldron. Flames rushed directly towards these medicinal essences. He seemed to be casually fusing the pills, but in fact, he had an excellent grasp of the heat control for all the herbs.
Boom!
With a muffled thud, Xiao Yu could see that the medicinal herbs in his Medicine Cauldron had turned into a ball of black ash. There was nothing he could do about it, since there was an extra ingredient.
However, Xiao Yu's first failed attempt at alchemy caused Xiao Yan and the other two, who were currently refining pills, to tremble slightly. Liu Ling and the Little Princess showed a hint of disbelief in their eyes, while Xiao Yan's gaze revealed a thoughtful expression.
Those in the VIP seats paled upon seeing Xiao Yu's first failed attempt at refining. Fama shook his head slightly and said, "This child is still a bit too impatient!"
Ya Fei looked at Xiao Yu below the stage, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes.
In a secluded corner of the square, Yan Li looked at the pile of ashes in front of him and revealed a cold smile. Although he had also failed, he had understood the problem. Now, he was about to take first place!
But before Yan Li could make a move, Xiao Yu waved his hand again. This time, he didn't choose to use his Dou Qi qi to create fire. With a flick of his finger, a cluster of Green Flame, like those of an elf, surged towards the Cloud Turtle Cauldron.
"Green Flame?"
"What kind of flame is that? It's so beautiful!"
A commotion immediately erupted from the audience, while Fama in the VIP section stared in astonishment at the Green Flame Xiao Yu had summoned. His cloudy pupils contracted slightly, and he exclaimed in horror, "That's... Heavenly Flames? This little guy actually possesses something like that, no wonder..."
Otto glanced at Xiao Yu with some shock, then said to Master Bu Lin, "Old man, did you already know he had Heavenly Flames? No wonder he could refine the Ironwood Spirit Leaf ten times. With the help of Heavenly Flames, it's not that difficult!"
"I already knew that. This kid was able to get the Heavenly Flames. Do you really think those tests were difficult for him? Don't worry about it!" Master Bu Lin glared at Otto before focusing on watching the tournament.
The Nalan Family members were even more shocked. They had seen Xiao Yan wield a Heavenly Flames before, and now Xiao Yu also had a Heavenly Flames appearing in his hand. These two fellow disciples both possessed Heavenly Flames, so how mysterious and powerful must their teacher be?
Nalan Jie and Nalan Su exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock and horror in each other's eyes. Nalan Yanran, who had been somewhat relaxed, suddenly sat up straight. "Another Heavenly Flames?"
At this moment, everyone's understanding of Xiao Yu was elevated to a new level, and Fama became even more determined to recruit Xiao Yu and his fellow disciples into the Alchemist Guild!