With a dull thud as his palm struck the stone platform, the gray-robed youth wore a cold smile. He turned his hand over, and eight portions of differently colored powder or viscous liquid shot out from the cauldron before being poured into the neatly arranged jade bottles.
The instant the dull sound of the gray-robed youth striking the stone platform faded, Xiao Yan also fiercely slammed his palm onto the platform. With another muffled bang, eight wisps of green flame shot out of the cauldron. His sleeve swept through the air, and the flames surged toward the eight jade bottles before him. Just as they were about to enter the bottle mouths, they abruptly vanished, and clusters of differently colored powders and liquids spilled down.
After refining the materials, Xiao Yan took advantage of the time while they cooled to turn his head and glance toward the gray-robed youth.
Sensing Xiao Yan's gaze, the gray-robed youth raised his face and revealed a mocking sneer. "Heh, so what if your flame is good?"
Xiao Yan withdrew his gaze expressionlessly, revealing no emotion. After a brief silence, his sleeve swept out again. The eight jade bottles before him suddenly burst apart, and all the refined materials within were drawn into the air before being swept into the medicinal cauldron. At once, green flames surged up as the final fusion began.
Just before Xiao Yan made his move, the gray-robed youth had already beaten him to it, tossing the materials from his jade bottles into his medicinal cauldron.
The fires beneath the two medicinal cauldrons blazed as the eight medicinal ingredients slowly fused within the flames, awaiting their final formation into pills.
"What a fierce battle against time!" Seeing that the gap between them was less than five seconds, Fa Ma and the