As the essence Zhuang Ling had refined and fused passed from hand to hand, the discussions among the onlookers never ceased.
It was not hard to tell from the expressions of those who had smelled the essence that there seemed to be something mysterious hidden within Zhuang Ling's sample.
Shi Baru and the others could not help but sweat for Jiang Feng.
After all, Jiang Feng had been the first to finish refining. His essence might have been the simplest of them all.
Finally, two hours later, the essence Zhuang Ling had refined and fused reached Jiang Feng's hands.
Jiang Feng took the essence and lightly sniffed it beneath his nose. All manner of medicinal fragrances rushed into his nostrils, striking straight at his head.
Jiang Feng chuckled inwardly. "No wonder every one of them looked so grim."
Clearly, Zhuang Ling had employed some extreme methods. He had deliberately chosen highly pungent materials to refine the essence, using them to muddle the sense of smell as much as possible.
However, this was not much of a problem for Jiang Feng, who possessed exceptionally powerful Three Souls and Seven Spirits.
Jiang Feng closed his eyes and used his formidable perception to capture thread after thread of medicinal fragrance amid the chaos.
Like drawing silk from a cocoon, he proceeded slowly and meticulously.
Jiang Feng knew that he absolutely could not lose his composure now. He had to carefully comprehend every strand of medicinal fragrance.
As Jiang Feng continued identifying the materials within, he had to admit that Zhuang Ling did have some skill. Some materials had originally been mutually repellent, yet Zhuang Ling had cleverly used other materials to fuse the two together.
This not only successfully formed a fused essence, but also let the two mutually repellent medicinal scents churn