"You're joining Reach the Summit anyway. I might as well give you some pointers now, so you'll accept your defeat wholeheartedly."
Tang Yan's matter-of-fact expression and bland words only infuriated Jing Wuhen further. What a mistake! He should never have competed with him in alchemy!
"Brother Yan is starting," Qin Yue'er suddenly said, immediately drawing the attention of Du Shu and the others.
"This main ingredient, hidden root branch, is tough. It takes repeated refinement to extract all its essence, so you can put it in first.
The second main ingredient, autumn-fall stone, also needs continuous refinement to extract its essence, so that should go in early too. Three-star flower should go in third, and cherry fruit should go in early as well..."
As Tang Yan spoke, he kept tossing ingredients into the Pill Cauldron.
"He threw in all sixteen ingredients!" The Ninth Elder, who was also an Alchemy Master, stared wide-eyed in astonishment at Tang Yan's actions.
Even Elder Huo, who had already witnessed Tang Yan's monstrous skill at refining ingredients, could not help raising his eyebrows.
How on earth had this kid acquired such skill? He could actually control sixteen ingredients simultaneously, and his calm, unhurried manner clearly showed that he had strength to spare.
When Tang Yan began making pills, Jing Wuhen also watched his every move from beside him.
Seeing Tang Yan dump over a dozen ingredients into the Pill Cauldron in one go, Jing Wuhen's lips curled with contempt.
Trying to eat yourself fat in a single mouthful? You think far too highly of yourself. Even I, a third-tier Alchemy Master, can't do that. Just wait for your ingredients to burn!
Five minutes, ten minutes, a quarter of an hour... As time passed, the expected burnt smell never came. Instead, Tang Yan leisurely began the