Hearing Zhou Fuling's proud response, Lu Ming couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
Admittedly, judging from the strength of both parties, Zhou Fuling has a clear advantage in this bet. After all, not only is her Primordial Qi Dao of Alchemy far more abundant than Lu Ming's, but both of them have also cultivated the " True Explanation of Six Refinements of Clear Qi " alchemy technique. In fact, Zhou Fuling has cultivated seven more strands of Clear Qi than Lu Ming.
In this comparison, Lu Ming is clearly lagging behind in every aspect.
However... in the face of the Fire Lotus Pill Furnace, which was formed by the absorption of Clear Qi by the mysterious Fire Lotus, these so-called advantages were actually meaningless.
"Since Senior Sister is so insistent and serious, then I, your junior brother, can only do my best to ensure you have a good time."
Lu Ming let out a hearty laugh and manipulated the Fire Lotus Pill Furnace to move a distance away from Zhou Fuling. The next moment, the pill furnace roared and slowly spun like lotus petals.
A powerful suction force swept out, continuously drawing the surrounding Pill Qi energy into the alchemy furnace.
As for the increasingly terrifying heat of the external alchemical fire... Lu Ming couldn't feel it at all.
The Fire Lotus Pill Furnace's ability to isolate heat is simply terrifying.
On the other side, Zhou Fuling's pretty face also became completely serious. She could sense that Lu Ming's Fire Lotus Pill Furnace was absorbing Pill Qi at an abnormal speed, but she did not believe that she could be inferior to Lu Ming with such a clear lead.
As a member of the Zhou Lineage, Zhou Fuling was obviously extremely proud. However, she did not usually show this pride in front of Lu Ming and the others. After all, the Zhou Lineage was not a small family like Qingyuan Market. So if she were to show her superiority and look down on the disciples of the Divine Ability Hall like Yan Qing and Yan Zhizhi, it would be too unbecoming of her.
Different perspectives naturally lead to different styles of doing things.
"I refuse to believe that you, kid, can beat me!"
Zhou Fuling's beautiful eyes revealed pride and stubbornness. At this moment, she was also fully activating the "Green Pill Furnace". The furnace roared and twenty streams of Clear Qi circulated, pushing the absorption of power to the extreme and absorbing the Pill Qi.
However, while absorbing the Pill Qi is important, the current situation depends on who can endure the terrifyingly high temperature of the elixir fire for the longest time.
Inside the Spirit Pill Jiao, the two remaining individuals are still struggling to hold on.
As time passed, the temperature of the fire inside the furnace continued to rise rapidly, as if the fire intended to refine the two people into medicinal herbs, turning them directly into pills.
The fire temperature skyrocketed.
Zhou Fuling's fair and bright cheeks began to turn slightly rosy, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her smooth forehead. At this moment, the effect of the Clear Qi in relieving the heat was beginning to be greatly weakened.
They could only rely on their own Primordial Qi to withstand it.
However, in this environment, the rate at which Primordial Qi is consumed is also extremely alarming. Although Zhou Fuling has now condensed twenty Divine Ability Dharma Mark, she probably cannot sustain this for long under such consumption.
Zhou Fuling gritted her teeth and glanced at Lu Ming in the distance. At this moment, the latter's face was also flushed, and he looked extremely disheveled, covered in sweat.
"This guy's really tough."
Zhou Fuling muttered to herself, Lu Ming Primordial Qi and quantity of Clear Qi were far inferior to hers, yet he had managed to hold on until now. She admired his resilience.
However, now that the bet has been made, she won't show any mercy!
With this thought in mind, Zhou Fuling exerted all her strength to activate her Primordial Qi and tried her best to resist the erosion of the high temperature of the elixir fire.
While Zhou Fuling was doing her best to hold on, Lu Ming felt a bitter taste in his mouth because he discovered something embarrassing.
"I never imagined that pretending to be in a sorry state would be more tiring than actually being in a sorry state."
Because the Fire Lotus Pill Furnace's ability to completely isolate the heat was so astonishing, he didn't feel any excessive heat while inside. However, this was clearly abnormal, so to avoid being noticed, he forced himself to hold his breath until his face turned red and he was covered in sweat, looking like he was about to reach his limit and was relying entirely on his own resilience and iron will to endure it.
But acting is tiring too.
Lu Ming is now hoping that Zhou Fuling will collapse soon and end the bet.
However, he underestimated Zhou Fuling Fuling's strong will. Seeing his tenacity, she admired him and persevered even more.
Later, Zhou Fuling was covered in fragrant sweat, her emerald green dress was soaked with sweat and clung tightly to her exquisite and shapely body, revealing her curvaceous and extremely proud figure.
Her slender waist, full breasts, and long legs made her appear even more domineering.
And wisps of white smoke began to rise from above her head.
The temperature inside the alchemy furnace had begun to exceed her tolerance limit, and her own Primordial Qi was being depleted.
But she was still gritting her teeth and stubbornly holding on.
Seeing Zhou Fuling's appearance, Lu Ming felt a sense of helplessness. He never would have guessed that this noble lady from a prominent family had such a stubborn personality.
However, if Zhou Fuling continues like this, she may suffer burns to her body from the elixir fire, affecting her foundation.
The other party has helped him a lot during this period. If it's because of a bet that the other party's foundation is damaged, then that would be a bit extreme.
Lu Ming's eyes flickered, then his face suddenly turned deathly pale, his vital Primordial Qi became increasingly thin, as if it was about to dissipate, and his voice became extremely hoarse. "Senior Sister... I can't hold back any longer, shall we go out together?"
He was the first to back down.
Zhou Fuling was also suffering from dizziness and extreme discomfort due to the scorching heat of the elixir. Hearing Lu Ming's pleading voice, her tense heart relaxed a little, but she still stubbornly said, "Hmph, do you know how powerful I am?"
"I know, I know, you're amazing, senior sister!" Lu Ming quickly chimed in.
Zhou Fuling's mood brightened immediately, and she said, "Since you've begged for mercy, I'll reluctantly concede a step. Let's both be cooked together, and consider this bet a draw, how about it?"
"Okay, whatever you say, Senior Sister." Lu Ming nodded repeatedly.
Zhou Fuling gave a soft hum, but for some reason, she vaguely sensed a hint of coaxing a little girl in Lu Ming's seemingly pleading voice.
However, there was no time to think about it now. If they continued to stay in this Spirit Pill Jiao, they would probably both be burned by the alchemical fire, affecting their foundations.
The next moment, the two simultaneously activated the alchemy furnace and withdrew from the Spirit Pill Jiao.
The moment they left the lotus leaf alchemy furnace, the originally scorching and domineering heat vanished instantly, and Zhou Fuling and Lu Ming fell into the courtyard filled with guests.
Zhou Fuling 'Primordial Qi was truly exhausted. After the Spirit Pill Jiao was offered, her legs suddenly went weak, and she stumbled to the side in a sorry state.
However, at this moment, a hand reached out from the side and grasped Zhou Fuling's slender, jade-like wrist, stabilizing her figure.
That's Lu Ming.
"Senior sister, are you alright?" Lu Ming asked.
At the same time, after stabilizing Zhou Fuling's body, he quickly withdrew his palm.
Zhou Fuling shook her head, but her eyes were fixed on the wrist that Lu Ming had held earlier. A hint of suspicion arose in her heart, because when their bodies made contact, she felt that Lu Ming's palm was quite cold.
At this moment, her body was scorched by the fire of the pill, and the high temperature was difficult to dissipate for the time being.
Zhou Fuling was intelligent and quick-witted. As her thoughts raced, she suddenly looked up and gave Lu Ming, whose face was pale and who seemed to be exhausted, a deep look, but she didn't say anything more.
At this moment, cheers erupted throughout the hall.
Zhou Xuan reached out, and the lotus leaf alchemy furnace, which was like a tower in mid-air, rapidly shrank, finally turning into a ray of light that fell into his palm and disappeared.
His face paled slightly. Holding such a Spirit Pill Jiao would deplete his Dao of Alchemy foundation, even for a highly accomplished Dao of Alchemy master like himself. He probably wouldn't be able to do such a thing again for several years.
Congratulations everyone.
Zhou Xuan glanced at Zhou Fuling and Lu Ming, then his gaze lingered on the latter, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. He probably hadn't expected that Lu Ming could compete with Zhou Fuling to this extent during the Spirit Pill Jiao.
Such resilience is truly astonishing.
"Please take out your lotus leaf containers. The Pill Qi you hold still needs my guidance to transform it back to its true nature," Zhou Xuan said with a smile.
So the Qi gatherers who had entered the Spirit Pill Jiao earlier took out lotus leaf containers, in which the Pill Qi had turned into pale white dewdrops rolling.
Zhou Xuan flicked his finger, and dozens of flames flew out and landed in the lotus leaf containers in everyone's hands.
As the alchemical fire merged with the Pill Qi, wisps of smoke rose, followed by golden light emerging from them. In the next moment, strands of golden Pill Qi gradually took shape.
Within this golden Pill Qi, an extremely rich fragrance of elixir emanated, as if it were formed from the smelting of medicinal pills. Moreover, this medicinal power was extremely pure and gentle, and could be easily refined and absorbed.
This is the true Pill Qi!
Because of the different amounts of Qi gathered, the golden Pill Qi that the people in the arena ultimately refined were also different.
Most of them only had one or two strands of golden Pill Qi.
Three or four lotus leaf containers appeared in the hands of Yan Qing, Li Shuang, Ye Yuan, Ye Ling and others.
Even though Xu Xiong survived until the very last moment, due to the combined efforts of Lu Ming and Zhou Fuling, he only obtained three strands of golden Pill Qi, which made him extremely angry and his face turned ashen.
It is worth mentioning that Lu Qingyan actually obtained five golden Pill Qi.
This was naturally because Lu Ming had shared a significant amount of the collected Pill Qi during the Spirit Pill Jiao.
Many eyes were drawn to Lu Ming and Zhou Fuling, as the two were clearly the biggest winners of this Spirit Pill Jiao.
So how many strands of golden Pill Qi could these two obtain?