Win!

The appearance of Starfire truly startled everyone present for a moment.

However, as members of one of the Pill Domain Five Great Families, everyone had plenty of experience, so they quickly saw the level of this Starfire...

"Tch! With a temperature like that, it isn't even as good as Beast Fire. Just a cheap trick to attract attention!" Bai Wei glanced at Ye Chen, who had already begun preparing to refine the medicinal materials, and spoke with disdain.

Those words were not exactly wrong. After all, the current Starfire was indeed somewhat weak, and naturally could not compare to the powerful Beast Fires possessed by the Five Great Families...

Take the Cao Family's Blood Demon Flame, for example. It required gathering the blood of nearly a thousand fire-attribute Magical Beasts, then fusing together that fire-attribute blood filled with all sorts of different auras. Finally, the Fire Attribute Energy within the blood was used to condense it into the shape of a flame.

And because the blood of the fire-attribute Magical Beasts used to condense the flame differed, the strength of the Blood Demon Flame also varied greatly. If stronger fire-attribute Magical Beast blood could be obtained and fused into it later, the flame's power would continue to grow...

It was precisely because it possessed this potential for growth that the Blood Demon Flame had gained such a great reputation.

Ye Chen's Starfire was the same. Each time he absorbed Star Essence, it was also the process of the Starfire absorbing the starlight that filled the sky to strengthen itself.

Compared to when it had just been born, the current Starfire had already undergone quite a few changes.

Because the formation isolated him, the voices outside naturally had no effect on Ye Chen inside the formation at all...

After raising the temperature inside the cauldron, Ye Chen recalled the order recorded on the prescription in his mind and began refining the medicinal materials.

Neither rushed nor slow, he picked up several medicinal materials and tossed them into the Medicine Cauldron in an orderly manner. Under the suppression of his outstanding Soul Perception, the fierce silver Starfire became as docile as a sheep, gently wrapping around the medicinal materials thrown into the Medicine Cauldron and then refining them.

Seeing this, Danta Elder Mu Rong outside could not help but nod slightly...

Although, in his eyes, every move Ye Chen made still revealed obvious immaturity, considering the boy's age, being able to perform with such stability was definitely already quite good.

Of course, what shocked everyone present even more was the soul control and Fire Control Ability Ye Chen displayed...

One had to know that for the Dan Family and Cao Family, genius alchemists were not lacking at all. Almost every generation would have one or two.

Among them, there were not many who possessed stronger talent than Ye Chen, but it was not as if there were none...

Especially the soul control Ye Chen showed at this moment!

Looking through all the various geniuses the two families currently had, there was not a single one who, at the tender age of eight, could possess such skilled soul control!

"Congratulations, Brother Ye. It seems the Ye Family has truly given birth to a terrifying little fellow..." Dan Leng, with his refined and easygoing expression, could not help turning his head toward Ye Zhong again and saying this. His eyes were also filled with admiration for little Ye Chen.

Hearing Dan Leng's words, Ye Zhong was naturally very happy in his heart.

However, on the surface, he still had to act calm and offer a few modest words...

Among the Pill Domain Five Great Families, the Dan Family and Cao Family could be said to stand alone on the highest level, but the two families' ways of conducting themselves were very different.

Although the Dan Family was powerful, they were very low-key in how they dealt with people and matters. They maintained a neither distant nor close relationship with every one of the Five Great Families, neither acting high and mighty nor becoming overly intimate.

Unlike Dan Leng, however, although the Cao Family elder also expressed congratulations to Ye Zhong, there was an inexplicable meaning in his gaze, causing Ye Zhong's heart to sink slightly.

At this moment, the ones with the most complicated feelings were probably the people from the Qiu Clan and Bai Clan...

After all, among the Five Great Families, because the Dan Family and Cao Family stood so high above the rest, they usually had almost no contact with the other three families.

Aside from those two families came the Ye Family. Possessing an Old Ancestor who was a Seventh Grade Peak Alchemist was enough to allow the Ye Family to firmly trample them underfoot...

They had finally waited until that undying old bastard died. The Ye Family was left with only a few stragglers, and among the younger generation, there was no one capable of shouldering the family's future. Just when the two families were preparing to rise up in one stroke, a variable like Ye Chen suddenly appeared. That naturally made them miserable!

The only good news was probably that the current Ye Chen was still far too young. Within ten or twenty years, the Ye Family would not possibly possess the strength to suppress them, so they still had enough time to think of a way to deal with it...

"Hmph! So what if he's a Genius? There are plenty of geniuses these days. As long as they don't grow up, it all amounts to nothing!" Bai Wei thought sourly.

Ye Chen, who had poured all his focus into the Medicine Cauldron, naturally did not notice the attention everyone in the Outside World was paying him. At this moment, his gaze was fixed tightly inside the Medicine Cauldron.

As Ye Chen concentrated, time passed quickly. By now, the several medicinal materials used to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill had long since been successfully refined, and the pill fusion had begun...

This was the most difficult step in refining the Foundation Establishment Pill. Even many second-grade alchemists would probably feel their heads ache when facing the Foundation Establishment Pill's complicated fusion techniques.

Ye Chen's attention had already reached its peak, and his Soul Power was also being exerted to the greatest degree. Controlling those several blobs of medicinal liquid of different colors, he began fusing them bit by bit, strictly following the order and requirements on the pill formula...

After an unknown amount of time, when he saw that the medicinal liquids had finally completely fused into one mass, Ye Chen at last let out a long breath in his heart.

Damn, this is way harder to handle than the Fire Essence Pill... Feeling the sweat dripping down his cheeks, even Ye Chen could not help muttering inwardly.

But since the hardest step had already been successfully completed, the rest would be much easier...

After who knew how many times the pill inside the Medicine Cauldron rolled over, the originally rough and uneven pill finally became smooth and round.

Looking at the luster on the pill's surface, Ye Chen smiled faintly and slowly drew his palm away from the Medicine Cauldron. As his palm withdrew, the Silver Flame inside the Medicine Cauldron also slowly dissipated.

With a light flick of his finger, the cauldron lid atop the Medicine Cauldron was knocked aside by a wisp of force. Ye Chen beckoned with his hand, and a brown pill shot out of the cauldron, then swiftly flew toward him.

His palm quickly grabbed a Jade Bottle, and Ye Chen swiftly swept it in front of him. The brown pill was accurately taken into it.

Slowly setting the Jade Bottle down, Ye Chen raised his head, only to discover that the light barrier originally around the outside had been withdrawn at some unknown point, and the gazes all around were staring tightly at him...

"Whoa!" The sudden scene startled Ye Chen, but after he reacted, he felt rather speechless.

"Grandpa, seniors, the Foundation Establishment Pill has been successfully refined. Please inspect it..."

Smiling, he brought the medicine bottle up, then first handed it to Danta Elder Mu Rong, who was acting as the witness for this wager.

In truth, there was no need to look at all. From the instant of Pill Success, these alchemy experts present had already clearly understood the quality of this pill.

However, Mu Rong still smiled and took the pill, deliberately examining it and sniffing its pill fragrance before saying, "Mm, although it is not a Foundation Establishment Pill of the highest quality, it has reached the middle grade. Since that is the case, I announce that the winner of this wager is Ye Chen of the Ye Family. Does anyone have any objections?"