The second day of the Spiritual Academy Competition.
Originally, there was supposed to be an arena showdown between Sui Ling Yuan and Mu Ling Yuan, but due to some accidents, the showdown between Sui Ling Yuan and Huo Ling Yuan had to be moved forward.
Cao Chuan, who entered the arena with Wen Jinghao, could only return to the location of Huolingyuan and meet Li Rengui and others who were already waiting for him.
However, in the view of Li Rengui and others, there is no need for Cao Chuan to play in this spiritual competition.
Not to mention that in the other four major spiritual academies, every inner sect elder needs to have at least the strength of the Cave Xu Realm. Therefore, Cao Chuan cannot go on stage to fight against the inner sect elders of other spiritual academies regardless of his age or strength.
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This is not just a lack of qualifications, but also a kind of protection for him.
Cao Chuan was happy to be at ease, so he and Wen Jinghao sat on the high platform and watched with interest the first duel that had begun on the ring below.
It is different from the two two families, Jinlingyuan and Tulingyuan, who compete with each other for the last place all year round.
Not only does Shui Ling Yuan have the power to restrain Huo Ling Yuan, but it has also repeatedly stepped on Huo Ling Yuan's head and climbed to the top of the five major spiritual institutes.
In the hundreds of years since the establishment of the Five Spiritual Academy, the only one that has the strength to compete with the Fire Spirit Academy is the Shuiling Academy.
Therefore, this duel between the Fire Spirit Academy and the Water Spirit Academy immediately aroused everyone's enthusiasm.
The entire arena became lively in an instant, and everyone was shouting excitedly.
The duel on the stage is also in full swing.
It was not until the competitions ended one after another, and it was the last and only turn that did not require a competition of strength, but a test of alchemy skills, that the fiery and noisy shouts around them finally calmed down.
Refining elixirs requires a quiet enough environment.
It is also the rule of every year’s spiritual academy competition.
Only this time, just when Li Rengui was about to take the stage and prepare to defeat Shuilingyuan as before, and once again bring the throne of the top five spiritual houses back to Huolingyuan, Huo Dewang, who had never spoken in the past two days, suddenly shouted:
Lived him.
"Elder Li, I won't bother you to participate in this alchemy competition."
"I got news that Shuilingyuan will send a fifth-grade alchemist to compete with you this time."
Although Huo Dewang didn't say it explicitly, Li Rengui himself had already reflected it and knew that he would definitely lose once he took part in this alchemy skill competition.
Although he had successfully refined fifth-grade elixirs, he relied on luck.
Compared with a real fifth-grade alchemist, he has no chance of winning.
"It's nothing..."
Suddenly, Li Rengui turned his attention to Cao Chuan.
Then he came to Cao Chuan with a smile and said: "It seems that Shuilingyuan's plan is going to fail this time. Elder Cao, you should take my place in this competition of alchemy skills."
When he heard what Huo Dewang said, Cao Chuan already understood that he had to win in this competition, so he had no intention of declining. When Li Rengui mentioned the substitution, he immediately nodded and stood up to walk to the ring.
All around the arena.
Seeing that the person sent by Huolingyuan was not the previous Li Rengui, but a young man who looked extremely strange, everyone turned their attention and talked about it. They kept asking other people to know who this young man was and why he was there.
He replaced Li Rengui on stage to compete.
After all, in their eyes, Li Rengui was the only one in Huolingyuan who had the ability to refine elixirs.
Now that there is a temporary change of generals, is it possible that you want to give up this last game on your own initiative?
This made everyone feel very strange.
At the same time, everyone in Shuilingyuan was also quite curious. They had not received any news that Huilingyuan had found a helper, and they did not expect that the young man named Cao Chuan in front of them was actually one of the twelve inner elders of Huilingyuan.
When Cao Chuan, who was standing on the stage, finished introducing his identity as the twelfth inner elder of the Fire Spirit Academy, the inner elder of the Shuiling Academy who participated in the last alchemy skill competition for the Shuiling Academy opened his eyes wide and didn't dare to say anything.
Confident eyes looked up and down at Cao Chuan, who to him was just a little kid.
But the competition of alchemy skills has begun, and each of them only has one hour to refine the elixir.
Therefore, neither of them wasted too much time on each other and quickly turned their attention back to alchemy.
The alchemy elder of Shui Ling Yuan is preparing to refine the fifth-grade elixir this time. It is the most difficult to refine the "five-grade void-returning chaos elixir". It is a kind of elixir used to condense the soul and widen the sea of consciousness.
It can be said that the difficulty of refining this kind of elixir is extremely high, and a little carelessness will lead to the refining failure.
Cao Chuan did not rush to start refining the elixir, but sat aside and watched the other person start refining before finally deciding on the elixir he wanted to refine.
"Since this is a competition of alchemy skills, let's defeat you in the area where you are best at it."
After thinking for a while, Cao Chuan also decided on the elixir he would refine this time.
He also plans to refine the fifth-grade void-returning chaos elixir.
Because after observing for a period of time, he had already seen the true strength of his opponent in this competition.
He is 100% sure that he can defeat the opponent.
What's more important is that refining the sixth-grade and seventh-grade elixirs will inevitably attract the attention of the outside world, and then his life will be very sad and leisurely.
Cao Chuan likes a pure practice environment and naturally does not want outsiders to disturb him.
Therefore, refining fifth-grade elixir is the best choice.
But in the eyes of everyone except Huolingyuan, his choice was overestimating his own capabilities.
After all, a young man who looks less than twenty years old is not only an alchemist, but also wants to refine fifth-grade elixirs.
You must know that the alchemy elder at Shuilingyuan next door is already 200 years old. Not only everyone in Shuilingyuan, but also everyone watching the battle felt that Cao Chuan was mantising himself.
Some people took this opportunity to start sarcastic and sarcastic, saying that after this spiritual academy competition is over, the position of the top of the five spiritual academy will be given to the Shuiling Academy.
At the same time, he also mentioned the Huoshaoquan, which has long been known to people all over the demon clan.
"Hehe... these ignorant guys, you will know how powerful Elder Cao is later!"
Hearing the ridicule coming from all around, Li Rengui kept grinning and sneered.
The Sword King on the side sat motionless with a smile under the surprised eyes of his disciples and elders.
"Is this really our elder Sword King who has a hot temper? Isn't he usually the most averse to hearing people slandering the Fire Spirit Academy? Why are you so quiet today?"
The Sword King naturally noticed other people's gazes, but he still sat firmly on Mount Tai, his expression becoming more relaxed and carefree than before.
No one knew that at this moment, he was constantly mocking those who started mocking before the competition was over.
"Hmph! If Xiaoyou Cao wasn't afraid that his pure life would be disturbed by outsiders, I would let you see what a seventh-grade elixir is today!"
"Not to mention that although the competition has just begun, you will know which one is better just by looking at their refining techniques."
"In this competition, Mr. Cao will definitely win!"
Neither he nor Li Rengui spoke, nor did the elders of Huolingyuan who had seen Cao Chuan take out the seventh-grade elixir and Huo Dewang, who knew Cao Chuan quite well.
They all knew that with Cao Chuan's strength, he would definitely win this alchemy skill competition.
Those Huolingyuan disciples who had never met Cao Chuan were whispering, thinking that judging from Cao Chuan's age, their Huolingyuan would definitely lose in this competition.
Some people became pessimistic because of this, and said to themselves that this time the Fire Spiritual Academy would give up the title of the top of the five spiritual academy.
But before he could finish his words, he was shouted down by the person next to him.
The person who was scolded looked up and saw a man and a woman.
If Cao Chuan turned around and looked over, he would know that the man and woman were the brothers Tang Liancheng and Tang Wenyin who had practiced together with him before.
Thanks to their talents and hard work, the two successfully passed the final test, became inner disciples of the Fire Spirit Academy, and were sent to participate in this Spirit Academy Competition.
It was with the help of the elixir refined by Cao Chuan that the two brothers and sisters were able to come to Huolingyuan and become the inner disciples of Huolingyuan.
So when the two of them heard that someone was dissatisfied with Cao Chuan, or even said something dirty, they immediately stepped forward and shouted to stop it, wanting to protect Cao Chuan's reputation.
As for the disciple who was scolded by Tang Liancheng, when he saw Tang Liancheng who was as tall and majestic as a mountain in front of him, he immediately swallowed back the words that had not yet come out of his mouth, and then shrunk his neck and did not dare to speak anymore.
at the same time.
On the stage.
Cao Chuan deliberately slowed down the speed of refining the elixir, and kept at the same pace as the inner sect elder of Shuilingyuan.
But the fifth-grade void-returning chaos elixir is not that easy to refine.
The first step is to refine various spiritual herbs and elixirs into spiritual liquid, which requires a large amount of soul power.
And each material requires different refining techniques.
Cao Chuan's soul power is very powerful. Although he is not as good as his opponent in terms of cultivation level, he is still very good at refining spiritual liquid.
On the contrary, the elder of Shui Ling Yuan's inner sect, who had a higher realm and more seniority, became sweating profusely at this time. Apparently, he was overwhelmed by too much material.
Seeing this, Cao Chuan, who had been waiting for this opportunity, began to speed up.
After a while, spiritual liquid extracted from dozens of materials floated in front of him, and bursts of fragrance flowed into the tip of his nose with the wind.
Seeing the opponent's body tremble suddenly, Cao Chuan grinned and stopped causing trouble. Instead, he calmed down and began to refine the fifth-grade void-returning chaos pill as quickly as possible.
soon.
Cao Chuan, who was refining the fifth-grade elixir as if he were drinking water, stretched out his hand to control the opening of the elixir furnace. Then he saw twelve round, red and lavender fifth-grade returning void chaos elixirs being held in his hand.
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And just then.
Next to the inner sect elder of Shui Ling Yuan, an explosion suddenly sounded.
Turn around and look.
It turned out that the elder of the inner sect of Shui Ling Yuan had an accident while refining, which caused the furnace to explode.
All the elixirs that had not yet had time to take shape were destroyed.
At the same time, it also means that Cao Chuan won this competition.
"The most taboo thing for alchemists in making alchemy is to be distracted at critical moments. Even if you realize that you have made a mistake, you must not let your heart waver in the slightest."
Looking at the elder on the stage, his face was scorched by the flames due to the explosion of the furnace.
Li Rengui, who is also an alchemist, immediately sneered and said: "Although this inner sect elder of Shuiling Academy is better than me in refining elixirs, his own mentality is extremely susceptible to the influence of the outside world."
"At first he thought Cao Xiaoyou was just here to cause trouble and he didn't make any mistakes during the refining process."
"But when he began to notice that Cao Xiaoyou's refining techniques were much better than his own, his hand movements began to become panicked, and he even almost forgot what elixir he was refining, so he made one step wrong and the next step wrong.
As a result, mistakes were made when the elixir was about to be completed."
"It's just wishful thinking to want to deal with Cao Xiaoyou with this kind of strength."
"Our Huolingyuan will accept the victory in this competition."
The words just fell.
As Cao Chuan won this alchemy skill competition, the disciples of the Fire Spirit Academy who had previously underestimated Cao Chuan lowered their heads in shame, and the elders and Huo Lingyuan who had known that Cao Chuan could refine seventh-grade elixirs
Dewang looked calm.
In their view, this victory is inevitable.
As for Cao Chuan, after winning the victory, he went back to sit down next to Wen Jinghao, and then began to sit and drink leisurely, waiting for the next competition to start.
In the next competition, the opponent of the Fire Spirit Academy was the Wood Spirit Academy, which had similar strength to the Shuiling Academy.
It's just that the Wood Spirit Academy has always been defeated by the Fire Spirit Academy, so it has always been very clear that with its own strength, it can only succumb to the Fire Spirit Academy, so at the beginning of the competition, it has taken the initiative to give up some of the things that it would definitely win.
The duel failed, and instead the focus was on the last round of the alchemy competition.
Although alchemists need to be proficient in the power of fire, and Mulingyuan is most familiar with the power of wood, in terms of alchemy skills, Mulingyuan can be regarded as the best among the five spiritual academies.
Even Li Rengui kept mentioning the alchemy elder from Mulingyuan, saying that his level was much higher than his own and that he was even qualified to be his master.
Because that elder once refined a sixth-grade elixir.
Although it was just a coincidence, it was enough for him to enjoy a high status among the entire demon clan.
And in this competition of alchemy skills, the elder of the Wood Spirit Academy chose to refine the sixth-grade elixir.
If it were before, Li Rengui would definitely admit defeat.
But it was different today. Li Rengui did not panic, and he did not go on stage in person. Instead, he chuckled and watched Cao Chuan step onto the ring again.
This is the reason why he believes that the Fire Spirit Academy will definitely win in this year's Spirit Academy Competition.
Cao Chuan was the alchemist who he personally saw refining the seventh-grade elixir.
Not to mention that the seventh-grade Dingshen Pojing Pill that was later refined solved a problem that worried the Sword King.
So he has full confidence in Cao Chuan.
But the elder of Mulingyuan didn't think so. In his opinion, Cao Chuan had just refined a fifth-grade elixir, but what he wanted to refine was a sixth-grade elixir.
There is no comparison between the two.
So after seeing Cao Chuan take the stage again, he smiled slightly, and then said softly: "I want to win this competition."
"oh?"
Hearing the confident words of the old man in front of him, Cao Chuan was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly and responded: "Who has better alchemy skills can't be decided just by words. I think you must understand, old man.
Is this true?"
"What's more, I think you've been alive for hundreds of years. Are you really not afraid that you won't be able to catch your breath after losing to me, and then just belch in this ring?"
Cao Chuan has never been a silent person, so he naturally has to face challenges from others head-on.
Even if it's just a quarrel with words.
He squinted at the old man, still with a playful smile, and said: "You don't have to talk nonsense with me. It's better to quickly find a way to refine the elixir first, otherwise it will be embarrassing if the furnace explodes.
Hahahaha!"
While laughing wildly, Cao Chuan walked towards the alchemy furnace.
He had already decided what elixir to refine, and he had also seen through the alchemy skills of the elder of the Wood Spiritual Dean.
A person who likes to talk big words when refining elixirs will not be a person with very high elixir refining skills in his opinion.
At least not as good as him.
"snort!"
"Just wait! When I refine the elixir, you will know what it means to be someone outside the world, and there is a sky outside the world!"
Seeing that Cao Chuan stopped paying attention to him, the elder of the inner sect of Mulingyuan stopped talking and immediately walked to his alchemy furnace and started refining the elixir.
This time he wanted to refine a sixth-grade elixir.
Sixth-grade God-Refining Tuohai elixir.
An auxiliary elixir used by Yuanshen realm monks during their cultivation. It can be used to expand the sea of consciousness and strengthen the power of the soul.
The difficulty of refining is considered medium among the sixth-grade elixirs, so the old man immediately became extremely cautious when he started refining, taking every step very carefully, for fear of making mistakes that would cause the refining to fail.
Compared to the seriousness of the old man, Cao Chuan was more casual.
What he refined was also the sixth-grade God-Refining Tuohai Dan.
After all, this is the best way to slap someone in the face.
However, this time he did not deliberately slow down his refining speed, but refined the elixir as quickly as possible while hiding his strength.
There was no pause in the refining process, and no mistakes were made. It was successfully refined in less than one stick of incense, and the elixir was refined to the highest quality.
A batch of six pills immediately ignited the atmosphere at the scene, and everyone focused their attention on him.
The elder of Mulingyuan next door became more and more nervous, so much so that he made the same mistake as the elder of Shuilingyuan before. He kept observing Cao Chuan and was affected by the comments of the people around him.
Refining alchemy began to become anxious, the speed became slower and slower, and the sweat on the forehead became more and more.
Cao Chuan stood aside and waited quietly. He wanted to see the other party's expression after he failed.
Soon.
As the alchemy time comes to an end.
The elder of Muling Dean still failed to refine the elixir.
At this time, Cao Chuan stepped forward in an instant and said: "It seems that the old gentleman needs to go back and study the alchemy skills more. Otherwise, at this level, it will be difficult for this junior to lose to you."
With that said, he turned around and walked off the stage.