A large number of monks were sitting on the ground around the square, and there were people everywhere on the rooftops.
There were also rays of escaping light roaring around, all of which were disciples of Yuqing Temple who had received the news and came to see the excitement.
Among them were a large number of old men with white beards, all of whom looked like immortals. However, they were blocked by the restrictions that had been activated above the alchemy hall. They could only stand outside and watch from a distance.
Han Qing lit the fire, and after waiting for the spiritual fire to burn stably, he used his spiritual consciousness to throw in the first elixir.
There was another slight commotion among the onlookers, but calmness soon returned.
Hundreds of pairs of eyes fell on the two people in the field.
But Xu Chen remained motionless, still looking at the elixir recipe, and occasionally opening his eyes to fiddle with the messy elixirs that he had put down a few times. Therefore, it naturally caused a slight commotion, but more of it was ridicule.
Soon the stick of incense passed and Han Qing began to refine the second elixir.
Xu Chen was still looking at the elixir recipe, but the place in front of him was empty and he hadn't even taken out the elixir furnace yet.
Another stick of incense passed, and Han Qing began to refine the third elixir.
Xu Chen remained unmoved, holding the jade slip between his eyebrows with a serious look on his face.
Although the atmosphere at the scene was quiet, it became extremely relaxed.
All the disciples of Yuqing Hall breathed a sigh of relief, and even the row of elders and deacons of Dan Hall who acted as impartial supervisors began to smile.
In the main hall, Bi Yunzi's consciousness was like a torch, penetrating the whole place, and his rosy face gradually showed a trace of relaxation and smile.
It's not that he looks down on Xu Chen, it's that he really looks down on this young monk from another sect.
Although there is an oral instruction from True Lord Baiyun, after all, he is the elder of the Alchemy Hall, which is almost his private territory. He and Baiyunzi can be regarded as brothers in the same sect. Baiyunzi transformed into a spirit and became a great monk thirty years ago, and he also
His strength is not weak enough to reach the Great Perfection of the Danyuan Realm. Apart from their different identities, he has not yet reached the point of being submissive to True Monarch Baiyun. After all, the Danyuan Realm is already the top strength in the fairy world. Every monk has his own pride.
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Through such a competition, you can not only win back six bottles of Taiyuan Soul-Enhancing Pills, but also earn face for the Yuqing Palace. This must be a matter of gaining face for the Dan Hall, so why not do it.
As for whether Xu Chen will help True Monarch Baiyun in refining elixirs in the future, that is none of his business. If he can get six bottles of elixirs for Yuqing Palace at one time, even the other elders will have no fault with him.
The scene was very quiet. Occasionally a cough was heard, but the atmosphere was quite lively. Many monks were secretly communicating through spiritual consciousness.
Xu Chen didn't care about the changes in the outside world.
He is currently using his experience in refining weapons and concentrating on refining the recipe of the Seven Gods Pill in his mind repeatedly, while at the same time splitting and reorganizing it according to the properties of the medicine and the five elements.
By the time Han Qing started refining the seventh elixir, a full hour had passed. Only then did Xu Chen have a clear breakdown of the formula of the Seven Gods Pill in his mind. He felt that there was basically no problem.
Then he took out the alchemy furnace.
With a clang, a huge bronze alchemy furnace hit the ground. The shock caused Han Qing, who was concentrating on practicing alchemy not far away, to tremble, and the spiritual fire almost lost control.
"Shameless!" the crowd of onlookers heard one after another.
Xu Chen threw three spiritual stones into the furnace without sadness or joy, placed his hands on the vitality channel and began to input vitality.
Soon as the spiritual fire was ignited, the various formations inside the alchemy furnace began to shine with colorful light.
After about half a stick of incense, Xu Chen's consciousness was activated, and at the same time the three elixirs fell into the alchemy furnace.
"Wow, this guy is crazy!" There was a violent commotion at the scene.
Han Qing couldn't help turning his head and glanced at Xu Chen, but Bi Yunzi's old and deep voice suddenly sounded in his ears: "What are you looking at? Concentrate on refining alchemy!"
So Han Qing had to forcefully control his mind to take care of the alchemy furnace, but his mood was in a mess, feeling excited and surprised, but also a little frightened.
The elixirs used in second-grade top-level elixirs are naturally top-level second-level elixirs, and there are even some elixirs that can reach third-level elixirs in just enough years.
With the strength of the monks in the True Yuan realm, generally speaking, they can only refine one medicine at a time. Of course, those with powerful spiritual consciousness in the late stage of the True Yuan realm can refine two and three flavors at once.
But because the second-level top elixir is already cherished and has a high value, in the Dan Hall, except for the second elder, almost all the disciples and grandsons of the True Yuan Realm can only practice it slowly and honestly. Whoever pretends to be cool
Refining several things at the same time will definitely result in a bloody reprimand.
This is not a question of strength, but a question of attitude.
As long as Han Qing follows the elixir recipe and secretly gives instructions from the second elder, and refines the elixir step by step, he will basically win the bet.
It is not too difficult and is not much different from other second-grade elixirs.
But Xu Chen seemed to be trying to catch up with his progress by refining three elixirs at once. Although Han Qing thought that he could do it, there was a high chance of making mistakes while busy. There were only three medicinal materials in total, and there were still a few of them.
Flavor is very difficult to refine, so speeding up the process regardless of the consequences will double the chance of refining failure.
There are more than forty medicines in total. It will take at least a day and night to completely refine them. It requires extremely powerful soul and vitality to sustain them until the end. Stability is the most important thing.
Therefore, Han Qing was very worried that Xu Chen would blow up the furnace and harm herself.
As the elixir was put into the furnace, Xu Chen instantly sank into the elixir furnace without any distractions.
These three elixirs are a combination that he carefully selected with relatively mild medicinal properties. The required furnace temperatures are relatively similar, and the formations used for refining do not conflict. They can be controlled without spending too much extra spiritual consciousness and vitality.
He believed that his stable soul and powerful consciousness could control this situation.
The most important thing was that it was his first time to come into contact with such a complex high-level elixir, and he had no experience to draw from. It was all about being brave. If he didn't combine and refine it in this way, he would have no chance of catching up with Han Qing's progress.
Since it is a betting game, he naturally has to have more of a gambler's mentality.
The three elixirs rolled gently in the light and shadow of the formation, and the spiritual fire released a soul-trembling temperature, baking the elixirs in the formation.
As the refining progressed, the three-flavored elixir began to slowly disintegrate from the outside to the inside. Most of it was burned into ashes by the spiritual fire, fluttering and falling to the bottom of the furnace. The remaining essence spiritual energy became clearer, and gradually there was a
The medicinal fragrance is emitted from the furnace flue through the Dan gas.
Seeing that Xu Chen's refining seemed to have begun to be successful, the onlookers began to slowly become agitated again, and many people showed disbelief.
Yun Xi grabbed Lan You's arm tightly and whispered in Lan You's ear: "I was scared to death. I didn't expect that he didn't break it!"
Lan You's cold face also showed a relaxed look.
She felt that her palms were sweating nervously.
Trust is trust, but after all, the second-grade top elixir is different from the first-grade soul-entering elixirs that have been refined before, and it is effortless to refine.
There are more than forty kinds of elixirs densely packed together. If you want to refine any of them, you must have the strength of the spiritual consciousness in the middle stage of the True Essence Realm. The soul is not strong enough and will be destroyed if you are not careful.
"Look, Senior Brother Han has the eighth medicine."
At this time, Han Qing had finished refining the seventh medicine and added the eighth medicine.
Xu Chen's three-flavor medicine has just begun to emit medicinal fragrance, and it will take at least one stick of incense to be completely refined.
Although Xu Chen was attentive, he was still very aware of the movements in the outside world, but he was not in a hurry.
Refining alchemy is an extremely time-consuming and energy-consuming task. You should not be in a hurry at all. Just because it goes smoothly at the beginning does not mean that it will go smoothly in the future. As more and more medicines are refined, more and more formations are activated in it. For spiritual consciousness and vitality
The higher the requirements, not only the quantity but also the accuracy.
Han Qing's strength in the later stages of the True Yuan Realm was several orders of magnitude lower than that of Y Zhen. Xu Chen believed that the last dozen or so elixirs would be the biggest test for Han Qing.
He believed that it would be difficult for the three elders to successfully refine the Seven God Pills.
Han Qing, a young monk who has only practiced for more than ten years, is under greater pressure.
Soon a stick of incense passed by, and the three elixirs in the alchemy furnace had been refined one after another. With Xu Chen's consciousness, the three groups of elixirs were pulled by the formation to the area above the alchemy furnace and imprisoned by the formation, and then again
The three-flavor elixir appeared out of thin air in the alchemy furnace, a new formation was activated, and it began to be refined under the burning and baking of the spiritual fire.
At this time, there were nearly a thousand monks onlookers. The Yuqing Hall did not distinguish between inner and outer disciples. As long as they were still at the mountain gate, almost all of them came, filling the square in front of the alchemy hall with water.
Seeing Xu Chen take action for the second time with another three-flavor elixir, the onlookers were in violent commotion again, but this time everyone's mood was much more solemn, and the sarcasm was much less.
Time kept passing by, and another moment passed in the blink of an eye. Han Qing had already started refining the ninth elixir, but Xu Chen had refined one third of the three elixirs.
Although Xu Chen's carefully selected combination method will indeed speed up the refining speed, and his spiritual consciousness and vitality can also support it, the difficulty of refining the three herbs together is not as simple as three times, but twice as difficult.
The requirements for consciousness and energy consumption are also doubling in the same proportion, and the time consumed is much longer than refining a single medicine.
The first time the three herbs were refined at the same time, it took more than one stick of incense, and the second time, Xu Chen estimated that it would take two sticks of incense.
As time goes by, as the elixirs differ, the time required to refine each medicine will gradually become longer.
The same was true for Han Qing. The time for refining the tenth medicine had also been significantly extended. It took a full stick and a half of incense to complete.
At this time, Xu Chen was only halfway through refining.
Seeing Han Qing pouring in the tenth elixir and Xu Chen not making any movement, the mood of the onlookers became slightly more relaxed, and they began to communicate with each other through spiritual communication.