Chapter 414: Alchemy Begins

However, they also sensed that Medusa's soul was incomparably weak, clearly having paid quite a bit. Looking at the sorrow in the depths of Xiao Yan's eyes, Xun Er and Little Doctor Fairy could only sigh.

Because they knew that Medusa had paid so much this time, and she had definitely left an indelible impression in Xiao Yan's heart. It would be very difficult to make Xiao Yan leave Medusa now, so they could only pretend to be completely unaware.

In the square, the space gate continued to open for over half an hour before finally closing slowly. At this moment, there were quite a few more contestants in the square.

When the space gate was completely closed, the originally noisy square immediately became quiet. At this moment, everyone's gaze stayed on Xuan Kong Zi on the high platform.

Only to see Xuan Kong Zi scan the entire field, cough twice lightly, and then say with a smile: "Congratulations to all of you for being able to stand here. You have passed the second round of screening. However, I presume you all know that this third round is the top priority. Because the one who can stand to the end in this final round is the final winner, the champion of the Pill Gathering."

"These stone platforms in the sky are the stages that belong to you. There, I hope you can bloom the most brilliant moment of your life."

"Fight for your own glory!"

Following Xuan Kong Zi's voice, the entire square boiled again. All contestants flew into the sky, then occupied a stone platform, preparing to refine medicine.

Because too many alchemists were eliminated in the second round, after everyone occupied a stone platform, quite a few stone platforms still remained.

Xuan Kong Zi looked at the stone platforms that were one-third empty, his brows frowned slightly, then looked at a black-clothed figure on a certain stone platform. He naturally already knew about the Dan Jie.

The Hall of Souls was truly too excessive this time. If this continued, who would dare to participate in the Pill Gathering?

However, although Xuan Kong Zi really wanted to slaughter Mu Gu Lao Ren right now, he also knew that if he slaughtered Mu Gu Lao Ren in broad daylight, the Hall of Souls would take the opportunity to make trouble, saying they had cheated for the sake of victory.

Therefore, for the sake of the Pill Tower's reputation, Xuan Kong Zi could only let this Mu Gu Lao Ren live for a while longer.

"Truly thought you had me? If you acted in the Dan Jie, I would have indeed fallen, but now..." Mu Gu Lao Ren naturally sensed the killing intent these people from the Pill Tower had toward him. However, the layout of the Hall of Souls wouldn't be simple. There would be major actions next. After all, that Three Thousand Burning Flame had been locked up by the Pill Tower for so long, and it couldn't wait to destroy Holy Pill City.

"Dong!"

A crisp bell sound rang out. Xuan Kong Zi's gaze swept slowly across the stone platforms, then opened his mouth and said: "The time has arrived, please raise your cauldrons and refine medicine!"

"Bang, bang, bang!" Following Xuan Kong Zi's voice, countless muffled metal collision sounds rang out continuously. Countless medicine cauldrons were placed on the stone platforms, looking quite spectacular.

In this Pill Gathering, everyone took out their hundred-percent ability, using the best of everything, which naturally included medicine cauldrons.

Xiao Yan naturally took out his medicine cauldron from his storage ring. However, when he placed the medicine cauldron on the stone platform, it immediately occupied most of the space on the stone platform.

Xuan Kong Zi looked at the massive medicine cauldron Xiao Yan took out, his eyes widened immediately, and he couldn't help but ask Yao Chen: "Could this be the Heart of the Earth?"

"Hehe, this was obtained by Xiao Yan by chance," Yao Chen stroked his beard and said with a faint smile. At this moment, he should be the person in the center of the square who was most excited. After all, his disciple participating in the assessment was even more exciting than when he participated in the assessment back then.

Others also noticed the medicine cauldron Xiao Yan took out. This medicine cauldron was several times larger than an ordinary medicine cauldron and looked abnormally sturdy. Many alchemists who recognized this medicine cauldron immediately showed expressions of envy.

Although it was said that reaching their realm no longer required a medicine cauldron, that was just talk. Refining some low-level ones naturally didn't require it, but for high-level ones, it was still very much needed.

The most feared thing in alchemy is the cauldron exploding. A good medicine cauldron could naturally avoid such risks. There was also the fluctuation produced by refining medicinal pills, the heavenly thunder attracted, and high-grade medicinal pills themselves also possessed strong strength. Without a good medicine cauldron, the medicinal pill might directly shatter the cauldron and run away, not giving you any time to react at all.

After Xiao Yan took out the medicine cauldron, he sat cross-legged on the stone platform and began to close his eyes and rest. The most taboo thing in alchemy is mixing in other emotions. The things that happened in the Dan Jie before made Xiao Yan's emotions very unstable, which would greatly reduce the success rate of alchemy.

If he was not careful and failed the alchemy,

Seeing that Xiao Yan was not in a rush to refine the pill, Yao Chen immediately breathed a sigh of relief. Xuan Kong Zi had naturally told him about what happened in the Dan Jie, and he had truly been afraid that Xiao Yan would start refining the pill immediately.

"Yao Chen, you have taken in a good disciple! His temperament is so steady; he doesn't seem like a young man at all, but rather like us old fellows." Seeing Xiao Yan adjusting his emotions, Xuan Kong Zi could not help but praise him.

Hearing this, Yao Chen smiled faintly. There were too many secrets on Xiao Yan, but he did not want to explore them, as that would create a rift. He only needed to know that Xiao Yan would not harm him.

Under the gaze of Xuan Kong Zi, Yao Chen, and a beautiful woman beside them, Xiao Yan finally stood up. His mind had completely returned to calm; all external disturbances were temporarily discarded by Xiao Yan, and there was only one thing in his heart: alchemy.

Xiao Yan flicked his finger, and medicinal herbs flew out one by one from his storage ring, landing on the stone platform. Counting carefully, there were nearly a hundred types of herbs. Xiao Yan had started collecting these before entering the Dan Jie, but the required herbs were simply too numerous; otherwise, Xiao Yan would not have robbed Xiong Zhan of his herbs.

Xuan Kong Zi looked at the herbs laid out on Xiao Yan's stone platform, thought for a moment, and could not help but turn his head to look at Yao Chen again, saying with emotion: "Your disciple is truly good to you!"

Hearing this, Yao Chen also felt a wave of emotion in his heart. He had not expected that Xiao Yan would not only restore his physical body but now even intended to restore his strength.

The pill Xiao Yan was refining was precisely the Fuling Green Pill. This pill was ranked as an eighth-grade intermediate pill and could allow someone whose strength had regressed to recover eighty percent of their power.

Yao Chen had actually been collecting the herbs for the Fuling Green Pill all along, but the required herbs were too many, and there were too many other matters, so it had been shelved. He had not expected that Xiao Yan had been keeping it in mind all this time!

Having prepared the herbs, Xiao Yan was just about to ignite his fire to refine the pill when he discovered that the flames of some alchemists were actually bowing toward a certain direction. Looking in the direction of the bowing, he discovered a cluster of black flames appearing in the palm of Mu Gu Lao Ren.

This cluster of black flames seemed capable of devouring everything, causing one's mind to sink into it.

(End of this chapter)