Chapter 93: Corpse Insect Pill

"The first round of alchemy has ended!"

"Those who passed, eighty-two alchemists!"

"The rest may leave on their own."

When the two hours ended, Li Xiuqi announced the results without any hesitation.

Out of nearly a thousand alchemists, only eighty-two were selected; one can imagine how great the difficulty was, directly eliminating ninety percent of the people.

But these ninety percent of alchemists were also mostly inflated; most just casually refined pills or had learned some crude alchemy techniques, merely moonlighting to earn some extra money on ordinary days.

Only those who had poured their heart and soul into alchemy skills managed to be selected.

Among these eighty-two alchemists, only a few were from other peaks; the rest were all from Yu Ding Peak. Yu Ding Peak held the advantage in alchemy.

"Next, the second round of alchemy begins."

As Li Xiuqi spoke, the alchemists present all stared at him tensely, afraid he would announce another obscure pill.

But the result did not disappoint them; sure enough, it was still an obscure pill! "The second pill is named the Corpse Insect Pill!"

"This is the pill formula; the time is still two hours!"

After speaking, Li Xiuqi waved his hand to lower the stone platforms, leaving only eighty-two platforms, then dropped down the pill formulas and materials.

Many alchemists had never even heard of this unfamiliar obscure pill.

Duan Ran glanced at the pill formula and immediately widened his eyes.

"This, incorporating living corpse insects into the pill and having to guarantee their vitality, letting them slumber inside the pill, then activating them through divine sense — how is this to be refined?"

"The difficulty is far too high, right? Is this still a first rank high grade pill?"

On the other side, Hu Liang's expression was also very unsightly; clearly this pill had not been told to him by his Master beforehand.

The difficulty was very high, but his Virtual Fire Alchemy Technique emphasized speed; as long as it was fast enough, he could fuse the corpse insects into the pill and place them in the center before they were burned to death! "There is a certain degree of confidence, and according to the time and operations on the pill formula, two hours can refine three furnaces."

He took one look at the materials, and sure enough there were three portions; he immediately took out one portion and began to study it.

On the other side, that alchemist from Shu Fa Peak was laughing wildly.

"This pill is practically prepared for me; I just need to set up a small Dao Wen to ensure the corpse insect withstands the alchemy fire, right? Hahaha."

In this match, he seemed to hold the advantage.

And there was still one well-known alchemist, Tao Lexin, who was somewhat at a loss; she could only simulate according to the pill formula and try one portion to see.

"This difficulty is so high, much higher than previous years; Corpse Insect Pill, I've never heard of it; is there anyone who understands it to give an explanation?"

"I only know a little; it should be a pill from the past used to deal with Xuan Yin Gate Qi Refining disciples; it can use corpse insects to destroy a certain spell of theirs, but the specifics I am also unclear about, because this kind of pill has already become extinct on the market."

"The Sect actually wants to refine this kind of pill; how strange; could it be that something is going to happen?"

"That is also not something we Qi Refining cultivators can worry about."

"That's right, rest assured."

Amidst the discussion of the surrounding crowd.

Yu Zhangsheng had already finished reading the pill formula; this pill was indeed very targeted at the Xuan Yin Gate, no, accurately speaking, it was targeted at Yin Qi.

Similar to the Scatter Demon Yuan Pill he had refined before, after this pill is thrown out, it can let the corpse insects inside fly out, rapidly absorb the surrounding Yin Qi, and then explode.

Xuan Yin Gate disciples are said to prove the Dao through killing; the spells they cultivate are mostly related to Yin Qi, so this Corpse Insect Pill would indeed have an effect on Xuan Yin Gate disciples.

But it is limited to the Qi Refining Period; Foundation Establishment Period cultivators might have a way to exterminate the corpse insects the moment they appear.

"The Sect even got hold of this kind of unorthodox pill; could it be there are similar second rank pills as well?"

Yu Zhangsheng thought for a bit and felt it was very possible.

But this was also not something he should worry about; right now he needed to refine this pill well and get the Foundation Establishment Pill materials in hand.

"The requirements for refining this pill are very high; among those present, probably not many people can refine it successfully."

Yu Zhangsheng glanced at the others, shook his head, then raised his hand and shot out a thread of fire, starting the fire to gently warm the alchemy furnace, and threw the several auxiliary ingredients of the Corpse Insect Pill in first.

Even he did not dare to throw everything in at once to refine together this time.

A first rank high grade pill, and an unorthodox one among the obscure; he needed one attempt.

"Two hours, enough for me to refine pills twice; I'll just control the duration a little."

"The biggest problem with this pill lies in the corpse insects; if the corpse insects are burned to death in the alchemy fire, everything is useless."

"However, the Three-Fire Refinement Alchemy Technique's flame is gentle and very slow, plus the Quiet Fire I have mastered; the first refinement has a seventy to eighty percent confidence."

Yu Zhangsheng closed his eyes, controlling the alchemy furnace on one hand and simulating in his mind on the other.

"It is right now."

When he slowed the flame in the alchemy furnace until it reached Quiet Fire, he immediately flung the corpse insects placed at the side into it.

The main ingredient fell in; Quiet Fire enveloped the corpse insects, slowly refining them.

"Slow, Stillness!"

Yu Zhangsheng opened his eyes, controlled the flame, and then fused the corpse insects with the materials that had melted into liquid into one!

In the final finishing process, suddenly the corpse insects seemed to be stimulated, struggled, and tried to escape outward.

Yu Zhangsheng hurriedly controlled the flame, but soon the corpse insects rushed out of the pill and turned to ashes in the flame.

All efforts were wasted! "A bit over half an hour; I was a little too hasty."

Yu Zhangsheng sighed; if the time had been a little longer, this time he would have been confident of condensing into a pill.

And at the same time as his failure, the others likewise gave sighs.

"Duan Ran failed."

"Right now it seems only Hu Liang is still refining; he has a chance to succeed in one furnace!"

"Tao Lexin can't hold on either!"

"It looks like this pill is hard to refine without failing once or twice."

"Nonsense; who refines this kind of obscure pill when they have nothing to do on ordinary days? Being able to only ruin one furnace in half an hour is already not bad!"

"Huh, that Beast Taming Peak alchemist failed too, hahaha."

For some reason, seeing Yu Zhangsheng fail made someone especially happy.

Especially some Yu Ding Peak cultivators, their mouths gaping wide enough to stuff an apple in.

However, Yu Zhangsheng was not affected by them.

On the Viewing Platform, Xu Lao chuckled, looking at Gongsun Yang; seeing his calm and composed expression, he couldn't help but let out a hmph.

"Gongsun Yang, looks like you're very confident in your disciple."

"That's natural, he's my Personal Disciple after all."

Gongsun Yang stroked his beard and said with a smile.

And just then, a commotion came from ahead, and everyone looked.

It was Hu Liang lifting the Alchemy Furnace lid, achieving Pill Formation first.

"Three pills formed, no Pill Patterns, counts as six points."

"There's still enough time now, you can continue refining."

Li Xiuqi glanced at him and said.

Hu Liang immediately gathered materials and refined once again; the first furnace's result wasn't good, the pills crooked and lopsided, barely passing.

As an ambitious alchemist, he naturally had to refine better pills.

The Virtual Fire Alchemy Technique's speed was enough to let him start two more furnaces!

"Grasp the final knack, forming six pills is no problem!"

Hu Liang took a deep breath and threw the main material into the furnace.

(Chapter End)