Chapter 317: Successful Refining

Clang!

As the sun rose higher, the atmosphere in the arena grew increasingly heated, and when a crisp sound like gold and jade striking each other rang out from one of the refining tables, all eyes in the arena converged upon it.

Because that was the sound of a refining process coming to an end.

As many eyes looked over, they discovered that the first person to finish refining was, unsurprisingly, Han Zhi of the Daze House.

At this moment, the latter wore a smile and raised a crystal tube in his hand; inside it flowed a dark gray liquid, viscous and filled with what looked like dust dancing within the fluid, swirling inside the crystal tube in a quite magnificent display.

Many who understood Spirit Liquid and Strange Light recognized it at a glance; it was the Third-Grade Spirit Liquid that Daze House used to compete with other top Spirit Liquid and Strange Light houses in the Great Xia, the Brown Dust Spirit Liquid.

This was also the only formula among the many Third-Grade Spirit Liquids of Daze House that reached a four-star rating.

Cheers erupted in the arena; Han Zhi's performance could be called the most outstanding among the six Spirit Refiners on the field, as not only did he not make a single mistake during the refining, but he also finished the final product with the fastest speed.

Over at the Daze House side, Duze Honglian and Duze Beixuan also wore smiles, clearly feeling extremely satisfied with this.

After finishing the refining, Han Zhi wiped his hands with a calm expression, then glanced toward Li Luo's side; the latter was focused, seemingly having not heard the end of his own process, and looking at the Spirit Liquid he was refining, it was clear he was still some distance away from success.

He gave a light laugh at this; after all, Li Luo was only a Third-Grade Spirit Refiner, so even if the opponent had astonishing talent, it was impossible for him to truly compare to a Fifth-Grade Spirit Refiner like himself.

Of course, the speed of refining was not important here; what mattered was the final refining power of the finished product.

Han Zhi was quite satisfied with the bottle of Spirit Liquid he had refined today, so he was confident that in this Third-Grade arena, he should be the most outstanding.

This would make for an easy report.

Not long after Han Zhi finished his refining, the other four Fifth-Grade Spirit Refiners also finished one after another, smiling at each other with plenty of poise.

Thus, all eyes were cast upon Li Luo, who had yet to finish.

The latter's expression was focused, completing each step of the fusion methodically, completely unaffected by the outside world.

On the Xiyang House side, Yan Lingqing and Cai Wei both wore undisguised nervousness, and even Jiang Qing'e straightened her upper body slightly, her golden eyes fixed tightly on Li Luo's figure.

"Brother Luo, go for it!"

In the stands, Yu Lang, Zhao Kuo, and others were all shouting in support.

Lu Qinger and Bai Mengmeng also had their hands tightly clasped, appearing exceptionally nervous.

Their shouts gradually drew support from some students of the Resonance Power Academy; after all, they were just here to watch the excitement, and Li Luo's recent affairs in the Dark Cave had earned the admiration of many students, so they didn't mind helping to cheer him on.

Thus, the momentum of the cheering gradually built up, which actually surprised the various Spirit Liquid and Strange Light houses that had come to attend the invitation meeting; they hadn't expected Li Luo to have such prestige within the Astral Sage College.

Hadn't Li Luo only entered the Astral Sage College for a little over half a year?

The shouts from the outside did not reach Li Luo's ears; at this moment, his refining had also entered the most critical moment, as various complex medicinal properties began to fuse.

Crystal tubes floated around him, carried by his resonance power; his expression was calm, his slender fingers tapping in the air. With every drop, a stream of water-resonance power shot out, falling into the crystal tubes, where the resonance power gradually fused with the various refined medicinal properties while simultaneously purging the impurities within.

At this moment, Li Luo was like a musician; as his fingers tapped, musical notes seemed to emerge from the crystal tubes.

Gradually, his every gesture began to possess a sense of flowing clouds and moving water.

And the fused materials within those crystal tubes also gradually became purer, and as the sunlight shone down, they looked like fine, crushed crystals.

On the high platform of the plaza, Ling Zhaoying, who had been watching Li Luo's refining, suddenly raised an eyebrow and said, "This kid's resonance power seems a bit strange."

Mentor Xi Chan said, "Li Luo possesses dual resonances, so it is normal for his resonance power to be different from others."

Ling Zhaoying hesitated for a moment and said uncertainly, "It's not the power of the dual resonances... I mean, the materials refined by his resonance power seem to appear exceptionally pure."

"This level of purity is actually no weaker than the other few Fifth-Grade Spirit Refiners on the field; this is very strange..."

Upon hearing this, Mentor Xi Chan was also stunned: "Is that so... His first resonance is a water resonance, and his second is a wood resonance, and the power of a wood resonance shouldn't have any special amplification for refining Spirit Liquid and Strange Light, right?"

Ling Zhaoying also felt it was a bit strange, but didn't think too much about it, only saying, "This kid's Spirit Refining technique is still quite solid; although there were some mistakes at the beginning, he adjusted quickly, so this refining should be considered a success."

"As I expected, the Spirit Liquid and Strange Light he is refining is indeed a four-star formula."

Mentor Xi Chan was not surprised by this; Li Luo was a Third-Grade Spirit Refiner, so refining a Third-Grade Spirit Liquid and Strange Light was just within his capabilities, so success was only to be expected.

However, just successfully refining it wouldn't be enough.

In the end, one still had to compare the refining power possessed by the refined Spirit Liquid and Strange Light; this was the only indicator to verify their individual abilities and the strength of the Spirit Liquid and Strange Light houses behind them.

And generally speaking, in a situation where both were four-star formulas, Li Luo himself was only a Third-Grade Spirit Refiner, so the Third-Grade Spirit Liquid and Strange Light he refined would inevitably be a notch weaker than those of the other Fifth-Grade Spirit Refiners.

After all, the gap between grades could not be ignored.

As for the Seventh-Grade purity Secret Method Source Water, the Spirit Liquid and Strange Light houses behind the other five Fifth-Grade Spirit Refiners also had it, so how was Li Luo supposed to close this gap?

While Mentor Xi Chan was pondering, time gradually began to approach the end of the refining period.

And amidst the increasingly intense and rising shouts of support from the entire arena, the resonance power within Li Luo's body suddenly surged; the various fused liquids within the crystal tubes suddenly shot out, converging in front of him to form a water vortex.

Resonance power stirred within it, and gradually, starlight erupted from within.

Finally, drops of magical liquid shimmering with starlight dripped down, precisely landing into a crystal bottle in Li Luo's hand, and inside the crystal bottle was the Secret Method Source Water that Li Luo had already prepared.

Sss!

A faint mist rose, within which it seemed as if starlight was rising.

The Butterfly Spirit Liquid was finally refined.

The cheers of the entire arena erupted like thunder.

Li Luo finally came back to his senses from that focused state; listening to the cheers filling the arena, he couldn't help but smile—the students in the college were really supportive.

"It's just a successfully refined Third-Grade Spirit Liquid."

Mei Xuan'er in the stands shook her head and laughed, "With this momentum, those who don't understand would think his refining power exceeded the other few Fifth-Grade Spirit Refiners."

"The results aren't even out yet, so just talk less." Li Bi frowned; this Mei Xuan'er was constantly chattering, which was annoying.

"Does it matter if the results are out or not?" Mei Xuan'er said.

Li Bi didn't speak, only turning her gaze toward the refining table; as Li Luo finished his refining, mentors had already begun to walk onto the stage, as this was the start of the final step.

It was also the most important step.

The testing of the refining power.