Chapter 528: Final Ownership

On the field, Jiang Jinwu Yaoyan and Jiang Chen locked eyes. Jiang Jinwu Yaoyan's lips curled upward, his gaze filled with smugness.

He had won this bout.

Jiang Chen was a notch below him.

Seeing Jiang Jinwu Yaoyan's upturned lips, Jiang Chen felt a trace of regret in his heart, but he didn't feel angry. His skills were inferior; there was nothing to be said.

Alchemy was all about speaking through strength.

This competition had served as a wake-up call. In the past, when he sparred with other fellow disciples in the sect or other young alchemists of the Qianji Sect, he had always won easily. This had made him somewhat arrogant, but this competition had brought him to his senses.

Losing a match like this was not necessarily a bad thing.

As for Jiang Jinwu Yaoyan… just because he had beaten him didn't mean he could secure first place.

Jiang Chen's gaze shifted to Wei Yang and Lin Chen, who had yet to finish. Seeing the direction of Jiang Chen's gaze, Jiang Jinwu Yaoyan sneered, "That Xiao Yan has no chance left. As for this Wei Yang… even with the Taiyin Netherfire, the Yin-Yang Pill is not so easily refined."

As the Young Valley Master of the Medicine King Valley, Jiang Jinwu Yaoyan's arrogance stemmed not only from his status but also from absolute confidence in his own alchemical level.

The Five Elements Creation Pill had a standard refining process; every step had to be flawless. Being too fast or too slow would lead to failure.

Ordinary pills could rely on innate fire to accelerate the process, allowing for faster purification or coagulation, but the Five Elements Creation Pill was refined using five different types of medicinal materials corresponding to the five elements, combined with other auxiliary materials.

From the medicinal liquid to coagulation, these five main materials required meticulous precision; a difference of more than three breaths would result in failure.

Now, the only person left who could contend with him for first place was Wei Yang.

Both of their gazes landed on Wei Yang at the same time.

"What a pity!"

On the viewing platform, Li He sighed softly, "Xiao Yan was too overconfident this time. If he had chosen to refine a mid-grade five-star pill like Jiang Chen and the others, it would have been better."

"Third Elder, what do you mean by that?"

Li Qin, standing to the side, was puzzled. Li He said regretfully, "The refining of the Five Elements Creation Pill has very strict requirements for time control. Xiao Yan wasted too much time on the purification step and ultimately couldn't coagulate the pill."

Hearing the Third Elder's words, Li Qin was stunned... Xiao Yan had failed?

"Actually, it's better that he failed. If he had truly succeeded, I'm afraid our Li family wouldn't have had this opportunity."

Beyond the regret, a smile reappeared on Li He's face. If Xiao Yan had successfully refined the Five Elements Creation Pill in this alchemy competition, there would be no telling how many forces would be eyeing him. There would certainly be those far more powerful than their Li family, and at that point, their Li family would have no competitive advantage at all.

As it stood, even with Xiao Yan's failure, there were still plenty of forces eyeing him.

There were many alchemists on the viewing platform, including quite a few Alchemy Masters. Even those who weren't Alchemy Masters, as long as they were outstanding mid-level alchemists, knew the refining requirements of the Five Elements Creation Pill. At this moment, they all reached the same conclusion as Li He.

It was a pity; the original dark horse had missed out on first place.

Fortunately, however, there was another dark horse.

Under the explanations of these alchemists, everyone's gaze fell upon Wei Yang. Everyone knew that the ownership of first place in this alchemy competition depended on how Wei Yang's Yin-Yang Pill turned out.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

Wei Yang's expression was solemn. His hands constantly changed gestures, and as his hand seals shifted, the Taiyin Netherfire beneath the alchemy furnace flickered incessantly.

"This is the flaw of subduing rather than refining innate fire. To control innate fire to the extreme, one must borrow techniques. But if one has refined the innate fire, one can communicate with it through spiritual sense alone. You must all remember this point; do not choose the path of subduing just for the sake of ease."

Seeing Wei Yang constantly changing gestures, Zhuang Lie also began to instruct the sect disciples beside him.

Even in the Wan Wan Huozong, many disciples chose the path of subduing innate fire. Although for the same type of innate path, those who refined the innate fire could release greater power than those who subdued it, the difficulty of subduing innate fire was much lower.

One path was fine, but two or even three...

Many disciples, in order to quickly improve their strength, would choose the path of subduing. ===== CHAPTER 529 =====