Chapter 529: Sorry, I'm Not Interested

Hum—!

The alchemy furnace in front of Lin Chen trembled violently. The archaic patterns on the surface of the furnace suddenly lit up with a dazzling brilliance, as if an ancient beast in slumber had been awakened.

The next moment, under the focus of countless astonished gazes, the heavy alchemy furnace lifted off the ground and hovered steadily in mid-air!

"What is he doing?"

"The furnace is rising; what is Xiao Yan trying to do?"

The martial artists on the viewing platform, who were still discussing the ownership of first place, were all attracted by this commotion, their faces filled with doubt and confusion.

"Third Elder, could Master Xiao still have a chance?"

Seeing this scene, Li Qin's expression was spirited. However, Li He narrowed his old eyes and shook his head, "No chance. The timing for every step of the Five Elements Creation Pill cannot be changed. At least, I have never heard of anyone successfully refining it after wasting time."

Li He's words caused Li Qin's just-excited heart to drop back down. The Elder was an Alchemy Master, so he naturally couldn't be wrong.

"It seems this Xiao Yan must still have a trump card. Perhaps we can still look forward to it."

Zhuang Lie watched as Lin Chen made the furnace rise, a smile appearing on his old face. At this moment, the Xiao Yan in his eyes had completely overlapped with another figure.

"Elder Zhuang, this Xiao Yan must be unwilling to fail just like this and wants to give it one last shot, but the outcome is already set."

Among the disciples who came with the Wan Wan Huozong this time, there were also those who understood alchemy. Hearing Zhuang Lie's words, they gave a different opinion.

"In this disciple's view, this Xiao Yan already knows he has failed, but is using this act to save some face."

"Nothing is absolute; there is always a glimmer of hope."

Zhuang Lie looked at the disciple meaningfully. If his judgment was correct and this Xiao Yan was that little fellow Lin Chen, then there was truly a possibility of a reversal.

With Lin Chen's temperament, it was impossible for him to perform such an eye-catching act just to save face.

On the field, Jiang Jinwu Yaoyan was the first to sneer. After Wei Yang refined two Yin-Yang Pills, he no longer had his previous confidence. Seeing Lin Chen still making the furnace rotate under these circumstances, his eyes were filled with impatience.

A desperate loser, still vainly attempting to use these smoke screens to save some face for himself.

Jiang Chen also frowned. As an alchemy expert, the timing for coagulating the Five Elements Creation Pill was extremely important. Xiao Yan had delayed it, and this abnormal behavior really looked like a death struggle.

Wei Yang's eyes narrowed slightly, his gaze fixed tightly on the furnace hovering in front of Lin Chen.

On the viewing platform, Yang Yang Rongtian, who had just closed his eyes to rest, suddenly opened them, a brilliant light bursting forth. That turbid gaze seemed to be able to pierce through the spatial barrier, locking firmly onto the hovering furnace, and a rare, meaningful arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"What do you all think?"

Gu Gu Yunfeng whispered. At this moment, the President of the Alchemy Association and the other two Alchemy Grandmasters were all staring fixedly at the furnace hovering in front of Lin Chen.

The same speculation surged in their minds.

"Whether it is real or fake, a probe with spiritual sense will tell."

The President of the Alchemy Association spoke and was about to release his spiritual sense, but Yang Yang Rongtian coughed, "Although I don't understand alchemy, I do know that spiritual sense probing can sometimes affect an alchemist's refining. It's only a quarter of an hour until the result is revealed; there is no need to probe with spiritual sense at this time."

"Correct, President Yang is right. At this time, we should not disturb him with spiritual sense. If it is truly as we suspect, then spiritual sense probing could very well destroy an alchemy competition worthy of being recorded in the history of alchemy."

Hearing the two of them object, the President of the Alchemy Association smiled bitterly and explained, "It was my lack of consideration just now."

Just as everyone thought Lin Chen was trying to save face, Lin Chen's expression was solemn, without joy or sorrow. Under the control of his spiritual sense, the steadily burning blue-and-gold innate fire, although blocked by the spatial isolation, had a stable flickering form that created a strange harmony with the hovering furnace.

His powerful spiritual sense had long since merged into the furnace like mercury pouring onto the ground, firmly "pressing" the manic, conflicting five-element medicinal power that was almost tearing the furnace apart at a delicate equilibrium point!

The "Nine Fire Technique" obtained from the Heaven-Reaching Tower allowed him to constantly adjust the innate fire, and his powerful spiritual sense precisely compensated for the medicinal power dissipation and conflict caused by the time delay.

Inside the furnace, it was no longer a simple boiling of medicinal liquid, but had turned into a colored light mass. It was just that at this moment, the five colors in this light mass were constantly tearing and colliding with each other.

Every collision caused the furnace to rotate faster.

By the end, everyone could even see the five-colored halo reflected on the furnace wall.

"How... how is this possible?"

Jiang Jinwu Yaoyan's mouth hung slightly open, unable to believe the scene before his eyes. This Lin Chen was actually forcibly coagulating the pill.

What did he rely on?

Jiang Chen's face was also filled with disbelief. Missing the timing for coagulation only had one result: medicinal power leakage and failure to form. But the increasingly clear five-colored halo on the furnace wall forced him to accept a reality: the medicinal liquid in the furnace was slowly coagulating.

Wei Yang's hands were clenched tightly; he didn't even realize that the veins on his hands were bulging due to tension.

By now, they didn't dare to say that Xiao Yan definitely couldn't succeed in refining.

On the scene, the silence was terrifying!

Time seemed to freeze at this moment, and everyone's heart was in their throat.

"Open!" Lin Chen suddenly roared.

The humming of the hovering furnace reached its peak!

Following Lin Chen's roar, it was as if some critical point had been completely broken!

The next instant—

Bang!

A brilliant, gorgeous beam of light containing five colors—gold, green, blue, red, and yellow—shot up from the furnace like a divine bridge connecting heaven and earth, reaching straight to the dome of the Heaven-Crafting Pavilion!

"Five Elements Glow, Top-Grade Five Elements Creation Pill!"

On the viewing platform, an old man exclaimed, his voice trembling.

Under the gaze of the masses, the five-colored brilliance slowly converged. Above the furnace hovering in the air, five pills emitting a five-colored halo were presented before everyone's eyes.

Each one was flawless, without a single crack, perfectly natural.

The mockery on Jiang Jinwu Yaoyan's face completely froze, replaced by incredulous terror. Jiang Chen's mouth hung wide open, his eyes filled with nothing but shock. Wei Yang didn't even notice that the Yin-Yang Pill originally hovering in front of him had fallen back into the furnace, as if he hadn't felt it at all.

At this moment, even martial artists who didn't understand alchemy clearly knew that there was no need to wait for those few lords to give the result; the result was already out.

First place belonged to Xiao Yan!

"Amazing!"

"A miracle!"

"Simply incredible!"

Martial artists who didn't understand alchemy were shocked that Lin Chen could successfully refine the Five Elements Creation Pill. But the alchemists present were even more shocked that Lin Chen could succeed in coagulating the pill after missing the best timing. This had already broken their understanding.

"Master, your eye for talent is truly unique!"

Zhao Zhao Haoyang, in his excitement, also flattered his master.

"Never be so dogmatic about anything. You must know that the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao is full of hidden talents. Before many things happen, everyone thinks they are impossible, but it is precisely these repeated impossibilities that have allowed the Martial Way to reach where it is today. My Wan Wan Huozong is the same. From the beginning, when all martial artists believed that one person could only refine one type of innate fire, to now, where one person can refine several..."

"Everyone thought these two types of innate fire could not be fused, but our predecessors in Wan Wan Huozong did not hold onto dead logic; they broke everyone's understanding through repeated research. As excellent disciples of my Wan Wan Huozong, you must have this determination to dare to break the norm."

Zhuang Lie's old face also wore a smile, and he took this opportunity to give these disciples a lesson.

But only he knew in his heart that if he didn't suspect this Xiao Yan was Lin Chen, he would have had the same thoughts as others, thinking Xiao Yan was just putting on a show.

"How is this possible?"

On the Li family's viewing platform, Li He kept repeating this sentence. Li Qin was very excited on the side, but out of consideration for the Elder's face, she forcibly held back, though her beautiful eyes remained fixed on the unyielding figure on the field, filled with brilliant light.

On the high platform, Gu Gu Yunfeng and the others also had a brief silence.

"The Five Elements Creation Pill was actually successfully refined."

Xu Feng, an Alchemy Grandmaster, stroked his beard incessantly, "This Xiao Yan has moved me to want to take him as a disciple."

He had said this once before when Lin Chen originally chose to refine the Five Elements Creation Pill.

And the reaction of Gu Gu Yunfeng and the others was the same as before; they all rolled their eyes in their hearts. Which of them didn't want to take such a seedling as a disciple?

Even if this Xiao Yan was slightly older, just based on today's performance, who could say he wouldn't become an Alchemy Grandmaster in the future?

In the entire Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao, although Alchemy Grandmasters were rare, a dozen or so would still appear every hundred years. But for one sect to produce two Alchemy Grandmasters, only the Qianji Sect and the Medicine King Valley had been able to do so thus far.

But those two were able to do so because they had a sufficiently large base of alchemical genius disciples.

For Alchemy Grandmasters like Xu Feng, who relied on their families as a base of power, it was very difficult for their descendants and disciples to become Grandmasters. Looking through the history of the Yan Yan Yan Huang Chao, it had never happened.

Two Grandmasters in one sect would leave a heavy mark in the history of alchemy, and it would also mean that his descendants could still receive the protection of an Alchemy Grandmaster after he passed away. ===== CHAPTER 530 =====