69novels 591. Success is imminent
591. Success is imminent
"How long would it take you to refine these herbs?" After Xiao Yan spent a mere two and a half days refining all the herbs, Yao Qingyu asked Wei Jiangyuan.
"Seven days normally," Wei Jiangyuan replied without hesitation. He had prepared the formula and had just refined it once, so he knew the timeframe quite well.
Having obtained specific examples, Yao Qingyu was even more moved: "Senior brother, this is truly outrageous! Now I feel he really has a chance to win!"
Even Wei Jiangyuan didn't object this time. Reason told him that Xiao Yan would still face numerous difficulties, and time was just one of them. After all, Xiao Yan was currently walking a tightrope, and any mistake was unacceptable; Xiao Yan was only at the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm, and he would inevitably tire eventually; and the pill formula was given to him by Wei Jiangyuan, so Xiao Yan was indeed unfamiliar with it…
But his emotions also made him vaguely believe that Xiao Yan had a chance!
He has personally done too many things that seemed impossible before. No one can guarantee that Xiao Yan will do something even more shocking next. Don't make judgments about things related to Xiao Yan easily. Today, Wei Jiangyuan also believes in this standard.
"Young Master, should we do something now?" Ling Yu asked in a voice that only he and Ling Zhuo could hear.
Ling Yu had just noticed the unstable fluctuations in her young master's eyes, which was understandable, since no one knew that Xiao Yan could actually successfully refine three different flames simultaneously. Ling Yu was a Spirit Guard, and her original mission was to complete Ling Zhuo's orders without fail. Her initiative was largely due to her brother Ling Luo, who had died at Xiao Yan's hands.
"No rush, let's wait and see. He can't really succeed without tampering with things! Only a madman would choose to fuse all the materials together."
However, Ling Zhuo also had to admit that regardless of whether Xiao Yan succeeded or not, his actions were definitely not meaningless. At least the impact that Ling Zhuo and the other four had worked so hard to create had already been greatly weakened by Xiao Yan.
"Xiao Yan, was all of this part of your plan?" Cao Ying was also filled with thoughts at this moment, staring intently at Xiao Yan who was seriously refining medicine.
Suddenly, Cao Ying blinked her alluring eyes uncertainly, realizing she was acting strangely. She found herself secretly cheering for Xiao Yan instead of competing with him.
Cao Ying knew herself best: she possessed her own pride in the path of alchemy, but this pride remained unknown because she had no formidable opponents. In the past, facing a peer like Xiao Yan, who was stronger than her, she would have felt an intense competitive urge. But now, she felt none of that; instead, she offered Xiao Yan her blessings.
Cao Ying, the enchantress of the Pill Tower, was completely bewildered. She couldn't understand when Xiao Yan's image in her heart had suddenly changed to what it was now.
It was when I just witnessed Xiao Yan rising against all odds, seeing him knowing it was impossible yet still determined to win the Pill Gathering championship.
It was during a discussion within the alchemy world about the changes to the Heart Bamboo Pill formula that they discovered Xiao Yan had concealed his brilliance in the shadows.
When Xiao Yan directly confronted Ling Zhuo, a prodigy from the Dou Di family, and forcibly seized the Heavenly Talent Ranking?
Cao Ying could no longer distinguish between them; all she could confirm was that Xiao Yan was the first and only peer who, solely through his own strength and performance, had left an indelible mark on her heart.
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Not only was he controlling the flames simultaneously, but he was also fusing the medicinal pills at the same time! This was why Xiao Yan, so excited yet confident and clear-headed, dared to do something so completely unorthodox. His soul power, at the peak of the mid-stage Spirit Realm, was now fully unleashed without reservation, memorizing the energy of all the herbs.
Sorting through such a vast amount of herbal essence is an enormous undertaking in itself. This is where the importance of the pill formula becomes apparent; Xiao Yan could sense the extraordinary skill of the creator of the formula given to him by Wei Jiangyuan. The control over the herbal ingredients was almost terrifyingly meticulous, and Xiao Yan couldn't find a single flaw in the design.
Moreover, the pill itself was very compatible with Xiao Yan, which ultimately allowed Xiao Yan's unorthodox behavior to continue successfully.
Xiao Yan was lucky; he met Wei Jiangyuan and obtained the pill formula and materials from him, giving Ling Zhuo a final chance to fight back.
Xiao Yan absolutely deserves this good fortune. Without his performance in the Pill Realm, without his calm judgment when facing Ling Zhuo's accelerated pill formation, and without his decisiveness when facing the pill lightning, even if good fortune favored him, Xiao Yan would not have been able to use it.
Only those who give their all and never give up are qualified to receive the blessing of fortune from the unseen world.
Contrary to everyone's expectations, Xiao Yan did not lose control due to the excessive burden on his soul power when simultaneously controlling the fusion of the three different flames and medicinal power. On the contrary, the fusion of medicinal power became smoother with the smoothing process, and Xiao Yan's simultaneous control of the three flames became increasingly adept.
After the initial and most difficult situation passed, Xiao Yan was actually very "lucky" and began to stabilize.
As time passed, the audience did not find the repetitive alchemy process tedious; on the contrary, they were extremely excited by Xiao Yan's several unexpected performances.
Now, these people only had one thought in their minds: they had to see what Xiao Yan could create. Even if Xiao Yan's furnace exploded the next moment, they would still think it was some incredible new thing.
Of course, Xiao Yan's medicine cauldron has also received the most attention. In fact, the Black Demon Medicine Cauldron is much inferior to those dazzling medicine cauldrons, and it can be said to be unremarkable compared to Wei Jiangyuan's Bishan Medicine Cauldron. However, it is the genuine Heavenly Cauldron Ranking Medicine Cauldron!
At this moment, an extraordinary energy fluctuation was brewing within its body. Xiao Yan, looking down, could see the irregular sphere within the three-colored flames. That was the nascent form of the pill, which had begun to stabilize. As long as Xiao Yan continued to stabilize the situation and finally concentrated all the medicinal power into this somewhat exaggerated pill, his second attempt at refining the pill would be considered a true success.
Xiao Yan also glanced at Ling Zhuo, whose face was now so gloomy it could drip water. Clearly, his actions had once again aroused his unease, even though there were only five days left until the end of the Pill Gathering.
Xiao Yan silently thought to himself, "There won't be a next time, Ling Zhuo. Let's settle this once and for all!"