Everyone in the audience was looking at the two people who were refining the pill with rapt attention. Seeing that Fan Jing had already refined a few medicinal herbs, Qingyang stood in a daze, staring at the medicinal herbs in the cloth bag.
"Sir, what are you doing?" Shangguan Jingxiang looked anxious as she asked worriedly.
"Maybe it was because father did not set the stage for this competition, causing you to be in a difficult position." "Ai, looks like I'll really lose to that Fan Jing this time." Shangguan Mu sighed on the side, a hint of unwillingness mixed in his tone.
As for Shangguan tong, he carefully observed Qingyang's expression, but what made him curious was that Qingyang only slightly frowned at first and didn't have any emotional fluctuations afterwards. He just stood there looking at the herbs in the cloth bag.
"An outstanding pharmacist must not only know how to refine pills, but also how to create new pills. The reason why they chose this Bone Replenishing Pill is to see if Yang Chou has the ability to do so." After saying that in his heart, Shangguan Tun took a deep breath, and stared at Azure Sun with a changing expression.
"Hmph, I think that Yang Chou is a swindler. However, he just happened to kill a few bandits and saved the young miss, so he wanted all kinds of herbs from my Shangguan family. How shameless!"
"Hehe, this time, let Lord Fan Jing teach him the role of an alchemist. It's not something that anyone can do."
"Shut up, you didn't see Mr. Yang Chou's calm expression, you should have a plan. "Just keep watching."
These words were naturally heard by Qingyang. However, how could such nonsense cause Qingyang's heart to waver? Qingyang had always disregarded people who took pleasure in others' misfortune.
While everyone was discussing, Qingyang suddenly moved. He slowly took out a few herbs from his cloth bag and placed them on the stone table. A strange azure-golden flame jumped into his palm like a blooming azure-flame golden lotus.
This move alone had caused the mouths of those who were criticizing him to gape open. It was only because they were shocked.
It was not like Fan Jing, who had refined all sorts of medicinal herbs and stored them in a jade bottle on the stone table before fusing them together. Qingyang, on the other hand, placed all of the medicinal herbs into his palm.
When the medicinal herb entered his palm, it was instantly enveloped by the azure-golden flames in his hand. As it slowly melted, black smoke continued to emit from Qingyang's hand with a sizzling sound.
"This is …" Shangguan Sheng squinted at the calm face of Qingyang, his eyes full of shock. He had never heard of such a thing as a "pot of boiling water" for someone to concoct a pill.
Regardless of what kind of alchemist they were, they would first extract the essence of the herbs one by one and remove their dregs. Finally, they would fuse the herbs into one.
Furthermore, the medicinal properties of the various medicinal herbs were different. One had to pay attention to the sequence when fusing them. Otherwise, not to mention whether the medicinal pills he refined would have any medicinal effects, they might even be refined into poisonous substances that could harm one's body.
As for the various herbs that Qingyang had placed together to refine and fuse together, it was not only Shangguan Sheng who had never heard of it, it was also something that no one had ever seen before.
"Sir, I've really never seen your technique before." Shangguan Mu's eyes were wide open as he muttered as he stared at the calm and composed Qingyang.
Qingyang naturally did not know how the crowd below the stage thought about his shocking actions. He was completely focused on the process of refining the pill.
To the side, Fan Jing was still using his True Fire and Cauldron to refine medicinal herbs, but Qingyang himself was directly attaching the flame to his palm. The disparity between the two was obvious.
It was just that Azure Sun's control of fire was too good, and there was nothing to criticize about his control of fire. Perhaps the only one who could turn the Grand Sun Primordial Flame into his own life's fire was Azure Sun, and Azure Sun, whose soul was a Three-legged Golden Crow, was also the ancestor of fire.
"The dregs of the herbs have all been removed, all that is left now is the fusion pill." Looking at the various viscous substances in his palm, Azure Sun thought to himself before slowly using the Primordial Flame to fuse the essence of the medicinal herbs.
However, a moment later, Azure Sun frowned.
"This won't do. Although the effects of a few medicinal herbs are similar, if they are absorbed together, there is still some resistance." He secretly cursed in his heart, "If this goes on, the herbs will be evaporated in a short while."
The temperature of the Grand Sun Primordial Flame could not be compared to that of ordinary flames, and if one was unable to grasp the time when concocting a pill, the essence of the medicinal herbs would also be evaporated.
"What should I do?" Qingyang's anxious expression caught the eyes of the audience as guesses once again arose in the air.
"Teacher seems to have encountered a problem." She looked at Qingyang, her face filled with anxiety, and then carefully whispered to Shangguan Jingxiang.
With his hands behind his back, Shangguan Sheng nodded thoughtfully. "Brother Yang Chou originally wanted to combine the herbs. But during the process of fusion, he realized that they were incompatible. I'm afraid all the previous efforts have been for naught."
Pausing for a moment, Shangguan Chen praised: "However, Brother Yang Chou's control over fire is beyond ordinary. No one in the Nine Prefectures or above would be able to concoct a pill in his palm."
The expression of Fan Jing, who had just witnessed Qingyang's Blue Fire Golden Lotus, had also gradually improved. His brows were furrowed in delight as he merged with one of his last medicinal plants.
After the fusion was completed, the elementary form of the pill would be polished and refined again. Compared to fusing with the herbs, it was much easier.
"The power of life contains all living things and gives life to all living things in this world. If I inject the power of life into a few medicinal plants, I wonder if it would be useful." The moment the light appeared, Azure Sun suddenly remembered that the life force in his body was the source of all living things. If it was used as a counteraction for medicinal herbs, it might actually work.
With a flick of his mind, a thread of green-gold color that contained a tremendous amount of life energy shot out from the Green Sun Finger like a thin line, directly piercing through the viscous substances into a string. However, it disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Qingyang who was refining the pills naturally felt the life force he had infused slowly merge with the herbs. The few clumps of the herbs that were originally in conflict with each other actually began to fuse together at an extremely fast speed. It was as if they were originally one.
Only Qingyang himself knew that the life force he had just infused was the opportunity for them to fuse together.
"I wonder what kind of miraculous effect a pill with the power of life will have. But since it has already fused together, it represents the success of the pill." Qingyang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and his tense face relaxed slightly.
In fact, Qingyang did not expect that the life force had already gradually fused with the life flame within Qingyang's body. The life force that he had injected into Qingyang City was not pure life force, but a mutated power that was mixed with the Grand Sun Primordial Flame.
"Fan Jing's side has already formed a pill." Shangguan Mu swept a glance at Fan Jing, who had a triumphant expression on his face, before he lowered his head and spoke.
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Jingxiang and the others also turned to look. Sure enough, Fan Jing had already completed the fusion of several types of medicinal herbs in a certain order, and was currently polishing the prototype and final refinement.
"Ai, I'm afraid that mister …" With a low sigh, Shangguan Jingxiang turned her head to the Azure Sun, and it was obvious that she had just started fusing the herbs step by step.
If the medicinal effects of the pills concocted by the two of them were similar, the victor would be determined by the time they concocted the pills. It was obvious that Qingyang was inferior to Fan Jing.
He glanced at Fan Jing, but Qingyang could feel a slight trace of an unusual black thread from the burning medicine cauldron. This Fan Jing's Innate True Fire was somewhat strange, and it also seemed somewhat familiar.
However, at that moment, cries of regret and sneers could be heard. Although they were not loud, they rose and fell within the inner court of the Shangguan family. Qingyang was not in the mood to think about Fan Jing as he focused on refining his own pellets.
"No, look at the sky!" Suddenly, Shangguan Sheng's sensitive consciousness detected the movement of the energy between heaven and earth. He squinted at the sky and exclaimed in surprise.
The originally deep blue sky was now an ink-black color. The billowing clouds were like a huge snake that was circling above everyone's heads. The unceasing sound of thunder made them seem as if there was some kind of vicious beast faintly roaring in the clouds.
"That's …" Everyone turned their heads when they heard the commotion. They were all shocked by this scene that they had never seen before and stood up one after another.
Taking a deep breath, he calmed his agitation and said four words that would make any pharmacist's heart tremble.
"Celestial Phenomenon Ascendant!"