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Shang Yuxian and the other two talked with Ye Xingchen and Lin Qian for a while, then drank a few cups of wine before leaving the tavern.

Seeing the three of them disappear into the distance, Lin Qian asked Ye Xingchen in a low voice, "Elder Brother Ye, what is the purpose of these three coming here?"

The three of them were obviously here for Ye Xingchen, it was simply not a coincidence.

"He's probably here to befriend us. After all, the Alchemist Association is also divided into factions." Ye Xingchen's face revealed a smile, and said softly.

Ye Xingchen drank a few more cups of wine with Lin Qian before leaving the inn. Lin Qian returned to the Lin Family Palace to prepare for the competition tomorrow, and Ye Xingchen also returned to his Ye Family Manor to prepare for the competition tomorrow.

The next day, early in the morning, Lin Qian came to the Ye Family Manor, and called Ye Xingchen to participate in the competition.

Today was the day of the Pill Refining Assembly's finals. When Ye Xingchen and Lin Qian arrived, the Alchemist Association's plaza was already packed full.

"There are so many people." Lin Qian could not help but exclaim.

"Today is the day of the finals, of course there will be a lot of people. Let's go. Let's go." Ye Xingchen glanced at Lin Qian and chuckled.

When Ye Xingchen and Lin Qian walked to the plaza, everyone stared at Ye Xingchen. They remembered, Ye Xingchen was also a person who owned a Scarlatinitis.

"Elder Brother Ye, you're here." Shang Yuxian and the other two nodded and greeted Ye Xingchen.

Ye Xingchen and Lin Qian waited in the plaza for a while. The twenty Contestant s had all arrived, and the main platform was also filled with people.

Today is the day of the Pill Refining Assembly's finals, the twenty participants in front of me will be refining pills on stage at the same time, and in the end, the examination team will be filled with elders. Today's examination team is very powerful, and our Pill Refiner Association's President Zhou Yuxing will be personally participating in the examination. White-Haired Old Man stood on stage, looked around and laughed as he spoke.

As the Alchemist Association, Zhou Yuxing was the only level 4 alchemist in the entire Hun Tian City to actually want to personally participate in the examination, this was definitely the first time this happened.

Hearing the clamor in the plaza, White-Haired Old Man waved his hand to quiet everyone down, "Everyone quiet down, Contestant, next, please come up onto the stage."

and Lin Qian stood at the back, and on the stage, the two of them stood at the edge of the stage.

"If nothing unexpected happens, Shang Yuxian should be the champion of this competition. He should be a Third Level Alchemist, and he should also have a Scarlatinitis."

"That may not be true. Ye Xingchen might even be a dark horse. He also possesses a Scarlatinitis."

"Impossible, Ye Xingchen is just a Secondary Alchemist, he's far inferior to Shang Yuxian. Although he has the Scarlatinitis as well, it's impossible for him to be number one."

Everyone in the plaza looked at the twenty Contestant, all of them discussing amongst themselves, but the majority of them thought that Shang Yuxian would be first.

Although Ye Xingchen also had a Scarlatinitis, he was, after all, a Secondary Alchemist, so it wasn't easy for him to get first place.

"Everyone, Contestant s, we only have an incense stick's worth of time to refine pills, we must finish refining pills within that time. If we go beyond that time, the world will be eliminated." The White-Haired Old Man continued.

"The pill formulas and herbs required for today's competition are all provided by the Alchemist Association. Moreover, all participants must follow the rules to refine the pills. There are only two medicinal herbs in front of you. If you fail twice, you will also be eliminated." White-Haired Old Man's face revealed a smile, and said while laughing.

Ye Xingchen then looked around at a small table beside him. On the table, there were all kinds of different herbs, but there were only two of them, and there was even a pill formula.

"Of course, you can disregard the pill formula, but the pills you concoct must be of a higher level than the one in the recipe. Otherwise, it would be considered a loss." After White-Haired Old Man finished speaking, he took out an incense stick and gently lit it, "The competition has officially begun."

As soon as he said that, the twenty participants all took out their Heaven Suppressing Cauldron, and Ye Xingchen took out his Heaven Suppressing Cauldron as well.

Ye Xingchen took the pill formula and looked at it. This formula was used to refine Strength Gathering Pill s.

Ye Xingchen looked at the surrounding crowd. Neither the Secondary alchemist nor the Third Level alchemist chose to refine the medicinal pellets on the pill recipe, they both chose to refine the pellets that they were most proficient in.

Ye Xingchen glanced at the pill formula, then gently shook his head and placed it on the stone platform.

"Let's try refining the Soul Pill." Ye Xingchen suddenly made a decision, and muttered to himself.

Soul Pill, it was a third grade Low Order pellet, and was extremely important to Small Three Levels of Grandmaster Stage practitioners.

Ye Xingchen wanted to make use of this opportunity to break through into the realm of Third Level alchemists.

Although Ye Xingchen was only a Secondary Alchemist, he still had some confidence in himself.

Ye Xingchen looked at the herbs, there were all kinds of herbs required to refine Soul Pill, and Ye Xingchen quickly followed the Soul Pill's pill formula and placed the herbs into the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron.

A strand of Innate Flame instantly appeared on top of the Mandarava in Ye Xingchen's dantian. After passing through Ye Xingchen's disguise, it became a Scarlatinitis, and appeared in his palm.

Ye Xingchen pressed both palms tightly onto the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron and began to refine the medicinal herbs within the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron.

Time slowly passed, and Ye Xingchen felt that the medicinal herbs within the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron had yet to be refined.

"What's going on? Why can't I refine it? " Ye Xingchen asked doubtfully.

Suddenly, Ye Xingchen thought of something, and the Spiritual Strength in his mind, slowly joined the flames.

The Spiritual Strength was like a catalyst. Upon entering the flames, the originally red flames instantly turned purple, and even burned the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron until it was red.

When Ye Xingchen disguised the Innate Flame as a Scarlatinitis, the power of his flames had decreased by a lot. Furthermore, this time, he was refining the Grade Three Pill, so it was difficult to refine the medicinal herbs.

After Ye Xingchen saw this, he hurriedly wrapped the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron in the Spiritual Strength, and began to slowly burn the herbs within the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron.

Just like that, three minutes passed. "Hiss, hiss." Ye Xingchen finally heard a little movement from within the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron.

Ye Xingchen's face revealed a gratified smile, and then, used the Spiritual Strength to control the flames.

After another two minutes, the commotion from the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron was finally very loud. "Zi zi." It made a lot of noise.

It wasn't long before all the medicinal herbs within the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron melted. Ye Xingchen took out a sliver of the Spiritual Strength and carefully probed inside the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron, discovering that all the medicinal herbs within the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron had melted.

"It's time." Ye Xingchen said as he quickly poured the last of the main medicinal herbs into the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron and sealed it.

When the last main herb entered the fusion process of the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron and the medicinal liquid, the inside of the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron began to make "Zi zi" sounds.

Ye Xingchen knew that he could now obtain Pethan s. He could slowly control the flames and allow the medicinal herbs and medicinal liquid to fuse together, ensuring the effectiveness of the medicinal pellet.

Slowly but surely, the pills were taking shape, and the smile on Ye Xingchen's face became even wider and wider.

Just then, Ye Xingchen heard a "ge ge" sound.

Lowering his head to look, his expression changed as he said loudly: "Not good, damn it, the pills actually can't bear the Scarlatinitis's burning and are about to shatter."

Ye Xingchen's heart was in a hurry, if the pill were to break at this moment, then the pill refinement this time would definitely fail.

At this moment, under Ye Xingchen's flames and the burning of the Spiritual Strength, the pellet slowly took shape, and Ye Xingchen's mind flashed with many methods.

"Dammit, how could something like this happen at such a critical juncture?" Ye Xingchen said as he gnashed his teeth.

"Heh heh." The sound from the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron became louder and louder, the pellets had already been cracked open, and the smell of the pellets spread out slowly from the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron.

Ye Xingchen was getting more and more anxious. If this continued, even if the pill took shape, its effects would not be the same as before.

Ye Xingchen tried his best to wrap the Heaven Suppressing Cauldron with the Spiritual Strength, but the medicinal pellet had already been ruined beyond compare under the scorching flames.

Ye Xingchen could not remove the flames at the moment, if that was the case, the pill would have been a failure.

"Bang."

After the pill persisted for a while, it finally exploded.

"Damn it, I failed. Grade Three Pill is indeed not easy to refine." Ye Xingchen looked at the broken pellet, and said helplessly.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Ye Xingchen, and upon seeing Ye Xingchen's broken pill, everyone's face changed.

Originally, Ye Xingchen had possessed a good ranking for his Scarlatinitis, but in the end he had failed in refining the pill. Now, two-thirds of the incense was burnt and there wasn't much time left for Ye Xingchen.

"Hmm? "He actually failed to forge a pill?" Zhou Yuxing who was seated on the main platform looked at Ye Xingchen and muttered.

Shang Yuxian and the rest also looked over with complicated expressions.

"Elder Brother Ye, are you alright?" Lin Qian consoled Ye Xingchen as he refined the pills.

Everyone in the plaza felt pity for Ye Xingchen, they thought that Ye Xingchen was being too impatient, they did not think that Ye Xingchen would win, because there was not much time left.

"I'm fine." Ye Xingchen answered. At the moment, his mind was thinking about the reason he had failed just now, and the experience he had gained.

"Refining the Grade Three Pill is a little difficult, but it shouldn't fail so quickly, right?" Ye Xingchen muttered to himself.

At this time, Shang Yuxian and the other two had already finished refining the pills, while the other Pill Refiners had also finished, there was only a little time left.

"Elder Brother Ye, there's not much time left. If you don't forge it, you won't be able to continue playing." After Shang Yuxian finished refining the pellet, he handed it over to White-Haired Old Man and softly whispered to him as he looked at Ye Xingchen.

Ye Xingchen did not care about the crowd, he was still immersed in the process of refining the pill.