The more Wu Yong spoke, the more contemptuous his gaze towards Qin Xuan became.
Evidently, after seeing Qin Xuan's performance, he didn't put Qin Xuan in his eyes at all.
After all, a true Alchemist couldn't possibly not know how to control the temperature of flames.
"Oh no!"
It wasn't just him; Jiang Dan, who was beside him, also had a drastic change in expression.
He was all too clear about how important an Alchemist's control over flames was; Qin Xuan so rashly throwing all the medicinal ingredients in was a mistake only a novice would make!
This was troublesome now!
Ge Dan frowned and moved closer.
"Senior Brother, this kid is probably in grave danger. He doesn't look like he knows Alchemy at all. We can't just ignore him, can we? If he really dies here, that would be troublesome."
As a Five-Rank Alchemist, if his Named Disciple was humiliated to death like this, how could he manage others in the future?
How could he establish prestige on Dan Peak?
Moreover, Qin Xuan was brought here by them, so even if Qin Xuan was incompetent, they didn't want him to die here.
"What can we do? We can only take it one step at a time."
Jiang Dan was also frowning.
He truly hadn't expected Qin Xuan to not know how to refine Medicinal Pills. When he first saw Qin Xuan so confident, he thought he really had some skill.
Now it seemed it was just a feint.
"Haha, so he's just a good-for-nothing! I was worried for nothing!"
Watching Qin Xuan's actions, Li Hu completely relaxed and burst out laughing at Qin Xuan.
When he first saw Qin Xuan's resolute attitude, he thought Qin Xuan really had some trump card, which made him a bit paranoid. Now it seemed he was just a good-for-nothing.
Since he was a good-for-nothing, he naturally didn't take it to heart.
"Kid, I advise you to quickly wash your neck clean now, so no one wastes time."
As he spoke, Li Hu's laughter grew more and more smug.
"Hmph, in my opinion, letting him up there is simply an insult to an Alchemist. How can such a precious Cauldron like the Zhuque Zi Cauldron be used by such a good-for-nothing? Get down here!"
An Alchemist following behind Wu Yong walked towards Qin Xuan, wanting to pull Qin Xuan away from the Medicine Cauldron.
Qin Xuan merely glanced at him coldly, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.
Stunned by this cold glint, the Alchemist froze on the spot, feeling a chill down his spine.
"Whose pants aren't tied tight, letting you leak out? Barking orders at me here? How ridiculous!"
Qin Xuan spoke coldly, his hands continuously manipulating the medicinal ingredients with Spiritual Qi.
"Damn it, a mere waste dares to shout at me? You're asking for death!"
The Alchemist shook his head vigorously, then, enraged and humiliated, lunged at Qin Xuan, trying to pull him away.
"Boom!"
Qin Xuan retaliated with a palm strike.
Before the man could even touch Qin Xuan's sleeve, he was sent flying by a single palm strike from Qin Xuan.
"If you dare to bark again, I'll kill you!"
Qin Xuan said, then his gaze turned cold as he looked at Wu Yong.
"The competition isn't over yet, and your people are already causing trouble. Is this what a Five-Rank Alchemist does?"
From beginning to end, Wu Yong hadn't made any moves, merely watching coldly, clearly intending to condone this person.
He intended to condone it, but Qin Xuan wouldn't tolerate those who came to cause trouble.
"Causing trouble? How can a waste like you, who can't even understand a Pill Formula, be said to be causing trouble? Look at your Alchemy, it's like a hodgepodge..."
Wu Yong still wanted to use this to mock Qin Xuan, but his words suddenly stopped in disbelief halfway through.
"This, what is this..."
Before his eyes, at this moment, not only had all the medicinal ingredients in Qin Xuan's Medicine Cauldron not been burned to ashes as he had imagined.
On the contrary, countless medicinal ingredients in Qin Xuan's Medicine Cauldron had already begun to continuously precipitate medicinal liquid.
"How is this possible!"
Wu Yong looked at this scene in disbelief.
The temperature required for each medicinal ingredient to precipitate medicinal liquid was different, yet at this moment, the medicinal ingredients in Qin Xuan's Medicine Cauldron actually began to precipitate medicinal liquid simultaneously.
This, this was simply impossible.
After all, the flame's temperature was the same.
"You, you must have cheated! The same Medicine Cauldron, the same flame, but each medicinal ingredient requires a different temperature. How could you make the medicinal liquid precipitate simultaneously!"
Wu Yong shouted at Qin Xuan in disbelief.
It wasn't just him; the crowd behind him and the brothers Jiang Dan and Ge Dan beside him were also in disbelief.
After all, this kind of thing seemed unbelievable no matter how you looked at it.
Even the two of them didn't understand.
"So, you're just an ignorant fool!"
Qin Xuan mocked coldly, looking at the other party with disdain.
Listening to Qin Xuan's mockery, Wu Yong's face turned ashen, his body trembling, but he couldn't say a word.
Because he truly didn't understand Qin Xuan's current operation.
"I understand, I understand!"
Just then, Jiang Dan suddenly cried out excitedly, his eyes shining with light.
"Senior Brother, what do you understand?"
Ge Dan, who was beside him, quickly asked.
"I mean, I understand this method of simultaneously precipitating medicinal liquid."
Jiang Dan excitedly pointed to the Medicine Cauldron in front of Qin Xuan.
"Although the flame and the Medicine Cauldron are the same, and the temperature should theoretically be the same, I've wrapped each medicinal ingredient with Spiritual Qi."
"Medicinal ingredients that require higher temperatures are wrapped with less Spiritual Qi, and those that require lower temperatures are wrapped with more Spiritual Qi. This way, even though the surrounding temperature is the same, the temperature at which each medicinal ingredient precipitates medicinal liquid is different!"
"Truly miraculous!"
Jiang Dan praised from the side. Hearing this, Wu Yong suddenly realized.
“So that’s it. I thought it was something impressive, but it’s nothing much.”
A Three-Rank Alchemist following behind Wu Yong muttered.
However, as soon as he spoke, the other people nearby immediately turned their gazes to him, their eyes filled with disdain.
“What are you, an idiot, saying? There are over a hundred medicinal herbs here, and all of them need to be controlled with different temperatures. This means he needs to simultaneously control so much Spiritual Qi and distribute his Mental Energy among these hundred-plus medicinal herbs.”
“What does this mean? It means his Mental Energy is incredibly powerful, his Spiritual Qi is even more abundant, and his control methods are incomparably precise.”
“If it’s so simple, then you go and try it. Let’s see how many medicinal herbs you can control simultaneously!”
Ge Dan, who was beside them, naturally retorted, and then he too eagerly watched Qin Xuan’s Alchemy technique.
“I can’t learn it, I can’t learn it. This technique requires far too much Spiritual Qi and Mental Energy; it’s simply impossible!”
Jiang Dan also shook his head from the side.
His Mental Energy was certainly sufficient, but he was, after all, just an Alchemist, and his cultivation path was quite ordinary, so controlling Spiritual Qi was not his forte.
In contrast, he could only put medicinal herbs into the Medicine Cauldron one by one in sequence.
“It’s over!”
Seeing Qin Xuan extract the medicinal liquid from over a hundred medicinal herbs simultaneously, Li Hu on the opposite side immediately panicked.
He had only refined the medicinal liquid from a dozen or so medicinal herbs at this point. Putting everything else aside, just the speed of refining medicinal herbs was far too slow.
Moreover, since the opponent could perform such a feat while refining medicinal herbs, it meant that this person truly knew how to refine Medicinal Pills!
Now, it was truly all over!
The panicked Li Hu nearly burned the medicinal herbs in his hand.
“No, I will definitely lose if this continues. I need to find a way!”
Wu Yong’s expression on the other side turned incredibly grim.
If it were just Li Hu’s things, losing would be nothing.
But the key was his Shanhe Cauldron!
The Shanhe Cauldron was a High Grade Medicine Cauldron, considered top-tier even on Dan Peak.
Although it wasn’t his most precious Medicine Cauldron, it could still rank among the top three.
He couldn’t bear to lose it to Qin Xuan just like that now.
Thinking of this, he shot a meaningful glance at a person behind him.
This person understood and immediately retreated to the side, whispering a few instructions to a nearby guard.
Although the guard looked conflicted, facing the other party's threat, he could only obey.
With a flick of his fingertip, the guard sent a sharp gust of wind carrying a small stone flying towards Qin Xuan’s hand.
For someone in the Tianxuan Realm, controlling the outward release of Spiritual Qi was as easy as flipping a hand.
“Whoosh!”
The small stone flew towards Qin Xuan’s hand at an extremely high speed.
Wu Yong and the others intended to use this move to affect Qin Xuan’s Alchemy.
Watching the stone about to hit Qin Xuan, Wu Yong’s face revealed a cold, sinister smile.
But then, his smile froze again, replaced by disbelief and anger.
“Clang!”
A small bell flew out from Qin Xuan’s qiankun ring, circling around Qin Xuan, and knocked the small stone away!
“This, this is impossible!”
Wu Yong blurted out, then realized his slip of the tongue and quickly shut his mouth.
Qin Xuan had clearly focused his Mental Energy on Alchemy, yet how could he still control a Spiritual Artifact to fly over and block this attack?
He had not expected Qin Xuan’s Mental Energy to be so powerful.
Not only was he focused on Alchemy, but he also had spare energy to observe his surroundings and even control a Spiritual Artifact to protect himself.
This kind of operation was a bit too terrifying.
Wu Yong looked at Qin Xuan in horror, never imagining that Qin Xuan could actually achieve this step.
“Sneak attack? Do you even deserve to?”
Qin Xuan sneered, looking disdainfully at Wu Yong and the others.
“Wu Yong, you actually did this, how despicable!”
Jiang Dan immediately looked at Wu Yong, furious.
“Misunderstanding, it’s all a misunderstanding. Let’s continue with the Alchemy.”
At this moment, the medicinal liquid in Qin Xuan’s Medicine Cauldron had already begun to condense with each other.
As the medicinal liquid continuously aggregated, after about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the Medicinal Pill in the Medicine Cauldron had already begun to take shape.
Although the Medicinal Pill was still somewhat uneven at this time, the rough embryo of the Medicinal Pill had already formed.
“Damn it, this kid is really going to refine a Medicinal Pill now.”
A Three-Rank Alchemist said over there, as several people stared intently at Qin Xuan’s side.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Li Hu had just finished extracting all the medicinal liquid and was continuously fusing the medicinal liquids in sequence.
“What a good-for-nothing, always messing things up and never achieving anything. He can’t even beat a newcomer; he’s truly the worst of the worst!”
Someone complained, but Wu Yong shook his head.
“You can’t say that. This Qin Xuan is too strange. He actually knows this Alchemy technique. Even if I went up, I might not be able to win against him.”
“But if we don’t do anything and really let him enter Dan Peak, won’t Jiang Dan’s influence greatly increase? We’ll be in trouble then.”
Just as the few of them were secretly discussing, the Medicinal Pill in the Medicine Cauldron finally completely took shape, becoming perfectly round.
“Success!”
Qin Xuan forcefully slapped the Medicine Cauldron, and a perfectly round Medicinal Pill flew out, then landed in Qin Xuan’s hand.
“Bang!”
At the same time, on the other side, Li Hu completely lost control after seeing Qin Xuan’s Medicinal Pill form, and all his medicinal herbs immediately burned to ashes.
