“Huh? That person called Ye Zhuixun seems to have encountered a problem!”
Many in the crowd were alchemists, and they knew with one glance that the herbs were burnt.
Ye Zhuixun’s face also slightly paled.
However, Lou Qianxue’s expression remained the same, and she calmly said, “Use the second technique and the third style. Don’t be afraid. I’m watching you. Nothing will happen.”
Ye Zhuixun nodded. A thin layer of sweat had appeared on his forehead, yet he remained serious and extracted the herbs.
“His technique… is unheard of. Is that really an alchemy technique?”
“Is he fooling around?”
“Humph, there’s a problem with the herbs. They will get burned soon!”
Yan Gongqing also withdrew his gaze and did not glance at them again. He sneered as he said, “Two pieces of trash who want to challenge the dignity of our Yan family? Ridiculous!”
Another quarter of an hour passed.
“Alright. Ye Zhuixun, you can condense the core now,” Lou Qianxue instructed. Ye Zhuixun’s talent for alchemy was surprisingly good, and it had satisfied Lou Qianxue.
“What? The purification has been done?”
“You want to condense the pill without merging the herbs?”
“Is Lou Qianxue alright in the head?”
Generally, the first step in pill refining was purifying the herbs. The second step was merging the herbs, and condensing the pill was the last step.
Ye Zhuixun had just purified the herbs, and the purification wasn’t even perfect, yet Lou Qianxue asked him to condense the pill instead of merging the herbs.
It was an absurd idea!
However, Ye Zhuixun chose to believe in Lou Qianxue. He followed her orders and started to condense the core.
Although Yan Gongqing had started earlier, he was still merging the herbs. When he heard the movements from Ye Zhuixun’s side now, a look of disdain appeared on his face.
“Laughable! Talking big to impress people. I dare say that his tripod will explode in less than ten seconds!”
Master Yan, who was seated at the main seat, also withdrew his gaze and calmly said, “The winner has been determined.”
Disappointment appeared in the eyes of the scarlet-masked young man. He had thought that Lou Qianxue, being extraordinary, could show him something fun.
However… All of a sudden.
“Oh gosh, the pill condensation is successful?”
“The pills are already appearing in the tripod. Have all the purified herbs actually merged? They directly merged.”
“What’s happening?”
“Why didn’t those herbs reject one another?”
The tripod emitted a faint medicinal fragrance as a round pill approached perfection under Ye Zhuixun’s control of his flame core.
When Yan Gongqing heard those gasps, he subconsciously looked in the direction of Ye Zhuixun and saw a pill close to condensation.
How is it possible?
His expression drastically changed, and his state of mind became unstable.
As a result, he also lost control of the fire in his hand.
Boom!
Yan Gongqing’s tripod exploded in the next moment!
The herbs that were originally about to be merged splashed out and became a pool of ashes.
Yan Gongqing had failed to refine the Peiyuan pill!
The entire place instantly went silent, and everyone’s gaze fell on Yan Gongqing.
“How is it possible!”
“Isn’t Young Master Yan an alchemy genius?”
“It’s just a Peiyuan pill. Even I can refine it. Young Master Yan… is he really a genius?”
Under everyone’s doubts, Yan Gongqing lifelessly stared at the tripod that had exploded. He muttered to himself in disbelief, “How is it possible? No, impossible… Peiyuan pill… The Peiyuan pill that I can refine even with my eyes closed, how can it explode? This is fake. It’s definitely fake!”
The failure had dealt a huge blow to Yan Gongqing.
“Qing Er!” Master Yan’s face revealed fury as he turned around and rebuked Lou Qianxue, “Lou Qianxue, you disturbed my Qing Er’s mind and caused his tripod to explode. You’re too despicable!”