With a wave of Liu Xi's hand, a delicate, jade-like green lotus burst forth from his palm, breaking through the flames of the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron and rushing in.
At this point, the nearby beast fires, engulfed in azure flames, had barely recovered, and many alchemists breathed a sigh of relief. If this continued, there would be no point in participating in the competition.
His palm touched the void, and jade boxes appeared one after another, floating around Liu Xi in a circle. There were hundreds of them in total.
Looking at the blazing azure flames and feeling that the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron had reached the preheating stage, Liu Xi whispered, "Alchemy, begin."
He raised his hand, forming a claw-like shape. A stream of suction force erupted from his palm, and a jade box was sucked into his hand. He opened it.
Inside the box, a green fruit lay quietly, shimmering with a faint azure glow, yet radiating a bright vitality.
He picked up the Qingyuan Fruit and placed it along the opening of the Myriad Beast Cauldron. The surging green flames immediately pounced on it like a wolf or tiger, causing the fruit to tremble.
The surface of the Qingyuan Fruit glowed with a greenish light, and it desperately struggled in the green flames, but it was all in vain.
After a dozen minutes, the greenish glow completely broke apart, revealing the plump, round body of the Qingyuan Fruit.
Under the scorching green flames, wisps of green mist erupted outward, and the fruit gradually shrank until it exploded with a roar, turning into a ball of ash.
The green mist gradually gathered in the green flames, eventually condensing into a fist-sized ball of green liquid that gave off a faint fragrance.
A smile touched Liu Xi's lips. Successfully extracting the essence from the Qingyuan Fruit was nothing special, but it was a good start for this alchemy project.
Liu Xi immediately collected the medicinal liquid extracted from the Qingyuan Fruit and began refining the next herb. Refining medicine is a laborious and time-consuming process, especially for high-level elixirs.
While Liu Xi was refining, the alchemists Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Mu Gu, his rivals, were already refining the essence of the herb.
The square was completely silent, everyone focused their attention on the cauldrons and refining the herbs.
The alchemists who had reached this stage were of high level, and few mistakes had been made in the previous stages.
The square was also almost deserted. Everyone knew that refining medicine required silence.
No one wanted to fail due to loud noises distracting their attention; for an alchemist, this would be an unpleasant ordeal.
Although there were many alchemists present, too much attention was focused on Liu Xi, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen. After all, they were the favorites.
Even if someone like Mu Gu and Song Qing had emerged as the champion, the former was relatively unknown due to his seclusion, and the latter's reputation was not as high as Liu Xi and the others. Moreover,
Liu Xi's talent and background were significant advantages. Cao Ying and Dan Chen came from aristocratic alchemist families and had been systematically trained in the Alchemy Tower.
Liu Xi, on the other hand, was essentially an ordinary figure, a role model for those who had returned to the Alchemy Conference. Despite his humble origins, his skill was astounding, giving countless people hope for his success.
Time flew by, and five days passed in the blink of an eye.
During this time, the alchemists made occasional mistakes, causing muffled rumbles of thunder to reverberate throughout the hall. These mistakes, in turn, affected those whose resolve was weaker.
This had already eliminated a significant number of participants.
Aside from those who had failed to refine the pills, there were also those who had succeeded. However, there had not been a single "thunder" pill test so far, and the highest elixir they had managed to refine was not higher than the seventh level.
This had led to a sharp decline in the number of alchemists who continued to refine pills on the stone platform, from thousands at first to a few hundred now.
At this point, Liu Xi had already begun the crucial process of mixing the medicinal liquid. Thanks to his immense fortitude and exceptional control, the process went smoothly overall.
After all, this was his first time refining this elixir, and while mixing the Earth Essence, he still made a few mistakes, causing some medicinal ingredients to be lost.
Fortunately, this was not a major problem.
At this moment, a deafening roar echoed across the square.
Liu Xi glanced over, watching as a thundercloud gradually formed, the roar coming from the lightning swirling within.
"Elixir of the seventh level?"
Liu Xi immediately averted his gaze, his eyes like a deep pond, calmly entering a state of tranquility, untouched by either material joy or personal sorrow.
While forming seals, Liu Xi felt his spiritual power and Dou Qi rapidly depleting. Meanwhile, in the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron
the refined medicinal liquid obtained from the Human Essence Fruit had already merged with the larger mass of multi-colored medicinal liquid. When they touched, they experienced a strong repulsion.
Liu Xi used the "Soul Tempering Technique" to increase his spiritual power. Although the process was somewhat painful, his mastery of soul control was truly exceptional.
While holding back the medicinal liquid to prevent it from dissipating, he simultaneously guided it with a thin thread of spiritual power, gradually merging the liquids together without a single mistake.
This was due to the recent steady increase in spiritual power as he observed the discoveries of high-level alchemists. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to achieve such a level of elixir so easily.
While Liu Xi was combining the liquids, a small surge occurred in the scene: a large number of sixth-level elixirs appeared. Moreover, even seventh-level elixir thunders had become commonplace.
To deal with the elixir thunders, many alchemists adopted different methods: some resisted head-on, others used formations.
Successful elixir refinement resulted in the production of a successful elixir; failure resulted in its destruction.
Regardless of success or failure, the number of alchemists continuing to refine elixirs dwindled once again, leaving only forty-nine stone platforms.
Among them were Liu Xi, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Mu Gu, Song Qing, and Xiao Yan, all of whom, judging from the current situation, were using at least high-grade tier seven elixirs as their base.
Suddenly, Liu Xi let out a deep sigh, and a smile crossed his lips. The fusion of the medicinal liquid just now had finally succeeded.
In the Myriad Beast Cauldron, the milky white, pitted elixir prototype endlessly rolled around in the blue flames like a fish in water.
"Now it's time to imbue it with a spirit. I've read many notes from my predecessors. Let's see if I can create an elixir with the multi-colored thunder elixir."
Liu Xi formed hand seals, and a wave of spiritual power gushed out from his eyebrows, pouring into the cauldron.
This spiritual power, flickering with spiritual vibrations, surrounded the prototype elixir, causing a spiritual storm and giving birth to a powerful suppressive force, driving spiritual power into the elixir.
The prototype elixir shone with a misty spiritual radiance, and a mysterious aura emerged, like the birth of life.