by Feng Yise
"Open the furnace! Elders, please examine them!" the deacon said in a clear voice.
Everyone opened their medicinal cauldrons. One medicinal pill after another flew out.
When Ning Siyu saw her Crimson Thunder Heavenly Spirit Pill, she could not help being overjoyed.
She really did it!
Peak high-grade!
Just one more stop and it was superior-grade!
The group of elders walked down the grandstand and saw Ning Siyu's Crimson Thunder Heavenly Spirit Pill at first glance, all incomparably shocked.
How could they have imagined that Ning Siyu could actually refine one that was peak high-grade?
"Looks like this round's situation is already very obvious. Siyu this lass takes first place for all three, overpowering everyone!" said an elder.
Quite a few elders came in front of Xuan Yu and congratulated, "Second Elder, congratulations! The ten spots to enter the Pill Tower this time, your lineage actually occupied half! It's truly unprecedented!"
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "Got lucky, got lucky, all thanks to Elder Ye!"
Xuan Yu was naturally delighted in his heart. But he also knew that this was all Ye Yuan's credit and had nothing to do with him.
These few years, he was bullied badly by Head Elder. Today, he finally vented it all out.
Head Elder only came down and circled one round, then returned to the grandstand again. How could he still have any face to stay?
That cold snort of Ye Yuan's directly disrupted Song Qiyang's medicinal pill into low-grade.
How could a low-grade medicinal pill be enough to enter the top ten?
Song Qiyang was long gone. He really had no way of staying here anymore.
Today, his face was utterly lost.
After a few more hours, the protector team's results were also out. Lu Yi and Ding Xun both successfully obtained the spots to enter the Pill Tower.
Once that side ended, Ruo Xu stood up impatiently and said coldly, "Elder Ye, it's our turn!"
Ye Yuan slowly got up and said with a smile, "Head Elder is very anxious. This state of mind will affect your performance."
Ruo Xu snorted coldly and said, "That doesn't need you to worry about! Today, this old man is going to let you know that elders aren't so easy to be!"
Ye Yuan smiled and said, "How does Head Elder want to compete?"
Ruo Xu said in a deep voice, "Don't say that this old man is bullying you. Any rank three divine pill, you can have your pick!"
Head Elder was still concerned about his identity in the end and did not wish to get a reputation of bullying the weak in front of so many people.
Therefore, he had Ye Yuan choose the medicinal pill.
In his view, no matter which rank three medicinal pill, he still had no problems crushing Ye Yuan.
He was the exalted Pill Tower's head elder, a peak Four-star Alchemy God. How could he possibly lose to a Three-star Alchemy God?
Even if Ye Yuan was somewhat different from the rest, his strength far surpassing Three-star Alchemy Gods, he also had full confidence.
But Ye Yuan smiled when he heard that and said, "Head Elder is actually so magnanimous, then … I'll choose the medicinal pill?"
Ruo Xu snorted coldly and said, "You just pick! This old man is the exalted head elder, could it be that I still have to make things difficult in this area for you, a Three-star Alchemy God? Spreading it, wouldn't it incur the entire imperial city's people mocking?"
Ye Yuan nodded his head, but looked towards Xuan Yu and said, "Second Elder, I wonder what rank three divine pill Head Elder is most adept in?"
Xuan Yu understood it and said with a smile, "The rank three divine pills that Head Elder is good at are too many to enumerate. But to say what he's best at, it should be the Vastsun Universe Pill. This medicinal pill of his has created many Divine Lord Realm powerhouses for the imperial city!"
Ye Yuan's brows raised up, looking at Ruo Xu. He was rather surprised.
He did not think that Ruo Xu was actually good at the Vastsun Universe Pill!
This Vastsun Universe Pill was not an ordinary medicinal pill, but a medicinal pill that could help half-step Divine Lords and grand completion Origin Deity perceive the laws of heaven and earth, comprehending opening up an inner-world.
No medicinal pills could directly let the martial artist breakthrough to Divine Lord Realm. But the Vastsun Universe Pill could increase the chances of a martial artist's breakthrough, letting them have a chance of taking this final step.
This kind of medicinal pill was hard to find a single one.
Disregarding that the spirit medicines required were very scarce, the requirement of the refiner was also perverse to the extreme.
Even for Four-star Alchemy Gods, those able to refine it were also exceedingly few.
Three-star Alchemy Gods, it had never been heard of that someone refined it before.
Ruo Xu and Xuan Yu, these sorts of existences, could naturally refine it. But Ruo Xu was more than a magnitude stronger than Ruo Xu in this medicinal pill.
The moment Ruo Xu heard, his stomach full of anger turned into ridicule and he said with a cold smile, "Huhu, young people had best not be too impetuous! You want to use the medicinal pill that I'm most adept in to compete with me, the idea is good, but … you're too weak!"
Ruo Xu's meaning was: you want to posture, in the end, you smacked your own face, right?
How could he not perceive that Ye Yuan wanted to challenge the medicinal pill that he was best at?
However, the reality was not as expected!
He completely did not think that Ye Yuan would compete with him with the Vastsun Universe Pill. This medicinal pill, Three-star Alchemy Gods had no capability to refine one!
The other elders also revealed contemptuous looks, feeling that Ye Yuan postured over the top.
"This Elder Ye, the more I look, the more unreliable he seems to be!"
"Yeah, want to say that Ning Siyu was taught by him, I don't believe even if beaten to death."
"Youngsters, having a bit of strength made them not know the immensity of heaven and earth anymore. How can the Vastsun Universe Pill be what he can refine?"
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Ye Yuan just smiled and said to Xuan Yu, "Second Elder, why don't … I compete in this with him?"
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "This is your contest, you make the decision."
Ye Yuan nodded his head and said to Ruo Xu, "Head Elder, don't blame that I didn't give you the chance. Let's compete in the Vastsun Universe Pill then!"
"What?! He really wants to compete in the Vastsun Universe Pill?"
"What kind of joke is this?! This kid is here to make a fool, right?"
"A Three-star Alchemy God refining Vastsun Universe Pill, does this boy take us to be idiots?"
Ye Yuan's one sentence made all of the elders explode.w
Chapter 1593 - Overwhelming Aura
"You want to compete in the Vastsun Universe Pill with me? Huhu, young man, I'm somewhat doubting it now. Do you really know alchemy?" When Ruo Xu heard that, he could not refrain from laughing in spite of himself.
"Know or not, you'll know in a while. Why is Head Elder going back on your words?" Ye Yuan said coolly.
"Heh, since you're looking for a trashing yourself, then wouldn't it somewhat be letting you down if this old man doesn't help you achieve your purpose?" Ruo Xu said with a cold smile.
To talk about Ruo Xu refining the Vastsun Universe Pill, that was indeed a special ability of Heavenly Eagle Imperial City.
There was even one time when he refined a peak heaven-grade Vastsun Universe Pill and just missed a little bit more to reach the realm of divine-grade.
For the Vastsun Universe Pill, this was simply a miracle.
There was a saying that circulated among alchemists, the Vastsun Universe Pill was the hardest in rank three!
For a rank three alchemist to want to refine the Vastsun Universe Pill, it was undoubtedly a fool's talk.
One could say that the Vastsun Universe Pill was the taboo of Three-star Alchemy Gods.
Even though it was just a rank three divine pill.
Only by experiencing the baptism of Great Dao, opening up one's inner-world and increasing one's comprehension, could one refine this medicinal pill.
It could be seen from this how great the difficulty of refining this medicinal pill was.
However, when everyone heard that Head Elder was going to refine the Vastsun Universe Pill, each and every one of them became incomparably excited.
Especially those alchemists, this was a rare chance to learn and observe to them.
"It's really too great! To actually be able to personally see Head Elder refining the Vastsun Universe Pill, this is a chance that only happens once in a blue moon!"
"Even though Elder Ye is unreliable, he obtained benefits for us, these bottom-level alchemists, this time!"
"Elder Ye is really an ignorant person who doesn't fear anything, to actually want to compete in the Vastsun Universe Pill with Head Elder. Isn't this simply looking to be abused?"
"Maybe he feels that such a difficult medicinal pill, even if he can't refine it, it wouldn't be too embarrassing either. This way, he can continue to fish in troubled waters in the future."
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The spirit medicines required for refining the Vastsun Universe Pill were very rare. But with the Heavenly Eagle Imperial City's strength, collecting a few sets of rank three spirit medicines was still doable.
It was just that this medicinal pill was too precious. Extremely few people could afford the price to invite Head Elder to take action.
Before long, someone prepared two sets of spirit medicines and delivered them to the Pill Tower.
"Elder Ye, these spirit medicines were gotten by the Martial Tower's disciples at the risk of their lives. Giving you to refine is really too wasteful!" Ruo Xu pointed at those spirit medicines and said.
Ye Yuan laughed in spite of himself when he heard that and said, "Head Elder's words aren't correct. Wasted or not, we'll only know after refining. If your medicinal pill's quality is worse than mine, you're the one who really squandered it!"
Ruo Xu snorted coldly and said, "Razor-tongued! I don't believe that you can really refine the Vastsun Universe Pill."
Ye Yuan shrugged his shoulders and said coolly, "It's useless to say anymore, let's get started! Uh … Head Elder go first, let me plagiarize first."
Ruo Xu laughed coldly and said, "Then you have to watch carefully!"
Done talking, Head Elder's two hands drew a circle. The aura of Great Dao surged to the sky on the plaza, the commotion extremely shocking.
Reaching the realm of Four-star Alchemy God Realm, each pill refinement would trigger the power of Great Dao. But those who could be deep and vigorous like Head Elder, they were one of a kind.
Xuan Yu's gaze turned sharp and he muttered to himself, "Looks like his strength improved again!"
The two people fought for so many years and had always been secretly contending.
Regarding Ruo Xu's strength, Xuan Yu was the clearest.
From this imposing momentum, he could sense that Ruo Xu's strength was a little stronger than before again.
Reaching their realm, every tiny bit of improvement was exceedingly hard to come by.
Head Elder's strength improving, he could originally shake him off by some distance.
It was just too bad … he ran into Ye Yuan!
Observing Ye Yuan's pill refinement the last time made Xuan Yu glean considerable gains.
These few days, Xuan Yu's Alchemy Dao level had considerable improvement.
This kind of learning actually had the best effect during the first time.
Because Ye Yuan's pill refinement opened another door for them.
"Indeed worthy of being the head elder. The moment he made his move, it's heaven-shocking!"
"I don't know if Head Elder can break through the fetters this time and refine a divine-grade Vastsun Universe Pill!"
"If Head Elder can break through the fetters, then all the major families present will probably go crazy!"
"Isn't that so! Divine-grade Vastsun Universe Pill virtually represents a Divine Lord Realm powerhouse. Which family can be calm?"
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Head Elder's alchemy technique was dignified and complex, yet incomparably steady.
The Alchemy Dao powerhouses present, even elder-class, were also ashamed of their inferiority.
This was the strength after endless tempering and training. There was no way to rock it at all.
Ye Yuan watched by the side and also praised endlessly.
"Tsk tsk, indeed worthy of being the head elder. His strength isn't ordinary!' Ye Yuan had an appearance of finding fault.
The others could not help being speechless when they saw. How bold was this guy to actually not start yet?
Or was it that he could not refine it at all, and directly chose to give up?
"Hey! If you can't refine, admit defeat as early as possible. You simply look like a clown right now!" an elder in Head Elder's faction said in a solemn voice.
Ye Yuan did not get angry either, saying with a smile, "No rush, let him refine a while first. Whether I'm a clown or not, you'll know in a while!"
That elder snorted coldly and said, "I'll see what trick you can play!"
Ruo Xu entering pill refining state, his entire person was fully focused on the medicinal pill.
Ye Yuan and the elder's conversation, he naturally could not hear it.
The original contest became Head Elder's solo performance.
Very soon, everyone was drawn by Head Elder's transcendent alchemy technique. No one paid attention to Ye Yuan anymore.
They were definitely super certain that Ye Yuan was an out-and-out swindler who did not know alchemy at all!
However, right at this time, Ye Yuan moved!
An even more majestic Great Dao aura suddenly surged to the sky, giving everyone a fright.
"This … What's going on?"
"This Great Dao aura was emitted by Ye Yuan?"
"How is that possible?! His aura is actually so much stronger than Head Elder!"
"My God, my eyesight must be failing! How can a Three-star Alchemy God possibly trigger such a terrifying Great Dao aura?"
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When the pill refinement started, that cynical and flippant state thoroughly disappeared from Ye Yuan's body.
What replaced it was an incomparable focus.
Everyone looked at Ye Yuan with dumbfounded gazes and slack jaws. That dream-like alchemy technique, that continuously fluctuating Great Dao aura, was making it clear to all that this was an existence whose Alchemy Dao already reached a consummate realm!
Head Elder's pill refinement paled in comparison in front of Ye Yuan!
After the astonishment, everyone was completely drawn over by Ye Yuan very quickly.
Especially those alchemists, each and every one of them watched like they were intoxicated.
Currently, Ye Yuan refining pills was just like triggering Great Dao Heavenly Melody back then, capable of making the surrounding people immerse inside, unable to extricate themselves too.
They discovered that Ye Yuan's alchemy technique was what they had never heard of before.
His technique was exceedingly profound, they could not understand at all.
Especially those elders, each and every one of them were akin to having obtained a priceless treasure. They seemed to have had a good rain after a long drought, learning from Ye Yuan hungrily.
Chapter 1594 - Void Spirit Divine-grade
"This … This is Elder Ye's strength?"
"No wonder he could become an elder with the identity of a Three-star Alchemy God! There's no problem at all!"
"Convinced! Really convinced! I never dared to imagine that a Three-star Alchemy God could actually be powerful to such an extent!"
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When everyone woke up from being enthralled by the
aura of Dao. Each and every one of them was incredibly shocked.
Ye Yuan's pill refinement made them broaden their horizons.
Only then did they truly understand what Ye Yuan relied on to become an elder.
Ye Yuan already finished, but Ruo Xu was still meticulously concocting his medicinal pill.
The people who were originally still marveling at Head Elder's pill refinement, looking back at it again now, there was actually a dull feeling.
No idea how long had passed either, Head Elder's Vastsun Universe Pill was finally refined completely.
Regarding the pill refinement this time, he was very satisfied.
Based on his judgment, it was at least heaven-grade too.
Being able to refine Vastsun Universe Pill to heaven-grade, one could practically be in an undefeatable position already.
When he saw that Ye Yuan was still standing there, looking at him calmly, he even thought that Ye Yuan did not refine one.
"Huhu, gave up? Now, do you know the disparity between you and me?" Ruo Xu smiled and said.
Ye Yuan looked at him with a smile that was not a smile and said, "I've long finished refining. It's you who were too slow."
Ruo Xu seemed to have heard the most hilarious joke in the world and laughed in spite of himself as he said, "Still being stubborn until now, do you think that the Vastsun Universe Pill is a cabbage, can be refined completely in this short while? Or is it that you treated those spirit medicines as stir-frying a dish, cooking them in one pot?"
Ye Yuan just smiled and did not speak.
At this time, an elder ran to Ruo Xu's side and said a few words in his ears.
Ruo Xu's expression changed, looking at Ye Yuan with amazement.
He opened his mouth but did not know what he should say.
Ye Yuan … He really refined it!
A Three-star Alchemy God, how could it be possible to refine the Vastsun Universe Pill?
This medicinal pill was the taboo of Three-star Alchemy Gods!
Ruo Xu abruptly startled awake, his eyes sweeping across the other people's faces, instantly understanding something.
He was incomparably ashamed and resentful as he said to Ye Yuan in a cold voice, "Open the furnace, this old man wants to see what the hell you refined!"