Chapter 143 Their respective gains

As the final assessment of Fa Mammoth was announced, the entire square erupted in thunderous cheers, and a fiery atmosphere filled the entire place.

Seeing this, Qinglin's eyes showed a little more joy.

She pulled Lin Yuan's sleeve and said excitedly, "Sir, it's really lively here today, even more lively than the Inner Court's Strongest Ranking Competition."

Before this, the most lively scene she had ever experienced was the inner courtyard's strong ranking conference.

However, although the Strong List Conference was far superior to today's Alchemist Conference in terms of the quality of the strong and the cultivation of the audience, it was far inferior to today's conference in terms of the number of spectators and the level of excitement.

Lin Yuan looked at the crowd in the square and nodded, "Yeah, it's really lively. Qing'er, this is for you. You can record the memories you want to keep."

As he spoke, Lin Yuan took out a photo stone from his ring and handed it to Qing Lin.

On the field, Xiao Yan's eyes swept across an empty stone platform, his eyes darkened slightly. That stone platform should have been where Xiao Yan's biggest opponent this time was - Yan Li.

"That person didn't come? Did something happen and he gave up the competition?"

Xiao Yan couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He had made a lot of mental preparations to deal with this powerful enemy, but the opponent's absence made him lose his fighting spirit. It was like punching cotton, unable to fully exert his strength.

Liu Ling, Yao Yue and others on the side looked at the empty stone platform with a hint of relief in their eyes.

"Forget it, I want to surpass myself in this conference." Xiao Yan thought to himself, "No matter what happens, what I want to do is to refine the Qingyuan Zhuling Pill."

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan closed his eyes and exhaled deeply. Then, he suddenly opened his eyes, and a ray of bright yellow flame flashed in his eyes.

Xiao Yan flicked his fingers and a bright yellow flame suddenly burst out. As the flames rose, the temperature in the square also rose suddenly.

Suddenly, a faint dragon roar came from the bright yellow flame, and then a mysterious wave spread out from the strange fire in Xiao Yan's hand. Many flames of different colors slanted slightly towards the bright yellow flame, presenting a trend of hundreds of fires paying homage.

Such a strange scene created a heated atmosphere on the scene.

People are either envious, fearful, or greedy, and the complex human heart is revealed in the many eyes at this moment.

"The strange fire appeared in the world, and all other fires submitted. I didn't expect that I could witness this legendary scene with my own eyes today." A strange color flashed unconsciously in Fa Ma's eyes, and he sighed.

Seeing this, Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"This guy actually likes to show off. But, Dragon Roar? This Wind Fury Dragon Flame is quite interesting. Eighteenth, let me take a good look at what magic you have. In addition, the Burning Decree..."

Lin Yuan came to watch Xiao Yan's match, but of course he didn't just come to watch.

On the one hand, he wanted to accompany Qing Lin for some fun, and on the other hand, he also wanted to explore the complete Burning Decree in Xiao Yan.

In short, what Lin Yuan wanted to do was to work backwards.

This is not impossible for Lin Yuan, who possesses half of the Burning Technique and has done in-depth research on it.

After studying the half of the Burning Technique that he had taken from Han Feng, Lin Yuan gained a lot. Through research, he analyzed some basic things about the Burning Technique, which gave Lin Yuan the idea of ​​reversing the original version of the complete Burning Technique.

After all, no matter how profound Xiao Yan's Burning Technique is, it is just a Xuan-level technique that has evolved once, and in many aspects it is still relatively close to the original Burning Technique.

Lin Yuan has half of the original version of the Burning Technique in his hand, which can be used for reference and comparison.

As long as he could know the path of Xiao Yan's practice after he had cultivated the complete version of the Burning Art, Lin Yuan could combine it with the fragments of the Burning Art at hand, verify each other, and reversely infer. In this way, it would be possible to reversely infer part of the path of the complete version of the Burning Art before it evolved.

Even if such an attempt cannot completely complete the Burning Technique, it will undoubtedly provide considerable help to his research on the Burning Technique.

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan used his soul power to shield him and Qing Lin, and whispered to Qing Lin: "Qing'er, do me a favor."

Seeing that Lin Yuan used his soul power to isolate the inside and outside, Qing Lin knew that his master had something important to tell him.

So, her expression suddenly became serious, "Sir, go ahead."

Lin Yuan glanced at Xiao Yan in the distance and whispered, "Your first level of the Heavenly Illusionary Spiritual Bright True Pupil - Heavenly Eyes, has been cultivated to perfection and can see through the flow of energy. Now, activate your Heavenly Eyes and see if you can discern Xiao Yan's path of energy."

"If you can see through it, please record it all and use the phantom pupil to send me the detailed information."

Heavenly Illusion Spiritual Bright True Pupil·Heavenly Eye: Enhances eyesight, strengthens the practitioner's ability to perceive and precisely observe various energies, including the energy of heaven and earth, fighting spirit, and soul power. After achieving perfection, it can even see through the flow of power inside and outside the opponent's body and judge the opponent's moves.

"I understand, sir."

After saying this, Qinglin formed several mysterious seals with his hands, and a deep green light appeared in his pupils.

Immediately, Qing Lin, with the help of Lin Yuan, looked at Xiao Yan. Suddenly, Xuanmiao's eyes instantly penetrated Xiao Yan, whose cultivation and soul power were far inferior to hers, and she could see Xiao Yan's current path of practice clearly.

After a moment, Qing Lin's face showed joy, and he said excitedly: "Young Master, I can see his energy path. This is what I just saw. I will pass it to you first."

After saying that, Qing Lin used his phantom pupils to transmit all the information he had just observed to Lin Yuan.

After Lin Yuan received it, he compared it with the fragment of the Burning Decision in his hand, and he couldn't help but feel happy. As expected, he could glimpse the shadow of the original Burning Decision from it.

"Qing'er, thank you very much." Lin Yuan said happily, "Please continue to explore his energy and qi circulation paths for me."

Qing Lin nodded slightly and continued to observe Xiao Yan's exercise route.

On the field, as time passed, the strange scene of "a thousand fires worshipping" gradually dissipated.

The contestants gradually withdrew their gazes and minds, and refocused their attention on the upcoming competition. They poured flames into the medicine cauldron, took out the medicinal materials from the ring, and began the first step of making the elixir - refining!
The square fell silent again, with only the slight sound of the flames refining the medicinal herbs echoing.

This quiet atmosphere also infected the people in the audience, and they lowered their voices and gradually quieted down. Everyone's eyes were focused on the square, on the alchemists who were concentrating on their studies.

Xiao Yan felt a vague sense of being watched. He raised his head slightly and looked around, only to find that tens of thousands of eyes in the entire venue were staring at him.

He shook his head slightly, cleared his mind of distracting thoughts, put the herbs into the medicine cauldron, and began the refining process.

In the VIP seat, Nalan Jie suddenly looked at the somewhat worried Nalan Yanran, frowned and said, "Did the person who came from Yunlan Sect this morning urge you to go back?"

"Yeah." Nalan Yanran nodded slightly.

"Ah." Nalan Jie sighed and said in a low voice, "Is it because the three-year agreement is up?"

"This is one of the reasons." Nalan Yanran nodded, then frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Besides, the sect seems to have some other things."

Nalan Jie looked at her solemnly and said in a deep voice: "I don't want to say more about the three-year agreement. You won't listen anyway. However, it is rumored that Xiao Yan's talent has been restored. I hope you can be more sensible and not let the relationship between the two families deteriorate further." "In addition, I received some news that Yunlan Sect may have encountered some changes. When you go back, you must be careful."

Nalan Yanran's eyes narrowed when she heard this. Has the sect's top-secret information been known to the outside world? She felt uneasy.

Seeing this, Nalan Jie seemed to have read her mind and said meaningfully: "Yanran, you are the first person from the major families in the empire to become the young master of the Yunlan Sect, but you are not the first person to become a disciple of the Yunlan Sect."

"All the major forces are in each other, this is the current situation of the major forces in the Jia Ma Empire."

As time went by, some alchemists who needed less refining materials had already finished refining the herbs and began to prepare for the next step.

The game began to slowly and slowly move into the next stage.

At this time, Qing Lin leaned close to Lin Yuan's ear and whispered, "Sir, the medicines that the contestants below refine are different from what I expected. They feel so... so simple."

Before this, Qing Lin had only witnessed Lin Yuan's elegant demeanor in refining medicine. Lin Yuan's smooth and flowing refining skills and his superb flame control had always impressed her. Therefore, she had always thought that refining medicine should be like Lin Yuan's.

However, today's game made her a little disappointed.

Hearing this, Lin Yuan smiled gently, patted Qing Lin's little head, and said: "In the future, I will take you to Zhongzhou to watch the Alchemy Competition. The alchemy skills there should be much more interesting and should open your eyes."

"Yeah." Qing Lin nodded, and then put more of his attention into finding out Xiao Yan's exercise route.

Lin Yuan was watching the game below while paying close attention to Xiao Yan's seals, soul mobilization and other details.

He combined the information about the exercise routes sent by Qinglin and deduced the exercise routes of the complete version of the original Burning Decree.

And on the field.

At this time, Xiao Yan occasionally put a medicinal herb in with his left hand, and quickly absorbed the refined material in the medicine cauldron with his right hand, and then put it into the jade bottle, and repeated this process over and over again.

Seeing Xiao Yan refining medicine, a hint of reminiscence flashed in Lin Yuan's eyes.

Unlike the current practice of directly sealing with strange fire, Lin Yuan did the same in the past. Every time after extracting a medicinal herb, he would take out the medicinal liquid and temporarily preserve it in a jade bottle.

The dragon-catching technique he often used was originally practiced for this purpose, and was then continuously improved and perfected before being used in combat.

After Xiao Yan finished extracting the main ingredients for refining the Qing Yuan Zhu Ling Dan, he turned around and looked at everyone, and found that the little princess and Liu Ling had not yet finished refining.

"They used quite a lot of medicinal materials. It seems that the elixir they want to refine this time is of high quality. That's good. This way, this competition will be more interesting."

Generally speaking, the more and more complex the materials needed to be refined, the higher the elixir grade will be. Sixth-grade elixirs mostly require dozens of medicinal materials, while seventh- and eighth-grade elixirs often require hundreds or even thousands of medicinal materials.

This is also one of the reasons why the requirements for the alchemist's cultivation level are getting higher and higher as time goes on. If the cultivation level is not enough, even a complete alchemy cannot be completed.

Time passes slowly.

From time to time, a slight muffled sound could be heard on the huge square. This was the sound of failed alchemy. Whenever this sound was heard, a contestant with a depressed face would leave the venue sadly. The number of contestants gradually decreased.

Suddenly, a muffled sound, much louder than the previous one, came from the fiery red medicine cauldron in front of Xiao Yan, and black ashes poured out from the cauldron.

There were sighs coming from the audience and even from the VIP seats.

Yaoyue and Liu Ling, who were preparing to melt the elixir, also turned their heads and cast their gazes in the direction of Xiao Yan.

Looking at the ashes spilling out of the medicine cauldron, the expressions on their faces were somewhat different. The little princess had a look of pity on her face, but Liu Ling had a hint of smug joy on her face.

However, in this atmosphere of failure, the corners of Xiao Yan's mouth slightly raised, revealing a confident smile.

When Lin Yuan saw this, a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.

"I see. Did he fail on purpose? The first batch of medicinal materials had flaws, so he didn't force it to become a pill. Instead, he took this opportunity to adjust the medicine cauldron and explore the critical point of the pill melting stage."

"It seems that he has understood all the tricks of refining Qingyuan Zhuling Pill. The outcome is already determined."

The follow-up was exactly as Lin Yuan had expected.

When Xiao Yan started to refine the elixir again, he was not affected by his previous failure at all.

On the contrary, when he took action, he no longer had the timid and cautious feeling as before, and the speed of extracting the medicinal materials was also much faster than before. In his every move, he revealed a calm temperament, as if he was somewhat similar to Yao Lao.

At this moment, Xiao Yan was completely immersed in his own alchemy. Even Yaoyue and Liu Ling's successful refining of the fourth-grade elixir failed to stir his mind.

The previous failure seemed to be a stepping stone for him to overcome the difficulty of melting the elixir. This time, he completed this step with great success.

Not long after, when the rich green fragrance of elixir rose from Xiao Yan's alchemy furnace like smoke, the outcome of this conference was decided.

"The champion of this tournament is, Rock Owl!"

Fa Ma's voice echoed in the square, and then the audience erupted in deafening cheers. Countless people stood up excitedly, waving the objects in their hands, cheering for Xiao Yan's victory.

For a moment, the entire square was plunged into a sea of ​​noise and excitement.

Xiao Yan looked at the crowds around him who were cheering for him, and he couldn't help but feel a little more excited in his heart, and his face showed a bit more of the vigor and vitality of a young man.

He placed his hand on his heart and asked in his heart: "Teacher, I didn't embarrass you this time, did I?"

Soon, Yao Lao's appreciative laughter resounded in Xiao Yan's heart: "Haha, you did a great job this time, Xiao Yan! You are worthy of being my disciple!"

Hearing Yao Lao's praise, Xiao Yan let out a long breath and a bright smile appeared on his face. Then, he turned his gaze in the direction of Lin Yuan.

When Xiao Yan's gaze fell on Lin Yuan, Lin Yuan also chuckled and applauded him generously.

Perhaps, compared to cultivation, Xiao Yan’s talent in alchemy is more commendable.

At this moment, Lin Yuan was also extremely satisfied.

In this competition, Xiao Yan spent several hours refining pills, during which he kept practicing the Burning Technique. With the help of Qing Lin, Lin Yuan also obtained a large number of complete Burning Technique exercises and Qi circulation routes.

After Lin Yuan simply verified it with the fragments of the Burning Decree he had obtained, his confidence in deducing the original text of the Burning Decree increased a little.

At this conference, Xiao Yan and Lin Yuan both got what they wanted.

(End of this chapter)