Chapter 502: Chapter 372: Five Reincarnation Elixirs
Alchemist Wei looked at Ye Lingyue with a meaningful gaze.
It was the final four hours of the public selection.
"Boss, there’s something wrong with this charcoal," Little Wuya, who was adding charcoal into the cauldron, trembled in her voice.
The few pieces of charcoal she had just added wouldn’t ignite. The moment they were put in, the flame inside the cauldron dimmed significantly.
Upon further inspection, she discovered that the bottom layer of charcoal prepared by Dan Palace was damp.
"What should we do, should we borrow some charcoal?" Little Wuya pouted, full of self-reproach.
The boss had warned her to check the charcoal. She had checked the top and middle layers, but who would have thought that the problem was with the very bottom layer.
"At a time like this, no one will pay attention to us. It’s useless to seek Dan Palace’s help. If they dared to do this, they aren’t afraid of us exposing them." Ye Lingyue quickly glanced at the VIP seats, her gaze fleetingly passing over Xue Pianran and Qing Bi.
Capturing Ye Lingyue’s gaze, Feng Xun’s handsome brows furrowed on the VIP seats.
Having followed Master Long Yu for more than half a year, Xiahou Qi also sensed that something was amiss.
Just now, the rich fragrance of elixir from Ye Lingyue’s alchemy furnace had faded significantly.
During the last four hours of alchemy, the Elixir Fire must not be extinguished at any cost; otherwise, it could lead to total failure.
Xiahou Qi realized something and abruptly stood up, about to say something.
"The fire is about to go out! The fire in that Pill Furnace is on the verge of extinguishing."
Just then, the fire inside Ye Lingyue’s Pill Furnace had rapidly dimmed and looked like it could go out at any moment.
Everyone knew what it meant for the fire in the Pill Furnace to go out at this time.
Some took pleasure in her misfortune while others whispered among themselves.
Alchemist Wei saw this and shook his head.
Daxia’s Ye Lingyue possessed a talent for refining elixirs.
Sadly, her luck was too poor.
"Boss?" Little Wuya was about to cry.
"Ha~ Little Wuya, why cry? If Little Zhiyo were here, he would surely spit at those who sabotaged us. Come, help the boss out, and lend a fire," said Ye Lingyue as she ruffled the soft curls on top of Little Wuya’s head, picking up a piece of charcoal and tossing it into the Pill Furnace.
Little Wuya stood dumbfounded for a moment, then suddenly remembered something, and a blush spread across her plump cheeks.
She finally understood why the boss had chosen her.
"Boss, just wait!" The little girl’s voice was crisp and clear, cheeks puffily inflated.
With a whoosh, Little Wuya blew out a breath.
There was a loud bang, and the initially dimming Pill Furnace suddenly burst into a blaze of light.
In an instant, the Pill Furnace in front of Ye Lingyue ignited with flames.
Not only that, but the moment the fire inside the furnace roared to life.
A stream of Elixir Breath burst forth from the furnace, and suddenly, a multicolored Phoenix appeared in the sky.
It was a true Phoenix, its wings unfurled, flames blazing beside it, and its beautiful multicolored tail feathers shimmered with splendid colors in the air.
After the Phoenix cried out, it abruptly dived into the Pill Furnace.
The moment the Phoenix disappeared, a burst of intoxicating Elixir Fragrance wafted from the furnace, instantly overpowering any Pill Cauldron at the competition site.
Whoa—
Another burst of commotion, everyone was unaware of what exactly had happened, but Ye Lingyue’s move had undoubtedly made her, in an instant, become the third major focus after Zhuge Yi and Chen Minzhi.
The last stick of incense in the burner had extinguished.
Three days and nights had passed, and from over a hundred Pill Furnaces, the Elixir Fragrance differed.
Some who had not completed the Reincarnation Elixir within the stipulated time, left dejectedly.
Out of more than a hundred contestants, two-thirds had left all at once.
The remaining one-third had refined Reincarnation Elixirs of varying grades and quantities.
Everyone’s gaze was focused on three parties.
The first was the Pill Furnace of Kaijiang Prince Manor.
The second was the Pill Furnace of Heavenly Armor Sect.
The third was Ye Lingyue’s Pill Furnace.
Not to mention Kaijiang Prince Manor and Heavenly Armor Sect, since their strengths were there for all to see.
Kaijiang Prince Manor used the Mixed Element Skyfire Cauldron from Hunyuan Sect, while Heavenly Armor Sect had Elder Zhuge from the Outer Sect personally refining the elixir.
Indeed, once the Pill Furnace from Kaijiang Prince Manor was opened, red light filled the sky, and inside laid ten plump Reincarnation Elixirs, each twinkling with an enchanting Blood Pattern.
Blood Pattern Reincarnation Elixir, the top-grade existence within the Red Pattern Reincarnation Elixirs, the success rate, could be said to be one hundred percent.
Over at Kaijiang Prince Manor’s side, joyous clamor erupted instantaneously.
Chen Minzhi stood among the crowd, his expression unruffled as if to him, producing ten Blood Pattern Reincarnation Elixirs was nothing extraordinary.
Over at the Heavenly Armor Sect side, Elder Zhuge felt some displeasure, but recalling the reputation of Hunyuan Sect, he could only swallow his frustrations.
Inside his Pill Furnace were fifteen Reincarnation Elixirs, unfortunately, they were Yellow Patterned.
Such a level had already exceeded Zhuge Yi’s usual performance. If not for Chen Minzhi, he would have deservedly become the champion of this civilian selection.
In the Pill Furnaces of other Alchemists, the results were standard—as mostly Yellow Pattern Reincarnation Pills came out, and occasionally a Red Pattern Elixir appeared, but usually, they had a meager one or two.
Under the public scrutiny, Ye Lingyue’s Pill Furnace was opened.
To everyone’s shock, the cauldron that had the Phoenix enter, contained only a mere few countable Elixir Pills.
And those five... they were neither Red Patterned, Yellow Patterned, nor Blue Striped; they looked completely different from any Reincarnation Elixir.
The batch of Reincarnation Elixirs Ye Lingyue had refined was merely five, which by quantity, was much less than the others, each of a different color—red, yellow, gold, green, blue.
Dan Palace Heavenly Maiden Xue Pianran glanced at them, a sneer flickered in her eyes, then she looked at Feng Xun beside her, thinking inwardly.
Feng Xun, is this the woman you’re interested in?
She couldn’t even produce a single Blue Pattern Reincarnation Elixir.
Xue Pianran couldn’t help feeling regretful for covering for Princess Qing Bi’s mischief, not about giving damp charcoal to Ye Lingyue, but that she regretted making an unnecessary move.
Several elders from the Dan Palace stepped forward to inspect Ye Lingyue’s Elixir Pills, examining them over and over again, and finally, those elders concluded that these were not Reincarnation Elixir Pills at all.
It was simply ludicrous, such commotion had been made, leading them to expect high-quality Reincarnation Elixir Pills, only to find that it was all a tempest in a teapot.
"How is that possible? With the emergence of Phoenix Elixir Energy, how can it not even be an Ordinary Reincarnation Elixir?"
Alchemist Wei still held a few of Ye Lingyue’s Reincarnation Elixir Pills, while the rest of the Alchemists had already gone to inspect other contestants’ Reincarnation Elixir Pills.
He looked at Ye Lingyue and found that the woman was wearing a smile that was not quite a smile, looking at him. That expression, as if she was mocking the incompetence of Dan Palace, taking so long just to appraise a few Reincarnation Elixir Pills.
Suddenly, Alchemist Wei’s eyebrows twitched.
"Everyone, I am incapable; the appraisal of these few Elixir Pills might be mistaken, a secondary appraisal is needed."