Inverse Sword Mad God
Chapter 341 - 341 340 Refining Pills by Hand

341: Chapter 340: Refining Pills by Hand 341: Chapter 340: Refining Pills by Hand Lin Xuan used his Soul Power to create a stairway, stepping on empty air as he ascended.

This scene stunned many people.

After a brief silence, an earth-shattering shout burst from the crowd, spreading in all directions like a tidal wave.

“Hmph, putting on airs!” Duan Fei said with a cold expression.

He looked down on Lin Xuan’s performance.

If he wanted, he could do a hundred times better than Lin Xuan!

Song Qianqian, who was standing beside him, had a cold look on her pretty face as well.

She wished she could just slap Lin Xuan to the ground.

Lin Xuan confidently ascended the Heavenly Ladder and stepped onto the stone platform.

He sat down slowly and began to seriously examine the items before him.

Three types of medicinal herbs, and one Elixir Recipe, written on paper.

Such an Elixir Recipe required the Alchemist himself to grasp the key details, which made it much more difficult.

“It’s about what I expected, three chances should be enough,” Lin Xuan put down the Elixir Recipe.

Duan Fei scoffed from a distance, “No matter how much you show off your movement technique, you’re useless at the medicinal table!”

“I’ll show you what a Third Grade Alchemist is!”

As a Third Grade Alchemist, he was full of confidence.

In his view, defeating Lin Xuan was easy, as was achieving victory.

Right at that moment, a crisp sound echoed across the plaza, and a faint glow emerged in front of nearly five hundred stone platforms—if one looked closely, they would see it was a round bead.

“The first round of assessment gives you three chances.

Those who refine qualified Elixir Pills within the allotted time may proceed to the next round.”

“Now, begin!”

As President Meng Chuan’s voice fell, all the competitors on the stone platforms sprang into action.

At this moment, every Pill Master on the stone platforms brought out their Pill Furnaces and began Alchemy.

Pill Furnaces of various colours emerged, catching the eyes of the onlookers.

Lin Xuan held the Elixir Recipe and thought carefully, simulating the refining process in his mind.

In reality, he had practiced refining Elixir Pills quite often, dedicating time to it every day, and with the guidance of the Lord of Wine, his abilities far exceeded his peers.

After completing the simulation in his mind and confirming the key details, Lin Xuan finally started his work.

He didn’t take out a Pill Furnace; instead, he drew Engravings with his bare hands.

One after another, Engravings appeared in the air, mystical and profound, while the herbs on the stone platform took flight, beginning to decompose under the effect of the Engravings.

This phenomenon, amidst the myriad Pill Furnaces, stood out as very special, instantly attracting everyone’s attention.

“My God, look, he’s actually not using a Pill Furnace!”

“Can you really refine pills without a Pill Furnace?

That’s amazing!”

In Heavenly Mountain Country, the vast majority of Alchemists used Pill Furnaces for Alchemy since the Engravings inside could improve success rates.

This bare-handed approach to Alchemy, as demonstrated by Lin Xuan, was something they had never seen before.

The crowd’s exclamations below caused the other Alchemists on the stone platforms to lose their composure too.

Those competitors near Lin Xuan couldn’t help but steal a glance.

When they saw that Lin Xuan was truly refining pills bare-handed, their eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

Even a few people lost control of their emotions, leading to a loss of control over their Soul Power, and sounds of rumbling came from inside their Pill Furnaces.

Boom!

Boom!

The Pill Furnaces trembled, emitting black smoke.

It was clear—they had failed in Alchemy.

Duan Fei, who was in the distance, also saw Lin Xuan’s performance.

His expression darkened, and a hint of hatred flickered in his eyes.

In his opinion, Lin Xuan was just showing off to get attention, stealing all the limelight from him.

Originally, his status as a Third Grade Alchemist should have made him the center of attention, but Lin Xuan’s emergence made him irrelevant.

“That damn fellow, I’ll make you pay!” Duan Fei spoke with a killing aura.

Song Qianqian was also quite angry, “To actually dare to refine pills with bare hands, he really sees himself as an Elixir Master!”

“Once you’ve failed three times, I’ll be looking forward to seeing your crybaby face!”

Lin Xuan’s performance upset the atmosphere among the disciples of the Medicine Emperor Institute; even Wu Shaoyu’s expression turned sour.

“Showing off again, just showing off!” Wu Shaoyu’s face was fierce, “I don’t believe you can keep doing this without using a pill furnace!”

In the stands, the elders were also surprised.

Lin Xuan’s performance once again went beyond their expectations, and everyone except Old Man Di Que showed a look of shock.

Even President Meng Chuan showed a thoughtful expression.

Actually, even Old Man Di Que was shocked for quite a while the first time he saw Lin Xuan refining pills with his bare hands.

“This guy, in front of everyone, doesn’t know how to disguise at all!” Old Man Di Que muttered under his breath.

Song Yunxing and others beside him shuddered upon hearing this.

Then they stared fiercely at the center of the arena, their gazes as if wanting to pierce through Lin Xuan.

Once Lin Xuan began refining, he would forget everything around him and devote himself entirely to the alchemy process, using Soul Power to carefully sense every detail.

“Heart Blue Grass, extracting with high-temperature flames…”

Lin Xuan paused for a moment, “Flame?”

Just as he hesitated, a crack appeared in the inscriptions in mid-air, shattering like glass.

Crack!

A crisp sound rang out; although faint, it reached everyone’s ears.

“It’s broken, it’s broken!

Lin Xuan’s pill pattern has shattered!”

“Haha, I knew it, that kid was just showing off!

Now he’s messed it up, huh!” Wu Shaoyu laughed wildly.

“Hmph, just a superficial waste!” Duan Fei scorned.

Song Qianqian also cast a look of contempt.

At that moment, all eyes were on Lin Xuan, especially those of Song Yunxing and others, all of whom showed expressions of taking pleasure in his misfortune.

In their eyes, Lin Xuan simply didn’t have the ability to refine pills with bare hands; his actions were merely to attract everyone’s attention.

“There are still two chances left, but there isn’t much time!” Song Yunxing sneered.

Lin Xuan ignored their words and carefully studied the Elixir Recipe, his face showing thoughtfulness.

He had already used inscriptions to simulate flames, and with his level of skill, there should be no mistakes.

But still, the pill pattern had shattered.

“That’s right, the extraction using flames was just to acquire the droplets from the Heart Blue Grass, I can completely do without fire engravings.”

Lin Xuan immediately understood.

As an Engraver, he faced failure in refining every day.

Even the top Alchemy Masters can’t guarantee a hundred percent success rate; what they can do is try to increase the likelihood of success as much as possible.

Therefore, the first failed attempt had no impact on Lin Xuan.

If he couldn’t even accept this much, then there was no point in talking about reaching the peak of the Alchemy Dao!

Looking around, Lin Xuan saw that the others were all fully engaged in refining, with Duan Fei and Song Qianqian being the fastest.

From the fluctuations of their aura, it seemed like they were entering the final stage.

“As expected of a Third Grade Alchemist, their strength is indeed substantial!” Lin Xuan praised.

Duan Fei’s movements were very practiced; he easily controlled the pill furnace, continuously injecting engravings.

For a Third Grade Alchemist like him, this was effortless.

Song Qianqian also appeared quite at ease; as Song Yunxing’s daughter, she had learned about elixir pills from Song Yuanxing since childhood, looking at her technique, she had the style of a master.

“Worthy of being the institute director’s daughter, indeed she has some strength!”

Lin Xuan withdrew his gaze and began his second attempt at refining.