The Young Master Storms the City
Chapter 1023: Mere Mortal Fire

Chapter 1023: Chapter 1023: Mere Mortal Fire

He was also surprised, originally just wanting Ning Fan to help in exchange for merits, but he hadn’t expected Ning Fan’s approach to be so fierce.

"Don’t worry, I will definitely help you become the Deputy Sect Master," Ning Fan said, waving his hand and slowly walking to the alchemy furnace.

Under everyone’s gaze, he took a deep breath, and the spiritual power inside his body surged out violently, shattering all the ingredients.

Just the first step had already shocked everyone.

"What are you doing?" Xue Yun exclaimed in surprise, "You are destroying these ingredients!"

When making elixirs, the first step is to refine the ingredients, which is a true test of an alchemist’s basic skills.

Because if one isn’t careful enough to preserve the shape of the ingredients, it can easily lead to the loss of their potency.

This lad, however, just shattered all the ingredients directly!

However, Ning Fan ignored everything, raised his hand, and the surging spiritual power enveloped all the ingredients.

Soon, the spiritual power acted like a millstone, grinding out all the impurities from the ingredients.

The entire process took no more than fifteen breaths.

After doing all this, Ning Fan turned his head towards Xue Yun, "What did you just say?"

Xue Yun: "..."

He now felt very uncomfortable.

If one said Ning Fan was messing up, but he had removed all the impurities from the ingredients.

If one said his methods were superior, coming up and turning all the ingredients into powder—whether such ingredients could still be used to make elixirs was questionable.

"Sect Master, this is Daoist Xu’s unique alchemy method," Xiong Lin quickly explained.

Wei Tianyuan also opened his mouth wide; he had never seen such a method of alchemy before.

His expression changed back and forth for a while, before he slowly said, "Master Xue, you rest for now. Let’s see how Master Xu plans to make the elixir."

Although Ning Fan’s alchemy technique was very strange, just from this move alone, his level was obviously beyond Xue Yun.

Having heard this, Xue Yun reluctantly stepped aside.

With no one else interfering, Ning Fan once again immersed his mind in alchemy.

As the ingredients were added to the furnace, the blazing flames also ignited, and the entire alchemy furnace was enveloped in flames.

Seeing the flames Ning Fan used for alchemy, Xue Yun scoffed, "Using merely ordinary fire, how can you possibly make a top-grade elixir!"

Ning Fan merely smiled lightly and didn’t bother to defend himself, simply channeling spiritual power into the flames.

The alchemy techniques in his inherited memories didn’t require specific flames; he just needed to follow his own steps in alchemy.

As spiritual power entered the fire, the seemingly ordinary flames grew increasingly turbulent, even emitting faint golden light.

But the people around him didn’t notice; their attention was all focused on the alchemy furnace.

As the alchemy continued, the entire alchemy furnace began to tremble, as if there was something alive inside struggling.

"Not good! It’s going to explode!"

Seeing this, Xue Yun immediately exclaimed in alarm.

The current commotion from the alchemy furnace was nearly identical to a previous explosion he had experienced.

Wei Tianyuan also showed a look of disappointment.

Could it be... another failure?

Did his daughter indeed have such a doomed fate?

As Xue Yun’s words fell, the trembling of the alchemy furnace became even more violent.

"Heat up!"

A surge of white vapor burst out from the alchemy furnace, instantly enveloping both Ning Fan and the furnace.

Seeing this, the crowd around hastily retreated in unison, afraid that the exploding furnace might accidentally affect them.

"Elder Xiong, it seems the alchemist you’ve brought is just mediocre," Zhang Shili said coldly, "You’ve delayed the young master’s treatment, think about how you will apologize!"

"Hmph, if it weren’t for your person destroying three batches of ingredients! Would things have escalated to this extent?" Xiong Lin was not about to take the blame.

"If you ask me, you’ve never had the young master’s safety at heart!" Zhang Shili continued, "This young kid, how could he possibly have much achievement in alchemy!"

While the two argued incessantly, Wei Tianyuan suddenly roared in a low voice, "Enough! All of you, be quiet!"

His own daughter was lying in the room, her life hanging by a thread, and these guys still had the mood to argue.

Stunned by Wei Tianyuan’s roar, the two dared not continue their squabble, but they glared at each other resentfully.

Just then, Ning Fan suddenly shouted, "Everyone, move away!"

"Bang!"

The next moment, there was a muffled sound from the alchemy furnace.

Immediately after, the entire alchemy furnace violently burst into surges of white vapor, followed by a strong scent of elixir.

However, compared to the previous situation when Xue Yun’s elixir was formed, it looked completely different.

Before the people could react, an invisible blast suddenly erupted from the alchemy furnace, spreading in all directions.

The overwhelming smoke instantly obscured everyone’s vision.

Wei Tianyuan raised his hand to block the invisible blast with spiritual power.

But he dared not do much more, fearing it might affect Ning Fan inside.

"It must have failed!" Xue Yun declared confidently, "The noise just now was clearly the furnace exploding! I could not possibly be mistaken!"

Zhang Shili snorted coldly, "If it fails again, Xiong Lin, you better prepare your apology!"

Xiong Lin, uninterested in arguing with Zhang Shili, just tensely stared at the white mist in the courtyard.