28: A never-before-seen method of alchemy

After the medicinal herbs were selected, everyone returned to their Pill Furnace.

Next, it was time to begin the refinement.

He placed some of the medicinal herbs into the Pill Furnace, circulated the Spiritual Qi within his body, and a streak of crimson Spiritual Qi descended into the arena, causing a fierce flame to rise and dance within the furnace.

Sizzle—

Under the intense flames, the medicinal herbs emitted crisp sounds and gradually dissolved.

Seeing that it was almost time, Zhou Luo tossed the remaining medicinal herbs inside.

For a moment, the originally crimson flames flickered with a pale blue radiance, before returning to calm the next second.

As time slowly passed, the medicinal herbs gradually turned into liquid under the flames and began to fuse together.

Zhou Luo focused his mind, pretending to be unskilled as he cast a Pill Technique, guiding the medicinal liquid to fuse along a specific trajectory.

Guided by that Pill Technique, the medicinal liquid began to slowly fuse, and its color gradually turned into an earthy yellow.

During this time, the other Alchemists also began their Alchemy.

Everyone had a different expression on their face.

Some were confident and relaxed, some were earnest and meticulous, and others were furrowing their brows.

"That young woman from the Wang Family has a very mature Alchemy technique; it seems her score won't be low," someone remarked with emotion.

The person he was referring to was none other than Wang Yuwei.

The old man from the Wang Family also smiled and said, "Yuwei has been practicing Alchemy for many years. If she can go to the Immortal Sect to study, I estimate it won't be long before she achieves a Breakthrough."

These words caused the expressions of the other Alchemists from the Immortal Families present to shift slightly.

At Wang Yuwei's age, if she could so quickly possess First-Order High Grade strength, her future would be limitless.

It seems the Wang Family has obtained quite an excellent Genius.

"That person from the Li Family is also good; they actually chose to refine the high-difficulty Diamond Pill."

"And that lad from the Zhang Family has exquisite control over Alchemy techniques; he is a good seedling."

The Advanced Alchemists present commented one after another.

Those who could participate in this martial trial certainly possessed some skills.

Moreover, these Immortal Family descendants also performed very well.

"Strange, Brother Zhishou, isn't your Lin Family's son-in-law's technique wrong?"

At this moment, the old man from the Wang Family asked in confusion.

These words immediately attracted the attention of the other Alchemists.

They hadn't paid attention to Zhou Luo before, but now they looked over.

They discovered that they had never seen the other party's Alchemy technique before.

Lin Zhishou stood there, his expression somewhat grave.

Could this kid have failed to even memorize the Alchemy techniques?

"Look, he is about to fail," someone suddenly said.

They saw that the liquid currently undergoing Fusion inside Zhou Luo's Pill Furnace suddenly began to hiss, and even emitted white smoke.

This was clearly a sign that the medicinal herbs were about to collapse due to a lack of proper guidance.

"Since this Zhou Luo hasn't mastered the Alchemy method, why would he choose the Five Grains Pill?" the old man from the Wang Family frowned and said.

"It seems he was overconfident. He wanted to start with the difficulty of the Medicinal Pill, but he didn't expect to lift a rock only to drop it on his own feet," the Alchemist from the Zhang Family said with a mocking sneer.

After speaking, he didn't forget to glance at Lin Zhishou.

Lin Zhishou gripped his hands tightly at this moment, remaining silent.

He knew it.

This kid had never refined the Five Grains Pill before; it must be due to a lack of proficiency.

A trace of disappointment welled up in his heart.

It seems the people from the Lin Family won't be able to enter the Immortal Sect to study this time.

"No, that medicinal property seems to still be there," the Alchemist from the Li Family suddenly said.

Although a puff of white smoke had already risen from within Zhou Luo's Pill Furnace, the medicinal liquid had not collapsed because of it.

Instead, under Zhou Luo's guidance, it gradually calmed down again, only emitting bubbles of various sizes.

"What kind of refinement technique is this?" The Alchemist from the Zhang Family who had previously mocked Zhou Luo widened his eyes, saying in disbelief.

He had never heard of this Alchemy technique.

Could there be another Alchemy technique for the Five Grains Pill?

That was a matter of course.

In order to refine a high-quality Five Grains Pill, Zhou Luo deliberately used a special Alchemy technique, which was why the medicinal liquid emitted white smoke.

And this kind of Alchemy technique was perhaps only known to someone like him who had mastered all First-Order Alchemy knowledge.

At the moment, his expression was grave as his right hand once again struck out a streak of fierce flames into the furnace.

The fierce flames within the Pill Furnace suddenly surged, then, under Zhou Luo's control, rapidly converged, and the originally boiling medicinal liquid also began to gather under the guidance of the Pill Technique.

Finally, it was time for the pill to form.

Besides him, everyone else had also entered the final moment.

For a time, the atmosphere in the arena became increasingly heavy.

Everyone was watching the movements of the few people in the arena without blinking.

Before long, a burst of pill fragrance wafted from Wang Yuwei's Cauldron first.

The Alchemist from the Li Family quickly stepped forward, and saw that inside the Pill Furnace, the fierce flames had vanished, and five First-Order Medium Grade Medicinal Pills were lying quietly at the bottom of the furnace.

Five Medicinal Pills in one batch; this was already very good.

At the same time, the others successively succeeded in forming their pills.

On Zhou Luo's side, the earthy yellow medicinal liquid finally, under his manipulation, continuously condensed and eventually turned into two Medicinal Pills lying inside.

Seeing there were only two, Lin Zhishou's heart sank.

This performance seemed somewhat insufficient.

The Li Family Alchemist looked over one by one, and after commenting, gave a reasonable score.

Until he arrived in front of Zhou Luo.

When he saw that there were only two Medicinal Pills in the batch, the other party's expression was obviously a bit strange.

The grading standard for this Alchemy was divided into three aspects: one was the quantity refined in one batch, then the difficulty of refining the Medicinal Pill, and finally the quality of the finished Medicinal Pill.

Three aspects, each with a maximum of ten points, for a total of thirty points.

Zhou Luo's Alchemy fell short on the first standard, so he only received four points.

Immediately after, the Alchemist from the Li Family took out the two Medicinal Pills.

"Five Grains Pill, a First-Order Low Grade Medicinal Pill with medium refining difficulty, ranked in the top five. Successful pill formation, can receive seven points," he said slowly.

After speaking, he carefully examined the quality of the Medicinal Pill.

The next second, his eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "Top-Grade Medicinal Pill, can receive ten points."

Wow—

Once these words were spoken, the entire arena was in an uproar.

Lin Zhishou was so shocked that he rushed directly to the Pill Furnace to carefully look at that Five Grains Pill.

Ten points, a perfect score?

"Is it really Top-Grade quality?" someone asked in shock.

The Alchemist from the Li Family said resolutely, "It is indeed Top-Grade, you can see for yourselves."

After saying that, he passed the two Medicinal Pills to the others.

Everyone passed them around for inspection, finally confirming the quality of the Medicinal Pills.

Every Medicinal Pill, according to the medicinal properties it could exert, was also divided into four qualities: High, Medium, Low, and Top-Grade.

The vast majority of Medicinal Pills were already very good if they could reach Medium Grade; anything higher was as rare as Phoenix feathers, and as for Top-Grade, those were things that could be met but not sought.

Even someone like Lin Zhishou, a First-Order Top-Grade Alchemist, might not necessarily be able to refine a Top-Grade quality Five Grains Pill in a single batch.

Therefore, receiving a perfect score was a very normal thing.

The others participating in the competition looked at Zhou Luo, and their expressions all became strange.

This guy is this powerful?

Zhou Luo deliberately revealed a modest and shy smile.

As if all of this was just something he had achieved by Luck.