Once upon a time, Liu Qian used the combined refining method to refine a furnace of top-quality Yuan Condensing Pills in front of the public. At that time, it caused a cry of exclamation from the spectators, which shows how rare this top-quality elixir is.
And this time, although not all of Jin Hongze's batch of elixirs were top-grade elixirs, the Nine Transformations Soul-Returning Pill was a standard grandmaster-level elixir, while the Ning Yuan Pill was only a master-level elixir. Therefore, the value and significance of these top-quality elixirs in Jin Hongze's batch of elixirs are far from comparable to those of the Yuan Ning Yuan Dan.
What's more, Jin Hongze modified the original recipe according to the requirements of the topic, replacing the precious herbs with some cheap herbs. According to common sense, doing this will often lead to a decrease in the grade of the elixir. It is not easy to actually refine the elixir, let alone the best elixir.
From this point of view, let alone Jin Hongze's character, his attainments in Alchemy alone are indeed worthy of the title of Master of Alchemy.
Moreover, there was a comparison next to them. They were also alchemy masters, and Yan Xinghe and others were immediately compared. Regardless of who lost or won in the end, at least based on the quality of the elixir, Jin Hongze clearly won the first round.
When everyone in the audience saw this scene, they changed their direction again, and everyone seemed to support Jin Hongze from the beginning.
"I've heard it a long time ago. Among the alchemy masters in our southern region, Grandmaster Jin is second in alchemy attainments and no one dares to rank first! Now it seems that his reputation is well-deserved. Even Grandmaster Yan of the Alchemy Sect is I have to accept the defeat."
"That's right, I see those rumors before, and it's probably someone who wants to discredit Grandmaster Jin. With Grandmaster Jin's ability, can he really argue with those juniors?"
"Hey, tell me, is there someone who is just afraid that Grandmaster Jin will take the stage to compare with him, so he uses such a dirty trick to force Grandmaster Jin to withdraw from the Grandmaster Performance?"
"It's really possible!"
On the high platform, Jin Hongze collected the elixir and stood there quietly, looking up at the sky at 45 degrees, as if he were a lonely master. Of course, his ears were still open, and he listened carefully to all the discussions in the audience, and his heart was about to bloom with joy.
It doesn’t matter if you use so many tricks, or if you release images, in the end it all depends on your strength! Jin Hongze turned his head and looked towards Ye Zan, and he couldn't help but sneer again.
It turned out that several grandmasters had stopped working one after another, but Ye Zan was still busy there. Moreover, people can clearly see that the elixir techniques used by Ye Zan are very ordinary, even very low-level.
At this moment, the furnace at Liu Gan's side finally started. It's just a pity that he didn't perform the miracle he did before. The quality of the pills produced in this furnace were all average and low-grade.
Moreover, Liu Qian did not make many modifications to the original recipe. At most, he only replaced some insignificant auxiliary materials. After all, he is just a newly promoted alchemy master. He has not done much research on many master-level elixirs. In fact, it is not easy to refine them.
Of course, for everyone in the audience, they don't think about this. What they saw in their eyes was losing and winning. When they saw that Liu Qian had obviously lost to Jin Hongze, they couldn't say anything good.
"Junior, if you can't practice it, just give up. Don't waste everyone's time here. The colleagues below are not interested in seeing you pretending like this." Seeing that Ye Zan was still busy there, Jin Hongze couldn't help but speak. mocked.
Logically speaking, Jin Hongze's performance is really inconsistent with his status. However, the people in the audience did not feel anything was wrong, and instead started to boo. Therefore, the attitude of the people who eat melons is actually very fickle, and many of them just watch the excitement and don't mind the big deal.
However, Ye Zan kept his hands on his hands and replied casually without turning his head: "Is there a time limit for the question?"
The first requirement for this question is that it is cheap, and the second requirement is that it is low-difficulty, but it does not say how long it will take to complete it.
"Even if there is no set time, you still have to practice for ten days and a half, do you want me to wait forever?" Jin Hongze said, while raising his hand to gesture to the audience, obviously also wanting to incite Look at the people in the audience.
Sure enough, as soon as Jin Hongze said this, someone in the audience immediately echoed his words, shouting at Ye Zan to hurry up and stop wasting everyone's time.
"Shut up, you still look like an alchemist when you wait! If you don't want to wait, you can leave. If anyone disturbs the master's alchemy with words, their name will be recorded in the Alchemy Conference and listed as an unwelcome person." Yan Seeing that the commotion below was getting more and more excessive, Xinghe finally stood up and scolded sternly.
"What do you mean, Fellow Daoist Yan? When did the Alchemy Conference become so overbearing and not allow others to speak?" Jin Hongze immediately grasped this point and asked Yan Xinghe with a righteous look.
Jin Hongze's behavior immediately aroused applause from the audience. He seemed to be a righteous man who was not afraid of power and had the courage to speak out for the people at the bottom.
"You... stop talking nonsense!" Yan Xinghe was speechless for a moment.
However, at this moment, a cold snort came from the wooden building. It was not loud, but it seemed to hit everyone's heart. And with this cold snort, everyone in the audience suddenly became quiet, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Then, a figure walked out of the wooden building and walked slowly onto the high platform.
"I've met the Jade Cauldron Master!" Yan Xinghe and others quickly bowed and saluted when they saw the visitor.
It turns out that this person is the person who proposed the question and provided the prize today, the Jade Cauldron Master of the Alchemy Cauldron Sect.
This Jade Cauldron Master has black hair coiled on top of his head, a white jade Taoist crown on top, a moon-white Taoist robe, and three strands of long beard floating on his chest. Judging from his appearance, he seemed to be in his forties or fifties, and seemed to be a bit younger than Yan Xinghe. However, everyone who knows him knows that he is now over a thousand years old, and his cultivation has reached the late stage of Yuan Shen.
Facing the Jade Cauldron Master, Jin Hongze did not dare to be rude in the slightest. He quickly bowed respectfully and said, "Junior Jin Hongze, pay my respects to the Jade Cauldron Master!"
"Well, no courtesy," the Jade Cauldron Master said, turning around and looking under the high platform.
Everyone who had made a big fuss before had their heads lowered when the Jade Cauldron Shangzun glanced at them, wishing they could crawl into a crack in the ground. It's not that they feel ashamed, the key is that they are really scared! That is the Supreme Master of Alchemy, a powerful soul, a big shot who can decide life or death with just one word!
The Jade Cauldron Master withdrew his gaze, looked at Yan Xinghe and others, and said calmly: "It seems that you have all achieved results, so take out your respective elixirs."
Upon hearing this, several masters took out the elixir they had just refined and held it in front of them with both hands, waiting for the Jade Cauldron Master to come and inspect it personally.
Since he was a newly promoted alchemy master, Ye Zan's alchemy position was at the very edge. Seeing that Ye Zan was still busy, the Jade Cauldron Master passed Ye Zan and came to Liu Qian.
"Greetings to the Supreme Lord, this elixir is the Nine-Transformation Soul Returning Pill refined by this junior. Please give me some advice." Liu Qian opened the box and presented the elixir inside to the Supreme Lord Jade Cauldron.
"Well," the Jade Cauldron Master did not get started, but just took a look, nodded slightly, and said: "It's okay. Although there are not many improvements, the refining method has not changed. But with your ability, you can refine it , and it’s not easy to have some opinions of your own.”
"I'm ashamed, junior." Liu Qian said quickly.
The Jade Cauldron Master took two more steps and came to Li Ziliang.
Li Ziliang failed in refining the elixir and could not produce anything, so he had to bow his hands and salute, saying: "I am very ashamed that I failed to successfully refine the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill."
"How can you refine an elixir if your heart is not at peace?" The Jade Cauldron Master left a comment and stepped towards Yan Xinghe.
After hearing the Jade Cauldron Master's comments, Li Ziliang blushed, glanced at Jin Hongze over there, and sighed helplessly. The restlessness in his heart was obviously caused by Jin Hongze, but in the end it was still his own lack of practice.
Then, Master Jade Cauldron evaluated the elixirs of Yan Xinghe and the other two alchemy masters. And compared to before, he also talked a little more, from the combination of herbs to the changes in refining methods, which benefited the three of them a lot.
Finally, Master Jade Cauldron came to Jin Hongze and saw the elixir in Jin Hongze's hand.
"Well, this method is very good." After seeing Jin Hongze's elixir, Master Jade Cauldron finally spoke highly of it.
The word "great kindness" made Jin Hongze's face immediately light up. It was a great honor to receive such a comment from the Master of Alchemy. The comments received by the previous people were only "fair", "okay", and "not bad". And this "great kindness" can be said to be the highest evaluation, which also means that there is no suspense in this competition, and Jin Hongze has stood at the highest point.
As for the people in the audience, after hearing the comments given by Master Jade Cauldron to Jin Hongze, all of them had a look of yearning on their faces, wishing that that person was themselves. At the same time, everyone's eyes turned towards Ye Zan who was still busy. At this time, Ye Zan was already like a clown in their eyes, and everyone believed that the winner would be Jin Hongze.
However, after evaluating everyone, the Jade Cauldron Master returned to Ye Zan and patiently watched Ye Zan busy without saying a word.
Will there be any accidents? The people in the audience were gradually becoming impatient, but they did not dare to make as much noise as before. The Jade Cauldron Master has the patience to wait, so they don't have the nerve to say things like delaying time.
Time gradually passed, and finally Ye Zan stopped and slapped the alchemy furnace with a palm. The lid of the alchemy furnace flew aside, and a cloud of clouds flew out holding more than a dozen pills.
"Hey, what kind of grade is this? It doesn't look like the best grade, but it doesn't look like an ordinary grade either!" Everyone in the audience looked surprised and confused when they saw the elixir in Yunxia.
It turned out that the elixirs refined by Ye Zan did not have the signature silver light of the best elixirs, but each one was as clear as crystal. (To be continued.)