Chapter 7: Alchemy Competition

A high-level alchemist challenged an alchemist of no rank or grade, and the scene exploded immediately.

"Zhou Danshi is about to be promoted to an alchemist. His alchemy skills are definitely far superior to Lu Chen."

"Yes, Lu Chen has never learned alchemy in the alchemy hall, and he is not even an alchemy apprentice. I don't know who he learned his wild alchemy skills from. How can he beat Zhou Danshi's authentic alchemy skills?"

"If it were me, I would never accept the challenge. Fifty bags of middle-grade body-refining pills are safe and sound, and it's a sure win."

"But the prize offered by Zhou Danshi is too tempting. I would accept it even if I died."

A series of discussions rang out.

In the crowd in the hall, few people were optimistic about Lu Chen, and many people were desperate for him.

Lu Chen hesitated for a moment and had not responded yet, but Chen Yuanliang took the lead: "Fellow alchemists, fearlessly compete!"

Lu Chen frowned slightly. What fearless competition? It was clearly a squeeze to trick him into accepting the challenge.

Chen Yuanliang, an old fox!

However, the prize of fifty low-grade spiritual energy pills is really irresistible.

Spiritual energy pills are different from other pills, and can be regarded as a unique pill.

Other pills focus on medicinal power, and use medicinal power to assist warriors in their practice.

However, spiritual energy pills have no medicinal power, but they contain a large amount of pure spiritual energy. When warriors take them, they directly absorb the spiritual energy in the pills.

As for how much to absorb, it varies from person to person, depending on the warrior's ability to absorb spiritual energy.

Lu Chen practiced the Nine Dragons Return to One Art, and he was a big spiritual energy user. The spiritual energy pill was simply a magic pill tailor-made for him.

Low-grade spiritual energy pills are not available in Shuangmu City, and even Dengzhou is rare. It is said that only some dignitaries in the capital have them, and they are very precious.

Originally, Lu Chen did not want to compete with Zhou Hong in alchemy, which was a pure waste of time.

The alchemy memory inherited by Lu Chen is extremely powerful and profound. I wonder which great man wrote it?

In front of Lu Chen, not to mention high-level alchemists, even ninth-level alchemists are not good enough.

Zhou Hong's alchemy competition with him is no different from an egg hitting a stone. What's the point of competing?

However, Lu Chen insisted on taking Zhou Hong's fifty low-grade spiritual energy pills!

Lu Chen was about to speak, but Chen Yuanliang was afraid that he would not agree, so he said: "I will add another fifty middle-grade body-refining pills. If you can beat Zhou Hong, take them immediately."

"It's a deal!"

Lu Chen laughed and made the decision immediately.

Next, the two sides decided on the types of pills to be competed.

Zhou Hong asked to refine the True Yuan Pill!

Lu Chen agreed.

Many people at the scene shook their heads and felt sorry for Lu Chen.

The True Yuan Pill is a second-level pill, and it is much more difficult to refine than the first-level body-refining pill.

Zhou Hong is a high-level alchemist and a quasi-alchemist, and has a record of successfully refining the True Yuan Pill.

But you, Lu Chen, are a self-taught alchemist. You can only make one of the medicinal materials that can make nine body-refining pills. Your alchemy skills cannot compare with Zhou Hong's. You are doomed to lose!

Zhou Hong and Chen Yuanliang looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes. Lu Chen, this fool, finally fell into the trap!

Lu Chen saw all this. He remained calm on the surface, but secretly laughed in his heart.

These two idiots wanted to trick me, but you will know in a moment that they have tricked me into a trap.

Soon, two alchemy furnaces and two sets of medicinal materials for Zhenyuan Pills were placed in front of Lu Chen and Zhou Hong respectively.

The alchemy competition began!

Zhou Hong quickly lit the firewood and began to warm the furnace.

Zhou Hong was skilled in alchemy and strictly followed the procedures. Whether it was warming the furnace, selecting materials and refining, he did it meticulously, like a master of alchemy.

On the other hand, Lu Chen sat there lazily, not even lighting the firewood, and looked like he was about to give up.

Chen Yuanliang couldn't help but laugh. Lu Chen had lost all his confidence. He was doomed to lose!

The next moment, a pill fire rose, and Chen Yuanliang's smile froze instantly.

A foot-long flame rose in Lu Chen's palm and burned in the air.

"True fire!"

The crowd screamed.

Zhou Hong's pupils shrank, and his face changed.

Only those who refine true fire can be called alchemists!

Could it be that Lu Chen, a wild man, is an alchemist?

"Hong'er, focus on refining the pill!"

Seeing Zhou Hong distracted, Chen Yuanliang quickly reminded him, "The pill fire is just a means of refining the pill. Even if Lu Chen has true fire, it doesn't mean that his alchemy skills are good enough. Your second-level alchemy skills are superb, and you will definitely beat him."

At this moment, on the top floor of the alchemy hall, the door opened, and a beautiful woman hurried out of the room and ran downstairs.

The beautiful woman was wearing a black alchemy robe with a golden pill on it. Under the golden pill, there were seven long red lines embroidered, which was very domineering.

"Strange, a pill house in a small town actually has soul fire fluctuations, could it be that some pill king has descended?"

That's right, what Lu Chen raised was not real fire, but a higher level of soul fire!

Real fire and soul fire seem similar, but they can still be distinguished.

Real fire is red, soul fire is purple, and the temperature of soul fire is much higher than that of real fire.

The most important thing is that a pill master cannot refine soul fire, only a pill king can do it.

Chen Yuanliang is only a first-level pill master, not qualified to see a pill king, so naturally he has never seen real soul fire.

Therefore, Chen Yuanliang, Zhou Hong and others did not know the value of Lu Chen's soul fire and regarded it as real fire.

With the soul fire, Lu Chen also quickly entered the state of alchemy.

Before, he was just perfunctory to Zhou Hong to refine the body pill. Lu Chen refined it casually and even used his soul power to control the medicinal materials. He only refined a medium-grade body pill.

But this time it was a pill competition with rich prizes, so Lu Chen was more serious.

Lu Chen still poured all the medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace and refined them together!

He was proficient in controlling the fire and also perfected the three steps of liquefaction, fusion and furnace sealing.

Soon, the pill was condensed!

At this time, Zhou Hong was still refining the materials one by one.

After waiting for an hour, Zhou Hong completed the pill condensation and finally started the furnace together.

"What's the use of refining quickly? You don't even strictly follow the selection and refining. Even if you refine the pill, the quality is not high."

Zhou Hong sneered at Lu Chen and then decisively started the furnace.

The fragrance of the pill filled the air, refreshing the heart.

In the pill furnace, there were six waste pills and three finished pills, one of which was round and full.

"Three finished pills, two of low quality, one of medium quality!"

Chen Yuanliang announced loudly.

"The failure rate of Zhenyuan Pill is very high. Often, a furnace produces waste pills, but a furnace of three pills is a very high success rate."

"Zhou Danshi actually refined a medium quality Zhenyuan Pill. This is the level of a pill master, comparable to Master Chen."

"Zhou Danshi is indeed the most talented pill cultivator in Shuangmu City!"

A series of admiring voices rang out.

Everyone at the scene looked at Zhou Hong with respect in their eyes.

"Hey, why don't you open the furnace? Is it because there are only waste pills inside that you dare not open it to show people?"

Zhou Hong saw Lu Chen standing there in a daze, thinking that Lu Chen was scared, and couldn't help but feel complacent.

"It's just a medium quality Zhenyuan Pill. What's there to show off?"

Lu Chen didn't even look at Zhou Hong, and stretched out his hand to open the furnace.

The furnace was opened, and the dense alchemy gas flowed out, and the rich aroma of the alchemy filled the entire alchemy hall.

Only when the alchemy gas dissipated could the furnace be clearly seen.

In an instant.

Zhou Hong was petrified.

Chen Yuanliang was petrified.

Everyone at the scene was petrified.

Nine pills in one furnace, each one was round and full, with bright colors, and the quality was better than Zhou Hong's medium-grade pills.

Chen Yuanliang's throat trembled, and he uttered a few words:

"Top-grade Zhenyuan Pill!"