"Half an hour may not even be enough to refine all those herbs!"
Someone sneered, mocking the Little Medical Fairy.
"No," she replied calmly, her voice steady. "It's enough."
As she spoke, a surge of poisonous spirit energy erupted from her body, sending a chill through the air.
"Poison Master!" "She's a Poison Master!" "How did a poison master sneak into the Alchemy Conference? Heh... this year's event is getting more and more interesting."
Without another word, the Little Medical Fairy flipped her hand, summoning a cluster of eerie green flames to her palm. It was the Ghosly Poison Flame, ranked twentieth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.
As the poisonous flame flared to life, Xiao Yixian unleashed her spirit energy. The moment the Ghosly Poison Flame touched her spirit aura, it expanded wildly, blazing with toxic fury. In a single, fluid motion, she hurled all 749 medicinal ingredients into the flame.
"Forty-nine simultaneous extractions!" someone gasped.
Each cluster of herbs was wrapped in poisonous green fire and rapidly condensed into crystal-clear droplets.
"Even if she finishes quenching the ingredients, what next? The fusion and roasting process is even more time-consuming than the quenching phase."
"Mediocrity."
"What did you say?!"
"I said you're mediocre."
"Watch your mouth! I just refined a sixth-grade elixir!"
"Exactly. That's the limit of a mediocre alchemist."
Xiao Yixian smiled coldly, then slammed her palm onto the Chaos Sacred Cauldron. Her poisonous spirit energy surged into the cauldron, and in response, emerald flames roared to life, conjuring a massive illusory furnace.
With a flick of her finger, the refined crystal droplets entered the cauldron. Heavenly energy began to flow toward her from every direction, drawn by a mysterious force. The droplets shimmered, encased not only in the green Ghosly Poison Flame but also enveloped by a strange gray flame.
The colossal cauldron, as large as a house, hovered in the sky, radiating a terrifying presence.
"Xuan Yi," asked Xuan Kongzi gravely, "do you remember the ancient refining technique that uses the sky as the lid and the earth as the furnace?"
"Of course," Xuan Yi replied, his eyes wide with astonishment. "That's a long-lost technique from the ancients..."
This was no ordinary alchemy. The method Xiao Yixian used activated the full potential of both cauldron and flame, compressing the time required to refine pills and unleashing astonishing effects.
"Five-color pill thunder..."
Above, thunderclouds boiled as Xiao Yan employed his own secret technique. Under the effect of his Spirit-raising art, the original three-colored pill thunder transformed into four, gaining enough momentum to rival Elder Mu Gu.
Green, silver, red, gold, and finally purple lightning—five colors churned violently in the heavens.
"Hahaha! Brilliant! You truly are Yao Chen's disciple. In the end, we still had to rely on you!" Xuan Kongzi laughed heartily.
"Tch. Don't let me catch you again, brat..." Elder Mu Gu began, then stopped mid-sentence, his eyes narrowing. "Wait a second. She's a poison master? Hahahaha! Now this is interesting. A poison master entering an alchemy competition? Xuan Kongzi, you're celebrating far too early."
Xuan Kongzi's brows furrowed. "There's no way she can complete an ancient refining technique... right?"
Boom!
Just then, the skies cracked as thunderclouds gathered over Xiao Yixian. The Dan Lei she summoned initially glowed cyan, then turned silver, followed by the appearance of red lightning.
"Three-colored pill thunder," Elder Mu Gu murmured with a sly smile.
"So what? Yao Chen's disciples have already refined pills that summoned five-colored pill thunder," Xuan Kongzi countered, staring intently at the sky.
Then, without warning, a bolt of black lightning sliced through the sky. The earlier cyan, silver, and red thunder were all instantly dyed black.
"Black Demon Thunder!"
Xuan Kongzi's expression froze.
"Hahaha! It's a ninth-grade elixir! What now, Xuan Kongzi? Looks like the champion of this year's Alchemy Conference is a poison master! What a joke!" Elder Mu Gu laughed with delight.
"I'm going to kill her," Xuan Kongzi growled, his Dou qi flaring.
To alchemists, poison masters were the sworn enemy. Even in the Central Plains, their paths were irreconcilable. If a poison master were to win this prestigious event, the authority of Danta would waver, and many alchemists might abandon it.
"Don't be rash," said a beautiful woman beside him. "The elixir she made may have summoned the Black Demon Thunder, but whether she can endure it is another question."
Indeed, the Little Medical Fairy was only a Dou Zun. This was her first time facing such terrifying tribulation.
Suddenly, a voice echoed from below.
"Go."
Ye Feng casually waved his hand.
In that moment, the roiling black thunderclouds vanished without a trace.
"Where's the Dark Thunder?" "It's gone?!" "What happened?!"
Chaos erupted. No one could comprehend what had just occurred.
"She won... she really won the Alchemy Contest," Elder Mu Gu said with a smirk. "Even if Xiao Yan refined an eighth-grade pill with five-colored pill thunder, it means nothing. He lost... and to a poison master."
"Damn it! I'm going to kill her!" roared Tian Lei Zi.
"Hold your fury, giant."
Ye Zhong, patriarch of the Ye Clan, stepped forward calmly. His gaze fell warmly on the Little Medical Fairy.
"She belongs to Young Master Ye. She is one of us."
"Young Master Ye... You mean the one who beat the Ancestor..." Xuan Kongzi's voice trailed off. He didn't dare continue.
A black light shot from the Chaos Cauldron. Xiao Yixian was prepared—in a flash, she teleported and caught it mid-air.
It was a cat.
Pitch black, with glowing emerald eyes.
It was her ninth-grade elixir.
"Bite."
[You assisted Xiao Yixian, making her the champion of the Alchemy Conference. Defeated Xiao Yan, who celebrated too soon. Reward: 4,219 distributable attribute points.]
Xiao Yixian, despite being only a Dou Zun, had accomplished the impossible. Through Ye Feng's guidance, using the ancient technique of refining with the sky as the cover and the earth as the furnace, she harnessed the energy of heaven and earth to refine a ninth-grade, low-tier elixir.
Today, the name Sky Poison Girl would shake the world.
She flew to Ye Feng's side, gratitude in her eyes. She knew clearly: every triumph today was thanks to him.
The Chaos Sacred Cauldron? Lent by Ye Feng. The Ghosly Poison Flame? Also his. The pill formula and ancient refining technique? Taught by him.
If Ye Feng had entered this competition himself, victory would have been trivial.
But he had no interest in such displays.
"Thank you, Ye Feng," she said, returning the cauldron and the flame. "Everything is yours."
"Mn."
Ye Feng calmly stored the items, then looked to the sky.
"Zi Yan, it's time for us to go."
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