Chapter 111: Dueling Feng Jin Huang
"Hehehe." Fang Yuan laughed, as he looked at Feng Jin Huang,"Your wager is good, but i don't need it, do you have any other wager?"
Feng Jin Huang's lips twitched, she had not expected that Fang Yuan would not be interested in a revival method.
She quickly calmed down and started to think, but just at this moment Fang Yuan spoke.
Feng Jin Huang, how about this i bet my rank 6 Fixed Immortal Travel Gu.
Hearing Fang Yuan's suggestion Feng Jin Huang was stunned but quickly started to think about it.
After carefully thinking about it, she realised that the only thing she could bet which is equivalent value to Fixed Immortal Travel Gu is her Dream Wings Gu.
After thinking about it for some time she placed her rank 6 Dream Wings Gu on the bet, but added a condition.
"If you lose, you need to make a deal with Spirit Affinity House to supply guts Gu for the long term. The price can be discussed as long as it doesn't overstep the limit. But you must deliver them in time and in adequate quantity! If you lack souls, Spirit Affinity House will sell them to you, and the price will even be thirty percent lower than the market price.
These transactions must take precedence, even over those of Immortal Crane Sect. No matter how many guts Gu you have, you must first supply them to Spirit Affinity House before selling to other places."
"Let's start then, the final winner of this contest will be me!" Fang Yuan's eyes shined brightly as he laughed heartily.
Feng Jin Huang's gaze flashed: "That is not for certain."
The wagers were set, both sides began to discuss of the contents of this duel.
The two discussed for a while before finally settling on a rank five fire path Gu worm, five orifices fire pagoda Gu, and it would be done in a martial duel.
The duel would not be private, but be a completely open contest like the Refinement Path Convention.
Soon, similar materials appeared in front of the two sides. To maintain fairness, both sides were provided with the same Gu recipe.
The winner would be the side that could successfully refine five orifices fire pagoda Gu first.
Unlike the previous contests, because it was in the martial duel format, whenever they reached a specific stage, both refiners would have a chance to attack each other once.
Under everyone's gaze, Fang Yuan and Feng Jin Huang sat opposite each other, each occupying an end of the stage with a gap of around two hundred and sixty steps between them.
The duel began, Fang Yuan "acted" to inspect the refinement materials for a hour.
Afterwards, he "acted" to inspect the Gu recipe provided by the convention.
There were altogether five Gu recipes, rank one - single aperture charcoal Gu, rank two - double orifice stove Gu, rank three - three orifices fire hut Gu, rank four - four orifices fire tower Gu, as well as rank five - five orifices fire pagoda Gu.
While Fang Yuan was "acting" to inspect the Gu refinement materials, Feng Jin Huang was checking the Gu recipes. While Fang Yuan was "acting" to inspect the Gu recipes, Feng Jin Huang meticulously checked the refinement materials.
The order was different, but when they started the Gu refinement, it was almost at the same time.
"They have finally begun."
"They used up over an hour to inspect the materials and the Gu recipes, they are really patient."
"This contest concerns the face of Immortal Crane Sect and Spirit Affinity House, it is a battle of reputation of two of the ancient sects!"
The spectators started talking.
At first, Fang Yuan and Feng Jin Huang's refinement techniques were the same.
During this process, Fang Yuan used his skilled refinement techniques to gradually surpass Feng Jin Huang, progressing faster and slowly obtaining a slight lead.
To catch up to Fang Yuan, Feng Jin Huang used a refinement path killer move.
Double action!
Refinement path killer move — small wishful hand!
Two small and compact hands flew out of Feng Jin Huang's mind, completely formed from will, emitting a jade luster.
Feng Jin Huang's two hands constantly regulated and controlled the intensity and the temperature of the two fire lumps, while the two small wishful hands grabbed materials and threw them into the fire.
"Wonderful!"
"Using two killer moves consecutively."
"Feng Jin Huang is well prepared, now her speed is much faster than that of Fang Yuan."
'He did not attack? That's a pity…' Feng Jin Huang inwardly sighed, out of the two lumps of fire burning in front of her, one suddenly extinguished.
With the help of the two small hands made of will, Feng Jin Huang's refinement speed was slightly above that of Fang Yuan. And as time passed, the gap between the two gradually increased.
However, this gap was not obvious.
Fang Yuan maintained his rhythm, and using solely Gu refinement techniques without any killer moves, he maintained the fire and was now almost finished processing the materials.
He used Gu refinement techniques and not refinement path killer moves. Techniques were the summation of purely skills and experience. They were the foundation of Gu refinement.
Feng Jin Huang was feeling some mental exhaustion.
It had not been long since the competition began, and both sides were still at the stage of refining rank one single orifice charcoal Gu.
According to logic, Feng Jin Huang's should still have plentiful mental energy, and not be in a state of exhaustion.
However, estimates was one thing, the actual competition could be completely different.
The pressure on Feng Jin Huang mainly came from Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan displayed an incomparably solid foundation, and was relying on just Gu refinement techniques to maintain pace with Feng Jin Huang, while even though she had used a refinement path killer move, she was not able to surpass him greatly in progress.
Fang Yuan's extraordinary performance and formidable achievements made the world overrate his attainment level, Feng Jin Huang had already been feeling pressure before the duel.
After the duel started, Fang Yuan was in pursuit with a stable speed, which further increased the pressure on Feng Jin Huang.
This pressure was greatly wearing down on Feng Jin Huang's mind. She was slowly starting to feel exhausted and uneasy internally.
"It seems my refinement path quasi-grandmaster attainment cannot match Fang Yuan's refinement path attainment. What should I do?" Feng Jin Huang began to think and plan quickly, while refining the Gu.
"I have used a refinement path killer move, my mind is also being worn down rapidly. The duel has only just begun, and as time goes on, Fang Yuan's advantage will become even more clear. But if I stop using the killer move and compete with just Gu refinement techniques, I still cannot match Fang Yuan.
My greatest advantage is the large numbers of refinement path killer moves that I carefully prepared!"
Whoosh!
Suddenly, Feng Jin Huang flicked her pinky finger, shooting out a speck of golden light.
The golden light was extremely fast, reaching Fang Yuan in the blink of an eye, targeting the refinement flames in Fang Yuan's hands.
Ding!
A crisp sound echoed, the golden light was three inches from the fire when it clashed into a formless barrier and was blocked.
Fang Yuan's gaze was calm, the fire in his hands was not affected in the slightest.
Feng Jin Huang's attack was blocked by Fang Yuan without batting an eyelid.
Feng Jin Huang used up a precious chance to make a move to attack Fang Yuan's refinement flames, and also took this opportunity to use a second refinement path killer move.
With the help of two killer moves, her refinement speed increased sharply, and gradually Fang Yuan was thrown behind.
Without the pressure from Fang Yuan, Feng Jin Huang immediately felt slightly relaxed, a layer of tension inside her loosened, and her refinement speed further increased a little.
In this duel, Fang Yuan and Feng Jin Huang each had five chances to attack.
Time continued to pass. Fang Yuan fell further and further behind Feng Jin Huang, but the strange part was that he was not the least bit hurried, seemingly having no intention to overtake Feng Jin Huang.
Fang Yuan was still using Gu refinement techniques, refining single orifice charcoal Gu step by step.
While Feng Jin Huang had already begun refining the rank two double orifice stove Gu.
Feng Jin Huang had used a third refinement path killer move, increasing her speed once again.
A hour later, Feng Jin Huang attacked Fang Yuan and took the chance when Fang Yuan defended, she used a fourth refinement path killer move.
From the help of four killer moves, Feng Jin Huang's refinement speed had long since surpassed that of Fang Yuan, and soon she started on three orifices fire hut Gu.
While Fang Yuan had just now begun refining double orifice stove Gu.
"With my ability, my maximum limit is maintaining five refinement path killer moves. But this is the martial duel format, I must leave some energy behind to deal with Fang Yuan's attacks. Of the five chances to attack, I have already used two, while Fang Yuan has only been defending. What is he planning ?"
Feng Jin Huang could not understand Fang Yuan's behavior and felt some doubts for a moment.
Fifteen minutes passed, Feng Jin Huang had made good progress in refining three orifices fire hut Gu, she was past the halfway mark.
Right now, Feng Jin Huang's dominance was extremely obvious, leading Fang Yuan by a huge distance!
'Mm… it is time to attack.' Fang Yuan's gaze was clear, and as he sensed that the time was ripe, he sent out a Gu worm from his immortal aperture.
"I am attacking." He suddenly spoke softly.
"Uh." Feng Jin Huang's attention was immediately attracted, her bright and beautiful eyes gazed at Fang Yuan, while continuing with her Gu refinement.
'Finally attacking? But what is the reason for warning me beforehand?' Feng Jin Huang was extremely cautious.
Fang Yuan chuckled: "Feng Jin Huang, be careful. This Gu is the rank one ghost fire Gu."
Feng Jin Huang narrowed her eyes, a vigilant look flashed past her eyes as she began to think rapidly: 'It is certain to be rank one Gu, this is Fang Yuan's first attack, so he can only use rank one methods. But it might not necessarily be ghost fire Gu, maybe he showed that Gu to mislead me? After all, a Gu worm's external appearance can be disguised. I need to be extremely careful!'
While she was thinking, Fang Yuan activated the Gu worm in his hand.
The moment this Gu activated, it transformed into a small lump of eerie ghost fire, which then slowly moved towards Feng Jin Huang.
'It is really ghost fire Gu?' Feng Jin Huang was slightly stunned.
Right at this time, the ghost fire Gu suddenly sped up and shot towards Feng Jin Huang!
'Come! Just a mere rank one ghost fire Gu…' Feng Jin Huang's eyes shined sharply with confidence. She had already prepared sufficiently and could easily block a rank one ghost fire Gu.
When the ghost fire Gu charged over, she even had the time to think of the possibility of Fang Yuan making continuous attacks!
However, the ghost fire suddenly came to a halt, stopping near Feng Jin Huang.
Afterwards, the ghost fire slowly circled Feng Jin Huang, swaying around either side of her.
'What?' Feng Jin Huang was startled internally: 'Fang Yuan, what is the meaning of this?!'
The next moment, her expression sank as realization dawned upon her.
'He is using rank one ghost fire to pressure me, to divert my attention!' Feng Jin Huang was astute and was soon able to understand the intent behind this move.
'Damn it!' Cold sweat began to seep out of Feng Jin Huang's forehead, 'Ghost fires can injure the soul. I have used up a lot of my mental energy, if I am really affected by it, I will definitely slip up. But if I just blindly defend, my mind will be tied down in observing the movement of the ghost fire, and my Gu refinement speed will decrease.'
'Maybe this is his intention, he wants to lure me into using up a precious chance of attacking!' Feng Jin Huang gritted her teeth as she looked at Fang Yuan.
Controlling a ghost fire also expended one's mental energy. But Fang Yuan had only been using Gu refinement techniques and not refinement path killer moves, it could be said his mental energy was at full capacity, it was more than sufficient to control a ghost fire.
"Oh? Not destroying my ghost fire? Hehehe, you are really patient." Fang Yuan suddenly laughed, "Then, how about another ghost fire?"
Under everyone's gazes, Fang Yuan took out a second ghost fire Gu.
"Feng Jin Huang, look closely, this is rank two ghost fire Gu." Fang Yuan calmly spoke, unlike Feng Jin Huang's sneak attacks, he openly announced his methods.
The second ghost fire floated slowly towards Feng Jin Huang, stopping a meter in front of her.
This ghost fire was created from rank two ghost fire Gu, it was double the size of the first ghost fire.
The two ghost fires circled around Feng Jin Huang, the pressure on Feng Jin Huang swiftly doubled!