signingbooks Chapter 351
Chapter 351
Under the gaze of the public, the Pill Refining Tournament in Wansheng City finally took place as scheduled.
Lu Yu and Mingxin both signed up, so they arrived at the competition venue together on the day the competition started.
Accompanying them was their little follower, Li Guang.
From initially thinking that Lu Yu was a fraud to now admiring him greatly, Li Guang had become his die-hard fan.
"Brother Lu, this is the place. The competition is about to start."
"Yes, there are quite a lot of people."
Lu Yu looked around.
There were about two to three hundred people participating in the competition, and there were several thousand spectators.
It was truly bustling with people.
"All participants, please bring your registration cards and come over here to report. The competition will officially begin at noon!"
After most of the people arrived, disciples from the Greedy Wolf Hall started guiding the participants to report.
Lu Yu and Mingxin bid farewell to Li Guang and walked towards the reporting area together.
After waiting in line for a while, they finally entered the competition venue.
The competition took place in the Wansheng City Grand Martial Arena.
It was over a hundred meters long and wide, so accommodating two to three hundred people was not a problem.
After reporting, they were led to the competition venue by someone.
Since others couldn't help with pill refining, there was no need to worry about cheating or anything like that.
They waited in their designated positions in the competition venue for a while, and it was almost noon.
"Noon has arrived. Welcome to the Pill Refining Tournament organized by the Greedy Wolf Hall in Wansheng City! Next, all pill refiners will do their best to demonstrate their superb pill refining skills. Let us wait and see."
As soon as the time arrived, a Gold Core stage elder from the Greedy Wolf Hall stepped forward and said.
"The first match is the refining of the Soul-Protecting Pill. If you don't have enough materials, you can purchase them from the disciples on-site. After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the competition will officially begin."
"Wow, it's actually the refining of the Soul-Protecting Pill?"
"Oh my god, why is it the Soul-Protecting Pill? It's very difficult to refine."
"Yeah, I've only successfully refined one batch, and I only produced one pill. Why is the first round of the competition so difficult?"
As soon as the topic was announced, there was an immediate outcry.
Although the Soul-Protecting Pill was also an Earth Grade pill, its refining difficulty was quite high. Even Lu Yu would have to be careful when facing such a pill, otherwise there was a risk of explosion.
As for others, it was uncertain whether they could even produce enough pills to qualify for the next round after this match.
"Hey, do you have confidence? This topic is quite difficult."
Mingxin's expression was normal. She even had the mind to chat with Lu Yu.
"It is indeed challenging, but it's not a big problem."
Lu Yu smiled lightly.
Fortunately, he had bought many pill formulas before, and among them happened to be the Soul-Protecting Pill, which was a relatively niche pill.
It was well known that once it involved the soul, this pill was not easy to refine!
Especially the main ingredient of the Soul-Protecting Pill, the Soul-Protecting Wood, was an extremely hard material.
If an ordinary pill refiner's strength was not enough, they would probably not be able to handle the Soul-Protecting Wood.
"Alright, is everyone ready? Then I announce that the competition officially begins! There is a total of one day for refining, and we will meet again when the moon rises at night."
The elder of the Greedy Wolf Hall didn't say much and stopped speaking after announcing the start of the competition.
The competition venue first became chaotic, then quickly quieted down.
Everyone took out various materials and began refining Soul-Protecting Pills according to their own habits.
Some started by processing the main ingredients and exerting force on the Soul-Protecting Wood, while others began with simpler tasks, handling auxiliary materials.
On Lu Yu's side, he was skilled and experienced.
Although the Soul-Protecting Wood appeared hard and difficult to handle, it was incredibly easy for Lu Yu, who possessed extraordinary spiritual consciousness.
He used his spiritual consciousness to identify the weak points on the Soul-Protecting Wood, then lightly stabbed it with the small knife in his hand.
The entire Soul-Protecting Wood instantly transformed from a block of wood harder than steel into a pile of soft fibers.
With his superhuman spiritual consciousness, everything was that simple.
After finishing with the main ingredients, he looked around.
He thought his speed was already fast enough, but he didn't expect that there were others around him who were just as fast!
"Indeed, there are always people better than others."
Seeing that several alchemists had already started refining Soul-Protecting Pills, Lu Yu sighed with emotion.
Of course, his speed was not slow either. After simple preparations, he took out his own alchemy furnace and began refining the Soul-Protecting Pills.
Once all the materials were put into the furnace, a fragrant medicinal scent immediately emanated from it.
If he were alone, this medicinal scent would probably dissipate with the wind.
However, in this martial arts arena, there were nearly three hundred alchemists refining pills together.
Their speed in handling materials varied, but almost everyone had entered this stage of refining Soul-Protecting Pills after an hour.
A faint medicinal scent wafted from every alchemy furnace, and the mixture of scents from hundreds of furnaces filled the entire martial arts arena, creating a pleasant aroma.
"Those who can participate in the Pill Refining Grand Assembly are indeed experts. Only two or three people out of so many are unable to handle the materials and proceed to the next step."
While refining pills, Lu Yu observed the situation of the other participants around him.
Most of these participants were highly skilled.
Especially those four individuals wearing white robes with black patterns embroidered on the collar and cuffs. Their techniques were skillful, and their expressions calm. They were clearly experts.
"Just now, the people you were looking at are from the Medicine King Valley. Impressive, aren't they?"
Mingxin noticed that Lu Yu's gaze had fallen on a disciple of the Medicine King Valley and whispered to him.
"The reputation of the Medicine King Valley is well-deserved. However... there's nothing particularly outstanding."
Lu Yu shook his head lightly.
Originally, it was just casual conversation during the pill refining process, but unexpectedly, a disciple of the Medicine King Valley not far away overheard his comment.
The disciple of the Medicine King Valley looked up, glanced at Lu Yu, then revealed a very fierce expression before lowering his head to continue refining pills.
Now was not the time to dwell on his words. If one were to be delayed in pill refining because of someone else's comment, it would be embarrassing to not even pass the first round.
Just as the disciple of the Medicine King Valley had just lowered his head to continue refining pills, a loud noise suddenly came from a corner of the competition venue.
"Boom!"
All the experienced alchemists turned their heads towards the source of the sound.
They were very familiar with this sound—it was the sound of an explosion furnace!
They didn't expect someone to be unable to handle the explosion furnace so quickly.
After the sound of the explosion furnace came, disciples from the Greedy Wolf Hall quickly went to deal with the situation.
After they finished handling the situation, everyone fell into silence once again.