Tai Shi Shi Tian Jue

Chapter 70: Fancy Fire Control Techniques!

"This is bizarre! How can there be such strange competition rules? Only those who condense their own alchemical fire can use it to refine Evergreen Grass and Dream Vine Grass!" A second-grade alchemist said angrily.

The alchemical fire condensed by a cultivator is highly spiritual because it has been nourished by essence and blood for a long time. They can control the temperature at any time with ease.

As for earth fire, it is extremely difficult to control. Most alchemists fail to refine pills because of their inability to control the fire.

If one's mind is unstable, refining medicinal herbs will inevitably lead to failure.

The alchemist had barely brought the Evergreen Sprout close to the flame when a burnt smell wafted out, and in the blink of an eye, the Evergreen Sprout vanished without a trace.

The alchemist who was near this person tried his best to turn the earth fire to its lowest setting before putting the Evergreen Sprout into the alchemy furnace. However, the flame was too small, and the furnace could not be heated.

After he increased the temperature of the earth fire, the temperature of the alchemy furnace suddenly rose too quickly, and the evergreen sprout was burned to ashes.

Another alchemist actually reached out, grabbed the evergreen grass, and put his hand into the alchemy furnace.

Perhaps this person had cultivated a special technique, as his arm was not afraid of being burned. Unfortunately, his fire control technique was still insufficient, and he failed.

There are all sorts of methods, but most people fail.

I don't know what the judges were thinking. What if everyone fails? Are they all going to be eliminated?

Chu Feng glanced around before casually summoning his alchemical fire.

"Huh? This person actually condensed his own pill fire?" an old man on the judging panel exclaimed in surprise.

Another old man shook his head and said, "Although my own alchemical fire is easy to use, it would be too wasteful of resources to upgrade it to a high quality."

He had never heard of any alchemist in the entire Tianwu Continent whose flame was nurtured by alchemical fire.

There are many types of flames: beast fire, spirit fire, evil fire, earth fire, heaven fire, malevolent fire, yin fire, yang fire, and so on. Even the ancient books record dozens or hundreds of types.

However, I have never heard of anyone being able to nurture a flame of heavenly fire level.

What's the use of low-level flames? Some level 4 materials require flames of tens of thousands of degrees to melt.

The old man stopped looking at Chu Feng and began to observe the other alchemists.

In just this short time, several more alchemists failed.

Chu Feng ignored everyone else and didn't heat the furnace. Instead, he made a hand seal with one hand and then flicked his wrist, causing the pill fire to disperse and turn into nine miniature flames.

Then, Chu Feng pointed with his hand, and the nine flames slowly began to rotate in the air again.

Then, Chu Feng used his divine sense to wrap the evergreen grass, suspending it in the middle of the flames to slowly roast it.

Wen Yixi and Hong Pingbao, who were sitting in the audience, had been observing Chu Feng the whole time. When they saw Chu Feng's actions, they were completely stunned.

"You can do that? What kind of fire control technique is this? I've never even heard of it!" Wen Yixi exclaimed in surprise.

Could this be what Chu Feng's master taught him?

When controlling the fire, is it forbidden to place the flame into the fire inlet of the alchemy furnace? Can the alchemy furnace be used to purify medicinal liquid? What if the medicinal properties are lost?

Hong Pingbao was also full of questions. Did this kid do it this way when he forged weapons? How strange!

On the judges' platform, the other judges were also attracted by Chu Feng's strange fire control. However, they did not use their divine sense to investigate, because it would be difficult to say if it affected the contestants.

The evergreen sprout was inside the circle of flames, but it did not come into contact with the high temperature. Chu Feng could regulate the temperature of the pill fire he had condensed himself. In fact, he used his divine sense to completely envelop the evergreen sprout.

Then, the residual heat of the fire is used to bake the evergreen buds.

At the same time, Chu Feng probed the interior of the Evergreen Sprout with his divine sense to observe its internal structure. For the parts that were easy to melt, he baked them at the lowest temperature, while for the tough parts, he increased the temperature of the flame.

For temperatures exceeding the evergreen sprout's tolerance, Chu Feng directly used his divine sense to suppress them, baking the sprouts at a temperature that was just enough to melt them without harming them.

Evergreen sprouts are inherently intolerant of high temperatures, and within a few breaths, they were refined into a liquid and thrown into the cold alchemy furnace by Chu Feng.

Chu Feng felt that even if his purified medicinal liquid wasn't 100% pure, it was still 99%. Therefore, he slightly suppressed his strength; otherwise, another storm would have broken out.

As for how much was suppressed, that's unknown.

Next, Chu Feng followed the same method and quickly extracted the Dream Vine Flower. The liquid extracted from the Dream Vine Flower was dreamlike and illusory, giving people an unreal appearance.

At this time, a small number of alchemists had already failed and left the arena, but Chu Feng paid no attention to them.

When refining the bitter tree root, Chu Feng used a different method, which dazzled the judges because they had never seen anyone refine medicinal herbs in this way before!

Chu Feng transformed the flames into a flowing water-like form. Then, he enveloped the Bitter Tree Root with his divine sense, suspending it in the air. With his right hand, he grasped the flames, causing them to explode into drops of colorful spiritual liquid, using his true essence to propel the flames.

The flames surged like a river, endlessly circulating, growing faster and faster with each passing moment.

The colored spiritual liquid was several times more powerful than the primordial liquid in the body of a Yuan Dan stage cultivator. With this activation, the speed of the flames' flow increased dramatically, and its temperature also surged significantly.

Combined, the temperature of the alchemical fire has exceeded ten thousand degrees.

Even the most difficult-to-extract bitter tree roots were melted down.

In less than half an hour, Chu Feng completed the first round of assessment.

"Quickly, go and get the medicinal liquid from Alchemist No. 188!" Before Wen Yixi could speak, an old man hurriedly called out.

This is a new method for refining medicinal materials. If it can be promoted, it would be a boon to the entire alchemy community.

The old man was eager to test the medicine himself. As soon as the medicine was brought over, he couldn't wait to start testing it.

"Evergreen Sprouts, 97% purity!"

"Dream Vine Flower, 97% purity!"

"Bitter tree root, 97% pure!"

"Elder Wen, this boy is a genius at alchemy! We must let him join our Pill Pavilion!" the old man said urgently.

When Wen Yixi saw the test results, he was also surprised. The purity of the medicinal materials that Chu Feng extracted was actually higher than his!

I am at the Nascent Soul stage, while Chu Feng is only at the Foundation Establishment stage!

"Time's up! Alchemists who have failed to purify the medicinal liquid, or those who have not completed purification, please leave," the elder presiding over the competition shouted.

At this point, more than half of the alchemists participating in the competition were eliminated, leaving fewer than eighty people.

After a brief exchange of whispers among the judges, the results of the first round were announced.

"Qin Di City, five contestants have advanced; Jushi City, three contestants have advanced; Fengyue City, four contestants have advanced; Tianfu City, four contestants have advanced... Contestants whose names I call, please stay. The rest of you, please leave. The scores will be announced after the three rounds of competition..." the old man presiding over the competition shouted.

As the old man read out the names, some people left dejectedly, while others clenched their fists, filled with inexplicable excitement.

Only Brother Chu didn't care at all.

Will Brother Chu lose?