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Chapter 390: Yao Lao’s Assistance! The Bone Spirit Cold Fire Appears!

Chapter 390: Yao Lao's Assistance! The Bone Spirit Cold Fire Appears!

"Xiao Yan, next up, I'll let you temporarily use the Bone Spirit Cold Fire. As long as you keep its aura suppressed, no one should recognize it. Stay focused and try to refine the two-pattern Green Spirit Pill," Yao Lao suddenly advised Xiao Yan from within his ring, having been quietly observing the competition.

Yao Lao and Fa Ma shared a similar view. For someone of Liu Ling's age, attempting to refine a fifth-tier pill was already a challenging feat, and he was further increasing the difficulty with such risky ingredient fusion methods—an approach with an eighty percent chance of failure. Currently, aside from Liu Ling, the biggest threat was the mysterious black-robed figure. If Xiao Yan could successfully refine a two-pattern Green Spirit Pill, he’d have a significant chance of winning the championship.

“Understood!” Xiao Yan’s spirits lifted upon hearing Yao Lao's words. He quickly took another pale purple pill from his storage ring and popped it into his mouth, chewing lightly. At the same time, a white flame appeared in his hand, which he promptly controlled with his soul power and cast into the cauldron.

Thanks to Yao Lao’s deliberate suppression, the Bone Spirit Cold Fire didn’t draw much attention. However, since Xiao Yan was one of the key contestants, his actions quickly caught the eyes of several onlookers.

Among them was Fa Ma, whose deeply set eyes widened the moment he saw the white flame. He could also vaguely sense a powerful soul fluctuation, stirring his mind with curiosity and questions.

At the same time, other alchemists, including Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian, also sensed the strong soul presence. However, they were in critical phases of their own refinement processes and couldn’t spare the focus to investigate further.

“Who would’ve thought Yan Xiao had a hidden card up his sleeve? This white flame may be restrained, but it holds immense power—not likely any weaker than Liu Ling’s Green Lotus Core Flame.”

After a moment of reflection, Fa Ma’s face shifted from confusion to excitement. Seeing the addition of the white flame to Xiao Yan’s cauldron, he felt certain that Xiao Yan wasn’t aiming for a single-pattern Green Spirit Pill but rather a two-pattern version.

"Ha! If Yan Xiao actually refines a two-pattern Green Spirit Pill, this competition is in the bag!" Fa Ma thought to himself, feeling pleased. His only concern was that Xiao Yi Xian wouldn’t take the championship. As for whether Xiao Yan or Liu Ling won in the end, it mattered little to him.

At this moment, Fa Ma was eagerly rooting for Xiao Yan to successfully create the two-pattern Green Spirit Pill.

After borrowing the Bone Spirit Cold Fire from Yao Lao, Xiao Yan focused all his energy on refining the pill.

“Phew!”

Before long, as sweat beaded on his forehead, a cyan-colored pill began to form within his cauldron, accompanied by a refreshing medicinal fragrance.

“A fourth-tier pill!”

The moment Xiao Yan successfully created a fourth-tier pill, the crowd erupted in cheers, and a smile lit up Fa Ma’s face.

Following Xiao Yan, the Little Princess also refined a fourth-tier pill. However, the fragrance from her cauldron was noticeably less intense than Xiao Yan’s. Despite this, the Little Princess beamed with excitement, proud of her accomplishment. It was her first time attempting a fourth-tier pill, and she hadn’t expected to succeed. She felt confident that with this pill, even if she didn’t win the championship, second or third place was well within reach.

As the two of them completed their pills, a chain reaction seemed to ensue, with more and more contestants successfully refining their own pills.

However, at that very moment, from Xiao Yi Xian’s cauldron, a faint purple-colored pill fragrance began to rise like smoke.

“A colored pill fragrance?”

Upon seeing the light purple smoke, nearly every alchemist who understood its significance gasped in shock.

“To think she could produce a pill with a colored fragrance… It’s clear she came prepared!” The faint smile that had just surfaced on Fa Ma’s face instantly turned somber as he watched the purple smoke rising from Xiao Yi Xian’s cauldron.

"What is a colored pill fragrance?"

On the high platform, Hai Bodong, noticing Fa Ma's sudden, deeply troubled expression, quickly asked.

"A colored pill fragrance is something typically only produced by fifth-tier pills. However, some top-level fourth-tier pills can also produce it. Judging by the intensity of the fragrance, I believe what he's refining is one of the latter," Fa Ma responded darkly, his expression tense. "Compared to that, the fourth-tier pills refined by Yue’er and Yan Xiao are, without a doubt, a bit inferior."

"Sigh, Xiao Yan, I didn’t expect that mysterious figure to be able to create a pill with colored fragrance using a fourth-tier formula. Your two-pattern Green Spirit Pill might fall short by comparison," Yao Lao remarked, initially pleased with helping Xiao Yan create the two-pattern pill but now caught off guard by the unexpected dark horse in the competition.

"Ah, you really can't underestimate anyone in this world!"

"This guy is truly powerful!"

In the square below, Xiao Yan and the Little Princess stared in a daze at the colored fragrance rising from Xiao Yi Xian’s cauldron, their faces growing pale and defeated. With a bitter smile, they both knew that in the face of such absolute superiority, any excuses would be pointless.

"You two are sighing and giving up already?"

Hearing Xiao Yan and the Little Princess’s sighs, Liu Ling turned and gave them a broad grin.

In that instant, both Xiao Yan and the Little Princess caught a glimpse of an unmatched confidence in Liu Ling's expression, momentarily stunned.

Under their gaze, a rich, light-red medicinal liquid had already begun to appear within Liu Ling's cauldron.

"This guy rested for so long, and now he’s flawlessly completed the ingredient fusion process at this exact moment?"

"What a monstrous talent!"

Both Xiao Yan and the Little Princess couldn’t help but marvel.

After his remark to the two, Liu Ling split his soul power into two currents and poured them into the cauldron.

One forcefully suppressed the cyan flame, while the other wrapped around the medicinal liquid with lightning speed, unleashing an immensely powerful compressive force.

This time, Liu Ling was attempting to refine a fifth-tier pill known as the "Dragon Strength Pill." This pill could grant the user an exceptionally strong physical power boost for a short duration—a raw, pure strength unlinked to any battle energy enhancement.

As such, the "Dragon Strength Pill" was a pill that directly amplified physical prowess, making it even more challenging to refine than most fifth-tier pills. Even veteran fifth-tier alchemists found it rather troublesome to create.

(End of Chapter)

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