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Chapter 336 Absolute Shock (2)_1

Chapter 336: Chapter 336 Absolute Shock (2)_1

The medicinal liquid slowly shrank into a mass, but it just wouldn’t form into an elixir. Dugu Qianye, seeing that the timing was off by quite a bit, began to infuse it with spiritual power. The spiritual power acted like a binding agent, gradually combining those scattered, tiny fragments.

Just as the pill was forming, a small dark cloud slowly formed in the sky, obscuring the setting sun.

"What’s happening?"

"Why has a dark cloud appeared all of a sudden?"

"Could it be..."

The spectators in the stands were all baffled by the sight of the cloud, but the alchemists were boiling over with excitement.

"Pill Tribulation! Pill Tribulation!"

"Heavens, she’s forming a top-grade elixir!"

"A top-grade elixir! So she’s an Alchemy Grandmaster!"

"So awesome! I really like her!"

"My idol, from now on she’s my idol!"

Black and White Impermanence watched the Pill Tribulation and knew her concoction had already completed a major step. As long as she withstood this final Pill Tribulation, it would be done!

Sha Bao’s face darkened, and he was emitting a chill aura. If Baili Xie succeeded in concocting the elixir, then they would lose this competition! He wanted to interfere, but upon glancing at the figures on the edge of the arena, he lowered his hand hesitantly.

Green Emperor Xiahou felt that his emotions were indescribable at the moment. He knew she was strong, but he didn’t expect that she had surpassed him by a whole level, vaulting directly into the ranks of Alchemy Grandmasters.

Tian Bo stared dumbfounded at the scene below. As the entire arena erupted in excitement, he came to his senses and muttered, "I never expected that this Baili Xie really had some tricks up her sleeve."

"Uncle Three, look, Pill Tribulation! She’s succeeded!" Dugu Qianqian pointed at the dark cloud above, exclaiming excitedly.

Dugu Yilan smiled and nodded, his eyes brimming with irrepressible joy and pride. The success of the Fire Dragon Pill meant that grandfather no longer had to rely on the Snow Cold Pill to sustain his life, and Dugu Qianye had also agreed to return with him to treat grandfather. With the Snow Cold Pill out of the equation, Dugu Yunheng’s previous injuries would become even more severe. Originally, the intent was to ask Black and White Impermanence, but with Dugu Qianye, who was even more formidable, there was naturally no need to trouble others.

"She really is amazing," Dugu Qianqi also spoke, acknowledging her as his sister with a tone of admiration.

The main judge watched the elixir successfully condense and saw his gaze towards Dugu Qianye transform from earlier admiration to worship. The problem that had plagued him for so many years had been resolved by her! Although he now knew the method, he was incapable of Dual Pill Refinement and converting spiritual power into a cauldron! But at least he now knew the direction to strive for, didn’t he?

Dugu Qianye watched the tribulation cloud above her. Compared to the previous Transformation Thunder Tribulation, this was like child’s play. However, to be safe, she still outputted some more spiritual power to reinforce the temporary pill furnace a bit more.

"It’s coming down," the crowd observed the tribulation cloud and said.

Some alchemists, to protect their elixirs, would attempt to neutralize the Pill Thunder when it struck, or find a substitute. Although the final effect of the elixir might be somewhat diminished, at least the elixir was preserved. Some elixirs were directly turned to ash by the Pill Thunder.

"Crack!"

A bolt of Pill Thunder struck directly on the pill furnace that Dugu Qianye had solidified, making everyone’s hearts quiver. They thought Dugu Qianye would find some way to avoid the Pill Tribulation, as this was also a competition; if her elixir turned to ash, she would also be considered defeated.

But what was unexpected, was that when the Pill Tribulation reached the Pill Furnace, it was like a fist hitting cotton. Aside from a few small cracks, there was no other reaction. The Pill Thunder, however, seeped inside, circled around the elixir twice, and eventually merged into the elixir.

"What’s going on? I’ve never heard of Pill Thunder being able to merge into an elixir."

"Yeah, how strange!"

Now even Black and White Impermanence and the head judge were puzzled, especially the head judge, who had also refined tenth-grade elixirs before, and had never encountered such a thing.

After all the Pill Thunder had merged into the elixir, Dugu Qianye withdrew her spiritual power, and a fiery red elixir appeared before everyone, enshrouded in a layer of halo.

Everyone in the stands stood up, and the entire stadium erupted in thunderous applause.

"Incredible!"

"We must find a way to dig her to our family."

"Would she accept if we invited her with the position of Hall Master of a Divine Temple branch?"

"Today, my eyes have truly been opened, haha!"

Dugu Qianye placed the elixir into a jade bottle, then handed it to the head judge, who had lost control of himself and run down to the arena, for examination.

"Haha, no need, no need to check further, your Pill Thunder has come down, this first place is already firmly yours," laughed the head judge. "I just came up to see this elixir, may I have a look?"

Dugu Qianye nodded, and only then did the head judge take the jade bottle, carefully examining the elixir and finding that her elixir had a few more circles of patterns than a normal tenth-grade elixir, perhaps as a result of the Pill Thunder merging into it.

The other judges also gathered around, and the host calmed his excited mood, announcing to the audience: "The alchemy competition concludes here. First place goes to Baili Xie, for refining a primary level tenth-grade elixir. Second place, Green Emperor Xiahou, for a top-grade ninth-grade elixir. Third place, Shayan, for an advance level ninth-grade."

Upon hearing that he had fallen to third place, Shayan cried out in disbelief.

"How can this be, how can there be top-grade elixirs! Impossible, impossible!"

The boiling stadium suddenly quieted down, all eyes on Shayan. The judges’ faces looked even worse, darkly saying, "Are you doubting our abilities or our integrity?"

Upon hearing the head judge’s words, Shayan panicked and said, "I didn’t, I only... "

"Hmph! Since you don’t believe it, go bring up their elixirs," instructed the head judge.

Soon someone brought over the other two elixirs. The head judge took out Green Emperor Xiahou’s elixir and displayed it before everyone, and then took out Shayan’s, placing it beside for comparison. Indeed, Green Emperor Xiahou’s elixir was much better than Shayan’s—it had surpassed what advance level elixirs possess.

Shayan had initially thought that nobody had seen a top-grade elixir and that the judges must have been mistaken. Now, with the truth laid bare before him, he had nothing to say.

"I do remember, before the competition, the bet you made with young master Baili Xie. Now that you’ve lost, the crystal card on that table now belongs to her," the head judge said coldly. "I’m just not sure when you will be crawling around on the ground, barking like a dog?"

Upon hearing the head judge say this, Dugu Qianye slapped her forehead and exclaimed, "Oh no, I had forgotten about that. Now this crystal card is mine!"

She went to the edge of the arena, collected all the crystal cards from the tray into her space ring, then returned, looking satisfied. Watching Shayan, who hadn’t recovered from the shock, she said, "I told you that you couldn’t take first place, you didn’t believe me, how about now? Anyway, make it quick, you still need to rush back after doing it."