The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron
Chapter 1224 - Chapter 1224 Chapter 1223 A Domineering Move

Chapter 1224: Chapter 1223: A Domineering Move Chapter 1224: Chapter 1223: A Domineering Move Jade Qincheng was steady and meticulous, with the ninth layer of firewaves gradually approaching the tenth layer. It seemed she had reached the final stage of pill refining.

At this moment, the sixth incense stick was also about to burn out.

Time, for both Fang Lin and Jade Qincheng, was somewhat pressing.

After all, the Cloud Dream Pill was one of the more difficult pills to refine among the many fifth-grade pills. Even for a talent in Alchemy Tao like Jade Qincheng, refining it within the time span of seven incense sticks was quite challenging.

Of course, compared to Jade Qincheng, the situation on Fang Lin’s side was even more worrying for the people of the Nine Countries.

Up until now, there had been no movement in Fang Lin’s ten layers of firewaves, as if they had remained at the very initial stage.

Moreover, Fang Lin had now coughed up blood, which cast a further shadow over the hearts of the people from the Nine Countries.

Just then, Fang Lin suddenly made his move.

With a wave of his hand at those ten layers of firewaves, they roared and interwove rapidly, resembling ten fire dragons intertwining with each other.

What was most astonishing was that, although the ten layers of firewaves entwined with each other, the herbs within each layer did not interfere with one another, each continuing to refine independently.

This scene left people in awe and even caused Jade Qincheng to become momentarily distracted.

Soon, the ten interwoven firewaves merged in an instant. The fire’s intensity was unprecedented, releasing endless heat like a true fire dragon in the sky above Flat Sea City.

The herbs that were originally contained within the firewaves were also instantly transformed into a pure medicinal liquid. Amidst the undulating movements of the giant fire dragon, a pill had already taken shape within its body.

Jade Qincheng’s figure swayed, nearly falling over. She bit her lip so hard that she didn’t even notice when it began to bleed.

The pill refining progress that had been leading for the entire competition was surpassed by Fang Lin in just a few breaths.

Fang Lin’s pill had already formed, and all that was left was to nurture it, for which one incense stick’s time was more than enough.

On Jade Qincheng’s side, although she had also reached the last step, she had not yet been able to form the pill.

This disparity struck a heavy blow to Jade Qincheng; it was the first time she felt so powerless in a pill refining competition.

Upon seeing Fang Lin’s sudden progress, the people of the Nine Countries erupted in astonishment, followed by thunderous cheers.

“Fantastic! I thought we were done for,” said one.

“So he was waiting for this moment! Fang Lin really has some tricks up his sleeve,” exclaimed another.

“Hahaha, just look at that ugly woman from the Seven Seas, she’s about to collapse from anger,” a third laughed.

“Serves her right, let her and those from the Taoist Sect brag now,” another chimed in.

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Compared to the excitement and agitation of the Nine Countries’ crowd, the people from the Seven Seas Taoist Sect had unsightly expressions. They simply couldn’t fathom how Jade Qincheng, who had been leading in the refining process throughout the competition, was overtaken by such a large margin at the very last moment.

They couldn’t understand and were even more unwilling to accept it, especially when they saw how happy the people from the Nine Countries were, which made them feel even more uncomfortable.

“Hmph! Underestimating Yu, you people from the Nine Countries will be in for a shock,” someone from the Taoist Sect said.

Fang Lin glanced at Jade Qincheng, noting that although her expression was serious, she did not show much panic, still maintaining a certain calmness.

This somewhat surprised Fang Lin–could it be that this woman had some tricks up her sleeve that she hadn’t yet revealed?

Sure enough, by the time the seventh incense stick was half burnt, there was only one wave of fire left at Jade Qincheng’s station, and she had finally condensed the pill.

The progress of the two was essentially the same; the only difference was that Fang Lin’s pill had condensed a step earlier than hers, giving him more time to nurture it.

However, at the final moment, Jade Qincheng resorted to her true secret technique.

She suddenly slapped the cyan pill furnace in front of her, a blob of liquid medicine flew up, merging into the pill within the wave of fire and solidifying the Cloud Dream Pill.

Not only that, a large swirl of cyan aura floated from the pill furnace, and under Jade Qincheng’s control, it also blended into the pill within the fire wave.

This large cyclone of cyan aura was the Cauldron Qi contained in the pill furnace, which Jade Qincheng drew out entirely in a single moment.

To the naked eye, the cyan pill furnace, which was previously decent, was now covered with cracks, seeming as if a single touch might cause it to completely collapse.

Even those without knowledge of Pill Refining understood that this pill furnace was thoroughly ruined and could no longer be used; it was devoid of any Cauldron Qi, much like a person drained of all vitality, reduced to a corpse.

The practice of the Taoist Sect Pill Pulsar, in their use of Cauldron Qi, is something the Pill Refiners of the Nine Countries cannot match. It is one of the major advantages for those in the Taoist Sect, allowing them to extract the Cauldron Qi from the furnace to forcibly improve the quality of the pills.

Although this method was somewhat aggressive, it was indeed a very effective solution.

Fang Lin’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he wasn’t too surprised. Before he arrived in Flat Sea City, he was aware that the Pill Refiners from the Seven Seas Taoist Sect could use Cauldron Qi.

Having seen many methods of directly extracting Cauldron Qi to enhance pill quality in his previous life, Fang Lin considered these practices very inferior, unworthy of public display.

“Hm?” Fang Lin was suddenly startled when he saw Jade Qincheng reaching toward his own pill furnace.

Fang Lin was astonished–this woman wanted to not spare even my pill furnace, desiring to forcibly extract the Cauldron Qi from both furnaces.

Such an action was undoubtedly excessive. It was one thing to absorb Cauldron Qi from her own furnace, but to attempt it with Fang Lin’s as well would anger any Pill Refiner.

Nevertheless, Jade Qincheng did not care, as winning this competition was a must for her, even if her actions might provoke the ire of people from the Nine Countries.

Unfortunately for her, Jade Qincheng had angered an opponent beyond her imagination.

Sensing Jade Qincheng’s aggressiveness, Fang Lin chuckled coldly and took action in response.

“Since you want to play it this way, then I won’t hold back either,” said Fang Lin, not bothering with how Jade Qincheng was absorbing the Cauldron Qi from his pill furnace; instead, his hands continuously executed a range of hand seals.

“What is that…?” A Pill Refiner with sharp eyes, upon seeing the hand seals Fang Lin executed, suddenly showed a look of amazement.

“It appears to have traces of the Spirit Inclusion Skill, but it’s far more complex and profound,” an extremely experienced elder Pill Refiner exclaimed with great surprise.

A series of cyan hand seals flowed from Fang Lin’s hands, dispersing in all directions and vanishing into the night.

A moment of silence.

The very next moment, the heavens dramatically changed, as if the stars themselves shifted in the sky.