Chapter 39: Who's Slower...

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  Actually, for Ling Xiao, refining the Tianyan Dan wasn't a problem at all. In fact, it was even less of an issue than that girl's sudden appearance, which made him think more. After all, with that strange flame by his side, he could constantly burn and purify the waste pills, repeatedly refining them. As long as he had enough time, he would definitely be able to refine it successfully.

  As for the time he spent refining the elixir, it may be longer than Sima Yan's, but for a newcomer, it is also completely understandable. Not a problem either.

  The real problem is how to grasp the right degree of this alchemy.

  Firstly, one cannot be too conspicuous, after all, it's a crime to reveal the existence of the strange flame. Secondly, Sima Hall and Fuling are both senior members of the sect, and Sima Hall is in charge of punishment, their discord is not something that a junior like him can participate in.

  Even with a guardian spirit protecting me, if I were to offend Elder Sima, wouldn't I still be in constant trouble?

  But losing is also unacceptable. Fuling's face would look bad, and he would be in trouble. Especially just now, Fuling's expression was already very unsightly... So the degree of this, must be grasped carefully.

  Can't lose, but also can't win too much.

  After a while, he made up his mind and took out the materials he had received from the elder of the Sima Temple, placing them in front of him.

  The difficulty of refining the Tianyan Dan, the medicinal power it contains, is similar to that of the Xuanyin Dan. However, this is a rare type of dan medicine, not meant for ingestion, but after refinement, true energy is injected into it, and when thrown out, it can burst into a large flame, used as an attack, serving as a one-time use attack talisman.

  Therefore, the alchemy technique is even more bizarre and the materials are also more special. It's also much easier to fail than with the Xuan Yin Dan.

  Ling Xiao didn't dare to slack off, although Fu Ling had explained the refining of Tian Yan Dan to him and watched him refine it several times, he was still far from being proficient. And these past few days, he had been busy refining Pei Yuan Dan and Xuan Yin Dan, so naturally, he couldn't find time to practice refining Tian Yan Dan.

  So after calming down, he didn't rush to refine the elixir, but instead carefully pondered over the formula for a while.

  In his heart, he slowly deduced every step of alchemy, familiarizing himself with the entire refining process. Until he confirmed that the entire process was firmly remembered in his mind, he pinched off the finger technique and activated the law array, flames burst out from the ground, preparing to start refining the elixir.

  But as soon as he started refining the elixir, he felt something was off.

  First, refine the materials. Due to the strange flames in the body and the medicinal properties of the Tianyan Dan not being too strong, it was easy to burn all the materials into a fine powder.

  Next is the most critical condensation of Dan.

  He had made thorough preparations, just like when he was refining the Xuan Yin Dan, repeatedly failing. However, when he actually started refining, Ling Xiao surprisingly discovered that the difficulty of refining the dan was much lower than he had imagined.

  This is naturally a good thing!

  Ling Xiao used only one set of materials, repeatedly refining... and soon after two failed refinements, Ling Xiao successfully refined a low-grade Tianyan Dan.

  Moreover, since he was using the strange flame in his body to purify the materials, this step saved a lot of time. Therefore, it is estimated that Sima Huo had only completed one cycle of alchemy at most by now.

  A short time, Tan Cheng?

  Looking at the bead in his hand that was emitting a faintly discernible fiery aura, Ling Xiao himself was also shocked and couldn't close his mouth.

  Although it's just a lower grade, it's still pretty good.

  It's probably just good luck this time... Ling Xiao could only attribute the reason to this. He had a deep impression of his own poor alchemy talent, which was basically useless.

  So, we must seize the time and continue to refine it.

  In a short period of time, he had successfully refined a low-grade Tianyan Dan, and Ling Xiao himself found it somewhat hard to believe, thinking that he was just lucky.

  It was actually him who had improved. As the saying goes, diligence can make up for clumsiness, and constant practice can lead to skillfulness. After this period of continuous and repeated alchemy, Ling Xiao's skills and senses were actually improving rapidly.

  Especially in the past few days, he has been continuously refining and pondering the Xuan Yin Dan - Xuan Yin Dan, after all, is the same as Tian Yan Dan, both are second-grade elixirs.

  That is to say, Ling Xiao's own level has actually been greatly improved.

  So he was very quick to refine the Tianyan Dan. Although he still failed twice, he quickly grasped the technique and refined a finished elixir. His progress was quite obvious!

  Cultivation knows no age.

  Ling Xiao repeated over and over again. Refining elixir... failure... burning... continue refining elixir...

  Due to the previous three days of continuous overdrafting, Ling Xiao was generally in a state of exhaustion from refining pills. However, at this moment, refining the Tianyan Dan seemed to suddenly put him into a frenzied state, as if he was starving and thirsty for alchemy, thinking, and progress... He was like someone who had become infatuated with alchemy.

  Almost without any rest, he continuously cast out one spell after another with his hands, controlling the earth fire to refine the elixir. If it weren't for him having already entered the third layer of Qi training, his cultivation far surpassing what it was originally, perhaps by now, his body would have long been unable to withstand it.

  In fact, this is a treatment that even the disciples of the great family cannot have. No matter how many spiritual stones you have, the number of spiritual medicines is always limited. Who can afford to be so extravagant and crazy about alchemy?

  Even if you don't mind those spirit stones of equivalent value, you should still cherish these precious medicinal materials.

  Only Ling Xiao has that strange flame in his body, which can re-burn the waste elixir back into pure materials, so he can continue to refine it continuously.

  Sigh——

  Ling Xiao let out a long sigh, gazing at the refined Tianyan Dan. His heart was filled with both shock and delight. Calculating the time, it had only taken him a little over three hours in total. He couldn't believe that refining this Tianyan Dan had gone so smoothly for him; it was truly strange.

  Ordinary people refine the Tianyan Dan, warming the furnace, purifying, condensing the dan, and taking the dan... The time spent on these four steps is only slightly less than that of refining the Xuan Yin Dan.

  Therefore, although there were only three materials, it is also very likely that Sima Shi had not yet completed the refining process at this time.

  I absolutely cannot take the lead on this!

  It's better to make yourself look slower.

  He then took out the materials for the Xuan Yin Dan and continued to refine them. In the previous three days of crazy refining, eight Pei Yuan Dans had been successfully refined, four of which were middle-grade and four of which were high-grade. As for the Xuan Yin Dan, only one low-grade, one middle-grade, and one that was barely refined in the last moment with exactly 80% medicinal power had been produced.

  Adding the one that exploded the furnace earlier, I now have two pills with over 80% efficacy of Xuan Yin Dan. It should barely meet Miss Luo Qian's requirements.

  The lower and middle grade Xuan Yin Dan can also be used to compensate for the furnace tripods.

  Finally cleared the foreign debt, Ling Xiao's mood also became lighter. At this time, with nothing to do, he decided to take the remaining two materials and refine them into pills as well.

  ……

  At this time, while Ling Xiao was concentrating on alchemy, forgetting to eat and sleep, Fu Ling, Sima Dian, as well as some inner and outer sect disciples of the Qi Yun Sect were all waiting outside with nothing to do.

  Actually, the result is that everyone has already more or less determined that Sima will win, and there's nothing good to guess about, just leaving here to confirm it. Of course, for Fuling, maybe he's just waiting to severely teach Ling Xiao a lesson...

  The direction of the earth fire house finally came with movement, and everyone's eyes turned over at once.

  But then he saw the newcomer's robust and handsome appearance, with a proud look on his face. Could it be Sima Zhi?

  Feng Ling's face sank slightly as he looked at him with a spirited expression, could it be that the three portions of materials had actually been refined into Tianyan Dan? In that case, even if they wanted to end in a draw, it would no longer be possible.

  Simu Zhi walked up with an arrogant face and paid his respects to Sima Dian and Fowling.

  Simadeng stroked his beard and smiled warmly: "Your junior brother Ling hasn't finished refining the elixir, wait here for a bit."

  This was also within Sima Yan's expectations. That Ling Xiao, how could he possibly have the qualifications to compare with him? This time refining the elixir, he was also unusually successful, and had already successfully refined the Tianyan Dan in the second batch of materials. Although a small mistake occurred in the third batch of materials and it wasn't successful, one Tianyan Dan was enough.

  "Yes." Sima Zhi replied with a single word, then stood proudly aside.

  Below, the crowd was discussing in an uproar, but most of them had already determined that Ling Xiao would lose... Only the girl hiding among the crowd didn't think so. That stinky brat, with a honest appearance, actually had a slick mind, and was best at pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, acting stupid and confused. She didn't believe he would lose!

  Left for a moment, right for a moment, Ling Xiao never came out.

  Beside him, Sima Huo had already become very impatient, from time to time looking towards the direction of the earth oven, that bastard, why hasn't he come out yet.

  Hmph, if you can't refine it successfully, then quickly come out and admit defeat. What's with the delay?

  Feng Ling's face turned even darker, with thick clouds gathering in his heart, he had already ravaged Ling Xiao a hundred times...

  Simadeng also waited very impatiently. However, looking at the gloomy face of Fuling beside him, the smile on his face became even more gentle.

  Although several hours or even days are nothing for cultivators, everyone is waiting to see the final result, so it naturally feels very long.

  The outer disciples below, without any scruples, had already been discussing it heatedly, their voices unable to be suppressed. The content of the discussion was almost unanimous in thinking that Ling Xiao must have encountered great difficulties and troubles in refining the pill, which is why he has been delaying until now and still can't complete the refinement.

  As for Ling Xiao's elixir refinement, it was naturally even harder to have a good outcome.

  Of course, only that girl still insisted on a completely different view from others. Hum, that stinky boy must be intentionally dragging out the time. Let everyone think he's definitely lost, and then suddenly come out and cut down this even more annoying little brat who's now looking up at him with his nose in the air!

  As for the messy state of his hair, it's probably intentional...

  She had no good feelings towards Sima Shi at all, and looking at his arrogant expression made her want to go up and slap him a few times.

  Without mentioning her thoughts, he said that after another quarter of an hour, there was finally some movement in the place where Di Huo's house was located...