The whole world is cultivating qi, only I am cultivating the body

Li Shengnan returned to the square, and Xing Shen was already here to announce the result. There was no doubt that Li Shengnan won the second game. Hu Kang did not dare to say anything, and even the disciples on the edge of the square did not object. They could not ignore the forest that was still lush and green until now, right?

After the second round of competition, Xing Shen let Hu Kang and Li Shengnan take a short rest. Of course, this rest was mainly for Li Shengnan to rest. After all, thunder tribulation was not so easy to deal with. Even though Li Shengnan's condition looked good, Xing Shen was very optimistic about Li Shengnan now, so he would naturally favor Li Shengnan.

After about an hour, Xing Shen finally stood up from his seat. He took out the herbs from his storage ring and placed them on the table in front of him. "Although Fellow Daoist Li Shengnan won the first two rounds, our Danding Sect is known for its alchemy. Alchemy is our most important means of making a living, so we still have to compete in the third round."

"These two sets of herbs are the ingredients for the Tribulation Breaking Pill. They are all the same in terms of efficacy, strength, age, and quality. I don't restrict you from using any furnace. You can even borrow a better furnace if you can. I only care about the quality of the pill you make. All right, you two can come over to collect the herbs."

Hu Kang walked forward and took the herbs. He did not start to make the elixir immediately, but instead looked towards a spot on the stands. For the sake of this final round of competition, he had to win even at the cost of some effort.

Watching Hu Kang leave, Li Shengnan also walked up to Xing Shen. She took the herbs from Xing Shen. When she was about to leave, Xing Shen took out a pill recipe from his storage ring: "I heard from the deputy head that you were sent from a small sect. I'm afraid you don't have the recipe for the Breaking Tribulation Pill? This is the recipe for the Breaking Tribulation Pill..."

"Thank you, Second Elder. I can still refine the Tribulation Breaking Pill, but the recipe in my sect is very old. I will accept this recipe. Thank you for your kindness, Second Elder."

Li Shengnan did not refuse the recipe in Xing Shen's hand. She took the recipe and looked at it carefully, put it into the storage ring, and returned to her seat.

At this time, Hu Kang had not returned yet. He was talking to the third elder Jiang Tianfu and was promising Jiang Tianfu a huge price in order to get his Dragon-Tiger Furnace so that he could win in the alchemy stage. After hearing what Hu Kang promised, Jiang Tianfu took out the Dragon-Tiger Furnace from his storage ring and handed it to Hu Kang.

Seeing Hu Kang returning to his seat with the Dragon-Tiger Furnace, and Li Shengnan still standing in front of the small tripod, Dan Ruoruo on the stage frowned and sent a message to Li Shengnan: "Do you need me to lend you the furnace? The Laojun furnace I have is the best furnace in Danding Sect, and it can at least help you improve the efficacy of the pills by 30%."

Li Shengnan was very surprised when she heard the name "Laojun furnace". She had seen this furnace in the classics of Suixin Sect. It was the furnace used by the Taoist sect to refine elixirs. It was said that it could refine elixirs. How could such a furnace be found in Danding Sect? Wasn't it said that the founder of the Taoist sect took it to the upper realm when he ascended to heaven? However, Li Shengnan thought about it and realized that it could only increase the efficacy of the elixir by 30%. It should be a replica of Laojun furnace. However, it was not easy to imitate it to increase the efficacy by 30%.

She shook her head and refused to accept Dan Ruoruo's kindness. Sometimes the better the furnace, the better the elixir produced. Compared with the Laojun furnace in Dan Ruoruo's hand, which she was not familiar with, Li Shengnan was more willing to trust her own small tripod.

Seeing Li Shengnan take out the tattered little tripod, Hu Kang smiled immediately. In his opinion, he had already won the alchemy competition with the Dragon-Tiger Furnace. The tattered little tripod was not a powerful tool at first glance. Besides, who would use a tripod to make an elixir? Wouldn't they be afraid that the medicinal power would dissipate from the uncovered tripod, causing the efficacy of the refined elixir to drop sharply? It was a pity that Hu Kang had never seen Li Shengnan making an elixir on the alchemy platform in the Alchemy City, otherwise he would not have thought so.

The medicinal herbs provided by Xing Shen were collected immediately after being picked without being processed, and they still had fresh soil on them. The herbs needed to be processed before refining the Tribulation-Breaking Pill.

Hu Kang and Li Shengnan handled the medicinal materials in their hands respectively. From this time on, the two people's actions were different. Hu Kang cleaned the dirt on the medicinal materials, processed the herbs and threw them into the alchemy furnace. As for the medicinal materials he handled, not only Li Shengnan, but even some disciples around the square shook their heads when they saw them.

When Kang He finished processing the medicinal herbs, Li Shengnan had only processed half of them. These herbs were freshly picked, but they still had many flaws. Li Shengnan removed at least one-third of each herb, and some did not even have half left. In the end, all she could keep were the essence of the herbs.

Just like on the alchemy platform, Li Shengnan put all the medicinal materials into the small cauldron. She separated a bit of her own alchemy fire and put it into the alchemy furnace. The medicinal materials in the small cauldron began to be refined by her alchemy fire, and the pure medicinal power began to resonate in the alchemy furnace.

A faint fragrance of elixir gradually wafted across the square. It was coming from Hu Kang's Dragon-Tiger Furnace. His refining was almost complete, and the elixir in the furnace had gradually taken shape. Just when the last few steps were completed, the elixir in the furnace entered the elixir-containing state. Only then did he have time to look towards Li Shengnan.

At this time, Li Shengnan had just integrated all the medicinal power in the small cauldron, and the elixir had just taken shape, but there was no trace of elixir fragrance emanating from the small cauldron. If Hu Kang had not known that there was indeed medicinal power in those prototypes, he would have thought that there were only mud balls in the cauldron.

Although he didn't know why there was no elixir fragrance coming out of Li Shengnan's small cauldron, Hu Kang still felt that he was sure to win. This was because the elixir in the small cauldron was not as potent as the elixir he refined because Li Shengnan had removed many parts with medicinal properties when processing the herbs. It could be seen from the prototype of the elixir that it was much smaller than the elixir he refined. After the elixir was refined, the medicinal power of the elixir would definitely not be as good as the elixir he refined. He was not in a hurry at all.

The prototype of the pill in the small cauldron gradually split, and finally ten smaller pills appeared in the small cauldron. Hu Kang almost laughed when he saw this scene. This pill was not even half the size of his pill.

The ten pills gradually took shape, and the pills in the small cauldron also entered the pill-keeping period. Except for occasionally making hand seals, Li Shengnan just sat cross-legged on the cushion and began to practice.

The time it takes to accumulate the Tribulation-Breaking Pill is very long, about a month. During this month, except for Dan Ping'er who left a few times, everyone else was meditating on the spot. Although the time was long, the alchemists had great patience for accumulating the pill, as they all wanted to see who would win in the end.