Shen Yuan Ring

"Shaojie, he only managed to refine the Strengthening Pill. You haven't even compared yet, so we haven't lost!" Liu Wan'er comforted He Shaojie when she saw his incredulous expression, even forgetting about her own failure to refine the pill.

"Senior sister, you're right. We haven't compared yet. It's his first time refining, so the quality and quantity are definitely not as good as mine!"

As He Shaojie spoke, his expression shifted from disappointment and disbelief to confidence and joy.

"Ji Daoyi, I don't believe your health-strengthening pills are better than mine!"

I wonder if he thought that Ji Daoyi would definitely lose the competition if he succeeded in refining the elixir with just one dose.

He was the ultimate victor, so he had no more worries and started talking in a frivolous and arrogant manner.

"I've successfully refined five Body Strengthening Pills this time, and two of them are of high quality. You're doomed to lose!"

"Let me guess how many you refined this time? Hmm... three or even less! Haha, you'd better not show off your strengthening pills, lest you offend your grandmaster's eyes."

Ji Daoyi remained silent, watching his performance in quiet.

"Alright! Ji Daoyi, He Shaojie, you two can test each other's pills! You can announce the final results yourselves!"

Dan Daozi couldn't stand it anymore. He hadn't expected He Shaojie to act like a child at this time, making sarcastic remarks before even knowing the other party's results.

Aren't you afraid that Ji Daoyi's body-strengthening pills will be superior to yours, and that you will be deeply disappointed?

Before Ji Daoyi and He Shaojie even finished refining their body-strengthening pills, Dan Daozi had already determined the winner of this competition.

That's why he had them verify each other's pills.

Ji Daoyi and He Shaojie exchanged the Strengthening Pills.

Ji Daoyi made no other move, and naturally poured the strengthening pills into the tray, revealing five perfectly round strengthening pills.

As He Shaojie said, two of them had just reached the high-grade quality, with a medicinal power of 90%, while the other three reached the medium-grade quality, which was not too bad, but just average.

He Shaojie smiled sarcastically, never expecting that Ji Daoyi's body-strengthening pills would be stronger than his own. So he acted casually and didn't even glance at the pills; his eyes were fixed on Ji Daoyi.

However, when he poured the strengthening pills refined by Ji Daoyi into the tray, Liu Wan'er's eyes widened, and she pointed at the nine strengthening pills with a trembling hand, wanting to exclaim, but she couldn't say a word.

She seemed speechless, as if shocked by the strengthening pills before her. She hadn't expected Ji Daoyi's alchemy talent to be so terrifying.

He originally thought that the Peiyuan Pill was his limit, but he didn't expect that he could make even such an uncommon and difficult-to-refine Body Strengthening Pill so easily, and he did it with a full pill in the process, and all the Body Strengthening Pills were of high quality.

"Shaojie...Junior Brother! Look!"

"Senior sister, what's wrong! Don't be surprised. I've only refined it before. If you refine it a few more times, you can reach my level too."

"Don't worry, we're definitely going to win this match!"

"No! Junior brother, look at the strengthening pills on the tray!"

Only then did He Shaojie realize the misunderstanding, so he lowered his head to look at the strengthening pills that Ji Daoyi had refined.

"This, how is this possible!"

"Senior sister, tell me this isn't true, right? How could Ji Daoyi possibly refine a full set of Body Strengthening Pills, and every single one of them be of high quality!"

"Junior brother, it's true! We lost this round, and we lost badly!"

He Shaojie's legs went weak and he almost collapsed to the ground. Liu Wan'er reacted quickly and rushed forward to support him.

"Junior brother, don't be discouraged. We still have two rounds left. Ji Daoyi was lucky this time. Maybe he has refined body-strengthening pills before, which is why he was able to refine high-quality body-strengthening pills so easily this time!"

Seeing that they all had their answers to this round of the competition, Dan Daozi said, "I believe you all have your answers to this round, so I will now announce the second round of the alchemy competition!"

"The second round of the alchemy competition will be the refining of a Grade 2 Marrow Cleansing Pill. All other rules are the same as before, so I won't go into details."

After Dan Daozi announced the topic for the second round, the method for refining the Marrow Cleansing Pill and the elixir were presented to everyone.

Ji Daoyi had only one portion of the elixir in front of him, while the other two had three portions.

The Marrow Cleansing Pill, as the name suggests, is for cleansing the tendons and marrow. The effects of the Marrow Cleansing Pill are mild, and even ordinary people can take it. Whether you are pursuing the path of physical cultivation or the path of cultivating essence, the Marrow Cleansing Pill is a very good medicine, and the earlier you take it, the better the effect.

Although the second-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill is not as difficult to refine as the Body Strengthening Pill, it requires as many as fifty kinds of spiritual herbs to refine. The complicated refining process makes many second-grade alchemists avoid it.

When Ji Daoyi heard Dan Daozi mention the Marrow Cleansing Pill, the medicinal herbs needed for the pill and the steps to refine it quickly came to mind.

The main spiritual medicine, or rather, spiritual object, needed to refine the second-grade Marrow Cleansing Pill is the Hundred-Year Bell Stone Spirit Milk.

It is also the core of the entire Marrow Cleansing Pill, because the other forty-nine kinds of spiritual herbs are all for maximizing the medicinal properties of the Hundred-Year Bell Stone Spirit Milk.

Zhongshi Lingru itself has the ability to cleanse the marrow and tendons, but its efficacy is greatly reduced when used directly. It is more effective when refined into a marrow-cleansing pill.

The difficulty in refining the Marrow Cleansing Pill lies in the timing and order of each auxiliary elixir. Any mistake will prevent the medicinal properties of the Bell Stone Spirit Milk from being fully activated.

In other words, the final quality of the Marrow Cleansing Pill will be greatly reduced.

While He Shaojie and Liu Wan'er were still organizing the medicinal herbs, Ji Daoyi had already begun refining them.

Upon seeing Ji Daoyi, both of them simultaneously looked in the direction where Ji Daoyi was.

Because the furnace still had residual heat, excessive preheating was not required when refining the Marrow Cleansing Pill.

However, Ji Daoyi's method of extracting spiritual herbs directly dealt a blow to their spirits, making them feel ashamed of their own inferiority.

That's right,

Under the watchful eyes of the three, Ji Daoyi picked up the spiritual herbs, and without even glancing at them, threw all forty-nine kinds of spiritual herbs into the alchemy furnace.

If this had happened before, He Shaojie would have definitely scoffed and made a mindless mockery, but after being slapped in the face twice in a row, he dared not draw any conclusions.

At that moment, he and Liu Wan'er both forgot that they also needed to refine the Marrow Cleansing Pill, and they both watched Ji Daoyi refine the pill with their eyes glued to him.

"What? Are you two just admitting defeat?"

Just as they were engrossed in watching, a discordant sound broke the silence, interrupting their viewing.

At this moment, He Shaojie and Liu Wan'er awkwardly came to their senses, bowed apologetically to Dan Daozi, and began to refine the Marrow Cleansing Pill.