Gu Master Era: My Toad Swallowed the School Beauty at the Beginning

Soon, two alchemy furnaces and all the necessary materials were brought into the alchemist guild hall.

Wang Xiao and Feng Qingyan's alchemy competition was to take place in the hall.

Chen Quanli had a good plan! He was afraid that if Wang Xiao lost, his backer would come looking for trouble. Therefore, the competition was held in the hall, under the watchful eyes of everyone, so he wouldn't be accused of rigging it. The competition requirements were also proposed by Wang Xiao himself, so if he lost, he couldn't blame anyone else!

After the alchemy furnaces were preheated, Chen Quanli, as the referee, announced: "The competition begins!"

Feng Qingyan immediately went to the medicinal herb rack to select materials, and soon chose several herbs.

The herbs he chose were used to refine "Spirit Gathering Pills", which were auxiliary cultivation pills for first-level Gu Masters. The demand for these pills was high, and refining them was very profitable, so Feng Qingyan was very skilled at refining them.

Wang Xiao wasn't in a hurry to start. When he saw the herbs Feng Qingyan chose, he knew he was going to refine Spirit Gathering Pills.

So, Wang Xiao also chose the same herbs to refine the same pills.

Feng Qingyan was also paying attention to Wang Xiao's movements. Seeing that Wang Xiao chose to refine the same spiritual pills as him, he sneered in his heart: "Hmph, choosing the same as me! Then you're destined to lose. I'm the most skilled at refining Spirit Gathering Pills, I can refine them with my eyes closed. Moreover, I started before you, so I'll be done before you. Even if you refine them, being one step behind me, my uncle can use this as an excuse to declare me the winner!"

So, Feng Qingyan immediately calmed his mind and began refining the pills.

Time passed by, second by second.

Feng Qingyan quickly refined the Spirit Gathering Pills. Just as he was about to open the furnace, he heard Wang Xiao say: "My Spirit Gathering Pills are refined!"

Feng Qingyan was shocked: "How is that possible? How could he be done before me! I clearly started refining before him!"

Fortunately, his pills were also refined, otherwise, this distraction might have ruined the pills.

He immediately sped up to get the pills out of the furnace.

Soon, two portions of pills were placed in front of Chen Quanli.

Chen Quanli examined both sides and then announced the result: "Both sides refined the same pills, with the same success rate. This round is a draw!"

Lin Jing and Zhou Huaishan exchanged glances, but neither of them spoke.

Many onlookers didn't understand, and even if they did, they wouldn't dare to risk offending Chen Quanli by telling the truth.

But Lin and Zhou both knew that Chen Quanli was biased!

The Spirit Gathering Pills refined by Wang Xiao were full, transparent, and bright, with gentle pill Qi. They were truly top-grade pills, far superior to the pills refined by Feng Qingyan!

Moreover, Wang Xiao's refining time was slightly faster than Feng Qingyan's!

Even so, Chen Quanli still declared a draw against his conscience!

Others didn't dare to tell the truth, but Li Nan couldn't help it.

She said angrily: "Vice President Chen, I have questions about your judgment. Wang Xiao succeeded in refining the pills first, shouldn't he be the winner?"

Chen Quanli wasn't angry either, and said with great poise: "What is your relationship with Wang Xiao?"

"I'm his sister!"

"Hehe, Wang Xiao's sister, you're not an alchemist, so I don't blame you for saying such unprofessional things! We alchemists value the pills, not the refining time! As long as you can refine good pills, spending more time is worth it! Therefore, the evaluation result cannot be based on who refines the pills first, am I clear enough?"

This was sophistry!

Since it was a competition, of course, comparisons should be made in all aspects. For the same kind of pill, under the same quality, the one who refines it first naturally wins, not to mention that Wang Xiao's pill quality was even better!

Conversely, if Feng Qingyan's pills had come out of the furnace first, Chen Quanli's judgment would probably have been different.

Li Nan wanted to argue further, but Wang Xiao stopped her: "It's okay, Sister Nan, I'll make him lose without a word to say!"

He said to Feng Qingyan: "Let's continue!"

Feng Qingyan said smugly: "Then let's continue! Wang Xiao, this time I'll refine Five Transformation Pills. This kind of pill is very difficult to refine, do you dare to refine this kind of pill with me?"

Wang Xiao smiled and didn't speak.

He definitely had to refine the same kind of pill, otherwise, with two different kinds of pills, disputes would easily arise in the evaluation, and with the referee biased towards the other party, Wang Xiao would definitely lose no matter how he competed.

Only by refining the same kind of pill could Chen Quanli not be able to blatantly favor Feng Qingyan.

Wang Xiao didn't start first, but watched Feng Qingyan select materials.

Sure enough, as he expected, Feng Qingyan was really shameless. He said he was refining Five Transformation Pills, but the materials he actually chose were for refining "Clear Spirit Pills".

Obviously, Feng Qingyan wanted to mislead Wang Xiao and trick him into refining Five Transformation Pills.

Wang Xiao immediately quickly selected the pills and also selected the materials for refining Clear Spirit Pills.

Seeing that Wang Xiao wasn't fooled, Feng Qingyan had no choice but to calm down and refine the pills.

Now, he was already feeling the pressure.

The Spirit Gathering Pills refined by Wang Xiao in the first round had already demonstrated his strength. Feng Qingyan didn't dare to underestimate him anymore.

"Hmph! Spirit Gathering Pills are the most common pills, every alchemist is very skilled at refining them, but 'Clear Spirit Pills' are different. The difficulty of refining Clear Spirit Pills is at least twice that of Spirit Gathering Pills. I wasted a lot of materials and spent more than two years to become proficient, I don't believe you can win against me!"

Feng Qingyan gritted his teeth and started refining the pills with all his might.

This time, at least ten minutes before Feng Qingyan succeeded in refining the pills, he heard Wang Xiao's flat voice in his ears: "My 'Clear Spirit Pills' are already refined!"

"Damn! How is that possible!"

Feng Qingyan panicked, and the spiritual power controlling the alchemy furnace almost went out of control.

"No, Wang Xiao must be bluffing me, maybe he failed to refine the pills and is deliberately saying this to interfere with me and make me fail too!"

Relying on self-hypnosis, Feng Qingyan finally stabilized the situation and didn't ruin the pills!

At this time, Wang Xiao had indeed already refined the pills.

His Clear Spirit Pills were already placed in front of Chen Quanli.

And Chen Quanli had a dull expression, looking like he was doubting his life.

"How is that possible!"

"How could he be so fast!"

"The key is that Wang Xiao's speed in refining pills is not only very fast, but the quality is also impeccable!"

Common pills all have mature recipes!

Under the constraints of the recipe, although there are differences in refining time, the differences will never be large. Taking Clear Spirit Pills as an example, the refining time is around 45 minutes, fluctuating by no more than two minutes.

But for Wang Xiao to refine the pills ten minutes in advance, it was too exaggerated!

Chen Quanli is the vice president of the Golden Bell City Alchemist Guild, and his alchemy level is naturally not low. He is a fourth-grade alchemist and has the title of "Master" conferred by the Alchemist Guild.

Even if he personally came to refine Clear Spirit Pills, he would only be able to refine them two minutes in advance.

But!

Wang Xiao was ten minutes ahead.

Moreover!

He also refined the pills, and no matter how Chen Quanli tasted them, the Clear Spirit Pills in front of him were top-notch!

This could only mean one thing, Wang Xiao had improved the refining recipe for Clear Spirit Pills!

The reason why humans can defeat other creatures and dominate the world is that humans are constantly progressing!

Similarly, human alchemy technology is also constantly progressing!

The pill formulas that are widely circulated today are all improved step by step by senior alchemists, which is why we have today's prosperous alchemy culture.

Improving the pill formula is the duty and pursuit of every alchemist.

But in the past, those who could improve the pill formula were all alchemists above the master level.

But Wang Xiao is just an alchemy apprentice who has not passed the exam, has no alchemy inheritance, is self-taught, and is wild!

If it were to spread out that he had improved the Clear Spirit Pill formula, saving ten minutes compared to the original formula, I'm afraid few people would dare to believe it.

However, the facts are right in front of him, and Chen Quanli can't help but believe it!

What does ten minutes ahead mean?

It means that the difficulty of refining Clear Spirit Pills has decreased by at least half, meaning that more first-grade alchemists can easily complete the refining of this pill. This is a great advancement enough to be recorded in history!

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