Chapter 1407: Chapter 1407: Unmatched Refining Speed

"Damn little bastard!"

Compared to the onlookers, Gu Huashan, who had just mocked Mo Qing, was not in a good mood. He originally held a grudge against Mo Qing because of Yun Xiao, and now facing the main player, his attitude naturally worsened.

However, Gu Huashan never anticipated that Yun Xiao would pull out a high-grade Earth Rank medicine cauldron. Wasn’t this kid the top talent of Lianyun Mountain? How come he didn’t even have a decent Heaven Rank medicine cauldron?

But regardless, with Yun Xiao producing the medicine cauldron, the final competition of the medical pulse path in this Meridian Refining Conference officially commenced.

Next, whether it was those few low-level Heaven Rank Medical Pulse Masters in the top ten of the Heavenly Tripod List or Yun Xiao with just an advanced Earth Rank medicine cauldron, they would all prove themselves by the elixirs they refined, without any shortcuts.

For ordinary Meridian Refiners, a medicine cauldron can indeed elevate the quality of their elixirs. But for Yun Xiao, once a Holy Rank Meridian Refiner, using those Heaven Rank cauldrons seemed a bit overbearing.

Perhaps only when facing those guys with equally heaven-defying refining methods would Yun Xiao use all his skills. Right now, in this situation, with these people, clearly, they were not on that level.

Including Lu Tianwen and other Heavenly Rank Poison Vein Masters, almost everyone was focused on the alchemy progress of the five in the field, especially the boy in rough clothes with a notable reputation who used an advanced Earth Rank medicine cauldron.

Others didn’t know Yun Xiao did it on purpose, but Lu Tianwen was clearly aware that his late brother’s Waist Storage contained a Heaven Rank level medicine cauldron.

Now Yun Xiao actually decided not to use it. If this kid wasn’t just trying to show off, then he must have certain skills, and the cautious Lu Tianwen preferred the latter.

Shua!

Yun Xiao didn’t have many thoughts like the onlookers. At this moment, without caring about Gu Huashan’s malicious gaze, he waved his robe sleeves, and a large pile of low-level Heaven Rank medicinal materials appeared beside him out of thin air.

To refine a low-level Heaven Rank elixir naturally requires low-level Heaven Rank medicinal materials. These materials were selected by Yun Xiao from his spoils, considered fairly high-grade.

An elixir of low-level Heaven Rank requires almost hundreds of types of materials, and to refine these hundreds of different attribute materials into essence and completely fuse them is an immense undertaking.

Just those Earth Rank Meridian Refiners watching felt a headache seeing these hundreds of materials, let alone melting and fusing them all.

A Heaven Rank Meridian Refiner naturally has their own confidence. At this moment, everyone no longer dwelled on the medicine cauldron, and with a wave of their hand, hundreds of low-level Heaven Rank medicinal materials surrounded them.

"This kind of elixir should be quite common on the Tenglong Continent, right?"

Yun Xiao carefully sensed the auras of the hundreds of materials around him and murmured. This time he didn’t plan to refine a too unpopular elixir but rather one that everyone knew of, a low-level Heaven Rank elixir.

"Star Condensing Ginseng, Hundred Transformation Ganoderma, Fragrant Dried Water, ..."

As Yun Xiao softly stated each material’s name, the materials beside him were one by one thrown into the medicine cauldron. The Ancestral Vein Fire transformed into tripod fire, gently enveloped it, and turned it into medicinal essence.

Some became unique fragrant powders, some turned into liquids emitting strange odors, and others transformed into mists constantly changing form.

"Yun Xiao’s speed is so fast?"

At this moment, many onlooking cultivators and Meridian Refiners could discern that Yun Xiao’s speed in refining the materials was much faster than the others.

Nie Xiaosheng’s eyes held a hint of admiration. He was used to seeing Yun Xiao’s Meridian Qi combat power and decisive killing, but he had never personally witnessed Yun Xiao refining elixirs.

Originally, Nie Xiaosheng thought Yun Xiao’s alchemy skills might be on par with people like Xiao Shijing and Gu Huashan, but what he saw now was entirely different from what he imagined.

At least, in the step of refining materials, Yun Xiao far outpaced those veteran low-level Heaven Rank Medical Pulse Masters. Seeing him skillfully fly his hands, dozens of materials had already turned into essence.

Meanwhile, Gu Huashan, Xiao Shijing, and that elder Huang Guan had only refined four or five kinds of materials. Just in terms of refining speed, Yun Xiao was more than twice as fast as these low-level Heaven Rank Meridian Refiners.

"Huh? Mo Qing’s refining speed doesn’t seem slow either!"

Relatively speaking, Mo Qing, the medical pulse genius of Lianyun Mountain, who was least expected by everyone, managed to slightly keep up with Yun Xiao’s speed and had already refined nearly ten kinds of materials.

In this way, certain thoughts in the minds of those present have been altered along with the speed of refining the medicinal ingredients. Are the two young talents going to showcase some special refining speed today?

The difference in refining speed essentially comes down to the difference in the Ancestral Vein Fire. In this regard, Yun Xiao undoubtedly has the advantage. His Ancestral Vein Fire is fundamentally different from that of ordinary Meridian Refining Masters.

After his rebirth, in the first instance of activating the Fire Attribute Ancestor Vein in his right arm, Yun Xiao knew that this Ancestral Vein Fire was quite unusual, as many cultivators of the same level could hardly withstand even a gentle burn from it.

After arriving at the Tenglong Continent, Yun Xiao further refined a Chaos Sub-fire in the Wuyan Water Palace at the bottom of Yanji Lake, which contained the Water Extreme Fire, greatly enhancing his Ancestral Vein Fire.

Moreover, the special Water Attribute within the Chaos Sub-fire made Yun Xiao’s Ancestral Vein Fire less violent, providing a feeling of more freedom and control.

Right now, for instance, Yun Xiao is refining medicinal ingredients at an astonishing speed without any errors. Achieving such error-free performance at this speed is something even Heavenly Rank Low Level Stage Meridian Refiners can’t achieve.

Haven’t you seen even Gu Huashan and Xiao Shijing having to be cautious at this step? They fear that if the speed becomes too fast, they might lose control of the Ancestral Vein Fire in the furnace, leading to accidents.

If not for this, considering Gu Huashan’s resentment and jealousy towards Yun Xiao, how could he watch helplessly as this young man outpaces him, pushing him to the back with an overwhelmingly superior speed? 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Gu Huashan knows that the current refining speed is already his limit. If he exceeds this limit, an accident is likely to occur, and the final result could be more unacceptable than failing to catch up with Yun Xiao.

Yun Xiao has the advantage of the Ancestral Vein Fire, while Mo Qing, who can barely keep up with his speed, benefits from the Eight Gates Golden Lock Medicine Furnace.

This medicinal furnace, named Eight Gates Golden Lock, ranks third on the Heavenly Tripod List and is not famed for no reason. It possesses various functions that ordinary medicine furnaces do not.

Under Mo Qing’s control, one of the Eight Gates Golden Lock’s functions has been activated, which is to lock the Ancestral Vein Fire she summons into the medicine furnace.

Furthermore, Mo Qing’s own Pure Yang Immortal Body and abnormal physique already make her Ancestral Vein Fire much stronger than ordinary Heavenly Rank Low Level Stage Meridian Refiners, and having such speed is only natural.

About a day and night have passed, and the medicinal ingredients beside Yun Xiao are the first to disappear completely, replaced by jars containing the essence of the medicinal ingredients.

At this point, about a third of the medicinal ingredients remain beside Mo Qing, while nearly half are left unrefined beside Gu Huashan and Xiao Shijing.

As for the elderly Huang Guan with the Golden Light Cauldron, even more ingredients remain. Everyone’s gaze shifts from him, focusing on Yun Xiao.

It can be said that Yun Xiao has single-handedly crushed the other four in this first step of refining the medicinal ingredients. If it’s a contest of refining speed, he’s undoubtedly the first.

However, the onlookers have mostly realized that it’s due to Yun Xiao’s extraordinary Ancestral Vein Fire. Yet, using an Earth Rank Advanced Medicine Cauldron to completely crush his opponents in this refining step is indeed a rare skill.

The completion of refining medicinal ingredients means the next step is to merge the essence of the ingredients, which may not be the most time-consuming but is the most crucial and prone to failure.

The merging of hundreds of medicinal essences with varying or even opposing attributes into a single Elixir requires immense energy and focus.

This step perhaps tests a Meridian Refining Master’s Soul Control ability. Without a powerful Power of Soul, without hair-thin control power, what awaits them is likely failure.

Previously, everyone witnessed the power of Yun Xiao’s Ancestral Vein Fire, and now they have another expectation: will this boy with such impressive Ancestral Vein Fire also amaze everyone with his Soul Control?

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!

Yet, in the moment the crowd contemplated, Yun Xiao’s right arm suddenly moved, sweeping several nearby jade bottles directly into the medicine furnace.

Crash!

The sound of shattering bottles echoed from the medicine furnace, and Yun Xiao used some force to expel the shards outside, leaving only the five medicinal essences.

"What is he doing? Could he be trying to merge the five medicinal essences simultaneously?"

Watching this scene, not only young talents like Nie Xiaosheng, even Qian Sanyuan, Guan Rufeng, and others seated in the northern aisle widened their eyes, entirely unable to believe what they saw.

They speculated that Yun Xiao might display some unique approach in merging the essence, perhaps surprise them with speed again, but they didn’t expect him to choose this method.