dognovel Chapter 608 The Elixir is Born
Chapter 608 The Elixir is Born
The alchemist standing next to Jia Huaichuan looked at the screen.
After that one glance.
It was never moved.
"This...what is this..."
The alchemist's expression was no different from Jia Huaichuan's, who knew the truth:
"This world has truly gone mad..."
Su Qing shouted loudly, which attracted the attention of the surrounding alchemists. Other alchemists who were observing the cultivators in the alchemy room from a distance looked in Jia Huaichuan's direction, eager to make a move.
What happened over there.
One of the people Jia Huaichuan was assigned to observe seemed to be the top of both the sword cultivator and magic cultivator rankings, named something like Redwood.
It's said that she hasn't come yet after four days. We thought she wouldn't come, but then Jia Huaichuan and the other two suddenly sat in front of the screen.
The news spread and everyone knew that Hongmu had arrived at the alchemy room.
But...
They arrived on the fourth day, which was already too late. Let alone alchemists of this age, even most alchemists would need more than five days to refine a high-grade pill.
The sect competition is scheduled for seven days. Four days have passed, and there are only three days left. It is impossible to refine high-grade pills in that time, which means that this redwood is destined to be excluded from the alchemy ranking.
I don't know what people are doing here nowadays; it's a wasted trip.
Having topped both the magic cultivation and sword cultivation rankings, he's quite a figure.
That's just how they came about.
Some alchemists curiously looked towards where Jia Huaichuan was.
The Free and Unfettered Sect is not a big sect. It's a newly established small sect that has topped several rankings. What are they doing here on the Pill Cultivation Ranking? They don't even have a fire spirit root. Isn't this just making trouble?
Clearly, the alchemists standing in front of the screen in the alchemy training ground all knew that Jiang He had entered the alchemy room.
It's not unusual.
As for Jia Huaichuan and his group...
When some alchemists stood in front of the screen, most of them did not recognize the spiritual plants on it, but Su Qing arrived there and recognized them, so he naturally answered all their questions.
Jia Huaichuan knew about the spiritual plants that Jiang He had taken out.
As the group chatted, the news spread from one person to another, and soon even the alchemists in the distance knew about it.
"What! You mean that Hongmu from the Xiaoyao Sect brought out an extinct spiritual plant? Have you gone mad after monitoring for so many days? What extinct spiritual plant? Tomatoes, too? Why didn't he bring out a radish instead?"
"Fellow Daoist Chen, there really is one."
"If there's anything wrong, I already told you that you're all seeing things through the screen. There's no need to spread such things around."
“No, Fellow Daoist Chen, Hongmu not only brought out tomatoes, but also radishes and enoki mushrooms.”
"Water radish? What do you think? Absolutely impossible! That's an extinct spiritual plant!" Chen Jueqi looked at the alchemist who had come to spread the commotion as if he were a fool.
The man wasn't annoyed by Chen Jueqi's words. Instead, he seemed to have seen something extraordinary and exclaimed, "Tsk tsk, Fellow Daoist Chen, I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes. I'll keep this place for you to see for yourself. And this cultivator, his alchemy techniques..."
I've never heard of or seen anything like it before; it's incredibly fast.
Before the alchemist could finish speaking, Chen Jueqi crossed his arms behind his back and walked away.
Similar conversations rang out one after another in the alchemy training ground.
“You really have to see for yourself. I’m not lying to you. Hongmu calmly took out the spirit plant tomato, which was the same red fruit that he took out on the medicine cultivator ranking that day. It was exactly the same.”
"Really? I've never seen them before. Aren't those red berries supposed to be fake rosewood products made as a marketing gimmick? How come there are real ones?"
"What do you mean by real or fake? When Hongmu took out the fruit, you asked if the spiritual energy detector would fluctuate. If it did, it would be a real spiritual plant. What a pity. I really want to fly to the alchemy room to find out. It looks like one of those extinct spiritual plants, so how could Hongmu have it?"
……
"Yeah, how could Hongmu have an extinct spiritual plant, especially a tomato? That's too much..."
"Do you mean unbelievable? I asked some familiar agricultural and medicinal cultivators before to see if this was true. Their expressions were similar to ours now. The agricultural cultivators have checked the information, but because they don't have conclusive evidence, such as taking the tomatoes in Hongmu's hands for identification or getting a genetic report, they haven't publicized it.
This matter involves too much to draw conclusions about hastily. Furthermore, a group of online trolls opposed to the Free and Unfettered Sect were on the Star Network, so the news of the extinction of the spiritual plants was suppressed. If I hadn't witnessed it…”
……
Qian Zhi pressed down the corners of his mouth slightly. He also saw the spiritual plants on the screen, which truly resembled those non-existent spiritual plants that had been revived.
With so many alchemists and agricultural cultivators in the cultivation world, how could extinct spiritual plants suddenly revive? Has Hongmu truly become a deity?
They haven't even reached the Tribulation Transcending stage or ascended to immortality, so how could they possibly become gods?
So, this rosewood is...
"Liar! She's lying. There's no such thing as a revived spiritual plant. You guys haven't been fooled by Hongmu either, have you? Even the Imperial Spiritual Plant Research Institute can't revive a spiritual plant. Hongmu is just a Nascent Soul cultivator, and she's from a small sect. I've never even heard of her before. What kind of divine abilities could she possibly have?"
Qian Zhi spoke clearly, and he walked to the screen.
Qian Zhi's words made sense, but they had also truly witnessed it.
Many alchemists were unaware of Qian Zhi's origins, but they could sense his hostility towards Hongmu. Unlike the cultivators on the Medical Cultivation Ranking who fawned over the wealthy and powerful, they were different.
These alchemists are not easily fooled. The images in the alchemy room are real and visible, not fake. Qian Zhi's words are too absolute, and his disdain is almost overflowing.
Most of the alchemists present did not rashly agree with Qian Zhi's words; they mostly ignored him and focused on watching Jiang He in the alchemy room.
Qian Zhi was always highly respected at Lingqing Academy, and his family's influence made him a highly respected teacher there. When he arrived at Lingyun Sect, his family also helped him to thrive and rise in status.
Just now, after being ignored by all the alchemists in the alchemy training ground, he simply stated his attitude towards Hongmu and the Xiaoyao Sect:
"The redwood belongs to the Xiaoyao Sect. If the Xiaoyao Sect had these extinct spiritual plants, any one of them would be priceless. Whether it's the Star Network or the black market, there would definitely be a large number of cultivators buying them. The Xiaoyao Sect wouldn't be so poor that it doesn't even have a storefront. The Xiaoyao Sect is so destitute, how could this redwood be an extinct spiritual plant? It clearly matches the rumors on the internet."
Besides, she doesn't have a fire elemental root, and she doesn't know how to refine pills. What kind of spiritual plants could she possibly use? No matter what kind of spiritual plants she had, they would be useless to her.
Qian Zhi was not polite at all. After he finished speaking, the other alchemists avoided him and even left a large space around him.
Seeing that the alchemists weren't listening to him, he angrily returned to the monitoring screen.
Most people heard a little of what Qian Zhi said, but they just couldn't be bothered to pay him any attention.
Someone recalled Qian Zhi's words and said:
“But I clearly saw it; it was the spirit plant tomato, exactly the same, don’t you think? Fellow Daoist Chen.”
"Yes."
Chen Jueqi pressed his face against the screen, watching it again and again. Su Qing did the same. Both of them were advanced alchemists. Hongmu had taken out a few spiritual plants, and now he had used them all. Seeing that no one was taking out any more spiritual plants, the two knew that Hongmu was going to succeed in one fell swoop. He used the spiritual plants he had taken out to refine pills, and he knew exactly how much he needed. He didn't have any intention of taking any remedial measures.
But this is alchemy.
Chen Jueqi's attention was drawn from the spiritual plants to the redwood. Without the spiritual plants attracting his mind, Chen Jueqi realized that the redwood in the alchemy room seemed to be being refined faster and faster... faster and faster.
Jia Huaichuan frowned deeply as he looked at the pile of alchemists.
Honestly, these alchemists don't go back to check on the alchemy rooms they're supposed to supervise, but instead come here to observe the redwood.
This is a plant market; they even sell Chinese cabbages here.
Jia Huaichuan was about to discuss with Wen Yin about Jiang He's speed in refining pills, as she didn't seem like an ordinary pill refiner, and even her techniques were quite unusual.
In his opinion, he doesn't follow the textbook.
Everywhere.
Who cleans the alchemy furnace first when entering the alchemy room? And what about these spiritual plants? Isn't the order of their preparation questionable? Even if they were being kept secret, they've already made it to the sect's grand competition.
Not that much.
Jiang He's alchemy techniques differed from those of ordinary alchemists.
The speed of alchemy also differs.
At this rate, she might actually be able to refine a high-grade pill in three days.
Just as Jia Huaichuan was about to speak, Wen Yin ignored his gaze.
Wen Yin stared intently at Jiang He in the alchemy room. The prayer beads in his hand were not turning, but his fingers were gently stroking them.
Seeing Wen Yin's focus, Jia Huaichuan turned to Du Shuxing, only to find that Du Shuxing's gaze was also on Jiang He's alchemy furnace, and the book in her hand had already been closed.
"Everyone's watching, huh? I'll take a look first then."
Jia Huaichuan didn't blink an eye. More and more alchemists gathered around. If it weren't for the fact that the other alchemists had to observe the alchemy rooms they were in charge of, probably all the cultivators in the entire alchemy training ground would have surrounded them.
Jia Huaichuan clicked his tongue in amazement. He recalled the refining process he had witnessed; it was fast, incredibly fast.
How come the pills are almost ready in such a short time?
Moreover, they all say she doesn't have a fire elemental root, so what did he see?
No, now is not the time to dwell on this.
The elixir is ready!