Chapter 568: Crazy Fusion

Chapter 568: Chapter 566: Crazy Fusion

Lin Xuan’s actions were a bit peculiar. The other Alchemy Masters would first solidify one Elixir Pill before moving on to the next, a much steadier approach. Lin Xuan, however, skipped this step entirely. Once he felt it was sufficiently melted, he crushed another Red Leaf Pill and tossed it into the Pill Furnace.

The third!

His actions drew quite a bit of attention. Lin Xuan was tossing in another Red Leaf Pill to mix before the previous one had even begun to solidify. This method made everyone’s eyes go wide. Tossing an unmelted pill into a melted liquid was a recipe for disaster. The best approach was to handle them one by one, not mix them all together at once.

The problem was, Lin Xuan was actually doing it, and he made it look completely casual.

Long Bin sneered. He tossed in his third Red Leaf Pill and began to fuse it. ‘Let’s see if Lin Xuan actually has any skill, or if he’s just a show-off!’

Only two kinds of people would attempt such a dangerous method: one with exceptionally powerful alchemy skills, and the other, a complete fool! ‘Doing this in practice might be one thing, but this is a competition. Time is running out. One failure, and he’s out! I refuse to believe Lin Xuan has that kind of talent.’

The fourth!

When Lin Xuan crushed another Elixir Pill and tossed it in, many of the Elders wore strange expressions. ‘Isn’t he being a bit too audacious?’ This meant he intended to refine the liquid from four Elixir Pills all at once and condense it into a single, complete Elixir Pill.

This was a completely different level of difficulty. It was like the difference between gulping down a bowl of rice in one go versus eating it in small bites. The former method made it very easy to choke.

The principles of Alchemy were much the same. Fusing so many at once was no different from courting death.

In a severe case, it wouldn’t just be a Burst Pill; it could lead to the Tripod Furnace exploding. Fusing Elixir Pills was not only difficult but also incredibly unstable. If the Tripod Furnace exploded, he could be injured. How could he continue the competition then?

But Lin Xuan did it anyway. The primary advantage of this method was that it saved a great deal of time.

BANG!

At the sound of an explosion, everyone’s head snapped toward Lin Xuan. They discovered that his Tripod Furnace hadn’t exploded. Instead, an alchemist nearby had suffered a Burst Pill, which left them somewhat disappointed.

It would have been quite a spectacle if Lin Xuan’s Tripod Furnace had exploded. A Tripod Furnace explosion resulted in immediate disqualification, making it impossible to continue. The Pill Furnace was the most fundamental tool; if even that was destroyed, continuing the competition was out of the question.

As for performing Alchemy with one’s bare hands, it wasn’t impossible. But to an Alchemy Master, the Tripod Furnace was like a swordsman’s Weapon. A broken Weapon meant defeat.

As the sword is, so is the man; if the sword is destroyed, the man perishes! As the Tripod Furnace is, so is the man; if the Tripod Furnace is destroyed, he is finished!

This was an exaggeration, of course, but the competition rules reflected this idea. A Tripod Furnace explosion proved just how crude one’s Control Power was. Only someone with an abysmal skill level could manage to cause one. A Burst Pill was one thing—that was normal—but a Tripod Furnace explosion was simply pathetic.

Lin Xuan’s Tripod Furnace did not explode. He simply used his Phoenix Fire to continuously melt the Elixir Pills within it, and the Red Leaf Pills swiftly dissolved into a liquid state. As soon as the latest pill melted, Lin Xuan grabbed another Red Leaf Pill, tossed it in, and continued the process!

Five!

Lin Xuan had already tossed in five Elixir Pills. The crowd was stunned by his method. ‘Condensing five Elixir Pills into one, all at once… is that really possible?’

“Fusing five Elixir Pills… is he trying to get more than a perfect score in one go?”

“He’s way too audacious. It’ll be hilarious if his Tripod Furnace explodes. I hope it does!”

“Long Bin and the others are only just fusing their third Elixir Pill, and he’s already on his fifth—all at once and without even starting the condensation. I think he’s courting death.”

…

The crowd had started to change their opinion of him, but Lin Xuan’s current display was just too outrageous. What he was doing was already beyond the capabilities of many—assuming he could actually pull it off.

Long Bin and the others glanced over at Lin Xuan, their hands rapidly forming seals. As the Flame surged, the Elixir Pill quickly solidified, and they finally succeeded in fusing the third Elixir Pill!

“The fourth!”

Gritting their teeth, Long Bin and his companions quickly tossed in their fourth Red Leaf Pill and began to refine it.

The three of them were the true focus of the entire event; the other contestants were merely background participants with nothing noteworthy to show. Long Bin and his group were taking the slow and steady route, while Lin Xuan was trying to succeed in one fell swoop. To everyone else, it seemed like a foolish pipe dream.

‘Trying to condense five Elixir Pills at once? He certainly has guts. When he fails in a moment, he’ll have plenty to cry about!’ Long Bin sneered, ignoring Lin Xuan’s station. In his eyes, there was no difference between what Lin Xuan was doing and simply courting death.

As he prepared to increase his Flame for further refinement, he glanced over at Lin Xuan, and the Flame under his control wavered, nearly spiraling out of control. It wasn’t just Long Bin; even Long Fan felt a jolt, his own Flame almost going wild.

Because Lin Xuan had just tossed in a sixth Elixir Pill!

That was right. Lin Xuan had crushed a sixth Elixir Pill and tossed it into the Tripod Furnace! Five had already been shocking enough, but now he’d thrown in a sixth. In other words, the inside of his Tripod Furnace was now just a swirling mass of Spiritual Liquid. The difficulty of condensing it later would be immense!

“Damn it, he threw in a sixth! The guy’s a complete madman! Is he really that confident he’ll succeed?”

“Holy hell! This is insane! Can he actually condense it, or is this just a desperate, last-ditch effort?”

“Explode! Explode! Explode!”

…

Everyone was dumbfounded. Trying to condense six Elixir Pills at once… wasn’t that just insane?

Everyone held their breath. If Lin Xuan succeeded in the pill condensation, his Alchemy skill would undoubtedly be at a master’s level! He would be at least a Fifth Grade Alchemist, perhaps even higher—almost reaching the level of a Sixth Grade.

Long Xingyun and the others were stunned by Lin Xuan’s actions. ‘Six Elixir Pills… a full six of them… and he wants to condense them all at once? Isn’t that a bit too unbelievable?’

“This Lin Xuan…” Long Xingyun shook his head. This time, he truly couldn’t predict whether Lin Xuan would succeed. If he failed, a Tripod Furnace explosion was almost certain.

The resulting explosion would be devastating. Six Red Leaf Pills detonating at once would undoubtedly leave Lin Xuan bedridden for months.

“Isn’t this a bit too overconfident? I’m afraid his Tripod Furnace will explode…” Long Yuxuan frowned. He wasn’t opposed to such an approach, but it required an extremely high level of skill to even attempt.

Long Yuxuan himself could perform this Alchemy Method. The problem was that Lin Xuan’s Cultivation was relatively low, and his skill level was not considered exceptionally high, making failure highly likely.

It would be better to take the slow and steady approach, fusing the Elixir Pills one by one. That way, even if he failed, at least the Tripod Furnace wouldn’t explode. If Lin Xuan failed now, a Tripod Furnace explosion was guaranteed. At that point, no matter how many points he had scored before, it would all be meaningless!

Lin Xuan stared intently at the Pill Furnace, a determined light flashing in his eyes. ‘I will not fail!’ He would never attempt something he wasn’t confident in, especially not in a competition like this. He absolutely could not afford to fail.