Chapter 576 - 574: Yulan Technique

Long Bin and Lin Xuan were now locked in a fierce competition. Long Fan, refusing to be outdone, also threw in a large handful of medicinal herbs. The three of them were competing head-to-head on the same stage!

All eyes in the entire arena were on these three. The other contestants couldn’t even be mentioned in the same breath; they were utterly outclassed.

The quantity of medicinal herbs Long Bin had added was already at the maximum. He couldn’t possibly add more. This already surpassed his usual limits—a level he was only pushed to because of Lin Xuan, who was forcing him to unleash his full potential!

This back-and-forth Alchemy competition was an absolute first for the Medicine King Valley. They pushed their refining speed as fast as it could possibly go, their Spiritual Power focused to the extreme, unable to relax for even a moment. The more Elixir Pills they refined at once, the greater the Control Power required, so they didn’t dare let their focus slip in the slightest.

Lin Xuan, however, looked completely at ease, calmly refining his Elixir Pills. It seemed he still had a great deal of untapped potential.

The crowd could tell just from his expression. It seemed Lin Xuan hadn’t reached his limit at all; he was simply waiting to see if Long Bin and Long Fan had anything left to give.

The time it took for an incense stick to burn passed quickly, and a batch of Elixir Pills was finally successfully refined. Seven Elixir Pills flew out of their Pill Furnaces and landed perfectly inside their Jade Bottles. It was exactly seven—no more, no less. To push his limits, Long Bin had refined seven Elixir Pills at once.

Fortunately, he hadn’t failed. Upon his success, Long Bin breathed a sigh of relief. ’Thank goodness I didn’t fail.’ If he had, he would have lost 420 points—a terrifying score to lose. At that point, never mind catching up, his defeat would have been sealed.

"Rise!"

With a wave of his hand over the Alchemy Furnace, Lin Xuan sent its lid flying. The seven Elixir Pills inside also landed in his Jade Bottle; he too had succeeded with ease.

Long Bin and Long Fan glanced over at Lin Xuan, horrified. ’I can’t believe he succeeded too!’ They had relied on the Creation Technique to achieve this speed. ’What Alchemy Technique is Lin Xuan using? How is his refining speed so fast?’

Of course Lin Xuan’s Alchemy Technique was not to be underestimated. It was the Alchemy Technique of the Youlan Emperor and his kind. Its abilities were varied and complex, but it was an exceptionally powerful Alchemy Technique, certainly on par with the Creation Technique.

However, it was merely an even match. In terms of speed, he was neither much faster nor much slower, which proved that the abilities of the Medicine King Valley were indeed very strong.

"This Lin Xuan’s Alchemy Technique is in no way inferior. Both his Fire Control Ability and his refining speed can rival the Creation Technique... The key is that his level of control is just too powerful. It’s rock-solid; there’s no room for error," Long Yuxuan said in astonishment. "Who was his master? How could he possess such a formidable level of alchemy?"

As he spoke, he looked toward Long Yuwei. It wasn’t just Long Yuxuan; the others also turned to her, hoping she could provide some answers. The Alchemy Technique Lin Xuan was using was definitely not from the Medicine King Valley. There wasn’t a single trace of their style; it was an entirely foreign Alchemy Technique.

This fully confirmed what Long Yuwei had said previously—that she would never teach the Medicine King Valley’s Alchemy Technique to Lin Xuan.

"Xuan’Er has been growing up in a Little Empire all this time. We only recently reunited, so I’m not entirely clear on the details myself," Long Yuwei said with a faint smile, her beautiful eyes twinkling with joy. Her son had achieved so much—how could she not be happy?

What parent doesn’t want to see their son become a powerful expert? She was more than satisfied with the level Lin Xuan was displaying now.

"A Little Empire..."

The expressions of the numerous Elders shifted. In their eyes, those Little Empires were as insignificant as ants, yet one had somehow produced a disciple with such astonishing talent. Even if Lin Xuan were a supreme genius, he still needed to be taught. And right now, the skills he was demonstrating were in no way inferior to the Alchemy Technique of the Medicine King Valley. How could they not be shocked?

They looked at one another, truly dumbfounded. It was a revelation that such an astonishing Alchemy Technique could exist in the outside world.

While the Elders’ discussion was filled with shock, the audience was just as stunned. The Alchemy Technique they took so much pride in had been matched so easily. What else did they have to boast about?

"Let’s go again!"

After a short rest, a deeply unwilling Long Bin resumed his Alchemy. In one breath, he threw in enough medicinal herbs for seven Fifth Grade Elixir Pills and began refining with frantic energy.

But Lin Xuan merely glanced at them and said coolly, "Is this the extent of your abilities? Then allow me to show you what a true Alchemy Technique looks like!"

The moment he finished speaking, Lin Xuan tossed in enough medicinal herbs to refine ten Elixir Pills. As soon as the herbs were in, the Phoenix Fire erupted, enveloping the entire Alchemy Furnace. The furnace itself became invisible from the outside, completely shrouded by the Flame.

"The... the ingredients for ten Elixir Pills..."

Long Bin’s hand trembled so violently that his Flame was startled into extinguishing. Fortunately, the refinement of the Elixir Pills hadn’t truly begun, or it would have been a major disaster.

Long Fan, who had been about to add his own herbs, was completely stunned. This was far beyond their limit. The most they could refine at once was seven Elixir Pills; ten was simply impossible. If they forced themselves to proceed, the only result would be failure!

It would absolutely end in failure. ’Even if we just added enough for one more, we would be guaranteed to fail.’ All they could do was watch, praying in their hearts that Lin Xuan would be the one to fail!

If he failed, Lin Xuan would have no chance of winning.

But would Lin Xuan fail? In a critical match like this, especially when he held a clear advantage, he would never take such a risk. It wasn’t like the time against Xu Qianlong, when he risked everything by frantically absorbing that Essence Blood just to secure a victory.

If he failed here, it would truly be all over.

WHOOSH!

Suddenly, a deep blue flame erupted from his body, completely enveloping him. He then released it from his hands, where it fused perfectly with the Phoenix Fire, the two not interfering with each other in the slightest.

This was the complete fusion of two flames, becoming one and the same!

Under this dual-Attribute Flame, the Elixir Pills inside the Alchemy Furnace began to refine at a rapid pace. Aided by the extreme effect of this "heaven of ice and fire," the refining speed multiplied. The Yulan Sacred Fire was supposed to freeze all things, yet now it was being used to refine Elixir Pills!

This bizarre Alchemy Technique left the entire audience dumbfounded. They had never witnessed such a thing. Ice and fire were two completely opposite Attributes, yet Lin Xuan was using them together to perform Alchemy.

The Yulan Sacred Fire wasn’t playing the dominant role; rather, it was lowering the temperature to the most optimal level. Thus, no matter how intensely the Phoenix Fire burned, the temperature could be rapidly brought down and maintained within a reasonable range.

This allowed the Spiritual Liquid to be extracted from the herbs at an extremely high temperature. Then, just as it began to boil and was on the verge of exploding, the temperature would be rapidly decreased, stabilizing the entire process. There was no need to worry about an explosion caused by excessive heat.

And this was the Youlan Emperor’s own top-tier Alchemy Technique, a unique method he created by combining it with the Yulan Sacred Fire—the Yulan Technique!