Ling Han left the alchemy palace quietly, and returned to the inn, as if nothing had happened.
He had already done what he should do, and whatever ca next would be up to fate.
Another few days passed, and the third competition began.
100 participants arrived once more at the alchemy plaza. Though the majority of them had no hopes of coming in top three, none of them wanted to give up before the results were even out.
Who knew if there would be a what-if?
It was still one alchemy chamber for each person. Then, a number of alchemy apprentices walked over, each bearing a box in their hands. Nas were written on these boxes. These boxes were all correspondingly distributed among the participants.
After Lin Yongchang took his box, he turned his head, and cast a disdainful glance at Ling Han.
To dare steal his lilight, how truly ridiculous!
He was indeed arrogant. He had clearly attained a lead only through underhanded ans, and really thought that he was truly all that impressive.
Ling Han only smiled slightly, and ignored him.
…Even if Lin Yongchang managed to fortunately escape this ti, Ling Han would still think of so way to kill this guy in the future.
F***, what kind of person was he?
“Begin,” the Four-Star grandmaster who was in charge announced. Because a considerable number of Four-Star alchemists had appeared, and they could be his equal in status, his tone had beco considerably gentler as well.
Every person had 12 hours’ ti.
…Under the ti acceleration effects of a hundredfold, there was more than enough ti even for three tis of Spirit Refinent.
Ling Han closed the doors, ignoring everything that happened outside, and focused on Spirit Refinent.
Becoming a Five-Star alchemist ant that he had accomplished a leap in alchemy, and would definitely be able to perform Fifth Refinent. However, being able to perform Fifth Refinent did not an that he would be able to succeed each and every ti. Even a Five-Star alchemist would not dare to guarantee that.
Thus, every participant had three chances.
If you did not have enough confidence, you could also perform Third Refinent, or Fourth Refinent. There was no rule that specified a Four-Star grandmaster definitely had to perform Fifth Refinent.
However, without a Fifth Refinent, how would he obtain first place?
Ling Han took a deep breath. All the details regarding Spirit Refinent appeared once more in his mind, together with so suggestions that Grandmaster Zi Cheng had given to him.
This master had never taught him anything particular step by step, but would take an indirect approach, and guide him to the correct mindset.
Thus, Ling Han did not walk the old path that Grandmaster Zi Cheng had walked, but had rather developed the ability to think for himself.
After about a day, he finally began moving.
When he moved, his speed was naturally astonishingly fast.
First Refinent, Second Refinent, Third Refinent, and Fourth Refinent. Ling Han quickly completed four rounds of Spirit Refinent. He had already done these steps a great many tis before, so he was proficient and familiar with it, but what ca next was the most crucial Fifth Refinent.
Stimulating the Nine Heavens Fla, he began the final Spirit Refinent.
Boom!
Not long after, with a lick of flas, this alchemical pill turned into ashes.
Righto, the previous four tis of Spirit Refinent were all completely wasted as well.
Thankfully, Spirit Refinent did not require ingredients, or the loss would be much too great.
Again.
***
Outside, the spectators were all watching closely, especially on Fan Luoling’s side. It was practically a sea of people.
Due to pressure, Yuan Tongguang did not dare to brazenly cheat again this ti, or rather the powerful figure who was the overseer here could no longer bear to watch. Thus, this ti, Fan Luoling’s alchemy chamber was completely clean, and could be seen with absolute clarity.
The people outside were all staring fixedly. There was no possible way the number of tis of Spirit Refinent she accomplished could be concealed again.
If her Fourth Refinent was going to be described as Fifth Refinent, then from today onwards, at least this branch of the Ancient Alchemy Tower would completely lose all their trust.
Fan Luoling was also famous by now. The attention focused on her was even greater than that on Lin Yongchang and Lin Yongchang.
However, the attention focused on top-tier prodigies was also great. There were still a great many people gathered around the alchemy chambers of those like Lin Yongchang, Ling Han, Wu Zixu, and the others.
“Sigh, it’s too bad!”
“A Fourth Refinent Celestial Pill, it’d be great if that was given to . I can at least sell it for 100,000 Star Stones.”
“A One-Star alchemical pill with Fourth Refinent, this is really exorbitant. Too bad it exploded.”
Seeing how Ling Han failed at his first attempt, everyone was feeling rueful, and this kind of rueful feeling was also experienced by others, such as Wu Zixu, Alchemist Riyang, and so on. They had all just barely been promoted to Four Stars rank. Even if they had been working their a$$es off at Spirit Refinent these few days, just how great would their improvent have been?
Failing at the first attempt was inevitable. What was crucial was whether they would be able to succeed once in the remaining two attempts.
And under the eyes of the public, Lin Yongchang also opened the box, and took out an alchemical pill.
Nothing happened.
His luck was very good. He had not taken that alchemical pill that had been poisoned.
He began Spirit Refinent.
First Refinent, Second Refinent, Third Refinent, and Fourth Refinent. All four instances of Spirit Refinent went very smoothly. He could already perform Fifth Refinent. The last four tis of Spirit Refinent were naturally done very easily. However, when he began Fifth Refinent, his speed imdiately decreased because he had not stepped into this threshold very long ago, either.
He used the Regulations of Fire as a cauldron, and aroused the Dao of Heaven and Earth to strengthen the grade of the alchemical pill.
A faint golden vein appeared, entwined around the alchemical pill. It appeared out of thin air, gradually darkening further and further.
There were four golden veins beside it as well. When the color of all five was the sa shade, it ant that the Fifth Refinent was completed.
Then, Lin Yongchang would definitely beco the champion of this alchemy competition.
Pa!
Right when Lin Yongchang was about to succeed, this alchemical pill suddenly exploded.
Spirit Refinent had failed.
Lin Yongchang couldn’t help but look irritated. He had been so close to success, and had only been just a step away.
Again.
He took out another alchemical pill. However, he was still standing steadily, and there were no signs that he had been poisoned.
This luck!
He began Spirit Refinent again.
Among the crowd, soone mumbled, “This luck is a little good!”
If one paid more attention to him, he would be able to see that while this person wore a loose cloak, and had a bamboo hat on his head, covering all parts of him firmly, his two feet were still exposed. They were clearly a pair of black dog’s legs.
“I can only move again,” this “person” said while extending a hand, which he reached slightly out of the cloak. It was clearly another dog’s paw, and there was actually pink-colored underwear hanging from his paw.
“Celestial King Ling Miao’s underwear, just a single sniff would energize a hundredfold over!” this “person” mumbled to himself, and then tapped his dog’s paw in the direction of the alchemy chamber Lin Yongchang was in.
Pa, a sound rang out, and the alchemical pill in Lin Yongchang’s hands suddenly exploded.
F***, why had he failed again?
Lin Yongchang was completely baffled. This was only a Third Refinent, and he would still fail at a Third Refinent? How could this be? How could it be possible?
Outside, everyone was also in uproar.
Spirit Refinent was the easiest to distinguish. However many golden lines there were on the alchemical pill ant how many tis Spirit Refinent it was. There was no second possibility. Thus, everyone could see clearly that Lin Yongchang had actually failed at a re Third Refinent.
“As a great Four-Star grandmaster, he actually failed even at a Third Refinent?”
“This is a little weak, isn’t it?”
“I now seriously wonder how he managed to beco a Four-Star alchemist? Could it be that he managed it through cheating, like so specific woman, right?”
“Hehe!”
A considerable number directly went into mockery mode. Who asked Fan Luoling to be a previous example? Everyone’s trust had dropped to rock bottom.
“Hehe!” That “dog person” laughed slyly. “To actually dare bully our Little Han, Grandpa Dog is already very rciful for not you!”
…If Ling Han had heard this, he would have been able to guess his identity imdiately.
Lin Yongchang was stunned for a mont before stretching his hand towards the final alchemical pill.
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