Chapter 156: Chapter 156: Master-Level Techniques
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As the bell rang out—
On the stone platforms, all the examinees began their alchemy.
They each quickly placed their palms onto the fire mouths of their cauldrons. Instantly, Dou Qi surged wildly from within their bodies, and with several muffled poof sounds, flas began to rapidly blaze within the cauldrons.
Once the flas were burning inside the cauldrons, a transparent light curtain slowly rose around the edges of the stone platforms.
The light curtain was shaped like an inverted bowl, covering the examinees and stone platforms completely within it.
With the activation of this protective light curtain, all the whispering in the grand hall imdiately fell silent.
Everyone stared intently at the examinees’ actions, judging whether their performances were qualified, their movents standard, or whether there would be any outstanding displays.
At a glance, without exception, these newcors were all using Dou Qi flas, the flas appearing pale yellow in color.
Their strengths were generally around the low to middle levels of Dou Shi.
At such a level, they would normally still be using Dou Qi flas, with very few having subdued beast flas.
Boom—
At this mont, a powerful fla aura suddenly burst forth, imdiately attracting everyone’s attention. They all looked over in shock.
It was a deep crimson fla that appeared in Xian’er’s palm. She casually tossed it into her cauldron, where it quickly roared into a blazing fire.
The intense heat could be clearly felt even through the cauldron and the protective light curtain.
The temperature inside the grand hall instantly rose significantly.
Before this deep crimson fla, the pale yellow flas of the other examinees appeared extrely feeble, like candles flickering in the wind, trembling as if they might extinguish at any mont.
Woah—
The crowd imdiately erupted in astonishnt, all staring at the white-haired, beautiful young girl standing on the stone platform, their faces full of shock.
"This kind of power... it’s a Rank 5 beast fla!" said Elder Ao Ba, a Tier 4 alchemist, with a serious expression.
He himself was a Tier 4 alchemist at the high Da Dou Shi realm, and even he was only using a Rank 4 beast fla.
It wasn’t that he couldn’t handle a Rank 5 beast fla, but rather that his cultivation level didn’t allow it.
After all, refining beast flas carried certain risks—of course, not even close compared to the danger of refining Heavenly Flas.
Generally, alchemists at the Dou Ling level would consider refining Rank 5 beast flas. Even so Dou Ling would still continue using Rank 4 beast flas.
Everyone’s expressions grew extrely solemn.
After all, the ability to control a Rank 5 beast fla—and doing it so effortlessly—
The opponent’s strength was obvious...
Today, it looked like so people were going to be utterly crushed.
Boom!
At this mont—
Another powerful fla aura suddenly burst forth.
Everyone’s eyes were imdiately drawn over once more—and then their expressions turned completely dazed.
It was Wei Yang.
In his palm floated a pure black fla, exuding a rather peculiar aura. It appeared to be a Dou Qi fla, yet it didn’t entirely seem like one. If one called it a beast fla, the aura felt too strange for that.
He casually tossed the pure black fla into the cauldron, where it roared into a fierce blaze.
The temperature in the grand hall rose yet again by a significant margin.
On the surrounding stone platforms, the six examinees undergoing assessnt were on the verge of tears.
Because their pale yellow flas were about to collapse entirely.
At this rate, they wouldn’t even be able to properly warm their cauldrons, let alone refine pills.
"This pure black fla... judging by its power, it must be at least Rank 5! Is it a beast fla?" asked a middle-aged Tier 4 alchemist, his mouth hanging open.
"It doesn’t really seem like a beast fla... it looks more like a Dou Qi fla, but the aura is extrely peculiar..." Elder Ao Ba, the Tier 4 alchemist, swallowed hard as he spoke.
"Dou Qi fla..." The middle-aged Tier 4 alchemist shivered uncontrollably upon hearing this.
For Dou Qi flas to have such power... was the opponent a Dou Wang? Or even a Dou Huang?
"Quick, soone! Go outside and fetch their registration records," Elder Ao Ba quietly ordered.
"Yes, Master Ao Ba!" responded a Tier 2 alchemist, imdiately taking off at a run toward the main door.
Not long after, the cauldron was quickly ward up.
Wei Yang’s gaze swept across the parchnt, then swiftly skimd over the three sets of dicinal ingredients.
With a thought—
Dozens of dicinal herbs from one set floated up simultaneously, and like rivers flowing into the sea, they were all poured directly into the cauldron.
This move caused the crowd below to widen their eyes.
Those few examinees almost had their eyeballs pop out of their sockets.
Boom—
As the herbs entered the cauldron, the pure black fla surged up and separately enveloped each of the dozens of herbs.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—
The herbs began to rapidly twist and deform.
They were being burned, and their essences refined.
Next to him, Xian’er had also finished warming her cauldron. With a change in her hand seals—
Imdiately, a similar scene unfolded again.
Dozens of herbs floated up together and were tossed into her cauldron all at once.
The deep crimson fla swept over them...
From this point on, the examination essentially turned into a two-person show starring Wei Yang and Xian’er.
Everyone’s attention, including that of the other examinees, froze entirely, their gazes locked tightly onto the two of them refining pills.
Their actions and techniques were so skilled and effortless that everyone else completely forgot about everything else, falling deeply into a trance-like admiration.
Especially Wei Yang—he was like a master artist, casually crafting an elentary school student’s toy.
That sense of ease felt as if he were simply picking a flower or plucking a leaf by the roadside.
It gave people the illusion that alchemy was just that simple—no harder than picking up a random flower or leaf.
So even started to think, If I tried, I could do it too.
So people’s hands even began unconsciously moving, attempting to mimic Wei Yang’s techniques.
But as soon as they tried, they realized just how unbelievably difficult it actually was.
Forget refining pills—
They couldn’t even keep up with Wei Yang’s hand movents at all.
Even the two Tier 4 alchemists were no exception.
They couldn’t help but glance at each other, eyes filled with horror.
Those seemingly casual, slow movents—
In reality, they were so fast that they only left residual afterimages in the air.
What their eyes were seeing were rely the remnants of the real hand seals.
In truth, Wei Yang’s hand seals had already changed countless tis within the blink of an eye.
A profound alchemy technique, paired with a master-level fire control technique, belonged solely to a true alchemist.
How could it possibly be mimicked just by watching it casually?
The more they watched and imitated, the more their minds started to feel chaotic.
In their minds, blurred remnants of the hand seals were left behind, a complete ss that refused to disappear, etched deeply into their mories.
anwhile, their own original alchemy techniques and mories began to fade, becoming confused and muddled.
This realization caused everyone’s hearts to shudder violently.
They imdiately stopped trying to imitate, their faces pale with fear, and hurriedly closed their eyes, no longer daring to watch.
If they kept watching, they truly feared they might completely forget everything they had painstakingly learned before—
and fall into madness.
"Everyone, it’s fine to watch if you want to, but rember to know your limits. If you can’t handle it, stop imdiately. Absolutely do not force yourselves to imitate. A master’s techniques are not sothing you can copy. We are simply not at the sa level!" Elder Ao Ba, the Tier 4 alchemist, quickly reminded them.
Yet he himself continued to stare deathly hard at Wei Yang’s actions, unwilling to miss even a mont—
but both his hands were tightly clenched, firmly resisting the urge to imitate.
Watching was fine, as long as he didn’t try to copy.
He barely managed to comprehend a tiny, tiny fraction.
The middle-aged Tier 4 alchemist was the sa. His gaze was burning hot, completely entranced by what he was seeing.
Among everyone present, only these two Tier 4 alchemists could barely understand a little bit.
And even that little bit was enough for them to gain enormous benefits.
It was as if an entirely new world had been opened up before their eyes.
The stubborn bottleneck that had plagued them for so long now seed to show signs of loosening ever so slightly.
"Tier 5... peak Tier 5? Maybe even Tier 6?!
This is a true master! A real master!"
The two of them murmured excitedly in their hearts, almost unable to resist cheering out loud.
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