Chapter 97: Stepped on Dog Feces Luck

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  Time flies, half a month's time has passed in Chen Mo's day and night hard training.

  On this day, the vast square in the center of Changchun Valley was crowded with people. Of course, the overwhelming majority were here to watch the excitement. Although it's just the preliminary round, the future is at stake as to who will become the master of the valley.

  "This time, the Dou Dan Conference preliminary round, only the top three have the qualification to participate in the final. Spiritual medicine and danfang are self-prepared, with excellent effect and high-quality ones being selected, those that do not meet the second grade, waste dan, and inferior products will be eliminated directly. All Longchun disciples, get ready to start."

  As soon as Judge Gu Yue gave a shout, everything fell silent at once.

  He took a glance and the first thing he saw was Chen Mo, this child left a deep impression on him.

  He also remembered that day Chen Mo and another person were competing to refine the elixir, he was entrusted by Mu Lingwei as the judge, the result was beyond expectation, this little guy actually refined a top-grade elixir.

  But even if it's a top-grade item, the spiritual medicine is of too low a grade, and in this grand competition, it can't even make it to the stage.

  This time in Dan Dou, many young talents from the valley have come. Moreover, there is Lin Junxian, a peer who looks down on the heroes and occupies the top alone.

  But seeing him operate with ease, even more so than before, I knew that his alchemy skills had further improved.

  It was not let by Gu Yue Xiao's country old to open comfort, and he was very satisfied. Because Lin Junxian was his proud disciple. He believed that with Lin Junxian's ability, getting the title of Dou Dan would be effortless.

  As for Li Zhufan's disciple Jiang Chen, he was always a little bit short.

  Lin Junxian single-handedly carried the burden, quite elegantly refining the elixir. With his divine thoughts, he captured a thread of flame and manipulated it as if it were a red snake climbing a branch, so familiar and natural. Wherever it passed, the dross and ash disappeared. Then, that thread was struck into the midst, and with a shock, the medicinal materials burst open in mid-air. Just in time, the flames surged and receded, leaving behind only the pure white essence at the bottom of the cauldron.

  This is the famous Hundred Refining Sacred String Hand.

  Guo Yue was even more satisfied, nodding frequently, with such a disciple, there will be someone to carry on his legacy.

  Looking at Jiang Chen again, he was also using the Hundred Refining Sacred Hand technique. His movements were smooth and round, not inferior to Lin Junxian's.

  To infer from materials and techniques.

  Lin Junxian refined the San Pin Liu Hua Dan, which can greatly enhance the combat power of warriors below the Xiantian level for a certain period of time.

  Jiang Chen, however, was refining the Foundation Establishment Pill. As a warrior, cultivation places great emphasis on physical strengthening, and taking the Foundation Establishment Pill can cleanse the marrow and cut off the hairs, enhancing one's physique. This pill, in terms of its effects, surpasses others by a wide margin.

  Of course, this foundation-building pill is far superior to the easy-to-use pill used by Chen Mo.

  It seems that from the start, the competition between the two was fierce and intense, each with their own strengths. First and second place are probably not what they expected.

  One of the elegant white-clad maidens was particularly eye-catching, and about 70-80% of the onlookers were drawn to her.

  Gu Yuexiao swept her gaze away, she was Ye Lianxiang, not only the princess of the Imperial Family of the Great Wind Empire, but also a genius second only to Lin Junqian and Jiang Chen.

  She was refining the third-grade Muscle Rebirth Dan, which could allow the injured person to quickly heal their bones in a short period of time and regrow lost flesh and blood.

  This dan is slightly inferior to the previous two.

  Her elixir was ordinary, but her technique was exceptionally beautiful, that is the Flowing Wind and Tracing Snow technique.

  Innumerable medicinal herbs were thrown into the cauldron by her at the same time, and her slender jade fingers plucked the strings of a zither, one by one, passing over the herbs. Those herbs subsequently exploded, and countless snow-white essences fell down, impurities turning into flying ash swirling in the cauldron. The wide white sleeves seemed like butterflies fluttering and dancing among black flowers and white silk threads, an absolutely beautiful and unparalleled scene.

  Soon, these essences were all converted into liquids.

  Ye Lianxiang's white silk sleeves rolled up, the medicinal liquid and impurities in the Dan Ding furnace were mixed together, like snow falling with the wind, scattered and floating down. The flames rushed forward, and again along the sleeves, like a whirlwind blowing against the snow, as if meeting lead and mercury, finally condensing into a gray ball the size of a fist. Radiant and bright like pearls, suspended above the Dan Ding furnace, the flames were like countless fox tails, wantonly entwining and caressing, looking at it was warm and soft, like stroking one's eyes, making everyone look as if they were drunk.

  "Is this what they mean by 'the wind blows and the snow falls'?! How wonderful!"

  "Refining elixirs as freely as clouds and flowing water, accompanied by beautiful people's elegant dance, achieving elixir is certainly extraordinary!"

  "Magic pill, magic pill, this elixir is indeed wonderful..."

  At the same time, a group of onlookers outside the venue burst into applause, and for a moment, everyone's attention was drawn to them. The three people became like gods, praising this technique as if it were divine. The people around them didn't understand what was going on and thought that a fairy had descended from heaven, so they all crowded in to take a look.

  Although it looks very magnificent, Gu Yue Xiao knew that it was a technique of compressing flames into medicinal materials with unique hands, controlling the explosion with divine thoughts, and separating impurities from essence. As the saying goes, "outsiders watch the excitement, insiders watch the door", this is the principle.

  Guo Yue has lived to this age, what kind of great storms haven't he seen, how could he be moved by it?

  The hundred-filtered sacred thread can be manipulated with precise control of a strand of flame using the divine thought, and then compressed into silk with the heavenly and earthly spiritual energy. This flame thread is used to separate the essence from impurities, and at the same time refine the essence. Finally, the elixir refined through the spiritual energy will have its quality greatly enhanced, and there will be no poison in the elixir. Only this technique can truly be called divine.

  This flowing wind and snow hand technique is indeed beautiful, and it looks like some places are also extremely mysterious. However, it's just using the hand technique to compress the flame into the medicine, causing it to burst and separate out more essence. The only benefit is that the dan is stable, and at the same time, it is also nourishing and eliminating the dan poison.

  "Flowing wind and tracing snow", so is Qiu Xiong, who uses "a multitude of stars supporting the moon" to show off on the other side.

  Qiu Xiong's technique is extremely elegant, and the crowd-pleasing "Stars Holding the Moon" is used to perfection, but the speed is very slow. Compared to a master, it's still lacking by a significant margin. At this speed, it's hard to say whether he can condense the elixir or not.

  As for others, there is no one who can enter his eyes.

  Gu Yue looked around in a circle and finally fell on Chen Mo again, wanting to see what surprising move this kid would make next.

  What made him somewhat puzzled was how this kid could be so calm. Looking at him now, he was slowly "grinding" some medicinal materials over the fire using the most ordinary method of "one or two strokes". Grinding and grinding, as if it had nothing to do with him, this was completely different from his proud and arrogant appearance last time.

  Could it be that I've misjudged him?

  He concentrated his mind and took another careful look.

  Chen Mo used a method of repeated refinement to purify the medicine, being relatively meticulous in his approach. The resulting essence was extremely fine and pure. Moreover, he seemed to have employed some unconventional means to compress and mix the faint spiritual energy from the surrounding air into every tiny particle of the essence.

  Time seemed to pass quickly, Chen Mo finished the last refining after covering the lid, and took in a large group of spiritual energy sealed in the cauldron. Then, he used the mysterious air to seal it tightly, while the flames in the cauldron suddenly increased greatly.

  This seems to be the hundred-refining sacred cord, but it's not. It's clearly refined with a one-come-two-go technique, yet in the end, it doesn't use this technique to condense the elixir. This looks rather childish.

  But even if he succeeded in condensing the dan at this moment, it would only be a second-rate Great Gathering Spirit Dan. This kind of dan was barely enough to qualify, but there were eighty-one people participating today, and anyone could easily take out a better dan formula than the Great Gathering Spirit Dan.

  Not to mention being in the top ten, I'm afraid it's going to be at the bottom.

  But he didn't know that Chen Mo had other plans. He planned to use the Cong Dan, with the hand method taught by Mu Lingwei, and combine it with the effect of the Xiao Lü Ye, then refine another superior pill, so even if it was an ordinary third-grade pill, it would be impossible for others to compare with him.

  "Condense."

  "Condense."

  At this moment, two clear shouts sounded in the field, followed by the fragrance of medicine overflowing. Lin Junqian and Jiang Chen simultaneously handed over the elixir to the judges, but neither looked at each other.

  Gu Yue Xiao looked at the hourglass, and there was still a cup of tea time left. But just at this moment, most of the participants in the field began to voluntarily give up and leave, some who were unwilling, also left after being told two sentences.

  In the end, only three people were left on the field, who were still refining their skills: Qiu Xiong, Ye Lianxiang and Chen Mo. The ones who had left were walking away while discussing among themselves.

  "Brother, I see you're about to become a third-rank Dan. Leaving like this would be such a waste."

  "Haha, Brother Wu, Lin Junxian and Jiang Chen have been evenly matched all along, but when it comes to the third place in the finals, look at Liu Feng's 'Flowing Wind and Snow' and Zhongli's 'Countless Stars Supporting the Moon', our combined strength can't even compare to one of theirs?"

  When these two people were talking, the people around them also responded one after another.

  "Huh? Who's that? How can they be so bold and confident, and still on stage?" Someone said this at the right time, and everyone quickly looked in the direction of the pointing hand, which was exactly Chen Mo's direction.

  "Isn't that... Chen Mo, the disciple that Mu Yu Shi Shu just accepted recently?"

  "I heard that last time Huo Yingfan forced him to gamble and lost, in the end that Huo guy went crazy..."

  "Condense!"

  Just then, Chen Mo let out a loud roar, the sound of which was so great that it startled the entire countryside, and even Gu Yue Xiang's expression changed slightly.

  He saw Ye Lianxiang being frightened like this, losing control of the fire, and half of the elixir was destroyed, it had already become a second-rate product.

  Ye Lianxiang glared at Chen Mo in extreme anger, shouting: "Country bumpkin, why are you yelling so loudly? You ruined my dan!"

  "I'm just a country bumpkin, what's so strange about having a loud voice?" Chen Mo bluntly retorted: "Alchemists should be calm and composed, even if the sky falls. You're affected by just one loud shout, it seems that Your Highness still needs to cultivate your heart."

  The two people with sharp tongues were immediately stopped by Gu Yuexiao.

  Chen Mo didn't bother to care about Ye Lianxiang, originally he wanted to add some green liquid at the Condensing Dan stage and refine a top-grade one. But seeing Ye Lianxiang fail in condensing dan and also seeing Qiu Xiong seemingly struggling with difficulty in condensing dan, he changed his mind and gave up adding the green liquid, condensing it into an ordinary dan medicine and handed it over to the judges.

  Gu Yuexiao looked at the time and said loudly: "Time's up!"

  Qiu Xiong was stunned, he had just refined it and hadn't even taken care of the fetus yet. Afterwards, he could only bitterly smile and shake his head as he walked down from the stage. Refining a third-grade elixir was very difficult for him.

  "Lin Junqian, Liu Huadan. Top-grade medicinal dan, with extremely mild efficacy."

  "Jiang Chen, Zhu Ji Dan. A third-grade top-quality medicinal pill, with ordinary medicinal effects."

  "Chen Mo, Da Jili Dan, second-grade primary elixir, ordinary medicinal effect."

  The first and second were unobjectionable, but when it came to the third place, those who had been discussing it had already stepped out with one foot, only to be left suspended in mid-air. For a moment, everyone's heart was filled with mixed emotions, and they began to discuss it again.

  "Arrogant Brother" and " Impermanent Brother" exchanged a glance, both thinking to themselves: Is this Chen Mo too lucky? A second-rate ordinary elixir can actually get him into third place? Rather than saying he "killed it", it's more like he barely "squeezed in". What kind of person is this, relying on just one Great Gathering Spirit Elixir to make the cut? If I had known earlier, I would have stayed too, and could have easily won against Chen Mo.

  Jiang Chen and Lin Junqian exchanged intense gazes, sparking a strong romantic atmosphere. As for Chen Mo, who had bad luck, he was completely ignored.

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