Another five days passed, and several more people successively refined Elixirs. Among them, the highest quality refined was a Rank 7 Advanced Elixir. Although it barely reached the Advanced level, the Pill Lightning it drew was extremely shocking!
The Alchemist who refined this Rank 7 Advanced Elixir was precisely that person from the Cao Family, wielding the Blood Fiend Flame. The Cao Family is one of the Pill Tower's Five Great Families, belonging to a Family of Alchemists, so his ability to refine such a Elixir was expected.
At this moment, four Medicine Cauldrons on the field were still flickering with flames. If one looked closely, they would find that the lowest Alchemist badge among them was Rank 7 Intermediate. That's right, that Rank 7 Intermediate was Xiao Li. The highest was an Grade 8 Alchemist, and that person was Venerable Tian He.
Xuan Kongzi looked at the four people still refining Elixirs.
"It seems only these four are left: Venerable Tian He, Chis Xiaozhi, the person from the Dan Family, and that young fellow brought by Mang Tianchi."
Xuan Yi said, "They seem to be under a lot of pressure. After all, they've all noticed a Dou Huang young fellow competing with them on the same stage. Losing this wouldn't just be a matter of Face."
Boom—
As Xuan Yi finished speaking, the person from the Dan Family completed his refinement. The Pill Lightning he drew was even stronger than that of the Cao Family person earlier.
Rank 7 Peak!
Before the Dan Family person could rejoice for long, that Dou Zun Expert named Chis Xiaozhi continuously poured his vast and boundless Soul Power into the Medicine Cauldron. Faintly, within the Soul Power, a subtle Spiritual Qi permeated.
Boom—
A yellow-green light pillar, ten zhang tall, shot out from his Medicine Cauldron, soaring straight into the clouds!
After this light pillar ascended, the dense silver lightning in the sky seemed to have seen something terrifying, retreating one after another, not daring to touch the yellow-green light pillar!
The light pillar, amidst countless shocked gazes, shot straight into the sky. Immediately after, where the light pillar passed, clouds and mist abruptly emerged, and in just a few blinks of an eye, they condensed into a thundercloud nearly a hundred meters wide!
Moreover, what was most astonishing was that the thundercloud formed this time actually had two colors: cyan and silver!
Two-colored thundercloud, Eighth Grade Pill!
Many people in the square were seeing two-colored Pill Lightning for the first time.
Eighth Grade Pills, in the world of Elixirs, can already be considered the pinnacle of the pyramid. Although there is only one rank between Rank 8 and Rank 7, it is truly a world of difference!
Eighth Grade Pills possess spirituality, and even some basic sentience. This means that Eighth Grade Pills have their own vitality! They can already be considered within the scope of living beings.
Moreover, the classification of Eighth Grade Pills is unimaginably strict. Their quality can no longer be discerned by the naked eye but is determined by the color of the Pill Lightning!
The higher the quality of the Elixir, the more colors of Pill Lightning it will draw when it forms. Eighth Grade Pills can draw up to nine colors of Pill Lightning, and those who can refine such Elixirs are few and far between on the continent.
Chis Xiaozhi being able to draw two-colored Pill Lightning indicates that he has already refined an Eighth Grade Pill, an Eighth Grade Pill with two-colored Pill Lightning!
The person from the Dan Family next to him was already dumbfounded. He hadn't even started showing off, and an Eighth Grade Pill had already appeared. This was truly a bit of a mind game.
Chis Xiaozhi looked at the cyan-silver Pill Lightning in the sky, a smile playing on his lips. He finally hadn't let down his many years of arduous cultivation. As an Alchemist, refining an Eighth Grade Pill in such a grand competition as the Pill Gathering—what could be more exciting than this?
Chis Xiaozhi prepared to Face the Pill Lightning. He glanced at the remaining two contestants. He knew one, Venerable Tian He, a Loose Cultivator from the Southern Region of the Central Plains, with a good reputation. He had never bullied others because he was an Alchemist and occasionally offered guidance to Alchemist apprentices, possessing quite the Grandmaster demeanor!
But the other young man, Chis Xiaozhi clearly saw that he was only an Eight-Star Dou Huang. Even if he was extremely Heaven-Defying and could refine a Rank 7 Elixir, he should have finished long ago. Why was he still refining now?
Chis Xiaozhi looked closely and found faint wisps of Spiritual Qi around Xiao Li!
"Spirit Realm Soul! No way! Wait, isn't this the kid with the Heaven Flame? Holy crap!"
At this moment, Xiao Li had completed the final step of pill condensation. With a lift of both hands, the Yin Yang Heart Flame transformed into two giant dragons, one black and one white, carrying a massive light pillar that burst forth from the Medicine Cauldron, shooting straight into the sky!
The light pillar ascended, rapidly condensing two-colored thunderclouds in the sky.
"Another two-colored Pill Lightning! This kid is only a Dou Huang, yet he can refine an Eighth Grade Pill!"
At this moment, Xiao Li's Face was pale. He had maintained complete focus on the final step of pill condensation and had no time to consume a shunqi pill. Now, his Dou Qi had been significantly depleted.
"No, this isn't two-colored Pill Lightning. There's also a hint of red mixed in his Pill Lightning! This kid almost refined an eighth-grade three-colored pill!"
The Pill Tower Elders on the high platform naturally recognized the spiritual quality of the Eighth Grade Pill Xiao Li refined, which was slightly superior to the Elixir Chis Xiaozhi refined.
"Hehe, kid, you really can refine Eighth Grade Pills, but this time, I win!" Venerable Tian He thought victory was assured. In this competition, he truly regarded Xiao Li as an opponent. Now, seeing Xiao Li's Pill Lightning, his mindset also calmed down.
Xiao Li gasped for breath and glanced at Venerable Tian He: "It's too early to determine victory and defeat, isn't it? The real competition only begins now!"
Xiao Li took out a jade bottle from his storage ring. From the jade bottle, he poured out a pale yellow powder, which carried a rich Spiritual Qi.
On the high platform, Xuan Kongzi stood up directly: "That's Spirit Nurturing Dust! This young fellow actually has such a backup plan!"
Tian Leizi and Xuan Yi also stood up, their gazes fixed on the young man.
Xiao Li threw it into the Medicine Cauldron, then fiercely patted his chest, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, which all poured into the Medicine Cauldron!
The Yin Yang Heart Flame in Xiao Li's hands transformed into two fire dragons, continuously circling within the Medicine Cauldron.
"Spirit Ascension!"
As Xiao Li's blood and the Spirit Nurturing Dust entered the Medicine Cauldron, Spiritual Qi rapidly injected into the Elixir, which was the size of a Dragon's eye.
At the eighth-grade level, focusing solely on the quality of energy is no longer the most important thing. Enhancing the spirituality of the Elixir is the true priority!
Immediately afterward, the two-colored thunderclouds in the distant sky, as if pulled by some force, suddenly began to churn violently again!
"The thunderclouds in the sky have changed!"
Xuan Kongzi watched Xiao Li: "So crazy! Just like that guy Yao Chen, risking Spirit Ascension for the Elixir at such a critical moment! Not only did he use Spirit Nurturing Dust, but he also used his own blood to guide it!
If this kid's technique wasn't different from Yao Chen's, I'd really suspect he's Yao Chen's Personal Disciple!"
Back at the Pill Gathering, Venerable Yao, Yao Chen, relied on his Spirit Ascension method to overpower the crowd and win first place, dominating the competition!
At this moment, Xiao Li was doing the same thing as Yao Chen!
In the sky, Xiao Li's two-colored thunderclouds began to undergo a massive transformation. The faint red color continuously grew stronger, gradually forming cyan, silver, and red three-colored thunderclouds!
It wasn't over yet; the three-colored thunderclouds were still churning violently when suddenly, a wisp of golden light appeared! This wisp of golden light was extremely dazzling, attracting countless gazes!
Cyan, silver, red, gold, four-colored Pill Lightning!
Xiao Li drawing out four-colored Pill Lightning astonished everyone present. Who could have imagined that a Dou Huang could actually refine an Eighth Grade Pill with four-colored Pill Lightning!
Although the golden color summoned by Xiao Li was slightly smaller than the other colors, it was indeed a genuine eighth-grade four-colored pill!
"I succeeded!" Xiao Li immediately lay down on the stone platform, having no strength left.
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