Chapter 115

It turned out to be thousand-mile voice transmission. No wonder Duanmu Xi could hear her master’s voice without seeing him talking to her.

Situ Kong glanced at the young man, turned his head to Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo and said, “Xi, Mo, this is our Second Elder, Ye Wuya.”

Duanmu Xi nodded faintly when she heard her master’s words, but did not say anything. By comparison, Xuanyuan Mo appeared to be more arrogant, and he did not even give a look to Ye Wuya.

As a result, Ye Wuya burned with anger. But because Situ Kong was there, he could not flare up. Finally, he could only hold back his rage.

Situ Kong also ignored Ye Wuya’s darkened face and looked directly at a gray-haired old man in gray beside Ye Wuya, introducing him to Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo, “The one sitting next to the Second Elder is our Fourth Elder, Wu Fengsui.”

Hearing this, Duanmu Xi looked over to Wu Fengsui, and saw that the old man in gray was also looking at her with an inquisitive face.

Suddenly feeling a strong gaze looking at her, Duanmu Xi raised her head and looked behind Ye Wuya, only to see a man in purple looking at her with scorching eyes.

It was him. Duanmu Xi recognized the man in purple. Her dark purple eyes flashed with a surprise first, and then she seemed to understand something. No wonder the man could recognize Heavenly Origin Longevity Elixir at a glance. He turned out to be a refining pharmacist. Seeing him standing behind the Second Elder, Duanmu Xi guessed that the man should be a disciple of the Second Elder. Duanmu Xi wondered whether he would participate in the medicine refining contest later.

Xuanyuan Mo also followed Duanmu Xi’s line of sight when he felt her eyes lingered in one place for too long, only to see the man smile gently at him. Finally, Xuanyuan Mo’s amber eyes flashed, and he looked away without looking at Xuanyuan Hao again.

Situ Kong, on the other hand, did not know that Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo had met an acquaintance. He looked to the two old men on his right-hand side and continued introducing, “This is the Third Elder, Qiu Zixia. And the one beside him is our Fifth Elder, Yi Shusheng.”

Hearing his words, Duanmu Xi looked at the two elders on the right. The Third Elder had a chubby and kind look. The Fifth Elder, just like his name, was as gentle as an old scholar. Instead of being a refining pharmacist, he seemed to be more like a teacher.

Duanmu Xi also nodded to them, while Xuanyuan Mo ignored them as well.

The attitude of Duanmu Xi and Xuanyuan Mo surprised everyone sitting below. However, Situ Kong didn’t blame them at all, which made everyone understand the importance of the two disciples in the Chief Elder’s heart.

Several Elders reluctantly curled up their lips towards Situ Kong’s introduction. Rather than introducing his two disciples to them, the Chief Elder was obviously introducing them to his disciples! Although essentially, it was also an introduction, the meaning was completely different. It seemed that the Chief Elder liked his two disciples very much.

With the sound of a bell, the medicine refining contest was about to begin. The refining pharmacists who participated in the contest headed to the contest stage.

Duanmu Xi glanced at the contest field, only to see the stage was filled with small medicine refining tables, and there seemed to be a hundred or so densely placed there. Almost all the people who went to the contest stage were middle-aged and elderly people. After all, people could only participate in this medicine refining contest once in a lifetime, so it was natural to come in their best condition.

After seeing the stage got almost full, the disciples standing behind the Elders all stepped off the high platform one after another and went up to the contest stage, including Xuanyuan Hao who was standing behind Ye Wuya.

Seeing Xuanyuan Hao’s back, a gleam of light flashed in Xuanyuan Mo’s amber eyes.

Situ Kong turned to look at Duanmu Xi, “Xi, go ahead! Don’t be nervous, just relax and trust yourself.”

Duanmu Xi nodded at his words and glanced at Xuanyuan Mo beside her. Then she turned around and flew off the high platform.

Everyone on the contest field stared at the woman who was as beautiful as a falling angel, and looked stunned. The refining pharmacists who were standing on the stage didn’t overreact. After only a little surprise, they calmed down. After all, they were all elderly people who had passed the age of impulsiveness. But the young refining pharmacists in the audience were still in their youthful fantasy period, so when seeing a stunning woman like Duanmu Xi, they couldn’t take their eyes off her.

At the sight of Duanmu Xi flying off the stage, a touch of amazement flashed in Xuanyuan Hao’s black eyes. Duanmu Xi was indeed beautiful, unabashed, but so pure. She was charming, but not enchanting. Xuanyuan Hao didn’t expect that she was a refining pharmacist and wondered what kind of surprise she would bring him today.

Duanmu Xi came on stage, looked around, and then walked directly to the empty medicine refining table at the very back. She didn’t like to be in the front, and it was quieter and more low-key at the back.

But Duanmu Xi was wrong. No matter how inconspicuous the position was, it couldn’t block everyone’s eyes. As she was the only woman among the hundred men, and most of them wore black clothes specially for the refining pharmacist, so Duanmu Xi’s white dress was particularly conspicuous. Even if she wanted to be low-key, she couldn’t be.

The refining pharmacists on the stage were a little surprised when Duanmu Xi was about to compete with them. However, after the surprise, they were contemptuous of her. Coming to participate in the medicine refining contest at such a young age? How frivolous she was!

As a bell resounded throughout the guild, an old man fluttered down from the high platform and stood on the contest stage.

Duanmu Xi frowned slightly at the old man. It was neither her master nor the Second Elder who presided over the medicine refining contest. It was the Fifth Elder, Yi Shusheng, the one who looked like a teacher.

Standing on the stage, Yi Shusheng glanced at everyone and said solemnly, “The first round is a knockout. The title of this round is yellow-grade level-seven elixir–Spirit Recovering Elixir. And the Elixir must be top-level. There are only two copies of materials, and you have two hours. Those who cannot complete within two hours will be directly eliminated. The refining pharmacist who passes this round can enter the next round of contest. Now let’s officially begin.” After Yi Shusheng finished speaking, he flew onto the high platform again.

Then everyone started their medicine refining.

Just as usual, Duanmu Xi did not start medicine refining directly. Instead, she observed what was on the medicine refining table. Two copies of the same material were neatly placed on the table, along with an elixir recipe and several jade bottles.

Duanmu Xi picked up the recipe on the table and looked at it. Spirit Recovering Elixir, a yellow-grade level-seven Elixir used for restoring spiritual power. The materials were also relatively common: ophicalcite, aspongopus, agrimonia pilosa, and two spiritual cores from a level-seven earth spiritual beast.

Looking at the surrounding refining pharmacists, they had already started medicine refining. So, Duanmu Xi also took out her small medicine tripod from the crystal ball, and then urged the fire spiritual power in her body. Finally, a fiery red flame immediately rose up in the medicine tripod.

The elders on the high platform were not idle either, and they all looked at the contest stage. Most of those who had disciples in the contest looked at their own disciples, while others were all staring at the focus of the contest field-Duanmu Xi. But unfortunately, most of these people were in the mood to watch a show, waiting to see how the high-profile disciple of Chief Elder would make a fool of herself.

Controlling the temperature of the flame, Duanmu Xi began to refine. However, instead of throwing medicinal materials into the medicinal tripod one after another like others, she directly swept all the medicinal materials on the table into the medicinal tripod, except for the two spiritual cores from the level-seven earth spiritual beast.

When they saw Duanmu Xi’s movements, the audience’s eyes widened, and then they showed a disdainful expression. Although no one dared to laugh out loud directly because of Situ Kong’s presence, they all laughed at Duanmu Xi in their hearts.

They thought Duanmu Xi didn’t know how to refine medicine, “Look what she is doing? Does she think that by throwing all the medical materials into the medicine tripod, she can make an elixir?”

“What kind of disciple did Chief Elder accept? She is simply a medicine refining idiot!”

“She can’t handle even the simplest refining! Is it necessary for her to participate in the medicine refining contest?”

On the stage, Xuanyuan Hao also looked at Duanmu Xi without knowing what she was going to do. Since there were only two copies of medicinal materials, if they were destroyed, she would be eliminated.

On the high platform, Ye Wuya also had a mocking expression on his face. Was this her level of medicine refining? It seemed that the Chief Elder had a really bad eye for accepting disciples!

Only the Third Elder Qiu Zixia and the Fifth Elder Yi Shusheng did not show any mocking expressions. By comparison, they were only slightly surprised. They had lived for hundreds of years, but they had never seen such a medicine refining method.

Only Situ Kong and Xuanyuan Mo were calm, ignoring the mocking gazes of the people and looking intently at the white figure on the stage.

At this time, Duanmu Xi didn’t even know that she was regarded as a medicine refining idiot. Instead, she was concentrating on the medicine tripod. Because she was refining several types of essences together, it required much more mental energy than the separate refining, but the advantage of refining them together was that it was very fast.

Everyone was dumbfounded when Duanmu Xi picked up the jade bottle and started filling the refined essence.

“How could this happen, did she succeed?”

“She must be lucky to be able to refine the elixir like this!”

“How could she extract essence in that way? I wonder if she can tell the difference between essence and medicine dregs! She must have put the medicine dregs into the jade bottle as the essence!”

Duanmu Xi’s speed was fast: three medicinal materials and six essences were all refined and put into the jade bottles.

After refining, it was fusion. This time, Duanmu Xi did not throw the two level-seven earth spiritual cores into the medicine tripod together, but put the essence and spiritual cores into the medicine tripod in an orderly manner according to the procedure.

Soon, everyone in the audience smelled a strong scent of elixir. As the scent became more and more intense, Duanmu Xi controlled the flame in the medicine tripod, raising her right hand and an orange elixir flew directly out of the medicine tripod, which quietly landed on Duanmu Xi’s palm.

Looking at the top-level Spirit Recovery Elixir in her hand, Duanmu Xi smiled–her task had been completed!

Seeing the top-level Spirit Recovery Elixir in Duanmu Xi’s hand, everyone looked like hell.

On the high platform, Ye Wuya looked gloomy. He didn’t expect Duanmu Xi could actually succeed, and it was a top-level Spirit Recovery Elixir.

The Third Elder Qiu Zixia and the Fifth Elder Yi Shusheng were amazed, marveling at Duanmu Xi’s superb medicine refining skills and Situ Kong’s vision in accepting disciples.

No wonder Chief Elder wanted to take her as a disciple by all means, if they had met such a talented young girl, they would also be like Chief Elder, stalking to take her as a disciple!