alace retreated a step, faintly emitting a sigh-like sound. It seemed he too felt some regret as Jiang Yun was burned to ashes.Just as the figure was about to fade away and leave, his form suddenly st...Dou Dan, actually just refers to a competition of refining pills.

And this is indeed the most common way for alchemists to settle disputes, after all, most alchemists don't have high cultivation levels and rarely fight like other cultivators.

Du Guirong's words piqued the interest of those around him. To be able to witness a duel between two alchemists was a rare and precious opportunity.

However, in the eyes of most people, the outcome of this duel was definitely a victory for Du Guirong. After all, he was at the second rank, while Xia Zhongxing was only at the first rank.

Xia Zhongxing raised an eyebrow, but before he could speak, Du Guirong continued, "If you win, then consider today as if I never came. But if you lose, not only will you have to immediately shut down Duo Ya Ge and make this kid sever one finger and swear a poison oath, but you'll also have to hand over that Zhidao Dan in your possession!"

Lay the foundation!

A gasp of astonishment suddenly arose from the crowd.

The Pill of Consecrating the Path, a fifth-grade elixir, is used to break through to the Dao Spirit Realm for those in the late stage of the Cave Heaven Realm. Its value cannot be measured in spirit stones. I never expected that Xia Zhongxing would actually have a Pill of Consecrating the Path.

Xia Zhongxing suddenly laughed and said, “It turns out that Master Du was interested in my Zhu Dao Dan!”

All present understood the situation clearly. Although Du Guirong might indeed be here to suppress Jiang Yun, his true purpose should still be to obtain the Dao-building Pill.

"Well, are you afraid" Du Gui Rong said arrogantly. "How about this, although I am a second-rank alchemist, we'll compete by refining first-rank pills. What do you say"

Although it seems that Du Guirong is yielding to Xia Zhongxing, in reality, a second-rank alchemist's success rate in refining first-rank elixirs far surpasses that of second-rank elixirs.

All eyes were now on Xia Zhongxing, waiting to see how he would respond.

However, before Xia Zhongxing could respond, another voice chimed in: "Why don't you have a competition with me instead"

Speaking was none other than Jiang Yun!

Originally, almost everyone had forgotten about him. Unexpectedly, he took the initiative to step forward at this time, and even wanted to replace Xia Zhongxing to fight Du Gui Rong for the dan!

Even Xia Zhongxing turned his head abruptly, his eyes blazing as he stared at Jiang Yun and said, "Can you refine pills"

"I can do it!"

“Hahaha!” Du Gui Rong burst into laughter. “Even if you're a quack doctor, at your age, you dare to say you know how to refine pills You're so ignorant! If you compare yourself to me, then as long as the pill you refine has half the effect of mine, you win!”

In fact, Du Guirong would rather have Jiang Yun compete against Xia Zhongxing. That way, his chances of winning would naturally be much higher, which is why he made such bold statements.

Ginger Cloud ignored Du Gui Rong and continued to look at Xia Zhongxing. After just a few breaths, Xia Zhongxing nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll trouble Elder Brother!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was stunned and wide-eyed!

You see, although this venerable doctor was exceptionally skilled in his craft, he had stated from the very beginning that he could treat injuries and remove toxins, but he was unable to refine elixirs. Those seeking such remedies would have to obtain them elsewhere.

From this, it's not hard to guess that he probably only has a superficial understanding of alchemy. But now, not only does he take the initiative to step forward, but Xia Zhongxing even dares to agree to let him compete against Du Guirong in a duel of alchemical prowess.

"Good!" said Du Guirong, afraid that Xia Zhongxing would go back on his word. "He can do it for you, but the terms we agreed upon before cannot be changed."

"No problem!"

Xia Zhongxing's expression was calm, seemingly very confident in Jiang Yun.

A triumphant gleam flashed in Du Guirong's eyes as he said, "Then let's get started!"

"Before we begin, I have two small requests." Jiang Yun touched his nose and said, "First, I need a pot, either stone or iron!"

"Pot"

Everyone was stunned. Du Guirong frowned and asked, "What are you going to do with the pot"

"Alchemy!"

After a moment of silence, Du Guirong suddenly burst into laughter. Although the others did not laugh, their faces showed signs of strangeness.

I've never heard of an alchemist using a cauldron to brew medicine. That's just a joke.

Instead, Xia Shi anxiously said: "Brother Gu, would that cooking stone pot in our kitchen work I'll bring it to you!"

This sentence naturally caused another round of laughter, while Ginger Cloud nodded solemnly and said, "Good!"

Xia Shi didn't care what others thought. He rushed into the backyard and after a moment, walked in carrying a stone pot and placed it before Jiang Yun.

"Thank you!" Jiang Yun nodded at Xia Shi, then turned to Du Guirong and said, "Second, I don't have any medicinal herbs. I need you to provide them."

"Here you go!" Du Guirong beamed, waving his sleeve. In an instant, a pile of medicinal herbs appeared before Jiang Yun.

At just a glance at these herbs, Jiang Yun knew that the other party was going to refine the Qi-Invigorating Pill!

As expected, Du Guirong spoke first. "Let's refine the most commonly used Qi-inducing Pill. For fairness, and to avoid others saying I'm bullying you because of my experience, I'll refine it first. After my pill is successful, you can try refining yours."

"Okay!"

Du Gui Rong let out a cold smile, waved his sleeve, and with a resounding "boom," a pill furnace half a man's height appeared before him.

The pill furnace was completely black, with four mouths like a flower in full bloom. Four circles were covered with colorful patterns. Although Jiang Yun didn't recognize them, he knew they were formations!

Various formations, such as fire control arrays and spirit gathering arrays, are drawn on top of the alchemy furnace. These can increase the success rate of alchemy and the efficacy of the resulting pills.

Most people around wouldn't recognize this furnace, but suddenly Xia Zhongxing's voice rang in Jiang Yun's ear: "Scattering Flower Furnace, Grade Three!"

Jiang Yun nodded to Xia Zhongxing, remaining silent. He knew that alchemy tools were divided into furnaces and cauldrons, and there were also grades. Although the third grade wasn't high, it was not something an ordinary second-grade alchemist could possess.

From this, it is not hard to see that Du Guirong is very wealthy.

With the arrival of the drug cauldron, Du Guirong struck a flame beneath the scattered flower furnace. Next, one kind of medicinal herb after another began to be thrown into the cauldron.

During Du Gui Rong's process of refining medicine, Jiang Yun kept watching seriously because this was the first time he had ever seen someone use a furnace to refine medicine in his life.

Although Xia Zhongxing also refines medicine, he doesn't allow outsiders to enter when he does so, not even Xia Shi.

As Ginger Cloud watched, she nodded silently. After all, as a pharmacist, even if she had never used an alchemy furnace before, she could tell at a glance whether it was good or bad.

It has to be admitted, using an alchemy furnace, especially one with many talismans drawn on it for refining pills, is indeed more convenient and quicker than using a cauldron.

However, when it came to Du Gui Rong's alchemy methods, Jiang Yun couldn't offer any praise. Although he seemed calm and collected, several steps in the process had major flaws.

Also thanks to the fact that it was only refining Qi-inducing Pills, if it were refining second-rank pills, it would have failed many times by now.

Half an hour later, accompanied by a medicinal fragrance wafting from the furnace, Du Guirong suddenly roared: "Open the furnace!"

"Boom!"

The散花爐 violently trembled, and then two white pills flew out from inside, landing in his hand. After taking a quick glance, a proud expression returned to his face. He spread open his palm, displaying the pills to everyone: "Both are Grade 1 human rank!"

As for the other onlookers, they were simply watching the commotion and the final effect of the pill after it was successfully refined. When they heard that the success was due to personal talent, many who had previously been dissatisfied with Du Guirong's attitude couldn't help but admit that she truly deserved her status as a second-rank alchemist.

You can casually refine human-grade elixirs!

"Boy, don't say that the effect of the pills you refined is half mine. As long as you can refine a mortal-grade pill, I'll consider you the winner!"

Gingercloud didn't reply, only silently nodded her head before beginning her alchemy.

Although everyone had a good impression of Jiang Yun, at this moment, no one thought he could win, especially when they saw his clumsy movements and the way he used a stone cauldron to refine pills. Everyone shook their heads and smiled wryly.

Only Xia Zhongxing looked at Jiang Yun's busy figure, with a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes from time to time.

Half an hour later, Jiang Yun also completed his refining. He lifted the lid of the stone pot, and inside lay two Qi-attracting Pills.

"Here's the Qi Condensing Pill," Gingercloud said, handing two pills to Du Guihong. "Sorry, just two of the first-grade mortal rank."

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