CHAPTER 97
The lost art of tempering
Moreover, it seemed that the furnace was not ordinary either. Its material was excellent, comparable to a middle-grade refined weapon.
The greed in Master Pang's eyes was self-evident!
However, he was very clear that this spatial Dharma artifact was destined to have no fate with him. There was an even more powerful figure behind him.
Even so, Master Pang pointed at the cauldron and said, "If I win, the cauldron is Old Man's!"
"Let's see if you have the ability to get it!"
Qin Hao rolled up his sleeves, sweeping up the medicinal herbs one after another, flying into the cauldron.
Just like Master Pang, the green flame in Qin Hao's hand was also ignited. The flame in his hand was sometimes big and sometimes small.
He even controlled the flame and aimed it at Master Pang's old face to form two words … "Idiot"!
Master Pang was so angry that he almost jumped up. He was so agitated that he didn't control the bronze tripod above his head properly. The tripod shook for a while.
"Not good!"
Grandmaster Pang immediately focused on controlling the furnace. However, he sneered in his heart, "Just you wait, kid from the Qin family. Not only will you lose your life, but the furnace and spatial artifact will also belong to our Pill Sect. Today, we really made a big profit."
"Everyone, quickly look! Qin Hao condensed essence fire!"
"When did he break through to the Element Gathering Tier? His progress is too fast!"
"So what?
From what I can see, his technique is crude, and his flames are sometimes big and sometimes small. He's completely imitating Master Pang! "
"How shameless!"
The people from the Zhuo and Zhuang families pointed at Qin Hao on the stage.
Qin Shilong was so nervous that his forehead was sweating.
As time passed, the flame in Qin Hao's hand gradually weakened. Clearly, his Yuan Qi was insufficient.
Master Pang's flames were still as strong as ever!
"Hao 'er is still too young!" Qin Shilong sighed.
"Now that things have come to this, the honor and disgrace of the Qin family is in Hao 'er's hands. We can only trust him!" Qin Laosi said.
"Without Dan Xuan's support, he'll immediately become a useless piece of trash. I think he'll lose this time!" Qin Yuhai looked at Qin Hao with eyes full of malice.
Today is the day of Qin Hao's death. Come to comfort the heroic spirit of the daimyo!
"It smells so good. Everyone, guess what pill Master Pang refined?"
"It's most likely a Minor Origin Pill, and a high-grade one at that!"
"Nonsense! The herbs that Grandmaster Pang put in are obviously not the formula for the Minor Origin Pill. The Minor Origin Pill is so trashy, you are insulting Grandmaster Pang!" Someone who knew the goods said.
"Are your dog eyes blind? What my master refined … is a Body Tempering Pill. Moreover … it must be a Body Tempering Pill of the highest quality!"
Wang Goudan raised his big nose.
He was Master Pang's disciple, so he naturally knew what kind of pill he was refining.
"Brother Goudan is really amazing!"
"A great teacher produces a great student!"
"I wonder who will be lucky enough to eat this Quenching Body Pill!"
"I'm willing to spend five hundred silver taels to buy this pill!"
"I'll spend a thousand taels …"
"One thousand five hundred taels!"
Being an alchemist was indeed the most profitable profession in the Divine Wilderness. Immediately, there was a rush to snatch the pills. The price continued to soar until it reached five thousand taels.
A pill refined by an Elder of the Pill Sect was worth this price!
"Father …"
Zhuang Jiba lay paralyzed on the bed, his eyes filled with longing.
It was obvious that he also wanted to eat the Peak Grade Body Tempering Pill.
Zhuang Bi shook his head helplessly.
Zhuang Jiba's meridians were destroyed and his fingers were broken. Eating the Body Tempering Pill would be useless.
And all of this was thanks to Qin Hao.
"I will make that little bastard pay a painful price!" Zhuang Bi gritted his teeth and said.
On the stage, the first pill had been refined.
Master Pang did not disappoint and was the first to succeed!
He put down the bronze cauldron and wiped the smelly sweat off his face. He was not in a hurry to open the cauldron. Instead, he looked at Qin Hao mockingly.
This was because Qin Hao had not stopped and was still struggling to support the fire in his hand.
The fire was so weak that it was almost insignificant. There was only a small flame left and it seemed like it would be extinguished by a casual breath!
"I think you should stop holding on. If the Qi in your dantian is too exhausted, you will die … Hahaha!" Master Pang laughed.
Qin Hao could not be bothered with him and continued to refine the pill. He was very focused!
"Stubborn … Spit!"
Master Pang disregarded his status and spat on the ground. His face was filled with a look of disdain that said, "This child is unteachable."
"If you really can't do it, just give up!"
Qin Shilong could not bear it.
At this moment, Qin Hao's face was pale and his body was trembling.
"Grandpa, don't worry!"
Qin Hao freed his right hand. His interspatial ring flashed and six Minor Origin Pills appeared in his palm. He threw them into his mouth.
The Minor Origin Pills were given by Qin Shilong. They had the effect of strengthening one's muscles and recovering Qi.
However, the amount of Qi recovered was limited and could not be compared to a Major Origin Pill!
But it was enough!
"Look, Qin Hao swallowed the pills!"
"I knew he couldn't do it. He was just trying to be brave!"
"He swallowed six pills. If he refined a trash, it would be a huge loss!"
There was a lot of discussion below the stage. None of them were optimistic about Qin Hao.
"You should just give up. It's useless to swallow a Major Origin Pill. You are no match for the Old Man!" Master Pang mocked.
"Please shut your dog mouth!" Qin Hao did not even look at him.
"You …" Master Pang snorted. "The pill Old Man refined is a Body Tempering Pill. One pill is enough to raise a cultivator below the ninth tier of Body Tempering Realm by two levels.
Moreover, the pill Old Man refined must be of the highest quality. It can raise a cultivator by at least three levels. No matter how hard you work, it will be a waste! "
"You are in the third tier of Element Gathering Realm. How dare you say you refined a Body Tempering Pill? Do you know what pill I refined?" Qin Hao asked.
Master Pang's heart skipped a beat.
He was so focused on the interspatial ring that he forgot what medicinal ingredients Qin Hao put in.
Now that he thought about it …
Master Pang's mind shook. He said in disbelief, "Could it be … you refined a Marrow Cleansing Pill?"
Without waiting for Qin Hao to answer, Master Pang shook his head. "Impossible. Without the ability of the third tier of Element Gathering Realm, the success rate of refining a Marrow Cleansing Pill is less than thirty percent.
You are only in the first tier of Element Gathering Realm. There is no way you can refine a Marrow Cleansing Pill! "
"You will know soon whether it is a Marrow Cleansing Pill or not!"
Finishing speaking, Qin Hao flipped his hand and pressed the small pill furnace down. The last wisp of essence fire in his palm directly entered the pill furnace from above.
The pill … was complete!
"Fire Tempering Technique!"
"Boom!"
Master Pang felt as if a bolt of lightning had struck him.
Others might not know what it meant to inject fire into the cauldron, but Master Pang knew very well.
This was a superb alchemy technique. It was the long lost Fire Tempering Technique.
Tempering seemed easy. All you had to do was inject your fire into the cauldron.
But if you try, I'll blast you to death, you bastard!
If you were not an expert in controlling fire, you would not dare to try it.
At best, it would damage the quality of the pill!
At worst, the cauldron would explode and kill you!
Of course, if the Fire Tempering Technique was successful, the success rate of refining the pill would increase by twenty percent. The quality of the pill would also increase accordingly.
This was the power of the Fire Tempering Technique.
He did not expect Qin Hao to have mastered the Fire Tempering Technique.
He was only in the first tier of Element Gathering Realm, a newly advanced alchemist at such a young age. How could he be so powerful?
Master Pang's heart twitched violently. He almost had the urge to withdraw from the competition.
With the Fire Tempering Technique, Qin Hao could be considered to have won.
In the entire Heaven's Wall City, even the Sect Leader of the Alchemy Sect had not mastered the Fire Tempering Technique!