Yuan Ping worked hard to activate his spiritual power, and the flames continued to roast the medicine cauldron. The Beast Core in the medicine cauldron gradually became smaller, and the water-attributed spiritual power spread out bit by bit.
The water-attributed spiritual power in the medicine cauldron was uncontrollable, and most of it was lost.
Yuan Ping watched helplessly. He knew that the energy in the Beast Core was enormous, and it was impossible to control all the spiritual power. Moreover, this was his first time trying to refine a third-grade medicinal pill, so he didn't know how to stabilize the spiritual power and prevent it from spreading.
Even so, it didn't mean that he had failed to refine the Beast Core. It could only mean that his technique wasn't perfect enough.
Seeing that the Beast Core was getting smaller and smaller, Yuan Ping took two Energy Recovery Pills and raised the fire to the highest level. The Beast Core, which had shrunk to half its original size, cracked and turned into a ball of liquid energy that emitted a powerful spiritual force.
"Merge for me!"
Yuan Ping seized the opportunity and immediately used his spiritual power to control the essence of the spiritual grass to fuse with the ball of energy.
The two different balls of energy fused together and gradually became one. The energy became more and more condensed, and the energy wave became stronger and stronger.
Yuan Ping was delighted and took another two Energy Recovery Pills. He pressed his palms down and shouted, "Condense for me!"
Yuan Ping drew out all the spiritual power in his body and pressed it into the medicine cauldron. This was the last step of condensing the pill.
Whether the pill was formed or not depended on this move.
At this moment, the Grand Elder in the seat of honor seemed to realize something. He exclaimed, "Not good!" and immediately flew out like a ghost.
Boom!
Just as Yuan Ping's spiritual power pressed down, the medicine cauldron exploded violently.
The martial arts field shook along with it. Yuan Ping's medicine cauldron was blown to pieces. He was the closest to the medicine cauldron, so he was the most affected. His whole body flew out, and more than half of the robe on his body was blown to pieces. Fresh blood flowed out.
Luckily, the Grand Elder used his spiritual power to confine the area five meters below Yuan Ping, so the broken pieces of the medicine cauldron didn't blow up the Ling Family disciples on the periphery. It also didn't affect Ling Xiao, who was at the side.
However, Ling Xiao was shocked. He almost lost control of his mind and stopped refining the Beast Core. Once he stopped, the Beast Core's spiritual power would spread out and his Beast Core would be destroyed.
Immediately, Ling Xiao gathered his thoughts again. He waved his hands continuously, controlling the flames to continue refining the Beast Pill. His mental strength wrapped around the medicinal cauldron, causing the energy of the Beast Pill to be concentrated in the medicinal cauldron and not spread out.
On the other side of the cauldron, Yuan Ping had consumed two pills in a row, and his expression was extremely dispirited. However, when he saw that there was a round pill that emitted a faint glow where the cauldron had been, he happily cried out, "It's done … done!"
Like a child who had received candy, he ran towards the elixir and picked it up.
Yuan Ping put away the ugly pill bottle as if he had found a treasure. His old face was full of joy.
The people on the viewing platform were puzzled.
"Could it be that Master Yuan has successfully refined a third-grade pill?"
"It's possible. Otherwise, he wouldn't be so happy. I just don't know what kind of pill he refined."
"It must be a water attribute pill. I wonder if Master Yuan will take it out to auction. If he takes it out to auction, I will get it even if I have to go bankrupt."
… ….
Yuan Ping put away the bottle of medicine and stood to the side, quietly waiting for the results on Ling Xiao's side. He still had a faint smile on his face, as if victory was already in his hands.
At this moment, Ling Xiao had already fallen into a strange state of forgetfulness.
Strands of his mental strength were pulled out from his sea of consciousness. Like an invisible hand, it slowly wrapped around the refined Beast Core's energy. At the same time, he could feel the scorching and pure spiritual energy within the energy. The spiritual energy had lost its bindings and wanted to spread out in all directions, returning to nature. However, the mental strength could stop the spiritual energy from spreading and gather it together.
Under the control of the mental strength, the spiritual energy was like a docile little sheep. As long as the mental strength moved, the spiritual energy would also move. It was obvious that the mental strength could control spiritual energy.
A portion of his mental strength was also sent towards the beast core that had not been refined. The most violent and powerful fire attribute spiritual energy was located in the middle of the beast core. If he was the slightest bit careless, it would explode.
As Ling Xiao roasted it with the fire, he tried to use his mental strength to attack the place where it was the most concentrated and split the spiritual energy out. That way, he could shorten the time needed to refine the beast core and prevent the beast core from exploding.
Ling Xiao's idea was undoubtedly bold, but it was also innovative.
Ling Xiao's sea of consciousness was much larger than an ordinary person's, and he had also cultivated the Soul Controlling Art for half a year. His mental strength was already higher than an ordinary third grade alchemist's, and he could also sense the fluctuations of his mental strength. He could use his mental strength to attack, which was something that other alchemists could not do.
Mental strength was an incorporeal and formless existence, so it was very easy for it to invade the interior of the beast core.
Ling Xiao did as he thought. He condensed his mental strength into five small blades and began to cut the energy in the beast core, separating the energy into small pieces.
The energy that was divided in this way was quickly refined and extracted.
This process was repeated without end, and the large piece of beast core quickly became a ball of thick energy.
Yuan Ping stared at the sweaty Ling Xiao, and his expression was very shocked.
This was because he discovered that the heat in Ling Xiao's palms was not raised to the maximum. Instead, it was maintained at a balanced temperature and roasted slowly. The energy in his medicine cauldron was slowly divided. What shocked him the most was that the spiritual energy that was divided actually did not show any signs of dissipating. It was as if something was imprisoning it, causing it to stay in the medicine cauldron.
"Impossible, how did he do it?" Yuan Ping's heart was in turmoil as he muttered in his heart.
Even though Ling Xiao controlled his mental strength to break down the beast core, the consolidation of the beast core consumed a lot of mental strength. Just as the beast core was about to be completely broken down, his mental strength became insufficient. If this continued, he was afraid that even the mental strength that was wrapped around the spiritual energy would be used up. This way, the spiritual energy would lose its binding and completely dissipate.
Ling Xiao realized this situation and hurriedly pulled back the last bit of mental strength he had left. His hands immediately flew up and shot out streams of fire dragons onto the medicine cauldron. Unfortunately, he was only a middle level mystic cultivator, and his profound energy also showed signs of not being able to continue. Immediately, he swallowed a few Qi Returning Pills.
Now that the Three Parts Returning Essence Technique's second stage "Channel Opening" was almost complete, breaking down and absorbing the pill was only a matter of time.
With the replenishment of energy, Ling Xiao gathered all the profound energy in his palms and activated a strong flame to envelop the medicine cauldron.
Bang!
The last bit of energy in the beast core was refined.
"Condense for me!"
Ling Xiao gave a loud shout and used the last of his mental strength to gather the essence of the spirit grass and the energy of the beast core together. His hands formed a series of complicated hand seals, and finally covered the medicine cauldron with his palms to suppress the spirit power that was about to spread.
However, the spiritual energy of a third level pill was extremely strong. It was not something that Ling Xiao could suppress.
Boom!
Once again, there was the shocking sound of the cauldron exploding.
"Xiao Er!" Ling Cang who was on the viewing platform couldn't help but exclaim. Ling Zhan and his wife who were on the periphery also clenched their hands tightly together.
They knew how scary the explosion of the cauldron was. Even a middle level spirit master like Master Yuan would be injured, and Ling Xiao was only a middle level mystic cultivator. Under such a strong explosion, the odds were against him.
They could only place their hopes on the Grand Elder who was in mid-air.
However, the Grand Elder who was in mid-air wasn't very worried about Ling Xiao. He believed that Ling Xiao could use the Vajra Five Transformation Technique to withstand the power of the explosion. Moreover, even if he was worried about Ling Xiao, there was nothing he could do because he had to use his spiritual energy to control the area of the explosion and not let it affect the other disciples of the Ling Clan.
Ling Xiao was sent flying more than ten meters away. He spat out a mouthful of blood. His whole body was tattered like a beggar's.
Everyone thought that Ling Xiao was going to die and felt sorry for Ling Xiao.
However, in the next moment, they saw Ling Xiao bounce up from the ground.
They didn't think that Ling Xiao wouldn't die from the explosion that was comparable to a full power attack from a spirit master. Moreover, he couldn't stand up. This was too hard for them to accept.
They could accept that Yuan Ping was injured by the explosion but didn't die. After all, Master Yuan was a middle level spirit master and a high level mystic cultivator would probably die on the spot. However, Ling Xiao was only a middle level mystic cultivator and was only injured by the explosion. This was too unbelievable.
"Damn it!
I almost died. "Ling Xiao cursed and threw a few more pills into his mouth. Then, he walked towards the cauldron.
They saw that there were two dazzling elixirs where he had placed the medicine cauldron. The fire-attribute spiritual energy was scorching hot, and everyone in the surroundings could feel it.
"Are … are these third level pills?"
"There's no mistaking it. Two fire attribute pills. I … I must wait for them."
"I want them too. I'll fight whoever dares to fight with me."
The fire attribute elders of the Ling Family, as well as some clan leaders and elders of the previous generation, all went crazy as if they were possessed. They all stood up and rushed towards the two pills.
"All of you, sit back down!" The Grand Elder's voice rang out in the air like a large bell. It made the elders and clan leaders who had lost their minds stop and obediently return to their seats.
They had almost forgotten that the Ling Family still had a king level super expert. If they dared to act recklessly, they would probably go to hell in an instant.
Ling Xiao picked up the two pills and felt the warm feeling. He actually had an urge to swallow the pills.
"I actually succeeded. Haha, this young master is now a third level alchemist!" Ling Xiao threw his head back and laughed heartily after storing the pills.
Although he was in a sorry state, no one mocked him. Instead, they all looked at Ling Xiao with burning eyes. It was unknown who was the first to be shocked by Ling Xiao's heroic expression, but they couldn't help but respectfully call out, "Greetings, Grandmaster Ling!"
"Greetings, Grandmaster Ling!"
"Greetings, Grandmaster Ling!"
The patriarchs and elders of the smaller families bowed to Ling Xiao and called out to him.
The rest of the Ling Family's elders also stood up and bowed respectfully.
At this moment, all of the Ling Family's disciples became proud and arrogant. They all bowed to Ling Xiao at the same time.
After a few hundred years, the Ling Family finally had a third level alchemist. This meant that the Ling Family would once again welcome a new peak.