Reborn Divine Doctor: The Abandoned Girl's Legend

Chapter 879: Chapter 748: Let’s All Play With Fire

This meal greatly improved Ye Lingyue’s appetite, needless to say.

She was well aware that after tonight, a brutal competition at the World’s First Refining awaited.

In contrast, Sifang City Lord was frustrated, unable to swallow a single bite.

Empty, the warehouse is empty!!

Yet he couldn’t find concrete evidence to prove Hei Family siblings had raided it.

It was similar to earlier when Sifang City Lord used the Mirror Flower Water Moon Array to see Ye Lingyue and Feng Xun enter his Desert Garden but couldn’t prove the Moonflower was stolen by them.

Encountering such incidents twice, Sifang City Lord suffered a dumb loss, his frustration could be imagined.

After nightfall, Ye Lingyue and fifty contestants including Long Baobao entered the Sifang City Lord’s forging field.

This is a large forging field that could accommodate a hundred people forging at the same time, inside were set up hundreds of artifact cauldrons.

The entire forging field was structured in a ”hui” shape.

In the outermost part of the forging field, spectator seats were set up, filled with merchants and viewers from various sects and noble families.

Ye Lingyue noticed Hong Mingyue among them, alongside a middle-aged man with refined features, bearing some resemblance to Luo Song, presumably his father, Three-Life Valley Master Luo Sansheng.

In the center of the forging field, stood a raised stage with four seats.

Positioned between the spectator seats and the elevated stage was the actual forging field.

The long unseen Sifang City Lord appeared before everyone, flanked by the Four Great Ambassadors.

The Sifang City Lord looked slightly pale, his gaze lingered on Ye Lingyue and Long Baobao for a moment, seemingly trying to find any trace of guilt, yet both Ye Lingyue and Long Baobao appeared calm.

This time the World’s First Refining truly brought great losses; with the Desert Garden razed to the ground and his warehouse raided, Sifang City Lord lamented internally, wondering what bad luck he had struck.

Sifang City Lord’s frustrated and depressed demeanor almost caused Ye Lingyue to burst out laughing.

However, Ye Lingyue’s delight was short-lived as soon after, the Sifang City Lord stepped onto the high platform, announcing to all spectators and contestants the differences in this year’s World’s First Refining, with three judges invited for the event.

As the three representatives of the Three Sects ascended the platform, Ye Lingyue immediately recognized Zitang Su leading them.

Zitang Su was clad in his usual purple robe, followed by Monk Nan Jiu and Yue Mei of the Yaochi Immortal Pavilion.

Their expressions varied greatly.

Zitang Su was handsome, his eyes raised slightly at the corners, his dark eyes deep yet unperturbed.

As he passed by Ye Lingyue, he barely glanced at her, as if he truly did not remember her.

Ye Lingyue saw this and breathed a sigh of relief, confirming rumors of Zitang Su’s memory loss were true.

Monk Nan Jiu squinted with drunken eyes, a wine gourd hung at his waist, from which the Wine God Worm treasure poked its head out curiously observing its surroundings.

Upon seeing Ye Lingyue, Monk Nan Jiu smiled warmly.

As for Yue Mei, her complexion was poor, and as she passed Ye Lingyue, she couldn’t help but glare at her viciously.

After Little Qiu Tian released Yue Mei, she discovered the Martial Arts Stone Carving of the Han Yue Sword had disappeared.

Martial Arts Stone Carving was bestowed upon Yue Mei by her master, Yaochi Pavilion Master. If lost, Yue Mei would be severely punished. If it weren’t for the numerous eyes present, Yue Mei might have lashed out, demanding answers from Ye Lingyue.

”Please take your seats, the World’s First Refining is about to commence.”

Sifang City Lord made a gesture of invitation, the three principal seats set on the elevated platform were prepared for the three representatives, with one central seat and one each on the left and right.

The high platform’s position was optimal, enabling a clear view of the forging process within the entire field.

Ye Lingyue noted Zitang Su and Sifang City Lord occupied the central seats, while Monk Nan Jiu and Yue Mei took the other two.

Surprisingly, despite his youth, Zitang Su’s rank seemed higher than Monk Nan Jiu, intriguing Ye Lingyue about Zitang Su’s identity.

Once the representatives of the Three Sects and Sifang City Lord were seated, Sifang City Lord announced the rules for the World’s First Refining.

”This final selection round lasts for thirty-six hours, namely three days and nights. Each contestant’s crafted spiritual artifact will be judged by three judges to crown the first place. Each contestant may choose their respective artifact cauldron according to their ranking on the Sifang Ranking.” Once Sifang City Lord concluded his speech, contestants eagerly advanced towards their artifact cauldrons.

Inside the forging field, cauldrons were arranged in rows of five and columns of ten.

Ranked third on the Sifang Ranking, Ye Lingyue’s artifact cauldron was Number Three Tripod.

Long Baobao took Number One Tripod; Long Sixuan’s Number Two Tripod was placed between Ye Lingyue and Long Baobao.

Not far behind Ye Lingyue was Mu Wu from Mu Family, with Mu Wu’s left side taken by Lie Xuyang of Fiery Sun Sect; other contestants also found their respective artifact cauldrons.

During the formal competition, assistants were not allowed, so Feng Xun and Little Wuya could only watch from the spectator seats, unable to enter the forging field.

Ye Lingyue and Long Baobao stood before their assigned artifact cauldrons.

”The competition begins.”

With a shout, almost simultaneously, contestants lit their respective crafting fires.

Instantly, the forging field sparkled, various fire seeds resembling numerous stars, in different colors, illuminating the entire field.

Ye Lingyue was relatively new to Mutant Fire, only recalling Long Baobao’s explanation.

Advanced Alchemists, after cultivating their spiritual power to a certain extent, could use it to condense fire.

This fire was the Lifebound Fire, ranging from low to high, categorized into white, blue, green, red, purple, and black.

Artifacts refined using Lifebound Fire exhibit far superior quality than those refined with Mortal Fire.

At such a high-standard refining competition like the World’s First Refining, Lifebound Fire is the indispensable choice for alchemists.

Thus, the so-called World’s First Refining essentially became a play with fire event.

There exists an unwritten rule within the Alchemist World: low-level alchemists rely on spiritual power, while advanced alchemists depend on fire seeds.

Unlike the alchemists Ye Lingyue encountered earlier at Daxia Alchemist Tower, the ones who arrived in Sifang City were top-tier alchemists, who, more or less like Long Baobao, had spiritual power condensed into fires of fine quality.

Even Mu Shuang among the Mu Family siblings had no exception, as a charming blue fire arose between her fair jade-like hands.

Her brother Mu Wu’s Lifebound Fire was bluish green, resembling earlier seen blue-blue fire of Long Baobao.

Lie Xuyang of Fiery Sun Sect conjured pure green fire on his palm.

Lie Xuyang’s green fire appeared to be the finest among all present alchemists.

At this moment, sudden cheers erupted from the audience.

”What is that?”