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180: This is an exceptionally fine mind-clearing elixir!On one side were five perfectly round Medicinal Pills, and on the other side was a Pill Furnace that had just exploded, leaving a mess.

The stronger and weaker was clear at a glance.

”Hahaha, what does your Miaoling Pavilion have to compare with my Daling Pavilion? This kid, he’s still refining heart-clearing pills?”

Li Duoduo mocked, her heart filled with satisfaction.

Qin Yue and Yun Momo’s expressions turned ugly, their emotions plummeting from their peak. The repeated ups and downs made it difficult for them to remain calm.

Even Qin Yue, who had mentally prepared herself, felt a sudden difficulty in breathing.

Losing in such a dramatic fashion in this kind of setting would undoubtedly add insult to injury for the already precarious Miaoling Pavilion.

Yun Momo’s tears finally fell, and she looked at Lin Jingyu with great concern.

She asked softly:

”Sister Yue, is Brother Jingyu going to lose?”

As an Alchemist, how could she not see it?

Even with such a promising sign of pill formation earlier, it still failed.

What chance did he have to win against Liu Lili, who had successfully refined five Medicinal Pills?

For her, winning or losing wasn’t important.

But she was worried that the gossip and rumors after his failure would affect Lin Jingyu.

The judges also shook their heads regretfully.

Shui Sheng sighed. Although she found the technique strange, the explosion of the Pill Furnace was a fact. It seemed he had failed after all.

But Vice President Gu Yue’s eyes grew even brighter.

Even the final explosion, which indicated a problem, still showed that this young man was extraordinary and definitely possessed an extremely strong, systematic Legacy.

Now everyone was convinced that Lin Jingyu had completely failed and was ready to laugh at Miaoling Pavilion.

The grand Miaoling Pavilion had actually fallen to such a state.

In the square, the black smoke that enveloped Lin Jingyu after the Pill Furnace explosion finally dispersed slowly.

Revealing Lin Jingyu inside... completely unharmed, not even a wrinkle on his clothes. He merely frowned slightly, looking down at the situation inside the furnace.

There was no loser’s dejection on his face; instead, there was a hint of... contemplation and enlightenment?

”Eh? He seems fine?”

”He doesn’t... look like he was injured by a Pill Furnace explosion, does he?”

”Isn’t this normal? The power of a Pill Furnace explosion isn’t that great.”

”He probably ran fast enough, haha...”

Under everyone’s puzzled gazes, Lin Jingyu looked up, a look of sudden realization and slight embarrassment on his face. He muttered to himself, but his voice was just loud enough for those in the front row to hear:

”Oh... so that’s it. At the final stage of pill formation, a kind of volatile spiritual power is generated. I hadn’t anticipated that.

That’s why I couldn’t control it and the furnace exploded... Fortunately, this Pill Furnace is of good quality and didn’t suffer any damage...”

Everyone: ”???”

What does he mean? He’s so calm after a Pill Furnace explosion? And he’s even analyzing the reason? Listening to his tone... it sounds like just a minor mistake?

For a moment, his image in everyone’s eyes was greatly diminished.

A Pill Furnace explosion was a huge problem, akin to touching a dragon’s reverse scale.

It would greatly damage the Pill Furnace.

Seeing Lin Jingyu so calm, many Alchemists became annoyed.

”An explosion is an explosion. This is a matter of principle. He’s not admitting his mistake and is still arguing here.”

”Why is he being so stubborn, even finding fault! He’s truly useless.”

”Useless, idiot, both foolish and stupid.”

Facing the surging accusations, Lin Jingyu remained calm and unmoved.

Li Duoduo shrieked, ”You’re still being stubborn even when death is near! An explosion is an explosion! Useless! Hurry up and kneel to admit defeat!”

Lin Jingyu ignored her completely. This was just him eliminating a small technical glitch.

He deftly cleaned out the layer of charred residue inside the furnace, tidying the Pill Furnace.

The situation inside was not seen by the crowd.

It was nothing like the typical post-explosion mess of waste slag!

There was only a layer of char on the solid formed by the Medicinal Pills.

The other areas were relatively clean.

Because at the moment of the explosion, he used powerful Mental Energy to compress and guide it, greatly reducing the force of the blast.

Only thick black smoke billowed out.

Then, under everyone’s ghost-like stares, he reignited the furnace fire.

His movements were even more fluid and confident than before.

”He... he’s going to continue refining?”

”Not only did he waste one set of Materials, but is he going to waste all the Materials?”

”What exactly does he want to do?”

”I’m really speechless. Is it because it’s not his own Materials that he doesn’t feel bad?”

Some scoffed, some were angry, and some waved their arms wildly.

Only a very small number of people, looking at Lin Jingyu, inexplicably felt that this young man could create a miracle.

Lin Jingyu’s hands once again transformed into afterimages, and various incantations, like fireworks, were struck into the Pill Furnace.

The furnace fire, under his control, seemed to possess life, sometimes like the scorching sun in the sky, sometimes like the flowing moonlight.

That concentrated essence of medicinal power rapidly spun, purified, and condensed within the furnace... A refreshing pill fragrance, almost tangible, spread out, instantly overpowering the previous burnt smell and filling the entire square.

Everyone who smelled this pill fragrance felt their spirits lift, and their minds became a few degrees calmer.

”This... this pill fragrance!”

”It’s more than ten times purer and richer than the aroma when Liu Lili’s pills formed!”

”Oh my god! What is he refining?”

”Here it comes, here it comes again! Wasn’t it like this just now? Only the pill fragrance, but no way to form a pill!”

”Just wait and see, it’s going to explode soon.”

In the judges’ seating area, everyone craned their necks, their eyes wider than brass bells, their faces filled with extreme shock and disbelief.

Elder Gu Yue’s voice trembled: ”The medicinal fragrance is concentrated and doesn’t dissipate, it’s soul-stirring! This... this is a sign that a Supreme-grade Pure Heart Pill is about to form! He... he’s actually refining a Supreme-grade Pure Heart Pill?”

A Supreme-grade Pure Heart Pill!

Even though he had refined thousands of heart-clearing pills, it was still difficult for him to refine one. It only happened with a very small chance under fortunate Opportunities.

Under the focus of countless shocked gazes, Lin Jingyu’s Pill Furnace emitted clear, resonant hums, and its body shimmered with flowing light.

Streaks of visible spiritual light continuously danced.

He suddenly slapped the furnace body and let out a low shout: ”Condense!”

The furnace lid shot into the sky!

In an instant, dozens of rays of colorful light flew out, like the rosy clouds from the Nine Heavens.

Then they re-entered the Pill Furnace.

Immediately after, a large amount of mist rose, and amidst the white mist.

Five Medicinal Pills, the size of longans, slowly flew out.

Under Lin Jingyu’s pill-controlling technique, they flew towards the jade box in his hand.

Among them, four Medicinal Pills were relatively ordinary.

One of them, however, was perfectly round and flawless, crystal clear like white jade, with mysterious cloud patterns on its surface, emitting a faint glow. It seemed to possess sentience, bouncing up and down.

Moreover, the rich pill fragrance instantly erupted from the Medicinal Pill, sweeping across the entire venue.

The entire square fell into a deathly silence.

So quiet that a needle drop could be heard!