Immortality begins with Becoming an Alchemy Grandmaster

Chapter 820: Chapter 338: Shocking the Audience, A Sensation Among the Crowds (Asking for Monthly Passes)

Atop the high platform.

Luo Chen, using the Nurturing Origin Hand skill he had mastered only to the proficient level, was processing the Guiyuan Cicada Shell at an extremely slow pace.

The speed was very, very slow!

He was as careful as if he were afraid of destroying this Second Order material.

Under the control of the Nurturing Origin Hand, wisps of Yuan Qi began to peel away from all around the cicada shell, then slowly converged towards its central abdomen area.

As it lost its Yuan Qi, the originally shiny golden exterior of the Guiyuan Cicada Shell gradually became dustily gray.

While performing the Dao of Alchemy with the Nurturing Origin Hand, Luo Chen was confirming his thoughts.

“If I were to rely on intuition to solve this Second Order Demon Beast material, the method I first thought of would be the one. Use Red Flame Ganoderma as a base to burn away the Poison of Zhan Star, supplement it with Extremely Cold Jade Smoke, then neutralize it with Sky Blue Aloe. The resulting Spirit Liquid would be equivalent to the two auxiliary materials needed for processing the Guiyuan Cicada Shell.”

“But this is merely a trick, a semblance of the truth!”

“The resulting neutralizing Spirit Liquid might achieve the desired results, but it definitely won’t achieve crystal-clear perfection.”

“Those well-versed in medicinal properties would inevitably avoid this erroneous intuition!”

“Dan Yangzi’s sequence of adding ingredients demonstrates that he also discovered this trap. Therefore, he chose the second path, which is also the most reliable one.”

“Add Red Flame Ganoderma and Sky Blue Aloe first, employing the most common principle of combining water and fire in the Dao of Alchemy to create a more mild environment for the volatilization of medicinal properties.”

“However, in my deduction, while this method is reliable, it sacrifices speed!”

“The actual method of processing, which is also the best method, should be the one I’m using!”

With a thought.

Luo Chen directly took out a piece of Blue Smoke Jade.

He didn’t concern himself with the Guiyuan Cicada Shell that had now turned dustily gray and appeared to be ruined.

Instead, he executed the Breaking Jade Hand skill at finalization level, extracting a wisp of faint blue smoke from the jade in just a few moments.

This was because Luo Chen had been standing still until now,

making him the only anomaly among the nine competitors.

Therefore, as he began to move, many eyes were fixed on him.

Whether the initial choice to process the Guiyuan Cicada Shell was right or wrong was set aside.

Just the act of processing the Blue Smoke Jade alone was performed in full view of everyone.

The Breaking Jade Hand, devoid of any hint of ungainliness, was so skilled, so natural, so graceful.

It was as if he wasn’t extracting a wisp of blue smoke from the jade,

but rather that a wisp of misty cloud naturally formed under the gentle sunlight.

“Gulp!”

Someone, somewhere, swallowed their saliva unconsciously.

Many Qingdan Valley disciples stared blankly at those slender fingers.

Such perfect hands!

Such flawless pill technique!

In the distance.

On the Tao Family’s high platform.

Tao Daonan and his grandson Tao Yichen looked at each other.

“What level has this Breaking Jade Hand skill reached?”

Proficiency?

Perfection?

Peak Mastery?

As a Second Order Pill Refiner with some talent, Tao Yichen said in shock: “This is nothing short of miraculous. I’ve only seen the Elder of Tai Dan Court, Elder Xingyun, perform such maneuvers on the rare occasions he lectures.”

Elder Xingyun!

He’s one of the heads of the three courts of the Tai Dan Court!

In the entire Qingdan Valley, he is a Pill Refinement Grandmaster second only to Qing Danzi, with Basic Alchemy Art that has reached perfection.

One-third of the Qingdan Valley’s elixirs are from her hand.

Can this second-tier Pill Refiner Luo Chen possibly have such profound skill?

Not only were the grandfather and grandson shocked, other Foundation Establishment True Cultivators with some understanding of pill techniques were also amazed by his move.

Only Tao Yisheng, though pleased, acted unsurprised.

“Hmpf, what’s so impressive about that!”

“Brother Luo’s pill technique has merely shown the tip of the iceberg!”

Tao Wen glanced at Tao Yisheng, who seemed sober among the inebriated and didn’t reprimand him as she might have before.

Instead, she felt a huge sense of relief.

If Luo Chen’s other alchemy techniques were just as impressive.

No, even if they were only half as proficient.

Even if he didn’t completely succeed with the Guiyuan Cicada Shell, he would have enough time to process the other four ingredients.

In this way, ranking in the top five or even top three, based on time and the quality of the finished product, wouldn’t be too much of an issue.

However, on second thought, she felt somewhat wronged.

“If he’s so impressive, why didn’t he start from the easiest and secure an advantage?”

…

All the commotion, discussions, and psychological activities of the crowd outside had nothing to do with Luo Chen.

He was methodically processing the ingredients within the Glass Sky Mini Tripod.

The Blue Smoke Jade was done.

A wisp of smoke from the jade wrapped around the dustily gray Guiyuan Cicada Shell.

Only at this point did Luo Chen slightly relax.

“What easy to difficult? The question posed this time is clearly from difficult to easy!”

“If the most troublesome ingredient isn’t processed first, the difficulty will only increase exponentially later!”

“The one who set this question is really quite cunning.”

As he muttered, he beckoned the Red Flame Ganoderma with his hand.

Just like Dan Yangzi had initially done, he processed it with the Cloud Transformation Hand.

A fire cloud, condensed from the power of the herb, slowly took shape.

Then, it became fierce and unruly under the roasting of the Earth Fire.

At this moment, Luo Chen multitasked, peeling the tough exterior of the Sky Blue Aloe one layer at a time, much like unspooling silk, with the Washing Brook Hand.

Afterward, he didn’t release all of its medicinal power at once.

Instead, he released it bit by bit.

The two ingredients that should have combined the principles of water and fire now produced a strong fire and weak water due to Luo Chen’s separated release.

It was as if the fire was provoked.

The fire grew stronger and stronger!

The massive fire cloud continuously roasted the Guiyuan Cicada Shell inside the Glass Sky Mini Tripod, which was wrapped in the jade smoke.

The shell, previously dustily gray, slowly turned pitch black.