The Immortal Wife Is Like A Cloud

Chapter 235: Disappointment

“Looking at what Bai Xiu and Ye Zhiqiu are doing, they should be refining a batch of medicinal materials and then trying to overcome this level of difficulty.

“But, as expected, they all failed.“

“Why are Master Su and Miss Xuening still continuously refining medicinal materials?”

“Although I’m not an alchemist, I know that refining medicine is a gradual process.“

“You can’t just rush into it without experiencing the difficulty first and then slowly refining the medicinal materials.“

“If you’re always stuck in the refining process, you’ll probably keep failing in the end.”

“Hehe, don’t be too quick to judge these two.”

“Remember how everyone was mocking their Breaking Through Adversity Pill earlier?”

“In the end, I still have strong faith in them.”

“Even if they can’t compare to a genuine fourth-rank alchemist like Ye Zhiqiu, it shouldn’t be too difficult for them to get into the top three.”

“…”

From start to finish, Su Jingzhen and Xuening were the focal points of everyone’s attention.

Even after Bai Xiu and others looked at them after failing once.

Their eyebrows were furrowed even deeper.

The sound of snickering continued to spread, and aside from Su Jingzhen and the others, the remaining nine groups had already failed once.

Many alchemists who had brought assistants began to cooperate and attempt a second try.

“Four Breaking Through Adversity Pills have been refined, and Xuening will soon refine four batches of medicinal materials, which should be enough for a try.”

After Su Jingzhen refined another Breaking Through Adversity Pill, he stopped.

He exited the refining state and looked at Xuening, who was still operating beside him.

At this moment, he looked at the four jade bottles in front of him, and he was very clear that these four Breaking Through Adversity Pills were of superior quality.

While waiting for Xuening, he recalled the state he was in when refining these four Breaking Through Adversity Pills.

He couldn’t help but look at his own hands.

‘It seems I’ve really mastered the control of Breaking Through Adversity Pills.’

‘Is this my Dan Heart?’

Su Jingzhen muttered to himself, still not fully understanding his own state.

‘With my physical body at Golden Embryo level, I can perfectly control second-grade medicinal pills.’

‘I wonder what level of control I’ll have to reach for third-grade or even fourth-grade medicinal pills.’

‘Even if I can’t completely succeed, it shouldn’t be completely ineffective, right?’

Su Jingzhen was muttering to himself when Xuening finally refined the last batch of medicinal materials.

“Brother Su, we have four batches of medicinal materials now. Let’s try fusing them together.”

“With these four batches, we should still be unable to refine the Bodhi Breaking Through Adversity Pill.”

“But at least we should be able to explore something.”

Earlier, everyone was puzzled as to why the two were continuously refining medicinal materials.

It turned out that their preparation for the trial-and-error phase was to start with four batches.

Su Jingzhen nodded: “It’s about time. These four batches are for trial and error, and the remaining ones can be used for the final push.”

“Based on the time it takes to refine each batch of medicinal materials, we’ll probably exhaust them all before sunset.”

“At most, we can refine ten batches of medicinal materials. If we still can’t succeed, then with our abilities, we won’t have another chance to succeed.”

Su Jingzhen calculated their refining speed and said so.

He then moved the Black Mountain furnace directly in front of Xuening.

“Do you need to rest for a bit? If you’re still full of energy, then let’s start directly.”

Su Jingzhen smiled at Xuening, who nodded in response.

Without hesitation, Xuening lightly touched the flame inscription on the Black Mountain furnace, and the fire inside the furnace began to rise.

Then, she took a jade bottle containing a Breaking Through Adversity Pill from in front of Su Jingzhen.

The formula for the Bodhi Breaking Through Adversity Pill was already deeply ingrained in her mind.

All the steps and details recorded on it were extremely clear.

After preparing everything, Xuening’s gaze turned to Su Jingzhen beside her.

“Brother Su, we’ve cooperated in refining medicine many times before. This time, I also need your help in controlling some of the medicinal materials.”

“There are forty-eight types of medicinal materials, and more than ten of them are high-grade. I might not be able to control them alone.”

Although Su Jingzhen had already shown his exceptional skills in the second round of the Alchemist Convention, his true role was only about to begin in the third round.

“Okay!”

Su Jingzhen nodded, and the two of them stood in front of the Black Mountain furnace.

Xuening directly opened the jade bottle, and the perfectly round Breaking Through Adversity Pill appeared in her hand.

After controlling the flame temperature, she didn’t hesitate and directly threw the Breaking Through Adversity Pill into the furnace.

At the same time, she immediately poured in the already refined Cold Frost Grass medicinal liquid from the side.

Cold Frost Grass, an ice-attribute spirit grass, had a rather strong cold energy.

It was perfect for protection.

The perfectly refined Breaking Through Adversity Pill was not affected by the fire in the furnace.

The use of the Cold Frost Grass medicinal liquid was crucial for the entire Bodhi Breaking Through Adversity Pill refining process.

The amount and timing of its use would affect the success or failure of the entire Bodhi Breaking Through Adversity Pill.

As soon as the Cold Frost Grass medicinal liquid entered, it condensed into a layer of icy frost.

Perfectly enveloping the Breaking Through Adversity Pill within.

This layer of frost was not thick, just enough to block the destructive burning of the flames on the Breaking Through Adversity Pill.

It could also allow some of the heat from the flames to reach the Breaking Through Adversity Pill.

So that it wouldn’t be cooled down by the Cold Frost Grass’s icy energy.

Otherwise, if the Breaking Through Adversity Pill were to cool down, the other medicinal material components wouldn’t be able to enter it.

At that time, the refining would also fail.

And at this moment, Xuening’s control over the Cold Frost Grass medicinal liquid was extremely perfect.

Su Jingzhen stood by, ready to assist at any moment. He knew that in the initial stages of refining the Bodhi Breaking Through Adversity Pill, he didn’t need to do anything.

Xuening, with her top-notch third-rank alchemist skills, could control around forty types of medicinal materials.

It was only when the number of medicinal materials exceeded her control that she would need Su Jingzhen’s help.

After the Cold Frost Grass medicinal liquid entered, Xuening’s expression became even more solemn.

Without hesitation, she directly added another medicinal material, the powdered Heavenly Star Sand, into the furnace.

Almost instantly, the powdered Heavenly Star Sand passed through the Cold Frost Grass frost and instantly covered the Breaking Through Adversity Pill with a layer of silver-gray membrane.

It successfully attached to the pill in an instant.

Xuening’s jade-like hands moved swiftly over the prepared bottles and jars on the refining platform.

One by one, the medicinal materials were perfectly added into the furnace.

When Xuening had added ten batches of medicinal materials, the outermost layer of Cold Frost Grass frost, used for protection, dissipated.

With the coverage of ten other medicinal materials, the surrounding flames could no longer harm the innermost Breaking Through Adversity Pill.

“Are they starting to fuse? They’ve actually lasted this long!”

“Bai Xiu failed after adding only five medicinal materials, didn’t he?”

“It seems we underestimated them.”

“It won’t be successful on the first try, will it?”

“This is a fourth-grade medicinal pill, and it seems to be one of the best among fourth-grade pills. Even Ye Zhiqiu, a genuine fourth-grade alchemist, failed.”

“If they succeed, it would truly be unbelievable.”

“…”

At this moment, the cultivators surrounding the refining platform, as well as the numerous onlookers in the back, all had eyes filled with anticipation.

After all, there was the precedent of the superior-quality Breaking Through Adversity Pill from yesterday, and today, it was natural for ordinary cultivators to hope for a miracle to occur.

“Fiss…”

However, just as everyone was filled with anticipation, Xuening’s expression suddenly froze.

A burst of blue smoke suddenly emerged from the Black Mountain furnace in front of her.

Oh no, it seems everyone’s been poisoned by their own expectations!