The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 545: Chapter 545: Self-Destruct Pill Furnace?

“What is he doing? Is he trying to refine pills with three Soul Commanding Pill Flames at once?”

“Isn’t that too insane? This could easily lead to a furnace explosion.”

“Indeed, having more Soul Commanding Pill Flames doesn’t necessarily make pill refining better.”

“Refining pills with three Soul Commanding Pill Flames at the same time requires terrifying control, how is that possible?”

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As the three fire dragons entered the Pill Furnace, they caused an outcry among the crowd. In the eyes of any Pill Refiner, Fang Lin’s behavior seemed absolutely crazy.

Normally, it is most suitable to refine pills with one Soul Commanding Pill Flame. It carries a small risk but has a high success rate.

However, refining pills with two or even three Soul Commanding Pill Flames is an extremely dangerous act.

That’s because each Soul Commanding Pill Flame is different, and they each temper the medicinal herbs at different rates. Using all three flames at once to refine a single pill could potentially result in clashes amongst the flames, leading to a furnace explosion.

Even if there isn’t an explosion, the success rate of the pill would drastically reduce.

Of course, once successfully made, the quality of the pill would be extraordinarily surprising.

At this moment, Fang Lin was confidently using three Soul Commanding Pill Flames to refine the Red Sun Pill. He was certain that controlling the flames would not be a problem.

However, there is still a risk, that is whether the furnace can withstand it or not.

Soul Commanding Pill Flames are domineering, shortening the lifespan of the Pill Furnace, not to mention the simultaneous use of three flames in a single Pill Furnace.

If it were a high-quality Pill Furnace, it might barely hold up, but a regular Pill Furnace like this might not last very long at all.

Yet, another advantage of using three Soul Commanding Pill Flames for pill refining is that it could temper the medicinal properties of the herbs to their utmost limit.

There are many differences between Soul Commanding Pill Flames and regular flames, but what best demonstrates the superiority of Soul Commanding Pill Flames is its capability to temper medicinal properties.

The more the medicinal properties of the ingredients are tempered, the better the quality of the pills.

With regular flames, less than half of the medicinal properties can be tempered and this results in low-quality pills.

However, Soul Commanding Pill Flames can temper more of the medicinal properties, naturally leading to higher quality pills.

What Fang Lin was trying to do was to temper the medicinal properties of the herbs to their extreme. Using the three Soul Commanding Pill Flames simultaneously wouldn’t let any of the medicinal properties fade or get left behind.

The blood on Zhang Wenxuan’s forehead had stopped, and on the Pill Furnace in front of him, the eight bloody characters had gradually dimmed. They got mostly absorbed by the medicinal herbs in the furnance, to enhance the quality of the pill.

Both of them had employed their own techniques. But in comparison, Fang Lin had not relied on any crooked and cunning power. His approach was to optimize the herbs themselves.

As for Zhang Wenxuan, he forcefully increased the medicinal concentration with his own blood essence. No matter how you look at it, his method is inferior to Fang Lin’s.

Of course, until their pills come out from the furnace, it is hard to say whose method is more ingenious.

There are countless ways to refine pills. But in the eyes of a Pill Refiner, as long as it can produce top-quality pills, it’s a good method.

Time passed by slowly. In a blink of an eye, eight hours had passed. Dense white smoke started coming out from the Pill Furnaces in front of both, signaling that the pill refining was nearing its end.

But just at such a moment, they both could not afford to relax. Both Fang Lin and Zhang Wenxuan became more anxious.

Crack!

At that moment, a crack appeared on Fang Lin’s Pill Furnace. Although it was small, flames started to seep out from it.

“Indeed, the three Soul Commanding Pill Flames are too overbearing. The Pill Furnace is starting to fail,” someone murmured in the crowd.

Yet, no one seemed overly worried about Fang Lin. After all, he had previously demonstrated his incredible skill of pill refining without a furnace, leaving everyone astounded.

“This time it will be different. If the Pill Furnace breaks, Fang Lin will have a hard time refining pills without it,” an old Pill Refiner commented with a frown.

“Why?” A younger person asked.

The old Pill Refiner explained, “Although Fang Lin has the skill to reing pills without a furnace, he was using regular flames last time. This time, he uses three Soul Commanding Pill Flames. As dazzling as it is, the use of Soul Commanding Pill Flames in refining requires a highly concentrated mind. Especially when he uses three at once, I reckon Fang Lin might not be able to multi-task and recreate the feat of refining without a furnace.”

“So, he will lose if his Pill Furnace breaks?” The younger Pill Refiner said.

The old Pill Refiner nodded, indicating that once Fang Lin’s Pill Furnace was damaged, he would undoubtedly lose the competition.

“Humph, what’s the use of having three Soul Commanding Pill Flames? With your Pill Furnace destroyed, you won’t be able to refine pills without a furnace like last time!” Qi Sanxuan sneered in his heart. He was eager to see Fang Lin fail.

Mo Ziming looked worried. Although Fang Lin losing wouldn’t have a big impact, he hoped to see him win. After all, the outcome of this competition could affect the extent of Fang Lin’s future prominence within the Pill Alliance.

Fang Lin appeared unaffected, paying no mind to the cracks on his Pill Furnace, focusing solely on controlling the Soul Commanding Pill Flames.

Yet, as time went on, more and more cracks appeared on the furnace and they became more noticeable too.

Anyone could see that time was running out for this Pill Furnace. If anyone would give it a punch now, it would break completely.

Flames started seeping out from the cracks, but Fang Lin forcibly controlled them, preventing them from leaking.

However, this increased Fang Lin’s burden significantly, demanding even greater control.

Just as everyone was holding their breath with trepidation, Fang Lin did something unexpected.

Fang Lin punched the Pill Furnace and it immediately shattered into pieces.

“What?”

“Has he given up on himself?”

“Could he have gone mad?”

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People gasped in astonishment. At this crucial stage, Fang Lin destroyed his own furnace. Had he decided to quit?

“Sigh!” Chen Yongnian and others sighed. Fang Lin had finally lost his patience, the outcome of this competition was about to be determined.

The Co-King and others were taken by surprise, not foreseeing this outcome.

“Humph, I knew Fang Lin was bound to lose!” Gongsun Cheng sneered.

Dream Falling Flower had a puzzled look in her eyes and didn’t make any hasty comments.

On the other side, Zhang Wenxuan was initially stunned upon seeing Fang Lin destroy his furnace. But quickly, he burst into laughter.

“This is ridiculous! He destroyed his own furnace! Hahaha!” Zhang Wenxuan laughed wildly. However, before he could even finish laughing, his expression froze.