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Chapter 132 - Alchemy Competition 20
🕑 Added 2024-10-01 07:01:01 +0000 UTCIn the room made by the formation, Anda inspected the surroundings using her spiritual sense and confirmed that it was indeed blocked.
She then focused her sight on the ten sets of ingredients that appeared in the room.
"Windroot, Skyward Feather Grass, Lightning Orchid, Whispering Breeze Leaf, Sphinx Powder, Stardust Dew, and Crystallized Zephyr Bead." She identified the ingredients one by one.
They were all easily found ingredients except for the Crystallized Zephyr Bead. It is a tiny bead that contains wind-elemental Qi formed in areas with prolonged strong wind currents. It was the core ingredient for many alchemy products.
Anda immediately guessed that this Crystallized Zephyr Bead was also the key ingredient for the alchemy product that Elder Godari created.
Although it was slightly harder to find, once they found it, it was enough to supply the entire continent for years. So the Alchemy Association was not worried about running out of them anytime soon.
Before she started making the product that Elder Godari created, Anda decided to make a known tier-2 product first as a fail-safe.
Tempest Surge Elixir would enable the user to have enhanced control over wind elemental Qi, allowing for stronger wind-based martial skills for an hour. The product uses four of the seven ingredients here.
If, for some reason, she failed to make Elder Godari's product later, she could at least present the Tempest Surge Elixir and get a few points.
It wasn't just Anda who thought like this. Most of the contestants also had the same idea and started making their fail-safe products.
Seeing this, Elder Godari nodded. One shouldn't just rush through things without any backup plan, even in alchemy.
He looked around the Grand Stadium and saw half of the audience leaving the place. It was five days round, after all. They would enjoy that time in the city first and come back before the round end.
As for Leyvi, he decided to stay in the Grand Stadium to watch Anda.
"Alright, we have five days. I'm going to stay here, but all of you are free to leave for now. Those who are in the Qi Refinement realm go back and sleep first. Make sure to come back before the round ends, okay?" Leyvi instructed the Leyan Family members.
Tal, Tasya, Bana, Sayu, Fifi, and Nikita were still in the Qi Refinement realm. Although they could go without sleep longer than normal people, the competition had been going on for days, so they might need some sleep.
Leyvi and Selene were the only ones left in the Leyan Family area in the end. Leyvi was somewhat surprised that Nala didn't stay here and tried to seduce him.
This horny girl is quite sensible. Leyvi thought.
Nala had also gone back to the homestay. She brought back Leyvi's spirit beasts to train them. Although cheering for Anda was fun, she herself didn't have much interest in alchemy, so the next five days would be boring.
Her big madam was doing her best to win the competition. It would be rude for her to seduce Leyvi actively during this time. A horny lady like her still has moral codes, okay?
A few hours later, Anda finished making the Tempest Surge Elixir, and as usual, all of them were top-grade quality. She put them aside and began preparing for the alchemy product that Elder Godari created.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
As time passed, Leyvi noticed that more and more explosions occurred on the stage. It was the result of the contestants failing in their alchemy. The explosions were caused by a failure in the mixing step.
It was strong enough to injure a normal person, but not a cultivator. The minor explosions wouldn't even be able to damage the cauldron in the slightest.
However, this was only true for lower-level alchemy. At a much higher level of alchemy, the essence and energy involved were much more overwhelming. If explosions were to occur, the damage would be terrifying.
"So this is reactive mixing that Elder Godari said. The explosions are quite pretty to look at. Hahaha!" Leyvi laughed as he commented.
The previous round only involved non-reactive mixing, so even if they failed, no explosion would occur. However, this round was different because the ingredients were reactive to each other.
"The explosion was nothing much. The annoying part was the cleanup. If it wasn't cleaned properly, the remnant essences from the explosion could affect the next round of alchemy. This is why alchemists try to avoid explosion, if possible." Selene explained.
Leyvi chuckled. "Unfortunately for them, there would be continuous explosions throughout this round. Look, a panda appeared! Anda has a sibling now. Hahaha!" He pointed at the contestant who just had an explosion to his face.
Selene followed Leyvi's finger and saw a contestant with black eyes due to the black soot from the explosion.
"Pfftt!!! Huhuhu..." Selene laughed because of Leyvi's joke plus the visual, but she controlled her laugh expertly. As a young lady, she couldn't just laugh out loud like Leyvi.
Madam Goldstone had observed Leyvi in the past few days and just as her daughter said, he was indeed a goofy guy. But now she's worried whether he could keep her daughter safe or not. Magnus told her that Leyvi was pretty strong for his level, but she couldn't see it.
At this moment, Elder Godari, who was watching over the contestants leisurely from his chair, stood up in shock!
What? How did she figure out the mixing ratio on the first try? This doesn't make sense! This level of intuition is terrifying! Does she have a special ability to sense the balance between the essences or something? If she can really do this, there will be so many alchemists who will seek her assistance in the future!
It wasn't just Elder Godari. Many experienced alchemists watching Anda reached the same conclusion. If her ability could be verified, her help would immensely shorten the time and resources of their new alchemy products research.
After all, they were at the level where the ingredients were scarce. They couldn't afford to waste so many of them in experiments trying to figure out the correct ratio.
At this moment, she had just successfully made a bottle of elixir from the seven ingredients. The dim runic patterns coming from the elixir indicated that she only managed to create a low-grade elixir.
Anda held the elixir in her hand and nodded. She expected this to happen, since it was her first try. Now she only had to be more familiar with the process and repeat it until she could make a top-grade elixir.
Anda sighed. She couldn't imagine the dedication of time, effort, knowledge, and resources that the researchers put into figuring out even one new alchemy product.
She recognized that, as of now, she was still not a real alchemist. Without the Alchemy Vision, she was nothing compared to all the contestants here.
However, she had her own pride, too. In the future, no matter how long it takes, she swears that she will become a real alchemist without relying on the Alchemy Vision.
But for now, her husband needed her help so she will abuse the Alchemy Vision to her advantage as much as possible.
"This girl actually succeeded on her first try." Elder Godari was amazed. He didn't announce it yet, but he had named his product as the Skyflare Elixir.
"Hahaha! If she really can sense the correct mixing ratio, she will receive many visitors asking for help in the near future. I hope she won't be intimidated by these people and she should charge them a lot of fees. They are rich, after all." He laughed, feeling happy that an alchemist with a unique talent appeared in the alchemy world.
More new and better alchemy products being created mean that the alchemy world is progressing even further. He hoped that in his lifetime, the current alchemy world would reach the level of alchemy that the Ancient Civilization once had.
What he hated the most was stagnation. Ironically, his cultivation was in the middle of stagnation, so would always sigh every time it crossed his mind.
2 days later, Anda had finally mastered the process of making the Skyflare Elixir and produced one with top-grade quality.
Although she was done, she didn't stop. She requested more ingredients so she could experiment with the ingredients. After all, they were free to use. It would be stupid not to take advantage of this. Not to mention, there were around three days left.
Sometime later, after over two days, Anda became the last person to have an alchemy explosion in this round.
"Wow, it really is tough doing this without the help of Alchemy Vision," Anda said to herself.
"Look, Anda had an explosion! Why suddenly, though? She was perfectly fine for two days." Leyvi was confused.
"Sister Anda had finished her alchemy some time ago. Now she's just playing around," Selene explained.
"Oh, is that so? Hahaha! I was distracted." Leyvi said.
Indeed, he found himself distracted. Why? Because the cat woman ghost who was on the cat-shaped chair all this time was now right beside him! The only thing left on that chair was the white cat.
Nobody else seemed to notice her, not even Selene, who was on his other side.
Will this ghost harm me? What did she want from me? She had been sitting here for hours doing nothing except smiling at me. Leyvi felt troubled.
