Chapter 1237: The Alchemy Final Round
The spectators’ cheers became even more boisterous.
The participants instantly took out their ingredients from their storage rings and put them inside their cauldrons. Flames erupted beneath each participant’s cauldron as they heated them.
However, two figures displayed flames unlike those of the other participants, causing amazement across the stadium.
At Derek’s location, his cauldron was heated by a blue flame whose heat could be felt even by the spectators. At Gu Shuyuan’s place, her cauldron was heated by a white flame.
"They finally go all out! They’re using their special flames to heat their cauldrons," one of the spectators said.
"The Southern Abyss Flame used by Young Master Derek is much more powerful and much more suited for concocting pills than the White Northern Peak Flame used by Gu Shuyuan."
"Idiot, what do you know about flames and pill concocting? Although Gu Shuyuan’s flame is much weaker in power, its properties allow her to raise the grade of certain pills she creates. With that flame, even creating an unblemished pill is not impossible."
"Still, she will be at a disadvantage..."
The discussion among the spectators grew heated as they watched the participants become more serious with their concocting process.
With precise control, Derek’s blue flame heated the cauldron according to his desired temperature while simultaneously processing the ingredients inside.
He glanced at Gu Shuyuan, who was concentrating on controlling her white flame that was no less hot than his own. Seeing the ingredients she had prepared, he knew that she would maximize her flame’s properties to create higher-grade pills.
He smirked and continued focusing on his own cauldron.
Aldrian, who was still watching the tournament, nodded in appreciation. Besides their control and technique, their flames were also unique, something that not everyone could obtain.
The two flames they possessed were quite rare in the Nine Heavens and were the kind of flames perfectly suited for pill concoction.
Many alchemists dreamed of obtaining such flames to aid their pill concoction process. With these flames, the chances of creating unblemished pills increased.
’The Alchemy Tower and the Gu Family must have nurtured them greatly. They spared nothing in providing them with the best resources,’ Aldrian thought.
As the hours passed, one of the participants, a man wearing a white robe, finished his concoction and instantly opened the lid of his cauldron.
The moment he opened it, the pill fragrance spread throughout the arena and even reached the spectators seated at the front. The man took out the two pills from the cauldron and raised them high, showing that he had completed his concoction.
"This fragrance, that man from the Celestial Spring Sect has created Three Laws Pills! And he even managed to create two of them, and both of them are normal grade. Amazing," one of the spectators said as they watched several judges approach the man’s side to assess the pills he had created.
The judges were obviously alchemists, and they came from various backgrounds. All of them were quite famous in the Eastern Region, with every one of them being an Immortal Saint cultivator.
After a few moments of inspection, the judges nodded and returned to their places to observe the other participants.
As time passed, the other participants started to finish one by one. The judges assessed their pills for a few moments without saying anything before returning to their places. The spectators did not find this strange, as this was how the judges operated. The results would be announced later after all the participants had completed their creations.
Time continued to pass, and only Derek and Gu Shuyuan remained.
Seeing that they were still not finished and the variety of ingredients they had used, many people wondered what kind of pills they were creating.
However, experienced alchemists could already deduce what kind of pills the two were attempting to make, and it surprised them. They had to admit that these two geniuses were truly challenging their limits.
After a few moments, the heat of Derek’s flame suddenly intensified. Soon after, the aura of heaven descended, astonishing the spectators. Although it was already night, they could see dark clouds gathering above the stadium, covering countless stars.
Rumble! Rumble!
The booming thunder roared across the sky, shocking many people.
"This is heaven’s reaction, a heavenly tribulation! Wait, is this tribulation for a pill?" The spectators looked at the sky in awe.
"This... this tribulation is for Derek! His pill has attracted a heavenly tribulation! What kind of pill has he created?"
Aldrian, who also witnessed the scene, understood that a pill tribulation would be triggered if a pill concocted by an alchemist surpassed certain boundaries set by the heavens.
What were those boundaries?
It could be the pill the alchemist created. If the effects of a pill were significant enough for the heavens to consider it worthy of a test, then a heavenly tribulation would descend.
It could also happen when an alchemist concocted a pill with six stripes, a pill recorded in ancient texts as a transcendent-grade pill. Those were pills that Aldrian could consistently create thanks to his golden energy.
The only reason his pills did not experience tribulation was because he was an exception. The heavens exempted his pills from tribulation because if his pills received tribulation, then every time he made pills, even the simplest ones, a tribulation would always descend.
It was much different from when he created artifacts. Aldrian could adjust what kind or grade of artifact he wanted to create.
However, the moment he concocted pills, every pill he created would end up as a transcendent-grade pill if it was touched by his golden energy.
Flashes of lightning appeared among the clouds, unleashing power that made even Immortal Warriors shudder. The officials in the stadium had already prepared for the incoming tribulation as they raised a barrier to protect the spectators.
After a few moments of buildup, the tribulation finally descended and struck Derek’s cauldron. He had already taken some distance away, as at this stage he could only watch while his pill was baptized by heavenly lightning.
He could only watch and hope that his pill would successfully withstand the heavenly lightning.
However, he was confident that his pill would succeed. With this pill, he would maintain his position as champion.
A pill tribulation had at least three heavenly strikes, depending on the type of pill the alchemist created and its quality. The more heavenly strikes that descended, the more extraordinary the pill that had been created.
The spectators continued watching the tribulation. After the third heavenly strike descended, the dark clouds slowly dissipated.
Derek instantly dashed toward his cauldron and slapped its lid open. He immediately took out a pill, and its fragrance instantly spread throughout the stadium. The pill in his hand distorted the surrounding space, astonishing everyone who saw it.
"That... that pill is exuding strong Fire, Space, and Lightning Laws. What pill is that? And the pill quality, it’s actually an excellent-grade four-stripe pill!" one of the spectators exclaimed in astonishment.
"That is the Three Layer Spatial Pill. A pill that grants anyone who consumes it comprehension of three laws. The alchemist can choose one additional law depending on the ingredients used, while the Space Law and Lightning Law come from the pill’s main ingredients and the residue left behind by the tribulation," said one of the spectators, an alchemist who was knowledgeable about such pills.
"This is something that even low immortal overlord cultivators would fight to the death to obtain. Even middle Immortal overlord cultivators can consume it and still gain benefits from it. Moreover, with its excellent quality, the pill’s effectiveness will reach between sixty and eighty percent."
The others widened their eyes in amazement before looking at the pill in Derek’s hand once more. To think that he could create a pill that even low Immortal Saint cultivators could benefit from. It was truly mind-blowing.
"It looks like he will maintain his position as champion this time."
That was also what many people in the stadium were thinking.
Derek, who had successfully created the pill, looked at it with a satisfied smile. The judges who came to inspect it also nodded in approval before returning to their places.
He glanced at Gu Shuyuan.
"I’m still the best alchemist in the Eastern Region," he thought.
However, he suddenly froze when he sensed a heavenly aura descending from the sky. He immediately lifted his head and looked upward. His eyes widened in surprise as he recognized the sign.
The others also looked at the sky, and their hearts trembled. This was the sign of another heavenly tribulation.
Gu Shuyuan’s pill had also attracted a pill tribulation!
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