The Path to Immortality

Fang Ping followed the routine and maintained the refining of the elixir. He even had some spare energy to use his spiritual sense to secretly detect other alchemists on the field.

After a round of observation, the situation was still optimistic.

Among the alchemists present, there were quite a few who could steadily refine first-grade high-quality elixirs.

But in such an unfamiliar occasion, using an unfamiliar alchemy furnace and fire control formation, competing with each other, and limiting the number of times, this was a bit difficult.

At this moment, many cultivators had to force themselves to refine high-level elixirs because of their insufficient strength, or accidentally made mistakes, resulting in failure in refining. They were cleaning the alchemy furnace in frustration and preparing to start the second or even third attempt.

The number of alchemists who could really succeed in refining a first-grade high-quality elixir in one furnace would not exceed 10% in the venue.

"Two chances, one furnace of foundation-building pills and one furnace of Yuhua pills. If nothing unexpected happens, the top ten should be almost certain."

"If I'm lucky, I should be able to move up a little bit."

Combined with his outstanding performance in the first round of competition, Fang Ping felt more confident. He refocused his attention on the Yuhua pill in front of him.

As time went by, the pill furnace in front of Fang Ping emitted a stronger and stronger pill fragrance. The nearby alchemists could guess that he was about to succeed just by the pill fragrance.

After a while, Fang Ping stopped the scorching sun fire, pinched the magic formula, and opened the furnace cover.

In a flash, he had separated five round Yuhua pills with a cool fragrance!

Looking at the Yuhua pill in his hand, Fang Ping smiled a little.

The Fairy Qingteng on the stage also paid attention to Fang Ping's performance.

Seeing that he had won two battles, Fairy Qingteng was moved and encouraged him by voice transmission: "Fellow Daoist Liu's level is the best among the first-level alchemists this time. You should keep up the good work in the subsequent refining! If you perform well, the Six Phases Alliance will not hesitate to reward you!"

The sudden voice transmission surprised Fang Ping a little.

Unexpectedly, this Golden Pill Ancestor was also paying attention to him.

After paying a salute to the other party and thanking him for the compliment, Fang Ping took a break for a while and inquired about the progress of other alchemists again.

In the first round of the competition, among the three people who advanced to the second round faster than him, the old man with white hair and youthful face and elegant temperament, and the beautiful woman in gorgeous clothes, have also completed the refining of two furnaces of spiritual pills, and their speed is not slower than Fang Ping at all.

What's more terrifying is that the targets chosen by these two people are all first-level high-quality spiritual pills!

The young alchemist with a somewhat indifferent temperament, like Fang Ping, chose a combination of foundation-building pills and two first-level high-quality spiritual pills.

At this moment, the second furnace has entered the final stage.

In addition to these three people, there are two more people in the venue, who are refining the Essence-Transforming Qi Pill, which is slightly less difficult, and are also only one step away from success.

Fang Ping retracted his gaze and thought to himself: "This alchemy meeting is really full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers!"

Fortunately, he never thought about competing for the first place from the beginning, otherwise he would have failed here.

………

There is no change between day and night in the Danyang Secret Realm.

After almost a whole day, with Zhang Longzi's reminder, there is only half an hour left to the end. Whether it is the alchemists who have finished their work or the alchemists who are rushing to catch up with time, they have a rough guess about their final results.

Because several alchemists who made mistakes at the beginning due to nervousness, but performed well later, gradually stood out and showed their true strength, Fang Ping also felt a little pressure again.

During this period, in order to keep his place, he used the remaining three chances to successfully refine a furnace of Zhenyuan Pill.

In fact, Fang Ping had a chance to refine the Zhenyuan Pill on his fourth attempt.

Unfortunately, he was too focused at the time and was used to relying on the Yuan Ding. After a minor, not fatal mistake, his first reaction was not to try to make up for it, but to go back directly.

As a result, he was stunned for a while, and then realized that he was participating in the Alchemy Conference and was using an ordinary alchemy furnace.

As a result, because of this daze, he missed the last chance to make up for it, resulting in failure.

This unexpected failure made Fang Ping completely hopeless of the top three.

However, even so, being able to successfully refine one furnace each of the Foundation Establishment Pill, Yuhua Pill, and Zhenyuan Pill was enough to keep him in the top ten.

After handing in his results, Fang Ping patiently waited for the announcement of the final ranking.

………

As the time for the second round of competition expired.

Ancestor Heyu ignored the last few alchemists who were still finishing up and directly activated the spiritual treasure.

A series of white lights lit up, transmitting the alchemists in the Danyang Secret Realm back to the Xiandan Boat Open Space in the outside world without any explanation.

Although the monks waiting here can get a glimpse of the performance of the alchemists in the Danyang Secret Realm through the water mirror technique provided by the Six Phases Alliance, their perspective is limited after all, and they can only see part of the situation.

At this moment, seeing the alchemists who have passed the second round of competition appear, the monks watching the alchemy meeting suddenly became noisy, guessing and arguing about the final ranking.

After half a century, I wonder who will become famous in this alchemy meeting!

However, the monks outside the venue may still have disputes, but the alchemists present know it well.

The white-haired old man with a refined temperament and calling himself Guhong Laodao, in five attempts, refined two furnaces of Zhenyuan Dan and two furnaces of Yuhua Dan in one go, and only failed once. Regardless of the speed and the quality of the pills, he is the top in the field, and is the well-deserved first in this alchemy meeting.

Fang Ping was a little skeptical. This old man's attainments in alchemy may have reached the second-level level. He just didn't have the confidence to compete with other second-level alchemists, and coveted the quota of registered disciples offered by Tian Chenzi, so he hid his true strength and came to participate in the first-level alchemist competition.

Zhao Wuyu, a young alchemist of the same age as Fang Ping, who had a cold temperament, and the beautiful woman surnamed Tong, who was dressed gorgeously but had a dignified temperament, also performed well overall.

It can be basically confirmed that these two people can be ranked in the top three, but the specific ranking is a little fluctuating.

Without the help of Yuan Ding, Fang Ping is undoubtedly a little short of defeating this true alchemy genius. Fang Ping was mentally prepared for this, and he was not frustrated or dissatisfied.

As for the fourth place, it might be won by a gloomy middle-aged alchemist Wang Xi.

The level of alchemy shown by this person is similar to Fang Ping. But when he was refining the third furnace of elixir, he was lucky enough to refine an elixir with elixir patterns, which was a big plus.

Before the start of this alchemy meeting, this person boasted outside the Danyang Secret Realm, and seemed to be very confident in his own strength, as if he was determined to win the first place. Unexpectedly, it was difficult to even get the top three in the end, and his expression was obviously a bit ugly.

As for the alchemists who ranked lower, the level of alchemy they showed was obviously inferior to the top four and Fang Ping, so Fang Ping was too lazy to pay attention to them.

Finally.

Under the gaze of many alchemists who were either annoyed, excited, or expectant, Fairy Qingteng, Ancestor Heyu and Zhang Longzi appeared again and announced the final ranking.

"... In this alchemy meeting, there are a total of 37 alchemists who passed the two rounds of competition."