The Supreme Dual Cultivation
Eps 152

Chapter 152

"What the hell is going on?"

The disciples in the Lecture Hall looked around with puzzled expressions as Elder Deng brought the second cauldron onto the stage with enough ingredients to make two Advanced Spirit Refresh Pills.

"Are they doing more college today?" ask a student.

"No, I don't know."

A short while later, Elder Deng turned to face the crowd and began to speak, "A few minutes from now there will be a small competition between the esteemed guest and one of us, Core Disciple Qing Shan, who will be in the middle of the day, and you are all welcome to testify about such an event! "

His announcement instantly aroused the excitement of the crowd and made the atmosphere come alive, and many disciples began to appear from all directions to witness this spectacle.

"We can watch senior brother apprentice Qing's concoction pill? It's a very rare sight that I can't miss!"

"Could that guest be that handsome young man earlier? He can also concoct pills?"

"If apprentice-sister Qing's sister has agreed to compete with him, then his ability as an Alchemy Master must be quite incredible!"

"He's not only handsome but also capable .. Ah .. I wonder if he's been taken."

A few minutes later when they finished setting the stage, Su Yang casually walked over and took one of the two cauldrons to sit down. Next to him was a small table that had enough ingredients to make an Advanced Spirit Refresh Pill.

There was no room for error during this competition, because a single accident, even the slightest bit, could easily render the entire pill useless.

Some time later, Qing Shan also appeared on the stage, but he was not wearing normal sect clothes but a robe made specifically for pill concoctions. Since Alchemy Masters usually sweated during the process, a robe that could absorb all the sweat was made.

Before Qing Shan sat down, he looked at Su Yang's relaxed face and spoke, "Don't worry, I'll immediately remove that arrogance from your face."

Su Yang did not answer him and only smiled slightly.

So both Qing Shan and Su Yang sat behind the cauldron and the silent crowd, Elder Deng stood in the middle of the stage and said, "The two on stage would compete with each other with Advanced Spirit Refresh Pills because of their purpose. Whoever achieves the highest quality at the end result will win, and they will have four hours to complete the task. "

"It doesn't matter if one finishes faster than the other – if both are able to complete the pill within the allotted time, I will announce the winner based on the quality of the pill. If one of them burned the material at any time during the process, it would be considered a loss. "

"If neither of them could complete the pill within the allotted time or they burned the ingredients during the match, it would result in a tie."

Elder Deng quickly explained the rules to the crowd.

"Just four hours? Even Elder Li needed five hours to complete the Advanced Spirit Refresh Pill, yet they were only given four hours?" One of the newer disciples said with a surprised expression.

"This is apprentice-brother Qing we are talking about! He had concocted the same pill less than three hours before, let alone four hours! I'm sure Elder Deng added time because of that young man!"

"It's too late to back off now!" Qing Shan said to Su Yang, who looked a little confused by the rules, with a satisfied expression on his face.

"F-Four hours?" Su Yang was indeed somewhat shocked by the rules. He did not think that they would be given a full four hours to concoct an advanced spirit invigorating pill! In his eyes, it was no different from taking an hour to boil an egg!

"I have to sit here for four hours or at least until he's done?" Su Yang started to regret accepting the challenge but for all the wrong reasons.

"Are you both ready?" Elder Deng turned to ask them after announcing the rules.

Qing Shan excitedly nodded while Su Yang nodded while yawning.

"…"

Su Yang, who seemed to have no interest in the event before that even started to irritate Qing Shan further, but because he was going to make an Earth-grade pill, it was because he was going to make an Earth-grade pill, he forced himself to ignore it and clear his mind.

"The hubris! I will definitely wipe it off your face!" He thought to himself before taking the ingredients beside him to check each one.

Even though they were prepared by the Sect themselves and were guaranteed fresh, Qing Shan still decided to examine them himself, because any good Alchemy Master had to be careful even with the simplest things.

There were twenty-eight herbs and medicines needed to concoct an Advanced Spirit Refresh Pill, and it took Qing Shan ten minutes to examine them.

After he made sure that there was no mistake with the ingredients and everything was clean, he proceeded to take half an hour to grind the herbs one by one with the grinder on the other side of himself.

Only the initial steps had been taken for nearly an hour out of the four limited, yet he had not even started concocting pills. However, Qing Shan did not feel worried or rushed, as his movements were slow and elegant, almost like he was performing an artistic performance.

After all the ingredients were pounded into powder, he started to heat the cauldron by making a fire with Profound Qi and controlling it so that the cauldron did not become too hot too fast or too long to heat up.

Controlling a flame was considered the hardest part for Alchemy by almost all of the Alchemy Masters out there, especially during pill making, so people would usually swallow themselves up in controlling the flame and not think about anything else.

Meanwhile, Su Yang just sat there leisurely with his eyes closed, looking almost like he was sleeping. Ever since the competition began, Su Yang closed his eyes and had not moved a single muscle since then.

"This little boy! He was clearly trying to ridicule the two of us by not taking this seriously!"

This furious Elder Deng, who thought he was just playing around and not taking his challenge seriously, was, but she resisted the urge to approach him and decided to wait until everything was done before letting him have a part of his mind.

However, in truth, Su Yang was completely awake, and he was cultivating at that moment. Since he did not want to waste any more time, he decided to use these few hours to cultivate Yin Qi within his Dantian. Even if he did not manage to cultivate all the Yin Qi, he would at least relieve some of the pressure on his body.

" this! He obviously did this just to mock me!"

Su Yang's actions made Qing Shan feel angry because he had never experienced it before. However, despite his anger, he did not directly stop concocting pills to shout at her. Instead, he decided to focus on finishing the pills first. At this point, he no longer considered this as a competition with Su Yang but showed off his skills to his friends.

After the cauldron was hot enough, Qing Shan took out one of the many ingredients that were diarde beside him and threw it into the cauldron before quickly closing the lid and returning to control the fire.

A few minutes later, Qing Shan opened the lid back to throw another ground potion into the cauldron, and he repeated this process for the next two hours.

With his entire body drenched in sweat, Qing Shan focused his entire attention on the cauldron in front of him. He was so fixated on making an Advanced Spirit Refresh Pill that he had already forgotten all about Su Yang and the match. In his mind right now there was nothing but cauldrons and pills slowly forming within it.

"Almost there…"

After a few minutes, Qing Shan's eyes lit up with a deep light, and he slapped the cauldron lid open, causing a puff of dark gray smoke to emerge from the cauldron.

This gray smoke did not mean that Qing Shan had burned his pills. Instead, it meant that he had managed to extract the impurities within the pill.

"So much uncleanness! It should be at least a medium quality pill!" Elder Deng smiled when he saw the gray smoke being released into the sky.

After all the smoke evaporated into the air, Qing Shan opened his palm to catch the pill that left the cauldron itself, almost like it was controlled by an invisible hand.

Qing Shan looked at the white pill with only a small number of gray spots in his hand with a satisfied smile before giving it to Elder Deng to check.

"Quality 90%! It's a high-quality pill!"

When Elder Deng announced the results to the crowd, almost every disciple there shouted in excitement.

"As expected of one of the best Alchemists in our Sect, apprentice-senior brother Qing!"

"He not only concocted an Earth-grade pill in less than four hours, but also produced a high-quality pill!"

Under the cheers of the crowd, Qing Shan turned to look at Su Yang, who was still sitting there with his eyes closed.

However, before he could open his mouth to speak, Su Yang's eyes opened, and in his gaze flickered with a profound light.

"Although I can only cultivate half of my stored Yin Qi, my Cultivation base has soared to the peak of the True Spirit Realm! Once I cultivate the rest, there is no reason why I cannot enter the Earth Spirit World!"

Su Yang then looked at Qing Shan and the pill in Elder Deng's grasp and spoke, "Hm? You finally finished?"

"You-you"

A tinge of anger appeared on Qing Shan's delicate forehead after hearing his casual tone, but before he could say anything, it was not, Su Yang moved his hand and directly threw all twenty-eight of the potions into the cauldron, everyone was stunned there.

"What's he doing? He still thinks he has enough time to concoct pills?"

"absolutely disappointing. I thought he was a genius, but he was a fool."

The disciples expressed their dissatisfaction to him loudly.

However, Su Yang did not stop moving and closed the lid once all the medicinal herbs were inside the cauldron.

He then waved his sleeve, causing a ring of fire to surround the cauldron.

When Qing Shan and Elder Deng saw how relaxed he was at controlling the fire and feeling its perfect temperature, their eyes widened in shock and their jaws slightly loosened, and they stood there frozen like statues made of stone.

But not a moment later, the flames suddenly expanded, engulfing the entire cauldron in flames.

"He's a real idiot! If he used such a strong fire, the materials inside would burn in a matter of seconds!"

"He didn't even grind the potion before throwing it into the cauldron …"

"His life was like someone rushing to finish his work last second after being lazy all day …"

Even a minute later, Su Yang picked up the fire and slapped the cauldron lid. In the next instant, a puff of pitch-black smoke could be seen coming out from the cauldron.

"Haha! Lookie! He really burned it!"

"It's so stupid!"

"No. .. this …"

While the disciples were mocking Su Yang, both Elder Deng and Qing Shan had other thoughts racing in their heads. They could not smell the burning plants, so the black smoke could not have been caused by the burning. However, they had never seen anything like this before, so what did this mean?

"Please," Su Yang casually said to Elder Deng with a smile. "Check that."

"A-Must …"

Elder Deng forcefully swallowed his saliva and slowly approached the cauldron with trembling legs, his heart filled with an ominous feeling.