Cthulhu

Chapter 259 Unpredictable Situation
Stretching out two fingers, Cheng Cheng carefully pinched the black stone from the fire injection hole, it was still hot.If the fire injection hole is blocked by such a stone, the flame will not be able to enter the cauldron at all, instead it will be heated at a high speed in the fire injection hole, and there will be a ghost if the cauldron does not explode.

Unexpectedly, someone would use such a despicable method to plot against him, Cheng Cheng narrowed his eyes, and the murderous aura could not help coming out of his body.Although he didn't intend to be a son-in-law, if someone dared to use such an insidious method to plot against him, he would never turn a blind eye.

He picked up a small stone, looked at the faces of the other nine people for a while, and finally landed on Jian Nantian. His suspicion was the biggest.

Thinking of wandering here by accident last night and meeting that man in black, Cheng Cheng suddenly realized.The man in black must be the one who put the little black stone. At that time, he was not caught. He was wearing night clothes, and he didn't see what he looked like. It was really hard for nine people to find out who wanted to frame him. Own.

The other nine people made alchemy very smoothly, only Cheng Cheng exploded the cauldron, which made him even more puzzled, Lin Sakai's strength is no worse than his own, why didn't his cauldron explode?Could it be that this seemingly kind boy was secretly an insidious person who harmed himself?

After thinking about it, Cheng Cheng denied such a possibility. He has always been very accurate in judging people, so it shouldn't be Lin Sakae, but someone deliberately let only one person in, so as to divert his thinking and point the finger at Lin Sakae entirely.The biggest suspects were only Jian Nantian and the yellow-robed boy.

There is no real evidence, everything is just speculation, Cheng Cheng has no extra time to think, so he checked the cauldron again, and started alchemy again.It was just such an accident that cost him nearly 5 minutes, which meant that he could only refine the Dahuan Dan in 10 minutes.

There can be no more accidents, Cheng Cheng focused all his attention on refining this Great Returning Pill, maybe there is still a chance to make amends.Counting the time, he threw the medicinal materials one by one into the cauldron, and when he caught the broken-stem Snakeweed that Da Huan Dan needed, there was only one copy.

Grass, who still played tricks on Lao Tzu with regard to medicinal materials?Cheng Cheng really wanted to scold him, but he actually only prepared two copies for himself, isn't this just playing tricks?
Everything is still to blame for his carelessness, he didn't check whether the medicinal materials are ready, and now he can't explain clearly, and no one will believe him.There was no need for Cheng Cheng to explain, he could only bet all his bets on this furnace, there really couldn't be a little mistake.

Only by winning the title of consort can he find a chance to meet Nangong Yuling, otherwise she will be watched by the masters sent by the emperor, and it will be difficult to get close to her, so how can he take her out of the palace?

In the middle of the journey, many of the ten people made a mistake. To control the entry time of more than 30 kinds of medicinal materials into the cauldron to be accurate, the mental strength required is huge, and there are two people who have used up the first few kinds of three medicinal materials. , but the one behind did not move. Obviously, they had no chance to compete for the position of consort.

Afterwards, some people made mistakes one after another. Five out of ten people failed one after the other, and they couldn't even refine the elixir.

"puff"

An extremely familiar voice came to everyone's ears, it was the sound of steam being released from the cauldron furnace after refining failed, and the person who failed this time was actually the little boy in the black robe, and this was the last of his three chances , I didn't expect to make a mistake and fall short.Even such a powerful opponent made a mistake and failed to refine the Great Return Pill, which shows the degree of difficulty involved.

With 1 and a half minutes left, No.1 finally appeared. It was none other than Jian Nantian, who was full of confidence. He picked up the elixir in the inner tripod bowl, and followed it cheerfully in the air. Exuding a green halo, obviously, he lived up to his expectations and succeeded.

Putting the pill into the jade bottle, Jian Nantian heaved a sigh of relief, and then a confident and proud smile appeared on his face. Looking at the people around him, the five of them had already stopped, only Cheng Cheng, Lin Sakai, Refining with the two young men, even the little boy in Xuanhuang Pao stopped, and couldn't help but sneer.

After a while, another one lifted the cauldron. It was Lin Sakai, but the color of the pill he picked up was obviously darker. The darker and purer the color of the pill, the higher the quality of the pill. Just look at Lin Sakai. Kai picked up the elixir in the air, and knew that the elixir he refined was at most on the same level as Jiannan Tiantian, and it could not be higher.

However, this still made Jian Nantian squint his eyes. There is really someone who can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Da Huan Dan he refined. Can he not be threatened?
Originally, among the four powerful competitors, Jian Nantian was almost the weakest one. It was absolutely unacceptable that he could refine this fourth-rank Great Returning Pill. Quite unwilling.

Three people raised the cauldron cover, but the third one basically didn't see any halo when he lifted the cauldron cover. Obviously, even if it is successfully refined, it is just a low-quality elixir.Another one of them was smashed, and only Cheng Cheng was left on the field, still staring at the cauldron in an orderly manner.

Counting the time, Jian Nantian's smile became brighter and brighter seeing that Cheng Cheng was still in the stage of congealing alchemy, because Cheng Cheng couldn't start the furnace within the specified time, how could he not smile?From the looks of it, this son-in-law is undoubtedly himself in the end.

"There is still ten breaths, ten, nine, eight." The eunuch counted the time, and began to count every time he breathed, but he could clearly feel that the interval in between was very short, shorter than last time, showing It's very obvious.

Cheng Cheng frowned. He didn't expect that even the eunuch would target him. He felt that this competition was extremely strange.Because it was at a critical moment, he didn't dare to think about it distractedly, and couldn't sit still anymore, because the elixir in the cauldron would take at least twenty breaths to rise up, otherwise it would be too tender to shatter when touched.

When the eunuch counted to five, he gritted his teeth, lifted the cauldron cover with a wave of his hand, and at the same time lifted the very tender pill into the air, with a bang, his hands were covered with a layer of flames, The flame scorches the elixir in the air, which is simply a jaw-dropping alchemy method.

"One" the eunuch saw that he was out of the oven, and the counting was faster, maybe it was really counting with his breathing, because he is very nervous now, and breathing is very fast, so the counting is also fast.When the eunuch reported for duty, Cheng Cheng took out a jade bottle and put it in the air, and the pill fell into the mouth of the bottle with a bang, and then the eunuch shouted: "The game is over."

Although the eunuch targeted it intentionally or unintentionally, but under the watchful eyes of everyone, Cheng Cheng put the pill into the bottle in a thrilling manner at the last second, which means that he did not exceed the time limit.It only took 10 minutes to refine a fourth-grade elixir, which made the audience smash their tongues, it was simply unbelievable.

"Experiencing the alchemy!" The eunuch didn't expect Cheng Cheng to refine the alchemy, so he had to announce the alchemy.

Since Cheng Cheng used an open fire to roast the pills, no one thought he could make good pills, and no one had ever seen that he could use an open fire to make pills. How much mental strength would that require?In order to control the open fire freely?
"Bad product!" A total of four elixirs were collected, and the first thing to check was the elixir refined by the dark horse that made it into the top four. Even if it was the lowest inferior product, it could at least get No.4.

"Medium grade!" After inspecting the elixir refined by Jian Nantian, the alchemist couldn't help shouting excitedly.

"Wow" to refine a fourth-grade middle-grade elixir, what kind of shock is this?Alchemists who can refine fourth-grade middle-grade alchemy are very rare in the world. Usually only those big families and royal families can afford such an alchemist to practice medicine. It can be seen that Jian Nantian has shocked the audience.

"Mid-grade!" The still familiar voice was mixed with disbelief that Lin Sakai, a young man in black robe, had also refined a middle-grade elixir.

"Ah..." There was no longer a shocking noise outside the arena, but an unbelievable sound of surprise. I never expected that there would be two middle-grade pills. It seems that there will be a match to determine the winner!

"Impossible, his is at most low-grade, how can it be regarded as middle-grade?" Jian Nantian tightly knit his brows together, obviously seeing the elixir picked out by Lin Sakai, the blue halo emanating from it was not very obvious, How could it be mid-grade?
"Uh, judging by its grade, it is indeed in the category of middle grade." The alchemist was a little hesitant, and the things in front of him could not be faked, so he said embarrassedly.

"I don't believe it." After finishing speaking, Jian Nantian rushed forward, took out the jade bottle in the alchemist's hand, checked it himself, and then his face darkened, although Lin Sakai made the pill blue The dizziness is not very obvious, but it is very pure, and it can be regarded as a middle-grade elixir.

"Bring it up, let me have a look." The emperor's old son Nangong Lingtian couldn't sit still anymore, he didn't expect two middle-grade pills to appear, which made him feel very difficult.

The eunuch stepped down from the stage in person, took the elixirs refined by Jian Nantian and Lin Sakay, and presented them to Nangong Lingtian. He took the two elixirs and looked at them for a long time. Although the blue halo is deeper, it has variegated colors, while the elixir refined by Lin Sakai has a lighter blue halo, but it is very pure, with a shiny and smooth surface.If it is brought to the auction house, the price of Dahuandan refined by Lin Sakay will definitely be better.

(End of this chapter)