Chapter 136 Song Jie VS Mu Ling
After observing fourteen competitions, Song Jie finally determined that Mu Lingxuan’s Dan Fire Technique had not reached the realm of the Great Dao.
It is probably at the level of the middle stage of Transformation Realm, and is still some distance away from the Great Dao Realm.
This is good news for Song Jie.
Because it means he can choose the second option instead of the too ostentatious first option.
When Mu Lingxuan ended the second intermission, she returned to the forum in full spirit.
It was immediately announced that the competition at the “Elixir Forum” would continue.
“…Then next, which fellow Taoist is willing to come up to the stage and discuss Taoism with me?”
Mu Lingxuan looked around, keeping a faint smile on her lips.
The successive wins made her look more confident.
It was as if the whole body was exuding an invisible brilliance.
“I would like to come up to the stage and discuss Taoism with fellow Taoist Mu.”
Song Jie, who had been well prepared, was the first to stand up after Mu Lingxuan asked this question.
Swish, swish, swish~ At this moment, all the eyes of the audience were focused on Song Jie.
Although Song Jie has accumulated some fame these days while setting up a stall, there are still many monks who don’t know him.
Most of the monks had a question in their minds, who is this person? “Does any fellow Taoist know who this person is? What force does he come from?”
Most of the monks who can be arranged to sit at the VIP table have a certain status and background.
Seeing an unfamiliar face standing on the VIP table, several monks who did not know Song Jie immediately spoke up and asked the fellow Taoists around him about Song Jie’s identity.
One of them knew about Song Jie and immediately replied: “This person’s name is Song Jie. I don’t know which force he comes from, but his alchemy skills are also quite superb.
“A few days ago, I saw the elixirs he displayed at his stall, all of which were of high quality.
“Even the Chongmai Dan refined by Po Nan is of high quality.”
“It’s so powerful! I don’t know what pill he will choose to compete with Mu Lingxuan…”
“I guess it may be the Chongmai Dan. With other elixirs, he has little chance of winning. Only the Chongmai Dan, which is difficult to refine, may still have some hope.”
“Indeed, Mu Lingxuan’s alchemy talent is really terrifying.
“She almost refined the rejuvenation pill to perfect quality, but it was a pity that it was just a little bit short in the end.
“Although she failed to refine the second perfect quality first-grade elixir, Mu Lingxuan still won that competition.”
“For a first-level alchemist who is still in the Qi refining stage, it is too difficult to obtain a perfect quality first-level elixir.
“Perhaps only Mu Lingxuan can do it in the entire Yunmo Continent.”
“I hope this fellow Taoist Song Jie can bring us some surprises…”
While everyone was talking about it, Song Jie also walked towards the forum with the encouragement of several alchemists around him.
Sitting at the top, God Huangfu looked at Zhao Xuanyu, chuckled, and said, “Who do you think, Sect Leader Zhao, will win in this competition?”
“Could it be that this little friend is the alchemy genius that fellow Taoist Huangfu just said can compete with Lingxuan on the alchemy path?”
Zhao Xuanyu knew that there must be a reason why Huangfu God suddenly asked this question.
He suddenly thought of what Huangfu God said earlier, and he couldn’t help but look at Song Jie twice.
Huangfu God nodded.
“Exactly, Fellow Daoist Song is an alchemist with great potential.
“Even if Mu Lingxuan beats him today, she may not always be able to beat him in the future.”
“It seems that fellow Taoist Huangfu is very optimistic about this little friend Song, which makes me look forward to their competition.”
Zhao Xuanyu laughed.
Although Huangfu Shen was very optimistic about Song Jie, he was more confident in his apprentice, Mu Lingxuan.
Soon, under the spotlight of all the people, Song Jie stepped onto the forum.
“Fellow Daoist Song, I have been waiting for you for a long time.”
Mu Lingxuan smiled lightly, with cute dimples appearing on both sides of her cheeks.
“I have kept you waiting for a long time, Fellow Daoist Mu.” Song Jie said with a smile: “Just now I saw Fellow Daoist Mu defeat the challengers one after another, and his invincible momentum really scared me.
“That’s why I never dared to go on stage to challenge fellow Taoist Mu, hahaha…”
Mu Lingxuan smiled and said, “Does Fellow Daoist Song come on stage now and is sure of victory?”
“I’m not sure of winning, but I have the belief that I will win.” Song Jie laughed.
“The belief that we must win…” Mu Lingxuan nodded and said: “Hearing what Fellow Daoist Song said, I am somewhat looking forward to the next competition.
“I wonder what Fellow Daoist Song is planning to compete with me?”
Song Jie said without hesitation: “I just calculated it, and so far, it seems that no one has challenged fellow Taoist Mu to the Dan Fire Technique.
“How about you and I compete in the Dan Fire Technique?”
“Competing with Dan Fire Technique…” Mu Lingxuan said with great interest: “It seems a bit interesting. I wonder how Fellow Daoist Song plans to compete? What will determine the outcome?”
Mu Lingxuan is quite confident in her Dan Fire Technique.
I just don’t know how Song Jie plans to compare.
After all, the Alchemy Fire Technique is not a spell used for fighting. It can almost only be used when refining pills.
Faced with Mu Lingxuan’s question, Song Jie didn’t beat around the bush and gave the answer right away.
“As an important alchemy material, the blood essence of monsters contains the power and vitality of monsters, but it also contains many impurities.
“We are going to use the elixir fire technique to purify the blood essence of monsters, and the outcome will be determined by the purity of the purified blood essence.
“The one with the highest purity will be the winner of this competition.
“What do you think, Fellow Daoist Mu?”
Mu Lingxuan looked at Song Jie’s eyes with a hint of smile.
She knew that Song Jie must have come prepared.
She didn’t need to think too much, she could tell that Song Jie was definitely good at purifying the blood essence of monsters.
But the purpose of her standing on this forum today was to hone her alchemy skills through competition after competition.
Naturally, I won’t mind using my own shortcomings to attack the other’s strengths.
Besides, using the Dan Fire Technique to purify is not her weakness.
This is where she is relatively good at.
The process of alchemy actually involves the purification and removal of impurities from medicinal materials.
She can refine a first-grade elixir of perfect quality, and her control of the elixir fire technique must have reached an extremely fine level.
The purification and removal of impurities from medicinal materials is not a problem.
Therefore, facing the challenge proposed by Song Jie, Mu Lingxuan had almost no hesitation and agreed with confidence.
“No problem. Just follow what Fellow Taoist Song said and use the elixir fire technique to purify the blood essence of monsters.”
After the two confirmed the content of the competition, disciples from the Alchemy Sect soon brought two basins of monster blood full of impurities.
In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the two pots of monster blood essence came from the same monster.
Song Jie smiled slightly as he looked at the basin of monster blood filled with violent spiritual power in front of him.
“Since it’s not alchemy, I don’t need the alchemy furnace. Fellow Taoist Mu can do whatever he wants.”
A good alchemy furnace can, to a certain extent, help the alchemist purify medicinal materials better.
However, Song Jie did not have a good alchemy furnace.
His Ziyun Copper Furnace was just an ordinary alchemy furnace, and it provided little help in purifying medicinal materials.
The reason why he said that he did not use the alchemy furnace was to prevent Mu Lingxuan from using the alchemy furnace and reduce the variables in the results of the competition.
If she uses the alchemy furnace to purify it, but Song Jie doesn’t use the alchemy furnace, even if she wins in the end, she will feel a little defeated.
Moreover, when Song Jie came on stage, he did not bring his unicorn alchemy beast with him.
The Unicorn Alchemy Beast can directly absorb impurities in medicinal materials. Compared with the alchemy furnace, the effect is many times better.
Whether it is an alchemy furnace or a unicorn alchemy beast, they are all foreign objects.
From Mu Lingxuan’s point of view, Song Jie did not bring Golden Horn to the stage and did not use an alchemy furnace. He just wanted to compete with her solely by relying on his own abilities.
And this is exactly the competition she hopes to see.
“Fellow Daoist Mu, let’s get started.”
“good.”
The two of them nodded to each other, and then simultaneously focused on the pot of monster blood in front of them.
“Teng~”
“Teng~”
The sounds of two rising flames sounded almost in no particular order.
A ball of faint blue flame enveloped the pot of monster blood in front of Song Jie.
In front of Mu Lingxuan was a lavender flame.
Two colors of elixir fire, one blue and one purple, complement each other, as if competing with each other.
Everyone at the scene saw the two finally starting to compete, and each of them started talking quietly with the fellow Taoists around them.
It was the first time today that there was a direct competition between Dan Fire Techniques.
Everyone also showed a certain interest in this.
By feeling the fluctuations of spiritual energy escaping from the two men’s bodies when they cast the Dan Fire Technique, everyone also sensed Song Jie’s true cultivation.
“This fellow Daoist Song is actually only at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, and judging from the strength of his spiritual power, it seems that it won’t take long to break through to the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage.”
After feeling Song Jie’s true cultivation level, many people expressed surprise.
This is the one with the lowest cultivation level among the alchemists who took the challenge today.
Except for a very small number of alchemy geniuses, the alchemy master’s alchemy skills can, to some extent, be reflected in his cultivation.
Generally, the higher the alchemy level, the more exquisite the alchemy skills.
After all, a high level of cultivation means that you have practiced for a long enough time and studied alchemy for a long enough time.
Therefore, the alchemist who came up to challenge Mu Lingxuan before had the lowest cultivation level. Like Mu Lingxuan, he was at the seventh level of Qi refining stage.
As for alchemists with lower cultivation levels than Mu Lingxuan, there were indeed many alchemists present, but almost no one had enough courage to challenge Mu Lingxuan on stage.
Song Jie is the first one today.
However, some sharp-eyed alchemists discovered something unusual.
“Although this fellow Daoist Song is only at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage, his control over the Dan Fire Technique is nothing like the level that a monk at the sixth level of the Qi Refining Stage can achieve.”
“Indeed, even I can’t compare to such a skilled Dan Fire Technique.
“To add, my cultivation is already at the eighth level of Qi refining stage.”
“Is it possible that this Fellow Daoist Song is also an alchemy genius? And an alchemy genius comparable to Mu Lingxuan?”
“This Fellow Daoist is serious. Fellow Daoist Song may really be a genius in alchemy, but to say he can rival Mu Lingxuan is completely nonsense.”
“Exactly, I think Mu Lingxuan will definitely win in this competition.”
“I think so……”
Although most of the monks present were amazed at Song Jie’s control over the Dan Fire Technique, they still felt that it was impossible for Song Jie to win the competition.
In their eyes, the outcome of this competition has already been decided before it even begins.
They all thought that Mu Lingxuan would win this competition beautifully like the previous ones.
Of course, not everyone thinks so.
He Hongjie, Shao Ziling and other alchemy geniuses who had competed with Mu Lingxuan before looked at Song Jie with solemn eyes.
Most of the first-level alchemists present could not see much of the inner things due to their insufficient level.
At most, it can only be seen that Song Jie’s control of Dan Fire Technique is better than his own.
But I can’t see how good it is.
And these geniuses who are quite talented in alchemy have already practiced the alchemy and fire technique to a relatively advanced level.
Therefore, the things that can be seen will be more than other first-level alchemists.
Even they thought they were inferior to Song Jie in controlling the Dan Fire Technique.
And it’s not even bad at all.
Thinking back to Song Jie’s cultivation level, he was only in the early sixth level of the Qi refining stage.
They felt their scalps numb.
In their opinion, Song Jie’s alchemy talent might really be comparable to Mu Lingxuan’s.
“Unexpectedly, Yunmozhou actually hides such an alchemy genius.”
“I wonder which faction this fellow Daoist Song is an alchemist from?”
They all felt that with Song Jie’s level of alchemy and fire skills, there was a high probability that he was an alchemy genius that had been hidden deep in some force for a long time.
While discussions were going on all over the place, on the forum, the two of them were still focusing on purifying the blood essence of the monster in front of them.
The demonic beast’s essence and blood made a “sizzling” sound as it was calcined by the elixir fire.
As time goes by, the volume of the demonic beast’s essence blood gradually becomes smaller and thicker.
Tiny crystals precipitated from the thick demonic beast blood.
However, under the shroud of elixir fire, these crystals are not so conspicuous.
At the same time, in the area where the disciples of the Alchemy Sect were watching the game.
“Junior Brother Lin, I wonder what you think when you see this scene?”
Song Zhiqing smiled slightly and looked at Lin Youtian who looked complicated next to him.
Song Zhiqing had already been mentally prepared for Song Jie’s alchemy skills, so he didn’t seem too shocked at this time.
Lin Youtian’s eyes were fixed on the faint blue flame in front of Song Jie for a moment.
Lin Youtian was very familiar with this blue flame.
This is the Qingming Nether Fire of their Lin family.
It was he who personally promised Manager Bao of Bao Dan Tower to sell the Dan Fire Technique to Song Jie.
He never expected that Song Jie, who was not even a first-level alchemist, came into his sight because of his cleverness.
When he met again today, he had become a person he didn’t dare to recognize.
He simply couldn’t believe that the alchemist who was competing with Mu Lingxuan was Song Jie.
Because the other party’s Qingming Nether Fire is more advanced than him in controlling it.
This completely broke through his cognition.
How could a useless person with five-attribute spiritual roots be able to surpass him in Dan Fire Technique…
But the facts were right in front of him, and he couldn’t tolerate disbelief.
After a while, Lin Youtian said somewhat dullly: “Senior Brother Song, tell me, does Song Jie really have a five-attribute spiritual root?”
(End of chapter)