Chapter 22: Please Check It Out

  Shen Xiang took out the thousand-year-old Blood Spirit Mushroom and said, "This is a thousand-year-old Blood Spirit Mushroom."

  Everyone had heard that Shen Xiang had the thousand-year-old Blood Lingzhi before, but now that they saw it with their own eyes, they couldn't help but be shocked. After all, this was a legendary medicine.

  "Of course, if that's the bet, then wouldn't I be looking down on the Medicine Family? So I'll add another half of the Hell Spirit Mushroom!" Shen Xiang's other hand appeared with another half of a black spirit mushroom.

  Half of this hell ganoderma was eaten by Bai Youyou and Su Meiyao, but the remaining half is still extremely precious.

  At this time, several old men jumped onto the stage regardless of everything, and Shen Tianhu and several elders of the Shen family also flew up, after all, this is the legendary Hell Spirit Mushroom!

  The entire square was suddenly as silent as death, and everyone saw the dull gray Hell Spirit Mushroom. They just didn't believe it yet, they all knew that those who recognized goods would jump up to verify, even the elder of the Medicine Family went on stage to take a look at the Hell Spirit Mushroom.

  "That's right, it's the Hell Spirit Mushroom!" The master of the Spiritual Elixir Pavilion exclaimed, his voice filled with an inexplicable jealousy and admiration, his old eyes gleaming wildly as he stared at the half-piece of black spirit mushroom in Shen Xiang's hand.

  Having obtained the certification, a burst of exclamation suddenly erupted in the square, and everyone was discussing it. Shen Xiang actually took out half of the Hell Spirit Mushroom and the Thousand-Year Blood Spirit Mushroom as stakes, which were extremely large and not something that ordinary families could afford.

  "What are your bets?" Shen Xiang looked at Yao Tianhua and an old man beside him.

  Yao Tianhua and the old man's faces didn't look good, anyone who refines pills knows what Hell Spirit Mushroom means, it's a Xuan-grade spirit medicine, Ling-grade spirit medicines are already rare, let alone Xuan-grade ones, so they know its value.

  "Thousand-year-old elixir, thousand-year-old fruit! What do you think?" said the elder.

  The Millennium Beast Dan is a dan ( pellet ) formed from the essence of a wild beast that lived for a thousand years before it died. This beast dan is very helpful in alchemy, and the Millennium Fruit is also a rare spiritual medicine. It's said that the fruit only ripens once every thousand years, and has a thousand patterns on its surface, making it the main material for refining the Foundation Establishment Dan.

  The pharmacist's bet was also stunning, and everyone was shocked again. If he won, it would be a huge profit!

  "Alright, it's settled then!" Shen Xiang said.

  "So I'll say the rules, mainly to compare the alchemy skills, whoever refines the best medicine with the fastest speed will be considered the winner, and the quality of the medicine will be judged by everyone." said the Medicine House elder.

  Shen Xiang had no objection, Shen Tianhu patted his shoulder to show encouragement. Shen Xiang and Yao Tianhua took out the alchemy furnace for some elders to inspect, so as not to cheat.

  After checking, all others left the high platform and announced the start of the trial.

  Shen Xiang quickly put a package of medicinal materials into the alchemy furnace, but Medicine Heaven didn't see clearly what Shen Xiang's medicinal materials were, and he felt somewhat unhappy in his heart, because he couldn't know what kind of elixir Shen Xiang was refining.

  Yao Tianhua was still very confident of winning, because he was a Yao family member and the materials were all top-notch. In his opinion, among Dan medicines of the same level, absolutely no one could refine better than him.

  Looking at Yao Tianhua's golden light flashing alchemy furnace, Shen Xiang felt a pang of jealousy in his heart. His own inferior alchemy furnace was really too much worse, and many people thought that Shen Xiang had already lost when they saw his alchemy furnace.

  "Using this dan furnace to refine the elixir is ridiculous! It's not even as good as the cauldron my family uses for cooking soup!" A young man burst out laughing, and others followed suit.

  Only those who have common sense about alchemy know that alchemy is not about looking at the crucible, but about looking at the person who practices alchemy. If it's an alchemy master, they can succeed in refining the elixir even without a tripod furnace.

  Shen Xiang was refining the Washing Marrow Dan. Just now, he saw the spiritual medicine that Yao Tianhua had thrown into the cauldron. From those medicinal materials, it could be seen that Yao Tianhua was refining a kind of ordinary lower-grade dan called "Ling Yuan Dan", which was helpful for cultivation and could be said to be the most expensive among ordinary lower-grade dans. The difficulty of refining it was also very great. In many dan-refining competitions, many people refined this dan, which was also a test of a dan-refiner's grasp of dan medicine.

  This Dan had been refined by Shen Xiang long ago, but the cost was relatively high, only slightly cheaper than Xi Huai Dan, so Shen Xiang didn't refine much.

  The process of waiting for the result was quite dull, and everyone was eating, drinking and chatting while watching the two young alchemists on stage.

  Shen Xiang was careful and meticulous in his refining, not pursuing speed, so that he could smoothly refine the Washing Marrow Pill.

  It took Shen Xiang more than half a day to turn all the medicinal materials into powder, and the cauldron was filled with colorful "medicinal spirits". Now he had to merge different types of medicinal spirits together first, then merge the medicinal spirits with the powder. This process was the most laborious and crucial; if not done properly, it would easily lead to an explosion.

  In the blink of an eye, two hours had passed. At this time, Shen Xiang's face was stern and his hair was disheveled, while Yao Tianhua looked very relaxed. He would occasionally glance at Shen Xiang, and seeing Shen Xiang's appearance, he couldn't help but feel secretly pleased. He could tell that Shen Xiang must have reached the most critical point, and it was very likely that something had gone wrong.

  "I've refined it! Five Spiritual Origin Pills!" Yao Tianhua suddenly shouted, causing everyone to exclaim in surprise. At this time, Shen Xiang had not yet finished, and everyone saw that Shen Xiang's face was tense, obviously having encountered a difficult problem.

  "The genius of the Medicine Family lives up to its reputation, indeed! It only took two hours to refine five Spirit Origin Pills! This is the best among the lower-grade mortal pills. Looks like that Shen family kid has lost for sure." someone said.

  "I heard that the Lingyuan Pill is not easy to refine, could it be that the young master of the Shen family is also refining this pill? If so, it seems he's already lost, he's already fallen behind by a large margin." Another person said.

  The people below were discussing and guessing whether Shen Xiang would lose, after all, Shen Xiang had bet a huge stake.

  Yao Tianhua was also waiting for Shen Xiang, secretly rejoicing in his heart. He thought that Shen Xiang would definitely lose and he could soon win the Thousand Year Blood Lingzhi and Hell Lingzhi, and he could also make a name for himself in Nanwu Country.

  Shen Xiang didn't keep people waiting for long, he let out a long sigh and said: "It's finally refined!"

  As soon as Shen Xiang spoke up, everyone fell silent. All that could be heard was Yao Tianhua's sarcastic remark: "What does it matter? You still lost in the end!"

  Shen Xiang smiled faintly and wiped the sweat from his forehead, saying: "I've refined three grains of marrow-washing pills, please inspect them!"

  Three pellets of Marrow Cleansing Dan! This left everyone stunned, finding it hard to believe their ears. They all suspected they had misheard, for Shen Xiang had actually refined a Mortal-grade mid-quality Marrow Cleansing Dan, which was much more expensive than that Spirit Origin Dan!

  "It's impossible, he's only sixteen years old, it's absolutely impossible for him to refine the Washing Marrow Dan!" The master of the Spiritual Elixir Pavilion shouted in surprise as he rushed up onto the high platform, some elders also flew up hastily, and Shen Tianhu was already standing beside Shen Xiang.

  "Shen Xiang, this is no time for joking." Yao Tianhua also couldn't believe that Shen Xiang could refine the Washing Marrow Pill, and most of the people present couldn't believe it either.

  Shen Xiang's face revealed a smile as he calmly said, "Please check for yourselves!"