Chapter 29: Bungling Invention

  "Brother, what's going on with this medicine?" Among the onlookers in the Zhuangyuan, there were also quite a few guys like Nie Kong who were isolated and unheard of.

  "Haha, you've asked the right person! As for the medicine, just mix them together."

  "Cut the nonsense! I asked how to combine the spiritual medicine!"

  "Hey, little brother, you're really interesting. If I knew what to do, I would have become a spiritual master long ago and wouldn't be standing here watching the excitement?"

  “……”

  While the crowd below was buzzing with discussion, the thirteen spiritual medicine masters on stage had already poured out the "Bamboo Leaf Pills" from the jade bottles. Indeed, the medicine lived up to its name, as the "Bamboo Leaf Pills" looked like miniature bamboo leaves, flat and long, with pointed tips at both ends and an elliptical shape in the middle, even the color was a bright green.

  He pinched a leaf and put it in front of his nose to sniff, but surprisingly there was no medicinal fragrance. Nie Kong didn't think much about it either, directly reaching into his lap, he took out the medicine cauldron, but this time what he took out wasn't that genuine article made from dozens of gold coins, but rather a fake one transformed by Xiangxiang.

  The little guy replenished a large amount of medicine, and his spirit was so excited that he couldn't calm down. After being summoned by Nie Kong, the "Purple Luo Huan Ling Xiang" pattern on the cauldron's body actually moved slightly, obviously very excited. Nie Kong worried that Cheng Fei Liu and those old guys would see through it, and his finger flicked towards "Ding".

  "Oh no!"

  A pained cry echoed in his mind, and the little guy immediately became obedient. Nie Kong only then lifted the lid of the cauldron and threw two "Bamboo Leaf Pills" into it.

  Just as Nie Kong was about to make his move, he suddenly had a feeling in his heart and subconsciously turned to look at Mu Xiao Ling, who was winking her right eye at him non-stop.

  This fourth pass does not prevent the Ling medicine master from looking around, after all, only strength is relied on in this pass, unlike the previous few passes, cheating may also be possible.

  “？”

  What's Little Ling thinking of, not seizing the time to refine medicine? Nie Kong shot a glance at Mu XiaoLing, who blinked her left eye, and a huge question mark flew silently past.

  "Doing so..."

  Muxiaolong blinked with those talking eyes, two slender white fingers pinched the "Bamboo Leaf Pill", and a red light flashed between her fingers.

  "I understand!"

  Nie Kong suddenly enlightened, and then took out the "Bamboo Leaf Pill" again. After a slight movement of his internal energy, two medicinal pills directly turned into powder and entered the cauldron.

  Mu Xiaoling was stunned, she just wanted Nie Kong to input a strand of spiritual power into the "Bamboo Leaf Pill" before putting it in, which would increase the success rate of the medicine. Who would have thought that Nie Kong would directly use his spiritual power to crush the pill into powder? This was a disaster, as even forming spiritual medicines from scratch was difficult, let alone from powdered form?

  “？”

  Xianmu's small mouth was agape, looking foolish and stupid. A question mark flew past Nie Kong's empty eyes again, but he didn't get a response. Nie Kong also retracted his attention and closed the lid with a clang.

  On the far left, Cheng Zi Xuan had discovered Nie Kong and Mu Xiao Ling's little movements early on. When he saw Nie Kong's final action, a hint of a smile curled up at the corner of his mouth.

  Mo Xingtu, standing in front of the crowd, had not paid attention to Nie Kong and Mu Xiao's exchange of glances, because the meaning conveyed by the little girl was understood by other spiritual medicine practitioners, which couldn't be considered cheating. However, seeing it until the end, he couldn't help but let out a "pu" of laughter, truly turning cleverness into clumsiness!

  "Tian Xin, this disciple of yours is really too stupid, he can't even understand such a clear meaning?" Not far away, Mu Zi sighed and stomped his feet.

  "It's clearly your granddaughter who didn't convey her intention clearly, how can you blame my disciple?" Practitioner Tianxin's face turned black with rage, his mouth twitching.

  "You..."

  "It's too late to say anything now, like he did before, directly throwing it in for refining, there was still a considerable success rate, but now both 'Bamboo Leaf Pills' have been crushed, and it's even more difficult to make the medicine." Hearing Mu Zi Si and Lian Tian Xin's argument, Cheng Fei Liu shook his head and sighed.

  “……”

  Qiao Yu, Qu Tingyun and Fu Erhong also felt a bit helpless. If a little guy like Nie Kong couldn't make it to the final round, it would indeed be regrettable. Now that things had turned out this way, it was almost certain that Nie Kong would be eliminated in the fourth round. Thinking of this, Qiao Yu and the others looked down at the stage again.

  It seems that Nian Xingyun didn't notice the scene just now, and he secretly let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, fortunately, if that old man knew the reason why his apprentice was eliminated ahead of time, he would probably rush up immediately to fight with Muzi Si, regardless of what rules or not.

  Muxiao Ling puckered up her small mouth, feeling extremely guilty in her heart. However, Nie Kong had already crushed the spiritual medicine and was pouring his spiritual power into the medicine cauldron. It was impossible to reverse what had been done, so she could only suppress the complicated emotions in her heart and input a strand of fire spiritual power into each bamboo leaf pellet before focusing on refining them.

  "Good fellow!"

  Nie Kong's heart secretly cried out, and the moment his spiritual power entered the cauldron, the powder of the bamboo leaf pellet suddenly exploded and scattered wildly inside the medicine cauldron.

  A powerful force slammed into the side wall, and inside the medicine cauldron, it seemed like a string of firecrackers had been set off, with a series of deafening explosions.

  Nie Kong was shocked, fortunately he used the "Medicine Cauldron Phantom Body" displayed with the Purple Luo Fantian Xiang, the cauldron body was hard and tough, if it was replaced with the small medicine cauldron used in the first pass, it would be estimated that it would be blown to pieces by the rampant "Bamboo Leaf Pill" powder in an instant.

  At this time, Nie Kong had vaguely realized that he had misunderstood Mu Xiao Ling's meaning. She should have been telling him to put the spiritual power into the two medicinal pellets, rather than using his spiritual power to crush the medicinal pellets. Wanting to merge these completely powdered medicinal powders was absolutely much more difficult than merging two intact medicinal pellets.

  It's too late now, and there's no use in regretting it anymore.

  Nie Kong's mind suddenly cleared, and the "Wood Yang True Spirit Technique" inside his body went crazy. For a moment, the acupoints trembled violently, and the surging spiritual power rolled through the meridians like waves, passing through his arms to reach his palms. Then, it burst out and rose, with most of it scorching the bottom of the cauldron, while a small part flowed into the interior of the medicine cauldron.

  Relying on the spiritual connection between him and Xiao Zhai, any subtle situation inside the medicine cauldron was hard to escape Nie Kong's perception. At this moment, countless fragments of reactions and changes appeared in Nie Kong's mind, that extremely chaotic scene almost caused his brain to crash.

  The collision between the medicine powder and the medicine cauldron, the chaos inside was like a pot of porridge, making it impossible to start. Especially after being stimulated by Nie Kong's variant spiritual power, the collisions of the medicine powders became even more frantic, producing an even stronger medicinal force.

  Nie Kong's heart moved slightly, and the little guy let out a sharp cry of "Ah ya ya". The outer wall of the medicine cauldron didn't move at all, but the inner wall seemed to come alive, twisting and writhing rapidly. In that instant, all the fragments that were colliding with the medicine cauldron were bounced back by an unseen force.

  Nie Kong had been waiting for this moment, and he quickly seized the opportunity. The powerful spiritual power was like a ferocious beast breaking free from its cage, rushing into the cauldron from all sides with a speed that left no time to cover one's ears, wrapping up all the medicinal powder together...

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