Reaching the pinnacle from Doupo

Chapter 609 Secret Techniques, Alchemy in Progress
Yao Tian was the first to open the jade bottle, take out the pill that was emitting a misty aura, and put it in his mouth.

The moment the pill entered his mouth, it melted rapidly like spring snow meeting the blazing sun, transforming into a powerful and pure medicinal force that flowed down his throat and spread rapidly throughout his body like a rushing river.

Instantly, Yao Tian's body trembled slightly, the clan mark between his eyebrows emitted a strange emerald light, and his aura rapidly increased.

Seeing this, Yao Ling did not hesitate and put the pill in her hand into her mouth.

In an instant, her body emitted a soft light, the clan mark between her brows was activated, and her fair skin blushed slightly, like a peach blossom in spring.

As the medicine continued to penetrate, her aura also began to change drastically, and her strength limits were quickly broken.

Amidst the shocked and envious gazes of the crowd, in just a few minutes, the auras of Yao Tian and Yao Ling, the siblings, surged from the intermediate half-saint level to the advanced half-saint level like wild horses, before gradually stabilizing.

A Grade 8, Nine-Colored Pill Tower clearly couldn't possibly boost cultivation in this way, so there's only one conclusion...

"A pill to temporarily boost strength?" Lin Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly as he praised, "The medicinal power is so stable. As expected of the Medicine Clan, their methods are truly extraordinary!"

"Hehe, I hope you can always be this confident!"

Seeing the other party's calm and composed expression, Yao Tian felt a surge of anger. He frowned slightly and sneered.

This time, he really brought out his trump card.

The Medicine Clan's clan mark secret technique, along with the pills developed to complement the Medicine Clan's bloodline and clan mark secret technique, combined their effects, enough to keep him in this state for half a month.

Now we can begin the next step!
"Let me show you the methods of my Medicine Clan!"

Yao Tian snorted coldly, his voice carrying a hint of ruthlessness. His hands quickly formed hand seals, and mysterious runes flew from his fingertips, swirling around him and Yao Ling.

At the same time, Yao Ling began her actions.

She slowly opened the jade bottle and poured the blood, which exuded a mysterious aura, into the void in front of her.

The blood seemed to contain endless mysterious power, shimmering with an eerie light. A fragrance that was not fishy or salty, but rather sweet and fragrant, wafted out and filled the air, making people's hearts flutter.

Then, Yao Ling's slender jade hands crossed together, and then bloomed like a lotus flower, smoothly transforming into a series of profound hand seals.

Strange, blood-red runes flew out from the pool of blood in front of her.

Seeing this, Yao Tian also opened the blood bottle in his hand, and just like Yao Ling, he quickly condensed strange blood-colored runes.

After a long while, the crimson runes that the two had condensed converged, and an array composed of crimson runes slowly unfolded in the sky, emitting strong soul fluctuations, as if it wanted to devour all the surrounding soul power.

When the two bottles of blood were completely consumed, the blood-colored array was also fully formed. Yao Tian changed his hand seals and then shouted sharply.

"Soul Essence Secret Technique, Blood Soul Guiding Spirit!"

The sound, like a booming bell, echoed across the square, causing the surrounding air to tremble slightly.

The crimson rune array shone brightly, and beams of crimson light shot out from the array, directly entering the space between the two men's eyebrows.

The two shuddered, and their souls between their brows were gradually enveloped by a layer of blood-red light. Blood-red runes appeared on their souls, and under their nourishment, their soul realms, which were originally at the early stage of the Heavenly Realm, began to rise rapidly.

Before long, an incomparably powerful soul fluctuation emanated from between the two men's brows, causing a sense of oppression to arise in everyone's hearts.

"Late stage of the Heavenly Realm... As expected, the Medicine Clan is also trying to utilize the Medicine Spirit's physique!"

Not far away, Lin Yuan watched the two perform their secret techniques quietly, his mind racing, and his eyes flashing with a thoughtful glint.

This move by the two was within his expectations.

After all, in the original trajectory, Yao Ling knew that his blood possessed miraculous power, which could restore the soul power of a person at the Great Perfection of the Heaven Rank.

It is not difficult to infer from this that the Medicine Clan must have conducted relevant experiments.

This is understandable. With the Blood Soul Spirit Body as a "treasure mountain", how could the Medicine Clan not make good use of it?

Lin Yuan was quite pleased with this.

After all, the more experience the Medicine Clan has in developing the Medicine Spirit's physique, the more useful it will be to them in the future.

At the same time, Yao Tian slowly opened his eyes, his eyes flashing with excitement. "It's done!" He clenched his fist tightly, feeling the vast soul power between his brows. At this moment, he seemed to have already seen the dawn of victory.

"Lin Yuan, this time, I will completely crush you."

He smiled arrogantly, raised his chin slightly, and coldly declared to Lin Yuan, his voice full of provocation and confidence.

At this moment, the attention of many people in the square was also drawn.

Many busy participants stopped what they were doing and looked up at the center of the arena, their eyes filled with surprise and curiosity.

"These Medicine Clan members are truly remarkable; they've managed to elevate their battle qi and soul to such a level using secret techniques and elixirs."

"Yes, I wonder how they will perform in the upcoming competition?"

"I think Lord Medicine is even more extraordinary. Judging from his appearance, he doesn't seem flustered at all. This competition is likely to be very exciting."

The crowd began to discuss animatedly, and the atmosphere in the square became even more lively.

Yao Tian then suddenly flicked his sleeve, and a gust of light black wind howled out from his sleeve.

Upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that this is not a gale, but a peculiar flame—the Nine Nether Wind Flame! Compared to his still somewhat immature control a few years ago, Yao Tian now possesses a touch of a grandmaster's demeanor…

"Turtle Spirit Earth Fire, emerge!"

Beside her, Yao Ling changed her hand seals, and brown flames, as dark as the earth, surged out of her body like a raging tide.

The brown flame began to wriggle rapidly, and soon condensed into the shape of a giant tortoise.

This giant tortoise was covered in sharp fire spikes, as if it were wearing a layer of sharp armor; its ferocious maw was full of fangs like blades, gleaming coldly and sending chills down one's spine... This was the form of the Tortoise Spirit Earth Fire Spirit.

After releasing the fire spirit, the medicine spirit turned its head to look in the direction of the medicine spirit, and the latter immediately understood and changed the hand seals in tacit agreement.

"Woo-"

A jet-black "storm" swept down and merged into the giant fire turtle, causing it to swell in the storm.

Under the astonished gazes of the crowd, in just a moment, a giant cauldron of flames, tens of feet tall, appeared in mid-air, with a lifelike Xuan Turtle totem engraved on it. A deep, tangible sound rang out, and the temperature of this place soared... Seeing the two of them do this, some knowledgeable alchemists had some guesses about what the brother and sister were planning.

"Are those two planning to refine elixirs together...? Is that even possible?"

In an instant, exclamations rose and fell across the square, and everyone's gaze shifted between the Yao Tian and Yao Ling siblings on the arena and the higher-ups of the Pill Tower on the stone platform.

Taking medication before a match is somewhat understandable, as many people do it.

But isn't it a bit too much for the two of them to practice together?
Although there were no specific regulations in the final assessment of the Danhui competition, everyone has tacitly followed the unspoken rules for a long time, relying on one person's strength to win.

However, although these contestants were dissatisfied, they dared not say anything when they thought of the Medicine Clan and Yao Wangui.

At this moment, Yao Tian and Yao Ling had no time to think about what others were thinking.

The two sat down cross-legged almost simultaneously, and with a wave of their sleeves, countless medicinal herbs flew out, probably numbering in the thousands.

In an instant, the rich aroma of medicine filled the air.

Yao Tian clenched his fist, and Yao Ling formed a hand seal. The numerous medicinal herbs transformed into two torrents, which quickly poured into the medicine cauldron and were devoured by two flames, one black and one brown.

A terrifying energy fluctuation quickly spread from the medicine cauldron...

On the towering stone platform, the faces of the Dan Tower's high-ranking members were all rather grim.

The Pill Gathering has been held dozens of times so far, and this is the first time someone has tried to exploit such a loophole, especially the Medicine Clan, whose strength surpasses that of the Pill Tower.

Now things are getting complicated... Yao Wangui of the Medicine Clan doesn't seem like someone easy to talk to.

At the same time, they also had some doubts in their hearts.

The Medicine Clan has always been arrogant and looked down on the Central Plains Pill Gathering, so why are they so eager for victory this time, even disregarding their usual high regard for dignity?

Even if you win the championship by participating in the competition using the "combined refining" method, it is not a very glorious thing.

Shaking their heads, the higher-ups of the Pill Tower, including the three giants, stopped thinking about it and turned their gazes to the front, to the proudly standing Grand Elder of the Little Pill Tower.

How to handle this matter is a decision that can only be made by the person in front of us.

Elder Lin remained silent for a long time before withdrawing his soul power that had reached into the void, ending his negotiations with Yao Wangui. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "It seems that the Pill Gathering will need further reforms! This time, we can only place our hopes on Lin Yuan..."

Yao Wangui's attitude toward the "joint refining" matter was extremely domineering, as if he would directly overturn the table if the Pill Tower judged Yao Tian and Yao Ling to be in violation of the rules.

Faced with this attitude, Elder Lin had no choice but to back down.

After all, the fact that Yao Tian and Yao Ling were able to exploit this loophole was partly due to the Pill Tower itself—there had never been a clear rule against joint refining.

It was Danta's carelessness that led them to underestimate the Medicine Clan's desire for victory.

During the negotiations just now, the only thing Elder Lin managed to get was a promise from Yao Wangui in front of Huo Yao that he would not interfere with the progress of the Pill Association except for this matter.

He shook his head helplessly, then shifted his gaze to the young man on the central stone platform.

Noticing the gaze, Lin Yuan turned around and exchanged a glance with Elder Lin, giving the latter a reassuring look.

Seeing the young man's calm smile, Elder Lin, who had been somewhat anxious, suddenly felt much relieved, and his eyes filled with anticipation: "Ninth-grade Grandmaster, Lin Yuan... have you truly achieved this realm?"

Judging from the posture of the brother and sister from the Medicine Clan, they were clearly going to refine a ninth-grade pill together.

Both their appearances and Yao Wangui's determined attitude indicated one thing—the Yao Clan was quite confident of success in this refining process.

Lin Yuan has a chance to win the championship of this alchemy competition if he can refine a ninth-grade pill.

If Lin Yuan is truly capable of refining ninth-grade pills on his own, then the accumulated resources of the Pill Tower over the long years might be quickly transformed into actual power.

In this way, the strength of the Dan Tower will truly experience a surge!

On the other side, after Lin Yuan withdrew his gaze, he no longer hesitated and stretched out his right palm, making a sudden clench, and a ball of icy blue flame rose up.

After this powerful strange fire appeared, it did not release any strange fire pressure, but instead expanded directly.

In the blink of an eye, a huge cloud of fire swirled above Lin Yuan's head, and then, under Lin Yuan's precise control, it rapidly converged towards the center, condensing into an ice-blue medicine cauldron with clearly visible fire patterns.

The extremely solid appearance of the fire cauldron immediately attracted many astonished gazes, and a series of low voices followed.

"He's using fire to solidify the cauldron, also aiming to refine a ninth-grade pill? Interesting!"

"A battle of ninth-grade pills... Could it be... that we'll witness something we never even dared to imagine at this pill gathering?"

On the other side, Lin Yuan looked at the flaming medicine cauldron in front of him, and gently snapped his fingers. Flames appeared out of thin air inside the cauldron, transforming into a fire dragon that coiled around inside.

He stretched out his palm and made a sweeping motion in the air in front of him, and medicinal herbs flew out of his storage ring one after another.

A moment later, thousands of medicinal herbs with considerable energy densely covered Lin Yuan's body. The terrifying quantity and the terrifying energy fluctuations they emitted caused the experts and alchemists present to gasp in astonishment.

Yao Tian was originally engrossed in refining medicinal herbs, but upon seeing this scene, his expression immediately darkened—was his opponent planning to refine a ninth-grade pill?

How is it possible for someone to refine a ninth-grade elixir?!
Not to mention that even he, a proud son of the Medicine Clan, is far from being able to refine a Grade 9 pill by himself, even a Half-Saint could not refine a Grade 9 pill by himself!

But looking at Lin Yuan's calm expression, anxiety and worry involuntarily rose in his heart.

On the other side, Yao Ling noticed that the flames in the cauldron were somewhat disordered. She slowly opened her beautiful eyes, took a deep look at Lin Yuan and his Ice Blue Fire Cauldron, and then her gaze fell on Yao Tian. Her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, and her lips moved slightly.

A faint voice of the soul rang in Yao Tian's ears: "Your mind is a little confused, focus!"

Upon hearing Yao Ling's reminder, Yao Tian took a deep breath and tried to calm the turmoil in his heart.

He closed his eyes, focused his mind again, formed hand seals, and the flames in the cauldron stabilized once more. The extraction of the medicinal herbs continued in an orderly manner.

Lin Yuan, on the other hand, focused his mind on controlling the fire dragon in the medicine cauldron.

The fire dragon devoured the medicinal herbs that entered the cauldron, refining them in an instant and turning them into clusters of pure medicinal liquid. After only a few quarters of an hour, terrifying energy fluctuations spread out from the cauldron, causing the surrounding space to tremble...

(End of this chapter)