Chapter 162: Public Alchemy
On the ground below, the crimson square was huge and majestic. Around the square, densely packed heads formed a black ocean. Looking around, it was endless. All kinds of noisy sounds rushed into the sky. Under the huge sound waves, even the clouds in the sky were shaken away.

In the center of the square, there is a suspended stone platform about 20 to 30 feet long and wide. On both sides of the platform, there are two medicine furnaces, from which red fire and smoke continuously seep out.

“Have Elder Xuan and the others called everyone in Shengdan City here?” Xiao Yun’s mouth twitched as he listened to the terrible noise. No wonder Tian Lei Zi looked at him with a worried look at that time. In such a place, which eighth-grade alchemist could guarantee a successful pill in one furnace?
“No, the teacher only called a majority of the people.” Seeing Xiao Yun’s deflated look, Cao Ying finally felt better and smiled while covering her mouth.

“…” Xiao Yun shook his head helplessly. He originally thought that at most they would invite some alchemists above the sixth rank to come and watch, with a maximum of several thousand or tens of thousands of people. But the number now might be more than ten times higher.

If I had known this earlier, I would have prepared some auxiliary pills.

“We in Danta are not targeting you. This is a necessary process.” After Cao Ying finished laughing, he explained softly, “Like my teacher, he also refined an eighth-grade nine-color elixir under such circumstances. Only then did he defeat all the heroes and become the current Danta giant.”

“You are so cruel, Danta!”

Having said that, what else can he say? He can only fight back against the enemy with his own troops and block the water with earth!

“Xiaoyun, come to us!”

Just as Xiao Yun was staring at the crowd below in a daze, suddenly a voice wrapped in fighting spirit came clearly through the noise.

Xiao Yun looked towards the source of the voice, and saw Venerable Skyfire waving at him on a high platform in the square.

“Xian’er, Miss Cao, let’s go there.” After saying that, Xiao Yun moved and swooped down towards the platform where Lord Tianhuo was, and the two women behind him hurriedly followed.

After Xiao Yun and the other two landed on the platform, he was surprised to find that the area was extremely quiet, as if they were in another space with the other people.

“Haha, Xiao Yun, are you surprised? You’re refining medicine in a place like this.” Seeing the bitter look on Xiao Yun’s face, Venerable Tianhuo said with a smile.

“I’m not surprised, I’m frightened.”

Xiao Yun waved his hand. If it was not impossible, he would have already run away with the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron overnight.

Then he glanced around casually and found that although the platform occupied a large area, there were only seven seats. Venerable Tianhuo and Yao Lao were sitting together, and there were five empty seats next to them.

“Medicine Master.” After Xiao Yun and the other two sat down, he turned to Medicine Master and asked, “Why don’t I see Xuan Master and the others? I still have to wait a while before refining the medicine, right?”

“Xuan Kongzi and the others are the giants of Danta, so they will naturally have to wait for a while before they arrive. When they arrive, they will ask you to go up and make medicine.” Yao Lao stroked his gray beard and said with a smile, “This is your first time to make medicine in front of so many people. Do you still have the confidence to pass the test?”

“Alas…” Xiao Yun sighed lightly after hearing this, and said with a wry smile: “My confidence is not as strong as it was at the beginning. It was 90% originally, but now it is only 50%.”

“Haha, you are still considering setting up the soul barrier yourself, right? Let me tell you, when refining medicine in public in Danta, you cannot set up any shielding means. You have to let everyone observe clearly, so you can only rely on yourself to stabilize your mind and refine the medicine.”

“Ah? There are too many rules in Danta, right?”

After hearing what Yao Lao said, Xiao Yun, who was originally smiling bitterly, instantly fell into a state of bitterness, as if he had eaten bitter gourd.

“That’s why the gold content of the alchemist badge awarded by Danta is higher than that of other regions. This is also the reason why Danta alchemists look down on other alchemists.”

When Yao Lao saw Xiao Yun’s expression, he laughed loudly and said, “But don’t worry, although the soul barrier cannot be set up, you can take pills to assist in refining medicine, and the effect is better than the soul barrier.”

“Um… I’ve been busy reading these days, and I haven’t prepared the auxiliary pills yet.” Xiao Yun said with a smile. No one had ever mentioned these rules of Danta to him, so naturally he didn’t understand them.

“I knew it.” Yao Lao shook his head, took out a jade bottle from his ring, handed it to Xiao Yun, and said with a smile: “Fortunately, I refined a mind-concentrating and calming pill for you in advance, otherwise you, a bad boy, would have made a fool of yourself in front of so many people.”

After taking the pill from Yao Lao, Xiao Yun felt a warm feeling in his heart. It was a pill for concentrating the mind and calming the heart, a seventh-grade high-level auxiliary pill. He didn’t expect that Yao Lao had prepared it for him in advance.

Thousands of words flashed through his mind, but they finally converged into five words: “Thank you for your trouble!”

“Okay, stop being sentimental. Take a rest here first. Xuan Kongzi and the others should be here soon.”

“Yeah.” Xiao Yun nodded slightly, put the jade bottle into the ring, leaned back in the chair, closed his eyes and adjusted his state.

……

After he closed his eyes and dozed off for a while, a distorted wave suddenly appeared in the void above the square. Then, the silver-white spatial force seeped out from it, and actually tore a channel directly in the void.

The appearance of the space channel attracted all the attention in the square. The next moment, three figures stepped out of the space channel and hovered in the air.

“It’s the Danta Three! Oh my god, I can actually see the three giants appear at the same time in my lifetime!”

“President Xuan Kongzi!” The appearance of Xuan Kongzi and his two companions instantly ignited the atmosphere of the entire square. The crowd in the field shouted to the sky like the crazy fans in their previous lives.

In fact, it is normal to call them fans. Xuan Kongzi and the other two are the three giants of Danta. They can be said to be the three people who best represent Danta in public.

As Danta is a holy place in the hearts of alchemists, it is normal for them to regard the three people who symbolize Danta as idols in their hearts.

“Xuan Kongzi and the others are here.” Seeing the three figures in the air, Yao Lao reminded Xiao Yun softly.

“Yeah.” Hearing this, Xiao Yun suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the three people in the sky with fiery eyes. In some time, he will be as dazzling as these three people!
“Cough cough!” In the sky, Xuan Kongzi, one of the three, stepped forward and coughed lightly, but it echoed in everyone’s ears. The square, which was originally noisy, suddenly became silent, and everyone’s eyes were focused on him.

“Everyone, we at Danta invite you here today to witness the birth of a new alchemy master!”

“His name has been circulating in the Dan Region for some time. Many people have heard of his reputation, but they remain skeptical about his achievements!”

“So, we at Danta would like to ask him to prove it. Later, on this floating stone platform, everything will be revealed!”

“Everyone, please bear witness! Is Xiao Yun really a thousand-year-old evildoer, or is he just a mortal in name only?”

After Xuan Kongzi finished speaking, he pointed at the platform where Xiao Yun was, and a smile appeared on his face that was difficult for ordinary people to detect.

And the eyes of everyone in the field followed the movement of the finger and looked towards the platform.

“Haha, brat, no matter whether you can refine the eighth-grade elixir later, your reputation has already spread throughout the entire Zhongzhou continent.” After hearing Xuan Kongzi’s slightly provocative words, Yao Lao joked.

“Xiao Yun, your alchemy skills have been honed through countless alchemy practices! Don’t lose face!”

“Yes! Brother Huo is right! Be more alert!”

“…” Looking at the two happy old men, Xiao Yun was speechless. He immediately stood up from his chair, stepped on the void, and walked towards the floating stone platform.

“Is this Xiao Yun? As the rumors say, he is really very young…”

“He is not only young, you can see he is flying in the air, he must be at least a Dou Zong master! It seems that Master Xiao is not only good at refining medicine, but also a leader of the younger generation in cultivation!”

“Humph, maybe he’s just a show-off. An eighth-grade alchemy master? I want to see how he refines an eighth-grade pill!”

Looking at the handsome young man, everyone in the field talked about it. Some believed him, while others thought that Xiao Yun was too young. Even if he could refine an eighth-grade elixir, it would be with the help of others and he could not do it on his own.

But other people’s words had no effect on Xiao Yun. Just as Xuan Kongzi said, everything would be clear after he finished refining the elixir.

Xiao Yun slowly landed on the floating stone platform, sat down cross-legged, closed his eyes slightly, and waited for the medicine refining to begin.

“Silence!” Xuan Kongzi glanced at the stone platform, and when he saw Xiao Yun was ready, he waved his sleeves to suppress the originally extremely noisy square.

“Everyone, let’s watch the medicine refining from now on!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the three giants of Danta, who were originally floating in the sky, flashed and landed on the platform where Xiao Yun was before.

“Swish!” The sound of breaking wind was heard, and then a huge red medicine cauldron appeared on the suspended stone platform. At the same time, many medicinal materials were suspended in the air.

The appearance of the scarlet medicine cauldron caused an uproar among the onlookers. Most of the people watching here were alchemists, so they could naturally see the extraordinary nature of this scarlet medicine cauldron.

“The Cauldron of Ten Thousand Beasts? This kid is really lucky.” Xuan Kongzi sat next to Yao Lao, looking at the medicine cauldron covered with strange beast patterns, and sighed.

“It’s just the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron, one of the top ones on the Heavenly Cauldron List. Are you impressed? There’s more to come.” Yao Lao stroked his beard with a smile and said in a pretentious manner.

“Oh? Is there anything that could surprise me more than the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron?” Hearing this, Xuan Kongzi asked curiously. Even Xuan Yi and Tian Lei Zi turned their gazes to Yao Lao. Obviously, they also wanted to know what other good things Xiao Yun had.

Before Yao Lao could answer, they saw the good show that the former had mentioned. Xuan Kongzi even stood up directly, his eyes fixed on the floating stone platform.

There was no other reason. It was just that Xiao Yun waved his hand and a wisp of dark flame burst out. In the blink of an eye, it turned into a black dragon, hovering in the air, roaring silently.

“This is… the Eight Desolations Destruction Flame!?”

　A big update to make up for the boasts I made in May

　
(End of this chapter)