Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 73 The competition begins

Wei Chengzong stood up immediately.

His face was all smiles, and he was obviously excited that so many senior family members were here today.

He looked around, bowed slightly to several family elders, and then said in a loud voice: "Then let me announce the rules of this alchemy competition. Ning Ruiming and Ning Fa will compete in refining Sanyuan Pills. The family has prepared four Sanyuan Pill spiritual materials for each of them. Within a total of seven hours, whoever refines the most Sanyuan Pills will win."

"If the number of Sanyuan Pills is the same in the end, then we will refine the pills again until the winner is determined."

Everyone looked calm, thinking that this rule was fair.

It takes about two hours to refine a furnace of Sanyuan Pills. Excluding the time for breathing and rest, basically only three furnaces of Sanyuan Pills can be refined at most.

The family prepared four sets of spiritual materials to give everyone an extra chance.

This is actually more beneficial to Ningfa.

After all, in the eyes of everyone, Ning Fa might fail in refining the elixir halfway through and would have to start all over again.

However, considering that Ning Ruiming has already reached the late stage of Qi training, his magic power and spiritual awareness are even stronger, so naturally the more times he refines the Sanyuan Pill, the more advantages he will have.

Moreover, the victory or defeat is not determined by just one attempt at refining the elixir, and the factor of luck is basically eliminated.

But that's just what other people think, the reality is just the other way around.

Because Ning Fa is a special case, the total amount of mana in his body at this time is even higher than that of Ning Ruiming.

Even because of the special nature of the small thunder source, the stability and precision of his mana output are far greater than Ning Ruiming.

Moreover, because he possesses the Five Elements Thunder Body, his body has the ability to automatically recover his magic power.

This gives him an advantage in the long-term alchemy.

Even in terms of the strength of his spiritual awareness, he was not weaker than a cultivator in the late Qi training stage at this moment.

But no one present knew how special Ning Fa was. Except for Ning Shaohong, no one was optimistic about Ning Fa.

The only suspense seems to be how badly Ningfa will lose.

Ning Fa and Ning Ruiming stood up and walked to the left and right respectively.

On both sides there are two yellow alchemy furnaces of the same style, more than three feet high, with three legs and two ears, and intricate spiritual patterns engraved on them.

Judging from the spiritual pressure they emitted, they were all top-grade, first-class alchemy furnaces.

The reason why each person has two furnaces is to serve as backup in case one of the furnaces explodes accidentally.

Looking at the two alchemy furnaces, Ning Fa smiled slightly.

There is also a long table next to the alchemy furnace, on which are placed Sanyuan Dan spiritual materials of various shapes and shining colors.

Placing it on the long table is also for everyone to check with their spiritual sense to show fairness.

Ning Fa just glanced at these spiritual materials with his spiritual sense and nodded.

There is nothing wrong with these spiritual materials.

With so many family leaders watching in public, even if Ning Ruiming and Wei Chengzong had the guts, they wouldn't dare to do anything under such circumstances.

Ning Jiden in the audience looked at the two with envy.

To be more precise, I envy Ningfa.

He was envious of the opportunity to show up in front of the family's top leaders.

In his opinion, Ningfa had no chance of winning at all.

Being able to refine a few Sanyuan pills in this competition would be considered a great success.

In this way, even if he lost to Ning Ruiming, he could completely accept it, and perhaps he could even gain the appreciation of the family's top leaders.

Ning Jiden even had the urge to challenge Ning Ruiming.

But when he thought of some of Ning Ruiming's deeds, he immediately shuddered and put this bold idea behind him.

Ning Shumou, the old alchemist with white hair and a youthful face, had something strange in his slightly cloudy eyes.

Looking at the calm Ningfa, for some reason, an idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

Maybe Ningfa really has a chance of winning?
This thought even shocked him. If this was true, then Ning Fa would undoubtedly be the best alchemist in the Ning family.

His talent in alchemy is even catching up with his former ancestor, the second-level alchemist Ning Chuyun.

Ning Shumou couldn't help but sit up straight and look at Ning Fa with his eyes wide open.

At this time, Wei Chengzong made a gesture with one hand.

As white light lingered in his hands, white spiritual flames suddenly appeared and floated in the air.

These spiritual flames are shaped like flowers, very lifelike. There are seven of them in total, lined up in a row in the air.

Then the first spiritual flower on the left suddenly ignited and spiritual light bloomed.

"This phantom flame spirit flower can burn for an hour. When all seven spirit flowers are burned out, the competition will be over."

Wei Chengzong smiled, feeling somewhat proud.

This is a new secret technique he had learned, called [Phantom Flame Technique].

Although the grade is not very high, it has quite high requirements for the caster.

The caster is required to have a very fine mana output and maintain stability, and it also requires sharpness of spiritual awareness.

Although this secret technique may not mean much to a foundation-building cultivator, it is very rare for a Qi-cultivating cultivator.

Wei Chengzong deliberately used this magic to show off his skills in front of several senior family members.

"What are you doing showing off? Why don't you just start now?"

At this time, Ning Huarong, who was sitting on the high platform, spoke impatiently, obviously having no appreciation for Wei Chengzong's Phantom Flame.

Several elders, Ning Weize and Ning Shaohong all had strange looks in their eyes.

An alchemy apprentice in the audience couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then quickly covered his mouth.

Wei Chengzong's face flashed with embarrassment, but he was very thick-skinned. He coughed dryly and said loudly: "The competition officially begins."

Ning Fa took a deep breath and then urged his spiritual awareness.

Among the pile of spiritual materials that were shining with spiritual light on the long table next to him, more than ten kinds of spiritual materials with different shapes and colors and shining with different rays of light suddenly floated up.

Ning Fa's eyes were as sharp as lightning, and he was in an unprecedented serious state.

A high fighting spirit and strong self-confidence emanated from him.

The change in Ning Fa's aura immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Ning Huarong, who was originally impatient, suddenly sat up straight, stared at Ning Fa, and a smile of ambiguous meaning appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Ning Shaohong was stunned and couldn't help but think of the figure in his memory.

Ning Xiuying, who was sitting in a corner of the stage, looked at Ning Fa with a strange gleam in her beautiful eyes.

Liu Qinghui, who had originally lowered her head, looked directly at Ning Fa with a calm expression, and it was unknown what she was thinking.

At this time, Ningfa had completely entered a state of trance.

His hands turned like wheels, and in an instant, spells of different colors were released, hitting the corresponding spiritual materials.

Those spiritual materials of various shapes began to melt and deform under the effect of the spiritual spell.

Ningfa's movements were extremely swift, without any hesitation or pause, and were extremely smooth, with a special rhythm that dazzled people and gave them an indescribable beauty.

In comparison, Ning Ruiming was also processing the spiritual materials quickly.

Moreover, his movements were extremely skillful and definitely above the standard.

But compared with Ningfa, it doesn't have that pleasing sense of smoothness, and the progress is obviously a bit worse.

Noticing this, even the expressions of several Ning family elders who didn't have a deep knowledge of alchemy began to change.

Especially the Tenth Elder Ning Jiannan, who was originally leaning on the chair, suddenly sat up straight with a solemn look in his eyes.

Ning Jideng widened his eyes, looking at Ning Fa's superb operating skills. He asked himself, how long would it take him to reach this level?
The answer made him despair.

(End of this chapter)