Of course, for Wang Ruoxie now, crafting a Fifth Grade Meridian Opening Pill is almost effortless, so naturally, there's no need to demand a high-grade tripod furnace.

Even with nothing more than a lower-grade Spiritual Artifact tripod furnace, he could still succeed in the alchemy.

Wang Ruoxie took the materials needed for the Meridian Opening Pill from his storage ring and placed them all into the tripod furnace under the astonished gaze of Su Zetao and the others.

"Could it be... does he truly know how to perform alchemy?"

Su Zetao, Su Qiuling, and Su Qingxue all widened their eyes, watching Wang Ruoxie with doubtful eyes.

Although they didn't know how to perform alchemy, they had been lucky enough to witness true Pill Masters at work and knew that the first step was to refine the necessary materials one by one into Essence Liquid.

However, Wang Ruoxie threw all the materials into the tripod furnace at once, which inevitably led them to question whether he truly understood alchemy.

As for Liu He, standing to the side, he breathed a heavy sigh of relief, his eyes flashing with a cold smile, thinking this guy dared to challenge his master's alchemy skills without even understanding alchemy.

The outcome of the alchemy duel, without a doubt, meant this guy was bound to lose.

When the time came, he would make sure to humiliate the man thoroughly, and the stakes of the duel allowed them to decide his fate. He already had countless ideas to make the guy wish for death.

Ignoring the gazes around him, Wang Ruoxie focused his mind, releasing his Soul Power.

"Buzz..."

With a light sound, a white flame gradually formed in Wang Ruoxie's palm.

"Is that his Pill Fire?"

Seeing the flame, Su Zetao and the others couldn't help but squint their eyes.

Pill Fire is different from Martial Techniques flames, which are based on True Essence. It is a mystical fire formed through the Technique, rooted in Soul Power.

Pill Fire is essential for Pill Masters during alchemy, and without it, alchemy could not be performed at all.

Of course, it doesn't mean that Pill Fire cannot be used for combat.

On the contrary, some Pill Fires possess terrifying powers far beyond ordinary flames conjured by Martial Cultivators.

The white flame Wang Ruoxie conjured was not ordinary Pill Fire but a special flame controlled by the Nine Transformation Primordial Scripture, Primordial Fire.

However, as he had no True Essence in his body, he could only use Soul Power to conjure the Primordial Fire, significantly reducing its power.

Even so, the power of the Primordial Fire far exceeds that of an ordinary Pill Fire, more than enough for crafting a Meridian Opening Pill.

Seeing Wang Ruoxie conjure the Pill Fire, Su Zetao and the others no longer doubted him as much, acknowledging him as a true Pill Master.

Meanwhile, Du Xiu also took out his materials for the Median Opening Pill, but he had three sets.

Pill Masters have a certain Pill Success Rate, and no one can achieve a 100% success rate, so they prepare multiple sets of materials each time as a precaution.

Even for Du Xiu, a top-tier Fifth Grade Alchemy Grandmaster, achieving a 100% success rate with the Meridian Opening Pill was impossible, so he prepared two extra sets of materials.

Then, Du Xiu took out a tripod furnace, which slowly grew from palm-sized to half a person's height and settled on the ground.

The tripod furnace shone with five colors; the faint five-colored brilliance wound around it like it was no ordinary item.

"A middle-grade Earth Artifact level Five Elements Treasure Cauldron."

The moment Su Zetao, Su Qiuling, and Su Qingxue saw this tripod furnace, their eyes narrowed, and expressions of shock appeared on their faces.

Even a family like the Su Family, with millennia of heritage, didn't possess a middle-grade Earth Artifact, let alone a tripod furnace of that level, which was far more valuable than an ordinary middle-grade Earth Artifact.

This made them secretly sigh at the wealth of Pill Masters, even possessing a middle-grade Earth Artifact tripod furnace.

Watching Du Xiu's artistic alchemy methods, their amazement deepened.

Noticing the shock in Su Zetao and the others' eyes, Liu He couldn't help but show pride; after all, this was his master.

Compared with Wang Ruoxie, Du Xiu's purification process appeared especially careful and cautious.

He placed each material into the tripod furnace, swiftly purifying and refining them into Essence Liquid without any mistakes.

"Thousand-year-old Blood Ganoderma."

"Silver Frost Grass."

...

"Profound Yang Flower."

Du Xiu skillfully refined all materials into Essence Liquid with almost no mistakes.

Admittedly, Du Xiu's alchemy methods were truly flawless.

Next, Du Xiu moved to the second step of crafting, slowly merging all the Essence Liquid in a special proportion.

As time went by, all the liquid melded into one, finally forming a thumb-sized pill.

He then proceeded to the third and final step of crafting.

Du Xiu carefully controlled the blue Pill Fire he created, continually roasting the pill.

His hands quickly produced mysterious hand seals, causing the pill to tremble rhythmically along its special trajectory.

After a while, the air in the tripod furnace filled with an exceedingly rich medicinal fragrance and the visible Pill Qi permeated the entire hall.

Even Su Zetao and the others could hear a series of buzzing sounds emerging from the tripod furnace.

"It's complete."

Su Zetao and the others softly echoed in unison.

Liu He joyfully beheld Du Xiu, knowing that not only had his master successfully crafted the pill in one attempt, but also that this Meridian Opening Pill seemed to be of excellent quality.

Soon, Du Xiu began the final step. He extended his palm and retrieved the successfully crafted Meridian Opening Pill from the tripod furnace.

"Good luck smiled upon me, completing it in one try to produce a Top-Grade Meridian Opening Pill."

Gazing at the pill in his hand, Du Xiu nodded with a smile.

"A Top-Grade Meridian Opening Pill!"

Su Zetao and the others were shocked, immediately turning their gazes to the pill in Du Xiu's hand.

As expected, the Meridian Opening Pill had six faint pill halos surrounding it.

Pills are rated into five grades: Ordinary, Rare, Top, Supreme, and Divine.

From Top Grade onward, pills display pill halos, with one to three for Top Grade, four to six for Supreme, and seven to nine for Divine Grade.

This Meridian Opening Pill with six pill halos was a Supreme Grade Pill and the highest tier of Supreme Grade Pills.

"Master is sure to win."

Liu He beamed with joy internally.

Then, he turned his gaze toward Wang Ruoxie, ready to question him about who the real Alchemy Master was.

However, at the moment his eyes fell on Wang Ruoxie, his expression froze completely.

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