The Extreme Alchemist of the Mighty Cauldron

Chapter 517: Chapter 517: The Real Spirit Invocation Skill

Zhou Zhishui, the only female among the five prodigies of the Xuan Country’s Pill Alliance, was indeed one of a kind.

Her surname alone hinted at her noble birth. Descended from the Great Xuan royal family, she possessed the bloodline of the Zhou Royal Family. Truly, she was a daughter of royalty.

Her father was a prince of Xuan Country, and she herself held the rank of a Commandery Princess.

However, Zhou Zhishui was deeply obsessed with Alchemy Tao, so she mainly spent her time at the Pill Alliance. Nevertheless, no one could ignore her status as a Commandery Princess.

It could be said that among the five geniuses of the Xuan Country’s Pill Alliance, Zhou Zhishui was the most prestigious.

At this moment, upon witnessing Fang Lin attract everyone’s attention with his flamboyantly executed bare-hand pill refining technique, a move that just outshone them, Zhou Zhishui felt indignation brewing within her. She decided to employ her trump card in order to subdue Fang Lin.

“This Pill Refiner from the Lower Three Kingdoms may indeed have some skills, but essentially, he’s just a flash in the pan.” As Zhou Zhishui spoke, her hands fluttered swiftly, releasing a series of seals that transformed into beams of light before disappearing into her pill furnace.

“What kind of technique is that?”

“It appears to be some sort of mysterious Alchemy Technique!”

“I seem to find these seals somewhat profound.”

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Perplexed expressions surfaced among the crowd. They had never seen a technique like Zhou Zhishui’s before. Even the other three prodigies’ faces hardened.

Even as fellow prodigies of the Pill Alliance, it was their first time witnessing such a technique from Zhou Zhishui.

“This is… the method of pill refining from the fragmented Pill Scripture!” Chen Yongnian said, disbelievingly, almost popping his eyes out in surprise.

Not only him, the other elders also nodded in agreement, recognizing that Zhou Zhishui was employing an ancient method of pill refining.

In the Pill Alliance’s Pavilion of Hidden Books, a fragment of the Pill Scripture had recorded a broken yet spectacularly ingenious Alchemy. It allowed pill refiners to use their own seals to tap into the spiritual energy from the heavens and the earth. This energy could then be infused into the pill furnace to significantly improve the quality of the pills being refined.

By rights, this powerful pill refining skill should have drawn a great deal of attention from the many pill refiners in the Pill Alliance. However, given the Scripture’s extensive damage, part of the training method for the ancient alchemy skill had been lost, rendering it unlearnable.

To everyone’s surprise, Zhou Zhishui had silently mastered this incomplete ancient alchemy skill. She executed it flawlessly, with no signs of any deficiencies.

Chen Yongnian himself had made attempts to decipher it, only to comprehend a little. Zhou Zhishui, a youngster in her early twenties, had managed to progress this far, which was undoubtedly astonishing.

Fang Lin watched Zhou Zhishui’s actions carefully, especially the sophisticated seals, a strange glint in his eyes.

In the eyes of the others, however, Fang Lin seem to be quite taken aback.

“The Pill Alliance of our Xuan Country truly is like a dragon lying dormant. Even though Zhang Wenxuan has been disqualified, Zhou Zhishui could still handle Fang Lin.”

“After all, each of the five prodigies is exceptional.”

“I really want to see if Fang Lin has other skills to display.”

“He probably doesn’t, Zhou Zhishui is just too powerful.”

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The crowd lavished praises continuously, utterly captivated by the extraordinary display Zhou Zhishui gave after Fang Lin’s bare-hand pill refining marvel.

“Impressive indeed,” Fang Lin gave a compliment after a moment, yet remained calm.

After Zhou Zhishui created the final seal, a faint blue light immediately permeated the pill furnace. Inside, a surge of energy ebbed and flowed strongly.

“The spiritual energy is merging with the pill!” Chen Yongnian declared, his gaze fixed on Zhou Zhishui’s pill furnace.

This old and broken pill refining method had been flawlessly executed by Zhou Zhishui. Naturally, he had to carefully observe and learn from it.

However, Fang Lin frowned at this moment and shook his head.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Zhishui was filled with discontent and snapped, “Do you have an issue with my alchemy technique?”

Fang Lin replied, “Your pill refining technique is good, but you made a mistake at the end.”

Made a mistake at the end?

The crowd was baffled. A mistake at the end? Where was the mistake? There didn’t seem to be any errors. What gave Fang Lin the right to say that Zhou Zhishui’s final steps were wrong?

Chen Yongnian himself looked suspiciously at Fang Lin. With his perceptiveness, he didn’t notice any mistakes in Zhou Zhishui’s pill refining. Considering Fang Lin’s cultivation level and age, how could he contradict Zhou Zhishui?

“Hmph! A frog in a well!” Zhou Zhishui retorted coldly, dismissing Fang Lin’s criticism of her alchemy technique.

Fang Lin shook his head and sighed. He didn’t elaborate; instead, he began to make his move.

The moment he moved, everyone present was petrified. Their lively chatter silenced instantly.

This was especially true for Zhou Zhishui, whose mouth fell open in disbelief and shock.

Fang Lin was casting the same seals as Zhou Zhishui, except that his beautifully complex seals were being infused into the hovering medicinal liquid before him.

Furthermore, there was a flickering glow around the liquid as if the seals had summoned and attracted energy, which continuously flowed into the medicinal liquid.

“The true Spirit Invocation Skill is used like this,” Fang Lin explained while forming more and more seals. He continued until the onlookers completely lost awareness of the fact that Fang Lin had already stopped casting the seals.

However, the faint light spots of spiritual energy from the heavens and the earth around him still appeared continuously and condensed, not needing Fang Lin’s direction. It was as if they were intentionally entering the medicinal liquid, becoming part of the medicine.

Around Zhou Zhishui’s pill furnace too, there were spots of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, but compared to what was happening at Fang Lin’s side, it was like comparing a firefly with the bright moon. The difference was staggering.

Later, with the passage of time, the spiritual energy gathered around Zhou Zhishui’s furnace was unintentionally attracted towards Fang Lin’s side and streamed right over.

This scene left Zhou Zhishui reeling, swaying unsteadily as if receiving a heavy blow.

The others were also dumbfounded. Even noteworthy individuals such as Chen Yongnian felt light-headed.

What was going on exactly?

How was it that not only Zhou Zhishui, but even Fang Lin knew this ancient and broken Spirit Invocation Skill?

Moreover, why did Fang Lin’s Invocation Skill seem even more perfect than Zhou Zhishui’s?