After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 178 The Blind Man Refining Alchemy

"Alright, now that everyone's here, let's go and have Elder Huang take a look!" Zhou Yu suggested.

Upon hearing this, Sun Siyu could not say anything more and could only nod in agreement. Then she led everyone to the cave where her master was.

A short while later, the group arrived at Huang Jiansheng's cave.

"Master, the people from the Alchemist Alliance are here!" Sun Siyu shouted before even seeing Huang Jiansheng.

Soon, everyone saw the white-robed old man with a short white beard. He had been lying quietly on the bed, but after hearing Sun Siyu's voice, he quickly had his disciple help him up.

"Master, are you alright?" Sun Siyu immediately grabbed Huang Jiansheng's arm and asked with concern as soon as she saw him.

"I'm fine, my good disciple, don't worry!" Huang Jiansheng endured the pain and tried his best to comfort him.

When Ye Xiaobai saw Huang Jiansheng's appearance clearly, he immediately felt that the poison in Huang Jiansheng's body had penetrated deep into his internal organs. If the poison was not detoxified in time, only a god could save him.

The elderly man surnamed Du also noticed Huang Jiansheng's condition and immediately stepped forward, saying, "Elder Huang has been poisoned for a long time, so let me help him refine an antidote!"

“Yes, Senior Du is a fifth-grade alchemist whom I found after going through great lengths. There should be no problem with him refining the Five Blessings Detoxification Pill!” Zhou Yu suggested directly.

“But I’ve already arranged with my friends in the Alchemist Alliance to have them refine it!” Sun Siyu said.

"These two friends from the Alchemist Alliance look too young, and their strength is definitely not convincing. It's safer to choose Senior Du!" Zhou Yu mocked directly.

"Fellow Daoist Zhou, do you understand alchemy? Can you judge a person's alchemy level just by their age? Then any old man could be called an alchemy master?" Liu Rumei retorted directly.

"You... Fellow Daoist Liu, you certainly have a sharp tongue!"

Zhou Yu was rendered speechless by the rebuttal, realizing that he was naturally not good at alchemy.

Seeing the crowd arguing endlessly, Huang Jiansheng coughed lightly and said calmly, "Since both of you are experts in alchemy..."

"Then let's have a contest. Whoever wins will refine the Five Blessings Detoxification Pill for me! I will reward you handsomely afterward!"

Upon hearing this, the elderly man surnamed Du and Liu Rumei immediately agreed.

"That's perfect!"

Ye Xiaobai was immediately embarrassed. He had also come to refine pills, but he was completely ignored. Was it because of his plain appearance that he was mistaken for Liu Rumei's attendant?

"Senior Huang, I am also an alchemist!" Ye Xiaobai volunteered directly, indicating that he wanted to participate in this alchemy competition. He had come to Yue Kingdom to practice alchemy.

Upon hearing this, Huang Jiansheng said somewhat awkwardly, "So you're here to refine pills too, young friend. Then you can certainly participate in the competition!"

Upon hearing Ye Xiaobai's words, Liu Rumei said disdainfully, "Ye Xiaobai, you don't believe in my alchemy skills?"

"No, no!" Ye Xiaobai quickly denied.

"Young man, your courage is commendable!" The old man surnamed Du thought Ye Xiaobai was just a young alchemist from the Alchemist Alliance, so he didn't take him seriously.

"Alright, since everyone has no questions, let's have a competition of alchemy skills. But what kind of pills should we refine?"

"The quality of the pills is too low to compare with everyone's level. The materials for fifth-grade pills are also extremely rare. I am still a little reluctant to use them, so I will refine them..." Huang Jiansheng was interrupted just as he was about to decide which pills to use in the competition.

“Master, could you refine some Youth Preservation Pills? A few days ago, some of the junior sisters in the sect heard that alchemists from the Alchemist Alliance were coming, and they wanted you to help them refine some Youth Preservation Pills!” Sun Siyu suggested.

"You can refine the Youth Preservation Pill, can't you? Why did you need to find these other alchemists?" Huang Jiansheng asked, puzzled.

"Master, don't even mention it! They all look down on the low-grade Youth Preservation Pills I made; they all want the high-grade ones!" Sun Siyu complained helplessly.

“Alright, in that case, let’s have the competition be about the Youth-Preserving Pill!” After hearing Sun Siyu’s explanation, Huang Jiansheng agreed with her suggestion.

Soon, the group arrived at a spacious area outside the cave. After the three of them chose their spots, an elder from the Qingxia Sect shouted, "The competition begins!"

Ye Xiaobai immediately took out his alchemy furnace and began refining the Youth Preservation Pill. Sun Siyu had already prepared the materials, one set for each person. Ye Xiaobai was very skilled at refining Youth Preservation Pills. He had already refined many high-grade Youth Preservation Pills back in Yangdan City.

The old man surnamed Du and Liu Rumei were both adept at refining the Youth Preservation Pill; it was just a matter of who could refine the higher quality pill.

The old man surnamed Du was actually blind, Ye Xiaobai only realized this after glancing at his alchemy process.

He directed his disciples to add the necessary herbs for the Youth Preservation Pill into the furnace in front of him in order, while he manipulated spiritual power to control the refining of the herbs within the furnace.

How skilled must one be to refine pills without even looking? Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but be amazed by the old man surnamed Du's pill-refining skills.

Ye Xiaobai couldn't afford to be distracted and immediately focused on his alchemy furnace. The aroma of the spiritual herbs, the temperature of the alchemical fire, the order in which the herbs were added, and the combination of the herbs—all of these were indispensable if he wanted to refine high-quality pills.

Fortunately, Ye Xiaobai was already quite skilled at refining the Youth Preservation Pill, and soon it was time to condense the pill. At this moment, he needed to concentrate even more and could not afford to be careless.

Not far away, the old man surnamed Du had already finished refining the Youth Preservation Pill, and the people from Qingxia Sect were all amazed by the speed at which he refined it.

After the alchemy furnace was opened and confirmed by the elders of Qingxia Sect, it turned out to contain six high-grade anti-aging pills!

"As expected of Senior Du! He easily refined six high-grade anti-aging pills!" Zhou Yu praised the old man surnamed Du's pill-refining skills upon seeing this.

"Yes, yes!" Wu Haotian and the others chimed in.

"Look, the Youth Preservation Pill for Fairy Liu is also finished!" shouted a Qingxia Sect disciple standing near Liu Rumei not far away.

Only then did everyone turn their attention to Liu Rumei.

"Ten high-grade Youth Preservation Pills!" the Qingxia Sect elder announced loudly as he verified the pills.

"What? Ten high-grade youth-preserving pills?"

"Yes, actually stronger than Senior Du's alchemy skills?"

Zhou Yu, standing to the side, was immediately shocked. He hadn't expected Liu Rumei to be so powerful. However, he could only say helplessly, "Fairy Liu is really lucky. She actually refined ten high-grade anti-aging pills!"

"Hmph, what luck? This is skill!" Liu Rumei said disdainfully.

Although the old man surnamed Du couldn't see, he could sense the results of Liu Rumei's refining process with his divine sense. It was indeed a bit better than his own. However, judging from her voice, he could tell that Liu Rumei was very young. The old man surnamed Du was slightly unconvinced and guessed that she was just lucky.

However, seeing that the old man surnamed Du had managed to refine six high-grade anti-aging pills despite being blind, Liu Rumei was somewhat impressed by his alchemy skills.

If the elderly man surnamed Du had normal eyesight, the outcome of the competition would have been uncertain, but there are no "ifs".