The sun is in the sky, the sun is shining, and there is no wind.

It's rare to have such good weather in this cold winter.

On the peak of the mountain where Bai Qianxin lived, the competition between Ye Ran and Mu Wudao was taking place in this open-air environment.

Under Bai Qianxin's signal, the two symbolically reported their family background. Bai Qianxin did this to let Ye Ran understand the strength of the other party.

"Ye Ran, a second-grade alchemist. Ye Ran slowly reported his name and the grade of the alchemist.

"Mu Wudao, a third-grade alchemist. ”

Hearing that Ye Ran was only a second-grade alchemist, Mu Wudao was determined in his heart, now that he had won, could it be that a third-grade alchemist was not as clever as a second-grade alchemist?

As for Ye Ran, when he heard that Mu Wudao was a third-grade alchemist, his fingers couldn't help but move slightly, he didn't expect that Mu Wudao, who was only in his early twenties, was actually a third-grade alchemist, and his talent was terrifying enough, no wonder he was full of confidence to challenge himself.

"Alchemy is divided into two parts. After introducing himself, Bai Qianxin looked at Ye Ran and Mu Wudao, and said slowly, "The first is refining medicinal materials, and the second is Ning Dan." ”

Mu Wudao nodded, pretending to be convinced, and listened carefully.

The cabbage body that followed Bai Qianxin was wearing a pale pink cotton coat with soft white velvet at the neckline, and her long black and beautiful hair was tied into two playful ponytails, adding a youthful vitality in this ice and snow.

Although it was out of the sun, the weather was still cold, and the cabbage tucked his hands into his sleeves, looking a little cute and cute.

Seeing Mu Wudao's pretentious nod, the cabbage couldn't help but stick out his tongue in disdain, grandpa always likes to talk nonsense, but you guys still have to pretend to hear some truth, nodding vigorously, it's really ......

Shameless!

Bai Qianxin naturally didn't notice the cabbage's small movements, if he knew what the cabbage was thinking, he would definitely be sad, what do I like to talk nonsense, I obviously tell the truth, okay? Don't always slander your grandfather and me like this!

It's a pity that Bai Qianxin can't read minds, so he can't detect what Cabbage is thinking, he continued, "In this round of competition, let's try to refine." ”

"Okay, I'm okay. As soon as Bai Qianxin's words fell, Mu Wudao immediately opened his mouth and said, he himself is a third-grade alchemist, he has refined a lot of medicinal materials, and he naturally has done nothing less in refining this aspect, he has absolute confidence to defeat Ye Ran!

Ye Ran also agreed without much hesitation, his level of refining in this area can be described as superb, and even the cabbage is willing to bow down.

As Bai Qianxin's master, although it is impossible to favor himself in the results of the competition, Ye Ran believes that in terms of topic selection, Bai Qianxin will also make judgments based on his own situation.

Of course, even if there were no outsiders to choose the topic, Ye Ran had absolute confidence to defeat Mu Wudao.

Looking at the confident smile on the corner of Mu Wudao's mouth, Ye Ran didn't speak.

"Have you ever heard of 'Rigidity and Softness Combine Fruits'?" Bai Qianxin looked at Ye Ran and Mu Wudao.

"Rigidity and softness?" Mu Wudao thought for a moment, and then slapped his palm, "I remember, this is an extremely strange fruit, its skin is very strong, comparable to steel, and the flesh inside it is indeed extremely fragile and soft, with a little force, it will be broken and difficult to preserve." ”

However, the taste of this fruit is extraordinarily delicious, and it is deeply loved by those kings and nobles, because this fruit is difficult to peel, so there are special workers who peel the fruit for this fruit. ”

Ye Ran touched his chin, could this be the exam question for this competition?

"That's right. Bai Qianxin nodded, and then he said slowly, "The shell of this fruit is strong, but the flesh inside is indeed extremely fragile, and any more force of this shell will destroy the flesh inside." ”

"Your first round of competition is to use Ding Huo to refine the shell of the fruit and refine the flesh. Bai Qianxin said.

Mu Wudao was stunned on the spot, this was not to extract medicinal materials, but to refine rigidity and softness and help fruits?

Although it is a refining fruit, it has nothing to do with alchemy, but its principle is the same, testing the alchemist's divine sense and ability to control Dinghuo.

And this is much more difficult than refining medicinal materials, if the medicinal materials are a little careless, at most the medicinal properties are not so pure, but they can still be used, and this fragile thing as a rigid and soft fruit, once the control of the fire is not good, it will directly turn into ashes.

"Do you two have any questions?" Bai Qianxin asked.

"Nope. Ye Ran shook his head.

Mu Wudao nodded after being stunned for a while, he didn't have to refine it 100%, anyway, this competition must be about refining the quantity by himself for a longer time than Ye Ran.

Could it be that he is not as good as Ye Ran, a second-grade alchemist?

The answer is no. Mu Wudao looked at Ye Ran, I am determined to win this victory!

Bai Qianxin nodded, and then he took out two brown boxes from the storage talisman, which were densely packed with gray-black egg-sized fruits, which were called the combination of rigidity and softness.

Then he took out another hourglass and stuck it firmly in the snow.

"Before the hourglass is finished, whoever refines the combination of rigidity and softness will be the winner of this competition. ”

Ye Ran nodded, and he immediately took out his Han Jade Ding from the storage talisman.

And Mu Wudao also took out his own cyan medicine pod.

After the two of them finished preparing, Bai Qianxin immediately announced the start of the competition, the hourglass flipped over, and the golden sand kept falling far away.

After Ye Ran calmed down, he immediately urged the Ding Huo and threw a rigid and soft fruit into it, the hard shell was in the medicine tripod, and there was no reaction the moment it came into contact with the Ding Huo, and he was not afraid of the high temperature in the medicine tripod at all.

Ye Ran urged the medicine tripod and slowly increased the firepower, and the gray-black rigidity and softness finally had a slight change, and the sturdy shell showed a hint of melting.

Ye Ran was unmoved, he still methodically increased the firepower, and the shell was quickly refined, revealing the white flesh inside.

It's just that the white flesh couldn't bear it the moment it touched the flames, and it turned into nothing.

Mu Wudao on the side looked at Ye Ran, who had failed to refin, and couldn't help but smile, he immediately picked up a rigid and soft fruit and threw it into the medicine tripod, urging the tripod fire to start refining.

He was refining carefully, because he felt Ye Ran's gaze, and he wanted to use his success to educate Ye Ran and hit him well.

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