Chapter 799: Unlucky weather

When Zuo Feng closed his eyes and concentrated, his whole body seemed to be still. He completed this process of transition from movement to stillness in just a moment.

The audience around him could not detect this change in Zuo Feng because they were too far away. The other contestants were all focused on their own medicine cauldrons at this time, so how could they have the energy to pay attention to Zuo Feng.

Therefore, among the people present, only the five people in the stands could see everything clearly from such a distance. They not only watched with their eyes, but also felt it with their own terrifying cultivation.

The moment Zuo Feng closed his eyes, he seemed to be still. This stillness was not only the stillness of the whole body, but also all the fluctuations in his body, including spiritual power and even heartbeat, stopped at this moment. This transition between movement and stillness was done as smoothly as flowing water, and it was no wonder that others were surprised.

And what happened next surprised everyone even more, because after the stillness lasted for a long time, the moment Zuo Feng opened his eyes, it seemed to suddenly burst out.

If the previous movement was turned into stillness in an instant, the five people on the high platform could also do it easily, but what he did next was not so easy. Because Zuo Feng's stillness seemed to be completely silent, but in fact he seemed to be accumulating all his own energy and spirit. When he opened his eyes, everything he had accumulated burst out again.

It was because of his mysterious process of going from movement to stillness and from stillness to movement that surprised the people who saw this scene.

At this moment, Zuo Feng's mind was highly concentrated, and the process of him taking out the medicine furnace and herbs was as fast as flowing water, which made people feel a refreshing visual impact.

The eyes of the five people on the high platform were all focused on Zuo Feng at this time, and at the same time, their eyes were instantly focused on the medicine furnace on the stone platform.

It is well known that the medicine furnace is used to refine drugs and medicine powders. The liquid medicine that can be barely refined is also of medium and low grade. High-level liquid medicine and pills must be refined by the medicine cauldron, which is a rule-like existence in medicine refining. But Zuo Feng took out the medicine furnace, and it didn't look like he took the wrong item.

Yao Zhen had a look of surprise in his eyes, staring at the medicine furnace, as if he wanted to see through the surface of the medicine furnace to see the inside. Although You Hesu was not a real alchemist, he knew a lot about alchemy, so he was very surprised to see Zuo Feng take out the medicine furnace.

Zhong Lao looked at the medicine furnace, and there was also doubt in his eyes, but it seemed that he remembered something, and his expression was very serious.

The most special expression was that of Deputy City Lord Yao. After seeing the other party's medicine furnace, his body straightened instantly, and he almost stood up. His change was a bit exaggerated, and even he himself immediately realized that it was wrong. In a hurry, he put away the exaggerated expression on his face, but City Lord You and Zhong Lao beside him felt his specialness, but they didn't say much.

Zuo Feng didn't need to look at the changes in these people to guess, but he didn't think much about it. Because this selection was too important, he couldn't continue to hide some means, so he had to use this medicine furnace.

The medicine furnace in front of him looks very simple, but the shape is extremely ordinary. If we judge from the appearance alone, it can only be regarded as a low-end medicine furnace.

But such an inconspicuous medicine furnace was what he had left behind from Yao Lao. This medicine furnace may not be of much value to Yao Lao, but it is of extraordinary significance to Zuo Feng.

This medicine furnace can not only refine high-level liquid medicine, but even low-grade and medium-grade pills can be refined, comparable to an unmade medicine cauldron. More importantly, Zuo Feng has been in contact with the medicine furnace for a longer time, and he can control the medicine furnace more handy, so his success rate when using the medicine furnace to refine is also higher.

This time is a do-or-die battle for him, so he must succeed, and he cannot be eliminated here no matter what.

Maybe others are eliminated, just losing an opportunity, but for Zuo Feng, it is not only that all previous efforts are in vain, but it may also endanger his life.

At this time, everyone, including Zuo Feng, has entered the stage of refining medicine, or to be more precise, the initial stage of refining medicine.

Refining, the essence of the medicinal materials is processed by high temperature and spiritual energy to force out the most refined medicinal power. The process of extraction and purification can be said to be as easy as a daily routine for those who are participating in the county-level competition. In addition to speed, this process is about the degree of purification.

In this process, the basic skills of the pharmacist will be fully demonstrated. Some pharmacists will refine one or two medicinal materials at a time, but some pharmacists will refine three or even five medicinal materials at a time. This is of course not the final measure. After all, the effect of some people's refining is not ideal, but they just pursue speed.

Zuo Feng ignored the fact that others had already refined a lot of medicinal materials, but immediately injected the flame crystal into the medicine furnace after taking out the medicine furnace to activate the spiritual power to heat the medicine furnace. At this time, the advantages of the medicine furnace can already be shown. As a tool for junior pharmacists, the medicine furnace will heat faster.

After all, the spiritual power that junior pharmacists can use is very limited, so the medicine furnace is usually preheated in a very short time. Coupled with Zuo Feng's terrifying spiritual power and the fact that he used a mid-grade fire crystal right away, the entire medicine furnace turned red in almost two breaths of time, and the temperature reached the required level.

With a flick of his sleeve, not two or three, but more than a dozen medicinal plants were rolled up and sent into the furnace. The furnace lid seemed to be alive. It opened a small part the moment the medicinal materials flew in, and then closed it tightly again the moment the medicinal materials fell in. In the process, the heat was almost not lost.

This move was quite astonishing, but after reading it, Yao Zhen just curled his lips slightly and said, "It's a small skill."

But just a moment later, Zuo Feng waved his sleeves again and rolled up the remaining medicinal materials. More than ten medicinal plants were rolled up and sent into the medicine furnace.

At this time, even Yao Zhen showed an expression of disbelief, muttering as if to himself: "This is impossible, how could it be possible to refine the previous medicinal materials so quickly? This is absolutely impossible, could it be... …”

When he said the word "could it be", he suddenly fell silent. Although You Hesu knew a little about refining medicine, some advanced knowledge was not known to laymen like them. Only Mr. Zhong and Vice City Master Yao showed a hint of it. Unable to conceal his excitement, he stared at Zuo Feng's medicine furnace more carefully.

In fact, this is a trick Zuo Feng learned when he was studying with Yao Lao in Luancheng. That is, after refining a part of the medicinal material to a certain level, it is directly sent to another indivisible medicinal material for refining.

This trick sounds easy to say, but in fact it requires extremely high personal abilities of the pharmacist. Not only must he be able to fully master the subtle changes in medicinal materials, but he must also have extraordinary mental strength and abundant spiritual support.

Originally it was still difficult for Zuo Feng to reach this level, but after he was promoted again in Xinjuncheng, he was quite confident that he could do it this time. It may be difficult for the medicine cauldron to do this, but using his current medicine cauldron, there is not much of a problem.

After this part of the medicinal materials was delivered, Zuo Feng concentrated on starting the refining process. But because he was a bit slower than others at the beginning, some people have now refined it to the last part. At this time, Zuo Feng was not anxious at all. Instead, he focused more on controlling the flames and refining the two parts of the medicinal materials separately.

At this time, the sky rumbled with thunder again. When this sound sounded, many people noticed the color of the sky at this time. The originally overcast sky, amidst thunder and lightning, seemed to make the entire atmosphere more depressing, and even made the already tense game even more tense.

Everyone could see that there would probably be a heavy rain in the morning. Rain is probably already a natural enemy for refining medicine. Because the temperature of medicine furnaces and medicine cauldrons must be maintained during the process of refining medicine, and rainwater will quickly cool them down. At the same time, once rainwater is mixed into them, the quality of the medicine will be greatly compromised.

Because of the weather, everyone became more nervous, hoping to complete their refining before the heavy rain came.

If possible, people who refine medicine will choose to complete the refining indoors to prevent being disturbed by the outside world. But for such a large group of people to refine medicine, the house needed would probably be very huge, and it would be too difficult to find such a space. Unless there is such a large space in the underground cave of Linshan Villa.

However, the selection of medicine has always been done for the sake of fairness, and it has been chosen to be completed under everyone's visit or supervision, so that even the underground cave of Linshan Villa cannot be realized. In addition, county-level competitions cannot be postponed or rescheduled, so no matter how hard it is, they must be completed on time, even if no one is qualified in the end.

Zuo Feng was also very aware of these situations, but he remained as steady as Mount Tai, constantly refining the batch of medicinal materials in front of him.

But at this moment, a faint medicinal fragrance suddenly filled the air not far away. The appearance of this medicinal fragrance immediately attracted the attention of many people. Even Zuo Feng, who was concentrating on refining the medicinal materials, couldn't help but look up at the place where the fragrance of the medicine was emitted.

At this glance, the result was far beyond Zuo Feng's expectation, because he saw a medicinal cauldron emitting three-color smoke and filled with medicinal incense in the distance, standing in front of a person he was very familiar with.

This person also turned to look at Zuo Feng. His sinister smile reminded Zuo Feng of the feud between the two of them. This person was Hua Qi.