The Path of Immortality: Starts With Creating Water Bear Gu-Chapter 401: Long Yuyao’s Wild Imagination

In the blink of an eye, two more days had passed. On this day, while the other contestants were still racking their brains to devise alchemical recipe, Long Yuyao, Feng Shuang, and Wang Wu opened their eyes almost simultaneously.

As the three of them opened their eyes in perfect sync, a sharp gleam flashed across their gazes. They exchanged a look before immediately picking up the paper and brush on the table, quickly writing down the pill prescriptions they had comprehended.

Each of them wore an expression brimming with confidence, clearly having grasped something extraordinary.

Seeing this, the judges, who had long been drowsy, immediately perked up. Smiles appeared on their faces as they eagerly extended their soul power toward the trio’s desks, staring intently at what they were writing.

Even though the three had not yet finished writing, the judges were too impatient to wait.

Before long, expressions of astonishment and wry smiles appeared on the faces of the judges.

The three had written more than one recipe. It was evident that they had used Long Xuan’s Fusion alchemy technique to create these pill recipe.

This alchemical method had only recently been introduced to the world, yet they had already mastered it proficiently and were applying it skillfully. Their talent was truly astonishing, and the judges couldn’t help but look on in amazement.

Ever since the Fusion Alchemy Technique had surfaced, it had caused a sensation in the entire alchemy world. Countless alchemists had devoted themselves to its study day and night, but only a handful had managed to successfully refine pills using this technique.

The difficulty of refining pills with the Fusion Alchemy Technique was immense. Even among fourth-grade Alchemists, very few could truly master it.

After all, alchemy had a success rate, and this technique required refining multiple pills separately before fusing them together in the final step. This meant gambling on multiple success rates.

In the end, all the individual pills had to be combined and refined into one, requiring yet another successful attempt. This step was even more challenging, with an even lower probability of success. If anything went wrong, all previous efforts would be wasted, along with an astronomical amount of materials.

This kind of nested alchemy was not simply a matter of reducing the success rate by half—it was far worse.

Using this method consumed excessive resources, and the success rate was abysmally low. As a result, very few dared to employ the Fusion Alchemy Technique.

Even for a genius who successfully refined a pill with this technique, the sheer amount of wasted materials from failed attempts would make it completely unprofitable.

Yet, these three prodigies had not only mastered such a difficult technique but had even managed to create original pill recipe based on it.

This left over a hundred judges utterly shocked. They couldn't help but sigh in admiration—these three alchemy geniuses were truly once-in-a-millennium talents.

Unfortunately, these geniuses were born in the wrong era. Of all times, they happened to be born in the same generation as those three monstrous talents.

Even though the pill recipe they created using the Fusion Alchemy Technique were immensely valuable, they might still not be able to compare to those three monstrous individuals.

They were destined to serve as mere foils to those true prodigies.

Long Yuyao, Feng Shuang, and Wang Wu shared an unspoken understanding. They not only opened their eyes at the same time but also finished writing their pill recipe simultaneously.

The moment their prescriptions were completed, the judges could no longer hold back. They eagerly used their soul power to draw the three prescriptions toward the judges' panel. Instantly, all the judges began reviewing them.

Each judge examined the prescriptions with great interest, engaging in excited discussions.

"Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! I never imagined that pills refined using the Fusion Alchemy Technique could possess such terrifying medicinal power! This pill can actually allow a Spiritual Sea Realm Gu cultivator at the early stage to temporarily wield the strength of the late stage. This effect is simply outrageous!"

"Raising two minor realms consecutively—this is something no pill has ever achieved before. Refining pills with the Fusion Alchemy Technique truly has the potential to create miracles!"

Long Xiaoyao's face flushed with excitement, and he cast an approving glance at Long Yuyao. Even he could not have come up with such a brilliant pill formula. The alchemy talent of Princess Yuyao had already surpassed his own, making him feel like the waves of the Yangtze River—where the new tide overtakes the old.

Hearing Long Xiaoyao’s praise, Long Yuyao lifted her chin, a proud glint in her eyes, resembling a little peacock basking in its own glory.

However, at this moment, Feng Tiancheng’s voice abruptly interrupted, “Hmph! What nonsense! As the chief alchemist of a nation, you only see the advantages of a pill and ignore its flaws?”

“This so-called Revival Spirit Pill has an enormous drawback. Those who consume it will experience a temporary boost of two minor realms in combat power, but once the effect wears off, their cultivation level will not only return to normal but even drop by a full minor realm.”

“For Gu cultivators, advancing even a single minor realm is no easy task. With such a severe side effect, the value of this pill is significantly reduced.”

“On the other hand, the Purple Phoenix Pill, developed by Feng Shuang, holds much greater value. It can refine and purify the Feng bloodline, and while its production cost is outrageously high, for geniuses of the Feng clan, this is an acceptable trade-off.”

Feng Tiancheng’s face was filled with pride as he subtly praised Feng Shuang while belittling Long Yuyao’s creation. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

Long Xiaoyao’s smile faded. He turned to Feng Tiancheng and retorted, “That’s an unfair argument. Side effects in pills are entirely normal. Tell me, which pill has no side effects at all?”

“Although the Revival Spirit Pill has strong drawbacks, it is a life-saving pill meant for dire situations. If someone is on the verge of death against a powerful enemy, would they really care about losing a minor realm afterward?”

“To put it bluntly, the Revival Spirit Pill is a powerful survival-type pill, and survival-type pills always hold high value in the market.”

Long Xiaoyao then glanced at the recipe in Feng Tiancheng’s hands and scoffed, “Your so-called Purple Phoenix Pill is completely different. A pill that refines and enhances the Feng bloodline—what use does it have for Gu cultivators of other surnames?”

“The value of the Purple Phoenix Pill is only high for Feng clan Gu cultivators. But for cultivators of other bloodlines, its worth is greatly diminished.”

“Since this round is judged based on the value of the pill, I’m afraid Long Yuyao will take the lead in points. After all, the first three rounds ended in a tie between Long Yuyao and Feng Shuang.”

Hearing this, the other judges nodded in agreement. That was true—if all the judges present were from the Feng clan, the Purple Phoenix Pill would undoubtedly be considered highly valuable.

However, most of the judges here were Gu cultivators from different lineages, and for them, the Purple Phoenix Pill held little value. Naturally, they wouldn’t award it high scores.

Feng Shuang’s decision to create such a pill was indeed unwise. What a pity—his alchemy talent was no weaker than Long Yuyao’s, yet due to this poor choice, his score would likely fall behind. Many judges revealed expressions of regret.

Long Yuyao shot a smug glance at Feng Shuang. At this moment, Feng Shuang’s face had turned pale.

He had focused too much on personal benefit while developing his recipe, completely overlooking this crucial factor. This miscalculation had led to a grave mistake.

Feng Tiancheng’s face darkened. He, too, had been too self-centered in his judgment, evaluating the pill’s value solely based on his own needs.

However, his expression soon returned to normal.

Feng Shuang’s low score was of little consequence. With the presence of Ancestor Burning Heaven, Feng Shuang’s performance was no longer crucial to the Feng clan’s victory.

As long as Ancestor Burning Heaven’s score surpassed that of the Long clan’s alchemists, the Feng clan would ultimately emerge victorious in this gamble.