Published: February 24, 2025
In the vast world, there are countless wonders. Today, so many impossibilities unfolded before Tan Yun that Shen Subing could not make sense of it, so she decided to stop thinking about it.
She looked at the 36 types of spiritual herbs in the vessel next to Tan Yun, her brows furrowing even tighter.
Tang Xinying felt the same way.
The two women found it difficult to understand what was happening.
The two women couldn't discern what kind of elixir Tan Yun was planning to refine with the chosen spiritual herbs.
"The spiritual herbs he selected are mostly fourth-grade, with not a single ninth-grade herb. It seems he can at most refine a mid-grade spiritual elixir..." Shen Subing thought in this direction, growing even more perplexed.
Ever since Tan Yun successfully challenged the supreme sub-respect elixir in the second round of the alchemical arts competition, he had become the focus of everyone's attention.
At this moment, he was under intense scrutiny.
Everyone initially thought that since Tan Yun could successfully challenge the supreme sub-respect elixir, his alchemical arts skills must have reached at least the saint level grand alchemist.
But right now, everyone, including Shen Subing, was confused.
This was because they discovered that the highest-grade spiritual herbs Tan Yun selected were only seventh-grade.
In everyone's understanding, let alone refining the sub-respect elixir or the treasure elixir, just refining a high-grade spiritual elixir would at least require one eighth-grade spiritual herb!
Yet, Tan Yun was using only seventh-grade spiritual herbs. Realizing this, everyone came to the conclusion that Tan Yun's alchemical skills were at most that of a mid-level alchemist, and the elixirs he would eventually refine could at most be mid-grade spiritual elixirs!
Everyone understood that in such an important event as the alchemical arts grand competition, if Tan Yun were truly a saint level grand alchemist, he would have no reason to refine a furnace of mid-grade spiritual elixirs.
Thus, everyone concluded that they had overestimated Tan Yun!
However, what puzzled them was that if Tan Yun was truly just a mid-level alchemist, how had he successfully challenged the supreme sub-respect elixir?
It was a mystery!
As everyone racked their brains trying to figure it out, they speculated that Tan Yun must have extensively studied various alchemical and spiritual herb classics, which led him to possess abilities beyond the ordinary in identifying spiritual herbs and elixirs, but in reality, he was just an empty shell!
The only way for everyone to make sense of it was to think this way!
On the high platform, the 100 alchemical disciples from the divine soul celestial palace and eternal immortal sect all glanced at the spiritual herbs in the vessel next to Tan Yun, then looked at him with eyes filled with extreme disdain...
Dantai Xuanzhong couldn't hold back his frustration and frowned, saying, "Tan Yun, this is the final round of the alchemical arts; you must give it your all!"
"Rest assured, Sovereign, I will do my best," Tan Yun replied with a bow.
Shen Subing couldn't help herself anymore, raising an eyebrow and saying, "Tan Yun, if you're truly doing your best, then why are the highest-grade spiritual herbs you selected only seventh-grade? An elixir refined this way can at most be a mid-grade spiritual elixir."
"Uh..." Tan Yun was taken aback, then quickly understood. No wonder everyone had looked at him with mockery and confusion; it turned out they believed that since he chose only seventh-grade spiritual herbs, he could at most refine a mid-grade spiritual elixir!
"It seems the alchemical arts of the three great ancient sects are indeed quite poor. What do they mean by saying that using only seventh-grade spiritual herbs means I can at most refine a mid-grade spiritual elixir? I can refine a supreme treasure elixir using only third-grade spiritual herbs!"
After mocking them in his heart, Tan Yun looked at his disciple Shen Subing without explaining. It wouldn't hurt to give her a surprise later.