Published: November 30, -0001
Boom!
The formation on the refining platform activated once again.
The blazing flames burned and danced, radiating heat.
Compared to Lin Yuan and Sun Yuan, Xu Jing was obviously much more stable. Her sharp gaze, under the control of her spiritual power, caused the flame in front of her to constantly change shapes. Compared to Lin Yuan and Sun Yuan, she was clearly far more skilled.
"Split!"
After skillfully manipulating it for a moment, Xu Jing suddenly called out in a low voice, and the flame in front of her suddenly dispersed, transforming into three floating flames, like dancing sprites.
"Good."
Liu Guang nodded. Xu Jing's performance, for now, was quite decent, significantly better than the previous two.
But whether she could pass still depended on her subsequent performance.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Xu Jing's expression was serious as the three flames slowly floated, with one on top and two below, gradually forming a ladder shape.
Everyone held their breath, completely still, afraid of disturbing her operation.
After a moment—
Buzz!
The three flames were perfectly arranged. There were several near-failures in the merging process, but Xu Jing managed to pull through.
"Good."
Finally, one was completed.
Chen Mu and Ouyang Cheng were overjoyed, smiling broadly, and sighed in relief.
Liu Guang slightly nodded: "Not bad, you've passed this second round of assessment."
"Thank you, Master Liu Guang, Master Chen Mu, and Master Ouyang Cheng."
Xu Jing couldn't hide her excitement, clenching her fists in joy, before stepping back.
"Next, Zhou Tao."
"Is it my turn?"
Zhou Tao smiled confidently, striding to the refining platform.
Boom!
Gently urging his true energy, a flame swiftly floated up, burning fiercely.
"Splitting the flame is merely the simplest fire control skill; it is a necessary skill for any alchemist."
Zhou Tao stood before the refining platform, head held high, looking at Lin Yuan, Qin Chen, and the others, as if he were a mentor guiding students.
Whoosh!
With a wave of his hand, the flames split into three instantly. With a slight movement of his spiritual power, the three flames formed a ladder shape, lifelike.
Everyone could see that Master Liu Guang's question was quite simple. As long as one controlled the properties of the flames, understood the operation of the gathering flame formation, and added a bit of spiritual power control, one could easily complete the second round of assessment.
Zhou Tao spoke as if he were a master, his voice rich and easygoing.
The so-called three flames were merely the most basic flame structure. A true alchemist, as long as they devoted themselves to research, could easily split five flames even with first-level spiritual power.
With a slight smile, Zhou Tao waved his right hand gently, and the three flames dispersed once more, transforming into five, stacking upon each other like a pyramid.
These five flames continuously changed shapes in his palm, creating a dazzling display that was hard to keep up with.
Hiss.
Lin Yuan and the others all gasped, their eyes wide with shock.
Zhou Tao was simply monstrous. They couldn't even control three flames, yet Zhou Tao could easily control five.
Everyone felt a burning embarrassment on their faces, as if they had been slapped hard.
Among the advanced apprentices participating in the assessment, how could the gap be so vast?
A genius, simply a genius!
Even Chen Mu and Ouyang Cheng were left dumbfounded, speechless.
To casually split the flames into five and control them so effortlessly, even they would find it far from easy to achieve.
This young man's fire control ability was simply against the heavens.
Seeing the shocked expressions on everyone's faces, Zhou Tao smiled proudly, feeling an immense sense of satisfaction, and provocatively glanced at Qin Chen.
"In the first round, you scored full marks. Well, let's see if you can pass this second round too."
Memorizing all the content of alchemy to the extreme is one thing, but if you can't pass the fire control assessment, it’s still useless.