Failure, Gu Yaoyi

Just at that moment, a sound caught everyone's attention.

"Sizzle!"

The sound was not loud, but in the unusually quiet high platform, it was quite abrupt.

Ye Ruyu's face turned ugly. He didn't expect that he had just burned the outer shell of the black rock wood so intensely that it completely incinerated the essence.

Looking at Lui Qinyue and others who were still refining without any problems, Ye Ruyu's expression became even more unpleasant.

He had always been confident in his alchemy skills, but he didn't expect to be the first one to make a mistake in refining the black rock wood. Naturally, he felt embarrassed.

After witnessing Ye Ruyu's failure, Gu Yao Yi sighed. However, in that brief moment of distraction, another familiar sound rang out.

"Sizzle!"

Along with this sound, a burnt smell quietly spread, and Gu Yao Yi's face also became grim.

She regretted the split second of distraction that led to this result. If she had known, she wouldn't have paid attention to her surroundings. But now, regret was clearly of no use.

Ye Ruyu, who was already feeling extremely down, slightly eased his unpleasant expression when he saw that Gu Yao Yi had encountered the same situation. At least he wasn't the only one who failed.

After a short pause, Ye Ruyu immediately picked up the second piece of black rock wood and placed it into the alchemy furnace.

There was still time now. As long as he continued refining, he could finish before the time was up and avoid elimination.

Gu Yao Yi's gaze couldn't help but fall on Bai Li Hong Zhuang. According to reason, since she had already failed in her refinement, there was no way Bai Li Hong Zhuang could last longer than her.

However, until now, Bai Li Hong Zhuang had shown no signs of failure. Could it be... that Bai Li Hong Zhuang hadn't successfully burned the outer shell of the black rock wood?

When this thought crossed her mind, Gu Yao Yi affirmed the answer.

It must be so. There was no other reason they could think of.

Below the high platform, the onlookers were surprised to see both Gu Yao Yi and Ye Ruyu fail while Bai Li Hong Zhuang remained calm. They began to wonder if they had underestimated Bai Li Hong Zhuang's strength.

"Could it be that Bai Li Hong Zhuang's alchemy skills are truly outstanding? It's incredible that she hasn't failed yet."

"Impossible. Maybe Bai Li Hong Zhuang is just lucky."

"I heard that refining black rock wood is a very difficult task. Bai Li Hong Zhuang shouldn't rely on luck but on her abilities."

This was clearly a competition between alchemists, but Bai Li Hong Zhuang's sudden participation made her the center of attention.

Many people started betting on when Bai Li Hong Zhuang would be eliminated because they didn't know much about the other five alchemists. The only one they were somewhat familiar with was Bai Li Hong Zhuang.

"Crack."

Bai Li Hong Zhuang heard a faint sound coming from within the furnace. It was the sound of the black rock wood's outer shell cracking.

Therefore, as soon as she heard the sound, Bai Li Hong Zhuang immediately reduced the flames to prevent the essence of the black rock wood from burning into nothingness.

The intensity of the fire instantly decreased, and Bai Li Hong Zhuang continued to roast the essence of the black rock wood. There were still many impurities within the essence that needed to be removed by the flames one by one.

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