The host was dazed. "He can do that? Why is he doing that?"

"He is trying to buy himself more time!"

Bi Luoling did not conceal the appreciation in her eyes. She continued, "Li Yao has wasted too much time in modifying the furnace in the traditional way at the beginning.

"We all know that, when it comes to the art of refining, capability does not necessarily equal to speed.

"Take the Iron Vine Flower for example. In order to retrieve its essence, you'll have to bake it in the flames of 3,352 degrees for 55 minutes and 43 seconds. One degree higher won't do, and one second shorter won't do, either!

"Even if a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator arrives and improves the temperature of the fire to five thousand degrees instantly, they cannot reduce the amount of time required by even half a second!

"Li Yao wasted a good half hour earlier. Generally speaking, that means he has abandoned the game on his side!

"In order to make up for the time he has lost, he is employing the method of refi