Chapter 463: 1 Thought Entered the Devil
Chapter 463: A Thought of Devil
"What is Tong Mingshan doing?"
It was unclear who Grand Master Yan of the Bailian Sect was asking this question to.
Even a fool could see that Tong Mingshan was trying to melt the refining equipment that had been split into nine pieces into one again. He was completely confused about Tong Mingshan's behavior.
Dividing one into nine is to refine the Nine-Aperture Exquisite Heart, which is completely understandable.
Abandoning nine and eight and focusing on one is to refine a truly exquisite mind with one secret, which is understandable.
Then what about picking up the nine and a half refined materials and melting them into one?
There is only a quarter of the competition time left. If you try something else now, it will be even more exaggerated than Li Hongjiu.
Not to mention Sect Master Yan, the discussions that broke out at the scene were full of doubts, and many people actually came to a fairly accurate conclusion that something might have gone wrong during the refining process for Tong Mingshan, and that he might have ruined the product and had to start all over again.
Apart from this conclusion, no one can think of any other reason.
In response to this, the Bailian Sect remained silent, and obviously agreed.
Therefore, Shi Chun and his gang were also verified by their attitudes. They couldn't help but sigh in their hearts, but there was nothing they could do. They knew that their sect leader's foundation was too poor. It was understandable that he was a little inferior in a competition on such occasions.
The mockery and ridicule among the various sects at the scene did not cause much commotion. After all, Tong Mingshan had fought for the qualification to compete and obtained four divine fires. How many of the various sects present could beat Tong Mingshan? Not many people were qualified to laugh at him, and laughing endlessly was just laughing at oneself.
Besides, Tong Mingshan was not the focus of everyone's attention at this time. Someone had refined the real Linglong Heart, which was the key to attracting everyone's attention. Tong Mingshan was like an open page of a book. Some of the content was not interesting, so he just turned it over easily.
However, Situ Gu's attention occasionally returned to Tong Mingshan, but in the end he was attracted to him. He felt that the speed at which Tong Mingshan's two divine fires refined and fused the materials seemed a little too fast. It was not like the power that two normal divine fires should have. Could it be that he remembered it wrong?
By the time he reacted, the nine pieces of material had melted into one.
Soon, the red device quickly cooled down and took shape, forming the outline of a heart.
Tong Mingshan, who was holding the object with one hand, still had his eyes closed and stood there motionless. The black and white flames intertwined and surged in his palm. The slowly lowering equipment suppressed the flames until almost no flames could be seen.
If one could not see a layer of fire wriggling and flickering in the gap between the bottom of the equipment and the palm of the hand, it would be easy to mistakenly believe that Tong Mingshan had stopped refining.
This unusual refining method once again attracted Situ Gu's high attention.
"Senior Brother Zuo!"
A small cheer had already been heard from the disciples of the Liantian Sect.
Zuo Zisheng's refining was complete. He carried the cooled and formed product and walked towards the judgment area in the middle of the venue.
After joint verification by personnel from the ten major sects, the Eight-Aperture Exquisite Heart refined by Zuo Zisheng was successfully tested.
However, just as Zuo Zisheng was leaving the stage with a heavy heart and heading towards his own sect, another round of exclamation arose.
"It's really a delicate heart!"
“Has this already been refined to a certain level?”
Zuo Zisheng stopped and looked back, only to see that the equipment that Luo Shengsheng had been refining was shrouded in a hazy glow, and looked very beautiful.
The point is, Luo Shengsheng was withdrawing the refining flame, looked at the remaining time in the incense burner, then looked at Li Hongjiu, and then turned the fire around again to refine another piece of equipment.
As people who knew Luo Shengsheng well, many people in Daming Pavilion noticed that Luo Shengsheng's expression was different when the firelight changed just now, which was not easy to notice before because of the firelight.
The head of Daming Pavilion and the senior officials on both sides looked at each other with serious expressions. They all saw that Luo Shengsheng had expended a lot of energy in refining the True Linglong Heart, and now he was continuing to refine the second orifice. They didn't know if he could handle it.
"You have already refined one orifice, are you going to refine the second orifice?"
Similar exclamations came one after another.
Li Hongjiu just opened his eyes and looked for a moment, then closed them again, without any further reaction.
Tong Mingshan was even more unmoved when he heard these noises. His intention was in his heart and his thoughts were in his palm. His intention and thoughts were connected, and the inside of the iron lump gradually blossomed with exquisite craftsmanship.
The repeated adjustments before were not in vain. The little bit of observation of the subtle structure of his own heart has synchronized the exact same structure inside the iron lump little by little.
After getting the hang of it, he coordinated a reverse synergy, where the observation speed can be based on the construction progress, that is, the construction progress can also determine the observation progress. There is no need for one party to force the other, and a smooth and natural coordination is the best.
Therefore, wherever his inner perception ability observed, the Liangmei True Fire would be refined.
With a good start, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, a natural joy.
I also felt great difficulty.
Although the heart is small, it looks like a towering mountain or a vast devil's cave in front of him. The beating sound and the blood gushing out of its orifices are fresh and hideous, bloody like a devil's eye, and seeming to be intimidating. There is also another illusory fire mixed in, and he holds a magic weapon in his hand, ordering countless troops to charge forward.
From the outside, it looks like just a competition, but from the inside, it is a huge project.
He seemed to be possessed by a devil, stubborn and persistent.
At this time in the competition arena, after Zuo Zisheng, some people also stopped refining. They were all people who knew that they did not have the energy to refine one more orifice in the remaining time. They handed over the ones they had already refined to the referee, and quietly left after getting a positive result.
After a while, Xu Mang from Jingyang Palace, Huang Chunzhu from Fuming Valley, Yuan Yao from Shudao Mountain, and others also finished refining the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart one after another, and left the stage after being judged. As for the departure of these people, except for the people from their own sects, the other spectators did not take it seriously at all. Everyone's real attention was on the few people who seemed to be at the top of the competition.
As the competition time passed, the fellow disciples behind those top contestants also felt that the days were passing by like years.
The Liantian Sect, the number one weapon-refining sect, watched coldly from the sidelines. It was obvious that Luo Shengsheng had already mastered the True Linglong Heart Acupoint, which had ended their chances.
When only one-fifth of the competition time was left, another round of exclamations rang out.
"The second orifice is completed!"
"Oh my god, he's going to refine the third orifice?"
"The second orifice seems to be a little faster than the first orifice."
"Nonsense, with the experience gained, we must be faster."
The rosy glow of the second orifice that Luo Shengsheng was cultivating disappeared. He withdrew the divine fire and once again concentrated the divine fire on the third orifice.
"Look at Li Hongjiu!"
With a cry of surprise, Luo Shengsheng, who was about to close his eyes in shock, looked at Li Hongjiu opposite him, and saw a faint glow coming out of the equipment in Li Hongjiu's hand.
Luo Shengsheng suddenly felt something was wrong, but as he was worthy of being an elite recognized by Daming Pavilion, he quickly put aside all distracting thoughts, closed his eyes and focused his mind, concentrating all his energy on refining his third orifice.
Over at Yanbao Sect, Sect Leader Qu Wuming had already clenched his fists, opened his mouth slightly, and stared with wide eyes at the 'evil disciple' whom he often scolded.
The result did not disappoint them. In the integrated 'heart' in Li Hongjiu's hand, a shadow of rosy clouds became clearer and clearer, and an irregular outline was like a stroke of heavy ink drawn on the refining equipment.
After the glow took shape, it gradually disappeared. The area of the 'heart' was obviously also deprived of the high temperature and was rapidly cooling and turning black.
The molten iron in other parts seems to be still slowly moving.
Li Hongjiu did not stop drawing the flower-picking finger gesture in the air, and kept making gestures that no one could understand.
Before Yan Baozong could utter the suppressed exclamation, another part of the "heart" in the wriggling molten iron began to slowly glow, gradually forming another irregular outline.
Everyone present had seen Li Hongjiu perform the "model" fusion technique, and they knew what was going on at a glance. Normal refining could not be so fast.
"Be quiet, no noise!"
Elder Li Qianqiu quickly turned around and pointed at the Yanbao Sect disciples to warn them, suppressing the cheers that were about to come out, for fear that it would distract Li Hongjiu.
Not only Luo Shengsheng, they also noticed that Li Hongjiu's face looked different, and they knew at a glance that it was caused by excessive energy consumption.
They are all experts in this field and know too well the enormous amount of energy required to replicate the texture of the heart in such a short period of time. It is too huge and too complicated. The most terrifying thing is that it has to be done in such a short time.
Although he could control the mouths of Yanbao Sect’s disciples, he couldn’t control the mouths of those from other sects, and the exclamations of “the second orifice” continued.
Although Luo Shengsheng also refined the second orifice, it was completely different from the current one. The interval between the appearance of the first and second orifices was too short.
What shocked everyone even more was yet to come. Just as the second orifice in Li Hongjiu's hand had dimmed and cooled, a third block of glow began to wriggle out from another part of the 'heart'.
"The third orifice!"
The audience was in an uproar, their eyes were opened, they were shocked and excited.
Situ Gu of the Liantian Sect was also moved.
Young Master Nan, who was halfway up the mountain, had already stood up, clicking his tongue and shaking his head. He was sitting behind a group of sects, and everyone was talking about it. As an outsider, he naturally understood it. What shocked the eyes of the people was naturally also shocked the entire equipment refining world.
Mulan, who was in the pavilion on the top of the mountain, looked at Li Hongjiu who was locked in the mirror image and murmured, "No wonder Qu Wuming loved him so deeply and hated him so much. He is such a monstrous hero, but I don't know whether he is a blessing or a curse to Yanbao Sect."
Luo Shengsheng was also shocked. He opened his eyes and watched the third orifice of Li Hongjiu slowly taking shape. He was really shocked.
But he glanced at the timer in the incense burner, and his pride did not allow him to give up easily. He ignored Li Hongjiu's provocation of slightly raising his chin, and closed his eyes again to concentrate on refining.
"Damn bald guy..." Li Hongjiu grinned and muttered a curse, secretly groaning in his heart.
He spent a lot of energy to outline the three orifices at one time, and thought it was almost done. He wanted to let Luo Shengsheng give up, but he didn't expect that the bald guy's refining speed was not slow. He had experienced the power of the ten divine fires, and it was indeed extraordinary. Moreover, the bald guy was still stubborn and actually wanted to fight back. Was he sick? Couldn't he just admit defeat earlier?
He really didn't want to endure this kind of fatigue anymore. It was too exhausting, and it felt like his brain was almost drained. He was really afraid that if he continued to practice, he would collapse from exhaustion.
But there was no other way, Luo Shengsheng had to keep fighting. His three orifices were not stable at all, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and continue practicing.
He also glanced at the timer in the incense burner and estimated that if he could outline two more orifices, he would not be able to catch up with Luo Shengsheng's refining speed. By then, the other party would lose even if he did not want to admit defeat.
Just thinking about the next refining process made his scalp tingle again, but he still took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and drew complicated gestures in the air with his finger.
What was annoying was that someone suddenly shouted strangely, "Look at Tong Mingshan!"
Everyone's eyes that were staring at Li Hongjiu turned toward Tong Mingshan in the field after hearing the sound. The entire Qiyun Valley suddenly became so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
What's going on? Li Hongjiu's eyelids twitched. If it was noisy, he could still hold it in, but what did it mean when it suddenly became so quiet? It was as if he was abandoned by the whole world. He couldn't get used to it, and his eyelids opened again little by little.
(End of this chapter)