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At the other side, Shi Ling was still sitting cross-legged on the ground. At this moment, his complexion had already returned to its former rosy state, and he had recovered most of his physical strength and mana. He immediately opened his eyes and saw Gongsun Xiaoxuan standing in front of the medicine concocting platform, constantly pouring out the herbs that he had collected.

Shi Ling stood up and looked around. He found that there were still about a third of the people that were not back yet. He shook his head and said, "Looks like we can eliminate a lot of Medicine Boy in the first round."

At this moment, Gongsun Xiaoxuan seemed to have heard Shi Ling's mutter. She turned to Shi Ling and asked: "Have you recovered your mana and stamina?"

Shi Ling walked forward and nodded. "It should be fine."

Gongsun Xiaoxuan placed the herbs in different jade boxes and said, "Since you have no more questions, let me discuss the rules of the second round with you."

Gongsun Xiaoxuan immediately sat down on the medicine concocting platform and casually picked up a stalk of herbal medicine. She said, "The second round is a contest between alchemists. The degree of control over fire, which is to say, the ability to control fire!"

"The specific rules are based on the herbs that we collected in the first round. By refining these herbs, we can test our fire control abilities. Simply put, the more herbs we refine, the higher the possibility of advancing to the third round."

After Shi Ling said this, he made a long "oh" sound and said, "This also means that, the more herbs someone finds in the first round, the more advantageous they will be?"

Gongsun Xiaoxuan shook her head again and said, "That may not be certain. If you find fifty herbs in the first round, you can only refine five, otherwise, you won't be able to advance."

"Of course, there are no rules regarding the number of herbs required to advance. In the second round of the competition, a ranking will be made based on the number of herbs refined by the Medicine Boy, and the top ten will enter the third round."

After hearing Gongsun Xiaoxuan's explanation, Shi Ling gave a slight grunt of acknowledgement to understand the rules of the second round. At this time, Gongsun Xiaoxuan put the herb back into the jade box and said: "I plan to use the dual star alchemy in the second round!"

When he said that, Shi Ling's eyes slightly opened and he immediately asked: "Using two star alchemy in the second round? That's not so good, is it? If we reveal our trump cards too early, won't it be disadvantageous for us? "

Gongsun Xiaoxuan shook her head and said, "You can be at ease about this. The Dual Star Refinement Technique is indeed our trump card, but using it earlier is no different from using it later."

With that, Gongsun Xiaoxuan picked up another herb and waved it in front of Shi Ling. Shi Ling then said: "Since you said it yourself, using it earlier or later doesn't matter. But why do you have to use it now?"

Gongsun Xiaoxuan immediately shook her head with a wry smile. She passed the herb in her hand to Shi Ling and said, "Take a look for yourself."

Shi Ling received the herb with a puzzled expression. He glanced at the herb that looked like a rose, then used his mana to penetrate it and said, "What's wrong with this herb?"

Gongsun Xiaoxuan crossed her arms in front of her chest and said, "Use that strange eye technique of yours to see its impurities!"

Hearing that, Shi Ling looked at the herb again and released the Floral Pupil. After scanning it, Shi Ling's eyes slightly widened and he couldn't help but exclaim: "H-how are there so many impurities?"

At this moment, the herb Shi Ling was looking at had a lot of impurities on its surface and a lot of impurities on the surface. Shi Ling was looking at a lot of impurities on the surface of the herb, and a lot of impurities on its surface.

Gongsun Xiaoxuan said calmly, "This flame contained a lot of impurities when it was still a seed. After decades of growth, the impurities in it would be much less."

With that, Gongsun Xiaoxuan took out other herbs from the jade box beside her and passed it to Shi Ling. "Take a look at all of these."

At this moment, Shi Ling's expression was a bit unsightly. When he saw the jade box Gongsun Xiaoxuan handed over, he immediately took it. He looked at each herb and found that each had more impurities than the previous one.

Shi Ling smiled bitterly and returned the herbs to Gongsun Xiaoxuan. Gongsun Xiaoxuan smiled and said, "Now do you know why I used the Dual Star Refinement Technique in this round?"

Shi Ling nodded and said, "If we refine according to the ordinary method, I'm afraid we might not even be able to refine one in two hours, let alone for the third round."

With that, Shi Ling walked up to the alchemy tables and said, "Do you need me to help you with anything?"

Gongsun Xiaoxuan got down from the platform and said, "Since the second round hasn't started yet, let's heat up all the herbs in the jade box and soften them up. We can then finish the second round as soon as possible."

Shi Ling waved his hands and the flames instantly wrapped around the jade boxes and began to heat up the herbs within. Gongsun Xiaoxuan was the same, but Gongsun Xiaoxuan's fire control ability was clearly much higher than Shi Ling's. Shi Ling could only heat up one box of herbs at a time, while Gongsun Xiaoxuan could heat up three boxes of herbs at the same time.

Shi Ling did not have any psychological trauma. After all, Gongsun Xiaoxuan was a High Rank Medicine Boy and had studied alchemy for almost a decade, so it was not strange that she was stronger than him in controlling fire.

While Shi Ling and Gongsun Xiaoxuan were still heating up the herbs they got, on the other side, at Yuan Hao's place.

At that moment, Yuan Hao was lying on the ground and he kept on making painful cries. His body was covered with blood, and beside him was Yang Xiong. At that moment, he was helping Yuan Hao reattach the broken limb.

After all, he was a veteran Medicine Boy who had mixed feelings for Medicine Refinery Hall for many years. Yang Xiong could actually help Yuan Hao pick up a broken limb without any helpers. Of course, he didn't care about how much pain Yuan Hao would feel.

Very soon, when Yuan Hao's blood was almost flowing all over the ground, Yang Xiong completely reattached his hand and used the detoxified needle and thread to stitch the wound on Yuan Hao's amputated limb. Then, Yang Xiong smeared some medicine on his arm and used two wooden planks to fix his hand.

Yang Xiong patted his hands and stood up: "Young Master, your hands are ready."

At this moment, Yuan Hao's face was stiff as if he had already become numb from the pain. He immediately turned his head to look at his broken limbs, then heaved a sigh of relief. With much difficulty, he crawled up from the ground and picked up a Stellar Source Fruit on his medicine concocting platform and started to eat.

He said to Yang Xiong, "How long until the end of the first round?"

Yang Xiong counted the time with his fingers and said, "It's over now."

After that, the host of the conference walked out, and said to the people around him: "The first round of the Medicine Refinery Assemble competition for the treasures is over. Medicine Boy s who have not returned within the set time, or have not collected all ten medicinal herbs, will all be out of the competition."

Now that he looked at it, there was only half of the original number of people left. Seeing that almost everyone had left, the main host of the conference said to the disciples that had just advanced: "The remaining Medicine Boy will rest for an hour to help you restore your strength and Fa Li. After an hour, the second round of Medicine Refinery Assemble will begin!"

After saying this, he retreated back to the high platform.

After Yuan Hao heard that there was only an hour left before the second round of the competition, he finished all of the Stellar Source Fruit in his hands. Immediately, he felt the Stellar Source Fruit's medicinal effects appear in his body, and a warm feeling spread from his abdomen.

Suddenly, Yuan Hao saw the sewn wounds on his broken limbs healing at an astonishing speed.

Immediately, Yuan Hao looked towards Shi Ling and Gongsun Xiaoxuan. After seeing them start heating up the herbs, he smiled evilly.