As the saying goes, losing at the start doesn't count; the one who laughs last truly laughs.

The herb identification skills of the disciples from Muyue Nation have reached an extraordinary level.

Any herbal material related to the wood element, if a disciple from Muyue Nation needs to look at it twice, they consider it a loss.

Before others even start learning alchemy, it's normal for them to spend three to five years just learning to identify herbs.

But you disciples from Muyue Nation...

Feng Fei, with a serious expression, led the disciples from Muyue Nation to the pill room of the Medicine King Palace. At this moment, Feng Fei personally began teaching Mu Bai the simplest method of refining spiritual pills.

Clearly, Senior Brother Feng Fei wanted to see the talent of the disciples from Muyue Nation in alchemy.

Watching Mu Bai sit down and begin his first attempt at refining a spiritual pill under Senior Brother Feng Fei's guidance, Chu Xinghe felt a wave of panic inside.

They wouldn't give him another shock from Muyue Nation, would they?

But just five minutes later, accompanied by a loud explosion and earthly flames flying everywhere, Chu Xinghe's heart sang with joy.

"Congratulations on your fortune! Congratulations on your brilliance!"

It was brilliant!

Mu Bai truly was an honest young man; when he said his talent in alchemy was as bad as a dog's, he wasn't lying.

Is there anything more perfect than blowing up a furnace in less than five minutes on your first try at alchemy?

Truly worthy of being a genius from Muyue Nation. In terms of blowing up furnaces, only Ouyang Ming in our Grand Sky Sect can compete with you.

Even I, once known as a little genius at blowing up furnaces, can't match your speed.

Indeed, although the start was rough, the result is good.

But Senior Brother Feng Fei is a bit unkind. Mu Bai just blew up the furnace, and seeing his pitiful look, you still let him try again. You know, if this were last year, the Great Elder would have expelled Mu Bai from the Spirit Crane Palace on the spot for blowing up the furnace.

However, a genius is a genius. Faced with the second chance given by Senior Brother Feng Fei, Mu Bai did not disappoint him.

In less than three minutes!

Boom!

A new record!

Mu Bai showed everyone with facts how explosive the geniuses from Muyue Nation are. In alchemy, if Muyue Nation claims their speed in blowing up furnaces is second, no one in the world would dare claim first.

Chu Xinghe patted the ash-covered Mu Bai and comforted him in a low voice.

"Mu Bai, blowing up furnaces is a very normal thing in alchemy. You can ask around; when I first came to the Medicine King Palace, I also blew up the furnace twice in a row, and it was also with Senior Brother Feng Fei present, so you've matched my record. The future is promising."

"Really, Senior Brother Xinghe?"

Chu Xinghe nodded vigorously.

It's absolutely true!

With your speed of blowing up furnaces, if all three hundred of you go full force, if by the end of the morning there's still a complete pill furnace left in the Medicine King Palace, we lose.

Chu Xinghe felt like he had opened a door to a whole new world.

From today on, warriors of Muyue Nation, please don't pity the pill furnaces of our Medicine King Palace. You are all future grandmasters of alchemy, so what's a few pill furnaces?

Blow them up for me!

We absolutely can't let the Artifact Refining Palace have all the fun. As they say, it's better to blow up together than alone. The path of blowing up furnaces in our Medicine King Palace relies on you from Muyue Nation.

Of course, we can't stop our dual cultivation of gold and fire. The path of blowing up furnaces is long and arduous, but we must not stop consuming sect resources.

Pulling the black-faced Senior Brother Feng Fei aside, Chu Xinghe repeatedly reminded him.

We must not let the disciples from Muyue Nation give up on pill refining just because of one or two blown-up furnaces. We must face the explosions head-on and believe that if we blow up enough, we will eventually create a new world.

The three hundred geniuses from Muyue Nation listened to Senior Brother Xinghe's words, each with tears in their eyes.

Senior Brother Xinghe truly cares for us! In the past, when disciples from Muyue Nation blew up furnaces in other sects, they were scolded like dogs, but look at Senior Brother Xinghe.

Not only is he not dissatisfied with us for blowing up furnaces, but he also wants to give us more opportunities.

Our parents gave us life, but Senior Brother Xinghe made us who we are.

All the disciples from Muyue Nation secretly resolved to work a hundred times harder, never to disappoint Senior Brother Xinghe's kindness.

As Chu Xinghe walked out of the Medicine King Palace, he felt that even though the sun was not visible today, the sky was still bright.

The three hundred disciples from Muyue Nation truly did not disappoint him.

Although there were slight errors in the spiritual fields and herb identification, compared to their talent in blowing up furnaces, it was not even on the same level.

Listen! The Medicine King Palace behind just blew up another furnace... It's beautiful...

"Congratulations on your fortune... Congratulations on your brilliance..." Chu Xinghe skipped all the way to the Skill Tower to slack off.

In the days that followed, the Grand Sky Sect was like celebrating a festival every day.

The constant sound of furnaces blowing up echoed between the Artifact Refining Palace and the Medicine King Palace.

There was a fierce competition, with neither side willing to give up until a winner was determined.

The continuous explosions naturally caught the attention of the Great Elder.

But after hearing from Feng Fei that it was arranged by Chu Xinghe, the Great Elder nodded.

"Since it's arranged by Xinghe, let's do as he says. Our Medicine King Palace can afford this loss."

The Great Elder showed a sense of wealth and generosity.

However, the Great Elder was also slightly shocked by the herb identification ability of Muyue Nation.

Even as a grandmaster, the Great Elder had to admit that the wood spirits of Muyue Nation were not entirely useless.

Although he didn't know what Xinghe was up to this time, the Great Elder believed that Xinghe never acted without reason and there must be a purpose.

The Great Elder didn't ask Chu Xinghe about it because he believed that Xinghe was always reliable and would soon give him a surprise.

Finally, the Great Elder personally instructed Feng Fei to teach the disciples from Muyue Nation well.

Feng Fei nodded vigorously. Junior Brother Xinghe always acted unconventionally, and there must be a deeper meaning to instructing Muyue Nation to refine pills this way.

Thus, the three hundred disciples from Muyue Nation blew up furnaces every morning and crazily consumed resources for dual cultivation of gold and fire in the afternoon, living a life of joy.

One day, after breakfast, Chu Xinghe prepared to go to the area between the Spirit Crane Palace and the Artifact Refining Palace to listen to the sound of furnaces blowing up before heading to the Skill Tower to slack off.

Hmm... Not bad, Ouyang Ming showed stability and diligence, blowing up furnaces early in the morning.

But the disciples from Muyue Nation weren't as diligent, huh? What time is it already? Why haven't they started blowing up furnaces yet?

The Artifact Refining Palace has already started; aren't you going to respond?

But after waiting for a while, Chu Xinghe still didn't hear any explosions, which gave him a slight sense of foreboding.

Could it be that the Great Elder was unhappy with the continuous explosions and stopped the disciples from Muyue Nation from refining pills?

How could that be? The disciples from Muyue Nation are his Lucky Stars. If they don't blow up furnaces, how can they be lucky?

Rushing to the Medicine King Palace, Chu Xinghe met Senior Brother Shen Chun as soon as he entered.

"Junior Brother Xinghe! I was just about to find you! Quick! Go to the pill room! Something big has happened!"

Something big?

Chu Xinghe was startled and then followed Senior Brother Shen Chun, sprinting all the way to the pill room area of the Medicine King Palace.

By this time, the outside of the pill room was already crowded with disciples from the Spirit Crane Palace. Chu Xinghe squeezed to the front, and before he could see what was happening, the overwhelming scent of medicine made his head spin.

Focusing his eyes forward, he saw a purple light swirling inside the pill room.

This was the sign of a top-grade pill about to be produced.

But the next second, when Chu Xinghe saw who was sitting in front of the pill furnace refining, his mind buzzed, and he almost fell to the ground.

Mu Bai?

Damn... The person sitting in front of the pill furnace was Mu Bai?

This top-grade pill was refined by Mu Bai?

Is there any justice left? Any law?

What happened to blowing up furnaces? What do you mean by producing a top-grade pill?

It must be an accident!

After all, after blowing up furnaces for so long, even from a probability standpoint, producing a top-grade pill once seems reasonable, right?

So this must be an accident.

But soon, something even more surprising happened to Chu Xinghe.

Mu Bai's refining had reached the final stage. As the pill furnace opened, purple gas wafted out, and a pill glowing with purple light flew out from the furnace.

"Top-grade pill! It's really a top-grade pill!"

"Wasn't Mu Bai still blowing up furnaces yesterday? How did he produce a top-grade pill today?"

Chu Xinghe was almost in tears listening to this!

Yeah! What happened next? Why?

Wasn't Mu Bai still steadily blowing up furnaces yesterday? How did he produce a top-grade pill today?

Waiting online for an answer, quite urgently!

"Senior Brother Xinghe!" Mu Bai immediately spotted Senior Brother Xinghe in the crowd.

At this moment, Mu Bai didn't even care about the top-grade pill he had just refined. He rushed to Chu Xinghe and, in front of everyone, hugged him tightly and burst into tears!

Chu Xinghe was dumbfounded... Why are you crying after refining a top-grade pill?

Shouldn't I be the one crying?

"Mu Bai thanks Senior Brother Xinghe for the rebirth grace!"

Three hundred geniuses from Muyue Nation suddenly appeared from nowhere, all bowing to Chu Xinghe.

"We thank Senior Brother Xinghe for the rebirth grace!"

What the hell? What do you mean by rebirth grace... What exactly happened?

"Hahaha... Good... Good... Good..."

The familiar three "good" words appeared, and Chu Xinghe saw the Great Elder emerge from the crowd.

"The disciples from Muyue Nation are skilled with wood spirits. In the past, everyone only thought about how to advance in wood spirits, but only you, Xinghe, chose a different path, cultivating fire techniques. Using wood to generate fire, you've opened a new path. Now, the disciples from Muyue Nation, with the help of fire techniques, have achieved near-perfect control over the furnace fire in pill refining. Truly, even I did not expect this."

The Great Elder's words made everyone suddenly realize.

Using wood to generate fire! Senior Brother Xinghe had such an imaginative idea.

Using wood to generate fire? What do you mean by using wood to generate fire? Was that the intention behind my dual cultivation of gold and fire?

What happened to metal overcoming wood? What happened to wood being burned to ashes by fire?

You from Muyue Nation came here just to mess with me, didn't you?