Just at this moment, suddenly, a sound attracted everyone's attention.
"Sss!"
The sound was not loud, but it seemed extremely abrupt in the unusually quiet high platform.
Ye Ruyu's face turned ugly. He didn't expect that just as he had burned the outer shell of the black rock wood to ashes, the fire was too fierce and directly burned the essence to nothingness.
Looking at Liu Qinyue and the others who were still refining without any problems, Ye Ruyu's expression became even more grim.
He had always been confident in his alchemy skills, but he never thought that he would be the first one to make a mistake in refining the black rock wood. Naturally, he felt ashamed.
After a momentary distraction, Gu Yaoyi also sighed. However, in that short moment of distraction, another familiar sound rang out.
"Sss!"
With this sound, a burnt smell quietly spread, and Gu Yaoyi's expression also turned ugly.
She regretted the momentary distraction that led to this outcome. If she had known, she shouldn't have paid attention to everything around her. But now, regret was clearly of no use.
Ye Ruyu, who was already in a depressed mood, felt a little relieved when he saw that Gu Yaoyi was also in the same situation. At least he wasn't the only one who failed.
After a brief pause, Ye Ruyu immediately picked up the second piece of black rock wood and placed it in the furnace.
There was still time now, as long as he continued to refine, he could complete it before the time was up and avoid elimination.
Gu Yaoyi's gaze fell on Baili Hongzhuang. According to reason, since she had already failed in the refining, Baili Hongzhuang should not be able to last longer than her.
But until now, Baili Hongzhuang hadn't shown any signs of failure. Could it be... Baili Hongzhuang had not successfully burned the outer shell of the black rock wood?
When this thought came to her mind, Gu Yaoyi confirmed the answer.
It must be so, there was no other reason to be found.
Under the high platform, the onlookers were surprised to see that both Gu Yaoyi and Baili Hongzhuang had failed in their refining, but Baili Hongzhuang remained calm. Could it be that they had underestimated Baili Hongzhuang's abilities?
"Could it be that Baili Hongzhuang's alchemy skills are exceptional? It's incredible that she hasn't failed yet."
"Impossible, maybe Baili Hongzhuang is just lucky."
"I heard that refining the black rock wood is extremely difficult. Baili Hongzhuang shouldn't rely on luck, but on her skills."
This was clearly a competition between alchemists, but Baili Hongzhuang's sudden participation had become the focus of everyone's attention.
Many people were betting on when Baili Hongzhuang would be eliminated because they didn't know much about the other five alchemists. The only one they knew more about was Baili Hongzhuang.
"Crack."
When Baili Hongzhuang heard the faint sound coming from the furnace, she knew it was the sound of the black rock wood's outer shell cracking.
Therefore, at the first sound, Baili Hongzhuang immediately reduced the flames to prevent burning the essence of the black rock wood into nothingness.
The firepower instantly decreased, and Baili Hongzhuang continued to bake the essence of the black rock wood. There were still many impurities in it that needed to be removed one by one through the flames.
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