Regarding the challenging gaze from afar, Xiao Yan merely cast a casual glance before retracting his attention. This young man had hidden well in the past, but today, he was indeed overexcited. A top-grade tier-7 medicinal pill? Thinking of this, a sneer appeared on Xiao Yan’s lips. With such an achievement, entering the top ten might not be too difficult for him, but that was all. The true battle for the championship, Song Qing was not qualified! As this thought flashed through his mind, Xiao Yan’s gaze once again focused on the medicine cauldron. In the rising emerald flames, a perfectly round medicinal pill was slowly rotating. The pill was dark red, resembling coagulated blood essence, and faint light shimmered on its surface, like eyes, giving it an incredibly strange feeling.
“Almost there…” Watching the pill slowly spinning in the flames, a surge of enthusiasm quietly rose in Xiao Yan’s heart. Dark clouds overlapped in the sky, and occasionally, a massive silver serpent would tear through the heavens with a crash, rushing fiercely towards the stone platform where Song Qing stood, only to be met and neutralized by him. Seeing Xiao Yan completely ignore his gaze, Song Qing’s face twitched involuntarily. He glanced around and found that apart from the audience, Cao Ying and Dan Chen were not looking at him with any surprise, which left him feeling rather depressed. A top-grade tier-7 medicinal pill, even for some of the elders of the Pill Tower with substantial seniority, the success rate was quite low. Yet, despite successfully concocting one, it did not stir up the expected commotion, preventing him from basking in the glory he desired.
Suppressing his depression, Song Qing hurriedly focused. The pill lightning formed by a top-grade tier-7 medicinal pill was no joke. If he didn’t take it seriously, the pill might be destroyed. In that case, the one who should cry would truly be him.
As Song Qing strained to cope with the pill lightning in the sky, the energy in this region also became much more turbulent, clearly caused by the pill lightning.
Perhaps due to the triggering of the pill lightning, several participants’ medicine cauldrons began to emit astonishing energy fluctuations. Clearly, their pills were also nearing completion.
Feeling this, the expressions of these participants became much more somber. If anything went wrong at this juncture, all their efforts would indeed be in vain.
“Boom!”
The sky was heavy with clouds, and the thunder rumbled continuously. Suddenly, another massive energy fluctuation swept out, and everyone saw dense clouds forming suddenly above a certain stone platform.
“Another top-grade tier-7 medicinal pill has emerged!” Seeing this, the entire square erupted in excited clamor.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
However, before their clamor could subside, several powerful energy fluctuations burst forth. Clouds covered the sky, and countless silver serpents veiled the heavens. The previously bright sun was now replaced by a dark night, with sporadic silver bolts piercing the sky.
Within just a dozen minutes, nine high-tier tier-7 medicinal pills had simultaneously come into existence!
This meant that at this moment, there were nine streams of pill lightning in the sky!
Such a spectacle was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Therefore, the densely packed crowd around the square was now stirred by the atmosphere, with their blood boiling. Deafening cheers echoed, combining with the thunder to form a terrifying roar that spread far and wide, and the entire Alchemist Region could faintly hear this formidable sound wave.
The sudden appearance of eight additional streams of pill lightning startled Song Qing. Glancing at the surrounding pill lightning, a sneer flashed across his eyes. Thankfully, the momentum of these others’ pill lightning was inferior to his, meaning their medicinal pills’ quality was also probably lower than his.
Countless silver bolts shot across the sky, finally exploding towards those stone platforms. In a short while, the entire sky echoed with the low rumbling of thunder.
Under this magnificent spectacle, Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, Mugu Old Man, and others remained undisturbed, their gazes fixed intently on their own medicine cauldrons!
On a stone platform, Dan Chen sat cross-legged, her face now extremely pale. She was physically frail, and if not for the support of her soul power, she wouldn’t have lasted this long. But fortunately, she endured.
“Almost succeeded!” At this moment, Dan Chen’s eyes were almost glued to her medicine cauldron. Her hand seals kept changing, and the vast, boundless soul power continuously poured into the cauldron, with a faint spiritual aura emanating from it.
“Spit!” As her hand seal changed, Dan Chen’s face suddenly turned red, and she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, which entirely shot into the cauldron, merging with the rolling medicinal pill within.
“Boom!”
The blood touched the pill, and a dazzling strong light, like the sun, suddenly appeared inside the cauldron. An energy fluctuation so horrifying that it caused astonishment surged out, causing the cauldron, which could withstand the burning of a different fire for a long time, to explode into countless fragments!
“Swoosh!”
As the cauldron exploded, a pillar of green light, nearly thirty feet tall, shot out, straight towards the sky. Under this green light, the dense silver bolts in the sky suddenly retreated as if they had encountered something terrifying. The previously imposing thunderclouds also retracted rapidly, not daring to come into contact with the light pillar.
Amidst many shocked gazes, the light pillar soared into the sky, and shortly after, a thick fog suddenly gathered where the light pillar passed, condensing into a vast, nearly thirty-meter-wide thundercloud in the blink of an eye!
Moreover, what was most shocking was that this thundercloud possessed both green and silver colors!
“A two-colored thundercloud?” Seeing the multi-colored thundercloud, the entire square erupted in frenzy!
A two-colored pill lightning was a first for many here!
On the raised platform, Xuan Kongzi and others watched the two-colored thundercloud with slightly serious faces. After a moment, they exchanged glances and nodded: “This girl from the Dan family is truly extraordinary, having actually refined a tier-8 medicinal pill, and even triggered a two-colored thundercloud.”
In the world of medicinal pills, a tier-8 pill was already at the pinnacle of the pyramid. Although tier-8 and tier-7 were only one rank apart, they were worlds apart. A tier-8 medicinal pill has its spirit, even possessing rudimentary wisdom. In other words, a tier-8 medicinal pill has its own vitality; it can be considered a life form!
And the division of tier-8 medicinal pills is unimaginably strict, with its quality no longer discernible by the naked eye, but by the color of the pill lightning. The higher the quality of a medicinal pill, the more colors of pill lightning it triggers upon formation. It is said that if a nine-colored pill lightning can be invoked, it signifies that the pill has entered the exalted realm of the ninth tier, which is often referred to as a divine pill.
Dan Chen, having summoned a two-colored thundercloud, indicated that she had successfully refined a tier-8 medicinal pill, and it was a two-color pill lightning tier-8 medicinal pill!
In the vast sky, the two-colored thundercloud dominated the sky, radiating a vast thunderous aura. The thunderbolts induced by Song Qing and others seemed insignificant under this two-colored thundercloud.
Looking at the two-colored thundercloud, Song Qing and others opened and closed their mouths, a bitter taste flooding their tongues. The appearance of the two-colored pill lightning had utterly put them to shame.
On the stone platform, Dan Chen wiped the blood from her lips, her pale face gazing at the two-colored thundercloud, a smile appearing on her lips. She struggled to stand, her petite, frail body commanding the respect of a Dou Zun-level expert.
Regardless of the outcome, the name of the Dan family would resound throughout the Central Plains because of this young girl!
“Chuckle, Sister Dan Chen, you’ve indeed improved a lot over the years. But for me to admit defeat, it won’t be that simple,” a coquettish laughter suddenly came from afar as Dan Chen smiled. Turning her head, she saw Cao Ying standing gracefully, her alluring face pale, but still smiling enchantingly.
Refining pills was also a source of pride for Cao Ying. The name of an enchanted beauty was not for nothing. Years of arduous cultivation in the Pill Tower, today, let her shine in the spotlight of a thousand eyes!
Cao Ying’s proud, phoenix-like expression appeared on her face, and her jade-like hands swiftly formed hand seals. She then shouted softly, “Rise!”
“Bang!”
As the shout fell, a massive pillar of light shot out from Cao Ying’s medicine cauldron, rushing towards the sky!
As the light pillar soared, the clouds in the sky condensed, and amidst countless astonished gazes, two colors appeared. But if someone looked closely, they would notice a very faint hint of pink amid the green and silver colors!
“Another tier-8 medicinal pill!!”
At this moment, the entire square erupted. Countless people stared at the brilliantly colored thundercloud in the sky, their hearts filled with excitement, their blood boiling!
This was the true Alchemist Conference!
Song Qing stared at the thundercloud in the sky, a sense of defeat washing over him. Compared to freaks like Cao Ying and Dan Chen, he was truly far behind…
But thankfully, Xiao Yan should…
Just as this thought ran through his mind, Song Qing’s gaze froze. He noticed that in the distance, the statue-like Xiao Yan on the stone platform was finally slowly rising to his feet.
As Xiao Yan stood up, the plaza was instantly filled with countless fiery gazes, stopping firmly on his figure!
On the raised platform, Xuan Kongzi and others couldn’t help but clench their fists, their gaze fixed on the slight, slender figure under the overcast sky!
Many years ago, a man named Yao Chen had obtained the greatest honor in a spectacular manner right here!
Today, would his disciple, known as the most brilliant alchemy prodigy, once again inherit that legacy of glory?!
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