As her voice bood, both the stage and the audience were filled with expressions of shock. This should have been a test for the most outstanding alchemist, but now, the test was in the minds of many to see which contestant had the most exceptional backing.
To obtain an astonishing formula, one needs an extraordinary master. Unless they are as fortunate as Yan Xiaobao, or they co from a distinguished family, people cannot achieve heavenly formulas.
Many experts who waited ten years to participate today felt deceived. In the annual alchemy competition, never before was such a test conducted, and they were convinced it would never be like this again. Yet this year, due to the ergence of an extraordinary talent, the n and won behind the competition had no choice but to want to see who was the best.
Yan Xiaobao looked at others and saw despair and hope, but looking at Zhong Xi, he saw him grinning foolishly, imdiately understanding that this young man had been given so rare formula by General Frozen. The formula was superior to those of ordinary people.
"Silvermoon Pills," Yan Xiaobao sighed and said. He felt imnse pressure. Creating such a pill within ten hours ant he truly couldn't afford any mistakes. After all, contraceptive pills are advanced pills from the Heavenly Realm.
Yan Xiaobao and others stood by the table, waiting for the woman to tell them to begin. So were filled with despair and reluctance; others were filled with excitent.
"Let the finals begin!" The words finally sounded, and Yan Xiaobao found his large cauldron and placed it on the table. After rummaging through the Cosmic Box, he found the various herbal dicines he needed and placed them on the table.
Many experts in the audience frowned as they saw Yan Xiaobao's herbs didn't look like what they recognized. Many herbs seed unnatural, and soon people began to complain about what kinds of herbs they were. Most had a natural understanding of herbs because they often went to pick them, and rcenaries made a lot of money by selling herbs. Yan Xiaobao caught most people's attention because of this. Their expressions beca strange as they saw the blue fla erge within the large cauldron.
Not only were the audience shocked, even Zhong Xi felt his heart leap when he saw the blue fla, and the woman supervising the test squinted in surprise. Every alchemist knows they have two types of flas. Alchemists use red and green flas. Red is used for refining, while green is used for protecting materials after refinent. Green fla is used to rge many materials together. They have never seen a blue fla.
Although the test had seven participants, four of them gritted their teeth and made ordinary pills, while three were eager to display the formulas they had acquired. But among the seven, the entire audience focused intently on Yan Xiaobao.
Yan Xiaobao realized everyone would be watching him, yet he didn't mind at all. Instead, he was completely focused on the Silvermoon's Pill. He concentrated on refining many ingredients as his fla continuously changed temperature. The green fla continually protected perfectly refined paste.
After refinent, one hour after another passed, even not allowing a mont's relaxation. Everyone needed to be completely focused on the pill they were creating, but the audience found it hard to fully understand the true difficulty of this round of pill creation.
Yan Xiaobao had previously concocted Silvermoon Pills several tis, so he knew he had to be extra careful. Although Yan Xiaobao was worried, he soon entered a trance. In this trance, he did everything as he had before. Every rging of herbs and paste, everything was perfect, yet even then it would still take a long ti to make the pill perfect.
When the pill was perfect, nine hours had passed, and Hui Yu could now breathe a sigh of relief. Even though Zhong Xi had a great formula, Yan Xiaobao highly doubted it could beat the pill from Heaven. A pill that allows the consur to beco a king-level expert from nothing.
Yan Xiaobao placed the pill into his Pill Bottle, now staring at the other experts. Four completed before him, but two were still refining.
Another hour passed, everyone consud their pills, then placed them in jade artifacts.
"Step forward, tell what pill you concocted!" the woman called out, and everyone acted according to her command.
"My contraceptive pill is the fifth-level pill of Golden Dawn, this pill can regenerate severed limbs for the consur."
"My contraceptive pill is the fourth-level pill, a pill that drives the consur mad. It increases a person's strength but decreases their intelligence."
The other two pills were launched before it was Yan Xiaobao's turn.
"This is the seventh-level Silvermoon's Pill... it's a pill that allows the consur to leap from disciple level to king-level."
As soon as he spoke, everyone fell silent. Before the woman's eyes fell on Qiao and Lao, no one said anything, and everyone suddenly began looking at them. Their hearts trembled, their eyes filled with fear. A pill that could make soone a king-level expert? It was too heavenly, too dangerous!
"We will need to test this pill," the lady said, and shortly after a maid from the Alchemy Union was summoned. "Please be aware, the pain of forcibly opening two dantians is extrely painful, so if she isn't strong enough, she will fail," Yan Xiaobao warned, and another person later chose another. It was a servant, with crazy perseverance, but a very poor talent. He was now a disciple, but his dream was to break through to the middle dantian.
Staying up all night, he consud the pill and found a ditation spot on stage. After sitting for a few minutes, he stuffed the pill into his mouth. Consuming the pill, energy waves began to collapse around him. He was like a whirlwind, where people could feel how his energy was constantly increasing. His aura chaotic yet growing stronger. The entire audience fell silent, amazed. Except for the painful groans from the servant feeling like his body was being torn apart, nothing else was audible. Yet even so, he could feel his cultivation rapidly rising, so he held on. He hoped to beco stronger!
Watching the man's perseverance on stage, no one dared to speak. Everyone present could see shock, fear, and greed, as they slowly realized this pill was actually as good as claid. Everyone remained silent; no one dared to make a noise, as all eyes focused on the servant sitting on stage. Strong winds blew, energy being absorbed into the whirlwind surrounding the servant as his body greedily took it in.
The servant's painful groans grew louder, yet his persistence was very comndable. Even Yan Xiaobao, while observing the man curiously, had to admit this. He wondered if this man was as steadfast as his child.
Although most present were shocked and surprised, there were two people with ugly expressions on their faces. One was Zhong Xi, the other an alchemist who had expected to showcase his formula. Both understood they had nothing to compare to a pill that allowed soone to ascend to king-level.
Initially, Zhong Xi tried to see if he could disrupt the servant's trance, but soon found he couldn't reach the servant.
In the end, he could do nothing but hope the servant succumbed to pain before reaching king-level. Yet even as he hoped for this, Zhong Xi already knew everyone believed this pill could make him a king-level expert. The only factor determining whether he reached such a realm was his own determination and ability to withstand pain.
Yan Xiaobao showed a slight smile, but even so, he was worried. He had used the Silvermoon's Pill because he hoped to save Sha Yun, but now he needed to deal with the aftermath of such a pill. Many would do almost anything to acquire the pill, formula, or materials. Every major family would kill for such a pill, but Yan Xiaobao believed his allies would support him. He thought, experts in Muchuan City fear his background with Divine Domain too much to dare dangerous actions like kidnapping or extortion.
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