If Jing Yan truly scored zero, it would certainly deal a blow to Youhai Comrce. It would also negate much of the prestige they gained from his perfect scores in the first and second challenges.
With this thought, President Bai Lan grew more excited, and the provocative look in her eyes beca increasingly obvious.
"Alchemist Jing Yan couldn’t really have scored zero, could he?"
"It’s possible! He refined elixirs too quickly and carelessly; I wouldn’t be surprised if he got zero."
"I was just considering doing business with Youhai Comrce, but now..."
Many people started shaking their heads.
"1,500 points!" the elder in white robes finally shouted a number!
Yes, he shouted it out loud.
When announcing the scores of the pill masters before, he used his Primordial Energy to spread his voice across the entire tier square, but this ti, he shouted out the score while simultaneously using Primordial Energy to amplify his voice.
The entire square fell silent!
On the Fourth Tier Square, Rong Jie and the Fang Family Alchemist, who had just been looking down on Jing Yan, turned deathly pale when they heard the score.
"1,500 points? Is it really 1,500 points?" Qiu Fang was excited.
He looked at Jing Yan with admiration.
Although Qiu Fang was much older than Jing Yan, age doesn’t matter in the pursuit of Alchemy Dao. Like Martial Arts, what counts is the mastery one has attained. Jing Yan’s strength in Alchemy Dao far surpassed his by light years. Qiu Fang even felt that Jing Yan’s abilities in Alchemy Dao might even exceed those of his own master, Ximang, by a great margin.
As for Jing Yan himself, he remained indifferent.
Though he had not inspected the elixirs he had refined, at his level, he generally had a feeling about the grade of each pill he produced. So, even without checking, Jing Yan knew that his score should be around 1,500 points. If there were any discrepancies, they wouldn’t drop below 1,400 points.
"President Bai Lan! Alchemist Jing Yan’s abilities are truly not sothing you can fathom. Moreover, Alchemist Jing Yan is not a pill master of my Youhai Comrce. Although, we at Youhai Comrce do wish Alchemist Jing Yan would join us. Who wouldn’t want to be friends with such a genius in the Alchemy Dao? Oh right, President Bai Lan is the exception. Back when Alchemist Jing Yan wanted to endorse Golden Sparrow Comrce, you were unwilling," Qing Ru said with a smile.
Her words were casual and indifferent, but they were extrely cunning.
Upon hearing this, Bai Lan’s face turned green.
He looked around and indeed saw many people looking at him as if he were an idiot.
Jing Yan not only scored perfect points in the first and second challenges but also stood unmatched in this third challenge of Alchemy. Such a genius in Alchemy Dao, and his Golden Sparrow Comrce had actually turned him away—what was he, if not a fool?
He wanted to argue a few points, but in the end, he didn’t know what to say. It seed the more he spoke, the more mistakes he made. He could already foresee, from this mont on, he Bai Lan would beco the laughingstock of the entire Heavenly Origin Continent.
That’s right, once this story gets out, he was sure to be ridiculed by countless people. For a long ti to co, he would be the butt of the joke.
And this would not be confined within Pill Country.
The martial artists participating in the Pill Spirit Conference were from all over the Heavenly Origin Continent. After they left, they would surely talk about the incident everywhere—the fact that his Golden Sparrow Comrce only offered Jing Yan a re 100,000 Spirit Stones as an endorsent fee was truly blind!
Bai Lan shut his mouth tightly, not saying a word, but his face was really unsightly to look at. The directors of Golden Sparrow Comrce also quieted down. They were lively just a mont ago, but now t with a harsh reality.
They all knew that Golden Sparrow Comrce was in deep trouble! Once word of this spread, who would want to do business with Golden Sparrow Comrce?
Who wants to do business with an idiot?
It was their own doing. If they had remained quiet and sincere from the start, maybe not many people would know that Jing Yan had first approached Golden Sparrow Comrce, and that they only offered 100,000 Spirit Stones for his endorsent.
But now, it was too late.
On the Fourth Tier Square, all the alchemists’ eyes were on Jing Yan.
Even Wan Lai, who had been serene all this while, now had an ugly expression on his face, a hint of anger flickering in his eyes.
Although Wan Lai was sowhat unhappy when Jing Yan scored full marks in the first and second challenges, he didn’t care too much.
After all, the strength of an alchemist isn’t judged by how many elixirs or Spirit Grasses they know but by their Alchemy Ability. Wan Lai was confident in his alchemy skills and felt that he was unbeatable in the third challenge. Yet, he hadn’t expected Jing Yan to be just as good, if not better, at alchemy.
Moreover, Jing Yan was using a Pill Furnace provided by Pill Country itself, not a personal one.
At this point, anyone with a sound mind would never think that Jing Yan didn’t have a personal Pill Furnace. With such Alchemy Ability, to not even have a furnace? How could that be possible?
Since he had a personal Pill Furnace, but chose to use the one provided by Pill Country, what did that imply?
Everyone knew what it ant! Jing Yan simply didn’t care much about these competitors, or rather, he had complete confidence in his own abilities.
But in this case, they had indeed misunderstood Jing Yan. Jing Yan did, in fact, want to use his own furnace, but dared he use his Qiankun Pill Furnace? Once it was recognized, could he, at the Peak of the Dao Spirit Realm, keep the Qiankun Pill Furnace safe?
Jing Yan was well aware of the power of the Qiankun Pill Furnace; on the entire continent, there probably would not be another comparable.
Ti passed once again.
Scores for all 101 alchemists were announced. Jing Yan, with 1,500 points, was deservedly first. Wan Lai, with 1,200 points, was second. Another alchemist with over 900 points was third.
The situation of scoring zero did not occur in this Alchemy Festival. The lowest-scoring alchemist managed close to 200 points, and a few who didn’t manage to refine the Three-Complete Pill on ti scored low as well, all between 200 and 300 points.
"Alchemists, now all your scores are out. The top twenty have also been determined. Next, I will announce the numbers corresponding to the top twenty alchemists, who will enter the second phase of the third challenge and the final competition," the elder in white robes bood.
Alchemists ranking after the top twenty could only receive so Top-grade Spirit Stone rewards. The top twenty alchemists would continue to compete in alchemy to determine the final rankings and compete for the rewards that made countless people envious.
The elder in white robes swiftly announced twenty numbers. The corresponding twenty alchemists would henceforth be placed on the new Pill King List, becoming familiar nas across the continent.
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