Chapter 403: Demon Pills Incite Universal Wrath

At this moment, in the center of the great hall, two of the three most conspicuous monsters opened their eyes; Fen Tian Old Ancestor and Duan Tianwu opened their eyes at almost the exact same time and began writing their pill formulas with flying speed.

But the other monster had also awakened, merely keeping his eyes closed to rest his spirit.

Although he had exited his Trance State, he could not fool the eyes of the many Judges, yet no one exposed him.

Long Xuan was the fastest to exit the Trance State, far quicker than Long Yuyao and the other two; with the Soul Study cheating for him, no one here could match his speed in creating self-made pill formulas.

However, even though he was the first to wake, he was cunning enough to pretend he had not yet finished his trance, feigning deep sleep.

Naturally, he intended to wait until all his competitors had submitted their pill formulas, then decide which of his own researched formulas to submit based on the intelligence gathered, in order to maximize his gains.

He possessed three pill formulas: the Bone-Mending Blood-Melting Pill, the Aphrodisiac Pill, and the Aphrodisiac Pill (Abridged Version).

He wanted to observe the quality of the formulas submitted by his opponents before considering which one to hand over to ensure maximum benefit.

If only the Bone-Mending Blood-Melting Pill formula could surpass those two, then he would have no choice but to grit his teeth and submit it.

When Fen Tian Old Ancestor and Duan Tianwu had already written more than half of their formulas, Long Xuan finally pretended to open his eyes, casting his gaze over; with the vision of his Heavenly Mechanism Eye, he instantly saw through both of their formulas completely.

Upon seeing the two large characters "living human" among the ingredients on both formulas, Long Xuan was immediately startled.

Good heavens, they were actually using living humans for alchemy, even going so far as to cruelly use a Gu King for alchemy; was it really appropriate to create such formulas on this occasion?

It must be known that no one can determine the authenticity of a pill formula merely by looking at it.

Who knows if the formula one creates can actually produce a pill in the end? The Judges first assume the formulas are real, award scores, and then spend a great deal of time refining the pills to confirm their authenticity.

If there are flaws in the formula making it impossible to refine a pill, then the results for that round will be voided.

Yet these two arrogantly created formulas requiring living humans for alchemy; did they expect the Judges to kill people just to verify the formulas' authenticity?

This grand Alchemy Competition was under intense scrutiny, with all factions in the Western Regions paying attention to it.

With two formulas using living humans appearing in such a magnificent competition, Long Xuan had a premonition that no matter how heaven-defying these two formulas were, they would definitely be destroyed publicly; otherwise, the resulting public opinion would be something the Ten Kingdoms could not withstand.

Through pharmaceutical principles, Long Xuan quickly deduced the effects of these two formulas and could not help but reveal a look of shock.

Good heavens, the formula named "Gu King Pill" could actually transform a Spirit Gathering Stage Gu Cultivator into a Gu King Early Stage; it was truly heaven-defying.

Although this Pill would cause the consumer to pay the price of never advancing their Cultivation again for the rest of their life, and the pill materials were too rare for mass production, for a faction, its value was completely comparable to his Aphrodisiac Pill.

The other pill, named "Soul-Nourishing Pill," was even more terrifying; it actually required throwing a group of living humans into an Alchemy Furnace, refining them into the purest source of souls, and consuming the Soul-Nourishing Pill containing this soul source to increase one's Innate Soul Power.

Until now, Long Xuan only knew that his Soul Nourishing Wood could increase Innate Soul Power; he had never seen a second treasure capable of increasing Innate Soul Power, but today he had finally witnessed one.

Long Xuan clicked his tongue; the heaven-defying nature of the Soul-Nourishing Pill was completely comparable to his Aphrodisiac Pill.

He slowly revealed a grave expression; these two pills were simply too heaven-defying, meaning he could only guarantee victory by presenting the Bone-Mending Blood-Melting Pill formula, while presenting the Complete Version Fa Qing Dan formula would at best result in a tie.

Wait, no; they were refining Demon Pills using living humans, which Righteous Path Alchemists despise; those Righteous Path Alchemists likely would not give Demon Pills the highest scores, so submitting his Aphrodisiac Pill (Abridged Version) formula should be sufficient.

Thinking thus, Long Xuan's confidence solidified, and he immediately began writing the abridged version of the Aphrodisiac Pill formula on paper.

However, no one was paying attention to him at this moment; when the group of Judges saw the two large characters "living human" written on both formulas, their faces all turned ugly.

As long as the benefits were great enough, they did not mind using some Evil Path powers, but this could only be done secretly, not displayed openly on the table.

This was an Alchemy Competition watched by ten thousand people; if the organizers dared to openly collect Demon Pill formulas involving killing people for alchemy in front of everyone, their reputation would surely stink to high heaven.

At that time, they might even be categorized as a Demonic Cultivator Faction and attacked by various factions looking for an excuse to kill and seize treasures.

Qin Shang shook his head and said with a bitter smile, "What a pity; these two formulas are truly terrifying—one can rapidly increase the number of Gu Kings in a faction, and the other can greatly increase Innate Soul Power; they are the favorite of every Alchemist."

"To be honest, these two formulas really tempt me, but why do they have to be Demon Pills?"

"Tsk, tsk, relying on hunting Gu Kings to rapidly increase a faction's number of Gu Kings; whoever masters such a Demon Pill will surely be attacked by everyone."

Long Xiaoyao, with a gloomy face, slammed the table heavily and shouted in anger, "These two Old Demons actually dared to create Demon Pills at the competition; truly arrogant!"

"Do you know the consequences if these two formulas spread?"

"Once the Gu King Pill formula spreads, countless factions will surely kill Kings to refine pills; at that time, the number of Gu Kings everywhere will drastically decrease, the Western Regions will be filled with slaughter, and thus plunge into chaos."

"These two formulas must be destroyed publicly and absolutely cannot spread; all of us must also erase this portion of memory, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Upon hearing these words, all the Judges revealed grave expressions, realizing the severity of the problem.

"Correct! These two Demon Pill formulas absolutely cannot remain; but how should this round of the competition be handled? Are we to disqualify these two Old Demons?" a female Judge, radiating righteousness, shouted angrily from the Judges' seat.

Feng Tiancheng shook his head and sighed, "Disqualifying a competitor requires a reason; the competition Rules do not state that one cannot refine Demon Pills, so they have not violated the competition Rules."

"You should understand Fen Tian Old Ancestor's purpose in coming to participate in this Alchemy Competition; if we disqualify him, he will surely fly into a rage."

"Who among us here can be a match for Fen Tian Old Ancestor? If we do not want to ruin this Alchemy Competition or be laughed at by the world, then we absolutely must not act recklessly."

"There are vast numbers of death row prisoners in the Heavenly Prison within my Phoenix City; after proving these two formulas are real, just give them a score."

Feng Tiancheng was counting on Fen Tian Old Ancestor to win the competition, so how could he agree to disqualify him? Thus, he immediately spoke out in opposition.

However, his explanation was plausible; under his sophistry, no one else raised the matter of disqualifying the two again. (End of Chapter)