Chapter 525

The rules of this pill convention are as follows: Immortal Island provides all the medicinal herbs needed for this pill-refining convention; the competition is divided into three segments, the first being the speed segment: refining the specified pill within the time of one incense stick qualifies for advancement.

The second segment is the quality segment: the advancing pill refiners must refine a pill of higher quality within three incense sticks, and after evaluation by the judges, only the top one million may advance.

The upcoming third segment is the free creation segment: the one thousand advancing pill refiners may freely exercise their skill, refining pills they are adept at or unique; finally, after evaluation by five authoritative elders, the champion is selected based on the pill's difficulty, innovation, and reference to the results of the first two rounds.

The deputy host of the convention is an old man with the bearing of an immortal; he stands at the front of the judging platform and loudly announces all the rules of this convention.

Although the number of pill refiners coming to participate is huge, under the clear rule arrangement everything proceeds in an orderly manner.

The main venue of the competition is large enough to accommodate all pill refiners refining pills together.

The participating pill refiners are divided solely by bone age: those under one thousand years of bone age compete in one round, and those over one thousand years compete in another round.

The top hundred will receive convention rewards; pill refiners ranked in the top ten thousand will also get a nomination opportunity, and the chance to become renowned throughout the Three Dao Realms is today!

"Good, the competition rules have been announced; now the host declares the Second Pill Refining Convention of Penglai Immortal Island officially begun!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

With the host's command, a special immortal spirit incense on the judging platform is lit, and the tens of millions of pill refiners already prepared on the pill-refining field simultaneously ignite the furnace fire.

In an instant, various peculiar pill fires rise up, and the entire venue is enveloped in multicolored radiance.

The intensely hot flames do not cause discomfort to the competing pill refiners.

This is also because a grand formation is set up in the venue; otherwise, those low-cultivation pill refiners would be refined themselves before they could even start refining pills...

"I didn't expect that we would be refining the Heavenly Spirit Immortal Pill; this poses no difficulty for this pill refiner—half an incense stick's time is enough, it's all about skill!"

"Wuu wuu wuu! Thanks to the guidance of our Wood Guide Master, he said the Heavenly Spirit Immortal Pill hasn't been refined in several conventions; this convention will surely have you love it or not, and indeed he hit the mark! Fortunately I learned it!"

On the Heavenly Pride camp side, most are youthful-faced, fresh-out-of-the-hut talented youths; the Heavenly Spirit Immortal Pill's rank is not high, only its refinement difficulty is somewhat complex; as long as one understands its refinement process and skillfully applies it, advancing to the second round is not difficult.

On the other hand, the Fame camp side is relatively much more difficult; here most are dressed in splendid pill robes, renowned masters for a long time, and the pill they need to refine is the Seventh‑Rank Spirit‑Opening Immortal Pill; without a solid foundation, this pill is not easy to refine.

"Mist grass! Get out of the way, I'm about to explode!"

Boom! Explosion sounds continuously come from the venue.

Those pill refiners whose refining failed and were almost blown to black charcoal are escorted out of the venue in an orderly manner by the guards.

Time continues to flow, and the immortal spirit incense has burned one‑tenth.

"Open!"

In the Heavenly Pride camp area, Li Yanzhi gathers her spirit; after the final surge of pill‑dao power is sent into the furnace, she gives a soft shout, the furnace slowly opens, and a rich medicinal fragrance spreads out.

Only see the Heavenly Spirit Immortal Pill in the furnace presenting a perfect state, beautiful pill patterns vividly depicted upon it, perfect rank!

"Chief Disciple of the Pill‑Refining Hall of the Qingyun Immortal Sect, Li Yanzhi, time taken: half an hour, pill rank: perfect, placed first."

The elder in charge of judging this area immediately announced her results.

Just as her voice fell, another voice sounded not far away: "Divine Abyss Pill Pavilion's Danzi Fan Danxing, time taken: half an hour plus three breaths, pill rank perfect, placed second."

These two announcements caused a great commotion in the venue; even some competing pill refiners became unsettled in mind, the result being predictable—they arrived full of vigor and left with darkened faces...

"Qingyun Immortal Sect! This chief Li is so formidable as to actually suppress the Dan Pavilion's Danzi!"

"Indeed, I never expected it; only can say that Qingyun truly produces talents in abundance, silently cultivating a top‑tier pill‑dao heavenly pride!"

The cultivators of various major forces in the spectator seats discussed heatedly; this was an outcome they did not anticipate.

Families with flexible minds have already planned their future moves, sending their clan's pill‑refining juniors to the Immortal Sect's Pill‑Refining Hall for training, of course depending on whether the other party is willing.

Li Yanzhi and Fan Danxing, who qualified first, were together sent to another area to await the start of the second round.

During this period, Fan Danxing gave Li Yanzhi a cold glance, causing her delicate brows to furrow slightly.

This person is very strange; his gaze toward me carries a hint of hatred, although very subtle, I still noticed it.

"Could it be that I stole his limelight and earned his grudge? Truly petty," Li Yanzhi thought to herself.

Regarding this, she did not take it to heart; I fear you neither in pill dao nor in martial arts.

Compare backgrounds? Then the Elder Long in the spectator seats will have to come and talk to your family's elders.

"Hmph!" Fan Danxing gave a cold snort and withdrew his gaze; although he loathes the person before him intensely, he must now endure.

Li Yanzhi, right! That good disciple who killed Xue'er and is a despicable person! Just wait!

Fan Danxing glanced again at one of the authoritative elders on the judging panel, his anticipation growing ever stronger.

"The good things I have prepared for you, you must keep them well!"

Soon after, the immortal spirit incense burned out, and the first round of the competition was announced as ended.

On the Heavenly Pride camp side, five million pill refiners advanced; on the other side, also several million advanced, with over ten million pill refiners successfully qualifying for the second round.

"Elder Liu, our Qingyun's pill refiners all advanced successfully as expected; this first round was for them literally easier than eating and drinking."

In the spectator area, within a magnificent pavilion, the Hall of Glory's Master Yao Ye stroked his beard and laughed.

"Indeed, Elder Liu's disciple is even more outstanding, taking first place; Yanzhi truly brings honor to our Qingyun! I've looked upon this child since childhood."

The deputy hall master Mo Wen responded beside him; his words are not nonsense, for if we discuss it, he entered the sect earlier than Li Yanzhi, who was only later admitted into the sect.

One could say he has watched Li Yanzhi grow step by step, from her weak and inexperienced state upon entering the sect to now occupying the top spot alone at the Immortal Realm's Three Dao Realms Pill Refining Convention; truly moving.

Just as they were speaking, the host of this convention, the Purple Immortal Divine Lord, walked in.

"Greetings, Divine Lord Liu, Elder Long."

The Purple Immortal Divine Lord's posture is very humble; not to mention that a month ago, having her treasure seized by the Heavenly Radiance Divine Lord of the Shengli Shenchao, it was the Immortal Sect that helped her resolve the siege.

Just speaking of the Immortal Sect's prestige and the strength of the two before me, even though I am a Divine Lord, I must still look up to them!