Can't Take a Loss for Nothing

Su Bai remained expressionless.

He quickly understood Qiu Yi's plan. As expected of Nascent Soul Old Ancestor, his actions were incredibly smooth and seamless.

The first step was to establish a long-term alchemy activity at Medicine Mountain, where participants would compete in endurance and speed in alchemy.

Then, by using the Clear Moon Sect Female Cultivators, they caused the Alchemist of the Heavenly Star Alliance to suffer a great loss of Qi and Blood, which would inevitably reduce their stamina and speed when they were refining pills later.

Alchemy requires immense mental and physical strength. When one's vital energy and Qi and Blood are severely depleted, or one's spirit is weak, the probability of failure may even increase.

Furthermore, this Medicine Mountain is probably a stockpile that Pill Island has accumulated for who knows how long. After this alchemy event ends, they can not only win against the Heavenly Star Alliance, but also use the Heavenly Star Alliance's Alchemist to exchange their stockpile of spiritual spirit medicine for Spirit Pills free of charge, making a fortune. It's simply brilliant!

If the Alchemist of the Heavenly Star Alliance were in good physical condition, it would be hard to say who would win this round, but now, the Heavenly Star Alliance is basically doomed to lose this round.

The disastrous Opening Ceremony spurred Pill Saint Qiu Yi to resort to any means necessary.

"Alchemist Lu Jiu, please send your thirty Alchemist to participate in this event," Qiu Yi said.

The Heavenly Star Alliance dispatched a total of thirty-two Alchemist this time, including Su Bai and Ying Luo, both Golden Core Stage Alchemist.

Su Bai gestured to Ying Luo, and the two of them leaped out, followed by five female Alchemist.

Then Su Bai spoke up, "Who among you still has the strength? Come forward."

In the end, only two Alchemist remained, completely drained and listless, thus completing the gathering of thirty Alchemist.

Su Bai glared fiercely at the two Alchemist, who Disciple Alchemist the Starlight Academy.

Ying Luo also felt embarrassed and cast an apologetic glance at Su Bai.

Su Bai didn't entirely blame them; he was the representative and Commander of this trip to the South Sea.

He also bears responsibility this time; he never expected the South Sea to resort to such despicable means.

They're still too young. Next time there's a similar event, they'll definitely need to come up with a foolproof plan.

This round is almost certainly going to be lost, so Su Bai can only try to narrow the gap as much as possible.

Qiu Yi waved his hand, and Lin Huasheng also selected twenty-eight Foundation Establishment Realm Alchemist and one Golden Core Stage Alchemist from the Southern Sea Cultivation World to come to the other side of Medicine Mountain.

"Then, when the bell tolls, it will be time to begin the alchemy."

"The alchemy activity ended only after spirit medicine from Medicine Mountain disappeared."

"..."

Not long after Qiu Yi finished speaking, the bells rang out.

The two groups of Alchemist quickly rushed towards the Medicine Mountain.

Qiu Yi thoughtfully placed the corresponding Pill Formula near each spirit medicine.

Su Bai calmly waved his hand and took a traditional Third-tier High-grade Spirit Pill to begin refining. Ying Luo, not very confident, chose a Third-tier Low-grade Spirit Pill instead.

Lin Huasheng took a Third-tier High-grade Spirit Pill from the Demonic Core Alchemy Technique, while the Golden Core Stage Alchemist beside him chose a Third-tier Mid-grade Spirit Pill.

In terms of Golden Core Stage Alchemist, it seems that the Heavenly Star Alliance is at a disadvantage.

Foundation Establishment Realm Alchemist, Su Bai glanced around with his Divine Sense and saw that the Heavenly Star Alliance also had quite a few Elite, making it a fairly even match.

If they can maintain their speed and endurance, they certainly have a chance to win.

However, as time went by, Su Bai soon realized that winning was just a pipe dream.

Eight hours later, Su Bai successfully refined the Third-tier High-grade Spirit Pill in his hand, faster than Lin Huasheng, which made Lin Huasheng anxious.

Su Bai took a moment to scan the Foundation Establishment Realm Alchemist with his divine Divine Sense. They were refining Second-tier Spirit Pill in even less time and had already begun refining their second batch of Spirit Pills.

When refining the first Spirit Pills, the Foundation Establishment Realm Alchemist of the Heavenly Star Alliance, who had been practicing the [Clear Moon Yin-Yang Art] all night, were still able to maintain their usual level.

However, by the time they got to the second portion, the consequences of these guys being drained dry by the Clear Moon Sect Female Cultivators began to show.

Their eyes were seeing stars, their gaze was unfocused, and they made frequent mistakes while refining pills. Their speed and stamina in refining pills began to decrease significantly.

"Well, it seems there's no chance of winning."

After trying it once, Su Bai decided not to try it again.

He transmitted his voice to the Alchemist of the Heavenly Star Alliance: "Choose spirit medicine that you are not familiar with to refine. This is a rare free opportunity to practice."

"And the Demonic Core Alchemy Technique, you'd better experience both."

"Don't worry about failing at the refining; with your attitude, you're destined to lose no matter what."

"In that case, it would be better to seize more opportunities to practice with spirit medicine."

Upon hearing Su Bai's telepathic message, the Alchemist of the Heavenly Star Alliance felt both ashamed and moved.

Lan Yan even pretended to have failed at alchemy, abandoning the numerous Spirit Pills he had refined countless times, and walked towards a Demonic Core: "The Vice Pavilion Master is right, I happen to be interested in the South Sea Demonic Core Alchemy Techniques as well."

Lan Yan had never met Demonic Core Alchemist before. Although Alchemist were good at making money, no one would ignore the Spirit Medicine Ingredients available for free alchemy.

He immediately selected a Fourth-tier Demonic Core, obtained the Pill Formula, and began his new attempt at becoming Demonic Core Alchemist.

Although Lan Yan had good Talent, he failed halfway through his first Demonic Core Alchemy Technique.

With a loud bang, the furnace exploded. "The Spirit Pills refined using this Demonic Core Alchemy Technique has an even greater explosion power than traditional alchemy techniques!" Lan Yan complained.

Since Lan Yan, more and more Alchemist the Heavenly Star Alliance have started to crash their furnaces.

In the South Sea, the unusual behavior of the Heavenly Star Alliance Cultivator was quickly discovered.

Pill Saint Qiu Yi narrowed his eyes and quickly understood the intentions of the Heavenly Star Alliance Cultivator.

Looking at Lu Jiu, who was still calmly refining pills, this kid was quick-witted.

Knowing he was doomed to lose, he simply gave up and spirit medicine from the Medicine Mountain to practice.

The hundreds of millions of spirit medicine in Medicine Mountain were wasted ineffectively, which was painful even for the Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator.

Pill Saint Qiu Yi couldn't help but transmit his voice to Su Bai, saying, "Alchemist Lu Jiu, please ask your Alchemist to restrain themselves. It's truly a pity to waste these spirit medicine."

If you don't start practicing your Demonic Core Alchemy Technique with low-level Demonic Core and go straight for mid- to high-level spirit medicine from the Medicine Mountain, wouldn't that be a waste?

Su Bai glanced at Pill Saint Qiu Yi and then transmitted his voice, saying, "Pill Saint Senior, the Alchemist of the Heavenly Star Alliance come from various forces and are not my subordinates. Otherwise, they wouldn't have acted on their own last night and fallen for your honey trap."

Pill Saint Qiu Yi blushed slightly, but he didn't believe that Su Bai couldn't command the Alchemist under his command.

After a moment's thought, he said, "How about this? Let them refine pills as usual. After they succeed, I will give you five hundred High-grade Spirit Stone, and each of your Alchemist Under His Command fifty High-grade Spirit Stone."

That's somewhat acceptable. He figured he couldn't let himself suffer a loss for nothing. After a moment's thought, Su Bai said, "I want a thousand High-grade Spirit Stone High-grade Spirit Stone stones, and they each get a hundred."