Over the past month, the Jia Ma Imperial Capital had become exceptionally lively. Alchemists from all across the empire had flocked there, drawing countless Dou Practitioners along with them.
Because the imperial capital was about to host a new Alchemist Convention.
This was a grand gathering for young alchemists under thirty, held only once every eight years.
Countless young alchemists wished to stand out at the convention, elevating their reputation and status, attracting the recruitment of the empire's major factions, and securing a bright future.
After all, Jia Ma Empire's foremost alchemist, Pill King Gu He, had once been the champion of the Alchemist Convention two editions ago.
That was what had drawn the attention of the Cloud Mist Sect, which had extended an olive branch to him.
With the Cloud Mist Sect's inexhaustible supply of medicinal ingredients, Gu He had been able to focus wholeheartedly on improving his alchemy.
In just over a decade, he had risen from a Fourth-Grade Alchemist to a Sixth-Grade Alchemist.
Of course, no one else needed to dream about winning this Alchemist Convention.
After two months of spreading, anyone in the Jia Ma Empire with even slightly decent connections knew that President Fa Ma's disciple, Gu Yi, was already a Fifth-Grade Alchemist—at least on the surface.
A Fifth-Grade Alchemist! In the Jia Ma Empire, that was enough to become an elder of the guild!
There were fewer than fifteen such people in the entire empire!
At past Alchemist Conventions, the champions had generally only been Third-Grade Alchemists.
Only Pill King Gu He's convention had produced a Fourth-Grade Alchemist.
As for a Fifth-Grade Alchemist, there had never been one before.
Thus, the champion of this convention was undoubtedly Gu Yi.
The young alchemists competing had no intention of contending with Gu Yi's brilliance at all.