Although several places in the True Ghost Realm had placed heavy bets on Qin Fengming passing the Pill Sovereign trial, this did not affect the overall trend. More cultivators still bet that he would fail.
The main reason was not that they lacked faith in Qin Fengming's Pill Dao attainment, but that they were highly pessimistic about his having shortened the challenge time and dug his own grave.
With less time and greater difficulty in refining, the two factors combined to make even those with extremely high Pill Dao attainments shake their heads.
As the refining date drew near, the Cultivation World of the True Ghost Realm became even livelier. Large numbers of cultivators gathered in countless Marketplaces, causing sales of all kinds of cultivation resources to soar.
In an instant, the True Ghost Realm suddenly took on a flourishing air, making the entire Cultivation World burst with vitality.
"Has Master Qin still not left that foggy region?" While the crowds outside were surging with excitement and following the trial with rapt attention, more than a dozen managers in the Pill Emperor Pavilion were already frantic with worry. From time to time, someone sent a message to Cang Ju to ask about Qin Fengming's situation.
That foggy place was not far from Pill Emperor City. It only took an hour or two to return.
Yet Qin Fengming had still not appeared by this point, making all the cultivators of the Pill Emperor Pavilion feel that something terrible was about to happen.
If Qin Fengming did not appear by the day of the trial, it would be judged that he had forfeited it himself. As for the pill wager, he would likewise be judged to have admitted defeat.
Even if an exception were made for him, the time would still have