Proficiency Maxed Out, Becoming the Mortal Sword Immortal - Section 657

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The two of them had dazzled so brightly that they'd left third place far behind. They weren't even thinking about whoever came in third anymore.

Everyone was marveling at them.

Pill Elder spoke at just the right moment. "Yun Fu and Chu Huangyue, who ranked first, are both geniuses. But Hundred Treasures Pavilion organized this contest to determine a ranking. The quality of their pills was identical; both had reached perfection. In other words, even if I were to refine a sixth-grade pill myself, I might only be able to make one as good as theirs. Sometimes, if anything went wrong, I wouldn't even reach this level."

"After all, no one can predict how alchemy will go, and no one can guarantee they'll achieve a particular result."

"Yet these two managed it. Their talent is the strongest I've ever seen. Since their pill quality was equal, and Yun Fu took four hours while Chu Huangyue took four and a half, the difference wasn't great. Still, we can use that to decide who came first and second."

"Both of them should have been capable of refining all the pills, but unfortunately, neither did so."

Thinking of this, Pill Elder sighed faintly.

Perhaps this was what it meant to recognize a worthy rival. Chu Huangyue had wanted to beat Yun Fu head-on, but Yun Fu's pill quality had been just as good!

It had been an absolutely thrilling contest.

Unfortunately, there had been no provision for a tie for first place.

In fact, rankings were determined by pill quality and the number of pills formed. A situation like this, where the two contestants were evenly matched, was rare. They could only use time to decide the result.

After Pill Elder finished speaking, everyone else was filled with emotion as well.

Regardless,