This time, the crowd around them erupted.
"An Immortal Venerable actually came in person. This might be the first time since the dawn of time!"
"An Immortal Venerable has never come before. These conventions for sharing experience are usually just the disciples exchanging their insights."
"Forget an Immortal Venerable—even when an Eighth Grade alchemist showed up in the past, they never personally presided over the event. Pill Elder has certainly given Senior Brother Yun a lot of face."
"It shows just how much Hundred Treasures Pavilion values this Grand Competition's first-place winner."
"His strength really is top-tier, and he can stand on his own. He deserves this kind of attention."
"Perhaps the Immortal Venerable also wants to know what Senior Brother Yun thinks about the path of Alchemy."
Everyone felt a quiet stir of wonder.
They found this kind of treatment astonishing. None of the many first-place winners before him had received anything like it. Even when Immortal Venerable Yi lectured or shared his Alchemy insights, no other Immortal Venerables had come.
It showed just how highly they regarded the young man before them.
Yun Shu naturally spotted Immortal Venerable Yi.
But he had nothing in particular to say. He knew the Immortal Venerable hadn't come this time to hear him share his experience. Even if he had something special about him, he wasn't worth this much attention from a Ninth Grade alchemist, let alone someone who had one foot in the immortal realm.
The Immortal Venerable was probably here because of the Wu Clan.
Since he'd managed to draw Hundred Treasures Pavilion's attention, then bringing it up to Pill Elder back then hadn't been in vain.
So he didn't dwell on it. Since they'd asked him to begin, he started his lecture.
"I don't have that much experience, and