Yan Li's Provocation
"Please put your pills in, everyone. We will begin the testing."
Xiao Tian and the other three did not rush to put the pills in.
At this moment, many participating Alchemist had already put their pills into the pot, and streaks of green and red light, varying in intensity, intertwined, resembling an ocean of light.
Suddenly, the people on the stage displayed all walks of life. The Alchemist face lit up with green light showed an expression of ecstatic joy, and some even jumped up excitedly.
As for those on the red-glowing side, their reactions were even more varied, ranging from instantaneous paleness to shame and anger—a veritable drama of face-changing.
"Damn it, if you're going to refine something, just refine it. Why do you have to do all this unnecessary testing?"
"I finally managed to mix all the powders together, and these old bastards still pull this trick."
"..."
Some of the losers in the red light shook their heads and left dejectedly, while others flung their sleeves and grumbled as they walked out of the square.
The previous refining process eliminated nearly half of the participants, and the second test has eliminated nearly a hundred more.
Those who remain on stage are mostly highly skilled players.
"Mr. Yan Xiao, would you be interested in comparing the quality of our pills?"
Liu Ling turned to Xiao Yan and challenged him.
He thought to himself: Hmph, Yan Xiao, how good can the quality of the pills you rushed out at the last minute be? I'll make you lose face in front of Yanran Yanran and see how you'll face her again.
The advantage is in my hands!!
"Not interested."
"Mr. Yan Xiao, are you afraid?"
Xiao Yan ignored him and nodded to Xiao Tian and Yao Yue instead.
"Mr. Xiao Tian, Mr. Yan Xiao, let's go together."
Yao Yue gently shook the Jade Bottle in her hand and smiled at the two of them. As for Liu Ling, she had been a little dissatisfied ever since she heard his confident analysis last time, which led to her failure to befriend them.
Xiao Yan nodded slightly, while Xiao Tian shook his head. Seeing this, Yao Yue did not insist.
"Xiao Tian, do you dare to compete with me? You finished refining it so early, could it be that you only produced a defective product?"
Seeing that Xiao Yan ignored him, Liu Ling's face darkened, and he turned to look at Xiao Tian.
"Idiot."
She glanced at him disdainfully. It seemed that Liu Ling's narrow-mindedness was shrinking again. She bit anyone she saw, clearly a spoiled brat who had never experienced setbacks.
Xiao Tian shifted his gaze to a person completely wrapped in a gray robe in a secluded corner.
Upon seeing this attire, Xiao Tian knew that this must be Yan Li, the Vice President of the Alchemist Guild in the Chu Yun Empire.
"You need to beat him first."
Liu Ling was ignoring the two people, and she was so angry that her whole body was trembling slightly.
Following Xiao Tian's gaze, they looked over.
"So what if he's just a Second Grade Alchemist? Who do you think you are?"
Liu Ling noticed the Second Grade Alchemist badge on the other person's body and spoke coldly.
"Idiot, I hope you'll still be this confident later."
The gray-robed man noticed Xiao Tian looking at him and tensed up slightly. He raised his head, his cold blue eyes glancing at Xiao Tian, a cold smile playing on his lips.
Third Grade Alchemist? He's no match for me.
Xiao Yan and his two companions put the pills into the Detection Machine. The three of them were in the most prominent position and were among the favorites to win this competition.
As the machine ran rapidly, the Jade Mirror on it emitted a rich green light, the intensity of which was significantly greater than any other green light that had appeared in the previous area.
"Wow, such intense light! No wonder he's a seeded player." Exclamations and praises came from the audience.
Of the three, Xiao Yan radiated the brightest light, his green color resembling jade, followed by Liu Ling, and finally Yao Yue.
Liu Ling's lips twitched slightly, her hands clenched tightly inside her sleeves, as if she wanted to smash the Jade Mirror in front of her.
"What is Xiao Tian doing? Why hasn't he tested it yet? Is he not confident enough in the pills he refined?"
Seeing that Xiao Tian hadn't made a move and was instead staring at the corner, Otto in the VIP section spoke with a questioning tone.
"I still have faith in his abilities; it's impossible." Fu Ke Lan frowned slightly.
"Hey, there's something wrong with the gray-robed man Xiao Tian is looking at. Something's not right."
Fa Ma was also puzzled by Xiao Tian's behavior. He looked over and let out a soft exclamation. His hunched body instantly straightened up.
"I don't see anything wrong with it." Hai Bo Dong also examined it carefully.
"You're not Alchemist, so of course you wouldn't notice the problem. Based on my Soul Power, that guy's Soul Power is very strong. Even when Gu He participated in the Alchemist Convention, his Soul Power wasn't as strong as his."
Fa Ma shook his head and said with a frown.
Yan Li noticed that Xiao Tianyi watching him. He paused, his hand about to put the pill in, and made a gesture of shaking his index finger upwards and left and right at Xiao Tian. A cold smile appeared on his lips. Then he put the pill into the machine.
"A bunch of mediocre people, good-for-nothings."
The man in black robes laughed, his voice sharp and shrill.
A moment later, a dazzling green beam of light suddenly shot out from the stone platform in front of the gray-robed man, its brightness even more intense than Xiao Yan's.
"Damn it, where did this guy come from?"
Liu Ling's face turned extremely ugly. She had previously thought that Xiao Tian was afraid of him and therefore chose to use this person as a shield. Who knew that she was actually no match for the gray-robed man? Anger and confusion alternated constantly in her eyes.
"This person seems to be Alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire." Yao Yue noticed a badge on the gray-robed man's body. The badge had a radiant sun on it, which was slowly rising from the horizon. It was the symbol of the Chu Yun Empire.
"People from the Chu Yun Empire?" Liu Ling murmured softly, snapping out of her reverie upon hearing the Little Princess's words. She had lost to Xiao Yan, and now she had to lose to someone from an opposing force. "This is truly unfair. This is going to be interesting."
"Chelsea, get me his information right now!!" Fa Ma said in a deep voice to an Alchemist beside him.
Chelsea had already sensed something was amiss during Fa Ma's conversation with Hai Bo Dong and had already produced the relevant information.
"Guild Master, this is that person's information." Chelsea hurriedly handed the information to Fa Ma.
"Second Grade Alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire? But in my perception, that guy's soul strength is at least Fourth Grade- grade."
Fa Ma examined the documents in his hand, his expression changed, and he said in a deep voice.
"When he registered, he identified himself as Second Grade Alchemist. A seventeen-year-old Fourth Grade Alchemist? Guild Master, do you think that's possible?"
Chelsea looked at Fa Ma with a wry smile.
"My intuition is right, this guy is definitely suspicious, but he doesn't look like he's in disguise."
Fa Ma frowned deeply. "We can't rule out the possibility of using special Disguise Pill, but such pills are practically extinct."
"How does his Soul Power compare to Xiao Tian's?"
Hai Bo Dong seemed to realize something and asked.
"Xiao Tian is much stronger than him. We only noticed this person because Xiao Tian discovered him first." Fa Ma thought for a moment, then turned to look at Hai Bo Dong as if he had realized something.
"Xiao Tian hasn't been tested yet; maybe they're waiting for him," Hai Bo Dong softly, trying to comfort him.
"Now we can only rely on Xiao Tian." Fa Ma sighed. The fact that the Alchemist from the enemy country were suppressing the local Alchemist was causing his own Alchemist Guild to lose face.
Xiao Tian put the pill in his hand into the machine for testing.
As the machine vibrated, the Jade Mirror began to change colors continuously.