Yan Li, Livid with Rage

"I've got this round in my grasp. No matter how much you people from the Jia Ma Empire struggle, it's futile. Watch me crush you!"

Yan Li watched as Xiao Tian put the pill in, then looked up at the sky and grinned mockingly.

"Wow, what a dazzling light! I'm going blind!"

Before Yan Li could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a series of exclamations.

Suddenly, the machine in front of Xiao Tian flashed with an extremely dazzling green light. The entire green light was so vibrant that it seemed to flow with emerald color. Compared to it, Yan Li's green light became insignificant.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! I don't believe it!!"

Yan Li's face instantly turned ashen, his eyes fixed on the green light emanating from Xiao Tian's pill, and he roared.

"Young Master Xiao Tian, that's fantastic!"

Ya Fei two daughters stood up excitedly, their faces full of joy and pride.

"Hahaha, great, great, great!!!" Fa Ma excitedly said "great" three times.

"Congratulations, Mr. Xiao Tian! I never expected that you would not only refine the product the fastest, but also produce the highest quality. Moon, am completely outmatched."

Yao Yue looked at the dazzling green light in front of Xiao Tian with surprise in her beautiful eyes, shook her head and said.

"It was just luck, nothing to brag about."

Xiao Tian smiled slightly and waved his hand gently.

Xiao Yan, his face brimming with fighting spirit, exclaimed, "Tian Ge, is this your true strength? It's truly exhilarating!"

The Yao Lao inside the Bone Flame Ring initially thought Xiao Yan would be discouraged, but upon sensing the fighting spirit in his eyes, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Keep laughing, why aren't you laughing anymore?" Xiao Tian mouthed to Yan Li, his eyes full of mockery and provocation.

Yan Li naturally understood what Xiao Tian meant by his lip movements. His face instantly turned ashen, his facial muscles twitched uncontrollably, and his eyes flashed with anger.

"We'll see." Yan Li's chest heaved violently as he tried to calm his anger, mouthing the words to Xiao Tian.

"I'll wait," Xiao Tian replied, then looked away.

Fa Ma, seated in the VIP section, suppressed the joy on his face and spoke calmly.

"Congratulations on passing the first round of the test. Now we will begin the second round. Press and hold the red button on the lower left of the stone platform."

Upon hearing this, the advancing contestants all moved their fingers to the red button and pressed it.

The stone platform shook slightly, and the machine used for testing gradually moved down. Then, a large stack of neatly arranged medicinal herbs and a Prescription appeared in the original position of the machine.

"This Prescription is an authentic Prescription, and it took our guild several months to create."

"The test will consist of this: you have enough medicinal herbs in front of you to refine pills twice. You must refine the pills within the allotted time. If you fail twice, you will be eliminated."

The remaining people were all taken aback upon hearing this.

Xiao Yan frowned slightly. "Isn't it a bit too easy to simply follow the orthodox Prescription step by step to refine the medicine?"

Xiao Tian picked up the Prescription on the table, glanced at it briefly, and thought to himself that it was indeed this Third Rank Wind Riding Pill.

I know what the pattern is this time. Fa Ma's words are not wrong. The Prescription is indeed a traditional Prescription, but it doesn't mean that everything in the Prescription is 100% correct.

This is definitely a word trap.

A meaningful smile played at the corners of his lips.

However, I'm not in a hurry to refine it, nor do I intend to deliberately fail once; there's no need to play this game of hiding my shortcomings.

"This little guy seems a bit strange. Has he sensed something's wrong?"

At the VIP reception desk, Fa Ma looked down at Xiao Tian, his gaze deliberately observing him.

In the huge square, most Alchemist thought this round of assessment would be very easy, and their expressions showed a hint of joy. They quickly summoned flames and began to refine their alchemy, all hoping to be the first to do so.

"I'm definitely going to be number one this time."

Only a few cautious Alchemist realized that the assessment couldn't be that simple, but after repeatedly studying the Prescription and discovering problems, they gradually lowered their guard and carefully began to warm the Medicine Cauldron.

As most people began to refine medicine, the noise in the audience quickly subsided, and their eyes looked enviously at the tangible flames in the arena.

Everyone else began refining the medicine, except for Xiao Tian, who was still holding the Prescription and slowly closed his eyes.

"Why didn't he start concocting the medicine? Instead, he closed his eyes."

"... I don't know."

A series of quiet discussions arose from the audience.

Xiao Tian, sitting below the stage, opened his eyes and began refining. This time, he didn't choose to refine them all at once, but rather one by one.

As time slowly passed, Xiao Tian packed up all the medicinal herbs he had extracted, except for the Earth Essence Mushroom.

Just as it was finished, a muffled thud was heard. A Third Grade Alchemist was staring blankly at the Black Ash at the bottom of the Medicine Cauldron. Clearly, he had failed in his attempt.

"How could this happen? I followed the Prescription exactly, not a single step was wrong, and I even performed exceptionally well."

Xiao Tian turned around and immediately grinned. Wasn't this the guy who had boasted about taking first place?

It seems that he did indeed achieve the first place; he was also the first to fail in refining.

Xiao Yan sensed something was wrong and looked at the nine Jade Bottle in his hand with suspicion.

Then a series of muffled thuds began to sound, including those of Liu Ling and Yao Yue.

"Elder Sister Xian Er, Sister Ya Fei, what's going on? Why are so many people failing?" Qing Lin's confused voice rang out.

"Wouldn't the young master also..."

"Something's definitely not right. It seems this assessment isn't as simple as we thought; there might be some hidden trickery involved."

Ya Fei looked at Xiao Tian in the arena with some worry. "Trust your young master, he's very strong."

Ya Fei seemed to have thought of something, and her pretty face flushed slightly: He was not only strong, but also terrifyingly strong in other aspects. Even when she and Elder Sister Xian Er joined forces, they were defeated.

"Yes, yes. In my heart, young master is the most amazing."

Qing Lin nodded emphatically, his eyes gleaming with determination.

Her adorable appearance prompted Xiao Yi Xian and Ya Fei to gently stroke her hair.

During this period, quite a few unlucky individuals and arrogant Alchemist also failed with their second batch of herbs.

Okay, that guy from before was one of them, and now we have another one who's the first to be eliminated.

"Is this Alchemist in the Jia Ma Empire are capable of? They're utterly useless."

A mocking chuckle suddenly rang out in the quiet square, drawing angry glares from the crowd.

There was also some Black Ash in the Medicine Cauldron in front of him, clearly indicating that he had also failed once.

He then placed the remaining portion of medicinal herbs into the Medicine Cauldron and began refining them, a faint smile on his face, full of confidence, clearly indicating that he had discovered the problem.

Xiao Tian, who was inside the arena, also began fusing the medicinal herbs.

Put the eight medicinal herbs, excluding the unrefined Earth Essence Mushroom, into the Medicine Cauldron and begin to blend them.

"So you did notice." Fa Ma looked at the only remaining Earth Essence Mushroom left by Xiao Tian, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"What a perceptive little fellow."

As time passed, Xiao Yan's Medicine Cauldron emitted a muffled thud, clearly indicating that the refining process had failed.

He looked down at the Black Ash medicinal powder and fell into deep thought for a few moments. When he looked up, he saw Xiao Tian, who was in the process of fusing the powder, and then he saw the remaining Earth Essence Mushroom on Xiao Tian's table.

"The Prescription was indeed faulty."

Xiao Yan had already sensed the problem with the Earth Essence Mushroom when he was fusing it before, and now, after seeing what was on Xiao Tian's table, he was even more certain, and then he continued to refine it.

Xiao Yan directly used the Green Lotus Core Flame this time, changing Azure Flame Purple Flame to cyan, which immediately caused a gasp of surprise.

Much later.

With a wave of his hand, Xiao Tian caused the cauldron lid to fly up, and a round pill instantly flew out of the Medicine Cauldron. He caught it in his hand, and the cauldron lid returned to its original position.

About ten minutes after Xiao Tian finished refining his pill, Yan Li also finished refining his.

Seeing that Xiao Tian had finished earlier than him, his face immediately darkened.

"Eight Dishes for Zhen Ji."

Xiao Tian moved his lips towards Yan Li, and Yan Li's expression became even more unpleasant.

Yan Li's face was ashen, his lips moving as he said, "Don't be so smug. In the final match, we'll have a rematch! Then, I won't hold back at all!"

Xiao Tian ignored his exasperated appearance and felt the eager gazes of the other Alchemist seeking answers.

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