It was not that the other alchemists looked down on Han Changming. Alchemists from minor cultivation planets were generally not very skilled. At past Heavenly Pill Conventions, the alchemists who received rewards mostly came from cultivation planets rich in resources.
Moreover, there were simply too many participants in this Heavenly Pill Convention. There were no fewer than a thousand fifth-rank alchemists like Han Changming, and most alchemists had their eyes on those from major powers.
Early that morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten.
In a massive plaza spanning a hundred thousand mu, tens of thousands of cultivators had gathered. The Heavenly Pill Convention would be held today, and the participants would refine pills in public.
More than a thousand circular platforms, each over a hundred zhang wide, stood in the plaza. Countless runes were engraved across the surface of every platform. Han Changming sat cross-legged atop one of them, his expression solemn.
The disciples of the Heavenly Pill Palace did not participate in the alchemy competition. After all, the Heavenly Pill Palace was famed throughout the Red Sun Star Domain for its alchemy. If its disciples also took part in the Heavenly Pill Convention, it would be difficult for other factions to secure good rankings.
During the first few Heavenly Pill Conventions, the Heavenly Pill Palace had sent disciples to participate. Most of the top twenty had been Heavenly Pill Palace disciples; there had even been a time when all top twenty places were taken by them. With matters like that, the other alchemists would only be there to make up the numbers, so the Heavenly Pill Palace had no choice but to change the rules.
Considering that alchemy methods varied, some alchemists were allowed to bring Spirit Water, some could bring formations, while others refined pills