At this moment, Ning Xiaochuan was still calmly urging the Heart Nourishing Cauldron before him. He seemed utterly unaware of the strange phenomena continuously appearing around him.
Judging purely by the commotion, Ning Xiaochuan was currently almost one of the most inconspicuous people in the square.
Another equally inconspicuous person was Mu Baiji, the Saint-Level Heart Nourisher from the Mu Clan.
However, unlike Ning Xiaochuan, everyone knew that Mu Baiji was a Saint-Level Heart Nourisher. Thus, although his movements were as unhurried and placid as Ning Xiaochuan's,
when Ning Xiaochuan acted this way, others saw only stupidity and clumsiness.
Yet when the same actions were performed by Mu Baiji, they became profound and exquisitely subtle.
No one had ever doubted the strength of a Saint-Rank Heart Nourisher.
As more and more Heart Nourishers successfully refined their pills, Mu Baiji's movements visibly accelerated.
In truth, refining a single pill could sometimes require an exceedingly long time—dozens of days, or even years.
Yet knowing that they were participating in the Heart Nourisher Assembly, no Heart Nourisher would be foolish enough to choose such laborious and time-consuming pills to refine.
Boom! Before the elderly woman, a king-rank Heart Nourisher from the Yao Clan standing beside Yao Siqi, fierce flames suddenly erupted.
Within those blazing flames, a savage-looking Fire Ape was born.
The elderly woman merely reached out and grabbed it, and the Fire Ape immediately fell into her hand, transforming into a fiery-red Spirit Connection Pill that radiated scorching fire-attributed energy.
"Aunt, with your strength, it seems you'll soon break through to the Saint Rank." Yao Siqi looked at the elderly woman with some envy.
Although her talent was quite exceptional, no one could guarantee that Yao Siqi would definitely surpass this elderly woman in the future.
And to reach the elderly woman's