"Everyone!"
"Thank you, Grandmaster Liu Bai, for the wonderful demonstration! Next comes the finals of this Alchemist Tournament!"
He paused, his gaze sweeping over the more than a hundred contestants below.
"I trust you already know the rules for the third round. The guild will no longer provide any assistance to the contestants. You must rely entirely on yourselves for everything, including pill formulas, medicinal ingredients, and so on. In other words, within the allotted time, you must successfully refine a pill within the scope of your abilities. The final victor will naturally be determined by the grade and practical value of the pill they refine!"
The moment those words were spoken, the contestants in the square erupted into an uproar.
Quite a few faces instantly turned ugly.
Clearly, these people had not prepared suitable pill formulas or sufficient medicinal ingredients.
With this kind of test, without those two conditions, the outcome was obvious—the chances of defeat would become extremely high.
However, some remained calm, and a glimmer of confidence even flashed through their eyes.
Liu Bai sat in the VIP seats, his gaze sweeping across the area below with interest.
He noticed that the favorites to win—Yao Yue, Liu Ling, and Xiao Yan, who was using the alias "Yan Xiao"—were only briefly startled upon hearing the topic before quickly regaining their composure.
As expected, their foundations are deep.
Liu Bai thought to himself.
His gaze settled on Xiao Yan.
But Liu Bai's Soul Power was immensely powerful, and he saw through Xiao Yan's disguise at a glance.
Xiao Yan was, after all, Yao Lao's disciple. With Yao Lao's alchemy inheritance, his foundation naturally could not be compared to that of the others.
Although he had not studied alchemy for very long, refining a Fourth-Grade Pill should not be a