"The competition begins!"
Yao Dan's voice rang across the peak of Medicine Mountain. His gaze swept over the four people in midair before finally settling on Xiao Ze's Heaven Burning Cauldron, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.
The ancient runes flowing across the cauldron were even older than the Yao Clan's treasured heirloom.
As soon as the words left his mouth, Xiao Ze made the first move.
Purple-Gold Flame surged at his fingertips, and the Heaven Burning Cauldron instantly rose a hundred zhang into the air. Every rune on its surface lit up, releasing a low hum.
As his hand seals shifted, thousands of rare medicinal ingredients flew out of his Storage Ring. Among them were treasures rarely seen even by the Yao Clan, such as thousand-year-old Dragon Blood Vine and Ninth-Grade Purple Essence Grass. The ingredients circled in midair, enveloped by Purple-Gold Flame, and gave off a medicinal fragrance that made one's heart tremble.
"So many high-grade ingredients. What is he trying to refine?"
The Yao Clan elders below turned to look, one after another. An ordinary Ninth-Grade Profound Pill required only a hundred or so ingredients. Xiao Ze's display far surpassed anything they could imagine.
Yao Wangui's expression was especially dark. He had secretly swapped out some of the ingredients long ago, but the quality of the ingredients Xiao Ze brought out was so high that it directly nullified his scheme.
Seeing this, Hun Xuzi gave a cold snort. A large quantity of medicinal ingredients flew from the cauldron formed of Black Flame, and with a sweep of his sleeve, three pillars of Black Flame shot toward the cauldrons of Elder Shennong and Elder Wanhuo.
He actually meant to seize their ingredients while he had the chance!
"Hun Xuzi, how dare you!"
Elder Shennong shouted in anger.