Section 19: Exposed?

On Pill Saint Mountain, the Hundred Clans Pill Conference had entered its final continental trial stage.

The hundred teams that had fought bloodily through every corner of Pill Continent had gathered at this greatest sacred mountain in the center of the continent.

The competition had already been in full swing for three days.

"The Chen Clan lost again. If they lose one more match, they can only stop at eighty-ninth place."

"What a pity. Though they have two masters, Chen Yuqing is still too green in the end."

"The Qian Clan arranged their matchups brilliantly, using the many to defeat the few. The Hundred Clans Pill Conference is a team competition—not something one or two people can dominate."

Amid the spectators' discussions, the members of the Chen Clan team walked off the field one after another.

Chen Yuqing's face was somewhat pale. Just moments ago, she had lost to a veteran pill-refining master. This was not the first time she had tasted defeat.

The Chen Clan had charged ahead triumphantly, winning battle after battle from the county trials to the prefectural trials, then the provincial trials. But upon reaching the final continental trials, their fatigue immediately showed. Heroes and powerful figures from every quarter had taken the stage, each with tricks up their sleeves. Master-level pill refiners were everywhere now and no longer drew gasps from the audience. Pill-refining grandmasters were the undisputed kings.

"Brother, which one are you looking at? You're so absorbed that you can't even take your eyes away." Dressed as a boy, Yun Xiao'ai stood on tiptoe and asked softly.

She knew that her brother's task on this trip was to represent the Yun Family and scout out, then recruit, great pill-refining talents for the family.

Every year at the Hundred Clans Pill Conference, the eight