The guests naturally watched the entire venue from their elevated seats. Once Xuan Yi pointed it out, the others began observing more closely. All of them were grandmaster-level alchemists, and after paying attention for a short while, they understood what Xuan Yi meant.
Although there were many exceptionally gifted youths below, their eyes were still more discerning. Before long, they noticed what was strange about the situation.
"It's not just Ling Zhuo. It seems the Cao Clan girl and the Dan Clan girl are moving remarkably fast as well!"
In the end, they reached a definite conclusion: the few people under the Spirit Clan had all deliberately increased their pace. Only Yao Qingyu, who had already revealed her true appearance, was proceeding at a normal speed. This did not surprise them, since the three Pill Tower giants all knew Yao Qingyu's true identity. She had appeared alongside Xiao Yan and the others, and had already removed the disguise concealing her appearance. Naturally, she was no longer pretending and was openly counting herself among the Pill Tower's ranks.
The Pill Convention was, after all, a grand event. During the refining process, most contestants sought stability and tried to ensure they made no mistakes. Yet Ling Zhuo was refining as though pressed for time, striving purely for speed. Of course, that did not mean he would necessarily fail to produce a pill, but at such high speed, achieving a stable final pill would be considerably more difficult.
Xuan Leizi said gravely, "Ling Zhuo's soul has already reached the late Spiritual State Soul. With such swift speed as well, I'm afraid his pill will emerge from the furnace even sooner than expected."
"Why are they all speeding up together?" Venerable Mingshui truly could not make sense of it, but no one could answer