"Even the young master couldn't do it..." Qing Lin stared at Xiao Yan, whose pill had just taken shape. Disbelief filled her eyes.
Xiao Yi Xian gently stroked her slightly rounded belly. Her expression barely changed, though the three-colored lightning overhead cast her figure alternately into light and shadow.
"Big Brother must have been thrown off by Ling Zhuo too!" Lei Jingxiao fumed as he saw Xiao Yan's result.
Beside him, Yao Qingyu and Wei Jiangyuan had some idea why things had turned out this way. Xiao Yan's result could hardly be blamed on Ling Zhuo. After his clash with Wei Jiangyuan from afar, Ling Zhuo had barely been able to manage his own refining.
It was only natural that Xiao Yan's pill had failed to surpass Five-Colored Pill Lightning. His soul power was only at the middle stage of the Spiritual State Soul, leaving him at a disadvantage against Ling Zhuo.
After Wei Jiangyuan disrupted Ling Zhuo's final pill, Ling Zhuo had recklessly forced its quality higher. Xiao Yan had already faced a difficult fight, and in the latter half, he had pushed himself to accelerate, causing his pill's quality to fall. That was why Wei Jiangyuan had declared that Xiao Yan could not possibly win. Now, his assessment had proved painfully accurate.
"So it still wasn't enough?" Wei Jiangyuan looked at the Pill Lightning summoned by Xiao Yan's pill, bitterness filling his mouth.
Beneath Wei Jiangyuan's seemingly flippant manner lay a fierce devotion to alchemy. With his exceptional talent and Old Man Shennong's careful guidance, there had been almost nothing he could not achieve through hard work. This time, though, he knew he had given everything and used every trick he had. Yet against the momentum the Spirit Clan had built, he had been powerless. All he could