Beside Wei Jiangyuan sat his teacher, Old Man Shennong, and his junior brother, Ming Shui. The two of them appeared far more composed.
Xiao Yan followed the example of the other alchemists. Rather than rushing to do anything else, he simply sat cross-legged on a cushion and conserved his energy.
After another incense stick's worth of time, all the alchemists who were supposed to be present had arrived.
Yao Dan, seated upon the high platform, rose directly to his feet. Everyone turned their eyes toward him.
"Greetings, everyone. I am Yao Dan, clan chief of the Yao Clan. The Yao Clan's Medicine Ceremony is held once every hundred years, and the time has now come."
"First, I would like to thank all the alchemist friends and other experts for honoring us with your presence at this Medicine Ceremony."
"Ten thousand years ago, when our clan's Dou Di, Ancestor Yao, was still alive, he instructed his descendants that truly supreme alchemy should not be confined within the Yao Clan, but should instead be spread far and wide."
"Though we descendants of the Yao Clan may not measure up to our predecessors, we have never been stingy when it comes to communicating and exchanging knowledge with other expert alchemists across the continent."
"Even during this once-in-a-century period when the Yao Clan's grand formation is in effect, the Yao Clan has no desire to keep it to ourselves. Each time, we share it with the other experts of the continent."
"Now that the auspicious hour has arrived, the Medicine Ceremony shall be the finest stage for all of you to do as you please. There shall be no rankings and no rewards. We shall merely exchange alchemical arts and complement one another with pills. May you all seize this opportunity to break through