Dou Qi Continent, Jia Ma Empire, Imperial Capital!
While Xiao Yu was still waiting for a chance to leave the Black Skeleton Tomb, there was only one month left until the Three-Year Agreement between Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran.
The Jia Ma Empire was also ushering in a grand celebration—the Alchemist Grand Meeting.
The alchemist competition plaza was packed with voices.
Countless spectators sat around the plaza, looking toward the enormous raised platform at its center. The platform stood several zhang above the ground, allowing the surrounding audience to clearly observe every alchemist's performance. More than two thousand alchemists stood at their respective stations atop the platform, waiting for the judges' opening signal.
At the very center of the stone platform were more than a dozen stations positioned higher than those of the other contestants. They had been specially prepared for outstanding competitors who had passed the Alchemist Guild's internal selection.
Under the watchful eyes of the entire crowd, the contestants arrived at their respective positions.
"In the name of the president of the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Guild, I hereby declare that the seventh Alchemist Grand Meeting has begun!"
With the support of Dou Qi, Fa Ma's voice easily spread across the noisy venue and rang in every spectator's ears.
"Boom!"
The entire venue erupted, and cheers resounded throughout the Imperial Capital.
The first round of the Alchemist Grand Meeting officially began.
More than two thousand alchemists lit their fires and refined pills at their stations, leaving the surrounding spectators deeply awed.
After all, alchemists held an inherently noble status on the Dou Qi Continent and were rarely seen in daily life. Now, thousands of alchemists had gathered to refine pills, flames of every kind rising into the air as a rich medicinal fragrance filled the venue. The spectators