"Hehe..."
Xiao Yan did not reply. He merely gave a faint smile, and then a bluish-green flame lit up in his palm.
"This... a bluish-green flame?"
As the bluish-green flame appeared, the flames within the medicinal cauldrons of the many alchemists at their stations all bent slightly toward Xiao Yan's flame. It was as though they were paying homage, drawing repeated gasps of amazement from the alchemists and spectators alike.
"This... what is happening?"
"These flames are... worshipping? Do flames have lives too?"
In the VIP seats, Fa Ma stared at the bluish-green flame in Xiao Yan's palm and muttered, "A Heavenly Flame! So it really exists..."
Liu Ling and the little princess, who stood not far from Xiao Yan, were also startled by his sudden use of a Heavenly Flame.
"So he hadn't even shown his full strength during the internal assessment?"
With the appearance of Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame, his speed in refining the medicinal ingredients increased dramatically. The surrounding alchemists all stopped what they were doing. After all, if they continued without finding the cause, their refinement would still end in failure. They might as well watch the fierce battle between these two.
Everyone at the competition had their attention fixed on Xiao Yan and the gray-robed youth from the Izumo Empire as they refined their pills.
"That alchemist from the Izumo Empire is extremely skilled. He has not wasted even the slightest bit of time. Even though Yan Xiao has the advantage of a Heavenly Flame, he fell behind at the start, so he may still be unable to catch up," Fa Ma said softly as he watched the two expertly extracting medicinal ingredients in the arena.
"Haha, even if you have a Heavenly Flame, it is still useless when you are behind me." The gray-robed