Su Heng slowly fell asleep, and in that instant, the world had nothing to do with him.
How Xiao Yan went on to shock the entire Jia Ma Empire with two Heavenly Flames was none of his concern. Su Heng only knew that this time, he had won.
The moment Xiao Yan used power that did not belong to him, the outcome had already been decided.
In a contest between peers, whoever "called their parents" first had lost!
It was like the Three-Year Pact. Xiao Yan clearly could have let Medicine Elder possess him and directly kill Nalan Yanran, but he did not. He chose to win through his own strength.
That was a man's dignity. Su Heng understood it, and Xiao Yan understood it too.
Xiao Yan had used the Bone Chilling Flame to obtain the Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pill, not to win the Alchemist Competition.
What he needed was a pill that would allow him to rise from Dou Master to Da Dou Shi, as well as a valuable experience of success.
The tremendous margin for error afforded by Heavenly Flames allowed Xiao Yan to refine a Three-Stripe Green Spirit Pill and awe everyone present even though his technique was far inferior to Su Heng's.
The moment Xiao Yan's pill was completed, nearly all the spectators and Alchemists cheered and celebrated for him. Even Otto and Frank greatly admired this "young friend Yan Xiao."
As for Nalan Yanran, she even felt the urge to rush into the arena and celebrate alongside Yan Xiao. However, the reserve expected of the young sect master of the Misty Cloud Sect kept her from doing so.
Yet among the celebrating crowd, one person did not join in. He merely leaned against the bluestone platform and slept quietly.
After an unknown amount of