That was right-Xiao Yan had already passed the second round!
Unlike the secrecy surrounding the first round.
By the second round, the contestants already knew where they could take their successfully refined pills for testing, so no one tried to play any tricks.
Thus, after successfully refining the Windwalk Pill, Xiao Yan tossed it into the machine beside the Cyan Stone Platform.
The dazzling green light signaled that the pill's effects had passed the test!
At that point, less than half the allotted time for the second round had elapsed!
"Heh, so this is the man Nalan Yanran has her eye on? She really does have a discerning eye! I haven't even figured out exactly where the trap in this second round lies, yet he's already successfully refined his pill."
A trace of bitterness involuntarily appeared on Liu Ling's face.
Now that Xiao Yan had demonstrated such superb skill as an alchemist, he truly had given up.
Xiao Yan had made good on his word, too!
"He really is no ordinary fellow, that Xiao Yan! But with his alchemy skills so advanced, how am I supposed to make trouble for him in the future?"
The mischievous little princess Yao Yue wore a troubled expression.
When it came to Dou Qi cultivation, she certainly could not compare to him!
After all, Xiao Yan had already demonstrated Dou Ling cultivation during the Misty Cloud Sect Competition a few months earlier.
And now, even in alchemy, the skill she took the most pride in, she seemed to fall far short of him!
That left her feeling rather defeated.
Of course, unlike Liu Ling and Yao Yue, the gray-robed young man who had gained his place in the tournament through cheating wore a savage expression.
"How is this possible? He clearly looks no more