As Liu Bai finished his refinement, whispers spread through the stands.
"The Medicine Gate's leader really is impressive. He actually refined a fifth-grade pill."
"Liu Bai certainly is impressive. The prices of the pills his Medicine Gate sells will be even more impressive from now on."
"Ah, what a shame. Xiao Yan is a genius, but he's still a little too young."
Although Han Beng thought little of the unfinished pill Liu Bai had refined, he was still delighted. Having something was better than having nothing.
Xiao Yan's cauldron had already exploded. Even if he had successfully formed a cauldron through flame control, adding more medicinal ingredients only proved that he was struggling on death's doorstep.
Ideally, those ingredients would explode violently and blow him straight to his death.
Han Xian sneered. "Xiao Yan, are you still trying to repeat your victory with the Beast-Strength Pill? This time, you don't have a ruined pill to serve as a magic core. With only two sets of ingredients, a blind cat like you will never stumble upon another dead mouse. You won't refine this Dragon-Strength Pill."
"Liu Bai succeeded?" Lin Yan had an unrivaled passion for cultivation, but knew nothing about pills. Seeing Liu Bai take out a pill, declare victory on his own, and hand it to Hao Elder, he immediately frowned.
"Of course not," Liu Qing said firmly. "It's just an unfinished pill."
"Now it all depends on the alliance leader's result," Lin Xiuyan said.
"The alliance leader will win!" Bai Cheng shouted. "Victory belongs to the Flame Alliance!"
At his shout, the members of the Hundred Gang echoed him, soon drawing in members of the Flame Alliance's other groups.
For a time, it became considerably harder to maintain the atmosphere of Liu Bai's impending victory.
As one of the