The three major sects each made their own judgment. By the rule that the minority obeyed the majority, the final match could basically be declared a victory for the Cinnabar Glow Sect. In truth, there was no need for anyone else to judge—the two competitors themselves had already decided the outcome.
The reason the Cinnabar Glow Sect Master's final pill separation had been slightly inferior to his was not because his skill was lacking, but because when selecting the pills earlier, he had chosen those with stronger medicinal potency rather than stronger effects. This was a habit unique to each sect. If one spoke of the boost Flame provided to pill refinement, the Cinnabar Fire with its blue radiance was far stronger than Green Willow's Azure Jade Fire.
Even so, the effects of the pills they had refined were only slightly better on his side. If the two had selected the same pills from the start, the other party's quantity and quality might both have surpassed his.
He had not expected the Cinnabar Glow Sect Master's Cinnabar Fire to have been cultivated to the point of producing blue radiance. Green Willow, the strongest alchemist among those leading the delegations this time, had still failed to surpass him. How could Green Willow's expression possibly look pleasant?
"After our discussion, the final match has been awarded to the Cinnabar Glow Sect." Hao Lan of the Vast Earth Empire spoke to the Medicine King Sect with an apologetic expression. Yet upon closer inspection, one could catch a trace of smugness flashing through Hao Lan's eyes.
The Vast Earth Empire was ultimately closer to the Cinnabar Glow Sect, a major pill-refining power. The Medicine King Sect's pills were indeed exceptionally effective, but its threshold was also high, and a single pill was hard to