"Five words?"
"What does that mean?"
"Could it mean that the paper he gave the Emperor Lord earlier only had the five words 'Ninth-Grade Spirit Gathering Pill' written on it?"
"Those five words alone could rank second? Impossible!"
"If that's the case, if I wrote 'Emperor-grade Divine Weapon,' could I rank first right away?"
"This... what exactly is going on? How could Lord Emperor Yuan Yang judge him second place based on just five words..."
The entire crowd erupted in uproar.
What Nie Yun had said was simply too shocking. Everyone felt their minds could not process it.
In their eyes, for someone to earn the Emperor Lord's favor and rank second among all the gifts, even if it was not a finished pill, it should at least have been a complete pill formula. Never in their wildest dreams had they imagined it would be merely five words!
Why?
Five words, with no guarantee of anything—why should they rank second, more precious than the Seven-Day Soul-Returning Pill?
"Could it be..."
As everyone wondered, Cloud Lang Medical Immortal seemed to realize something. His face grew excited, and even his breathing became hurried. "Could it be... the Emperor Lord is certain those five words can be turned into a pill? Does he trust this Nie Yun that much?"
That was the only explanation.
The Emperor Yuan Yang had seen those five words and immediately ranked them second among all the gifts. There was only one possibility: the Emperor Lord was certain that the person who had offered those five words could refine such a pill. He believed it without the slightest doubt!
That was why he had ignored everyone's questions and directly decided the ranking!
"Impossible..."
At this, Cloud Lang Medical Immortal hurriedly shook his head. "The Ninth-Grade Spirit Gathering Pill