No one had expected the Black-Robed Youth to possess such skill in alchemy-not even Xiao Yu.
Looking in surprise at Xiao Yan's solemn face, Xiao Yu eventually smiled. In his memories, the pill Xiao Yan had refined had only summoned three colors of lightning.
He had already awakened when Dan Chen completed her pill and had witnessed everything since.
But this was no bad thing. The stronger Xiao Yan became, the happier Xiao Yu was. He wished Xiao Yan could become an emperor right this instant.
"Looks like having Yao Lao supporting him all the way spared Little Yanzi plenty of wrong turns over the years."
Just then, a pillar of light shot into the sky from Old Monster Qing Hua's medicine cauldron as well.
Thunderclouds churned, finally settling at three colors. Though that result was quite impressive, it still fell far short of Xiao Yan's four-colored pill lightning.
"Heh heh heh, Xuan Kongzi, sorry, but this year's Pill Gathering championship is mine."
Suddenly, the last remaining black-robed elder in the square let out an eerie laugh. His concealed aura was exposed outright, and the terrifying energy brewing within his medicine cauldron erupted completely, becoming a pillar of light that pierced the heavens.
The vast power within that pillar of light was even stronger than Xiao Yan's.
Mist gathered and thunderclouds rolled. Colors appeared one after another, finally settling at four. Yet a close look revealed that the last color to appear, gold, was noticeably richer than Xiao Yan's!
"Old Man Mu Gu..."
On the high platform, the three leaders' expressions gradually turned icy. They had never imagined that the black-robed elder would be this fellow!
Of course, they had heard Mu Gu's words clearly. He was a towering authority in the Alchemy World. Though his alchemical skills were hardly