Time passed slowly.
Xu Ming and the others soon realized that their earlier idea was correct. Just as they passed the second Heavenly Stele, Lin An also passed through a Heavenly Stele and arrived at the twelfth Heavenly Stele.
"Who exactly is this Lin An? Why is he so fast? Why haven't we heard of him before?"
Zheng Guangyuan and the others looked at Xu Ming and Ning Shanhai and couldn't help but ask, since among the people present, only these two knew Lin An.
Xu Ming and Ning Shanhai fell silent.
They suddenly thought of a question.
When the two of them discussed Dao with Lin An before, he wouldn't have deliberately held back his knowledge or given them face, would he?
"Fellow Lin An is a good person. I'll introduce you to him if there's a chance later. For now, let's proceed with the Heavenly Stele Trial as soon as possible, since we only have one month," Xu Ming said.
This led Zheng Guangyuan and his group to temporarily abandon their attempt to understand Lin An, as they didn't have much time left and passing the Heavenly Stele test was more important.
As time passed, the second group of alchemists also passed through the poisonous fog and arrived in the valley.
This group, numbering around a hundred, instantly enlivened the entire valley.
However, everyone was well-mannered and did not cause a disturbance. They all went to find the Heavenly Stele to participate in the assessment, and cherished their time.
As for Lin An, they did not notice him, because within the Pill Forest Heavenly Stele, once the difference in the number of steles between the two sides exceeds ten, the person lagging behind will no longer be able to see the person in front.
It was only because Xu Ming and his group arrived early that they were able to spot Lin An was walking ahead of them, at all.
Although there were more people, it didn't affect Lin An.
He had now entered the independent space of the fifteenth celestial stele.
A pitch-black pill floated in front of him, emitting a putrid stench.
[This elixir is extremely poisonous; could it possibly lead to sainthood?]
"Poison Pill Transformation into Sainthood?"
Lin An narrowed his eyes. This poison pill wasn't of high grade; it was only at the King Rank.
There are quite a few ways to convert poison pills into beneficial pills.
The first method is to refine it with alchemical fire to remove the toxicity. This method is the most common, but also the most time-consuming.
The second method involves first determining the specific toxicity of the poison pill, and then using various rare and precious herbs to neutralize it. This is a method of detoxification, but it is also time-consuming.
The third method involves finding a poisonous Gu that only consumes toxic substances, feeding the poison pill to the target so that it can completely devour the toxicity, and then refining the pill using the residue.
Unfortunately, Lin An did not possess such a Myriad Poison Gu.
There are several other methods, but they either take a long time or are not suitable for the current situation.
"Let's use the first method. Anyway, I'm Heart of Auxiliary Cultivation, which will save 95% of the time."
Lin An immediately activated the alchemy furnace, placed the poisonous pill inside, and began to refine it with alchemical fire to remove its toxicity.
Even so, it took him half an hour to successfully remove all the poison.
This is only King Rank pill; if it were Sovereign Rank poison pill, it would take even longer.
"For anyone else, it would take at least ten hours to get through this."
As Lin An thought about it, the Heavenly Stele detected that he had passed the test and deepened the Origin Pill Mark once again. He then arrived in front of the sixteenth Heavenly Stele.
The number of people in the valley has increased to four or five hundred. Although most of them are gathered in front of the first celestial stele, it does not feel crowded.
Once there are more people, the space around the Heavenly Stele will automatically expand, preventing overcrowding.
Lin An glanced at Xu Ming and the others, who had now arrived in front of the eighth Heavenly Stele.
Although the gap between the two sides seemed to be narrowing, Lin An knew that it would take even longer for these people to reach the tenth Heavenly Stele.
Without giving it any further thought, Lin An continued to look at the new Heavenly Stele, and his figure disappeared again.
Time passed little by little.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
At this moment, Lin An had arrived in front of the thirty-eighth Heavenly Stele.
Following him was Ning Shanhai, standing before the eighteenth Heavenly Stele, followed by Zheng Guangyuan, Zhou Yangshan, Qian Meng, and Chu Sheng, standing before the seventeenth Heavenly Stele.
Xu Ming was still in front of the sixteenth Heavenly Stele. Compared to these senior figures, Xu Ming's foundation was still somewhat lacking.
Following Xu Ming, several thousand more people arrived at the tenth Heavenly Stele; these people were mostly at the Sovereign Rank.
Most people were still on the first nine Heavenly Steles. Three days had passed, and almost everyone who could enter the ruins had entered, totaling more than 100,000, most of whom were King Rank alchemists.
Although there are many people, most of them will stop in front of the first nine celestial steles. Only a few exceptionally talented King Rank alchemists are able to cross the ninth stele.
"Senior Ning Shanhai truly lives up to his reputation as the number one alchemist at the Sovereign Rank; he's already reached the eighteenth Heavenly Stele."
"Senior Zheng Guangyuan is no less impressive; he has now reached the eighteenth Heavenly Stele and may even surpass Senior Ning Shanhai."
"Among these seniors, Xu Ming has the highest potential. He's the youngest, but he's not much weaker than those older seniors."
"..."
Xu Ming and the others naturally heard the discussion behind them, but they felt bitter inside.
They appeared to be ahead, but in reality, they had long been left behind, and they could no longer even see the other person's back.
"Brother Lin, you really tricked me so badly!"
Xu Ming couldn't help but sigh. Even though he considered himself exceptionally talented, he felt like a greenhorn in front of Lin An.
"Brother Lin, your Dao of Alchemy is so advanced, what about your Dao of Formations?"
Xu Ming suddenly remembered that when he was at the Li Clan's Land of Inheritance, there was always someone ahead of him.
He had previously thought it was Li Meng from the Li Clan, but now it seemed that the person was probably Lin An.
"Brother Lin's Dao of Formations..."
Thinking about it, Xu Ming felt a jolt in his heart.
He finally understood why he had felt a strange sense of awe when he saw Lin An outside the ruins not long ago.
If the opponent is already Immortal Rank array master, then he, being an array master himself, will naturally be suppressed by the opponent.
Xu Ming couldn't help but swallow hard. That was an Immortal Array Master, the only Immortal Array Master still alive in the entire Domain.
"Brother Lin, I, Xu Ming, am determined to be your friend!"
Xu Ming then became excited again. If he could get Lin An's guidance, wouldn't his Dao of Formations formation skills increase rapidly?
Thinking of this, Xu Ming was filled with enthusiasm again.
Even if I can't catch up with Lin An, I still want to get closer to him.
With this in mind, his thoughts were clear, and he quickly passed the sixteenth Heavenly Stele.
Lin An had no idea that Xu Ming had guessed his identity as Immortal Array Master, and even if he did, he wouldn't care, since Xu Ming wasn't the first to know.
At this moment, he was studying the test of the thirty-eighth celestial stele.