After the internal trial ended, Lan Hong continued improving the Automatic Alchemy Furnace until the Alchemist Grand Meeting officially began.
During this period, Xiao Yan continued removing the Brand Poison from Nalan Jie. In the process, he siphoned off a portion of Nalan Jie's Dou Qi, allowing his strength to advance another step.
Of course, the price was nearly suffering a backlash from the Brand Poison. Fortunately, Yao Chen intervened, or he might have been poisoned to death by it.
Yao Chen gave Xiao Yan a thorough scolding over this, telling him not to be so hasty in his actions.
There was also a minor incident. A fellow named Mu Zhan had not returned to Jia Ma Sacred City for a long time and had no idea what had happened there. He went to the Miter Auction House to harass Ya Fei.
In the end, the Mu Family head dragged him back, and he was never seen again. He had probably been thrown out and forbidden from returning.
After the Alchemist Grand Meeting began, Lan Hong and Cai Lin sat on the highest viewing platform, while Amethyst stood beside Lan Hong.
Fa Ma had wanted to add a chair for Amethyst, but she refused. Compared with sitting, she was more accustomed to standing at Lan Hong's side.
At that moment, Lan Hong also noticed a little girl from the Chuyun Empire.
"Cai Lin, can you tell?"
"A disgusting creature. Do you need me to wipe him out?"
"No need. This has little to do with us. Let's see how they handle it themselves."
The competition officially began. Since Xiao Yan and Liu Ling had achieved the highest scores in the internal trial, the two highest alchemy platforms belonged to them.
Liu Ling flamboyantly leaped over to his platform from the