Lan Hong asked about Xiao Yan's situation again. Upon learning that Xiao Yan had gathered all the medicinal ingredients but had yet to return, he figured the protagonist's halo had probably worked its magic again and led him to some treasure.
Sure enough, Xiao Yan only hurried back when the second round of the Pill Convention was about to end.
Moreover, it was obvious that Xiao Yan's Soul Power had improved compared to before.
"Xiao Yan really is impressive. It seems like he finds good things wherever he goes. He's even better at treasure hunting than our Great Void Dragon Clan."
"What can you do? He's the protagonist, blessed by the fortune of heaven itself. Naturally, his chances of encountering good things are greatly increased."
As the second round of the Pill Convention ended, the third round officially began.
Every contestant who had passed the second round was given their own alchemy platform.
Everyone needed to pour their full strength into refining pills. Whoever refined the highest-grade pill with the best effects would be the final champion.
The rules were exceedingly simple, but refining a high-grade pill was by no means an easy task.
The pill Xiao Yan intended to refine was called the Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pill, a peak Grade 7 pill.
However, a mere Grade 7 pill could never win the championship, so Xiao Yan had to elevate this pill to Grade 8.
Xiao Yan was not especially confident about this, but he had no choice but to take a gamble.
After all, one of his opponents was Old Man Mu Gu. No matter what, he did not want to lose to Old Man Mu Gu in Alchemy Skill and disgrace his Teacher, Yao Chen.
Yao Chen comforted Xiao Yan. "You don't need to put too much pressure on