Chapter 375: The First Round is Over!

  "What is this old man trying to do?"

  Sensing Fa Ma’s soul power probing her, Xiao Yi Xian, under her bck robe, frowned.

  With her current cultivation aatus as the ruler of the Chu Yun Empire, even Fa Ma was no match for her. If she were truly provoked, no one present could stop her.

  If it weren’t for the fact that Xiao Yi Xian had a task to plete fu He, she would have long lost her temper with this disrespectful old man.

  On Fa Ma’s side, after failing to deteything, he had no choice but to stop his probing. However, by now, he had marked Xiao Yi Xian as a person of io observe closely.

  "Chelsea, give me all the information on this bck-robed person!" Fa Ma ordered the person beside him.

  "Yes, Lord Fa Ma!" The alchemist named Chelsea respectfully retreated from the ptform after receiving Fa Ma's and.

  Seeing the unusual expression on Fa Ma's face, Jia Xingtian asked, "What’s going on, old Fa?"

  "Jia, that bck-robed person is suspicious. Normally, even if someone is wearing a hood, I still detect their face. However, when I used my soul power to probe, I found that I couldn't even breach the slightest defense," Fa Ma expined seriously.

  Hearing Fa Ma’s assessment, Jia Xingtian began to focus on the bck-robed figure standing in the er of the square.

  ...

  Time passed, and after both Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian had successfully refiheir pills, Princess Yao Yue also pleted her pill refi.

  After these three pleted their pills, it was as if a rea had been triggered across the vast square. One by one, cauldron lids were shot into the air as hundreds of pills of varying shapes were ejected from the cauldrons, flying into the sky, only to be eagerly caught by their owners.

  As for Xiao Yan, because he had failed once, he was just now finishirag his sed set of ingredients.

  "Time is running out, and Mister Yan Xiao hasn’t even started merging the ingredients yet. It seems he won’t make it in time!"

  "With Mister Yan Xiao's extraordinary alchemy skills, it would be such a pity if he failed in this round."

  Watg Xiao Yan’s progress, Nan Jie, Mu , and the others began to grow anxious. After all, they had spoken highly of Xiao Yan before. If he failed to pass even the first round, it would be a great embarrassment for them.

  At that moment, Xiao Yan made a surprising move. He decided to adopt the same method that Liu Ling had used earlier, intending te all the ingredients at ohis approach required immense trol over one’s soul power, and even the slightest distra could lead to failure, thereby losing the st opportunity.

  Fa Ma, Xiao Yan’s situation, muttered, "He has no other choice but to take this risk. If he doesn't, there’s no way he finish refining the pill iime remaining."

  As time tio slip away, tless eyes in the square were drawn to Xiao Yan at the ter, all watg the final grains of sand in the hss trickle down. Everyone wao know if this young man, standing in the most promi position, could plete the challe the very st moment.

  With only a few grains of sa in the hss, a sigh of disappoi spread through the audiend the VIP seats as they anticipated failure.

  "Bang!"

  Just as the st grains of sand were about to fall, the young man, who had kept his eyes closed, suddenly opehem. With a light tap on his cauldron, the lid flew off, and a perfectly round pill shot into the air at the final moment.

  Looking up at the pill that had just been unched into the sky, Xiao Yan remained calm. With a simple gesture, he summo into his palm with a forceful pull.

  At the exaent the pill nded in his hand, the st grains of sand in the hss finally fell pletely.

  Immediately, across the vast square, hundreds of red lights lit up in front of the stoforms of the alchemists who had failed to refine a finished product.

  Instantly, across the vast square, hundreds of red lights lit up in front of the stoforms of the alchemists who had failed to refine a plete pill.

  Gazing at the fshing red lights in front of them, those alchemists could only shake their heads in disappoi, smiling bitterly. They collected their cauldrons, their faces full of deje, and made their way out of the square.

  Standing behind the stoform, Xiao Yan watched as the partits gradually withdrew from the petition. Looking around, he was somewhat surprised to find that the first round of assessment had already eliminated nearly a third of the testants. He couldn't help but be amazed at the striess and rigor of the petition.

  Toying with the pill in his hand, Xiao Yan turned his head and cast his gaze toward Liu Ling.

  He noticed that the previously resting Liu Ling had now turned around, grinning as he looked in Xiao Yan's dire.

  With a sly smile, Liu Ling fshed a row of white teeth and said, "Kid, your luck isn’t too bad. You mao refihe pill just in time, avoiding elimination at the st sed!"

  Hearing Liu Ling’s ent, the joy Xiao Yan had felt from successfully refining his pill immediately faded. He shrugged casually and said, "As long as the pill is made, it ts as passing. Whether it’s the first moment or the st, it doesn’t really make a difference, does it?"

  Liu Ling, hearing Xiao Yan’s retort, remained calm as he replied, "Haha, true, there’s no real difference. However, this level of sele does allow some unqualified people to slip through to the round!"

  "Heh, say whatever you like..."

  Sihere had been a signifit differen refining time, and Xiao Yan had ultimately borrowed Liu Ling’s method in the end, their versation carried a hint of awkwardness for Xiao Yan.

  "Whew!"

  At that moment, in the VIP seats, Na out a heavy sigh of relief and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. Turning to Mu beside him, he said, "Luckily, he succeeded. Mister Yan Xiao's performance was truly astonishing!"

  "Indeed, he mao refihe pill just in time," Mu nodded.

  At this moment, Fa Ma stepped forward to the front of the stage, gazing down at the vast square. His eyes swept over the third of the testants who had been eliminated, and with a light chuckle, he nodded in satisfa. Raising both hands slightly, the bustling square gradually quieted down.

  "gratutions to all of you who are still standing in the square. You’ve successfully passed the general test of the first round. However, this is not the end just yet!"

  Fa Ma smiled and tinued, "As you all know, there are always some sly individuals who enjoy using dubious tricks. Some of them may have mao refine pills that look perfectly round oside, but pills with no real healing properties are essentially worthless. So, , we will test the 'Bone-Growth Pill' you’ve refio see if it meets the required standards!"

  (End of chapter)

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