948: Chapter 949 Tournament

This Alchemy convention was a once-in-a-century top-tier Alchemy grand event in the Desolate Region, spearheaded by Tiandan Pavilion, and its invitations spread throughout the entire Desolate Region.

The top ten participants of this Alchemy convention could directly enter the Sect under a Tiandan Pavilion Elder! The champion could even be taken in as a Personal Disciple by the Pavilion Master of Tiandan Pavilion!

Any Sect, aristocratic family, or ancient tribe connected to the Alchemy Legacy would exhaust all their efforts to send their disciples and Geniuses rushing over.

Powerful figures of various races and Sect Elders lined the viewing high platform, their gazes falling entirely upon the thousands of participating young men and women below as sounds of discussion rose and fell, shaking the clouds.

"This grand competition gathers half of the Alchemy prodigies in the Desolate Region. I heard that many aristocratic families and ancient clans have even brought out their ultimate successors!"

"I wonder who will claim first place this year. The several Prodigies who emerged out of nowhere in previous years have all arrived today."

"If one can be taken in by a Tiandan Pavilion Elder or even the Pavilion Master, they will truly soar straight into the skies..."

On one side of the high platform, several seed Prodigies with the highest acclaim were particularly eye-catching, each standing on their own Alchemy platform, their auras competing against one another without showing any weakness.

Outside the Danxin Hall, the hundred-li Alchemy plaza was boundless and vast, paved with ten-thousand-year warm jade and arranged with over ten thousand independent Alchemy platforms, while earthly fire veins intertwined horizontally and vertically across the heaven and earth.

Suspended in mid-air were layers of Spirit-Gathering Grand Formations, with massive amounts of pure Spiritual Qi cascading down like rosy clouds, while a rich medicinal fragrance drifted in the wind, reaching the absolute pinnacle of grandeur.

Rows of Pill Furnaces were neatly arranged. All participants uniformly used the same Pill Furnaces and the same medicinal herbs to refine the exact same Medicinal Pill, thereby testing their foundational skills.

Above the high platform, Pavilion Master Danchenzi sat squarely in the main seat, flanked by various Elders of Tiandan Pavilion.

Gu Changge sat on an inconspicuous viewing stand at the side of the high platform, with Xiaobai and Jimie standing on his left and right respectively.

His Divine Sense swept casually across below, and he quickly captured that familiar figure in the corner of the competition area.

She was squatting on the ground, earnestly inspecting her own Pill Furnace with skilled techniques and a focused gaze.

Those eyes were bright and sparkling, as if hiding a small, unquenchable flame, exuding a stubborn resilience that refused to admit defeat.

At the exact hour of Chen, a bell chime rang, and the convention officially began. Above the high platform, a Tiandan Pavilion Elder stood up to announce the rules:

"The topic of the preliminary test is to refine the Ningyuan Pill. The time limit is three hours. The medicinal herbs are uniformly provided by the convention, one portion per person. Those whose refined pill quality ranks in the top three hundred will enter the re-examination."

Su Xiaoxiao walked unhurriedly to her Alchemy platform. First, she carefully inspected the Pill Furnace once. After confirming there were no issues, she began to ignite the fire and warm the furnace.

Her actions could not be considered fancy, but every step was neat and decisive with a distinct rhythm, lacking even a shred of unnecessary ostentation.

Dropping the herbs, controlling the fire, and condensing the pills were done in one go.

The furnace fire in her hands was as tame as a docile Spirit Beast, fierce when it needed to be fierce, and gentle when it needed to be gentle, mastering the boundaries with exquisite precision.

In less than an hour, she withdrew the fire and lifted the furnace lid. Three Ningyuan Pills lay quietly at the bottom of the furnace, round in appearance and with a pure medicinal fragrance.

The preliminary test was successfully passed.

On the viewing stand, Gu Changge withdrew his gaze, picked up his teacup, took a sip, and his expression remained normal.

Xiaobai peeked around from the side: "Master, have you taken a fancy to this lass?"

"The rhythm is good, unhurried, and she knows what she is doing. She is indeed material for Alchemy."

Gu Changge put down the teacup, no longer paying attention to the tournament, and sank his mind into the System: "System, check in!"

"Ding, congratulations to the Host for a successful check-in!"

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining 2 million years of cultivation!"

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a wisp of Grandmist Taixu Divine Fire!"

"Congratulations to the Host for obtaining ten Nine-Turn Dao Origin Mend-Heaven Pills!"

Gu Changge raised his eyebrows slightly.

The Grandmist Taixu Divine Fire was the source of all fires, the most original Dao fire between heaven and earth, capable of refining all things and melting the Dao. It was also the Supreme Divine Fire of the Dao of Alchemy, capable of dissolving all heterogenous medicinal properties and refining all Peerless Grade Divine Pills in the world!

The Nine-Turn Dao Origin Mend-Heaven Pill took the Origin of heaven and earth as its guide, melted the Laws of all Daos into the pill, and was condensed through nine turns.

This pill could mend the flaws of the Heavenly Dao, reverse the numbers of life and death, and forge the foundation of immortality. Even if a powerful figure above the Supreme was injured, it could instantly repair their Origin.

Gu Changge's gaze flickered slightly. This reward was not bad.

After a day of rest and reorganization, the re-examination opened as scheduled.

The difficulty of the re-examination suddenly doubled. It was no longer a basic foundation-consolidating Medicinal Pill; the test questions were even more rigorous, intensely testing the alchemist's fire control precision, understanding of medicinal properties, and Heart-Nature composure.

The Elder on the high platform stood up once more, his voice shaking the hundred-li Alchemy plaza: "The re-examination test question is to refine the Tianyuan Qu'e Pill!"

"This Medicinal Pill has heterogenous medicinal properties and intertwined cold and heat. It is most difficult to reconcile unbalanced medicinal forces, and a slight carelessness will cause the furnace to explode and ruin the pill!"

"With a time limit of eight hours, the top one hundred will ultimately be selected by merit to advance to the final round!"

Once the test question was released, the expressions of all the Prodigies in the audience turned solemn. This pill was extremely difficult to control, and countless high-level Geniuses were prone to failing. Everyone retracted their arrogance and concentrated on Alchemy.

At this time, Su Xiaoxiao still maintained a calm expression without a shred of tension or panic. Standing at the Alchemy platform in the corner, her technique was gentle and delicate, using extreme minute-detail fire control to dismantle and neutralize the heterogenous medicinal forces bit by bit.

Neither hurried nor impatient, as steady as a monolith, the Pill Furnace was warmed by a gentle fire, and the medicinal fragrance progressed step by step, stable to the point of being almost eerie.

This scene quietly fell into the eyes of the group of Tiandan Pavilion Elders on the high platform.

"That young girl's cultivation is only at the Diyuan Realm?" An Elder raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes full of astonishment.

"With such low cultivation and meager spiritual power, she can actually steadily suppress the heterogenous medicinal properties of the Qu'e Pill?"

"Look at her fire control; it can be called microscopic to the extreme. Many Heaven-Reaching Realm Prodigies are far inferior to her!"

"Ordinary alchemists rely on cultivation to pile up fire control and suppress medicinal properties, but she relies purely on technique, Heart-Nature, and the instinct of the Dao of Alchemy. This talent..."

Several Elders whispered among themselves. When they reached this point, they simultaneously paused in unison.

Because they simultaneously remembered what Young Master Gu said last night, "She is merely an interesting little girl."

At this moment, all the Elders' hearts suddenly became clear—so it was her.

Several Elders exchanged a glance, remaining calm on the surface, but no one knew what they were thinking in their hearts.

Eight hours passed in a flash. The re-examination ended, the fire was withdrawn, and the furnaces were opened.

Countless Pill Furnaces were opened one after another. Ruined pills, defective pills, and flawed Medicinal Pills were everywhere. Many top Prodigies unfortunately suffered setbacks in the re-examination due to unbalanced medicinal properties and errors in fire control.

Meanwhile, inside Su Xiaoxiao's furnace, four Tianyuan Qu'e Pills floated quietly. Their pill color was transparent, their patterns clear, their medicinal properties achieved Perfection without heterogeneity, and their appearance steadily ranked in the upper echelon!

When the final list was announced, Su Xiaoxiao steadily ranked thirty-eighth, successfully advancing to the top one hundred finals!

This ranking could only be considered medium-high among the various Prodigies, but in the eyes of all the Elders and judges, it was incomparably terrifying!

Among the top one hundred in the entire arena, she was the only one at the Diyuan Realm cultivation. The rest were all Heaven-Reaching Realm, and even a few were top Prodigies at the Heavenly Monarch level!

With the lowest cultivation, she forcefully crossed over countless opponents with outstanding talent and profound foundations, squeezing into the top one hundred of the Desolate Region Alchemy Convention!

After a day of rest and reorganization, the long-awaited final showdown arrived as scheduled.

The hundred-li Alchemy plaza was packed with people. All the viewing powerful figures and Sect Elders sat upright, their gazes locked tightly onto the remaining one hundred finalists below.

Those who could walk to this step were all without exception the absolute top-tier leaders in the Dao of Alchemy among the younger generation of the Desolate Region. Every single one of them bore a top-tier Legacy, and their talent, foundation, and resources were all top-notch.

On the main seat of the high platform, Pavilion Master Danchenzi slowly stood up, his majestic voice spreading in all directions to set the final competition rules.

"The rules of the finals: Free Alchemy!"

"No limit on pill grade, no limit on Pill Formula, and no limit on fire control methods! Everyone can refine the Medicinal Pill they are best at according to what they have learned and realized!"

"The final ranking will comprehensively determine the list based on four dimensions: pill grade, number of pill patterns, purity of medicinal properties, and depth of Dao Rhyme!"

"The top ten will enter the Sect under the Elders! The champion will enter the Sect under the Pavilion Master!"