176: Chapter 176: Pills Piled Up Like a Mountain, Alchemist Stunned

Time seemed to freeze at this moment.

The entire bustling venue was so quiet that one could hear everyone's heartbeat.

Everyone's eyes widened and their mouths hung agape, as if struck by a paralysis spell, motionless as they stared fixedly at the small mountain of pills on the demonstration stage.

That was no hallucination.

Those were real, hundreds upon hundreds of soul-stabilizing pills, their pill essence restrained and treasure light flowing!

Moreover, judging by the astonishing concentration of pill aura and the spiritual light emitted by each pill, the quality of these pills had actually... all reached the top grade!

Mad.

This world must be mad.

This was the only thought in the minds of everyone present.

"No... impossible..."

Master Huorong's lips trembled, and his face turned pale as paper in an instant.

He stumbled onto the stage, throwing himself recklessly in front of that pile of pills.

He reached out with trembling hands, grabbed a handful of pills, held them before his eyes, and carefully examined them one by one.

The warm, smooth touch, the pure medicinal power, the perfect appearance...

Every single one was of higher quality than the best soul-stabilizing pill he had ever refined in his life!

The alchemy he took pride in, the "Dao" he had upheld for five hundred years, were shattered in the face of this small mountain of pills before him.

"Fake... this must be fake..."

He muttered to himself in a daze, as if he had lost his soul.

"This... what kind of sorcery is this?!"

"One hundred furnaces... no, looking at this quantity, there are at least a thousand! It really is the amount of one hundred furnaces! And they all succeeded! Not a single waste pill!"

"Success rate... one hundred percent? And all are top grade? Heavens, am I dreaming?"

Below the stage, someone finally recovered from the extreme shock and let out a cry of disbelief, as if they had seen a ghost.

This exclamation was like a spark, instantly igniting the entire venue.

"Quick! Go take a look!"

"Let me see! Are these pills really real!"

Countless cultivators could no longer hold back, swarming and crowding towards the demonstration stage.

The scene fell into chaos for a moment.

"Everyone, don't push! Please maintain order!"

The guards of Wanbao Pavilion hurriedly stepped forward to maintain order, but they couldn't stop these cultivators who had already fallen into madness.

"Quiet."

At this moment, Jiang Ning's voice, through the loudspeaker, clearly spread throughout the entire venue.

This voice seemed to carry an unquestionable power.

The originally chaotic scene miraculously calmed down slowly.

Everyone's gaze subconsciously turned to that young woman who had been calm from beginning to end.

At this moment, in their eyes, this woman was no longer a representative of some small sect.

Her body seemed to be shrouded in a mysterious and powerful aura.

"I know everyone has many questions."

Jiang Ning looked at the pairs of eyes below the stage, filled with shock, fanaticism, and confusion, and said calmly:

"Seeing is believing."

"To verify the authenticity of these pills, we will randomly select one hundred fellow Daoists from the scene and gift each of you one soul-stabilizing pill for your appreciation."

Free gift!

And one hundred of them!

This is a top-grade soul-stabilizing pill! On the market, a single one could sell for a sky-high price, and it is often impossible to find even with money!

Now, they are actually giving them away for free?

The crowd boiled over once again.

However, this time, everyone learned their lesson. They didn't push forward, but instead desperately raised their hands high, hoping to be that one-in-a-hundred lucky person.

"Me! Choose me! Senior! Choose me!"

"Fellow Daoist! Look here! I've been stuck at a bottleneck for thirty years! I'm just missing this one pill!"

Looking at those fanatical faces below the stage, the corners of Jiang Ning's mouth curled up slightly.

This is the effect she wanted.

Under the notarization of Wanbao Pavilion, one hundred lucky cultivators were quickly selected.

They excitedly received that dream-desired pill from the staff.

Some people couldn't wait and swallowed the pill on the spot.

The next second.

"Boom!"

A powerful aura erupted from one of the cultivators!

"I... I broke through! The bottleneck I was stuck at for fifty years, actually... broke through just like that! I've reached the Mid-stage Golden Core!"

That cultivator, feeling the surging true essence in his body, was so excited that tears streamed down his face. He knelt down on the spot and kowtowed three times towards Jiang Ning's direction.

"Thank you Senior for the pill! This great favor will never be forgotten!"

His breakthrough was like a signal.

Immediately after.

"I broke through too!"

"Good heavens! This medicinal power is too pure! My soul feels stronger than ever before!"

"Divine pill! This is the real divine pill!"

For a time, within the venue, the spiritual light of breakthroughs rose one after another.

Those one hundred cultivators who tested the pills, without exception, all had significant improvements in their cultivation.

Facts speak louder than words.

At this moment, no one doubted the authenticity of the pills anymore.

No one doubted the magic of that machine anymore.

Everyone's gaze changed.

They looked at the "alchemy god generation iii" alchemy machine that was still quietly flashing with blue light.

That look was no longer looking at an "iron lump."

Instead, it was looking at a priceless treasure capable of continuously producing "divine pills"!

It was looking at an epoch-making miracle capable of changing the entire cultivation world's landscape!

In the crowd, the person in charge of Wanbao Pavilion, that old man at the Nascent Soul Stage, watched this crazy scene, his eyes flashing with brilliance.

He took a deep look at the woman on the stage, who was calm and composed.

He knew.

From today on, the history of alchemy in this world will be rewritten.

And this woman named Jiang Ning, and the forces behind her, will become the very center of this storm of change.

He must, at all costs, establish the closest cooperative relationship with them!

Just when everyone was immersed in this shocking feast brought about by "industrialization".

A discordant voice suddenly rang out.

"I don't believe it! This is definitely cheating!"

It was Master Huorong.

He was disheveled, his eyes bloodshot, like a beast driven into a corner, pointing at Jiang Ning and roaring hysterically.

"This must be some kind of trick! It's the most brilliant illusion!"

"How can alchemy be like this?!"

He couldn't accept it.

He couldn't accept that the Dao he had pursued his whole life had been completely crushed by a cold iron box in such a brutal, unreasonable way.

His Dao heart was already in chaos.