After the first round ended, the vast majority of participants were eliminated. They all returned to their seats, feeling somewhat disappointed.
The remaining 100 immortal-foundation experts and 30 immortal kings were still there.
There were immortal-foundation experts of all levels but the weakest among them was at least at the third-level. As for immortal kings, they were all initial-stage immortal kings. After all, if one broke through to the mid-stage, they would already be qualified to become an elder of their respective peaks.
The Pill Lords of the nine peaks were all peak-stage immortal kings. As for the Unaging Immortal Emperor, he was an initial-stage immortal emperor.
"Next, you all can do whatever you want. The only thing is, you all only have three chances. If you fail three times, you will be eliminated. As for what ingredients you use and what pill you concoct, it all depends on your alchemy abilities. Ultimately, the quality of the pill will determine your ranking. Regardless of immortal-foundation or immortal king, the top ten will all be rewarded. If you can get into the top three, you will be rewarded by the ancestor."
The Pill Lord of the main peak smiled. Their faction was undoubtedly the most outstanding. Most probably, the ultimate winner would be his main peak.
The expressions of the various experts turned heavy. Next would be the main show. Those who were ranked at the top, leaving aside the fact that their future would be bright, just the rewards for each pill banquet would be extremely ordinary.
"Let's begin." The Pill Lord of the main peak announced. The experts from the various major powers also stared at the participants. If there were outstanding characters, even if they weren't from their major powers, they could still form a good relationship with them for their juniors. In the future, when these people become the upper echelons of the Unaging Immortal Mountains, they would be able to cooperate with them in concocting medicinal pills.
Who wouldn't want to be friends with powers that were proficient in pill concoction?
This time around, everyone's preparations were even more ample. There were even more ingredients for pill concoction, and many of them were rare and precious herbs that non-alchemists wouldn't be able to recognize. This was especially true for those Immortal Kings who were preparing to concoct seventh-tier pills.
"That's the Dragon Tendon Beard." An expert stared at Xue Qingyang as his eyes gleamed with sharpness. Using such precious ingredients to concoct pills was truly extravagant. The concoction of high-grade pills was truly an extravagant matter. If the concoction failed, everything would be for naught.
"Some of the ingredients are probably prepared for them by their clans. For those with no background, they can only obtain the ingredients themselves. At such a time, the power of their clans would be displayed." Some people thought to themselves. Although it seemed fair, it couldn't be absolutely fair. Everyone present naturally understood this principle.
Everyone was even more cautious than the previous round. This time, it was not a competition of alchemy efficiency, nor was there a specific elixir. What they needed to do was to fully display their alchemy ability and concoct the best finished elixir to obtain a good ranking.
The temperature in the air rose. Fortunately, this place was very vast, and everyone was very far away from each other. But even so, the flames of the alchemical pills concocted by the disciples of the Celestial Kings were still oppressing some of the weaker cultivators to the point that they had to use their celestial energy to resist.
Waves of pill fragrance wafted into his nostrils. Although the pill had yet to be formed, the fragrance was already assaulting his nose.
Flames of different colors dazzled the eyes of everyone. All sorts of precious cauldrons emitted strange sounds and in fact, there were even currents of energy flowing into the cauldrons. This was especially so for those immortal king disciples who were concocting pills. The energy of law energy frenziedly flowed into the cauldrons, causing some of the cauldrons to emit sounds akin to the roars of mountains and tsunamis.
"I didn't expect pill concoction to be so fascinating." Someone sighed in a low voice.
"This is truly an eye-opener. The pills concocted this time around would surely be extremely valuable. In the outside world, their value would surely be extremely high."
Other than feeling some shock, Qin Wentian didn't think too much about it. His gaze was focused on Qingcheng from the start to the end. Beads of perspiration gradually appeared on her forehead, even her hair was slightly damp, sticking to her forehead. Her face was completely red, and it was unknown how many gazes landed on her, admiring her beauty.
A holy light enveloped her as the Shadow of a celestial maiden appeared behind her, dragging a nine-colored flame behind her. She was like a goddess from the nine heavens. Qin Wentian quietly admired and waited.
Immortals were all very patient, let alone the immortal banquet prepared by the Unaging Immortal Mountain. Everyone was enjoying themselves and were patiently admiring this pill concoction banquet.
"BOOM!" A thunderous explosion rang out. The gazes of everyone turned over only to see black smoke rising from one of the pill furnaces. A moment later, looks of disappointment appeared on the faces of some. The young man who was concocting the pill opened his eyes, disappointment could be seen in his eyes as well. Although the success rate of concocting high quality immortal pills was very low, everyone still hoped that they could succeed in a single try.
The Unaging Immortal Mountain was a powerful alchemy power and had many pill concoction techniques. Some of them had secret arts that could increase the success rate of concocting pills. The more they were valued, the higher the chances of concocting pills they would be able to obtain in the future.
Next, rumbling sounds rang out one after another, all of them were actually failures. This was truly surprising but the elders of the Unaging Immortal Mountain didn't find it strange at all. It was like this was an extremely ordinary matter.
Time continued to flow. Finally, a beam of light shot up into the sky. Within one of the pill furnaces, a dazzling golden light shot up into the sky as a pill fragrance permeated the air. Just a single whiff of it would cause one to feel incomparably intoxicated.
A crisp sound rang out, accompanied by a dazzling light, a resplendent golden immortal pill broke out of the furnace and floated in the air.
"Golden Pill of Laws." The elder of the Unaging Immortal Mountain nodded. This golden pill of laws was a sixth-ranked immortal pill. The surroundings were filled with golden light as law energy converged. The immortal-foundation expert heaved a sigh of relief as he turned his attention to the others.
Next, there were still people who failed, but there were also people who succeeded.
"Scarlet Flame Immortal Pill." At this moment, a scarlet flame immortal pill radiated a terrifying fire-attribute energy, causing the temperature in the surroundings to turn incomparably hot. If one consumed this pill, they would be able to convert all types of energy into fire-attribute law energy for a short period of time, unleashing a supremely powerful fire-attribute innate technique.
"Seems like the influence of astral souls on stellar martial cultivators is all-rounded. Even for pill concoction, it can't deviate from the law attributes." Qin Wentian silently mused as he stared at the completed immortal pills. The strength of the law attributes were all determined by the astral souls of stellar martial cultivators. As for the law attributes, they would follow the stellar martial cultivator for the rest of his life. Even pill concoction was closely related to the law attributes one was proficient in.
At this moment, a fearsome aura gushed forth. Qin Wentian turned his gaze in a certain direction only to see that Xue Qingyang had finished concocting a pill. His immortal pill was golden in color and actually exuded a fearsome king intent. Faint dragon roars could be heard from it, tyrannical to the extreme. The law energy in the surroundings congregated together with the immortal pill, becoming even more violent and powerful.
"Dragon Emperor Pill, a peak-tier mid-grade seventh-ranked pill. Impressive." The Pill Lord of the main peak of the Unaging Immortal Mountains sighed in admiration as he stared at Xue Qingyang.
Although the people in the surroundings were all experts from the major powers and many of them were immortal kings, the number of major powers that were proficient in pill concoction in the immortal realms was on the low side. There were even fewer peak-tier pill concoction powers. Such a grand banquet, as expected of the Unaging Immortal Mountains. This trip was truly worthwhile.
Qin Wentian's gaze was still on Mo Qingcheng. As more and more people concocted their pills, Mo Qingcheng seemed to be even more engrossed in it. The temperature of the flames was extremely high, the sweat that appeared was evaporated by the flames. This caused Qin Wentian to feel some heartache.
Only to see that at this moment, Mo Qingcheng's face turned red as though she was in extreme pain. This caused a nervous expression to appear on Qin Wentian's face. Mo Qingcheng's master also stared at her as she asked in a low voice, "Qingcheng, what is she trying to do?"
"The ingredients she prepared earlier are for concocting soul pills. I thought it was you, senior sister, who wanted Qingcheng to take the risk and concoct a rare medicinal pill. Could it be that this wasn't your intention?" A female at the side spoke.
"No, I've never interfered with Qingcheng's pill concoction. I only hope that she would do her best." Mo Qingcheng's master spoke. At this moment, a piercing sound rang out. Mo Qingcheng actually coughed out a mouthful of fresh blood, which transformed into a stream of blood that flowed into the pill furnace.
"Qingcheng." Qin Wentian clenched his fists. He saw that Mo Qingcheng's countenance had turned pale, and she seemed to be extremely serious.
"This lass has gone crazy. She wants to concoct the Blood Refinement Soul Pill." Mo Qingcheng's master instantly understood Mo Qingcheng's intentions. What she wanted to concoct was an extremely rare medicinal pill, and it was one that had no benefits to one's cultivation. Before this, she didn't even think about it.
"Blood refinement, blood love. Senior sister, this lass …" Mo Qingcheng's martial aunt was also stunned. She glanced at Qin Wentian. Was it because of him? Who was he? Why was Mo Qingcheng willing to do such a thing?
"Pu …" Mo Qingcheng coughed out another mouthful of fresh blood. Not only that, she did it nine times in a row. Her hands formed strange ancient seals as she struck them into the pill furnace. Her aura grew increasingly sluggish, as though she was extremely weak.
Many people were stunned by Mo Qingcheng's actions. Numerous gazes turned to her, especially for those from the Unaging Immortal Mountains. When they knew what pill Mo Qingcheng wanted to concoct, their eyes all gleamed with sharpness.
This number one beauty of the Unaging Immortal Mountains actually had such deep feelings for someone.
Finally, the nine-colored flames drilled into the pill furnace. A resplendent beam of nine-colored light flashed as an immortal pill emerged from the furnace, floating in the air. This pill was in the shape of a lotus, and there was a heart within the lotus. It was extremely beautiful.
Mo Qingcheng's steps were unsteady, and she was extremely weak. However, when she stared at the immortal pill, a satisfied smile appeared on her face. Luckily, she succeeded.
At this moment, Qiu Mo had already completed his pill. When he saw the immortal foundation Mo Qingcheng created, his heart trembled. He didn't expect this supreme beauty to have such deep feelings for someone.
"Qingcheng, can you bestow this pill to me? I'm willing to protect you for life." Qiu Mo spoke to Mo Qingcheng, his words causing the hearts of everyone to tremble. The news of Mo Qingcheng's husband coming to the Unaging Immortal Mountains to visit her had already circulated. Many people knew about this, and everyone could guess at Mo Qingcheng's intentions for concocting this pill.
They didn't expect that at this moment, not only did Qiu Mo not give up, he even confessed to Mo Qingcheng in front of everyone.
"Haha, truly a good woman. If she can form a marriage alliance with Qiu Mo, my Qiu Clan would definitely welcome her." At this moment, the elder Qiu Mo who was sitting beside the main peak's Pill Lord laughed, causing the expressions of everyone to turn even more fascinating.
Being able to sit in that position, one could tell that his status was extremely high. His clan must be extraordinary, yet he was actually helping Qiu Mo as a matchmaker in front of everyone.
"Qingcheng, if you can fall in love with my main peak's Qiu Mo, it can be considered a beautiful story." The main peak's Pill Lord laughed. He didn't know about the matters between Mo Qingcheng and Qin Wentian. As a Pill Lord, he naturally didn't understand this matter. But since Qiu Mo was his beloved disciple, and there was also an elder of the Qiu Clan who spoke, he was naturally more than happy to oblige.
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