This youth, dressed in luxurious robes, didn't look like an expert. However, Ning Cheng knew that this was a true expert.
The youth stood on the giant altar and gave a pill master's salute to everyone on the Alchemy Dao Public Square. "Thank you, the top pill masters of the Five Great Realms, for coming here to participate in the Five Realms Pill Competition. I'm Mu Zuoxiao, the head of the Great Change Realm's Pill Gathering and the initiator of the Five Realms Pill Competition …. "
Mu Zuoxiao's words attracted a burst of cheers. He was young and handsome, had a high cultivation, and was the number one in the Pill Dao. He was also the head of the Pill Gathering in the Great Change Realm. If there was a star here, then Mu Zuoxiao was undoubtedly one of the superstars of the Great Change Realm.
In fact, every time Mu Zuoxiao appeared, it would attract a lot of cheers. Perhaps it wasn't to chase after a star, but Mu Zuoxiao's achievements were enough to convince anyone. This kind of cheers represented a kind of recognition, a kind of pursuit and yearning.
Mu Zuoxiao smiled and spoke calmly, "For this Five Realms Pill Competition, we are fortunate to have invited Liuying Dao Court's Pill Minister Zhong Hongbai, Cloud Light Dao Court's Pill Minister Pu Lao, Jade Pure Dao Court's Pill Sage Chen Yingxin, Great Mystery Dao Court's Pill Sage Li Mo, and Covering Space Dao Sect's Left Protector Master Si Ze. Apart from that, there are also the heads of the Pill Gathering from the Five Great Realms and the various Dao Courts' City Lords. "
With Mu Zuoxiao's words, a few figures landed on the judging panel. Si Chen Qiu Tian, who sat next to Ning Cheng, also stood up and walked to the judging panel. As the head of the Pill Gathering, Si Chen Qiu Tian was qualified to sit on the judging panel.
Ning Cheng felt secretly shocked. He knew the strength of Lu Dongce, Kong Lianbo, and the middle-aged scholar Liu Fangzhen, who was also a powerhouse.
However, Mu Zuoxiao didn't even have the qualifications to say their names. Apart from the Five Great Dao Courts and Three Great Dao Sects, those who could be called out by Mu Zuoxiao definitely wouldn't be weak.
Ning Cheng soon realised that he wasn't wrong. Among those sitting on the judging panel, there were at least seven or eight people who weren't any weaker than Mysterious Ferry Ancient Clan's Li Feng. However, Ning Cheng also knew that the experts sitting on the judging panel of the Five Realms Pill Competition weren't the strongest in the entire Great Change Realm. In fact, they couldn't even rank in the top few. The reason why they were able to sit here, other than representing their respective forces, was that they were slightly more outstanding in terms of alchemy.
The Grand Change Realm truly deserved to be a grand world with the most complete heaven and earth laws. Even the Grand Essence Realm couldn't compare to the Grand Change Realm in terms of strength.
"Many years have passed since the start of the Five Realms Pill Competition. Although some talented alchemists have emerged in my five grand realms over the years, to be honest, I have never found an alchemist that can truly surpass me. This is my sorrow, and also the sorrow of my five grand realms. "
When Mu Zuoxiao said this, the square seemed to be affected and the cheers quietened down.
Ning Cheng whispered to Qianqian beside him, "Qianqian, do you know what's going on?"
Qianqian quickly explained, "Senior Mu is the premier Pill Sage of the five grand realms. His attainment in the Alchemy Dao has already reached the peak of the five grand realms. Even with Senior Mu's high attainment in the Alchemy Dao, I heard that he lost to others. Senior Mu made a vow that if the five grand realms couldn't find an alchemist that could compete with him, he would never leave the five grand realms again. Because of this, Senior Mu decided to hold the Five Realms Pill Competition.
As a result, the Five Realms Pill Competition has been held many times, but Senior Mu has never taken a fancy to an alchemist and brought him out to compete in the Alchemy Dao. Everyone in the Grand Change Realm knows about this. Big Brother Ning, you're not from the Grand Change Realm, so it's normal that you don't know about it. "
Ning Cheng felt secretly horrified. Lu Dongce and Kong Lianbo's attainments in the Alchemy Dao were top-notch. They had to be Primordial Chaos Pill Sages. Mu Zuoxiao's attainments in the Alchemy Dao should have far surpassed Lu Dongce and Kong Lianbo. If even Mu Zuoxiao's attainments in the Alchemy Dao couldn't compare to the other party, then just how powerful was the other party's attainments in the Alchemy Dao?
Mu Zuoxiao continued in a low voice, "Originally, we planned to use the Alchemy Dao to determine the winner of this Pill Competition. But after listening to the Grand Beginning Realm Pill Association's Association Master Lu Dongce and the Grand Essence Realm's Alchemy Master Ning Cheng, I came up with a new idea. We will decide the winner of this Pill Competition in three rounds, and the first round will also be decided through identification. To prevent outstanding alchemists like Ning Cheng from not being able to recognise them, we won't use names to determine the winner this time. Instead, we'll use the functions of each alchemist to determine the winner. "
At this point, Mu Zuoxiao paused and glanced at the alchemists who were about to participate in the Pill Competition before continuing, "Unlike before, this time, we don't need to directly identify divine grasses. Instead, we need to identify divine grasses or Dao Fruit seeds. If you can't identify them in the first round, no matter how high your attainments in the Alchemy Dao are, you will be directly eliminated. "
After listening to Mu Zuoxiao's words, the alchemists participating in the Pill Competition started talking about it in confusion. Some people had high attainments in the Alchemy Dao, but because of their lack of knowledge and experience, they were eliminated. If they couldn't identify a rare divine grass seed, would they be directly eliminated? Would such a selection be fair?
Ning Cheng also felt a little puzzled about this selection. If he hadn't seen the Universe Plants and Vegetation, his knowledge and experience would have been the lowest. But Ning Cheng never thought that his attainments in the Alchemy Dao were the lowest. His knowledge and experience were low because he had only been exposed to the Alchemy Dao for a short time. He didn't have the opportunity to come into contact with a top-grade Alchemy Dao Divine Scroll like the Universe Plants and Vegetation.
Mu Zuoxiao didn't change because of the discussions. He still spoke in a calm voice, "The Dao of Alchemy is also one of the Grand Daos of Heaven and Earth. Many people here should know what the second spirit technique of the ten grand spirit techniques in the vast universe is, right? That's right, the second spirit technique of the ten grand spirit techniques is the Grand Fate Spirit Technique. We can also call it fate. If a cultivator in the Dao of Alchemy doesn't have enough fate, then no matter how talented they are in the Dao of Alchemy, their achievements would be limited.
Cultivators like us cannot fathom fate. But there are indeed people who can surpass fate and control their fate in their own hands. So what if they can control each other's fate? My master once told me that if I meet a powerhouse who can control someone else's fate, I should run as far as I can. But in a world without a powerhouse who can control fate, the fate of alchemists would be controlled by the Heavenly Dao. If you don't even have the fate to touch a top-grade Alchemy Dao Divine Scroll, then how can you talk about reaching the peak of the Dao of Alchemy? "
Ning Cheng initially didn't think much of it and felt that Mu Zuoxiao's questions were unfair to many people. But after listening to Mu Zuoxiao's words, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine. Even if he had the Mysterious Yellow Bead, so what if he was powerful? If he met a powerhouse who could control a spirit technique like fate, he wouldn't even be considered as an ant.
Mu Zuoxiao's words weren't wrong at all. Even if he didn't meet a powerhouse who could control fate, he couldn't control his own fate. The Heavenly Dao controlled it.
Cultivating until now, struggling until now, he was still just a small chess piece. Maybe he had an opportunity, maybe he met the Mysterious Yellow Bead and almost perfected his Mysterious Yellow Bead with luck. But this was all his fate. Once he used up all his fate, what would happen to him? Even if he still had his karmic luck, what could he do if he met an expert who could control fate and seize all of his karmic luck?
Ning Cheng's mind no longer focused on the Pill Meet. The first time he heard that the second spirit technique was the Grand Fate Spirit Technique, his heart completely lost balance.
"No matter how strong the fate spirit technique is, it is not the first spirit technique in the primal chaos universe. The person who controls the fate spirit technique also walked step by step like us. Your fate is not in what you want to do, but in how you are prepared to do it. Pill Master Ning has amazing talent, why bother with a trivial fate? When you are ready to do it, your fate is already in your hands. "
A gentle and soft voice fell into Ning Cheng's ears. Ning Cheng felt as if he was suddenly enlightened and instantly sobered up. That's right, because he had the Mysterious Yellow Bead, he worried about gains and losses. Didn't those who didn't have the Mysterious Yellow Bead do what they wanted to do? One day in the future, he would also be able to control his fate.
Ning Cheng's mind calmed down. Only then did he remember the person who helped him with his dao heart. He subconsciously looked back. Then he saw Nianyan with a smile on her face.
Nianyan sat behind him and nodded at him with a smile.
Ning Cheng nodded at Nianyan gratefully. He didn't understand how Nianyan recognised him, but he didn't put up much of a guard against Nianyan.
No longer worried about encountering a fate spirit technique powerhouse, Ning Cheng once again listened to Mu Zuoxiao's words. Although Mu Zuoxiao didn't say much, Ning Cheng still felt that Mu Zuoxiao was as vast and unfathomable as the sea.
"Now, the Five Realms Pill Competition officially begins. All participating alchemists, please come to the stage. Grand Change Realm Pill Meet's Deputy Association Head Kong Lianbo will set the questions and preside over this pill competition." After Mu Zuoxiao finished speaking, his figure flashed slightly, and he immediately sat in the middle of the judges' seat behind the giant altar.
Ning Cheng stood up and walked up to the giant altar with the other participants from the Grand Essence Realm.
After sitting down in the Grand Essence Realm's alchemists' area on the giant altar, Ning Cheng discovered that more than 300 people participated in the first round of the Five Realms Pill Competition. Out of more than 300 people, the Grand Essence Realm only got six spots. One of them was won by him and Lu Dongce in an alchemy duel. One had to say that this was the sorrow of the Grand Essence Realm's alchemists.
In fact, on the giant altar, only five people sat in the Grand Essence Realm's area. Even compared to the Grand Ultimate Realm, it was still a pitiful number.
Everyone had already gotten used to it. After all, the Grand Essence Realm always had the least number of participants in each pill competition.
After the alchemists sat down, Kong Lianbo walked up to the giant altar and said in a clear voice, "The top ten of this pill competition will be given the Five Realms Pill Sage identity card, which will give you the qualification to open a cave in the Sacred Cloud Mountain …."
Ning Cheng didn't know the benefits of the Five Realms Pill Sage identity card, nor did he know what it meant to open a cave in the Sacred Cloud Mountain. But the other alchemists knew about it. With the Five Realms Pill Sage identity card, it meant that one could walk unhindered in the Grand Change Realm. Except for a few powerhouses, no one would dare to point fingers at you. For example, if Ning Cheng had the Five Realms Pill Sage identity card, even if Liu Fangzhen had ten thousand times the courage, he wouldn't dare to order Ning Cheng.
The Sacred Cloud Mountain was the Pill Meet's premier cultivation sacred land and one of the top ten cultivation sacred lands in the Grand Change Realm. It wasn't much weaker than the Liuying Dao Pavilion's Dao Crossing Pond. Opening a cave in the Sacred Cloud Mountain was the dream of every cultivator in the Grand Change Realm.
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