Three staff members walked up to the three of them and took the pills. They quickly presented them to the six people on the stage.
The entire place was silent as they waited for the results. This was the most tense moment. The Medicine God Nation, the Southern Cloud Empire, and the Yang Rong Empire were all in the top three and fighting for the championship. To be honest, no one had expected this to happen before the competition.
Some people might have guessed that the Medicine God Nation would be the last, but no one would have guessed that the Yang Rong Empire and the Southern Cloud Empire would be the last. In terms of national strength, this was simply unrealistic.
However, from the start of this competition, everything would change.
In the VIP room, Emperor Wang Yan clenched his fists nervously. Princess Yan Yi was also very nervous. The six women of the Lu Clan were more relaxed. Although they also hoped that Lu An would win, they were not as concerned as Wang Yan and Princess Yan Yi. If there was one thing that they really wanted Lu An to win, it was that they did not want Lu An to lose to that woman called Li Han.
All 200,000 people were staring at the six people on the high platform, and these six people were staring at the three elixirs on the table with rapt attention. They were all pharmacists from different sects and were not on the same side. Naturally, there was no need for them to cheat.
The leader was Liang Song from the Heavenly Sect, one of the 16 sects. He belonged to the Yang Rong Empire. The reason why the Heavenly Sect Sect was the main judge of this competition was because the Heavenly Sect Sect was a very large gathering place of alchemists. Although the Heavenly Sect rarely interacted with other sects, they were very popular. After all, even the 15 sects and 16 sects wanted to obtain a large amount of pills. As a famous pharmacist in the Heavenly Sect, Liang Song was naturally in charge of this competition.
Liang Song picked up Sun Zhong's pill and looked at it. He flipped it several times before passing it to the others. The six of them quickly went through it and finished reading it all. Their movements were very fast, and their speed was also very fast, not even taking three breaths.
Next was Li Han's pill.
Liang Song picked up the pill. This time, he looked at it more slowly. He flipped it around in his hand and carefully looked at the patterns on the pill. After ten breaths of time, he passed it to the others. The other five also looked at it for a long time. When everyone was done, Liang Song put the pill away. Next up was Lu An's medicinal pill.
Liang Song picked up the pill and examined it carefully just like the previous one. However, when he saw the Ice and Fire Patterns around the pellet, he was stunned. This must be something that was not in the Elixir Manual. He was knowledgeable enough to know that this must be caused by a special method or a Fate Wheel.
Liang Song looked at it for a while before passing it to the others. The others placed the pills in front of their eyes, looking and smelling them. After everyone read through them once, they put the pills back in their original places.
"Write down the rankings." Liang Song pointed at the paper in front of him and said, "For the sake of fairness, the rankings will be determined according to everyone's votes."
The other five nodded. They picked up a pen and wrote down their own rankings from top to bottom. After they were done, they handed it to Liang Song.
When Liang Song saw the name list, he frowned slightly and turned to look at two of them. When the two saw Liang Song's gaze, they were a little embarrassed and didn't dare to look at each other.
However, Liang Song didn't say anything. After all, he was only one of the referees. Everyone had the right to vote, and he couldn't change it. He still had the Heavenly Sect behind him, so he couldn't act according to his own wishes. He could only act according to the results of the vote.
"Third place!" Liang Song raised his head and shouted.
Instantly, all 200,000 people tensed up and looked at the referee's platform nervously. The three people in the arena weren't relaxed either. Sun Zhong's eyes were serious, but Lu An and Li Han's eyes were much calmer.
Liang Song looked around and said, "Third place, Sun Zhong of the Alchemy God Nation!"
When the words came out, the entire arena was shocked!
This was a possibility that no one had imagined. How could it be like this?
How could the reclusive powerhouse of the Alchemy God Nation, the hope of the Alchemy God Nation, be ranked third and lose to two young people?!
The audience from the Alchemy God Nation went wild! Sun Zhong was the same. His expression changed drastically as he shouted at the referee's platform, "This is impossible! I can't lose! You must have cheated! You must have teamed up to suppress the Alchemy God Nation! "
When they heard Sun Zhong's angry voice, the audience from the Alchemy God Nation immediately roared. They weren't the only ones. Even the people from the four empires were suspicious. Although it wasn't their fault, fairness was still necessary in the competition. Otherwise, there would be no fairness in the world.
Liang Song frowned as he looked at the cheers and doubts in the arena. He folded the six pieces of paper and spread them out in the air, revealing only the names at the bottom. He said, "Look for yourself!"
Sun Zhong looked over, and so did everyone else. They realized that all six referees had Sun Zhong's name written in the third place!
"No! Impossible! " Sun Zhong roared. His eyes were red as he said angrily, "You must have teamed up!"
"How dare you! We have so many sects. How could we work together to harm a small Alchemy God Nation? What does the rise of the Alchemy God Nation have to do with us? "Liang Song shouted angrily," Since you've thought it through, I'll make you lose willingly! "
As he said that, Liang Song raised his hand and grabbed Sun Zhong's and Lu An's pills. With a wave of his hand, the two pills streaked across the sky and flew towards Sun Zhong!
Pa! Pa!
Sun Zhong hurriedly took the two pills, only to hear Liang Song angrily shout from the high platform, "Open your eyes wide and see if you are worthy or not!"
Sun Zhong's body trembled. He gritted his teeth and opened the two pills in his hands.
With one look, his body trembled and he lost all his strength.
He lost.
He had really lost. He had lost completely. He had lost without a single piece of skin intact.
If the patterns on the pill he refined could be described as clear, then the other pill could be described as meticulous. The thickness, direction, blurriness, and finesse of the patterns were undoubtedly better than the other pill. Even a child could see it clearly, let alone an alchemist.
However, what really made Sun Zhong lose his temper in an instant was the pattern on the pill.
He finally understood why Lu An and Li Han had to continue tampering with the pills after they were refined. The problem lay in the patterns on the surface of the pills. The medicinal pill he refined had a total of twelve lines less than the other one.
The reason was very simple. If the surface of the pill was laid flat, one would be able to tell that it was the embryonic form of a formation if one were to carefully examine the patterns on the surface of the pill. What Lu An did was to supplement the Formation Array on the surface and combine the inside and outside to form an extremely strong Formation Array. It protected the internal Divine Sense from leaking out and greatly increased the effectiveness of the ammunition.
Although it was not written in the Pill Manual, this was indeed part of the refining of pills. In fact, it was not that there was no hint. The reason why this pill was called the Three Lines Enchanting Pill was that at the last moment of the pill's completion, the three lines had to be supplemented on the pill.
His pill was too small and had too much fragrance. On the other hand, the other pill's fragrance was almost negligible. Under everyone's gaze, Sun Zhong finally raised his hand and returned the pill to Liang Song on the referee's high platform.
Then, Sun Zhong did not say anything. He just put his beloved furnace back into the ring, turned around, and flew out of the arena.
Seeing this scene, everyone was stunned. They all knew very well that Sun Zhong had really lost.
Everyone instantly had goosebumps. However, after a short moment of shock, they quickly looked at the referee's high platform. They really wanted to know who the final champion was.
Was it Southern Cloud Empire's Lin Xiaoliu? Or was it this beautiful woman from Yang Rong Empire?
Two hundred thousand spectators stared at the referee's high platform with their eyes wide open. The emperors of Southern Cloud Empire and Yang Rong Empire were also extremely nervous. Under everyone's gaze, Liang Song finally opened the six pieces of paper floating in the air and said, "The two of them are tied for first place!"
As soon as he said this, everyone was immediately shocked! The two emperors in the VIP room immediately stood up and stared at the six pieces of paper floating in the air with their eyes wide open!
That's right, the answers were clearly written on the six pieces of paper. Lu An and Li Han's names each occupied three pieces of paper.
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