With the activation of the Desolate God Battle Body, a vast amount of blood energy instantly filled his body, and the veins on his arms bulged out.

"This Yellow Dragon Profound True Pill can actually help cultivate the Desolate God Battle Body!"

Feeling the changes in his body, Qin Xin looked incredulous.

The cultivation of the Desolate God Battle Body mainly relies on consuming the essence and blood of demonic beasts to refine the desolate energy and transform the body.

"It's not surprising that it can help cultivate the Desolate God Battle Body, because the Yellow Dragon Profound Qi in this pill is essentially the same as that Desolate Qi. However, if you take it again, the effect will probably be greatly reduced."

Danqing, who was standing to the side, looked at Qin Xin, who had a look of surprise on his face, and said softly.

Upon hearing this, Qin Xin nodded slightly. He was naturally familiar with pills. Excessive consumption of the same pill would cause a martial artist's body to develop drug resistance, reducing the effectiveness of subsequent doses. Furthermore, if a martial artist consumed too many pills and there were residual medicinal effects in their body, it would eventually lead to what is known as pill toxicity, which would become a barrier to the martial artist's future cultivation.

After withdrawing his true energy, the immense power of his blood energy vanished instantly.

With one night to go before the alchemy competition began, Qin Xin did not choose to continue refining the Yellow Dragon Profound True Pill. Instead, he consolidated his true energy and took some time to rest and recuperate.

The art of alchemy requires a calm and peaceful mind; one must not be impatient.

So, for the rest of the night, Qin Xin closed his eyes to rest. During this time, the Supreme Divine Evolution Technique automatically activated. His spiritual power not only wandered in his Niwan Palace, but also transformed into spiritual consciousness and flowed around the Devouring Spirit Stone, which was quite peculiar.

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The following day, as the sky began to lighten, Dading City gradually became bustling. Street vendors and servants buying vegetables moved about the streets, creating a vibrant atmosphere. Martial artists also traversed the city's main avenues, all heading in one direction.

The Great Cauldron City's Dan Tower.

In the past few days, alchemists from all over Dading City have been coming to the Pill Tower to take their tests. Many previously unknown young alchemists have emerged, their abilities in purifying spiritual herbs surpassing everyone else. However, purification is merely a basic skill for alchemists. What is truly important is today's alchemy competition, where all alchemists will compare the grades and quality of the pills they have refined to ultimately determine the champion of the competition.

In addition to the generous rewards, the champion of the tournament can even obtain the title of Guest Elder of the Pill Tower. With this title, most of the pill recipes in the Pill Tower will be provided for free, and you can even enjoy three levels of discounts when purchasing some pill-making materials.

Qin Xin didn't care about the so-called titles, because what he needed was the Soul-Nourishing Spirit Tree.

When Qin Xin arrived at the Pill Tower with Zhan Sheng and other elders of the Zhan clan, they were all slightly taken aback when they saw the dense crowd, and then shook their heads helplessly.

Because the Zhan clan is still one of the four major families of the Ding Dynasty and holds a seat as an elder of the Dan Tower, they did not queue up like the other crowd, but went straight to the entrance of the Dan Tower.

The servants at the gate did not obstruct the Zhan clan members too much. To avoid gatherings, some elders could not enter. After briefly verifying Qin Xin's information, they led Zhan Sheng and the other three directly to the two sides of the main hall of the Pill Tower.

In order to host the alchemy conference, the Pill Tower of Dading City specially cleared out the central hall, which was filled with many fine iron alchemy furnaces, and each place was set up with restrictions, after all, alchemists are not susceptible to interference from the surrounding environment during the alchemy process.

As Qin Xin followed Zhan Sheng and his grandson into the room, the people who had been discussing something loudly suddenly lowered their voices and all turned their attention to the four of them.

"Just do your best!"

Zhan Sheng patted Qin Xin on the shoulder, gave instructions to Zhan Qingyue and Zhan Qingqi, and then went into the inner tower.

At this moment, Qin Xin was wearing a robe of a third-grade alchemist, with an upright posture. The Zhan Qingqi and Zhan Qingyue sisters who followed him were absolutely beautiful, which attracted a lot of envious glances.

Many people present knew that Qin Xin had purified the Black Iron Spirit Leaf Grass nine times, but they did not believe that Qin Xin could surpass the young alchemists of the three major families, including Dingsheng. Therefore, the group continued to discuss Qin Xin.

"Qingyue, Qingqi, you're here. Are you confident this time?" Yan Lanqinglian greeted Qin Xin and the other two as they approached.

"Miss Lan, you've gotten even more voluptuous in the last few days."

Zhan Qingyue seemed to know Yan Lan very well, and for a moment the three women were playfully bickering, leaving Qin Xin out of the picture.

Qin Xin could only rub his nose helplessly and look around.

The other two major families had also arrived, but it seemed that the eldest prince, Ding Sheng, had not yet arrived.

"The eldest prince has arrived!"

After several voices rang out from the crowd, Ding Sheng, dressed in magnificent robes, entered the hall.

However, Ding Sheng did not have the usual condescending aura; instead, he followed behind a woman whose face was covered by a white veil.

"Wow, who is this woman? Her aura is like that of a fairy descended from heaven!"

"If I could win this woman's favor, I would be willing to live thirty years less."

Discussions arose, and everyone in the hall focused their attention on the graceful woman in front of Ding Sheng.

Qin Xin glanced at it dismissively, and just then he saw a pair of clear eyes through the thin veil.

"I didn't expect Luo Lingyan to come today as well."

Zhan Qingqi also looked towards where everyone's eyes were focused and said softly.

"As the future head of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, she will naturally be invited to this alchemy competition."

Yan Lan said from the side, her eyes seemingly showing some resentment.

Since their parting at the Luoshen Gate ruins, Qin Xin had never seen Luo Lingyan again. Although he had thought of searching for her when he learned that he had come to the Ding Dynasty, he was conflicted after actually seeing her.

As the head of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, she was a favored daughter of heaven. The two were far apart in terms of strength and status. Moreover, after what happened between them in the ruins of the Luo Shen Gate, he was worried that Luo Lingyan might go crazy and kill him.

Luo Lingyan did not linger in the hall, but went directly into the inner tower.

Inside the inner tower, the patriarchs of the four major families were gathered, while the tower master and elders of the Pill Tower sat on one side, and a middle-aged man in a dragon robe sat in the center.

From the inner tower, the group only needed to glance downwards to take in the entire main hall of the Pill Tower.

Upon arriving, Luo Lingyan bowed slightly to the middle-aged man in the high-ranking dragon robe before finding a seat.

"Thump!"

The clear, resonant chimes of the bells echoed throughout the main hall of the Dan Tower.