If we accept the order from Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain.

First of all, I stole Song Yuechen's business, awesome!

Secondly, the order can be split in two, allowing Elder Huang to accumulate some start-up capital for cultivation, while also ensuring a stable income for the Sword Sect's Spirit Medicine Peak. It's simply perfect!

Gingerbread tricked and said, "Fellow Daoist, our Sword Sect also has eighth-grade alchemists, and Song Yuechen's senior brother, Alchemist Huang Li, is now an elder of our Sword Sect."

"Huang Li is even more skilled at alchemy, and Master Song is too busy to work. How about you cooperate with our Sword Sect?"

The people from Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain hesitated. "Young lady, the Nine Heavens Sect and Song Yuechen are more famous for alchemy. Aren't you from the Sword Sect all about swordsmanship? Can you really refine pills well?"

"certainly."

Gingerbread had a brilliant idea flash through its mind: "Our Sword Sect is not only skilled in swordsmanship, but also proficient in all eighteen martial arts, and even has some knowledge of beast taming!"

"You even know how to tame beasts?"

Gingerbread enthusiastically introduced, "Yes, this is our Beast Taming Peak Master."

Zhuge Bai is still interacting with the ferret.

He was then introduced to the elders of Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain by Gingerbread.

Indeed, people in the same industry tend to have more in common.

The man from Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain smiled and said, "My name is Zeng Song, and I am an elder of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain's Hall of Affairs. We will seriously consider the cooperation."

The two sides were having a pleasant conversation.

A bell rang outside the hall.

Then everyone turned their attention to the head of the main hall.

"I, Liu, welcome everyone to the Spring Banquet hosted by my Nine Heavens Sect. In previous years, the banquet was just a fun event. This year, I've come up with some new ideas. There are many talented young disciples in the cultivation world, so I've decided to hold a small alchemy competition."

People inside the hall whispered among themselves.

Liu Zhufeng raised his hands and lowered his voice, "The disciple who wins the competition can enter the Nine Heavens Tower. Whatever you obtain from the tower is yours!"

“I’ll go!”

"Really?"

"Sect Leader Liu is so magnanimous!"

The hall erupted in uproar and commotion.

Everyone knows what the Nine Heavens Tower is like.

Liu Zhufeng clapped his hands and laughed: "This alchemy competition will be judged by Yue Chen and me. Everyone here is an elite of the sect. You all have eyes. You will decide who wins and who loses."

"Someone, bring the alchemy furnace up!"

Song Yuechen stood up and said with a friendly smile, "To ensure the fairness of the competition, the alchemy furnace and medicinal herbs have been prepared by the Nine Heavens Sect. All disciples may take their seats and compete."

Hundreds of desks were quickly carried into the hall.

Each table has a mid-grade alchemy furnace and a portion of medicinal herbs on it.

Song Yuechen: "The topic of the competition is refining the Spirit Gathering Pill."

"That's ridiculous! The Spirit Gathering Pill is a pill for Foundation Establishment stage cultivators to enhance their cultivation? That's too simplistic!"

A person dressed in brown sect attire asked.

Song Yuechen smiled and was not angry at the other party's rudeness. He explained in a good-natured manner, "Fellow Daoist, don't be impatient. It is true that the Spirit Gathering Pill is simple. Most of the Spirit Gathering Pills that people commonly see are fifth-grade pills, and the best ones are only seventh-grade."

"The seventh grade is fragrant, the eighth grade is like clouds, and the ninth grade is like auspicious clouds and phoenixes singing."

"The one who wins this championship must refine the highest-grade Spirit Gathering Pill."

"At the very least, it must be at least the seventh rank."

The words had barely left his lips.

Everyone frowned and said.

"At least seventh rank?"

"This is too difficult! Do they really think every sect is like the Nine Heavens Sect? A seventh-grade alchemist isn't something you can just pick up like a sesame seed or a watermelon? It's better not to participate in this competition."

Liu Zhufeng: "Don't be anxious. Even if you don't get a ranking, the Nine Heavens Sect will still prepare prizes for the participating disciples."

"Someone come here!"

More than ten people entered from the entrance of the hall.

Each disciple held a different prize in their hand.

There are spiritual herbs and elixirs, as well as rare magical treasures and artifacts.

Sects that hadn't originally planned to participate all sent their disciples out, bowing and thanking them, saying, "Sect Leader Liu is so generous!"

Liu Zhufeng smiled smugly.

Zhuge Tienan: "Father, I think I won't go."

Why is someone who practices body cultivation getting involved in this?

Zhuge Bai smiled and pushed the person out, "What's the rush? Just think of it as going up for fun."

"Let's go, senior sister." Gingerbread led the person away.

Burning Annihilation: "The Nine Heavens Tower, do you understand?"

Gingerbread: "...I get it, let's get first place."

The other party readily agreed, which made Fen Jue feel uncomfortable, and he was eager to explain to her why he was going to enter the Nine Heavens Tower.

Unfortunately, Gingerbread didn't ask.

He could only hold it in.

Gingerbread and Zhuge Tienan sat in the second row.

Not long.

A familiar face sat down to the right of Gingerbread.

Qu Miaozhu stared at Gingerbread, "Fellow Daoist, have we met somewhere before?"

“.....”

I was puzzled.

Neither Hua Kongque nor Ling Hanchuan recognized her.

Cheng Che and Qu Miaozhu, on the other hand, seemed to have figured it out.

Gingerbread turned to look at her and said frankly, "I've never seen you before. I am a disciple of Immortal Lord Qingxue of Immortal Jade Peak in the Sword Sect. And this fellow Daoist is—?"

Qu Miaozhu nodded. "Qu Miaozhu of the Fanyin Sect, perhaps I have mistaken him for someone else."

She fiddled with the herbs on the table with her slender hands, her brows furrowed slightly, thinking to herself: Perhaps I really am mistaken. I heard that this Junior Sister Jiang from Immortal Jade Peak used to be a fool, and her mind has only recently improved a little. How could she possibly be that cunning and shrewd woman from the Heavenly Absolute Secret Realm?

But.

Looking into her eyes, I felt a strange sense of familiarity.

Gingerbread calmly arranged the herbs.

Even if Qu Miaozhu recognizes her, so what?

She can now fight him without using talismans.

"Alright, everyone, let the competition begin!"

The bell rang.

One hundred disciples from various sects began refining pills.

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