Qi Yuzhen was somewhat impressed by Xuan Zhi's strong heart, which allowed him to say "beautiful lady" to her slightly unattractive face.
Ziyun Pavilion is just an obscure little sect, and there are probably not many Golden Core cultivators like Xuan Zhi.
This time, he came to the sect competition, probably to make friends and expand his network.
Her current identity is that of a disciple personally taught by the sect leader of the Flying Star Sect, one of the two major sects in the cultivation world!
So this person is probably here to curry favor with her.
Qi Yu's lips twitched, and he said "No need," before heading straight to look at the medicinal herbs displayed on the small boat.
The rules for the alchemy competition are very simple: you only need to use the medicinal materials provided by the Yunyang Sect to refine the required pills.
There's no need for shouting and killing like in martial arts or animal fights.
The refined pills would be sent by the Yunyang Sect to the invited Pill Alliance members for appraisal, who would rate the pills based on their grade, yield, appearance, and refining time.
If the two people refine pills of different grades, regardless of the yield, quality, or refining time, the one with the higher grade will win.
If the grades are the same, the better one will be determined by weighting factors such as success rate, quality, and refining time.
In general, compared to the other types of competitions, alchemy relies purely on one's own strength.
The pill that Qi Yu drew this time happened to be the Bigu Pill that she often refined.
She swiftly took out the alchemy furnace, organized the necessary alchemy materials, exhaled, and summoned the Phoenix Spirit Fire.
Seeing this, Xuanzhi stopped arguing and sat down to begin refining elixirs.
...
"Hiss...that alchemy furnace in that little girl's hand looks familiar? Bai Shu, do you have one like that too?"
In the stands, a woman dressed in blue turned her head and looked at the handsome man beside her, who was wearing a loose white robe and had long hair.
The man raised his eyes slightly, glancing at the girl focused on refining pills in the water mirror, his eyes flickering.
After a long pause, he said calmly, "It's probably just a coincidence."
The woman in green had no suspicions. She stroked the hair beside her cheek and carefully examined the wisps of green smoke rising from the alchemy furnace.
"Bai Shu, this little girl's spiritual fire seems a bit special? What do you think?"
Bai Shu said, "It must be some kind of undiscovered spiritual fire."
"This little girl's dedication to alchemy is quite similar to yours..."
Upon hearing this, Bai Zhu's lips curled up almost imperceptibly.
After greeting everyone, Fairy Red Lotus did not return to her seat at the Flying Star Sect. Seeing them discussing Jade Smoke, she joined in.
"This child is named Yu Shengyan. She just joined the Flying Star Sect this year. I originally wanted to take her on as a disciple, but unfortunately..."
She winked playfully, "Since I couldn't compete with our sect leader, I had no choice but to reluctantly give it up."
Alchemist Dong Qing chuckled, "So you're a disciple of Immortal Venerable Guixing. No wonder you're so outstanding."
Bai Shu, who had been expressionless, suddenly said, "Since she only joined the Flying Star Sect this year, her alchemy skills may not have been taught by the Returning Star Immortal Venerable."
The Red Lotus Fairy looked at him with some surprise, wondering why this usually aloof third-grade alchemist was suddenly speaking in such a strange manner.
Anyone who didn't know better would think that Yu Shengyan was the one who taught her alchemy.
"Ah, that's not necessarily true. Our sect leader rarely gets involved in affairs. Although he took this child as his disciple, he entrusted her to Venerable Canglang for instruction."
Bai Shu frowned. "Isn't Xu Canglang a body cultivator? But she doesn't follow the path of body cultivation. Doing this is a complete waste of her talent!"
The Red Lotus Fairy paused, speechless, and said, "Our sect will naturally choose the most suitable method to teach her. I don't know why Master Bai Shu is so agitated."
Bai Shu then realized that he had lost his composure, lowered his brows, and remained silent.
Seeing this, Dongqing quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Fairy Honglian, please don't take offense. Bai Shu is just like that; he can't stand seeing promising talents being wasted... Ah, I didn't mean that the Flying Star Sect wasted this little girl..."
"Alright." Du Ruo, the alchemist who had been sitting silently to the side, intently watching the image on the water mirror, interrupted her, "It's over."
Dongqing and the Red Lotus Fairy then looked at the water mirror in surprise.
"It seems that only half an incense stick's time has passed..." Fairy Red Lotus murmured.
Du Ruo added, "We also need to subtract the time she spent joking around with Xuan Zhi, which was less than half an incense stick's time."
She said softly, "This is a speed that only a fourth-grade alchemist can achieve."
Meanwhile, Qi Yu, inside the secret realm, was unaware of what people outside were saying.
When she is refining pills, she becomes completely immersed in a state where she is undisturbed by anything else, and her eyes are only on the slightly trembling pill furnace.
However, what she didn't know was that the true owner of the alchemy furnace in her eyes had already noticed her.
He even began to feel secretly happy that she had once been his apprentice.
Qi Yu had successfully refined the product and started packing up, secretly regretting that he had wasted time chatting with Xuan Zhi earlier.
Meanwhile, Xuan Zhi, who was sitting on the other side, took a break from refining pills and looked up to observe. Upon seeing this, his pupils dilated in shock as he stared at her.
"Junior Sister Yu, you...you've already finished refining it?"
Qi Yu stretched out her palm, revealing three round pills in her hand, and looked at him strangely, "Yeah, what's wrong?"
Although she still needed an incense stick's time to refine a few sixth-grade Bigu pills when she was in the Spirit Academy, it was perfectly normal for her to refine them faster after so many practices.
However, no one helped her determine the grade of the pills she refined, and she didn't specifically ask anyone to help her check, so she didn't know what level her Bigu Pill was at.
Xuan Zhi's lips moved open and closed, as if he wanted to slap himself twice.
He had deliberately slowed down his movements, hoping to lose to Yu Shengyan and gain favor with the disciples of the Flying Star Sect.
But who would have thought!
This person is incredibly vicious!
It hasn't been long, and she's already mastered it!
Moreover, it looks to be of excellent quality, so it must be at least a fifth grade.
He clearly learned that Yu Shengyan had hardly studied alchemy within the sect, and the Flying Star Sect Master hadn't given her much guidance either!
The flattery backfired spectacularly, leaving Xuan Zhi utterly despondent.
"Fellow Daoist Xuan, your furnace..."
Qi Yu pointed speechlessly at his violently shaking alchemy furnace, wondering what this man was thinking, his face changing like a palette of colors.
Xuan Zhi, focused on controlling the spiritual fire, murmured with a sense of despair, "The intelligence was wrong..."
After some time, Xuanzhi's batch of pills was successfully produced.
At the same time, the familiar Venerable One, dressed in a familiar black robe and light armor, with a familiar expressionless face, appeared beside Qi Yu.
He held a small wooden box in his hand and handed it to Qi Yu.
Qi Yu understood and put the three fasting pills into the wooden box.
The Venerable One said, "I will first take the pills to several masters of the Pill Alliance for appraisal. Only after the results are available can you leave."
Qi Yu already knew the procedure, so she sat quietly and waited.
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