Pill Contest

Somewhere in Xiangliu Continent, tens of thousands of people

were quickly gathering in the middle of a particular city with

no signs of slowing down.

"What the hell, why is there so many people for this year's Pill

Contest? I come here every year, and the most I've seen were

in the hundreds." Someone asked the crowd.

"Hah? Where have you been the past week when the rumors

spread?"

"Rumor? I just came back from a trip…"

"Oh, no wonder. Here, let me give you some light. Since you

come here every year, you should already know that only

residents from our Xiangliu Continent would come to this Pill

Contest every year, right?"

"Yes, I know that."

"Well, this year's Pill Contest is a little bit special. Not only

will our Xiangliu Continent participate, but even genius Pill

Masters from the other Continents will also be participating in

this year's Pill Contest!"

"What?! Why would they do that? And even if that was true,

there still shouldn't be these many people!"

"You're right, but you didn't let me finish. Catch this; I heard

that the judges for this year would be Pill Grandmasters! So if

they do well, they might get recruited as a Disciple!"

"Pill Grandmasters?! Really?"

Pill Grandmasters are considered the apex of Pill Making in

the Mortal's Realm, so who did not want such an existence as

their Master?

"It's true, the newly appointed Pill Grandmaster from the

Xuan Family will be one of the judges." Someone else butted

into their conversation.

"A new one? So we have 4 Pill Grandmasters right now?"

"Yes."

"Hey, who is the Xuan Family again?" Someone else

joined.

"Really?! How ignorant can you be to not know about the

Family with three Spirit Kings?! They are currently the second

strongest Family in the Phoenix's Continent! Now that they

also have a Pill Grandmaster, their status will surely

skyrocket!"

"What?! Three Spirit Kings, and a Pill Grandmaster?! How

come I have never heard of such a powerhouse?"

"They usually like to be low key, which is why their name has

yet to spread fire in our Xiangliu Continent. However, things

might be different after this Pill Contest."

"With a Pill Grandmaster coming, geniuses will sure come

flocking to become his Disciple."

"Aiya, because they do not want to look inferior with all the

geniuses coming, the decently good Pill Masters will not be

participating in this Pill Contest, making it a genius Pill

Making showcase." Someone sighs.

"So you mean the number of participants this year will very

little?

"That's exactly what I mean…"

"Well, at least it will be a good show…"

"Yeah…"

*****

In the middle of Black Turtle City, the largest city in Xiangliu

Continent, there is a stage currently surrounded by thousands

of people, each filled with curiosity and excitement for this

year's Pill Contest.

"Goddamn, there is too many people here!"

"Just for a freaking Pill Contest? Are they that bored?"

"It's not easy to see a Pill Grandmaster…"

A middle-aged man walked suddenly walked onto the stage,

attracting the spectator's attention.

"Greetings citizens and foreigners, I am sure that most of you

are already aware of today's event, so I will skip the boring

parts and jump right into the rules, but before that, let me

introduce the esteemed Xuan Family."

Looking at three figures sitting in the corner of the stage, he

said, "First and foremost is today's Pill Contest judge, and one

of the four existing Pill Grandmaster, please give Pill

Grandmaster Cheung your biggest congratulations and

welcome!"

*Clap* *Clap* *Clap*

Thunderous claps roared, and people were screaming,

"Congratulations, Pill Grandmaster Cheung!"

Xuan Cheung stood up from his seat gave a polite bow to the

crowd, increasing their hype.

The noises did not stop even after a good minute, so the

middle-aged man raised his hand and coughed, silencing

everybody.

Once the crowd became quiet, he resumed speaking, "Next we

have Senior Yuming. She is a Spirit King and Pill Grandmaster

Cheung's beautiful wife! Give her a round!

*Clap* *Clap* *Clap*

"May Senior's beauty last for an eternity!"

Xuan Yuming also stood up from her chair and bowed,

creating another wave of thunderous roars.

"Last but not least, we have the only daughter of the Xuan

Family, Senior Wanshan! Not only is she the most beautiful

woman within her generation, but she is also the strongest

being a Spirit King at her young age–"

Before the middle-aged man could even finish his

introduction, the entire place roared with screaming and

clapping.

*Clap* *Clap* *Whistle* *Clap*

Many young men were even whistling!

"Senior Wanshan, you are the most beautiful girl I've ever

seen!"

"Please marry me!"

"Please step on me!!!"

The crowd went crazy, and many males were even shouting

nonsense. However, no matter how crazy they were, nobody

blamed them. Xuan Wanshan was the most talented and

beautiful Cultivator in her generation, even beating most of the

current generation if she were to be placed next to them, so it

was normal for her to have many admirers. She was so popular

that people still show up to her Xuan Family every day to ask

her hand in marriage! If she didn't run off to Jin Long

Continent to become a teacher there, her family would've been

flooded long ago with marriage requests.

The noises continued, but Xuan Wanshan did not stand up and

only sat there with a cold expression on her face.

'Hurry up with this Pill Contest so I can leave!' Xuan

Wanshan cursed in her heart. She does not like it when

everybody's attention is on her because it feels awkward.

Xuan Wanshan wanted to act cold so people would ignore her

and focus their attention on somewhere else, but not only did

that fail, it even raised the crowd's excitement even more.

"Senior Wanshan's coldness is good too!"

"Please tie me up!"

*Ahem*

Xuan Cheung intentionally coughed.

Although his cough was like a whisper in a busy market,

everybody heard it and calmed down.

After the noisy crowd had subdued, Xuan Cheung looked at

the middle aged man and nodded, indicating him to continue.

"Ahem, now that the introduction is over, I will be going over

the rules."

"One, only these age 20 or below can participate, anyone older

will be disqualified! We won't have this problem because this

year's contestant are all well known Pill Masters!"

"Two, the contestants will all be required to make a Profound

True Qi Pill with at least a Low-Grade Quality!"

"Three, they will all have a time limit of twelve hours to

complete it. Even if they made it one second after the deadline,

they would fail!"

"Four, we will Grade them by the Pill's smell, taste, color, and

quality overall!"

"And finally, the reward. Due to the low number of people

partaking in this year's Pill Contest, only the first place will be

able to receive the reward, and that reward is a Perfect Grade

Spirit Qi Pill!"

*OOOOOOOHHHHH!*

The crowd roared.

"Holy shit! What did he just say?! A Perfect Grade Spirit Qi

Pill?!" The crowd began talking again.

"Damn, if I had known what kind of reward it was, I would've

participated even if I had one percent chance of winning!"

What was a Spirit Qi Pill? It is a rare Cultivation Pill for these

Cultivators in the Spirit Realm! For one to get their hands on a

Spirit Qi Pill, they must be either super wealthy or a

powerhouse. But even with that, it was extremely hard to

obtain a Perfect Grade Spirit Qi Pill! Even for Pill

Grandmasters, it is near impossible for them to produce a

Perfect Grade when the chances of succeeding are less than

one percent! Even if it had a high chance, the ingredients to

make a Spirit Qi Pill was scarce in the Mortal's Realm.

"P-Perfect Grade… Spirit Qi Pill…" Even the contestants had

their mouths overflow with saliva the moment they heard the

reward!

Spirit Qi Pills are considered a luxury even for Spirit Realm

Experts, so who wouldn't drool over a Perfect Grade Spirit Qi

Pill?!

The middle aged man nodded his head with approval as if he

had expected this kind of reaction.

"Before we start, let me give the contestants a chance to

introduce themselves. We have a total of 11 contestants for this

year's Pill Contest. We go from left to right, you, introduce

yourself." He looks at the young man all the way on the left.

Standing up from his lotus position, he said, "Guang Zhou

from Xiangliu Continent, 18 years old, Pill Student."

After introducing himself, he showed his palm to the crowd

before summoning his Divine Flames.

*Poof*

An Orange colored flame lit up on his palm.

"Oooooo! Amazing! He is only 18 Years Old, yet he is already

a Pill Student!"

"Of course, who do you think he is? He is the eldest son of the

Guang Family known for their talented Pill Masters!"

After showing off for a few more seconds, Guang Zhou sat

back down with a proud smile on his face.

After he had sat back down, the person to his right stood up

and bowed.

"Gai Tang, 20 Years Old, Pill Student." He said before sitting

back down.

"Gai Tang, the second eldest son of the Gai Family from the

Phoenix Continent. Although he is very talented in Pill

Making, he is still inferior to his big brother Gai Wong. Aiya,

if only the big brother were not over the age limit, it would've

been a way more exciting this year." Someone sighed.

"Hey, look who's next."

"It's the Huang Family's treasured daughter, Huang Li!"

An incredibly beautiful young lady stood up next and smiled,

creating flowery illusions around her and pumping excitement

into the audience's' heart.

"Xiangliu Content, Huang Li, 19 Years Old. It is an honor to

have Pill Grandmaster Cheung to be our judge." She bowed

towards where the Xuan Family was sitting.

Xuan Cheung nodded, showing his approval.

"Damn, not only is she a supreme beauty, but she is also one

of the seven younger generation Spirit Realm Expert! How

nice would it be to have her as a wife…"

"Out of all the contestants, she has the highest chance of

winning. To see her here, this long trip was worth it!"

After Huang Li had sat back down, the next contestant stood

up.

"Who's that? I don't recognize her." Someone asked.

"It is normal for these outside of Xiangliu Continent to not

know her. She's… Well, she's nameless." A citizen of

Xiangliu Continent said with a sigh.

"Nameless? What the hell kind of name is that?"

"No, her name is not nameless, but she is nameless."

"Like I said, who the hell names their child nameless?"

"Are you retarded or are you screwing with me? Her name is

not nameless because she has no name!" The citizen almost

punched this idiot in the face.

"Oooooh! So why does she have no name?" The idiot said as

if nothing was wrong.

"Well, it is a complicated story, but long story short, she once

had a name, but after her mother who was a concubine died,

the mistress ordered to have her name discarded, leaving her

nameless."

"Her mother was a concubine? What family is she from?"

"Our Xiangliu Continent's 2nd most influential family, the

Gou Family."

"Dog Family? What kind of stupid name is that?"

"You– Are you courting death? If they heard you– No, I don't

know you, and we have never talked! Goodbye!" The citizen

instantly turned his head away and pretended that idiot did not

exist. He has never seen someone as mentally disabled as this

man next to him! If he interacts with him any longer, his life

would be at stake!

'This idiot will not live a long age!' He thought.

"???" The idiot was confused and felt wronged.

'Hmph, people are so rude these days, better ignore them

before I catch their rudeness.' He thought before facing to the

opposite side and asked, "Hey Brother, why is she wearing a

blindfold?"

"Huh? She is obviously blind." The man next to him said.

"Oooh… But where is her walking stick? How will she be able

to walk around without it?"

The dude made a weird face after hearing that question,

"Obviously with her Divine Sense…?" He said.

"Ooooh! She must be what people call a genius!" The idiot

said.

"No, she's only decent with her Cultivation…" The man

corrected him.

"Oh… Then she must be a Pill Making genius!"

"No… She is below average in that…"

"Then why the hell is she in this genius showcase? Is she

trying to make a fool out of herself?"

"… Whatever her reason is for participating, it's not my

problem, and shut up, you ask too many questions."

"…." The idiot sighs before continuing to watch the arena.

*****

"Gou Family, I… I have no name, 17 Years Old." The

blindfolded girl said with a low voice.

She tried to sit back down right after introducing herself but

shouts called out one after another, stopping her from her

tracks.

"What Gou Family?! Our Gou Family does not have a

worthless trash like you!" Someone in the audience screamed.

"Pei, your dirty mouth does not have the right to have the

honored words 'Gou Family' to come out from there!"

"What the hell are you doing in this genius showcase, you

talentless, worthless piece of shit! You should be in the

bathroom scrubbing the toilets right now! Are you trying to

degrade the Gou Family's name more than it already is just by

having you?!"

"…" The blindfolded girl bit her lips so hard it began to bleed

but did not dare to refute, taking in all the insults from

audiences.

"Hahaha, she's angry, she's angry!"

"…"

"…"

"Master, were Mortals always this disgusting?" Somewhere in

the crowd, a young girl asked the young man sitting next to

her with a frown.

"…" The young man did not reply. Instead, he sat there with

his eyes closed.

"What is going on?" These who came from the other

Continents were confused at the current situation. They did not

know who this blind girl was, but they did not pity her.

Everybody understood that they were living in a cruel World

where the strong ruled the weak, so this blind girl could only

blame herself for being weak.

"Leave right now! Go back to doing what you are good at,

cleaning toilet!"

"You dare to stand on the same stage as these chosen by

Heaven?! Get lost!"

"Hahahaha–"

"SHUT THE HELL UP!"

*RUMBLE*

The entire Xiangliu Continent trembled as these sharp words

echoed throughout the Continent. Nobody could pinpoint

where the shout came from as if God himself had spoken to

them directly, shaking their Soul along the way.

"….." The entire place instantly turned dead silent!