What Does the Qiu Family Count For?
"Not bad, you actually managed to take first place in the West Region and even defeated that Li Shi or whatever, despite being a lower rank," Xiao Yan couldn't help but say at the Flame Alliance's Residence.
To be honest, he hadn't initially expected Nalan Yanran to actually sweep through all the talented disciples from the various sects in the West Region, and even pull off an upset victory against Li Shi in the end.
After all, Nalan Yanran hadn't seemed that strong when she fought him.
Jia Xing Tian and Nethersea Flood Dragon didn't return together; they stayed at the venue for the younger generation Alchemist competition. After all, Little Princess Yue Er was still refining pills, and they needed to prevent anyone from resorting to underhanded tactics.
Those were Alchemists nurtured by the most powerful sects in the entire Northwest Region, the weakest being Fourth Grade Alchemists, while Yue Er was refining a Fifth Grade Pill, and the results wouldn't be out until tomorrow.
Of course, Xiao Yan, as an Alchemist, was naturally the 'healer' of the group; anyone who got injured would naturally need him to step in.
Nalan Yanran could be considered to have fought a bloody battle today to defeat Li Shi.
"Hmph, of course. Nalan Yanran always keeps her word," Nalan Yanran said, as arrogant as ever.
"Oh?" Xiao Yan raised an eyebrow, the meaning self-evident; it seemed she hadn't completely kept her word.
However, Xiao Yan didn't continue to tease Nalan Yanran; her talent was indeed remarkable. If anything, she could only blame herself for running into him; she would have succeeded against anyone else.
Xiao Yan took out a Huangtian Pill from his Storage Ring; he never skimped on rewarding those who had contributed.
Nalan Yanran directly snatched the Huangtian Pill from Xiao Yan's hand, preparing to refine the pill, ready for the final four tomorrow. The three others tomorrow were all Dou Huangs, and they were the youngest and most talented disciples from the Northwest Region's top ten sects. As just a Dou Wang, Nalan Yanran would definitely be unable to defeat them.
"Hey, hey, don't rush. Using pills to break through easily leads to unstable Dou Qi. I'll use my Strange Flame to help you refine the medicinal effects, which should help solidify your Dou Qi a bit," Xiao Yan quickly called out. Using the Huangtian Pill could indeed directly break through from a nine-star Dou Wang to a Dou Huang, but the side effects were considerable.
Hearing Xiao Yan say he would use Strange Flame, Nalan Yanran's pretty face flushed slightly, and she said, "Use Strange Flame to refine the medicinal effects? You won't do something like you did at the Alchemist Convention and with Grandpa, will you?"
Nalan Yanran hadn't forgotten how Xiao Yan looked when he used the Four-Pattern White Spirit Pill at the Alchemist Convention. And when he removed the Branding Poison for her grandfather, that Strange Flame didn't seem very well-behaved either.
It had burned all her clothes off.
Xiao Yan coughed lightly, glared at her, and said, "What do you take Strange Flame for? With my current strength, those things won't happen."
Strange Flame was for Pill Refining, not for burning clothes!
In the end, Nalan Yanran nodded in agreement. After all, unstable Dou Qi was very troublesome for cultivators.
However, when Xiao Yan came out of the room after helping Nalan Yanran refine the medicinal effects with Strange Flame all night, he happened to run into Yun Yun, who was bringing breakfast for Nalan Yanran. For a moment, the atmosphere was incredibly awkward.
Although Yun Yun didn't say anything, Xiao Yan could tell from her eyes that she thought Xiao Yan had done something.
"Yun Zhi, let me explain, I didn't do anything, I'm still a virgin!"
"You don't need to explain to me. You and Nalan Yanran were originally engaged, so this kind of thing is perfectly reasonable. Also, my name is Yun Yun."
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With a thud, Yun Yun closed the door, leaving the innocent Xiao Yan bewildered in the wind.
He had canceled the engagement!
Of course, this was just a small interlude. Today's main event was not only the birth of the strongest of the younger generation in the Northwest Region, but also the emergence of the most talented Alchemist.
After a day and a night of Pill Refining, the number of people in the Alchemist competition venue had decreased significantly. Originally, there were hundreds of talented Alchemists under the age of thirty opening their furnaces to refine pills together, but after a day, only a few remained.
Not only had those Alchemists who failed to refine pills left, but also those who had refined low-level Fourth Grade pills had completed their Pill Refining and left the venue.
The remaining ones were all refining peak Fourth Grade pills or even Fifth Grade Pills!
For a powerful sect, what it must not lack are excellent Alchemist disciples. These disciples usually use Pill Refining to exchange for contribution points from the sect, thereby obtaining the sect's resources for cultivation, improving their Alchemy skills and strength.
Such a virtuous cycle is what all sects desire.
"She Wangyao of the Heavenly Serpent Mansion, Huangfu Guangtai of the Thunder Sect, Jian Feixue of the Medicine Bone Sect, Cao Jun of the Lion Nether Sect, and Sima Lin of the Heavenly Snow Gate, all five of them are refining Fifth Grade Pills, right?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, as expected of the top ten sects in the Northwest Region, even their medicine lineages are so strong. Fifth Grade Alchemists under the age of thirty, our sect only has one Fifth Grade Alchemist."
"That She Wangyao is simply outrageous. He is clearly a Magical Beast, but because his Alchemy talent is stronger than anyone in the sect, the Heavenly Serpent Mansion didn't hesitate to use a Transformation Pill to nurture him when he was very young, allowing him to transform. Now he is already a Fifth Grade Alchemist!"
Inside the venue, many discerning people, after observing for a day, guessed that these people were all refining Fifth Grade Pills.
You should know that the vice president of the Alchemist Guild of the Chuyun Empire cheated to participate in the Alchemist Convention but was unable to refine Fifth Grade Pills. And now, at this Sect Assembly in the Northwest Region, so many Fifth Grade Alchemists under the age of thirty have appeared!
"Huh? Who is that little girl? I've never heard of her. And what is she refining that requires so long?"
At this time, as the peak Fourth Grade pills were produced one after another, and more and more people left, Yue Er, whose position was arranged in the corner of the venue due to the Flame Alliance's lack of status, was finally noticed.
Right now, those still refining pills are either putting on an act, or they're refining Fifth Grade Pills!
And it's clear that Yue Er is the latter! If we put aside the freak that is Xiao Yan, Yue Er is a year younger than him, having just celebrated her twenty-second birthday not long ago. Her Alchemic skills have reached the Fifth Grade, a talent that's already extremely exaggerated in the Gama Empire.
As if the time for pill formation had arrived, the six people, including Little Princess Yue Er, all opened their eyes at the same time, and six streams of colored pill fragrance emanated from their respective Pill Refining Furnaces!
"My god, they're all Fifth Grade Pills!"
"And they're about to be completed! They've already reached the final stage of pill formation!"
Just as everyone was increasing their firepower, preparing to finalize the formation of their pills, Yue Er took a deep breath, tossed a pill into her mouth, and then with a whoosh, spat out a ball of Purple Flame, which surged into the Pill Refining Furnace.
Originally, the Pill Refining Furnace already contained the blue Nethersea Flame obtained from the Nethersea Flood Dragon, and now there was another kind of Purple Flame. This was actually the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King's Purple Flame! "What the heck?! What is she doing! How did she add another kind of flame?!"
"No, look again, there's more!"
As if addicted, Yue Er spat out another ball of Purple Flame, but the difference was that this flame was much deeper in color than the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King's Beast Flame.
This was Zi Yan's Void Ancient Dragon Flame!
She didn't stop there, and spat out another ball of flame, this time it was actually green. Without needing to guess, this was Xiao Yan's Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame!
Four kinds of flames! This scene, the Gama Empire Alchemist Convention had seen before! And at that time, Yue Er was one of the closest spectators!
"Four kinds of flames... A pill that requires four kinds of flames, I know, this is the Gama Empire's legendary pill, the Four-Pattern White Spirit Pill!"
"So, this girl is an Alchemist from the Gama Empire? No, she's an Alchemist from the Flame Alliance!"
"It's the Flame Alliance again!!!"
The appearance of four kinds of flames not only attracted the audience outside the arena, but even the five Alchemists inside the arena cast surprised glances.
Everyone in Gama Holy City knew about the Four-Pattern White Spirit Pill, but other distant empires in the Northwest Region didn't know about it.
"Hmph, Pill Refining isn't about having more flames!" Someone sneered.
"Four-Pattern White Spirit Pill? My Cultivation Origin Pill is definitely not inferior to it," someone said confidently.
"Why does that green flame seem a bit strange?" Someone wondered.
Only Little Princess Yue Er was wholeheartedly refining pills at this time, this was also her first time refining the Four-Pattern White Spirit Pill.
It should be known that Xiao Yan ruthlessly crushed the entire Alchemist Convention back then, defeating Yan Li with unquestionable strength, that scene left an indelible impression in this little girl's heart.
So this time, she also chose the Four-Pattern White Spirit Pill!
"Pill Formation!" *6 Almost at the same time, the six people simultaneously slapped their palms on the Pill Refining Furnaces, and six streams of colored pill fragrance instantly filled the entire square. The pill fragrance of the six pills could be described as evenly matched, with no one willing to give way, making it difficult to determine the winner for a time.
However, if one had to say who won, then it would definitely be Little Princess Yue Er, because she was the youngest here, only twenty-two years old! At this time, the Medicine Bone Sect Leader Bone Child Old Man and Master Qiu Ping, who came from the Pill Domain, both walked down from the VIP seats to check the pills. The first place they went to was Yue Er's direction.
After taking a look at the Four-Pattern White Spirit Pill in front of Yue Er, the two exchanged glances, seeing shock in each other's eyes.
This was refined at the age of twenty-two?!
"I am the Medicine Bone Sect Leader. Our Medicine Bone Sect has a powerful Alchemist inheritance. I wonder if you are interested in joining my Medicine Bone Sect. I guarantee in the name of the Sect Leader that I will give you the best treatment. With your talent, there's no need to stay in that small sect."
Everyone was immediately stunned. The Medicine Bone Sect Leader personally came down to recruit someone!! And what stunned everyone even more was that Little Princess Yue Er refused without a moment's consideration!
"No, I'm fine staying in my own country. There are very powerful Alchemists there," Little Princess Yue Er politely refused, befitting of royalty.
At this time, Jia Xing Tian also appeared beside Yue Er to protect her, fearing that the other party would become angry out of humiliation.
Although Bone Child Old Man's eyes showed some displeasure, he didn't get angry, and continued, "If you join our Medicine Bone Sect, you might even have the opportunity to enter the Qiu Family of the Pill Domain. I can recommend you."
Hearing Bone Child Old Man's words, even Jia Xing Tian revealed a surprised expression. One of the five great families of the Central State Pill Domain!
Not only Jia Xing Tian, but the audience members were also astonished. The five great families of the Central State Pill Domain! This strength was not as good as even if the entire Northwest Region was added together, even the Four Directions Pavilion was not as good as the five great families of the Pill Domain! Because these five great families all had Eighth Grade Alchemists!
Qiu Ping on the side actually nodded secretly, saying, "Your talent is not bad right now, a Fifth Grade Alchemist at the age of twenty-two. In my Qiu Family, that's considered a decent talent. If you can break through to the Sixth Grade before the age of twenty-eight, then you can be accepted into my Qiu Family as an exception."
"Recruiting my people?"
Suddenly, a burst of laughter came from not far away. Xiao Yan, wearing an Alchemist Robe, slowly walked in from the entrance of the venue, and slowly said, "I'm afraid this is the funniest joke I've ever heard."
"What is your Qiu Family? One would think your Qiu Family Head is the number one Alchemist in the Dou Qi Continent."
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