Early the next morning, on the platform of the Royal Plaza, the contestants participating in the final were already in place.
After yesterday's two rounds of assessment, the remaining alchemists were very few, appearing somewhat sparse standing on the huge square.
However, these people were the elite of the elite. In comparison, their competition was more attractive than the crowded assessment yesterday.
Jia Xingtian and Fa Ma appeared on the viewing tower. The former stared at the gray-robed teenager below.
They had already tested this person's identity last night. Jia Xingtian used a little means and discovered the clue. Unfortunately, the other party was very bold, relying on the status of the second place in the conference, betting that the two dared not touch him.
If Fa Ma hadn't stopped him, Jia Xingtian would have already captured this person.
On the field, the gray-robed teenager felt Jia Xingtian's hostile gaze, and his body suddenly tightened.
He shouted crazily in his heart that he must win today's victory!
Now it was not just to complete the task, but only by winning the championship could he have a glimmer of life.
The gray-robed teenager turned fear into anger, stimulated the fighting spirit deep in his heart, and looked straight at the person who threatened him the most on the field.
Xiao Yan caught this person's hostile gaze and raised his eyebrows slightly.
To be honest, in Xiao Yan's heart, the other party was indeed a challenging opponent.
He was the only person on the entire field qualified to compete with him.
Unfortunately, if it were yesterday's him, maybe the other party still had a trace of chance to win.
But today, with the Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Yan was very confident in winning the championship of the conference.
Dong!
The bell rang, and Fa Ma stepped forward to deliver a speech before the final.
Subsequently, he briefly explained the rules of the final.
The rule of the final was: there are no rules!
All alchemists could use any resources in their hands to refine a pill of their highest level.
The deadline was the end of the conference today.
For the vast majority of alchemist contestants, this was a very ample time.
Because most people could not refine fourth-grade pills, at most choosing among third-grade pills.
And third-grade pills would not consume a day's time.
After the assessment was announced to begin, everyone's reactions were very different.
Some people seemed to have already obtained inside information and took out prepared top-notch medicine cauldrons and high-level medicinal ingredients early.
While some people looked dumbfounded at the storage rings on their hands.
They did not prepare sufficient medicinal ingredients. Before taking the first step, they lost to those who were fully prepared.
Fortunately, the Alchemist Guild provided them with some ordinary medicinal ingredients to choose from. These alchemists could still refine pills, but the various basic conditions were not as good as those who brought their own medicinal ingredients.
After hearing the rules of the assessment, Xiao Yan's heart fluctuated slightly.
"This third assessment is really casual."
Xiao Yan smiled faintly.
He showed such an expression naturally because he had many good medicinal ingredients in hand.
"What pill should I refine?"
Xiao Yan's soul power swept over the storage ring, thinking about this question in his heart.
If he refined the fourth-grade Profound Origin Pill, Xiao Yan was confident in refining top-quality ones, and the results would definitely be very good, but...
Xiao Yan's divine sense moved slightly, looking at the position of the gray-robed man.
The other party seemed to be prepared early too, taking out very high-level medicinal ingredients, among which there was even a fifth-tier herb containing abundant energy.
Is he going to refine a fifth-grade pill?
Xiao Yan frowned slightly.
Fifth-grade pills, even if the quality is not high, are stronger than fourth-grade ones in the assessment judging rules.
"This person has some courage."
In this way, the fourth-grade pill is not safe.
Xiao Yan pondered for a moment, and suddenly had an idea, thinking of a pill very suitable for him to refine.
Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill!
This pill belonged to the highest-end type in the fourth-grade stage.
It was a breakthrough type pill with excellent effects.
His Senior Brother once gave him a Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, but that was not fourth-grade, but fifth-grade!
Xiao Yan even asked Han Feng how to refine the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill to turn the fourth-grade into fifth-grade.
Han Feng answered that refining pills exceeding the original grade not only required powerful soul control but also a very full understanding of the pill.
Directly refining fifth-grade pills, Xiao Yan was not confident yet, but starting from a peak fourth-grade pill and trying to break through to the fifth tier, Xiao Yan felt there was a chance.
Xiao Yan once refined the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill for Xiao Yu.
With the help of the flame from the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower in the Inner Academy, combined with his own Purple Crystal Fire, and the Dou Qi flame generated by the "Profound Yang Art" Dou Qi in his body, he condensed three patterns.
Now, although there was no natural environment of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, there was the Fallen Heart Flame sub-fire as a substitute, and the effect was even better.
Xiao Yan took out a set of medicinal ingredients for the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill from the storage ring and breathed a sigh of relief.
The quality of the medicinal ingredients was quite good, carefully selected from the Inner Academy medicine warehouse. He specially kept a set when refining before, thinking of trying after breaking through to the fifth tier.
Unexpectedly, it came in handy today.
Xiao Yan handled the medicinal ingredients methodically, slowly adjusting his soul power to the extreme.
Next, he was going to impact the bottleneck of a fifth-grade alchemist.
There was only one chance. If he failed, he could only honestly refine the Profound Origin Pill.
The gray-robed teenager glanced at Xiao Yan out of the corner of his eye, revealing a sinister smile.
Let you little brats see clearly what a truly powerful alchemist is!
This time, Yan Li chose to refine a peak fourth-grade pill close to the fifth grade.
Once successful, he would leave the pills refined by this group of little brats far behind.
The only opponent to worry about on the field was that masked guy.
Yesterday Yan Li even began to suspect whether the other party was also sent by another force to the Jia Ma Empire to make trouble.
The conference proceeded quietly, and the audience appreciated the alchemy techniques of different alchemists.
Such a scene was rarely encountered in normal times.
Alchemists mostly liked to refine pills in quiet places and would not give others the opportunity to observe in public.
Rarely seeing so many alchemy elites showing their talents, the audience did not feel bored at all, but were excited instead.
Only a few alchemists whose alchemy skills far exceeded the level of the competition venue would feel a little bored.
Han Feng and Yao Chen focused all their attention on Xiao Yan.
That gray-robed teenager, the two saw at a glance that his true identity was an alchemist over sixty years old.
His soul power was probably at the peak fourth-grade level, belonging to a mediocre existence.
However, after all, the experience was there. If Xiao Yan wanted to beat the opponent now, he also needed some courage.
Gu He looked at his disciple twice, then stopped paying attention.
With his sixth-grade alchemist realm, he naturally could see who was the most powerful contestant present.
That gray-robed teenager had extremely solid alchemy skills and very experienced techniques, simply not like a young man.
Moreover, the medicinal ingredients used were very complex and precious. Even if what he refined was not fifth-grade, it was definitely the best among fourth-grade.
As for that masked man, Gu He was still full of curiosity about him.
The soul manipulation technique displayed by the other party was what he was very interested in.
If he guessed correctly, this person most likely had the soul technique inheritance of an ancient alchemist.
Only in this way could he have such profound soul attainments at a young age.
The chances of these two winning were fifty-fifty.
However, Gu He was more optimistic about the gray-robed man. This was a gap in hard power.
Time passed minute by minute, and Xiao Yan successfully melted and refined the essence of all medicinal ingredients.
Next was to condense the essence and engrave the pill patterns.
"He is actually refining the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill?"
Noticing Xiao Yan's refining order, Fa Ma exclaimed in his heart.
Actually, he originally planned to find this person and give him some extra tutoring to defeat Yan Li, the vice president sent by the Chu Yun Empire.
Unfortunately... until the start of the competition, he couldn't find Xiao Yan's location in the Imperial Capital, so he could only give up.
It's just that Fa Ma didn't expect that without his help, the masked man could actually refine the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill himself!
So the pill formula he thoughtfully prepared yesterday was useless?
Xiao Yan urged the Dou Qi flame and engraved the first pill pattern on the prototype of the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.
"One pattern!"
Fa Ma said excitedly.
With one pattern engraved, the pill was at least fourth-grade.
The gray-robed man aimed too high, wanting to refine a pill comparable to the fifth grade. If he failed, the situation would turn around.
"Yan Xiao's strength should be more than one pattern."
Fa Ma thought to himself.
Since he chose to refine the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, he had some confidence. After all, this kind of pill was not something ordinary people could refine.
If he just wanted to win the suspense by relying on the unshakeable status of the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill among fourth-grade pills, he would be exposed sooner or later.
Boom!
A ball of rich purple flame ignited from behind Yan Xiao.
"Second flame!"
"This is... Purple Crystal Fire!"
The beast fire of the sixth-tier Purple Crystal Winged Lion King!
Gu He recognized this fire at once.
Back then, he wanted to refine the Amethyst Source Pill for Yanran, so he inquired that there was a sixth-tier Purple Crystal Winged Lion King deep in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King would drop a piece of Purple Spirit Crystal every twenty years, which was the main material for refining the Amethyst Source Pill.
Sect Master Yun Yun personally went to exchange for the treasure in order to let her disciple get better training, but returned in failure.
Unexpectedly, the beast fire of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King actually appeared on him!
Gu He sighed softly.
Judging from the means displayed by the masked man so far, the person behind him must be a person with heaven-reaching strength, at least a Dou Emperor expert!
That Purple Crystal Winged Lion King has probably fallen now.
Xiao Yan urged the Purple Crystal Fire to rotate slowly above the pill prototype. The purple flame impacted the surface of the pill circle by circle, forming beautiful patterns.
"Boom!"
A wave of energy dispersed.
"Second pattern, done!"
The gray-robed teenager's eyelids trembled.
Feeling the bursts of progressive energy sounds coming from the masked man, the gray-robed teenager's state of mind became chaotic.
The other party seemed to be refining a very powerful pill, showing a style even higher than himself.
Since the gray-robed teenager was also refining a peak fourth-grade pill with all his might now, he had no time to attend to Xiao Yan, just burying his head in hard refining.
Buzz!
Suddenly, the pill prototype in the gray-robed teenager's hand condensed successfully. He looked happy, immediately entered the state, and began the fusion of the next stage.
Although the last step was the hardest, the gray-robed teenager had confidence in himself.
He had prepared for this grand event for many years.
No matter what, he couldn't fall here!
The gray-robed teenager changed techniques constantly, resolving the backlash during pill forming one by one.
Fa Ma's face was slightly ugly.
The gray-robed teenager was about to succeed.
Jia Xingtian narrowed his eyes, killing intent surging secretly.
"I told you long ago, kill when you should! You insisted on keeping him, now look!"
"Don't worry, the pill he is refining is not fifth-grade. Yan Xiao still has a chance to win."
Fa Ma was a fifth-grade alchemist and knew the movement of fifth-grade pill forming very well.
Although the pill refined by the gray-robed man was extremely close to the fifth grade, there was still a certain gap.
Hearing Fa Ma say this, Jia Xingtian restrained his temper and continued watching.
Boom!
The gray-robed man put his hands together, and a violent fluctuation erupted in the medicine cauldron.
Crack, the medicine cauldron opened, and a rich pill fragrance hit.
What surprised everyone was that this pill fragrance was actually colored.
Generally speaking, only when the grade reaches peak fourth-grade will colored pill fragrance be born.
"Hahahaha!"
"Done! I did it!"
The gray-robed teenager laughed to the sky.
The Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill he refined was no less difficult than the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill.
More difficult than one pattern, comparable to two patterns, and even slightly better.
Only the true Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill could suppress the Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill.
Liu Ling, Yaoyue, and others, seeing the gray-robed man refine a pill of this quality, all felt their hearts sink slightly.
Because they knew clearly in their hearts that no matter how lucky they were, wanting to refine a pill exceeding the peak fourth-grade level was wishful thinking.
Originally thought there were few hitting the fourth grade at the conference, but such a dark horse appeared.
That was an alchemist from the Chu Yun Empire!
For a moment, Liu Ling and Yaoyue both looked hopefully at the masked man.
At this moment, regardless of personal victory or defeat, if the two were to choose a winner between Xiao Yan and Yan Li, they would undoubtedly choose the former.
Because that represented the Jia Ma Empire after all.
Must succeed!
The expectation in Yaoyue's heart was particularly strong. As an imperial princess, she also had her own bottom line in her heart.
Facing the changing situation on the field, Xiao Yan turned a deaf ear.
He wholeheartedly refined the pill in his hand, looking for a good opportunity to break through.
"This kid is quite bold."
Han Feng saw Xiao Yan's performance and knew what the other party wanted to do.
Refining a pill exceeding the original grade, if such a move was made, it would probably be more surprising and shocking than refining a pill originally belonging to the fifth-grade rank, right?
Time passed slowly.
Xiao Yan had been looking for the opportunity to engrave the third pattern.
Actually, if he just refined a peak fourth-grade Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, he had countless opportunities to act, but if he pursued the opportunity to advance to the fifth grade, then only patience and careful capture.
The opportunity was only that tiny once.
Suddenly, Xiao Yan felt a sudden inspiration, and a feeling of resonance with the pill emerged from the depths of his soul.
His spirit shook violently, and then he summoned the Fallen Heart Flame.
Boom!
A ball of colorless flame ignited in Xiao Yan's palm.
Heavenly Flame out, ten thousand flames in the world submit.