Chapter 447: Preliminaries of the Six Competitions (One)

Most of the Alchemists present didn’t have low attainments. At first, when they saw Lou Mu Yan’s brainless way of refining pills by tossing all the Spiritual Herbs in, they were certain that she didn’t know Alchemy.

But after carefully observing her alchemy techniques, they found that she was very skilled in both the refining of the Spiritual Herbs and the control of heat.

Did this look like someone who didn’t know Alchemy?

“Based on this girl’s appearance, she isn’t yet twenty years old right. Judging from her current proficiency in refining Grade 3 pills, she should be a Grade 4 Alchemist. Isn’t her talent in Alchemy too strong.” An Elder from the Smithing Pavilion sighed.

As for being a Grade 5 Alchemist, they didn’t even think it was a possibility.

The Vice-Tower Leader of the Pill Tower stroked his grey beard and smiled: “This girl is still holding back and hasn’t used her all. She’s a good seedling.”

“What? She’s still holding back?” The several other referees were surprised.

“We’ll know if we keep watching.” The chief referee smiled lightly and stopped talking.

On the competition arena of the Alchemy Competition, the other nine people were bewildered when they heard the news announced by the referee and looked askance at Lou Mu Yan, scrutinising her.

Many laughed bitterly inside. This year’s Alchemy Competition not only had the two peerless geniuses Bai Fei Yao from the Heavenly Secret Palace, and Wei Yu from the Medicine Sect, but now there’s a Lou Mu Yan who popped out from somewhere that didn’t play the cards by the rules and whose skills were unknown.

Could they leave a path that led to survival for them so-called Alchemy geniuses at least…

“Referee, can I start refining the pills for the second round?” Lou Mu Yan asked with slightly furrowed brows when she saw that there were several people still refining Spiritual Herbs.

The two referees were stunned. According to the rules, they had to wait for everyone to finish refining, but Lou Mu Yan was just too fast.

“Let her continue.” The chief referee’s voice entered the ears of the two.

“Alright. You can go straight to the second round.” A referee suppressed the surprise in his heart and nodded, then ordered someone to bring up the Spiritual Herbs on a tray for the second round’s competition.

Lou Mu Yan picked up the pill’s name and looked at it. On it was written Middle-Level Grade 3 Force Nourishing Pill.

She had some guesses now. The first round was Low-Level Grade 3 Energy Nourishing Pill, the second round was Middle-Level Grade 3 Force Nourishing Pill, and the third round should be a High-Level Grade 3 pill.

It wasn’t only the level of the pills that was increasing, but it was also a test of the Alchemist’s alchemy techniques and the grade of the Alchemist.

She picked up all the Spiritual Herbs in the first tray and threw them all into the cauldron, controlled Elemental Energy flame to refine each of them one by one at the same time, then fused the piles of powder into pills.

After an incense stick of time, five round and lustrous pills flew out of the pill cauldron, and she placed them into a porcelain bottle on the table.

“Referee, I’m done!” Lou Mu Yan said.

The two referees checked it, then announced: “Eight Extremes Sect Lou Mu Yan has refined five High-Quality Force Nourishing Pills and passed the second round.”

Only after Lou Mu Yan finished the second round did the other people around her slowly complete the first round one after another.

“Can I continue to the third round?” Lou Mu Yan asked.

She also needed to participate in the Array Competition in a bit, so she didn’t want to delay too much time here.

After the two referees received the chief referee’s telepathy, they immediately ordered someone to bring up the tray of Spiritual Herbs for the third round.

“Sure, you can start now.”

Because of her speed and alchemy technique, she attracted many pupils to watch, and Alchemists accounted for most of them.

Lou Mu Yan picked up the pill formula for the third round and took a look. On it was written High-Level Grade 3 Elemental Condensing Pill.

Without any hesitation, she tossed all the Spiritual Herbs in the first tray into the pill cauldron and began refining and condensing the pill.

An hour later, five round and lustrous pills flew out of the cauldron and fell into the porcelain bottle on the table.

“Referee, I’ve finished refining.”

The two referees were already numb to her refining techniques and speed. They opened the bottle and poured out a pill, then both revealed expressions of ‘as expected’.

“Eight Extremes Sect Lou Mu Yan refined five High-Quality Elemental Condensing Pills and passed the third round, directly qualifying for the semi-finals.” A referee announced.

When Lou Mu Yan heard the result, her expression was still nonchalant, and she asked with a light smile: “Referee, can I go now?”

The two referees were stunned for a moment. Those around her were still refining pills, but she indeed had nothing to do with it now.

“You can go. Three days later, come participate in the semi-finals of the Alchemy Competition.” A referee said.

“Alright! Thank you very much!” After speaking, she stepped out of the Alchemy Competition’s arena.

When she waked out of the arena, she found that a lot of eyes locked onto her tightly, but she pretended not to notice and walked towards the location of the Array Competition.

And her every move had long been noted by others.

On the seats of the Six Major Sects, each Headmaster had varying expressions.

Aside from Headmaster Feng and Huo Ling Long, the other Headmasters were all completely stunned while also unable to resist classifying Lou Mu Yan as a strong opponent against their pupils in the Alchemy Competition.

“Congratulations to Headmaster Feng and Headmaster Huo. This pupil named Lou Mu Yan’s talent in Alchemy is expected to be in the top five.” The Headmaster of the Medicine Sect said with a smile.

He felt a little pity inwardly. A pupil like Lou Mu Yan with extremely strong Mental Energy and the ability to control fire so exceptionally was such a waste in a place like the Eight Extremes Sect.

Headmaster Feng smiled humbly and replied: “You overpraise, you overpraise! Whether she can make it into the top five still depends on her next performances.”

However, after watching Lou Mu Yan’s performance in refining pills, he couldn’t help but feel hope inwardly.

“Who cares for the top five?” Huo Ling Long said proudly: “The top three is our goal.”

“…” The other Headmasters couldn’t resist twitching the corners of their lips.

This demoness Huo Ling Long was given a compliment and now she was bragging. Lou Mu Yan did indeed look rather talented right now and her Alchemy technique was also rather novel and timesaving.

But this didn’t mean that she could refine a bunch of Spiritual Herbs at the same time when refining Grade 4 pills, and also maintain such quality.

Even if she was a Grade 4 High-Level Alchemist, there was still hope to compete for third, but first and second was probably impossible.

Bai Fei Yao and Wei Yu were both Grade 5 Alchemists, and they were definitely the elites among the newly promoted pupils of the Six Major Sects. She was still very far behind.

After Lou Mu Yan left, a grim look flashed across Bai Fei Yao’s eyes. It seemed that this woman who robbed her of her wind element Comprehension Stone indeed had some tricks.

There was an arc of ridicule on her lips. That was fine. With Lou Mu Yan’s current strength, when the time came, she should be able to match her.

By then, she would let Lou Mu Yan know her fate after offending her.

On the Medicine Sect’s viewing platform, a solitary person that appeared as gentle as jade sat, and his long, phoenix-shaped eyes flashed with battle intent.

Lou Mu Yan? This woman gave him a mysterious and eerie feeling.

It seemed that his opponent this time wasn’t only Bai Fei Yao, but also Lou Mu Yan.

Lou Mu Yan waited a little at the arena for the Array Competition, then soon it was her turn. Evidently, her sequence was individually adjusted by the referees.

The rules of the Array Competition were similar to those of the Alchemy Competition and was also divided into three rounds.

It was just that now it wasn’t about refining things but using the array tools that had already been refined to arrange the required array.

This time, there were no three sets of arrays, but instead there was a time limit. The first round required the array to be set up within two hours, and those who didn’t successfully set it up within the time limit would be eliminated immediately.

Lou Mu Yan walked to her specified place, picked up the array requirements on the table and took a look.