Chapter 286: The Pill Assembly Begins!

The arrival of the Sword Ancestor did not cause much of a stir.

Under the guidance of the Three Great Pill Sects, order was quickly restored at the Pill Assembly site.

People’s attention was refocused on the Pill Assembly.

“The Sun Moon Pill Sovereign is the only one among the twelve Dan Sects of the Tongtian Pagoda that is proficient in the Time Dao. It is said that the pills she refines, after the precipitation of time and the baptism of the sun and moon, often have their efficacy increased several times over.”

“It is by this method that she refined a Rank 7 Medicinal Pill!”

“The Sun Moon Pill Sovereign’s newly accepted disciple, Dan Venerable Jiegeng, seems to be participating in this Pill Assembly as well.”

The crowd’s gaze turned toward a female alchemist at the Alchemy site. At this moment, this female alchemist’s gaze remained fixed on Lin Jing, pondering whether Lin Jing was truly the Fire Dragon Pill Master to whom she had gifted the token.

“The Divine Cauldron Dan Sect is said to hold three of the world’s top ten pill cauldrons. He possesses nine commonly used pill cauldrons, each of which possesses its own artifact spirit. While being an Alchemist himself, he is also a Rank 6 Artifact Refiner who only refines pill cauldrons!”

“The Creation Pill Sect has the strongest combat power among the twelve Dan Sects. Their Alchemy process is said to seize the creation of heaven and earth, favoring the use of the power of heaven and earth to refine pills, sealing natural power within the Medicinal Pill!”

“I wonder what Divine Pill might appear at this Pill Assembly under the witness of the Three Great Pill Sects. With three supreme Alchemist Cultivators watching, the Alchemists participating in the Pill Assembly are currently very nervous.”

“My Qingzhou has always been world-renowned for its level of Alchemy.”

“The path of immortal cultivation begins with Alchemy.”

“In the ancient world, the first batch of living beings began their initial cultivation by refining external pills and consuming Medicinal Pills.”

“Later, those with exceptional talent created the method of internal pill cultivation through the art of external pills, and thus the Golden Core Dao came to be.”

“Regardless of race, the spirit of immortal cultivation Cultivates the internal pill. From Qi refinement, Foundation Establishment, to Core Formation—whether it is a Golden Core or a Yao Beast core—all life’s cultivation begins here.”

“We stand on the shoulders of our predecessors, possessing the best environment to Cultivate. To give thanks, and to commemorate, the exploration of Alchemy is a process of giving back. Today, the Qingzhou Alchemy grand gathering is about to begin. I hope you can all showcase the Medicinal Pills you have created with countless talent and energy here, allowing the Qingzhou Alchemy world to remain in a vibrant state of development forever—the Tongtian Pagoda hereby declares the Pill Assembly officially open.”

“All Alchemists, begin your furnace and start Alchemy immediately!”

As the Sun Moon Pill Sovereign finished speaking, over a hundred Alchemists immediately sprang into action. Each of them was a renowned Alchemy Genius or Alchemy Great Master from various regions, but gathered together now, each one appeared so unremarkable.

This was because the Pill Assembly had nothing to do with Alchemy Rank or personal cultivation level; what was being tested was entirely the Alchemist’s talent, wisdom, and innovative ability.

Even if an Alchemist could refine high-Rank Medicinal Pills with a very high success rate, if this pill was created by predecessors, it would have absolutely no value in the Pill Assembly.

Therefore, at this moment, countless spectators saw a shocking scene.

One Alchemist after another—more than half were using self-created Alchemy techniques, and more than half were bringing out pill material combinations that no one had ever seen before.

No one knew what kind of Medicinal Pill any given Alchemist would refine next. Precisely for this reason, this Pill Assembly could stir the hearts of the Cultivators of Qingzhou.

And at this moment—within Tongtian City, at least ninety percent of the gazes were focused on Lin Jing.

After all, there were rumors claiming that for this Pill Assembly, Lin Jing might be using his own flesh and blood to refine a longevity pill.

“Is that true or not—”

Under the gaze of the masses, Lin Jing was unhurried. At this time, some Alchemists were using the primitive pill platforms provided by the Tongtian Pagoda, while others had brought their own Pill Furnaces, summoning the artifacts out.

But Lin Jing was different. After the Pill Assembly began, what he summoned was not a Pill Furnace or pill cauldron, but a Pet Beast!

A Dragon Carp!

“Bo!!!” Under the observation of countless gazes, Lin Jing summoned the Core Formation Early Stage Dragon Carp.

“A carp? Looking at its attributes, it seems to be fire-attributed? How rare.”

The appearance of the Dragon Carp was nothing special; after all, there were other Alchemists at the scene who had Pet Beasts assisting in Alchemy. In the Alchemy world, this was nothing, not to mention that many Yao Beasts and Spirit Monsters were participating in the competition in this Pill Assembly.

However, the situation on Lin Jing’s side seemed different. The Pet Beasts of other Human Race Alchemists would at most spit some beast fire to assist in Alchemy, with the main body still being controlled by the Alchemist themselves.

But here, after Lin Jing summoned the Alchemy beast and a pile of Materials, he walked to the side, picked up the Heavenly Demon Scroll to read, and handed the entire Alchemy scene over to the Dragon Carp.

“Begin Alchemy.” After giving the command, Lin Jing’s attention was entirely on the Heavenly Demon Scroll.

Seeing someone he wanted to kill, he revealed a smile.

This Transformation Pill required the Thunder Refinement Method and the Heavenly Thunder Flame, so the Dragon Carp had to do it personally.

Although he could perform the refinement by merging with the Dragon Carp and use illusion techniques to turn the void into reality to simulate the Heavenly Thunder Flame, it was too troublesome, and he was a person who hated trouble.

Moreover, this was not cheating. As a beast-taming Cultivator, the beast he tamed was a part of himself. Even if he did not participate in the Alchemy process at all, this pill should still be considered as refined by him.

“He intends to let his Pet Beast do the Alchemy itself?” The crowd was stunned. Moreover, the Materials Lin Jing took out were also very strange.

Most of them were Spiritual Plants that no one recognized.

In this situation, there was only one possibility: the Spiritual Plants were improved and cultivated by the Alchemist himself, and were not common Alchemy Materials.

This was not surprising; most Alchemists at the scene had similar behaviors.

It was precisely for this reason that no one could guess what kind of pill Lin Jing wanted to refine. After all, the main ingredient, the Shapeshifting Grass, was no longer its original color, and added to the fact that the Shapeshifting Grass had been extinct for many years and only the Demon Court had cultivation methods for it, this Spiritual Plant had long been forgotten.

“There are many thunder-attributed Spiritual Plants; could it be that he intends to refine a thunder-attributed Medicinal Pill? It doesn’t look like a longevity pill—” The audience fell silent, but the next moment, their expressions changed abruptly.

“Bo!!!” The Dragon Carp was seen suddenly growing rapidly in size, swallowing all the Alchemy Materials on the pill platform into its stomach in one gulp. Immediately afterward, crimson-gold flames mixed with the power of lightning and fire permeated its entire body!!!

Once these flames permeated, the temperature of the entire venue rose sharply. Among the hundreds of Alchemists, those whose flames were of low quality had their flames extinguished, flickering and swaying, as if sub-flames were paying homage to the King of Flames.

Even for some Alchemists who had refined top-tier exotic fires, the flames they controlled began to sway, becoming somewhat uncontrollable.

“What’s going on!” Too many Alchemists were shocked, looking toward the direction of the Dragon Carp.

“A top-tier exotic fire, the Heavenly Thunder Flame? This Dragon Carp is actually able to refine such a domineering flame while in the Core Formation period, but even if it is the Heavenly Thunder Flame, it is absolutely impossible for so many exotic fires of the same grade to react like this!”

The Dragon Carp had not yet started Alchemy; it had simply used the Yan Emperor Divine Power to fuse all the exotic fire power it possessed into the exotic fire with the Heavenly Thunder Flame as the main body. The quality of the Heavenly Thunder Flame was greatly enhanced, and its power suppressed the various exotic fires, making it difficult for them to maintain their form.