Grand Alchemy Meeting

### Rewards

Top ten participants were allowed to cultivate beneath the Radiant Red Wood for a month.

The demonic path was still rampaging through the Southern Empire. In order to rouse the morale of the cultivator alliance and help lift the banner of resistance against the demonic path, Immortal Eclipse Valley decided to hold a Grand Alchemy Meeting. Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators were all able to participate, and the top ten participants were allowed to cultivate beneath the Radiant Red Wood for a month. This competition only compared one’s alchemy skills and not their cultivation.

At the same time, news spread out from Immortal Eclipse Valley that the ancient Radiant Red Wood was gathering a massive amount of elementary heaven and earth strength. This created a natural domain, and within this domain a single day of cultivation would equal a month of cultivation outside. And, there was also the mysterious effect of breaking through bottlenecks.

There were far too many people registering and it was impossible for all of them to compete. Immortal Eclipse Valley set up three screening methods and only by passing all three could one register.

These were to choose the correct alchemy materials, choose the right pill recipe, and then refine a basic level pill that met all standards.

## First Round

Within two hours the participants should choose the necessary medicinal herbs and whoever creates a qualified pill will pass and the rest will be eliminated.

Lastly the Grand Alchemy Meeting prohibits any fraudulent methods; any offenders will be severely punished.

For a competent alchemist, identifying materials was the most important basic knowledge and this was being tested at the very start of the competition.

As for what materials were chosen and what pill was refined, that was up to the individual.

Qin Yu grabbed six different materials. They were all ordinary types. Compared to precious materials like Dry Thunder Branches, one wouldn’t even glance at them. But, although it was true that Immortal Eclipse Valley was disgustingly rich, with over 500 cultivators participating in this competition it was impossible for them to waste precious materials like this.

What he wanted to refine was the Essence Augmenting Pill. Yes, that was right, the most ordinary pill that all Foundation Establishment realm cultivators could use, the pill used to enhance their magic power and cultivation.

If a cultivator was affected by external influences, leading to the failure of your pill refining, that only meant that your heart and mind weren’t calm enough and your skill wasn’t high enough. There wasn’t anyone to blame but yourself.

After the first round, less than 200 of the original 500 plus cultivators were left remaining.

## Second Round

Alchemists couldn’t change which cave they used. They needed to use the remaining materials and refine three different types of pills. The time limit was two hours.

Qin Yu carefully looked through the remaining materials and easily found two types of pills that could be made: Blood Clotting Pills and Poison Cure Pills.

For the third pill, Qin Yu chose to refine a Minor Renewal Pill. This sort of pill was used to supplement magic power. However, he was short on a supportive material, Green Branch Buds. Of course he wasn’t truly short on them, but the three Green Branch Buds in front of him were either fake or they were too young and unable to be used for medicine.

There weren’t enough materials!

Based on these remaining materials, only Blood Clotting Pills, Poison Cure Pills, and Minor Renewal Pills could be made altogether. Otherwise, no matter how he switched things around he wouldn’t be able to refine three other types of pills.

What Qin yu and the rest of the participants did not know was that Daoist Wang had done a little trick in distributing the medical materials.

He only established 30 materials, which is obviously very little. So after refining the essence enhancement pills from the remaining materials, you can only refine one blood clotting pill, poison healing pill and minor renewal pill. There were three green shoots, one damaged and two premature that had no medicinal efficacy.

His goal was to create a challenge for the participant to choose the materials he selected and if he was successful he would take him as his disciple.

## Third Round

On the third day of the Grand Alchemy Meeting, the competition was still held at Alchemy Mountain. But because of an emergency change in rules the pill refining area was changed to the open field below the mountain.

The nine people that refined the most precious pills and of the highest quality would win.

There were only 84 participants on the third day, and many of them had hidden trump cards. Today, they no longer held back and put forth all their ultimate techniques. They could be called incomparably skilled.

However, when Qin Yu arrived at Alchemy Mountain he was informed by a disciple of Immortal Eclipse Valley that he no longer needed to third round. Once the meeting ended, he could join together with the other top nine ranking individuals to cultivate beneath the Radiant Red Wood for a month.

This matter could only have been arranged by Daoist Wang. That person held an earnest love towards his talent, but unfortunately, whether it was because of the Radiant Red Wood or the little blue lamp which definitely could not be revealed to anyone, Qin Yu could only choose to decline his offer. Even so, he still felt a bit of guilt in his heart.

Two hours later, the Grand Alchemy Meeting ended and nine people were chosen. They had managed to bloom from the hundreds of participants and were all outstanding individuals of their generation. It was natural for them to have a deep sense of pride in their heart, and although they didn’t say much to Qin Yu who had taken the ‘back door’ to victory, their gaze towards him held a touch of prideful disdain.