After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 156 Supreme Pill Furnace: Qiankun Creation Furnace

Ye Xiaobai arrived at his competition location and couldn't help but look around.

Each participating alchemist was placed on a stone platform approximately 1.5 meters wide and 1 meter high, with each alchemist spaced 2 meters apart.

There are two more arrays in the upper left corner of the stone platform, one of which contains alchemy materials and cannot be opened at this time.

Another formation can directly verify the quality of pills refined by alchemists. Red light indicates failure, while green light indicates success.

The distance is quite close; one can normally observe the alchemy process on the other side.

However, alchemy is not like an exam where you can just copy what others are doing. Even if you see someone else practicing alchemy, you still might not know how.

After reviewing the match setup, Ye Xiaobai looked around to see if there were any opponents worth noting.

On either side were alchemists, a man and a woman. When they saw Ye Xiaobai's gaze, they both nodded slightly to show goodwill, and Ye Xiaobai naturally smiled in understanding.

Ye Xiaobai subconsciously took a sniff at both of them. Their bodies were filled with the smell of pills, and it was clear from the smell that they were people who often dealt with pills.

The female alchemist on the right still carried the scents of many spiritual herbs that Ye Xiaobai had rarely encountered before, suggesting that her alchemy skills were not to be underestimated.

After looking at the people nearby, Ye Xiaobai looked into the distance and soon spotted a familiar face—Xie Dongyun of the White Tiger Sect, who was the personal disciple of Song Lingqing, the peak master of Lingdan Peak.

Xie Dongyun had shared his alchemy experience with Ye Xiaobai back at Lingdan Peak. Who would have thought they'd become rivals at the Alchemy Competition!

When Xie Dongyun spotted Ye Xiaobai, Ye Xiaobai immediately extended his right hand to greet him warmly, after all, he was a fellow disciple and had even guided him in alchemy.

Xie Dongyun was startled for a moment, but quickly recovered and smiled in response to Ye Xiaobai's greeting.

After greeting everyone, Ye Xiaobai looked in other directions and soon spotted an annoying face—Liu Dansheng.

Even from a distance, Liu Dansheng's disdainful voice could be heard: "Kid, today I'll show you the difference between us!"

The cultivator surnamed Wu, who was not far away, also looked down on Ye Xiaobai. He was about to make a few sarcastic remarks when Ye Xiaobai simply looked away, as the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind."

Just then, Ye Xiaobai smelled that familiar scent—the fragrance of the rosy osmanthus blossoms. Without a doubt, it must be Liu Rumei.

I didn't expect her to participate in the Alchemy Conference. She's an insider of the Alchemist Alliance, so I hope she didn't leak the details of the competition beforehand.

Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but let his mind wander to the worst possible scenarios. He was just about to greet them, thinking they were all acquaintances, when suddenly a voice came from the location of the event organizers.

"Welcome all outstanding alchemists to our Alchemy Alliance's Alchemy Conference. To make a long story short, the competition will be divided into two rounds, and the three most outstanding young alchemists will be selected. Our Alchemy Alliance will give away generous prizes!"

"The first place winner will be awarded a top-grade magic weapon-level alchemy furnace—the Qiankun Creation Furnace, which can increase the success rate of pill formation by 2%!"

The leader of the Alchemist Alliance on stage passionately introduced the conference rewards.

"What? It's actually the Qiankun Creation Furnace, a top-grade magic treasure-level alchemy furnace! The Alchemist Alliance really goes all out!"

"Yes, it can increase the success rate of pill formation by 2%, which is extremely valuable to alchemists!"

The audience members nearby started discussing it animatedly, each offering their own opinions.

Upon hearing this, all the participating alchemists showed excited expressions. This Qiankun Creation Furnace was too precious, and everyone desperately wanted it, after all, it could increase the success rate of pill refining by 2%! Every alchemist can encounter accidents while refining pills, but with this furnace, the efficiency of pill refining would be greatly improved.

Before participating, Ye Xiaobai had heard about the magic weapon reward. After killing some Core Formation stage cultivators, he was no longer very interested in ordinary magic weapons. However, this top-grade pill furnace was very much to Ye Xiaobai's liking.

"The Alchemist Alliance really went all out this time, bringing out such a treasure," Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but exclaim.

Liu Dansheng, on the other hand, wore a confident expression, believing that the alchemy furnace was rightfully his, and couldn't help but praise the people of the Alchemist Alliance for their generosity in preparing such a fine treasure for him.

At this moment, Liu Rumei revealed a hint of dissatisfaction. Originally, upon learning that the Alchemist Alliance possessed a top-grade alchemy furnace, Liu Rumei intended to use her position within the Alchemist Alliance to directly claim it for herself.

However, since it was brought out by an elder of the Alchemist Alliance and specially prepared for the Alchemy Conference, Liu Rumei gave up the idea of ​​forcibly taking it.

Winning first place in the alchemy competition and rightfully obtaining this top-grade alchemy furnace wouldn't be bad. Thinking of this, Liu Rumei's beautiful eyes hardened even more; she was determined to get this top-grade alchemy furnace.

"Furthermore, the top three will become honorary elders of our Alchemist Alliance, and will also receive a fifth-grade pill formula treasured by our Alchemist Alliance!" the person in charge of the Alchemy Association added again.

"What? There's even a fifth-tier pill formula!"

"A fifth-grade pill formula is a priceless treasure!"

"Yes, the Alchemist Alliance is really generous this time!"

The audience below started discussing again.

Ye Xiaobai was also greatly shocked upon hearing this. He was already very excited when he heard about the top-grade pill furnace, and now that he had heard about the fifth-grade pill formula that he had been searching for, Ye Xiaobai's determination to enter the top three became even stronger!

We've made it into the top three! We've made it into the top three!

Ye Xiaobai silently cheered himself on. Putting aside the top-grade pill furnace for now, he had to get his hands on the fifth-grade pill formula.

"Alright, that concludes the discussion of the rewards. Now, the Alchemy Competition will officially begin! The first round is to see who can refine a fourth-tier pill first—the Jade Liquid Foundation Condensation Pill! The pills are already on your platforms! Begin!" The person in charge of the Alchemy Competition announced loudly.

Upon hearing the person in charge say "start," everyone hurriedly checked the array on their respective platforms where the spiritual herbs were placed. At this moment, the array had already been activated, and the materials for two sets of Jade Liquid Foundation Condensation Pills were ready. One impatient person immediately began refining the pills.

Sure enough, as expected, something went wrong; the alchemist failed to refine the pills.

The cultivators standing nearby then realized that the first round was not so simple; they also needed to carefully distinguish the authenticity of the spiritual herbs, which was a fundamental skill for alchemists.

Ye Xiaobai was determined to obtain the fifth-grade pill formula, and at this moment he was completely focused on refining pills. Naturally, Ye Xiaobai's sense of smell could not hide the identification of spiritual herbs, and he quickly found the fake sweet grass flower in one of the spiritual herbs.

In another sample, they found substandard horse roe seeds. By combining the qualified herbs from the two samples, they were able to successfully refine the Jade Liquid Foundation Pill.

However, not everyone could find the problem. Soon, many alchemists tried to refine the herbs directly with those two portions, and without exception, they all failed.

Without any more spiritual herbs to refine, these people were naturally eliminated.

Seeing many alchemists fall one after another in the first round of the competition, the president of the Alchemist Alliance couldn't help but say to the vice president next to him, "Was the question we set for the first round too difficult?"

"I don't think it's difficult. Identifying spiritual herbs is a fundamental skill for any alchemist!" the vice president said calmly.

"That's true. For excellent alchemists, this is indeed not difficult. Now let's see what the second round of the competition will bring!"