Chapter 1004: Comparing

Everyone felt that the means of the heavens are truly heavenly defying. As long as they were ranked within top 3 of the individual list then whatever precious materials they had written would be theirs. There is no need to work hard to gather extremely rare materials as the heavens will give it to them. This rule motivates them the most.

{If you cheat under the eyes of heaven, Divine Punishment will fall on you. You’ve been warned.}

Those who had plans going off their minds suddenly felt cold water poured over their heads upon hearing these words. Divine Punishment, that is something worse than Tribulation Lightning. At least, Tribulation Lighting can be blocked and its intention was to test but Divine Punishment existence was to exterminate. Something that is almost impossible to defend against.

The Yun clan’s three contestants felt that this warning was for them as the host was smiling in their direction when he said those words. It meant that it already knew what they had planned ahead of time and gave them a warning. This is a warning from the heavens which is almost impossible to hide anything from. Yun Zen, Yun Zhou and Yun Ziyao looked at one another. When Yun Zen shook his head, the expression of the other two turned a bit gloomy. They planned to do everything within their means to win this alchemy battle. After all, the legacy of the late Divine Doctor is a treasure everyone from their Yun Clan would love the most to have. But they cannot cheat under the eyes of the heavens and had no other choice but to win the battle with their talents.

{Now that everyone is ready, you can begin writing your Pill Recipes. Of course, the written recipes will remain secret and no one else sees it except for the heavens who will provide the materials.}

The six contestants started writing on their pill recipe and one by one the materials needed for making the pill appeared on their tables. Han Siri and Han Siyu had talked before about what they wanted to try making to avoid duplication of Pill refinement as for their Mistress, they do not have to worry about her recipes. She said that she planned to refine a Longevity Pill, Extreme Yang Pill and Nine Turn Profound Pill.

Each pill is rare with the Longevity Pill as a Divine-grade pill and the other two pills at Immortal-grade. The only reason she cannot make immortal pills is because of the lack of materials. She can make a Longevity Pill as she planted most of its materials in her small world, which she had found in the Mortal World’s hidden realms. But Immortal Pill’s ingredients are all rare, extremely rare. She cannot find those items in the mortal world she is born into. Thus his plans to make immortal pills were never placed in her agenda.

However, thanks to this creation scroll, she would be able to keep excess ingredients and replant it. With natural energy in her, even if the herbs lost its roots she can replant it. The other materials can be cloned using her rebate vouchers.

When every contestant wrote their recipe for the first round and was approved, the creation scroll had temporarily closed as it flew to the hands of the host checking through their pill recipes.

{Oh~ our contestants had chosen their first pill recipes. How about as a host I would check it for you.}

Looking through the pill recipes from the Yun Clan’s family side. The host’s reactions is,

{Oh~ not bad~}

{This is good too.}

{Courageous!}

When the host looked through the pill recipes of those from the pill tower, a clear disbelief and confusion appeared on his face.

{Hm!?}

{Are you serious!?}

{What the hell!?}

The reaction of the hosts had stunned the others in the colosseum. Even though his emotions were expressed to be exaggerated, it can be easily seen if he was faking it or not. But the disbelief and shock on his face when he saw the scrolls of those from the Pill Tower, his face distorted as if he had malfunctioned.

{D-Dear contestants from the Pill Tower. Are you seriously capable of refining these pills? If you failed to create it, you might score zeroes for individual and group points.}

The Moon Goddess said, "Since the Creation Scroll had approved the recipes means it’s a pill that truly existed. I do not think there is a problem. Do you have any complaints?"

{No. No. No. I know these pills existed but... I don’t know if there is someone who can make it. Little Empress, I think your choice is the most impossible to make.}

"How can it be impossible? I’ve made it before," retorted the Goddess of the Moon.

This time it’s the host who was speechless and exclaimed, {Are you serious?}

"Yes, why would I lie?" Yue Xuexia said.

Seeing the serious expression on the Moon Goddess’s face, the host gulps nervously as he reappears before Yue Xuexia with an expression begging to be hit.

{Little Empress, how about...~}

Whoosh~

Before the host can get even closer to the table of the Moon Goddess, a dangerous sword intent comes flying towards him which he dodges by the line of death and life. When the host turned around he saw a cold faced handsome god glaring at him from the supporter side. It was Shen Jueyang holding a black sword with sword intent gathering on it. This second sword intent was even forming the shape of a dragon which made the host greatly horrified as it’s a sword intent at third level.

{How shit!} The host immediately raised both of his hands and jumped away from the Moon Goddess. {Bro, hold your hand! I’m leaving, alright!}

Between buying a pill and his life in line, the host chose the latter without hesitation. He ran back to the stage as if being chased by something that wanted his life.

{Fuck! I almost died. Cough!} The host said as he sneaked a peak at the Immortal Sun Emperor who had sheathed his sword and sat back properly at the audience area. His sharp eyes landed on the host making him shiver.

{Alright. Contestants! You bring out your cauldrons and start refining your pills!}

Under the host urging everyone started to bring out their personal cauldrons, the first one to bring out theirs was someone from the Yun Clan. Yun Ziyao who brought out a King-grade cauldron called Tri-Elemental Cauldron. In the Immortal World, a spirit-grade cauldron is expensive and only the wealthy can afford it. Seeing the amazed gaze of the others in the crowd, Young Master Yun Ziyao was proud seeing their reactions.

"A spirit-grade artifact! As expected from someone in the Core Haven!"

"Normally, only silver and gold-grade artifacts circulate in the Immortal World. Spirit-grade appears but it’s expensive and anything above Spirit-grade treasures are monopolized by the ancient clans and sects from the Core Haven."

"Young master Yun Ziyao is truly a son of a Qilin!"

Hearing the praises around him, Young Master Yun Ziyao felt proud as he looked at his precious little cauldron. Then another gasp was heard from the crowd when Elder Yun Zhou brought out his cauldron. It was a king-grade cauldron making everyone amazed. King-grade cauldron was something that cannot be bought by money and even the auctioned one can only be bought by spirit stones. This King-grade cauldron owned by Lord Yun Zhou was bought for almost 100 million low-grade spirit stones. Finally, the patriarch of the Yun clan, Yun Zen finally pulled out a semi-divine grade cauldron which was given to him by an alchemy association elder.

"King-grade and Semi-divine grade cauldrons!"

"This Yun Clan is truly wealthy!"

"Do our Pill Tower Alchemists have a decent cauldron to use?"

"I heard that before the new Pill Tower Master took over, the tower was poor after getting robbed multiple times!"

"What can we do? They were barely keeping up with Pill Refining. The Hanging Garden Boss used to only give them left overs."

"Do you think we can borrow a cauldron for them to use?"

People from the Yun Clan upon hearing this conversation among the people from the Inner Haven, they couldn’t help but laugh. The people of the Pill Tower were all angry. They couldn’t accept that they were being insulted like this. Unfortunately, they also didn’t know what to say. After all, like they said the Pill Tower had always been poor.

Alchemist Han Siri retorted back, "How can you say that!? The Mistress had given us our own cauldron! I have one right here!"

THUD!

A brand new semi-divine grade cauldron artifact with semi-soul spirit that cries out the soul of a bird. Silhouettes of a thunder bird fly out of the cauldron. This is not like the old semi-divine grade cauldron in the hand of the Yun Clan’s Patriarch. Before everyone could react, another semi-divine grade cauldron had been pulled out by the Han Siyu whose semi-soul spirit was small jiao.

"A semi-divine grade cauldron with semi spirit manifestation. This shows it’s an artifact capable of evolving into a real divine-grade artifact."

"Wow~ our Pill Tower’s alchemists are amazing!"

"Damn! This is a real treasure compared to the one in Yun Zhen’s possession."

Han Siyu said, "This is also a gift from the Mistress!"