The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 563: Chapter 563: Famous Across the Continent

The martial artists participating in the Pill Spirit Conference were mostly exceptional, many of them being in the Daoist Master Realm and very familiar with the process of the alchemy ceremony.

Thus, they clearly understood why only seventeen alchemists who had made it to the finals had come out at this moment. The three alchemists who had yet to appear were obviously the top three of this alchemy ceremony.

”President, Alchemist Jing Yan has made it into the top three! Alchemist Jing Yan is truly formidable!” Ximang couldn’t contain his excitement and sincerely admired him.

Jing Yan had signed an agreement with Youhai Commerce to endorse them, and Youhai Commerce agreed to pay Jing Yan twenty million Spirit Stones as compensation. If Jing Yan could make it onto the Newcomer Pill King List, they would add another twenty million Spirit Stones as compensation, amounting to a total of forty million Spirit Stones.

This amount of Spirit Stones seemed large, but it was absolutely worth far more, significantly so.

Youhai Commerce was very satisfied that Jing Yan had made it onto the Newcomer Pill King List. Now that Jing Yan had reached the top three, it was no wonder that Ximang and others could hardly contain their excitement and elation.

In contrast, the members of the Golden Sparrow Commerce looked as sullen as frostbitten eggplants, regretting their decisions deeply.

Many warriors around were inwardly mocking; the Golden Sparrow Commerce had brains of pigs. When a strong person like Alchemist Jing Yan personally approached them, they had shut him out. It was truly hard to describe their stupidity.

In a short period of time, various powers chatting with Qing Ru also surged rapidly. Many of them explicitly expressed their intention to cooperate with Youhai Commerce. Among them, there were even some well-known large families or adventure groups on the continent.

While the plaza was bustling with discussions, Alchemist Wan Lai and Alchemist Ma Rong also appeared before everyone’s eyes.

”Alchemist Wan Lai and Alchemist Ma Rong have come out.”

”That’s not right, where is Alchemist Jing Yan?”

”Alchemist Jing Yan hasn’t come out yet.”

”What’s going on?”

At this moment, even those familiar with the process of the alchemy ceremony were puzzled. In previous ceremonies, among the twenty alchemists who made it to the finals, seventeen would come out first, and the top three would appear together later.

However, this time, it seemed that Alchemist Jing Yan from the top three hadn’t come out with Alchemists Ma Rong and Wan Lai.

”Could some accident have occurred?”

”Where is Alchemist Jing Yan?”

”Maybe something went wrong during the alchemy?”

Many speculated, many of whom clearly harbored bad intentions. There are always those who can’t stand seeing others succeed, eagerly hoping for an incident to stir excitement.

But they didn’t have to speculate for too long as Jing Yan’s figure finally appeared.

The crowd’s attention was fixed on him.

The figures who appeared with Jing Yan were Donghe, the Pill Spirit City Lord, and Chang Huan, the Holy City Special Envoy.

Once Donghe appeared, he directly went to the central plaza below, reaching the Pill King Tablet.

The Pill King List was yet to be updated, so the names on it were still those of alchemists from the previous alchemy ceremony who had made it onto the Newcomer Pill King List. These names had hung on the Pill King Tablet for a full hundred years. Over these hundred years, several of the listed alchemists had already become High-Level Alchemists, and a few remained at the Sixth-level Alchemist rank, while two or three had already died.

Alchemists focused on alchemy, although not as adventurous as other martial artists, exceptions always occur.

Alchemists could die too, possibly at the hands of other martial artists, or perhaps in some perilous places.

Donghe swung his arm, sending a surge of Primordial Energy into the Pill King Tablet, causing the names to gradually blur. The faded names eventually vanished into nothingness.

New names then started appearing on the Pill King Tablet.

The first names to appear were ten in total. These ten alchemists were from the eleventh to twentieth places in this alchemy ceremony. Most of these names had already been very famous before the ceremony.

Following were five names, from sixth to tenth place in the ceremony.

Then the names of the fourth and fifth place alchemists appeared.

As everyone had previously speculated, the top three were indeed Jing Yan, Ma Rong, and Wan Lai. Their names had not yet appeared on the Pill King Tablet among the twenty finalists.

With another swing of Donghe’s arm, Ma Rong’s name appeared in the third position.

”Alchemist Ma Rong, only third place?”

”I thought Alchemist Ma Rong would clinch the first place!”

Ma Rong’s reputation was indeed massive; he was a disciple of Sun Qi, and Sun Qi was a disciple of Donghe.

Indeed, many had believed that Ma Rong would be the first in this alchemy ceremony. Unexpectedly, Ma Rong was only third.

Muted discussions spread among the crowd.

”Who will be first then?”

”Is it Alchemist Wan Lai or Alchemist Jing Yan?”

”Alchemist Wan Lai is from the Wan Family, a major Alchemy Dao family on the continent, deeply rooted. It would be normal if he won first place in the alchemy ceremony!”

”That may not be certain, Alchemist Jing Yan has consistently outperformed Alchemist Wan Lai in the earlier rounds.”

”...”

On the Pill King Tablet, the second position’s name became visible.

Wan Lai!

The second place in this alchemy ceremony belonged to Wan Lai from the Wan Family.

With the top position still vacant, everyone now knew that the first place was Alchemist Jing Yan.

Before this alchemy ceremony, the name Jing Yan was entirely unfamiliar to the audience. They had never heard of this name.

Now, this name might soon spread across the entire Heavenly Origin Continent, reaching every Commandery. This name would also be recorded in the annals of history.

Regardless of what achievements Jing Yan might have in the future, even if he were to fall, this name would shine brightly for a long time because this name had climbed to the top position of the once-in-a-century alchemy ceremony.

It was a unique occurrence in a hundred years.

Under the gaze of countless eyes, Donghe, the Great Alchemist King, finally hung Jing Yan’s name in the first position on the Pill King Tablet.

Golden light radiated out.

On the Pill King Tablet, there were twenty names, but only the name in the first position was different in color. The other names were dark red, only Jing Yan’s name was golden, with a surge of golden light emanating, making it exceptionally eye-catching.

”This session of the Pill Spirit Conference alchemy ceremony concludes!”

”Ten days later, the trade phase of the Pill Spirit Conference will officially commence. The venue will still be right here.” A white-robed elder stood out and loudly addressed everyone present.

The alchemy ceremony had ended, but the Pill Spirit Conference was just beginning. For most martial artists, the real highlight was just about to start.