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584. The outcome is already decided.
"Even Young Master can't do it..." Qing Lin's gaze was fixed on Xiao Yan, who had successfully refined the pill, and his eyes were filled with disbelief.
Little Fairy Doctor gently stroked her slightly protruding belly, her face showing little change in expression, but her figure was illuminated by the three-colored lightning in the sky, flickering between light and shadow.
"Big brother must have been influenced by that guy Ling Zhuo too!" At this moment, Lei Jingxiao was also extremely indignant as he looked at Xiao Yan's achievements.
Yao Qingyu and Wei Jiangyuan, who were beside him, could understand why this scene had occurred. Xiao Yan's performance was not actually affected by Ling Zhuo, since Ling Zhuo was already preoccupied with his own problems after exchanging blows with Wei Jiangyuan.
It's perfectly normal that Xiao Yan's pills didn't surpass the Five Colors level, considering that Xiao Yan's soul power was only at the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm, putting him at a disadvantage compared to Ling Zhuo.
After Ling Zhuo's final pill was influenced by Wei Jiangyuan, he recklessly and forcibly improved its quality. Xiao Yan was already in a very difficult position to win against, and in the latter half of the process, Xiao Yan accelerated with all his might, ultimately causing the pill's quality to decline. Comparing the two situations, Wei Jiangyuan concluded that Xiao Yan absolutely could not win, and now it seems that Wei Jiangyuan's analysis was remarkably accurate.
"So it still doesn't work?" Wei Jiangyuan looked at the pill lightning triggered by Xiao Yan's refined pills, his mouth filled with bitterness.
Beneath Wei Jiangyuan's seemingly frivolous and unreliable personality lay an extreme obsession with alchemy. Normally, due to his exceptional talent and the intensive training of the Elder Shennong, there was almost nothing he couldn't achieve through hard work in alchemy. However, this time, Wei Jiangyuan clearly felt he had given his all, exerted every ounce of his skill. But faced with the overwhelming force created by the Spirit Clan, he was ultimately powerless and could only helplessly swallow the defeat in this competition among his peers.
He could certainly find many excuses and reasons, such as his soul power being only at the mid-stage of the Spirit Realm, and indeed lagging behind Ling Zhuo. Or that his alchemy process was influenced by Ling Zhuo, not due to his own lack of strength. But faced with this reality, Wei Jiangyuan didn't want to say anything, because he simply hadn't succeeded! Even Xiao Yan, on whom he had placed all his hopes, ultimately lost to Ling Zhuo.
Yao Qingyu's eyes dimmed slightly: "If my senior brother hadn't forced the acceleration, would the outcome have been different...?"
Wei Jiangyuan did not respond to Yao Qingyu. As alchemists, they all understood that no matter how careful they were, it was impossible for the pill to directly cross the gap between the two colors of pill lightning.
A grade eight elixir of the Three-Colored Thunder God!
This was Xiao Yan's final result. Three-colored thunderclouds continuously condensed in mid-air, their power quite formidable. Frankly speaking, this result was already very, very good, after all, it secured him a solid second place in the final results of this Pill Gathering! His order to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flames was only after Ling Zhuo, but many people were weighing something else in their minds: with Xiao Yan's pill finally being produced, it meant that the Pill Tower had completely lost to the Spirit Clan in this competition.
Not only was the Pill Gathering champion taken by the Spirit Clan, but all five of the Pill Gathering's affiliated families have also come under their control. With the Spirit Clan nearly sweeping the top five spots in the Pill Gathering, it seems almost certain that they will take the Three Thousand Burning Flames.
Cao Ying and Dan Chen, these two prodigies, have already risked their lives for the Spirit Clan. In other words, the Pill Tower has lost completely and utterly in this competition.
Ling He was also watching the three-colored pill lightning that Xiao Yan had summoned from not far away from the three giants of the Pill Tower. A contemptuous smile appeared on her lips. Her slightly tense mood was completely relieved at this moment.
It's even a bit of a pity that Ling Zhuo shouldn't have expended so much effort to forcibly improve the quality of the pills. After all, judging from Xiao Yan's current performance, the gap between him and Ling Zhuo is simply too great. The eighth-grade pill with the Five-Colored Thunder Pill only serves to increase his reputation.
In contrast, the atmosphere here, where the elders of the Pill Tower were, was exceptionally somber. No one had initially expected that, despite having invited Wei Jiangyuan and with Xiao Yan performing exceptionally well, the Pill Tower would still lose so decisively.
Seeing the scene before him, Xuan Kongzi's eyes were filled with helplessness, and the last bit of hope in his heart vanished completely in the face of the three-colored pill lightning.
But he had nothing to say. The worst performer during the Pill Gathering wasn't Xiao Yan, but the Pill Tower! Due to various reasons, the Pill Tower was suppressed by the Spirit Clan in every way. Xiao Yan had already done more than enough to cause so much trouble for the Spirit Clan. After all, neither Yao Lao nor Xiao Yan belonged to the Pill Tower, so there was no need for them to think about the future of the Pill Tower.
The audience showed little interest in the three-colored pill lightning. After all, compared to Ling Zhuo's awe-inspiring and exaggerated five-colored pill lightning, even the three-colored pill lightning that ranked second in the pill competition paled in comparison.
Of course, the atmosphere at the scene was also the main reason why Ling Zhuo and the other three caused such a commotion earlier. As long as Xiao Yan didn't refine a pill that truly surpassed Ling Zhuo's, the impact he could bring would be greatly diminished. And that's exactly what happened. Even though Xiao Yan became the second place winner of the Pill Gathering, the sensation he caused was actually less than that caused by Yi Xu and Cao Ying at the beginning.
Even when Xiao Yan struck the medicine cauldron, causing two pills to fly out simultaneously, it didn't cause much of a stir.
One cauldron, two pills!
This is certainly a remarkable achievement; a double-elixir pill from a single cauldron is undoubtedly more powerful than a regular three-colored pill lightning pill. However, even if there are two pills combined, they are still only three-colored pill lightning, and cannot be crudely stacked to be counted as six-colored pill lightning.
Seeing this, Ling Zhuo felt a little understanding: "Xiao Yan, you're really delusional. Do you think you can beat me with my three-colored pill lightning just because my pills are also three-colored pill lightning?"
The difference between the two types of Dan Lei was like an insurmountable chasm. Ling Zhuo was completely relieved, after all, Xiao Yan had still caused him some lingering worry. Now that he had decisively defeated Xiao Yan head-on, he felt a surge of anger that had been building up in his chest suddenly dissipate!
The joy of winning the Pill Gathering by stepping on Xiao Yan was even stronger than the joy of refining the Five-Colored Thunder Pill.
Only when everyone's attention was focused on the color of Dan Lei and on Ling Zhuo, the biggest winner of the Dan Conference, did Cao Ying and Dan Chen try to minimize their presence.
Looking at the two pills that had appeared in Xiao Yan's medicine cauldron, Cao Ying suddenly asked Dan Chen beside her, "Sister Chen, there's a chance to regain our freedom, but the risks are considerable. Are you willing to go with your sister and take the risk?"