It’s not that other alchemists look down on Han Changming. The alchemists on small immortal stars generally have low alchemy skills. In previous Tiandan Conferences, the alchemists who were able to receive rewards mostly came from immortal stars with rich immortal resources.
In addition, there are too many participants in this Tiandan Conference. There are no less than a thousand fifth-level alchemists like Han Changming. Most alchemists focus their attention on the alchemists who come from powerful forces.
It was early in the morning, just as the sky was getting light.
A huge square covering an area of 100,000 acres has gathered tens of thousands of cultivators. Today, the Tiandan Conference is being held and the contestants will refine pills in public.
There are thousands of circular platforms over a hundred feet in size on the square, and countless runes are engraved on the surface of each circular platform. Han Changming is sitting cross-legged on a circular platform with a solemn expression.
The disciples of Tiandan Palace did not participate in the alchemy competition. After all, Tiandan Palace was famous in the Chiyang Star Region for its alchemy skills. If the disciples of Tiandan Palace also participated in the Tiandan Conference, it would be difficult for other forces to get a good ranking.
When the Tiandan Conference was held several times before, the Tiandan Palace also sent disciples to participate, and the top 20 were mostly disciples of the Tiandan Palace. There was even a case where the top 20 were all disciples of the Tiandan Palace. In this way, other alchemists would not be runners-up, so the Tiandan Palace had to change the rules.
Taking into account the different methods of alchemy, some alchemists can bring some spiritual water, some can carry formations, and some use the demon fire sprayed by spiritual beasts to make pills.
In order to be fair, the alchemy furnaces provided by Tiandan Palace are all low-grade alchemy furnaces.
Contestants can bring a few treasures, such as alchemy furnaces, porcelain bottles, gourds or pestles, but they are not allowed to bring spiritual water, storage bags or storage rings. All participating items must be made public.
Han Changming took the gourd of good fortune and claimed that he used it to store elixirs. The disciples of Tiandan Palace confirmed that there was no spiritual water or spiritual medicine in the gourd and let him go.
From the outside, the gourd of creation is inconspicuous.
He inquired about the rules clearly before bringing the Creation Gourd to participate in the competition.
“Ding ding ding!”
The melodious bell sounded, spreading throughout the Tiandanfang City.
A fat, white, middle-aged Taoist priest descended from the sky and landed on the rostrum. More than fifty Void Refining cultivators landed on the rostrum one after another. They came from different forces and this time they brought their juniors to participate in the Tiandan Conference.
"I am Wu Yan, the Taoist priest in charge of hosting this Tiandan Conference. The top 20 will receive rewards. The first place will receive a Seven-Aperture Linglong Pill and a Tongtian Lingbao. The pills will be graded based on their quality and quantity, with top-grade pills being the best. I will now start distributing pill recipes and materials. Each person will receive three portions of materials to refine the Water Lotus Pill. This pill has the effect of improving mana, and the duration is three months."
The middle-aged Taoist priest gave a brief introduction and waved his hand. A team of Tiandan Palace disciples came out and distributed materials and pill recipes to each contestant.
The materials are placed on a round platform and all the audience can see them clearly, so there is no way to cheat.
"Start refining the elixir now! Activate the formation to prevent outside interference."
Wu Yan gave the order, and the Tiandan Palace disciples quickly activated the formation.
The circular platform under Han Changming shook slightly, and countless runes emerged, transforming into a thick nine-colored light curtain. On the surface of the nine-colored light curtain there was a nine-colored lotus pattern.
Countless runes appeared on the floor tiles. After a blur, a pale golden light curtain emerged, covering half of the bluestone square and trapping all the contestants upside down inside.
The restriction can not only block sound, but also block spiritual detection, preventing the contestants from being disturbed by the outside world. Even if a Void Refining cultivator takes action, he will not be able to break the restriction for a while.
Han Changming released his spiritual sense, but it was blocked as soon as it touched the nine-colored light curtain. He could see the situation of other contestants, but he could not use his spiritual sense to detect the situation of other contestants.
Now, Han Changming felt relieved.
He had inquired beforehand and confirmed again and again how many powerful restrictions there were before he took out the Creation Gourd to participate in the competition.
To be on the safe side, he got some medicinal juice and smeared it on the surface of the gourd, making it look inconspicuous.
Han Changming picked up the blue jade slip on the ground, placed it between his eyebrows, and checked the contents inside.
The Water Lotus Pill is made with the thousand-year-old Water Moon Lotus as the main ingredient and a variety of five-hundred-year-old elixirs as auxiliary ingredients.
Half a minute later, Han Changming took out the jade slip. He had already memorized the contents.
He glanced at the other cultivators and found that some of the contestants had already started refining pills, while most of the alchemists were still meditating and maintaining their health.
Three portions of materials can be used to refine three furnaces. After the pills are refined, they can be stored in vessels. After the three furnaces of pills are refined, they can be handed over to the disciples of Tiandan Palace, who will count and register them.
Han Changming sat in meditation for an hour, adjusting himself to his best state. He opened his mouth and spurted out a stream of golden flame, which landed on the bottom of the alchemy furnace.
Not long after, the alchemy furnace was burned into red by the golden flames. He cast a spell and the lid of the cauldron flew up.
Han Changming threw the materials into the alchemy furnace one by one and covered it with the lid.
Han Changming's eyes were fixed on the alchemy furnace, and his spiritual sense was always paying attention to the situation inside the alchemy furnace.
On the rostrum, Wu Yan and more than fifty other Void-Refining cultivators were chatting.
Most of them were not leading a team for the first time, and some of them had participated in alchemy competitions and won prizes.
"Fellow Daoist Mu, the Tiandan Conference is such a grand event, but True Lord Tianhuo is not going to participate?"
Wu Yan's eyes fell on Mu Yunhai and asked curiously.
The True Lord of Heavenly Fire he mentioned is a member of the Mu family who is in the Spirit Transformation Stage and is proficient in alchemy. Logically, he should participate in the Tiandan Conference.
"He wants to break through to the Void Refining Stage, so he can't leave."
Mu Yunhai said with a smile, his face full of pride.
"Striving for the Void Refining Stage? I remember that he has been practicing Taoism for less than two thousand years! He has reached the Void Refining Stage so soon? Could the rumors outside be true? Is he a spiritual being?"
Wu Yan was surprised.
Hearing the word "spiritual body", the cultivators became agitated and looked at Mu Yunhai one after another. They knew what spiritual body meant.
"Fellow Daoist Wu, you are joking. With the strength of our Mu family, how long does it take for a spiritual person to reach the Void Refining Stage? It is not difficult to advance to the Void Refining Stage at around a thousand years old."
Mu Yunhai joked with a smile.
Generally speaking, if a spiritual person has a strong background or a backer who can provide resources for cultivation, he or she can enter the Void Refinement Stage after more than a thousand years. If nothing unexpected happens, it is only a matter of time before the spiritual person enters the Fusion Stage.
A cultivator with natural spiritual roots has no bottleneck before forming a pill, and a cultivator with a spiritual body has no bottleneck before merging into a body. The latter is a genius among geniuses.
The spiritual beings who come from small sects or small families will naturally not cultivate so fast. When spiritual beings appear in small sects or small families, they will often join forces with big forces.
To put it bluntly, having a spiritual person is equivalent to reserving a combined cultivator. Once most spiritual people have achieved success in their cultivation, their magical powers are relatively great and they are far stronger than ordinary cultivators of the same generation.
A few spirits are useless, rather insignificant, and their magical powers are not strong, but their cultivation speed is still relatively fast. This type of cultivator is more dependent on external objects.