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Amidst the crowd's discussion, Chen Feng and Tao Rui followed the stream of people and arrived at the top of the stone platform.

"Everyone, our apothecaries are already here. "Next, I shall announce the start of the Apothecary Exchange Competition!" Following Li An's words, nearly a hundred jade boxes suddenly appeared in the middle of the stone stage. Inside the boxes were all sorts of spirit plants.

In an instant, the crowd quieted down once again. Everyone quietly stared at Li An as they announced the rules.

"There are a total of ninety-eight pill refiners participating in this year's Alchemist Exchange Competition. My Soaring Dragon Auction House has prepared a jade box for each of the pill refiners. Every box is filled with pills."

"In order to make the competition between the alchemists more fair, the spiritual herbs in the jade box have been meticulously selected. Regardless of their age or size, they are all around the same age."

"In four hours, an apothecary must use the spiritual herbs in the jade box to refine a pill. As for my Soaring Dragon Pavilion, we have also invited a few respected alchemists to evaluate the quality of the pills made by each alchemist, and ultimately, we have determined the final victor. "

"Next, I announce the start of the pill refining competition."

As Li An finished speaking, two experts of the Origin Condensation Stage carried a large hourglass to the stone platform. With a loud shout, the huge hourglass landed firmly on the ground after a huge tremor. In the midst of the tremors, the sand that was long covered in dust started to fall down slowly through the small hole in the middle. When the sand in the upper layer had all fallen down, it took two hours.

As the hourglass began to count down, everyone came to the jade box not too far away from them and began to sort out the ingredients needed for the pill refining process.

"Mr. Chen Feng, I will have to trouble you this time." Tao Rui said in shame.

The reason why Chen Feng came with Tao Rui was because Tao Rui did not have a useful alchemist student. During his illness, he had already dismissed the apprentice alchemist.

Without an alchemist, there would be no face for an alchemist. Even as a Pill Ancestor in his previous life, Chen Feng still had his own apprentice alchemist. If it was because Tao Rui did not have an alchemist child and directly caused the Return of Spring Hall to lose face here, Chen Feng would absolutely not allow it. As one of his businesses in his previous life, Chen Feng decided to help it up once again.

Chen Feng smiled and was about to say a few words of consolation when a strange voice suddenly made him frown.

A fat alchemist walked to Tao Rui's side with a smile that didn't quite reach his eyes and said mockingly: "I didn't think a sickly ghost like you could come participate in the competition. But, so what if you did? They are just the lowest grade of goods, and are just disgracing themselves! " As he spoke, the fat alchemist laughed brazenly with the alchemist next to him. He didn't seem to put Tao Rui in his eyes at all.

Tao Rui looked coldly at Fatty. A dense killing intent flashed across his eyes. However, he quickly concealed his killing intent. With a stern face, he bluntly replied, "Don't laugh at me so much. You fat pig, you think you can become the champion?"

Tao Rui's words infuriated the fat alchemist. He suddenly shouted with a hoarse voice: "Tao Rui, you loser, you actually dare to talk to me like this. I want to see what kind of flowers you can turn over today!"

After he finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards an open area on the other side of the stone platform.

His alchemist also glared viciously at Tao Rui. He rolled up his sleeves, picked up the jade box on the ground, and chased after Fatty.

Looking at the backs of the two leaving, Tao Rui bitterly smiled and explained to Chen Feng: "This fatty's name is Bao Yu, and he has always been at odds with me." When I was gravely ill, I even used the name of a doctor to swindle a large amount of spirit stones from the Return of Spring Hall. Otherwise, with the amount of wealth that the Return of Spring Hall has accumulated, we would be able to hold on for quite some time. "

In just a few minutes, all the pill refiners had already received their jade chests and found a place to remain unaffected. They then summoned their respective pill furnaces and began to prepare for pill refining.

"Mr. Chen Feng, let's start as well?" Tao Rui looked at Chen Feng and asked in a low voice.

Chen Feng nodded and agreed.

"Alright!" Seeing Chen Feng nod his head, Tao Rui seemed to become excited all of a sudden. His entire body was like a ball of scorching flames. At this moment, his passion completely burst out, as if he was a poor, poor scholar who had been sitting in the examination hall for ten years.

Without saying anything further, Tao Rui carried the white jade box on the ground and ran to a corner where no one was.

"What's going on!?" Tao Rui's actions made everyone puzzled. The job of carrying the chests was obviously something that an alchemist like Tao Rui would do himself. However, his alchemist stood motionlessly by the side.

"Could it be that because his cultivation is shallow, he is unable to handle it?" Someone guessed. Their spiritual energy landed on Chen Feng's body one by one.

Chen Feng did not hold back and allowed the spiritual energy of the others to scan his body over and over again.

Very quickly, Chen Feng's strength of Qi Disciple level 3 was noticed by everyone.

"It seems like, perhaps it's really because this alchemist is too weak. That idiot Tao Rui probably carried the jade box by himself because he was afraid of making a fool of himself." In a corner, Bao Yu looked at Tao Rui and Chen Feng with disdain.

"Master Chen Feng, what should we do next?" In front of Chen Feng, Tao Rui was at a loss on what to do. If he was alone, he would not have hesitated. However, at this moment, Chen Feng was here. Out of admiration for the strong, he had lost his initiative.

Chen Feng's expression turned serious. He tapped the edge of the jade box lightly with his finger and said solemnly, "Could it be that because I'm here, the dao of alchemy in your heart no longer exists?" "Remember, the path of pill refinement lies in persevering in one's heart and continuously forging pills that you are satisfied with. That is the only way to improve."

"Persisting with your heart and continuously concocting pills that you are satisfied with?" Tao Rui carefully mulled over Chen Feng's words. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he clapped with all his might. "Haha, I understand."

"Mr. Chen Feng is right. Actually, I have already made up my mind." Tao Rui took out the same spiritual herbs from the jade box, and the confidence on his face became increasingly strong: "Then, let my dream come true!"

While he was thinking, Tao Rui finished choosing all the Elixirs he needed. A bronze cauldron gently flew out from his palm.