The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 540: 540

At this moment, the highest staircase square was very quiet, so Sun Qi’s voice was particularly clear.

All the martial artists on the highest staircase square knew that the elixir presented for the second round of the Alchemy Competition was the Creation Pill, and now the City Lord of Pill Spirit City, Hu Donghe, claimed that the answer sheet for the tenth question scored a full ten points, which was shockingly impressive!

Those present were all high-status powerhouses on the continent, and they were very clear about the significance of the Creation Pill. Countless people were dying to get their hands on the Pill Formula for the Creation Pill, but were unable to do so, and yet now there was a young Pill Master participating in the Alchemy Competition who could write out the materials needed for refining the Creation Pill!

For a time, everyone’s thoughts began to race. They realized one thing: Jing Yan might possess the Alchemy Room for the Creation Pill. Realizing this, they naturally wanted to make contact with Jing Yan, and then get the Pill Formula. However, at this time, they obviously couldn’t make direct contact with Jing Yan; they had to wait until the end of the Alchemy Competition to possibly find an opportunity.

The Creation Pill was just a Seventh-level Elixir. If they could get their hands on the Pill Formula, then there would definitely be no shortage of Pill Masters on the continent who could refine the Creation Pill.

”Contestant number sixty-six’s answer for the tenth question is perfect, scoring ten points. Now, you ten judges tally up the total scores!” Hu Donghe gestured to Sun Qi.

”Yes, Master!” Sun Qi tried to suppress the shock in his heart and, together with the other nine judges, tallied up the scores of all four hundred and three Pill Masters participating in the second round of the Alchemy Competition.

After the tally, the Pill Masters ranked in the top hundred were clear at a glance. These Pill Masters would advance to the third round of the Alchemy Competition.

The white-robed elder got the list and immediately straightened his expression before starting to announce the names.

Just like in the first round, the elder announcing the advancement for the second round didn’t reveal the scores of the Pill Masters; he only read out the numbers corresponding to each Pill Master.

The four hundred and three Pill Masters on the third-tier square were all focused and quiet, listening for the results with their arms at their sides.

”Ha-ha, Alchemist Rong Jie is truly remarkable, smoothly advancing to the third round!” Bai Lan exclaimed with a vibrancy in his brows upon hearing a number, speaking excitedly.

”President Bai Lan, congratulations!”

”He-he, congratulations!”

The Presidents of other commerce guilds all smiled and congratulated Bai Lan. Of course, this was just a facade; deep down, most would prefer not to see any other commerce guilds gain more prestige.

Bai Lan responded perfunctorily, and suddenly, the smile in his eyes grew more intense.

”What did I say before? That Jing Yan couldn’t possibly advance to the third round, and now it seems I was right!” Bai Lan said to Qing Ru.

By then, the white-robed elder had already called the numbers after seventy, and number sixty-six—Jing Yan’s number—was not called.

”But President Qing Ru, your association’s Alchemist Qiu Fang from Youhai Commerce is really not bad, managing to advance to the third round!” Bai Lan continued.

The number the white-robed elder had just called corresponded to Alchemist Qiu Fang from Golden Sparrow Commerce.

”Alchemist Jing Yan, what’s going on? Why wasn’t your number called?” Qiu Fang, overjoyed to hear his own number, soon became puzzled because the white-robed elder hadn’t called out Jing Yan’s number sixty-six. His own number came after Jing Yan’s, and it had been called.

At this time, Jing Yan was quite surprised as well, frowning, unsure what the problem could be. Jing Yan wasn’t certain he would score a full hundred points, but scoring over ninety shouldn’t be an issue. Couldn’t a score above ninety points advance him to the third round?

There must be a problem!

Jing Yan’s thoughts were racing, but for the moment, he wasn’t sure what the problem was.

”Alchemist Qiu Fang, you should go ahead to the Fourth Tier Square!” Jing Yan said to Qiu Fang after a glance.

”Mhm!” Qiu Fang’s expression was somewhat somber, but he promptly leaped from the third-tier square to the Fourth Tier Square.

The Pill Masters who advanced to the third round all needed to move up to the Fourth Tier Square. Qiu Fang was surprised Jing Yan hadn’t advanced, but he himself had advanced, so he was certainly very pleased. Before the results were announced, he had no confidence in his own advancement.

”What in the world is going on?” Jing Yan gazed intently at the high platform.

On the lowest tier square, Qing Ru’s brows were deeply furrowed. She did not respond to Bai Lan’s taunts.

She could hardly believe it!

A Pill Master who could casually refine a batch of seven First-class quality, Fifth-level Elixirs, could fail to advance to the third round? She refused to believe it!

But the fact was, Alchemist Jing Yan, number sixty-six, had indeed not been called.

The order in which the advancing Pill Masters were called was not based on their scores, but on each Pill Master’s corresponding number. Jing Yan was number sixty-six, and now the white-robed elder had called numbers beyond one hundred, all of which indicated that Jing Yan had been eliminated.

”President Qing Ru, you don’t need to be too disappointed!”

”Although Jing Yan didn’t advance to the third round, he at least made it to the second round, and that should still give Youhai Commerce some fame. Your twenty million Spirit Stones were not completely wasted.”

”Thinking about it, Alchemist Jing Yan’s performance has indeed exceeded my expectations. If I had known he could advance to the second round, I wouldn’t have agreed to only pay him a salary of one hundred thousand Spirit Stones. Perhaps I would have agreed to pay him a salary of one million Spirit Stones!”

Although Qing Ru did not respond, Bai Lan continued to speak with a smile plastered on his face. His words seemed like a consolation to Qing Ru, but the sarcasm in them was evident to anyone who heard. His willingness to pay a million Spirit Stones, while Qing Ru had spent twenty million, was a blatant mockery of Qing Ru.

”Ah, President Qing Ru, spending twenty million Spirit Stones to hire Alchemist Jing Yan as your spokesperson might really have been somewhat unworthy.” The Black Teeth President commented from the side, shaking his head.

”Twenty million Spirit Stones is nothing to my Youhai Commerce,” said Qing Ru expressionlessly.

The Presidents of Dragon Soaring Commerce and Winter Sun Trading House glanced at Qing Ru; they said nothing more. After looking at her, they refocused their attention on the third-tier square. They weren’t concerned with whether Youhai Commerce suffered losses; they were concerned with how many of their commerce guild’s representative Pill Masters would advance to the third round.

The white-robed elder was quick as he called out the numbers.

Thirty Pill Masters leaped to the Fourth Tier Square!

Fifty Pill Masters leaped to the Fourth Tier Square!

Seventy Pill Masters leaped to the Fourth Tier Square!

Ninety Pill Masters leaped to the Fourth Tier Square!

In the final phase, the white-robed elder’s pace slowed down a bit, but finally, he announced the number of the hundredth advancing Pill Master. The hundredth Pill Master, wearing an excited and joyful expression, quickly leaped from the third-tier square to the Fourth Tier Square.