The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 543: Chapter 543 What’s going on?

The leaders of Black Teeth Commerce and several other trade unions also congratulated Qing Ru. What they truly thought did not matter, as they appeared quite generous on the surface.

”Director!” Director Ximang spoke in a low voice.

”How much do you think our Youhai Commerce’s annual profits will increase after this Alchemy Ceremony?” Ximang’s eyes sparkled with anticipation, unable to contain his excitement. Jing Yan’s performance had exceeded his expectations by far.

He was a director at the trade union and owned shares in Youhai Commerce; higher profits for the trade union meant more for him personally.

”It’s too early to tell. We still need to see if Alchemist Jing Yan can make it onto the Rookie Pill King List this session. However, even without considering the Rookie Pill King List, our trade union’s annual profits will increase by at least thirty percent,” Qing Ru also spoke in a low voice.

”That much?” Ximang was startled.

A thirty percent increase was not a small number. It was well known that even though Youhai Commerce was the smallest of the Pill Country’s Five Great Commerce, its annual profits were still remarkably high. A thirty percent increase on that base was quite astonishing.

”Does that mean our Youhai Commerce could completely surpass Black Teeth Commerce?” Ximang muttered dumbfoundedly.

”No big problem!” Excitement shone in Qing Ru’s eyes too.

Once Jing Yan made it onto the Rookie Pill King List, it would dramatically boost the business expansion of Youhai Commerce. It might even increase the turnover and profit margins by more than fifty percent.

At the Fourth Tier Square, one hundred and one Alchemists who had advanced to the third round were waiting for the alchemy competition to begin.

The reason there were one hundred and one Alchemists was that the scores of the one hundredth and the one hundred and first Alchemists were the same, so both of them had advanced.

After briefly preparing for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, the white-robed elder began to announce the start of the third round.

However, this time, the white-robed elder mentioned the rewards for the Alchemy Ceremony.

”Alchemists, first of all, I want to congratulate you on advancing to the third round of the Alchemy Ceremony!”

”You one hundred and one Alchemists, regardless of how you perform in the third round, will all receive certain rewards.”

”Those ranked from twenty-first to fiftieth will receive one thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones.”

”Those ranked from fifty-first to one hundred and first will receive two hundred Top-grade Spirit Stones.”

”Those ranked from eleventh to twentieth will receive ten Feather God Pills as rewards, as well as one thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones.”

”The sixth-place to the tenth-place will receive...”

”The fifth...”

The white-robed elder listed the rewards each ranking tier could receive one by one.

The rewards for the Alchemy Ceremony were undoubtedly very generous. The higher the ranking, the more impressive the rewards, especially the top five Alchemists, who would all receive a Creation Pill reward.

Jing Yan, hearing about these rewards, became filled with anticipation.

He had been at the Peak of the Dao Spirit Realm limit for quite some time. If he received a Creation Pill this time, he might be able to break through directly to the Daoist Master Realm.

”The first place of this session’s Alchemy Ceremony will receive a reward of one Creation Pill, five thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones, and also, a portion of Source Power,” the white-robed elder finally announced the reward for the first place.

Hearing about Source Power in the rewards, numerous Alchemists’ eyes seemed to shoot flames. The temptation of Source Power for an Alchemist was beyond imagination. Across the entire Heavenly Origin Continent, very few Alchemists possessed Source Power. Source Power was an incredibly rare commodity, probably scarce even within Pill Country.

Even the members of Alchemy Dao families, hearing about Source Power, had their eyes light up with fervor.

To be honest, some of the Alchemy Dao families’ Alchemists had come to this Alchemy Ceremony specifically for the Source Power. It could be said that even the Creation Pill did not hold as much attraction for these top-tier Alchemy Dao families. But Source Power was different; they could spare no expense to obtain it.

Compared to that, five thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones weren’t much. Five thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones were worth just shy of twenty million ordinary spiritual stones.

”Since first place will receive Source Power, then let’s give it our all!” Jing Yan narrowed his eyes and murmured in his heart; of course, he also wanted to obtain something as invaluable as Source Power.

He knew that Source Power could help an Alchemist during alchemy, enhancing the quality of Elixirs. And now, he could already refine Elixirs of Perfect Quality. If he had the assistance of Source Power, what level could the quality of his Elixirs reach?

After the white-robed elder finished speaking, several staff members came to the Fourth Tier Square.

Several Pill Furnaces were set up. However, there were a total of one hundred and one Alchemists who had advanced to the third round, but Pill Country had provided only twenty or thirty Pill Furnaces.

Clearly, most Alchemists had their own exclusive Pill Furnaces; they would not use the ones provided by Pill Country.

Although the quality of the Pill Furnaces provided by Pill Country was good, none of the Alchemists who had advanced to the third round lacked capabilities, almost all of them came from major backgrounds. Their own Pill Furnaces were almost all better quality than those provided by Pill Country, and they naturally preferred not to use Pill Country’s furnaces.

”Alchemists may use their own Pill Furnaces or those provided by Pill Country. Please choose a Pill Furnace now!” the white-robed elder casually stated.

In fact, he didn’t believe that any Alchemist would choose a Pill Furnace provided by Pill Country.

Based on past experience, indeed almost no Alchemist would choose a Pill Furnace provided by Pill Country. The Alchemists would all use their own Pill Furnaces that they carried with them.

He had only said it as a formality.

If they intended to use their own Pill Furnaces, then they should bring them out now.

Jing Yan looked around and noticed that no Alchemist had stepped forward to take a Pill Furnace provided by Pill Country.

He shook his head.

It would probably be better not to take out his Qiankun Pill Furnace. Although he wanted to make a name for himself this time and enhance his reputation, the Qiankun Pill Furnace was a matter of great importance and could potentially bring disaster if not handled carefully.

Well, he would just use a Pill Furnace provided by Pill Country then.

The white-robed elder did not wait long before he wanted to continue detailing the third round of alchemy. However, just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw a figure moving across the Fourth Tier Square.

”Hmm?”

”What’s going on?”

”Isn’t that Alchemist number sixty-six? Is he heading towards the Pill Furnaces provided by Pill Country?”

”No way, is he really going to use a Pill Furnace provided by Pill Country to perform alchemy? Doesn’t he have his own exclusive Pill Furnace?”

The crowd was somewhat stunned watching Jing Yan, including the white-robed elder, major figures, as well as the ten judges along with Chang Huan, Hu Donghe, and others.

Jing Yan indeed walked up to a Pill Furnace and casually picked one.

”What’s going on, why would number sixty-six really use a Pill Furnace provided by Pill Country?” An incredulous voice spread throughout.

The other Alchemists on the Fourth Tier Square also looked at Jing Yan with astonished expressions. Only Qiu Fang seemed thoughtful. At the Youhai Commerce headquarters, he had once competed with Jing Yan in alchemy, and during that event, Jing Yan had also used a Pill Furnace provided by the commerce.