Finding out who it is isn't difficult; Tian Ning has read countless storybooks!
She didn't need to guess to know it was Lan Siran.
Looking at it this way, Meng Xian's surroundings aren't simple. It's unknown if the girl named Meng Zhi Nian also has a System, and then there's Meng Xian…
Tian Ning only felt that the Central Continent was even more absurd than the Eastern Continent. Could it be that she's been poked full of holes?
It seems the Old Man's words really came true. Her fate is like this, she doesn't need to do anything deliberately, just walking around casually she can run into…
But the important thing now is the breakthrough. Tian Ning focused on feeling the Spiritual Energy within her body. She seemed to be far away from the noisy surroundings, clearly feeling the world's affinity for her. It was like an Elderly Mother trying to force-feed her daughter, a continuous stream of pure Spiritual Energy excitedly pouring into her body, helping her break through Qi Condensation and achieve Foundation Establishment!
Originally, a successful Qi Condensation to Foundation Establishment wasn't anything noteworthy. Any cultivator with some talent can achieve Foundation Establishment; everyone was only surprised that she had a breakthrough in such a setting.
But unexpectedly, all the Spiritual Energy in the Competition Arena was continuously flowing into Tian Ning's body. Let alone a breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, even a cultivator at the higher Golden Core Stage absorbing such a large amount of Spiritual Energy would likely suffer a Body Explosion Death!
Yet a lot of time had passed, nearly half an hour, and her body was like an unfillable ocean, still absorbing Spiritual Energy!
"Her situation… is this really a breakthrough to Foundation Establishment, not Golden Core?" No one was paying attention to Lan Siran anymore. A cultivator sensed the difference in the thinning Spiritual Energy in the air—why was it all rushing towards her!?
"Are you stupid? There's no Heavenly Thunder, it's definitely Foundation Establishment!"
"Such a spectacle, it's a pity she's a Pill Cultivator. If she were a Sword Cultivator or Talisman Cultivator, she'd definitely be an incredibly powerful existence!"
"Why look down on Pill Cultivators? Don't you eat pills when you're injured?"
…
Listening to the audience's discussion, the three people from Lingyun Sect fell silent.
It seems she's really not a Pill Cultivator…
A Sword Cultivator Elder who came to join the fun immediately suggested, "I think this little girl is truly excellent; why not abandon Pill Cultivation and take up the sword, becoming a Sword Cultivator wouldn't be bad!"
"Go, go, go. Someone who can accumulate such powerful Spiritual Energy should become a Talisman Cultivator!" A Talisman Cultivator Elder was equally moved. They knew that Talisman Cultivators needed a large amount of Spiritual Energy for Talisman Drawing.
The Pill Cultivator Elders: "..."
Heh, it's as if having a lot of Spiritual Energy prevents you from alchemy!
Tian Ning's breakthrough took a full half an hour. She successfully advanced to the Foundation Establishment Stage. When she opened her eyes again, she felt the changes in her body; she was stronger!
With this, going back to participate in the Six Sects Grand Competition wouldn't be a problem, and teaching Wenren Xue a lesson would also be within reach!
The incense for the second round of the competition had burned halfway. Some Pill Cultivators had already refined their pills, and some whose first batch had failed were quickly refining their second batch.
Tian Ning calmly took out the necessary Spirit Plants. She had already refined the Aphrodisiac Pill once in the Secret Realm, and the remaining time was more than enough.
In the second round of the competition, she stole all the audience's attention. Everyone's attention was not on the Pulse-Restoring Pills refined by Lan Siran; instead, some were looking forward to what kind of pill Tian Ning would choose.
"Revival Pill?" someone guessed.
"Outsiders don't understand anything! She wouldn't be using Yin Lotus for a Revival Pill!"
"Judging by the Spirit Plants, it's definitely not a simple Low-Grade Pill. This person probably has some real Ability."
"Doesn't anyone know what she's refining?"
…
After much discussion, no one guessed the result.
Even the Pill Cultivator Elders in the upper seats weren't too sure: "This is probably a modified Recipe, or… a self-created Recipe?"
"Maybe it's a modified Recipe that this child's Clan Elder specially gave her to participate in the Alchemy Competition with."
After thousands of years of accumulation, the Recipes passed down by Seniors are already quite perfect. Generally, they wouldn't be easily changed, let alone being able to modify a Recipe. This requires an experienced senior Pill Cultivator; even more so for creating one's own Recipe.
Tian Ning had already begun to process the Spirit Plants. It seems there are only this many Materials. The Elders couldn't guess what she wanted to refine for a while.
If they knew that this was actually a modified Aphrodisiac Pill, they probably wouldn't be gathered together discussing this so seriously…
On Lan Siran's side, the Pulse-Restoring Pills had been successfully refined. Although there were only two, and the quality was Low-Grade, she was only nine years old. How difficult is it to refine Pulse-Restoring Pills? Her success already counts as being a Genius!
Gao Yue, who was near Lan Siran, had also finished. His results were good—a full furnace of mid-grade Healing Pills. Among this batch of Pill Cultivator newcomers who wanted to join the Sect, he was considered among the top.
Seeing that Lan Siran had so many good Materials and only produced two pills, he couldn't help but sigh, "That's such a waste…"
Their Sect was very poor. If he dared to refine pills so lavishly, he would definitely be beaten to death by his Senior Martial Brothers and Senior Sisters!
Lan Siran: "..."
She was so talented, why did it turn sour in his mouth?
Gao Yue's voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and cultivators have excellent hearing. Many people heard that sentence.
Now, there was less praise for Lan Siran.
Lan Siran gritted her teeth in anger. She wanted to see how the two people who stole her spotlight performed.
There was still a little time left before the competition ended, and Tian Ning's Aphrodisiac Pill was almost ready, only one final Material was missing.
In the entire Competition Arena, everyone watched her take out a Porcelain Bottle tightly wrapped in a handkerchief from her Dimensional Pouch and open it…
"What is that?"
"I think the pill she's refining must be extraordinary! She even has such mysterious Materials!"
"She poured it out! What is that! What is that!"
Everyone was incredibly expectant.
A thick, cloudy white liquid was poured into the pot, and the male cultivators at the scene fell into a strange silence.
That thing, could it be…
Only the Female Cultivators without Daoist Partners were still guessing.
Logically, Pill Cultivators shouldn't be disturbed while refining pills, but a Pill Cultivator Elder couldn't bear it any longer and spoke: "This… Tian Ning, young friend, what kind of pill are you refining?!"
What kind of pill needs that thing!!!
The Elders only hoped they were wrong. It was a loss that they thought it was some Recipe given by a Great Power Pill Cultivator…
Gao Yue, the only one who knew the truth, went numb. She actually really would refine this kind of pill in a competition!
It would have been fine if it were inconspicuous, but now everyone is curious about what it is?
Tian Ning finished pouring the remaining half of the Porcelain Bottle and said, "You guess."
Everyone: "..."
Are they children? To guess?!
The Elder stammered, "A-Aphrodisiac Pill?"
Tian Ning gave him a thumbs-up, "Elder, you're really amazing!"
Elder: "..."
There was no need to praise him.
Tian Ning: "This is a specially modified one, the effect is especially strong!"
Everyone: "..."
What use is such a vulgar pill, even if it's strong?
Without further ado, Tian Ning began the Golden Core Seal. After the Aphrodisiac Pill was successfully refined, the second round of the competition ended.
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