My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

Ignoring the gazes around him, Gu Qing systematically unleashed the twenty-four seals of civil and military affairs.

The hellfire manifested as dragons and tigers coiled around.

In the karmic fire, the demon soul's resentment and karma were completely burned away, leaving only the purest essence of the soul in Gu Qing's alchemy furnace.

Hellfire finally revealed its extremely domineering side to all the viewers, becoming a natural counter to the Soul type.

As Gu Qing cast the final Fire Control and Pill Condensation Seal, the Hellfire within the pill furnace fell silent, and Gu Qing slowly lifted the furnace lid.

Everyone stared intently at the alchemy furnace in front of Gu Qing.

"Another successful pill in one go!"

"This Qi Refining Realm Grand Alchemist never refines pills a second time, and never makes a mistake."

"Such a terrifying success rate..."

"What do you mean by success rate? This is clearly 100% success! I have never seen such an outrageous alchemist."

"After today's alchemy gathering, this... oh, right, this Master Gu, his name will definitely spread throughout the entire Tiannan cultivation world."

"Hahaha……"

"The moment I saw Master Gu, I felt that he was no ordinary person, and now it seems that I was right."

In the square, almost everyone's eyes were focused on the alchemy furnace in front of Gu Qing.

Compared to the ordinary Qi Refining Realm disciples in the square, the Golden Core Realm cultivators on the high platform were undoubtedly more shocked by the spiritual fire that Gu Qing had mastered, because they knew better than ordinary Qi Refining Realm cultivators that the dark red flame was extremely domineering and incredible in its restraint on souls.

With his Qi Refining Realm cultivation, Gu Qing was able to easily suppress the backlash from the Foundation Establishment Realm demon soul.

In between, a major realm was crossed.

"Can it still condense the Pill Spirit Pattern?"

"It must be very difficult..."

"It is difficult for the Demon Soul Nourishing Pill to completely eliminate all the resentment of the demon soul. If even a trace of resentment remains, it will be impossible to condense the Pill Spirit Pattern."

On the high platform, Han Feng shook his head and said.

"yes!"

"Even with mastery of spiritual fire, it's very difficult to achieve."

Lan Siqi nodded in agreement.

only……

When Gu Qing actually opened the alchemy furnace, Han Feng and Lan Siqi immediately shut their mouths.

"That is..."

On the high platform, Han Feng stared in astonishment at the dark red pill on the alchemy furnace. Although this pill had not absorbed a large amount of spiritual energy, it still gathered a small amount of spiritual energy, which, under everyone's gaze, condensed into a dark red spiritual aura halo.

After a long while, Han Feng's pupils shrank slightly, and he murmured, "Another spirit pill... Although it's only a one-pattern spirit pill, it means that the spiritual energy inside this pill has been completely harmonized, and it won't produce a trace of pill poison."

"This means that the Foundation Establishment demon soul within this pill left no hidden dangers..."

Using souls to refine elixirs has always been a major taboo.

Even demon souls are like this; their souls are unpredictable. Even if impurities are removed during the refining process, some flaws will always appear after they are truly condensed into a pill.

"Ha ha……"

"This young friend Gu is indeed capable of creating one surprise after another. It was worth the trip to the Azure Emperor Sword Sect to meet such a genius in alchemy."

"After the meeting, I must treat this young friend to a drink."

Compared to Han Feng and Lan Siqi, Lou Guan was much more open-minded and didn't care about the difference in cultivation level between Gu Qing and Lou Guan.

In Lou Guan's view, the level of alchemy and cultivation was more important.

"Indeed, I should invite young friend Gu for a drink. Fellow Daoists, after the Pill Gathering concludes, I, Su, will host a banquet to thank you all. I urge you to grace me with your presence."

Seeing that Gu Qing had refined another spirit pill, Su Changge, the sect leader of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect, was also shocked by Gu Qing's talent in alchemy. As a Golden Core sword cultivator, he had seen many so-called alchemy masters.

But Gu Qing is different from these people. He can refine a Grade 3 Three-Pattern Spirit Pill and a Grade 2 One-Pattern Spirit Pill consecutively at the Qi Refining Realm.

An ordinary alchemist who can refine a first-grade, one-pattern spirit pill at the Qi Refining stage can be considered a genius in alchemy.

Seeing that Gu Qing had refined another spirit pill.

In the square, everyone was shocked; some admired, some envied… the reactions of all were beyond words.

Gu Qing, on the other hand, frowned slightly.

"A single-pattern elixir?"

"Merely reaching the passing level?"

With a wave of his hand, Gu Qing took the Demon Soul Nourishing Pill into his hand and examined it carefully.

I met the four Meng brothers in the Demon Mist Plane.

They had told Gu Qing that at Dan Ding Academy, a single spirit pill was the passing grade.

If you can't even refine a single-patterned spirit pill, what right do you have to make a living as an alchemist? The immortal kingdom's pill production line can mass-produce ordinary pills. If a person is not as good as a magic weapon production line, then they can only be optimized out.

At Dan Ding Academy, anyone who cannot refine Dan Ling patterns is considered a poor student.

"Alas, in terms of soul-type pills, the Immortal Kingdom's technology is still more advanced."

"There are quite a few immortal techniques similar to the Demon Soul Nourishing Pill, but you need to buy the copyright with spirit coins. To make up for the shortcoming of soul-type pills, it will probably cost a lot of money."

When it comes to being inhuman, the Immortal Kingdom definitely has a say.

Ordinary civilians in the Immortal Kingdom are strictly restricted by the laws of the Immortal Kingdom when participating in various immortal technology verifications. However, in privately developed dimensional worlds, there are some madmen who directly use people from an entire dimension to test certain immortal technologies.

Otherwise, how could the Immortal Kingdom have developed various mature bloodline projects?

In the immortal realm, money can buy many private services.

He shook his head slightly.

Gu Qing decided to put this problem aside for the time being and deal with it after returning to the Immortal Kingdom.

Gu Qing looked up at the others. Of the ten people in the second round of the Pill Gathering test, Zhao Yi had been eliminated. More than half the time had passed, and many people had entered the Pill Condensation stage.

This stage is even more difficult, requiring the spiritual fusion of eight main ingredients and twelve auxiliary ingredients. Three more people were eliminated one after another.

In the end, only six people were left who successfully condensed their pills. As for whether the pills were up to standard, that remains to be seen.

The alchemy process is complete.

Meng Yu, the deacon of the Azure Emperor Sword Sect, came to the alchemy area again and delivered the six refined [Demon Soul Nourishing Spirit Pills] to the high platform for three Golden Core Realm alchemists to check the quality of the pills.

"This must be the One-Pattern Spirit Pill that young friend Gu refined, right?"

"The color, the aroma—just smelling it makes my soul feel refreshed; I can only imagine how wonderful it would be to eat it!"

"This Demon Soul Nourishing Pill would definitely fetch a good price at a trade fair."

"The Demon Soul Nourishing Divine Pill is extremely rare."

Compared to ordinary pills, soul-type pills are more valuable, and the value of soul-type spiritual pills is several times, or even more than ten times, higher.

Elixirs that strengthen the spirit and have no side effects are always in high demand and short supply.

Many cultivators even go so far as to use personal connections to ask alchemists to refine a batch of pills.

If Gu Qing were a rogue cultivator, with his current cultivation level, if he fell into the hands of a major sect, he would either be treated as an honored guest or become a ruthless human alchemy machine.

He reluctantly put down the Demon Soul Nourishing Pill.

The three Golden Core Realm alchemists then turned their attention to several other pills.

"What is this?"

"Who concocted this poison? So much resentment and lingering demonic spirit remains!!"

Han Feng picked up another Demon Soul Nourishing Pill, gently smelled its fragrance, and immediately frowned.

If Gu Qing's Demon Soul Nourishing Pill is a feast of delicacies...

This pill is now nothing but a pile of stinking dog shit.

Having just tasted Gu Qing's pill, Han Feng felt nauseous looking at the pill in his hand.

Of the five Demon Soul Nourishing Pills examined, only the one refined by Gu Qing was a flawless elixir.

The other four pills are basically unrelated to elixirs; they all hover on the edge of either not killing people or killing them.

Han Feng's expression grew increasingly grim.

Picking up the last pill, Han Feng's expression turned slightly serious.

"At least there's someone who looks human."

"but……"

"The quality of this Demon Soul Nourishing Pill can only be considered mid-grade, which is slightly insufficient to meet Brother Su's requirements."

Han Feng examined the pill carefully and then handed it to Lou Guan beside him for further inspection.

"Fellow Daoist Louguan, take a look at this pill."

"Huh!"

"The mid-grade Demon Soul Nourishing Pill, was it refined by that little brat Wen Xingjian?"

Lou Guan accepted the elixir.

He glanced at the jade bottle in front of Han Feng, on which a name was written.

"pity……"

"We're just a little short of reaching the level of a high-grade Demon Soul Nourishing Pill."

Lou Guan put down the last pill, his tone tinged with regret.

The alchemists in this world divide the quality of ordinary pills into three levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.

In the second round of alchemy, Su Changge set the passing grade for refining Demon Soul Nourishing Pills as high-grade pills.

Han Feng, Lou Guan, and Lan Siqi exchanged glances. Lan Siqi looked at the pills presented in the second round of the pill-making competition and said:

"In this second round of alchemy competition, only young friend Gu is qualified."

"I never expected that in the final round, we'd be competing against a mere Qi Refining Realm cultivator. If we lose this alchemy competition, the three of us will probably become a laughingstock among all alchemists in the world, won't we?"

"Hahaha……"

Lou Guan couldn't help but burst into laughter upon hearing this:

"Brother Siqi, are you perhaps not confident you can defeat young friend Gu?"

"To be honest, I'm under a bit of pressure."

"This young friend Gu's talent in alchemy is truly terrifying, especially considering he inherits the alchemy legacy of Elder Tianhuo..."

Lan Siqi nodded seriously and replied.

"That's not how it works. Think about it carefully. With your talent in alchemy, young friend Gu, your future achievements may even surpass those of the Heavenly Fire Elder from a thousand years ago."

"If we have a match with young friend Gu now, it might become a legendary tale in a few years."

"The three of us will become famous throughout the world because of this."

"Which is more important, losing face now or becoming famous later?"

Upon hearing Lou Guan's words, Han Feng and Lan Siqi were both taken aback, as they seemed to make some sense.

"Since Brother Louguan has put it that way, let's have a contest."

"Alright, let's have a serious competition with this young friend Gu. The three of us old folks might not necessarily lose!"

He Lou smiled slightly, stood up and went to the edge of the platform to announce the results to the ten alchemists below.

"Gentlemen, the second round of the alchemy competition has concluded."

"Congratulations, Gu Qing, young friend, you have advanced to the third round of the Pill Gathering."

After a pause, meeting the expectant gazes of Wen Xingjian, Luo Zhengge, and the others, Lou Guan said calmly, "Except for Gu Qing, everyone else is eliminated."

"hiss--"

Upon hearing this, Wen Xingjian's body trembled, and a trace of resentment flashed in his eyes.

hateful……

Is it really that difficult to even keep up with the other person?

As for the nine major chambers of commerce and the other alchemists, they were even more disgusted after hearing Lou Guan's words. They recalled the mockery and contempt they had shown towards Gu Qing before the competition began.

At this moment.

They should have been relaxed and at ease, but now they were rushing around in a panic.

The Liang family, in particular, fell into the deepest straits.

Despair filled Liang Hui's eyes. He never imagined that he would offend such a monster.

From this day forward, Gu Qing only needs to issue a single sentence as a Grand Alchemist to find any Golden Core cultivator to cause trouble for the Liang family.

From now on, whenever I see Gu Qing, I will automatically avoid him.

Not only will he have to avoid Gu Qing from now on, but the entire Liang family will probably feel the same way!

Damn it!

Lou Guan stood on the high platform, watching the crowd in the square, whose expressions kept changing, like someone running a dye shop. He couldn't help but shake his head.

Weakness is not an obstacle to survival; arrogance is.

If these people hadn't looked down on Gu Qing's status as a Qi Refining Realm alchemist and mocked him for it, they wouldn't have any troubles right now.

Why worry unnecessarily?

Ignoring these people, Lou Guan turned to Gu Qing and said with a smile, "Young friend Gu, the next round is the third round of this Pill Gathering. The three of us old guys will compete against you."

"To my shame, the victory was somewhat unfair..."

Before Lou Guan finished speaking, Gu Qing responded with a smile:

"Master Louguan, I am determined to win this alchemy competition. Therefore, you have no reason to feel ashamed!!"

"oh?!"

"Hahaha……"