Starting as a stray dog, I embarked on a journey of cultivation.

The old fox took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then actually put away all the remaining pills on the jade plate for himself.

I wonder what scene that old man saw after taking the elixir; perhaps he wants to go back and study it slowly.

Next came the evaluation of the pills from the last four groups, from which the winners were selected, and the top ten were chosen to advance to the third round.

The remaining ten alchemists are all destined to receive rewards, but the level of the rewards will depend on their final rankings.

Gou An noticed that among the final ten, only two were demon cultivators, including himself, and the other one looked somewhat like an alchemist from the Spirit Pill Hall. The rest were human cultivators.

This clearly shows that human cultivators are indeed much stronger than demon cultivators in this respect.

Then Baihe gathered the remaining ten people together, and the alchemy furnaces on the field were reduced to only ten.

"Next are the rules for the third round of the competition!" Bai He said to the remaining ten people, "Unlike the free play of the first two rounds, the final round requires everyone to refine the same type of elixir."

"This pill is called the Myriad Source Soul-Stabilizing Pill!"

As Baihe spoke, ten copied pill formulas appeared out of thin air and flew into the hands of ten alchemists.

Gou An stared at the prescription in his hand and immediately frowned.

Because this recipe contains a total of sixty-four kinds of spiritual herbs of all sizes, and many of the ingredients are very rare, including some that Gou An has never even heard of.

A normal pill can be made from about ten different materials.

The more and more diverse the materials, the more complex the refining process becomes.

"This formula was obtained by the King from the ruins many years ago, and it is extremely difficult to refine," Bai He continued. "Even with the combined efforts of the three alchemy masters of the Ten Thousand Demon City, the resulting pills were not perfect."

"All of you have the exact same pill formula, and the materials distributed to you are also exactly the same."

"What you need to do is replicate this Myriad Origin Soul-Stabilizing Pill."

"Finally, the rankings for this alchemy competition will be determined based on the completeness of the elixirs and the strength of their original medicinal properties!"

"This round is limited to sixty hours! That is, five days."

"When the time comes, open the furnace and test the elixir!"

After the rules were explained, Long Youzi suddenly shouted, "We've reached the final round, and the final prizes haven't been announced yet! What prizes will the rankings get? If we don't know, where will our motivation come from?"

"Yes! What exactly is the reward?"

What kind of prize will the first-place winner receive?

Those alchemists all started asking questions, clearly they were all there for the prizes.

Bai He glanced back at the Demon King, who was sitting on the high platform smoking. Seeing the Demon King nod, he then spoke, "Since everyone wants to know, let's announce it ahead of time!"

As Bai He spoke, he took out a storage bag from his bosom, opened it, and with a flick of his finger, ten items flew out of the storage bag and floated neatly in the air.

"Since we are all alchemists, what His Majesty has prepared for everyone are all things that alchemists need!"

"The selection process is based on free choice, and the order is determined by ranking from highest to lowest!"

Seeing that no one had any questions, Baihe began to introduce the items one by one.

"First item, a rare jade slip!" Bai He waved his hand, and a jade slip flew into his hand: "It contains ten rare pill formulas, plus 100,000 demon gold."

"The second item, the Tempering Flame Pill Furnace!" The white crane gently beckoned to another object, and a pill furnace the size of a fist flew over. "This pill furnace is a mid-grade magic treasure, with a stable flame, solid material, and its size can be freely adjusted. Plus, two hundred thousand demon gold!"

"The third item is a pair of Soul Essence Jade Rings!" Bai He then brought out a pair of emerald green jade rings to show everyone: "These items are worn on the body to nourish the soul and can resist illusion interference to a certain extent. Plus 300,000 demon gold coins."

As Bai He explained everything, Gou An seemed to be deep in thought.

These things all look pretty good, but the demon gold they gave was of a higher quality.

Eight of the top ten alchemists are from outside the city, while demon gold can only be used by the City of Ten Thousand Demons.

Giving away so much demon gold is clearly an attempt to keep them in the city.

"The fourth item, the Innate Fire Seed!" Bai He summoned another fist-sized crystal, within which a faint flame flickered. "After refining it, one can use the power of the fire seed within, but what exactly it is, the Innate Fire Seed, is still unknown. Plus, 500,000 demon gold!"

"The fifth item: one hundred Nine Thunderfire Talismans!" Bai He opened a jade box, inside which lay a hundred talismans neatly stacked, looking extremely exquisite!

"This talisman was drawn by a master of the Thunderfire Sect, one of the Four Great Heavenly Sects. A single talisman can unleash power capable of severely injuring a cultivator at the Transcendent God Realm."

"Plus 800,000 demon gold!"

As they watched the treasures being displayed one after another, the alchemists grew increasingly excited.

These items are all very valuable, which shows that Wan Yao City values ​​talent highly.

"The sixth item, the Supreme Spiritual Spring!" This time, what appeared in Bai He's hand was a slender jade bottle: "This bottle contains precious spiritual spring water, which is of the highest quality whether used for refining medicine or for direct drinking."

"Most importantly, the spiritual spring in the bottle will be automatically replenished every day."

"Plus one million demon gold!"

"This is wonderful!" an alchemist exclaimed. "With this spring, the quality of the pills we refine will be greatly improved."

"There are still four items that haven't been shown yet!"

The white crane then introduced another item: "The seventh item, the Qianling Storage Bag!"

What appeared in Bai He's hand was a storage bag with gold trim, which looked quite high-end.

"This storage bag is not an ordinary storage bag, but one specially designed for storing spiritual materials. It can not only ensure the freshness of the spiritual materials, but also slowly increase the age of the spiritual materials stored inside."

"Plus 1.5 million demon gold!"

The moment this item appeared, it immediately attracted the attention of even more alchemists; clearly, it was even more appealing to them than the spiritual spring they had just encountered.

After all, preserving and storing medicinal herbs has always been a problem. Medicinal herbs are usually most effective when they are freshly picked, and their efficacy will gradually diminish thereafter.

In order to store it for longer, it is even dried in the sun, which causes more of the medicinal effect to be lost.

With this storage bag, these problems will be easily solved.

"The eighth item! The Crimson Moon Token!" Bai He held a token engraved with the Crimson Moon Pavilion's logo in his hand: "With this, you can freely enter and exit the Crimson Moon Pavilion indefinitely, and all expenses will be settled by the Demon King's Mansion."

"Plus two million demon gold coins."

The appearance of this object immediately sparked discussion among the onlookers.

Although the onlookers thought the previous things were impressive, they didn't really grasp the concept.

But everyone immediately understood the power of the Crimson Moon Order.

You should know that in the City of Ten Thousand Demons, the Crimson Moon Pavilion is a place where money flows like water.

Even a simple entry would cost several thousand demon gold coins.

If you want to order a few nicer, higher-end dishes, you'll need tens of thousands of demon gold.

It's permanently free; everyone's excited just thinking about it.

Moreover, there are another two million demon gold coins. It can be said that choosing this item will directly place you among the top-tier families in the City of Ten Thousand Demons.

Amidst gasps of surprise from the crowd, Baihe continued to display the ninth item.

"The ninth item, the Xuan'an Body Protection Armor!"

The white crane held a light, jade-colored armor in its hand.

"Once worn, this armor can automatically block three fatal attacks. Below the Divine Transcending Realm, even a peak Golden Core cultivator cannot break through it!"

"Plus three million demon gold!"

This item also sparked discussion among the crowd. The highest cultivation level of these alchemists was only the Void Core stage, and they had almost no chance of winning against a Golden Core opponent.

This item can block three fatal attacks from a Golden Core cultivator, making it an absolute life-saving artifact.

"The last item!" Bai He announced, holding out another storage bag. "There are 50,000 spirit stones inside!"

Upon hearing this, everyone was extremely excited.

Spirit stones are the most valuable commodity in the cultivation world. They can be used for everything from cultivation and array formation to alchemy and planting.

Fifty thousand spirit stones are quite valuable.

Even the elders of the major sects outside only receive a monthly stipend of one or two thousand spirit stones, which is already considered quite good.

Fifty thousand spirit stones is equivalent to the entire spirit stone storage of a Grand Elder for two or three years.

"Plus five million demon gold!" Bai He continued to announce.

After all the prizes were introduced, almost all the alchemists reached a consensus.

That means the alchemist who wins first place will definitely choose the option of 50,000 spirit stones plus 5 million demon gold.

After all, once you choose this one, you can even buy the other nine items.

"All the prizes have been introduced!" Bai He waved his hand, and all the prizes automatically flew back into the storage bag in his hand. "Everyone can begin refining pills now."

As Bai He finished speaking, a group of medicine slaves appeared, each carrying a wooden box and placing it beside each alchemy furnace.

Gou An opened it and saw that many spiritual materials were neatly arranged inside, which were obviously materials used to refine the Myriad Source Soul-Stabilizing Pill.

Then everyone left, clearing the space in the middle of the square for the ten alchemists.

Gou An carefully studied the secrets of the pill formula, but did not rush to make a move, while other alchemists had already begun to try it.

However, Gou An was not in a hurry. This round would last for a full five days, or sixty hours.

If you have enough time, there's no need to rush.

The recipe was very simple, only listing the names of the ingredients, without describing the steps to refine them.

In other words, alchemists need to figure out the sequence and techniques themselves.

Gou An could only take out the medicinal materials from the box one by one, compare and analyze them, smell them, and judge their medicinal effects.

In addition to the effects of the Green Wood Spirit Body's constitution, although many spiritual materials had never seen it before, they could sense its effects after analysis.

For the first few hours of alchemy, Gou An sat still, analyzing one spiritual material after another, without even lighting the furnace fire.

Other alchemists, however, have already begun their alchemy attempts one after another.

After all, there were plenty of materials in the box, giving us ample opportunity to try and fail.

This is why everyone was given five days to refine the pill; it's because this pill is very difficult to make, and we need to give everyone more opportunities.