While fully immersed, suddenly a clear voice sounded beside her ear.
"Those two's alchemy skills are indeed good, but their luck is average, even leaning toward bad luck. As for these three, their luck is incredibly strong."
The brief two sentences appeared so abruptly that Song Wanníng was startled. In that very moment, the fusion of the pill liquid went slightly off track.
Song Wanníng quickly steadied her mind, throwing all distracting thoughts aside, and immediately closed the Three Lives Mirror.
She started rescuing the flawed pill liquid at once, but inside, she remained calm.
However, the spectators below saw everything clearly.
Wu Qingfeng's lips curled into a nearly audible smirk.
What good is having a pill legacy?
Still nothing but a waste!
Let's see how she compares to the two disciples of the Medicine King Sect!
The crowd watching began to murmur among themselves, especially since Song Wanníng had performed excellently in the previous round.
"Looks like last time she just got lucky, meeting a pill recipe she's good at."
"Right? Now she's made a mistake. She's probably going to fail this round!"
"What a pity. I actually had high hopes for her..."
"Hah, high hopes? With the Medicine King Sect disciples here, she won't stand a chance!"
"Exactly. This is her real level. Just wait, she's definitely getting eliminated this round!"
"But she seems pretty calm, doesn't she?"
"She's just pretending. Doesn't want to make a mess of herself…"
They had mixed opinions about Song Wanníng, but with no vested interests, their attention quickly shifted to the others.
Only Fourth Elder and Huo Jinchuan kept their eyes on Song Wanníng. They were puzzled by her mistake and frowned.
Especially Fourth Elder—she had watched Song Wanníng refine pills many times before and had never seen her make an error. This time, it was clearly caused by distraction.
Why would she lose focus at such a critical moment?
...
Song Wanníng didn't care about outside opinions or thoughts. There was only one set of ingredients, and since the fusion had gone wrong, even if the pill was finished, its effectiveness would hardly reach the highest quality.
She immediately covered the furnace, then summoned demon energy from within her body and poured it into the Immortal Furnace.
Because the Immortal Furnace was of an extremely high grade, no one could detect the demon energy inside.
"Hiss, is she giving up? The pill isn't even finished and she's covering the lid?"
"Something's wrong, her Dao heart must be unstable!"
"She's young, it's normal."
Some noticed Song Wanníng's actions but only shook their heads with pity.
At this rate, Song Wanníng's elimination was certain.
Wu Qingfeng's eyes brimmed with amusement. He deliberately stood up and walked over to Fourth Elder, sighing dramatically.
"Your sect specially sent someone to bring her over. I knew she had talent, and now I see it was true."
He curled his lips with a mocking smile, not hiding the schadenfreude in his eyes. After all, this was something everyone knew.
Fourth Elder's gaze darkened and she scoffed lightly.
"Talent or not, who knows? But Wu Daoyou and your sect's Senior certainly are talents..."
To keep picking on a junior like that, they must really enjoy it. Still, thinking about how Song Wanníng had shown the Medicine King Sect's disciples a lesson made her feel better.
She liked the girl's style!
"Heh…"
Wu Qingfeng laughed instead of getting angry and glanced at Fourth Elder. "Hope you can still laugh later."
With that, he swept his sleeves and returned to his seat.
"Crazy bastard!" Fourth Elder glared at him, feeling annoyed.
The Medicine King Sect had grown more arrogant these years. Hopefully, this time they would be brought down a peg.
...
Refining the breakthrough Pill was very complicated. Two hours later, the young master of the demon clan finished his refining, drawing everyone's attention.
Xiao Heyun noticed him too, his forehead twitching with anger because the system reminded him his junior sister's affection had dropped a bit.
He continued refining with a grim expression but kept thinking about tying Xie Qinglan to his side. The moment she saw other strong cultivators, her admiration for him would lessen...
That demon clan young master was no ordinary person—high status, strong cultivation, and extremely handsome!
The more Xiao Heyun thought about it, the more frustrated he became, finally ending his refining with a sour face.
Next up were the two disciples from the Medicine King Sect...
As time passed, Song Wanníng was the only one left on stage still refining pills. Her expression was solemn, calm and focused on the final steps.
Xiao Heyun saw this and couldn't help but smirk.
"As expected, women can't handle this—they're just stepping stones for us!"
He bragged to the system with pride.
If there was one person he hated most right now, it was definitely Song Wanníng.
"Host, keep it up. If you snatch the top spot, Xie Qinglan's affection will surely return!"
The system was speechless at Xiao Heyun's confidence but could only encourage him. It was a little scared itself. The affection level hadn't risen for a long time; it feared being forcibly scrapped one day.
"Don't worry!" Xiao Heyun smiled faintly, and at the next moment, his gaze clashed with the demon clan young master's.
Invisible sparks flew between them, both seeing the other as their strongest rival. On the other side, the two Medicine King Sect disciples couldn't help complaining aloud.
"Does that woman even know how to refine pills? Official, why not just announce the end?"
"Exactly, she clearly failed. She's just pretending to delay time. No need to waste everyone's time!"
From the spectators' comments, they had already heard about Song Wanníng's mistake and felt overjoyed. Never mind the ranking—just as long as Song Wanníng gets eliminated!
"As long as she hasn't given up, we have to wait for her to finish."
The official answered coldly, rejecting their requests. He didn't care about their grudges, but they couldn't use him to their advantage.
The Medicine King Sect disciples were unhappy but had no choice and crossed their arms, waiting for her to give up.
"These two treat others well but have a huge grudge against that girl..."
The city lord smiled.
When facing enemies, people are always prone to emotional influence.
These two still needed tempering.
Huo Jinchuan said nothing, keeping his gaze fixed on Song Wanníng.
Seeing this, the city lord teased, "Could it be that Huo Xiayou has taken a liking to that girl?"
After all, she was a stunning beauty with outstanding temperament—truly a rare beauty.
Before Huo Jinchuan could reply, a woman beside him quickly said, "My master already has a fiancée. He wouldn't be interested in someone like her. Senior, please don't joke."
The city lord looked at her and saw disdain in her eyes, which ruined most of her good mood.
People from the Central Domain always looked down on the other four domains, but she didn't expect even their followers to be so arrogant.