Chapter 78: The Peerless Pill Venerable (6)
Su Chen felt utterly speechless. He sidestepped Song Wanqing's furious strike with ease.
"Miss, this is our first meeting. Isn't this progressing a little too quickly?"
Song Wanqing glared at his face, barely restraining the urge to tear it apart. The alchemy conference was about to begin, and the prompt inviting participants inside sounded at just the right moment.
She forced herself to calm down. "Self-obsessed fool."
She was a noble alchemist. How could she stoop to brawling like some crude martial brute? She would defeat Su Chen openly and honorably on the stage of the alchemy conference—and wash away the old humiliation once and for all!
Watching Song Wanqing storm off in a huff, Su Chen reflected that women truly were baffling creatures.
"She must be Ghost Valley Pill King's disciple."
Su Chen made the educated guess, then followed the crowd inside. The rules of the alchemy conference were straightforward: each participant drew a random pill formula at random, starting from first-grade, then second-grade, third-grade, and so on.
It was an elimination format that tested not only control of fire but also adaptability. Every pill had its own unique refinement method, and bad luck alone could eliminate even mediocre alchemists on lower-grade formulas.