Starting As A Sect Leader: My Rules Are Bit Wild.

The stands were buzzing with discussion.

Many alchemists, however, remained silent, burying themselves in their work.

But their performances were vastly different.

Some were flustered, their expressions tense, fearing even the slightest mistake.

Some were unusually calm, their movements flowing smoothly, relaxed and at ease, their faces full of confidence, as if everything was under control.

Xiao Ling’er had been carefully observing, especially the parts dealing with spiritual herbs she had never encountered before, but she didn’t just look at anyone.

She didn’t pay attention to those who were flustered and panicked.

Instead, she focused on those who were calm and composed…

Learning from them!

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Xiao Ling’er closed her eyes. Everything she had just seen seemed to come alive in her mind, constantly ‘looping’ like a slideshow.

“So that’s how it is.”

“The key to using these auxiliary materials to increase the pill formation rate is the Five-Colored Flower.”

She muttered softly, “Extract the essence of the Five-Colored Flower, use the Five-Colored Flower’s five elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth to perfectly fuse the other auxiliary materials, achieving a state of mutual generation of the five elements.”

“Then use this mutual generation characteristic of the five elements to assist in pill formation. Although it will reduce some medicinal properties, the pill formation rate will indeed increase significantly.”

“Looking at it this way, it is indeed not difficult, as long as the five elements of these auxiliary materials are kept in balance.”

“At least for me, there is no big problem.”

Xiao Ling’er finally moved.

*Bang!*

With a casual slap on the pill furnace, the lid flew open.

This action was quick and heroic, immediately attracting the attention of many people around her.

But Xiao Ling’er suddenly froze and stuck out her tongue.

“I almost forgot to hide my strength.”

So, she began to act.

Originally, she should have used her own Yuan Qi to hold the lid, and then put in the medicinal herbs before letting it close again, which was not only efficient but also very stylish.

But at this moment, she dispersed her Yuan Qi, letting the lid fall to the ground with a clang.

The surrounding alchemists: “(⊙o⊙)···”

“Boo~”

Suddenly, boos came from all around.

Xiao Ling’er blushed and quickly picked up the lid before starting to frantically throw medicinal herbs into the pill furnace.

Seeing her like this, everyone immediately lost any interest in paying attention to her.

With this kind of performance, she wouldn’t even pass the first round!

But Xiao Ling’er was happy to be like this. Although she seemed flustered, she actually understood everything perfectly.

During this process, she could even spare time to chat with Liang Danxia: “Teacher, in your opinion, among these alchemists, is there anyone who can become my strong opponent?”

“Naturally, there are.”

Liang Danxia spoke eloquently, “Among a million alchemists, even if the vast majority are ordinary, there must be some outstanding people.”

“I have been in seclusion for many years, and I don’t know too much about the specific situation of the current era, but judging from their current performance, there are three people worthy of attention.”

“Oh?!”

“Teacher, please tell me!”

Xiao Ling’er became interested.

“Follow my guidance with your divine sense. Do you see him? The man wearing a feather crown in your front left.”

“His entire pill refining process is smooth and flowing. His control over various medicinal herbs and his grasp of the heat are also extremely extraordinary. He should be a strong opponent!”

“There is also the red-haired, red-clothed woman behind you. If I am not mistaken, she is cultivating the Fire Virtue Sect’s sect-guarding cultivation method. The Fire Virtue Sect is originally famous throughout the world for its weapon refining techniques, but this woman has taken a different approach, playing with the art of controlling fire, and has entered the inner circle of the path of pill refining.”

“Her control over medicinal herbs may still be a bit lacking, but when it comes to playing with fire, you are still not as good as her now.”

“It’s them!”

Xiao Ling’er suddenly understood. She had also paid attention to them before!

“Who is the third person…?”

“On your right, the one who looks not very smart and is even more flustered than you.”

“Ah?!”

Xiao Ling’er was stunned, and then she reacted: “Teacher means that he is also pretending to be weak and pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger?!”

She carefully observed, but found that she couldn’t see any flaws.

“Disciple can’t see it.”

Liang Danxia’s expression was solemn: “Precisely because you can’t see it, it is even more worthy of vigilance.”

“This child hides very deeply and is a very good actor.”

“But I am certain that his comprehensive pill refining ability is not much weaker than yours, and this child is very strange. His cultivation… is questionable.”

“Cultivation is questionable?”

Xiao Ling’er looked carefully a few more times, but found that the man who looked ‘honest and simple’ and ‘not very smart’ was clearly only at the first level of the Condensing Yuan realm.

Hidden his cultivation?

But even so, it shouldn’t be that even her teacher couldn’t see through it and used ‘questionable’ to describe it, right?

“This person…”

She frowned slightly. “He is indeed a bit strange.”

Although she didn’t know the reason, since her teacher said so, it must be correct.

“Indeed strange. Remember to be careful of this person!”

“Yes, teacher.”

Soon, more than half an hour passed.

People successively succeeded in forming pills, and the fragrance of medicine wafted through the air.

In the early stage, most of those who opened their furnaces succeeded.

Because they had enough strength, and it was precisely because of this that they could become the first batch of furnace openers. Only a small number failed and capsized in the gutter, feeling particularly frustrated.

But as time passed, the failure rate rose sharply.

Some people formed pills, but they did not reach the third grade.

Some people simply couldn’t even form a pill.

Even…

There were quite a few who directly caused their furnaces to explode.

Xiao Ling’er only ‘barely’ opened her furnace in the last ten or so breaths, refining three third-grade Condensing Yuan Pills.

It was really very ‘barely’, but it was enough to enter the second round.

Afterwards, she looked at the ‘strange and simple’ alchemist, but found that the other party was still refining pills.

And it seemed that the pill fire was out of control, and he was frantically putting out the fire!

It was not until the last breath that he finally extinguished the pill fire and opened the furnace to take out the pills.

Two… she didn’t know if they were second-grade or third-grade Condensing Yuan Pills. Xiao Ling’er’s mouth twitched when she saw them.

It was only because the ‘halo’ on the pills was very unstable. Two halos were normal, but the third one was actually flickering, sometimes bright and sometimes dim…

It seemed like it would light up, and it also seemed like it would go out at any time.

It finally ‘stabilized’ in the end, but it was obviously much dimmer than the other two halos.

“Pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, he is pretending too much, right?”

Xiao Ling’er was particularly speechless. If her teacher hadn’t reminded her, she would have really been deceived!

Logically speaking, pretending to be like her should not attract attention, right? What was he doing???

Was he being overly cautious?!

Hmm???

Wait, cautious… overly?!

“Very familiar, it seems like I heard it somewhere recently?”

However, after thinking about it, she couldn’t remember where she had heard of such a cautious person, so she could only give up.

At this moment, the Harmonizing Dao realm great cultivator ascended the stage again: “Those who have advanced will stay, those who have been eliminated will leave.”

Ten simple words instantly divided the million alchemists into two camps.

What Xiao Ling’er did not expect was that in just the first round, nine out of ten were eliminated!

There were already less than one hundred thousand alchemists left.

That ‘strange and simple’ guy was one of them.