At this moment, the Yongying Immortal Gate Plaza was filled with at least millions of people. Due to the sheer number, some of the architectural restrictions around the plaza were opened to accommodate the cultivators who came to watch the Yongying Immortal Domain's Pill Dao Grand Competition.

When Mo Wuji and Lin Gu arrived, the place was already overflowing with people. If there wasn't a separate passage prepared for the participating Pill Masters, the two of them would have had to squeeze their way into the competition area.

Fortunately, each participating identity jade token allowed them to occupy two seats in the front row. So, despite Mo Wuji and Lin Gu's late arrival, they were still able to find seats in the front row using their participating identity jade tokens.

The Pill Dao Grand Competition hadn't started yet when they sat down.

People gradually came and sat in the seats in front, and Mo Wuji was quickly surrounded by people. The vast majority of them carried the aura of pills, so it was obvious that they were all participating Pill Masters.

They hadn't been sitting for long when someone quietly approached Mo Wuji, asking to buy his participating identity jade token with immortal crystals. Mo Wuji naturally refused without hesitation. Fortunately, this was a place where everyone was watching, and no one dared to use force.

In front of the area where the participating Pill Masters were seated were two areas. One area was about a meter or two higher than the plaza's terrain. It was spacious and not small. Looking at the rows of ground fire conduits, Mo Wuji knew that this area was for the Pill Dao Grand Competition.

Further in front of this area was an even higher main platform. Mo Wuji guessed that it was where the judges and some important figures would be seated.

They waited for a full two hours before dozens of people gradually walked onto the main platform.

As these dozens of people walked onto the main platform, the originally noisy plaza quieted down. Despite having millions of people, it became so quiet that even breathing was hard to hear.

A middle-aged man with a righteous face and extraordinary bearing walked to the front of the main platform. He first cupped his fists to the many cultivators in the plaza, then said in a loud voice, "As the Immortal Emperor of the Yongying Immortal Domain, I, Kui Fengyun, first represent the Yongying Immortal Domain in welcoming the immortal friends from various immortal domains. Although I am the Immortal Emperor of the Yongying Immortal Domain, today I am like everyone else, an audience member watching the most outstanding Pill Masters of the entire immortal domain compete here. This is my honor, and also the honor of my Yongying Immortal Domain."

This was the first time Mo Wuji had seen a Quasi-Emperor-level expert. This Kui Fengyun did seem like a heroic figure full of boldness, but he wondered if he was indeed a hypocrite as Lin Gu had said.

Kui Fengyun slightly stepped back, allowing the people behind him to come forward, before continuing, "I also welcome the Deputy Alliance Master of the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance, True Immortal Hu Yu, Quasi-Emperor Mo He of the Luoling Immortal Domain, Quasi-Emperor Hong Yang of the Great Freedom Immortal Domain, the Sect Leader of the Great Vast Immortal Sect, Wan Fan..."

Every name that Kui Fengyun announced was either a regional overlord or a Quasi-Emperor-level expert. Mo Wuji noticed Wan Fan. This guy was the Sect Leader of the Great Vast Immortal Sect, and he seemed to have a deep feud with the Great Vast Immortal Sect. Not to mention that Bai Chitian was killed by him, even Fu Bei was blasted away by him.

He needed to be careful of this guy later. Once he found out what he had done, it would be troublesome.

"Our Yongying Immortal Domain, based on the spirit of universal love and fair competition, has specifically changed the participation restrictions before this Pill Dao Grand Competition. We allow any Pill Master from any immortal domain to participate in this Pill Dao Grand Competition. However, due to the limited number of spots, there are still some Pill Dao experts who cannot participate. I, Kui Fengyun, once again express my deep apologies..."

As he said this, Kui Fengyun bowed.

Mo Wuji chuckled inwardly. This guy was probably furious. Allowing Pill Masters from all immortal domains to participate was definitely not Kui Fengyun's idea; it was due to pressure from various immortal domains. Now, Kui Fengyun had to say a few nice words, so let him.

"I, Kui Fengyun, act with integrity and fairness, so for the sake of fairness in this competition, this competition will begin in the simplest way and end in the fastest way."

Mo Wuji saw the disdain in the corner of Lin Gu's eyes, clearly knowing that this guy was lying.

Mo Wuji also knew that Kui Fengyun was probably lying. According to Lin Gu, Kui Fengyun was now on the verge of proving his Dao as an Immortal Emperor. The reason he held the Pill Dao Grand Competition in advance was not for the Pill Dao, nor was it to find the true Pill Dao masters and Medicine Dao masters. Kui Fengyun's main purpose should be to obtain some kind of immortal spiritual herb in the Concealed Immortal Valley to pave the way for his proof of Dao as an Immortal Emperor.

Kui Fengyun was eager to prove his Dao as an Immortal Emperor, so naturally, he wouldn't make this Pill Dao Grand Competition complicated and fragmented. What he said about the faster, the better, was normal.

"The number of participants in this Pill Dao Grand Competition is three thousand six hundred and thirty, and the top fifty will be selected. The competition is divided into two rounds. The first round will select three hundred people. The three hundred people selected in the first round will continue to participate in the second round, and finally, the top fifty will be selected."

"The number of places to enter the Concealed Immortal Valley is sixty. The top five will each have two places to enter the Concealed Immortal Valley. The sixth to fiftieth place will each have one place to enter the Concealed Immortal Valley. The Yongying Immortal Domain's Immortal Emperor's Mansion has five places to enter the Concealed Immortal Valley. All places to enter the Concealed Immortal Valley are calculated by the entry jade token, regardless of identity..."

With Kui Fengyun's words, Mo Wuji understood how difficult it was to enter the Concealed Immortal Valley.

It was estimated that there were at least ten million foreign immortals who came to the Yongying Immortal Domain this time. The vast majority of them were here for the Concealed Immortal Valley, or rather, they wanted to buy one or two high-level immortal spiritual herbs from the Concealed Immortal Valley. As for the Yongying Immortal Domain's Immortal Emperor's Mansion not having to participate in the competition and directly having five places, no one cared. The Concealed Immortal Valley was originally in the Yongying Immortal Domain, so it was normal for the Immortal Emperor of the Yongying Immortal Domain to have a few places.

"Because this Pill Dao Grand Competition is based on the major immortal cities of the Yongying Immortal Domain, the lower or middle immortal cities that obtain the top five places in this Pill Dao Grand Competition will be directly promoted to upper immortal cities. The lower immortal cities that obtain the top fifty places will be promoted to middle immortal cities, and the middle immortal cities will be promoted to upper immortal cities. The upper immortal cities within the top one hundred will remain unchanged, the upper immortal cities within the top two hundred will be demoted to middle immortal cities, and the upper immortal cities outside the top two hundred will be directly demoted to lower immortal cities..."

What Kui Fengyun announced later was basically the Yongying Immortal Domain's own affairs. The Yongying Immortal Domain mainly used this Pill Dao Grand Competition to reclassify the immortal cities. Apart from the immortals of the Yongying Immortal Domain, the rest of the immortals didn't care at all.

Mo Wuji did listen carefully. When he heard that the lower immortal cities outside the top five hundred would be directly reduced to affiliated immortal cities, he knew that even if he didn't get a ranking, he wouldn't let the Yingshui Immortal City fall into being an affiliated immortal city.

"...For this Pill Dao Grand Competition, our Yongying Immortal Domain has specially invited the Deputy Alliance Master of the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance. Now, let us invite Alliance Master Hu of the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance to preside over this Pill Dao Grand Competition." Kui Fengyun quickly announced the competition rules and stepped down.

The Deputy Alliance Master of the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance, Hu Zhenyu, walked onto the main platform. Mo Wuji couldn't even tell the other party's age. Perhaps it was because he had been in a high position for many years and was in contact with the Pill Dao, he looked like he was standing in the clouds, and his whole person was like an immortal.

Hu Zhenyu didn't have a single word of nonsense, and didn't even bother with a polite word. He came up and directly said, "This Pill Dao Grand Competition will not have judges. The score will be directly judged by the formation. The first round of the competition will now begin. Please enter the competition area with the participating jade tokens."

Mo Wuji stood up and walked into the competition area. Although Lin Gu said that Kui Fengyun was insidious and vicious, and not as bold as he appeared on the surface, Mo Wuji was now a little sad for this Immortal Emperor. If he was the Pill Emperor of the Yongying Immortal Domain, and was robbed by other immortal domains, and didn't even get a word of thanks, it would be strange if he felt comfortable.

Thousands of Pill Masters quickly found their positions and stood there.

Hu Zhenyu continued, "The pill furnaces for this pill competition will be provided by the Pill Masters themselves, and the pill fire will be the ground fire of the competition venue. The first round of the competition is to refine the medicinal liquid essence of the immortal spiritual herb. The immortal spiritual herb to be refined this time is the Fourth Grade Immortal Spiritual Herb, the Biliu Immortal Herb. The top three hundred will be selected based on the degree of essence refined by each Pill Master. Please send the refined medicinal liquid essence into the designated jade bottle, and mark your name and the immortal city you represent. The competition now begins."

After saying that, Hu Zhenyu waved his hand, and a piece of immortal spiritual herb was scattered. An immortal spiritual herb and an empty jade bottle landed precisely in front of Mo Wuji.

Mo Wuji saw that the immortal spiritual herb in his hand was indeed the Biliu Immortal Herb. Mo Wuji was very clear about this kind of immortal spiritual herb. This was a lower-value immortal spiritual herb among the Fourth Grade Immortal Spiritual Herbs, mainly an auxiliary medicinal material for detoxification pills. But this kind of immortal spiritual herb had a characteristic, that was, the essence was relatively difficult to refine. A general Pill King could refine more than 85% of the essence, which was considered good.

If it was a general competition, Mo Wuji might hide some of his strength. This time, the competition was related to whether he could enter the Concealed Immortal Valley and whether he could save Cen Shuyin. Mo Wuji had no intention of hiding his clumsiness at all. As soon as he opened the ground fire, he fully began to refine the purity of the Biliu Immortal Herb.

Because there was no time limit for this competition, although Mo Wuji could refine the Biliu Immortal Herb in the shortest time, Mo Wuji still spent nearly an incense stick of time, striving for perfection, before completely refining the essence of this Biliu Immortal Herb and sending it into the jade bottle. Then, he engraved his name and the immortal city he represented on the jade bottle, Yingshui Immortal City.

Mo Wuji slowed down his speed several times. After he finished, there were still a large number of Pill Masters who had not completed the refining.

...

In the audience seats in the front row, Yan Qianling asked her daughter in a low voice, "Lianxi, where is the Pill Master you mentioned? Point him out to me."

Although Wen Lianxi said that she and Mo Wuji had only met twice, Yan Qianling still remembered Tan Liang's words, that Mo Wuji was a Pill Emperor with unlimited potential in the future. If Mo Wuji was really good, she must let this future Pill Emperor become her son-in-law.

Wen Lianxi knew what her mother meant, and pointed to Mo Wuji's position with embarrassment, "It's him."

"So young? And has he already finished refining?" Yan Qianling was shocked to see the extremely young Mo Wuji standing there.

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