Many people present could smell the sweet fragrance of moxa. Many cultivators had incredulous expressions on their faces.

One had to know that this Vigorous Vajra Pill was not an easy pill to refine.

Even though pill refiners could successfully refine the Great Strength Vajra Pill as long as they possessed the level of the Pill Extreme, it was still a test of the pill refiners 'own beast fire quality and their ability to control beast fire.

If the difference in the grade of the beast fire was not too big, the Great Strength Vajra Pill refined by the alchemist according to the existing recipe for the Great Strength Vajra Pill would only be at the Earth Grade at most.

Pill refiners who were able to raise the rank of the Great Strength Vajra Pill to Heaven Grade were extremely rare.

In addition, the process of refining pills was undoubtedly extremely taxing.

Some pill refiners who were not very strong even needed to stop from time to time to refine Spirit Gathering Pills in order to recover their spiritual energy.

However, how long had it been since the alchemy competition started? An alchemy cultivator had successfully refined the Vigorous Vajra Pill so quickly. How could this not surprise these cultivators?

" No way, right? An alchemist successfully refined the Vigorous Vajra Pill so quickly this year?"

" There's absolutely nothing wrong with this smell of Artemisia. The most important ingredient in the Strength Vajra Pill is Artemisia."

" It seems that there might be another alchemy genius like the one from the previous year for this year's Yunding Convention," one of the cultivators said.

" The alchemy genius from the previous batch? Are you talking about the alchemy monk Shi Duoye from Wuliang Temple?"

" Yes, it's said that Lu Yucheng, the alchemy genius of Boundless Island who only appears once every hundred years, lost to Shi Duoye, the alchemy monk of Boundless Temple, in the alchemy project of the previous Cloud Summit Convention."

" So that's how it is. Then did the Wuliang Temple send the Alchemy Monk Shi Duoye to participate this year?"

" Who knows? I heard that this year Wuliang Temple sent out a young genius, Shi Xu. He's the last disciple of Alchemy Monk Shi Duoye. I heard from the monks at Wuliang Temple that Shi Xu's alchemy talent is above Alchemy Monk Shi Duoye's. I guess he's not far off."

Gao Yuehan and Qin Xiayao looked at each other and frowned as they listened to the discussions in the crowd.

Yu Xueqing of Yunmo Academy was also worried. She was afraid that Nie Mihe, who was participating in the pill refinement competition for the first time, would be eliminated in the first round.

Liu Zhifei frowned slightly when he saw that Gao Yuehan, Qin Xiayao, and Yu Xueqing were all frowning.

He felt that Lin Xuan should have the ability to refine high-quality pills. Moreover, a mere Strength Vajra Pill that could be refined as long as one's alchemy level reached the Dan Extreme level should not be difficult for Lin Xuan.

With this thought in mind, Liu Zhifei said to Gao Yuehan and the others," Miss Gao, Miss Qin, Miss Yu, why are you all frowning?"

"Just now, Lin Xuan was the first to refine the Great Strength Vajra Pill. You should be happy for Lin Xuan."

"I should be happy for him."

Gao Yuehan sighed and said," But for some reason, after hearing so many cultivators present talk about some of their other sects 'alchemy geniuses, my confidence suddenly didn't feel that strong."

Liu Zhifei was speechless after hearing Gao Yuehan's answer.

"Miss Gao, I don't think you need to worry so much."

Liu Zhifei continued," Think about it. You've seen Lin Xuan refine pills before. You've seen him refine pills more often than us. Lin Xuan was the first to refine the Great Strength Vajra Pill. What does this mean?"

" What does it mean?" Qin Xiayao asked.

Yu Xueqing, who was standing at the side, also cast a puzzled look at Liu Zhifei.

" This means that this Vigorous Vajra Pill is no longer a topic for Lin Xuan," Liu Zhifei replied.

"That makes sense."

Gao Yuehan nodded." Is Shi Duoye, the alchemy monk of Wuliang Temple, very powerful? What's the background of his last disciple, Shi Xu?"

"Alchemy Monk Shi Duoye?"

Liu Zhifei curled his lips and replied disdainfully," That's an old thing. He's lived for a long time, but he always likes to say some mysterious things."

"Anyway, that old fellow is rambling. I don't want to see him."

"Oh?"

Qin Xiayao could hear Liu Zhifei's dissatisfaction with Shi Duoye from his tone.

"Liu Zhifei, why do I feel like you have a grudge with the alchemy monk Shi Duoye of Wuliang Temple?"

"Did he provoke you before?"

Qin Xiayao's question immediately aroused Gao Yuehan and Yu Xueqing's interest.

" Sigh, it's a long story. Since we don't have anything else to do now, I'll tell you."

Then Liu Zhifei started talking nonstop.

It turned out that Shi Duoye, the alchemy monk of Wuliang Temple, had passed by their Snow Mountain Academy when he was traveling around in his early years. He had even asked for help from Snow Mountain Academy.

At that time, Liu Zhifei was still young. When he met a monk from Wuliang Temple who came to beg for mercy, he took out a steamed bun left over from their Snow Mountain Academy and handed it to Shi Duoye.

However, after Shi Duoye devoured the food, he started to pick on the food of the Snow Mountain Academy.

He said that the steamed bread of Xueshan Academy was too salty to swallow, and Liu Zhifei had to cook a vegetarian meal for him to eat.

Liu Zhifei refused, so Shi Duoye cursed Liu Zhifei.

" It was winter at that time, and the surroundings of our Snow Mountain Academy were already covered in white snow. Where were the vegetables?"

" Even if there were some vegetables left in our Snow Mountain Academy, they would only be dried vegetables that had been dried in autumn. Those dried vegetables had to be saved for winter, so I rejected Shi Duoye's request."

Liu Zhifei glanced at everyone and continued," But that Alchemy Monk Shi Duoye was good. Seeing that I didn't give him any food, he directly sat in the square at the entrance of our Snow Mountain Academy and didn't leave. It wasn't until the dean asked that he personally took out some dried vegetables and made a bowl of steaming dried vegetable noodles for Shi Duoye that Shi Duoye left."

" Shi Duoye of Wuliang Temple is actually acting like a rascal?" Yu Xueqing frowned.

" What else? Do you think those monks from Wuliang Temple are all good things?"

Liu Zhifei rolled his eyes at Yu Xueqing." Let me tell you, this Wuliang Temple has always been a place of evil."

"On the surface, they are a group of sanctimonious people. It is said that many cultivators who have committed serious crimes have nowhere to go to hide there."