"Yes, alchemists like this are indeed rare. Not only are his alchemy skills incredible, but his cultivation is also superior!"

"The champion of this year's Great Alchemy Competition must be Ding Lin! There are clearly no other choices!"

"It's hard to say about this Ye! After all, the pill recipe is quite challenging. I wonder what kind of medicine pill Ding Fan will produce this time?"

"It's really something to look forward to, but the pill recipe is evidently very difficult too. Who knows if Ding Lin can truly remember all the medicines on the recipe..."

"For the participating alchemists, there's only ten seconds of time, which for ordinary alchemists is clearly impossible to remember all these spiritual materials. It's evident Zhang Hao cheated to know all the spiritual materials, but currently, we don't have any evidence, so whether Ding Fan can surpass him depends on Ding Lin's fortune..."

"We don't need to worry too much. Since Zhang Hao's cheating is incredibly obvious, Elder Wang will certainly give us an explanation. I believe Elder Wang won't turn a blind eye. Therefore, even if Ding Fan performs normally, he will definitely be in first place!"

"That's right..."

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For a moment, the elders in the Judge Area began discussing among themselves, feeling both shocked at Ding Fan's performance and concerned about Ding Fan's results in this Great Alchemy Competition. After all, Ding Fan's displayed strength already qualified him to be the champion of this year's Great Alchemy Competition, but out of nowhere Zhang Hao appeared. Many elder judges knew Zhang Hao had cheated, but there was no evidence against him yet.

Most of the elder judges believed Elder Wang wouldn't ignore the issue with Zhang Hao. Although Elder Wang hadn't taken any special measures yet, the elder judges knew clearly that Elder Wang wouldn't let this cheating matter go unhandled. Plus, the Great Alchemy Competition is a large event in Donglai Continent, and cheating wouldn't be tolerated here.

If others hadn't noticed, then it wouldn't have mattered. But Zhang Hao's cheating was already evident, making it impossible to condone him.

Elder Wang clearly heard the discussions of the crowd and had already formed an opinion about Zhang Hao. It's just that Elder Wang knew it wasn't the right time yet because the Great Alchemy Competition was still ongoing. Obviously, it wasn't the time to address it. Elder Wang had already decided that as the Great Alchemy Competition approached its end, particularly after the second group of alchemist competitions where Ding Lin was, he would naturally deal with Zhang Hao.

Elder Wang felt a bit angry towards Zhang Hao and wouldn't care who backed him. Zhang Hao had challenged Elder Wang's authority and the authority of the entire City Lord Mansion of Dancheng. Elder Wang knew Lin Qi, the City Lord, wouldn't condone such incidents, and Elder Wang understood he was the chief judge of this year's Great Alchemy Competition.

Evidently, all decisions for the Great Alchemy Competition were in Elder Wang's hands. The City Lord entrusted this important matter to him, signifying trust. Elder Wang knew not only was the City Lord watching how he handled this matter, but most elders of the City Lord Mansion were observing too. Elder Wang was aware this was also a test from the City Lord Mansion.

Elder Wang understood that the election for the next City Lord was approaching soon, and hosting this Great Alchemy Competition meant the City Lord was promoting him. Elder Wang wouldn't easily let go of this chance. The City Lord of Dancheng isn't just a normal post; even some Nine Stars Great Gate Sects aren't much stronger than Dancheng.

Therefore, the City Lord Mansion of Dancheng evidently isn't a typical existence. It's a high-ranking, powerful position.

Still, Elder Wang wasn't particularly interested in the City Lord's election. For Elder Wang, alchemy is his primary occupation, and he just needed to do well in his alchemy. Clearly, hosting this year's Great Alchemy Competition is his primary job, and Elder Wang wouldn't think so far ahead; he just needed to host this competition well.

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At this moment, Ding Fan evidently had no interest in others' discussions. Upon climbing the high platform, he quickly picked up the pill recipe and examined it. Although he had only ten seconds to view it, Ding Fan's memory was astonishingly strong, enhanced as his divine sense grew powerful. As for how powerful Ding Fan's divine sense was.

The recent incident was a great example. Ding Fan climbed the high platform quickly and effortlessly, due to the significant strength of his divine sense. Initially, Ding Fan paused at the tenth-to-last step on the platform, and suddenly realized that the spiritual sense sword he released could easily break through the oppressive barrier of each step.

At that moment, Ding Fan felt extremely delighted in his heart, clearly it was like a glimmer of hope appearing at a dead end! It totally helped Ding Fan enormously, and instantly, Ding Fan used his Divine Sense to condense into a small sword, creating an opening in the barrier of the high platform's oppressive force in front of him. Then Ding Fan simply slipped through this opening. Clearly, this not only saved Ding Fan a lot of effort but also made his progress very rapid.

Therefore, Ding Fan passed through the high platform smoothly in such a short time, and he wasn't worried at all about his Divine Sense Sword exhausting his strength. After all, Ding Fan knew that his Divine Sense was extraordinarily powerful, clearly far beyond what ordinary cultivators could compare to.

For most cultivators, the Divine Sense Sword is a very rare thing, not all cultivators' Divine Sense can condense into such an offensive form. It obviously requires a cultivator to be of a high cultivation level, at least above the distraction stage. Therefore, this kind of thing is very unfamiliar to most cultivators and clearly not something ordinary cultivators possess.

Even if a distraction-stage cultivator possesses a Divine Sense Sword, they obviously can't use it limitlessly. After all, it consumes a significant amount of Divine Sense. Even an elder at the distraction stage, with powerful Divine Sense, can only use it up to three consecutive times at most, or it will certainly damage their primordial spirit. After all, Divine Sense is relatively rare and precious to cultivators.

But Ding Fan obviously doesn't have those concerns. Ding Fan's Divine Sense is so strong that it defies heaven, even surpassing many cultivators at the distraction stage. Ding Fan can use the Divine Sense Sword more than ten times consecutively without any issue, and since Ding Fan's cultivation level breakthrough, his Divine Sense has grown significantly, making him even more formidable than before.

Therefore, the last ten steps of the high platform posed no problem for Ding Fan to use the Divine Sense Sword ten consecutive times. However, even a distraction-stage cultivator couldn't manage to use the Divine Sense Sword consecutively ten times. If people knew that Ding Fan, only at the nascent soul early stage, could use the Divine Sense Sword ten consecutive times, even cultivators at the distraction stage would be shocked!

Of course, the strength of the Divine Sense is not limited to just the Divine Sense itself. Ding Fan's senses and memory capability have also significantly improved, clearly far beyond an ordinary cultivator's. Ding Fan is well aware of this—it's obviously his edge.

Thus, when Ding Fan saw the Pill Recipe, even though he only had ten seconds, he only needed five seconds to memorize it all. Another reason is that Ding Fan is incredibly familiar with Spiritual Materials related to medicine pills. Sometimes, just by seeing one Spiritual Material in the recipe, he already knows what the next few will be.

After all, alchemy has certain patterns, and some Spiritual Materials are interrelated. Moreover, the Pill Recipes given in this Great Alchemy Competition are clearly not as complex as those in the first and second rounds. The focus of this third round is evidently more about the high platform with its extreme pressure and the ten seconds for memorizing the pill recipe.

At this moment, Ding Fan was also a bit curious—such a simple pill recipe, yet Zhang Hao only refined a Fourth Grade Medicine Pill before. That's definitely exaggerated; clearly, he must have cheated. Judging by his real alchemy level, passing the first round would already be quite good.

So Ding Fan didn't bother with it; whether the opponent cheated or not wasn't his concern. Such matters were naturally Elder Wang's to handle. For now, Ding Fan just needed to end this Great Alchemy Competition well.

So Ding Fan only glanced at the pill recipe for five or six seconds before throwing it into the air. The recipe spun a few times like a leaf before spontaneously igniting and then vanishing into nothingness.

At this moment, everyone was utterly shocked to witness this scene from Ding Fan, clearly not expecting Ding Fan to glance at the recipe twice, not even using the full ten seconds, before just tossing it aside. This was simply too shocking!

"Brother Dalin can't be that amazing, can he? Knowing that even the most basic of medicine pill recipes have more than a dozen kinds of Spiritual Materials, but Brother Dalin barely spent ten seconds to read it all? That's a bit much!" Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs novel•fire.net

"Yeah! Is Brother Dalin giving us another surprise? This surprise seems a bit too boastful!"

"My Brother Dalin, even if your alchemy level is outstanding! And your cultivation is great too! But you should have at least finished reading and memorizing the recipe before tossing it! It's impossible to have completed it in under ten seconds!"

"Yes, even if it's all read, it doesn't mean you remember it, and no one would laugh at you for looking a bit longer! For general alchemists, ten seconds is really too short for this, even for those with good alchemic talent!"

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For a moment, everyone was visibly shocked by Ding Fan's actions. At the same time, they were also greatly worried about him. After all, if Ding Fan didn't remember the recipe ingredients, how would he refine any medicine pill? Even if he could refine a supreme quality medicine pill, he still had to remember the recipe's Spiritual Materials! Clearly, many of the audience cultivators were a bit frustrated, thinking Ding Fan was being careless.

At this moment, when He Qianyao saw Ding Fan's actions, she couldn't help but be speechless, clearly believing that Ding Fan, having reached this point, didn't need to be so casual. It's not shameful to look at the recipe a bit longer. Even a talented alchemist would find ten seconds barely enough for this recipe, but Ding Fan, without even using up the ten seconds, just straightaway tossed the recipe away…