Joe Di calmed himself immediately. He knew he had to come up with a solution within three breaths.
Without waiting for three breaths, as soon as Joe Di realized his mistake, he destroyed all the Law Array Banners in the first breath and began manually refining the God Origin Pill. Whether or not he had been discovered, he had to make a final remedy first.
The speed of manually refining the God Origin Pill must not be too fast or too slow. It must match the speed of the Law Array refining the God Origin Pill, with pills coming out at a steady pace.
Fortunately, the Law Array was set up by Joe Di himself, and the Dao of Alchemy rules infused into the Law Array were also his own.
Now, using this method to refine pills, he wouldn't encounter any problems. The Law Array for refining pills put Joe Di at a disadvantage, so he had to maintain a balanced speed while refining. Whether anyone was watching him or not, he had to keep the same pace as before when using the Law Array to refine pills.
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"I suspect this person is using an array disk to refine the God Origin Pill!" Vance Hsu, the Vice City Lord of Eternity Saint City, immediately stood up and shouted loudly.
Even though everyone knew it was unlikely, no one stood up to refute him.
It was considered unlikely because, to refine a God Origin Pill with an array disk, the alchemist's Dao of Alchemy rules had to be integrated into the disk. Not only was it extremely difficult to infuse the alchemist's Dao of Alchemy rules into the disk, but even if it could be done, it would be hard to find such an array master.
This array master would not only need to be proficient in array techniques but also be a pioneer of the Dao of Alchemy.
A pioneer of the Dao of Alchemy, not just an alchemist. An alchemist simply inherits and learns the Dao of Alchemy from their predecessors, but unless one pioneers their own Dao of Alchemy, they cannot possess their own Dao of Alchemy rules. Only when an alchemist becomes a true Dao Origin Pill Saint will they form their own Dao of Alchemy rules.
Who would expect a Dao Origin Pill Saint to participate in this competition? No one could possibly invite a Dao Origin Pill Saint to join. As for whether a Dao Origin Pill Saint would give their own array disk to someone else for the competition, that's even more impossible. Which Dao Origin Pill Saint would infuse their Dao of Alchemy rules into an array disk and give it away?
The reason no one refuted him was because Vance Hsu simply voiced what everyone was thinking. Being the first to say it would offend people, but since Vance Hsu already had a conflict with Ann Tu Ning, it was most appropriate for him to speak up.
If it were another sect, Vance Hsu saying such a thing might have immediately started a fight. Such accusations are not made lightly; it would disgrace the sect and lower its standing.
Unfortunately, other than Joe Di, who was an outer disciple, there was no one else from Yan Yi Dao Sect present.
Ann Tu Ning, who had brought Joe Di to participate in the competition, had long since disappeared.
Many cultivators secretly sighed, thinking that the alchemist representing Yan Yi Dao Sect was pitiful. If a Yan Yi Dao Sect elder had stood up to refute Vance Hsu, it would have led to a dispute or even a fight, which had little to do with Joe Di.
However, since no one from Yan Yi Dao Sect refuted Vance Hsu, the image of this alchemist would be shown next, leaving no room for luck.
Sure enough, a solemn voice soon echoed above the competition square: "In the Dao Domain Pill River Competition, someone has reported that the only contestant from Yan Yi Dao Sect, Joe Di, is cheating. So far, no one from Yan Yi Dao Sect has come forward to explain. To ensure fairness and justice, the Pill River Competition Alliance has decided to display the video of this alchemist refining the God Origin Pill for everyone to judge."
There was a buzz of discussion among the crowd. Although Joe Di's pill refining process was odd, it wasn't enough to prove cheating. In all these years, the Pill River Competition had never seen such a case.
This was also because the person in charge of Yan Yi Dao Sect was absent. If they had been present, this matter would likely have escalated.
A blank array screen appeared before everyone, and soon, the mist-shrouded Pill River appeared on the screen.
In the Pill River, many alchemists were working hard to refine the God Origin Pill; their images on the array screen were all quite blurry.
But soon, the image on the array screen zoomed in from the Pill River, finally focusing on a long-haired young man in ordinary cultivator’s robes.
This youth not only had long hair but also a face full of beard. At this moment, he was fully focused on refining the God Origin Pill, his gestures seemingly fixed, and his alchemy hand signs never changed. His pill refining method was different from ordinary alchemists, who would produce a pile of God Origin Pills at intervals; his method was a continuous stream of God Origin Pills entering his ring, never suddenly increasing or decreasing.
“I’ve never seen such a rigid pill refining technique before,” someone in the crowd exclaimed.
Joe Di’s pill refining technique was indeed rigid, but no one could deny that this method was the most suitable for this occasion.
“Haha…” Another burst of laughter rang out. “No wonder people thought this guy was using an array disk to refine pills. If I hadn’t seen his technique myself, I might have thought he was using an array disk to refine the God Origin Pill too.”
I’m telling you, who could be so skilled as to have an array disk that can automatically refine God Origin Pills? That array disk would almost rival innate treasures.
Vice City Lord Wan, you sure have sharp eyes! You can tell someone is using an array disk to refine pills without even looking. Haha…
Even though Ann Tu Ning was not present, Joe Di still had a few friends. Now that it was confirmed he wasn’t using an array disk to refine pills, people immediately began mocking Vance Hsu.
Vance Hsu looked very embarrassed; he hadn’t expected there would be an alchemist like Joe Di. Although this method was efficient, wasn’t it exhausting?
In the crowd, a blue-clothed woman watched Joe Di, who was focused on refining pills, and murmured to herself, "Why does this person seem so familiar?"
“Sister Lanru, these people are so boring. Just a few God Origin Pills and they’re already scheming against each other. It’s so shameful…” said a slightly short, red-clothed girl beside the blue-clothed woman.
The woman called Lanru snorted, “Don’t speak carelessly if you don’t know. Do you think everyone is like you, with so many top-tier cultivation resources? For those itinerant cultivators, not to mention God Origin Pills, even a single low-grade spirit crystal is the best cultivation resource. Don’t take your blessings for granted and laugh at others.”
The red-clothed girl made a face, “Got it, Sister Lanru. Let’s go, there’s really nothing interesting about this pill competition.”
Feeling that Joe Di’s image was somehow familiar, Lanru didn’t think further and simply nodded, saying, “Let’s go. We’ve already wasted a lot of time, and we really can’t stay here any longer.”
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While maintaining a steady pace in pill refinement, Joe Di suddenly felt a sense of oppression. Being extremely sensitive to the surrounding world’s laws, he immediately understood what was happening.
He was being monitored by a surveillance array. Just as he expected, his steady pill refining technique had been noticed.
Originally, Joe Di planned to stop this pill refining method after a day or two, but now that the surveillance array had appeared, he decided to maintain this method until the end.
His only concern was whether he had been monitored before he put away the Law Array Banners. Logically, he shouldn’t have been, because if he had, the surveillance array wouldn’t have appeared so suddenly.
Fortunately, there were only a few days left until the end of the competition. Although Joe Di’s pill refining method was tiring, he could still hold out.
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Ann Tu Ning was in a bad mood. She had been schemed against in the sect, and with sect resources about to be redistributed, Yan Chun Valley had suffered a silent loss. It seemed that for a long time to come, Yan Chun Valley would not be able to rise.
This matter absolutely could not be let go. The Second and Third Elders were helping Wang Teng of Yan Yu Peak, while the First Elder’s attitude was ambiguous. She had to find the Sect Master, even if he was in seclusion, to let him know. For an event as important as the Dao Domain Pill Competition, Wang Teng dared to hold them back; in the future, Yan Yi Dao Sect would surely decline.
Just as Ann Tu Ning was about to look for the Sect Master, her communication bead suddenly received a message.
Seeing the message, Ann Tu Ning was stunned. Yan Yi Dao Sect had already entered the top one hundred, and their competing alchemist was now ranked forty-sixth…