"I... I'm not seeing things, am I? It was Chu Xiaomian who finished first?"
"I saw it too..."
"So Chu Xiaomian won first place?"
"Can someone who has just come of age win first place in such a competition?"
"And can enter the secret realm to search for treasures and improve their strength..."
However, soon someone realized something.
"And did you notice? There are only three spots, and all of them belong to Doctor Feng's people?"
"That's right..."
Then everyone looked in horror in the direction where Feng Yuqin was.
What kind of monster was this exactly?
Why were all the people around her so amazing?
Moreover, they knew Han Luosu.
He didn't know how to refine pills before, right?
Wasn't he known for refining tools?
When did he become so good at pill - refining?
How could he even win first place in such a competition?
Of course, some people had heard that Han Luosu could refine pills.
It was just that he focused on tool - refining.
So he didn't pay much attention to pill - refining, and not many people knew about it.
When he later focused on pill - refining, his pill - refining skills had improved very quickly.
The faces of the elders of the hidden families at this moment could not be described as just ugly.
It was Feng Yuqin again.
Compared to Chu Xiaomian, they actually would have preferred Xiao Yuze to win.
After all, Xiao Yuze wasn't on Feng Yuqin's side.
They still wanted to deal with Feng Yuqin.
But now it was someone on Feng Yuqin's side who won again.
"Did we pick a bad day to come out?" Ran Cheng'an said in disbelief.
Yun Hai and Du Wenshan thought that their elders were from the hidden families.
Over the years, whenever they wanted to do something in the hidden families, there had never been any problems.
But what they didn't understand was that this was only applicable to ordinary people, and they could avoid risks.
However, when the target was Feng Yuqin, who no one could predict, it became a variable.
How could an ordinary person calculate the variable that was Feng Yuqin?
It was simply beyond anyone's ability to even pry into.
"Congratulations." Xiao Yuze had been very silent.
After the competition was announced, he took the initiative to walk up to Chu Xiaomian and congratulate her.
Chu Xiaomian grinned: "You were too kind."
Xiao Yuze didn't expect Chu Xiaomian to be so polite even after winning.
Moreover, at such a young age, she could be so calm about winning and losing, which made him admire her.
The seventh elder of the Tianxia Alliance quickly asked those who participated in the competition to come on stage.
There were originally no rewards.
But this time, the Tianxia Alliance still took out some rewards to distribute to everyone.
Except for the people from the hidden families, everyone else was very happy.
After all, they didn't expect any rewards, so suddenly getting one was a pleasant surprise.
The rewards from the Tianxia Alliance were very straightforward, just pills.
Pills were as essential to cultivators as food was to ordinary people without cultivation abilities.
Du Rou'er and the others quickly returned to their family's seats.
But there were still forces that wanted to recruit some of the participants in this competition.
The boldest ones were from the Soul - Severing Sect.
They directly asked for Chu Xiaomian.
"Chu Xiaomian, I'm the vice - sect master of the Soul - Severing Sect. If you come to our Soul - Severing Sect, I'll take you as my personal disciple and personally guide your cultivation." The vice - sect master of the Soul - Severing Sect offered such a high - profile condition.
This made many people envious.
After all, some ordinary cultivators didn't know what the Soul - Severing Sect was really like.
All they knew was that the Soul - Severing Sect was one of the top three among the eight major sects.
Just because of this, it made many people yearn for the Soul - Severing Sect.
However, this definitely didn't include Chu Xiaomian.
Not only did Chu Xiaomian know what kind of sect the Soul - Severing Sect was, even if she didn't, she was determined to stay by Feng Yuqin's side.
So, when she heard the invitation from the vice - sect master of the Soul - Severing Sect, she didn't even hesitate and directly refused.
The vice - sect master's face didn't look good.
Chu Xiaomian was on Feng Yuqin's side. Although he had expected that Chu Xiaomian would refuse from the beginning, being refused face - to - face like this was still hard for someone from a narrow - minded sect like the Soul - Severing Sect to accept.
So, instead of moving on to the next person, the vice - sect master of the Soul - Severing Sect just stared coldly at Chu Xiaomian and asked, "Do you know what you're saying? Being a personal disciple of an elder or above in the Soul - Severing Sect is what many people dream of."
Chu Xiaomian blinked: "I know, but I'm not one of those many people."
The people around thought that Chu Xiaomian was being ungrateful.
So someone whispered on the competition stage, "She's really talking big. She even looks down on the Soul - Severing Sect."
Another person also whispered, "I heard that Feng Yuqin is often away. She probably can't take care of her. In that case, it would be better to go to the Soul - Severing Sect. After all, the title of personal disciple is very useful."
The Wei and Song families also couldn't help but step forward to recruit people.
But after seeing the failure of the Soul - Severing Sect, those who came after all avoided Chu Xiaomian.
Chu Xiaomian was the first - place winner, and Xiao Yuze was the second - place winner.
After avoiding Chu Xiaomian, it was Xiao Yuze's turn.
The elders of the Xiao family had also come to watch the competition.
They didn't expect Xiao Yuze to make it to second place.
So now, seeing so many people trying to recruit Xiao Yuze, they were extremely excited.
The elders even tried to send him voice - messages to remind him to choose carefully.
It would be best to choose one of the eight major sects.
Because the people from the four major forces didn't recruit anyone today.
Almost all the recruitment was done by the eight major sects and the four major forces.
But when the people from the Xiao family saw that Xiao Yuze refused all the invitations from the eight major sects, they were stunned.
"What's wrong with Yuze? He refused all of them?"
"We came here this time to help our Xiao family move up a step. By refusing all of them like this, isn't he also offending these people?"
"We shouldn't have let Yuze participate in the competition in the first place." There was also internal strife in the Xiao family.
Although Xiao Yuze was the eldest son of the direct line, there were also side - branches and other young disciples.
Now, seeing that Xiao Yuze had refused all the invitations, they were all puzzled.
Then they thought that maybe Xiao Yuze was being over - confident just because he had won once.
"Could it be that he thinks he's the best just because he won once and wants to join one of the four major forces?"
"The Xiao family can't even make it into the top ten families. It's already a blessing for them that their people are being invited by the eight major sects, but he's still being picky."
"No wonder the Xiao family can't make it into the top ten families. With such an over - ambitious young man in the family, it's normal that they can't develop."
"Alas, there's nothing to look forward to from the Xiao family. They'll just keep struggling outside the top ten families."
Just as everyone started to complain about Xiao Yuze, his gaze landed on Feng Yuqin not far away: "Doctor Feng, can I join your Dark Night Pavilion?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar.