Ye Mo saw that these pill masters were grouped together in small groups, discussing or arguing energetically. There were even some pill masters concocting pills on the spot. The aroma of pills flowed out of every corner.
Two child pill servants stood at the door. When they saw Feng Ling and co. arrive, they quickly bowed. Ye Mo thought Feng Ling would be showing them his invitation, but Feng Ling just showed his pill king badge.
Ye Mo saw this and showed his new badge to the child too. The child glanced at Ye Mo in confusion but still gave the badge back respectfully.
Then the child yelled, "Heaven Star Sect level one pill king Feng ling and solo cultivator level seven spirit pill master Luo Xiaomo have arrived."
A lot of the pill masters inside turned back to look at them. Yi Pandie was speechless as she shook her head. Jing Yingli whispered into Ye Mo's ear, "You didn't need to take out your badge. We could've come in just with Feng ling's pill king badge. Without him, you wouldn't have been able to come in just with the level seven spirit pill master badge."
Ye Mo put away his badge awkwardly.
"Daofriend Feng!"
"Brother Feng!"
People started greeting Feng Ling immediately. Clearly, he enjoyed quite some fame. A lot of people even came up to greet Yi Pandie. But no one came up to Ye Mo and Jing Yingli. Jing Yingli was too ugly, and Ye Mo was a mere level seven spirit pill master. Of course no one would care.
Feng Ling greeted those pill masters who greeted him and introduced Ye Mo and the others. On Feng Ling's account, a few pill masters finally greeted Ye Mo and Jing Yingli.
Soon a a small circle was formed, and people started discussing the pill dao.
Ye Mo heard them talk about what pills they had made, what quality they had reached, or who would get into the top ten at the tournament. Ye Mo felt that it was very boring after a short while.
Just when Ye Mo wanted to leave, he heard some ruckus all of a sudden.
The atmosphere at the gathering was actually very peaceful. People had different views, but it wasn't to the degree of sparking a heavy argument. So now that something was going on, everyone looked over immediately.
A bald pill master suddenly got up and saluted with his fists to all the pill masters and said, "Pill daofriends, the reason I'm arguing with Pill King Hu Wen is because he said that the spirit attraction grass can be put into a pill. He even said someone made the spirit weaving pill! I asked him to tell me which cultivator did this, and he said he didn't know but said it had been a North Far State cultivator."
The bald cultivator then said even louder, "Everyone knows that the spirit attraction grass's properties can't be bound. Countless qianbeis in the pill dao have proven this. Pill King Hu Wen tried to show off his knowledge by saying absurd things. We pill concocters need to stay creative, but we also need to base our statements on facts. Otherwise we will be harming ourselves and others. I'm not looking down on the North Far State, but our South Peace State's cultivation and pill concoction level has always been number one in Luo Yue. Even if the spirit attraction grass can be put into a pill, would the North Far State succeed before us?"
"That's right, I support Pill King Qi Yang! How can the spirit attraction herb be put into pill? There have been countless prodigy pill kings in the history of Luo Yue, yet they weren't able to put it in. The idea that someone from North Far State could put the spirit attraction herb into a pill is too funny," someone said.
More and more people started agreeing.
"Yeah, even if it can be added to a pill, and even if the North Far State cultivator invented it, the pill recipe should've been passed onto Pill City already. I believe everyone knows how important this spirit weaving pill would be, so how come we still don't know about it?"
Ye Mo felt this was too funny.
Ye Mo scrutinized the Pill King Hu Wen who was arguing in favor of him. His skin was a little dark, and he seemed like he was in his 50s. He had a searing heat around him—it was obvious that he had a rare flame.
Seeing more and more people rebuke him, Pill King Hu Wen stood up furiously. "I, Gu Wenqian, never bluff! The reason why the pill hasn't appeared in the South Peace State yet is because the cultivator who created it has disappeared. But his recipe has come out, and I have it!"
"Haha, Brother Hu Wen, I know you are not someone who lies easily, but I don't know where you got your news. Wouldn't everyone be looking for such a genius? But since you have the recipe, please concoct some for us to see," another cultivator said in contempt.
"I can't make it." Gu Wenqian's face went red.
Before more people could start spewing words of scorn onto him, though, another young cultivator stood out all of a sudden.
People stopped talking immediately.
Ye Mo looked at this cultivator. He was already at the body condensation state, and his chi seemed powerful. He had clearly eaten a pill similar to the face preserving pill.
Jing Yingli said to Ye Mo, "This is eight star sect Heaven Herb Lake's prodigy, Ji Youting. Level four Pill King Sheng Ting. He's said to be the most likely one to take first place in the tournament.
Ye Mo was shocked. A level four pill king and at the body condensation state middle stage? This was too absurd!
"Let's see what Pill King Sheng Ting has to say," one cultivator said.
Ji Youting nodded and looked at Gu Wenqian, "Pill King Hu Wen, I trust your character, but what you're saying is too shocking. We all know that when the spirit attraction herb turns into liquid, the herbal qualities dissipate and can't be gathered. Even a level nine pill king wouldn't be able to gather the dissipating herbal qualities. Where did you hear about this? And what is the pill recipe like?"
Gu Wenqian calmed down and saluted with his fists. "Pill King Sheng Ting, this is really true. I can't tell you where I got this news, but I can tell you that the person who created this pill is called Ye Mo. He used the spirit attraction grass to concoct the spirit weaving pill at the North Far State pill concoction hall of fame tournament. He used this method to get in first place."
There was another wave of laughter, but Ji Youting didn't scorn Gu Wenting. He asked carefully, "Oh, was this person a level three pill king or above?"
Gu Wenqian shook his head. "No, I heard he was only a spirit pill master and when he made the spirit weaving pill, he was only at the foundation establishment state. I know what you are thinking, but even if we know the pill recipe, we won't be able to concoct it. It's not a matter of being pill king or pill master, because the spirit weaving pill requires a special pill concoction method."
"May I have a look at the recipe?" Ji Youting asked again.
Gu Wenqian didn't hesitate and took out the recipe, giving it to Ji Youting.
Jing Yingli, however, looked at Ye Mo in shock and sent a sound transmission to Ye Mo, "The spirit weaving pill can really be made?"
She now realized that Ye Mo came from the North Far State and was the number one pill concoction hall of fame pill master! It seemed Ye Mo was really famous in the North Far State.
Ye Mo smiled bitterly at her and said out loud, "I believe it can be made. Otherwise Pill King Hu Wen wouldn't say this."
Jing Yingli was smart and was startled immediately. She realized that a sound transmission wasn't very discrete in their current situation.
Ji Youting immediately looked at Ye Mo. "How do you know the spirit weaving pill can be made? According to this pill recipe, the supposed method is very creative and imaginative, but it's impossible to make it."
Clearly, he had heard Jing Yingli's sound transmission.
"Insolent brat, he doesn't know the reaches of heaven," people said in contempt.