The pill king tournament was held once every 50 years and with this many pill kings and pill masters gathered, it was equivalent to having more than 90% of the pill masters in South Peace State in one city at the same time.
With this many pill kings gathered, of course they weren't just going to discuss the pill dao before the tournament. Many pill kings and pill masters went to the market and opened roadside stalls. This place became the best place for all cultivators to look for the pills they wanted.
Cultivators who had many years' worth of spirit stones stored up came here to try their luck. Some cultivators with rare spirit herbs would ask pill masters to concoct for them or exchanged them for the pills they needed.
Those big sects wouldn't miss this opportunity either as during this time, a lot of unknown pill kings would emerge, and they were what the big sects pursued. In order to invite them to become their guest elders, the big sects did all they could.
Even if some small sects couldn't hire any pill kings, they would still target high level pill masters. Thus this pill king tournament involved almost all cultivators of the South Peace State.
Pill City wasn't small but with so many cultivators suddenly emerging, it soon became too full nonetheless. Many cultivators had to wait outside the city.
Ye Mo realized at this moment how lucky he was to have a place to stay.
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Many sects stayed at Pill City which resulted in the prodigy sect members visiting each other.
The Ethereal Immortal Pond was an 8 star sect but because their disciples were all women and all of them were very pretty, many core disciples of big sects went to visit them. If they could find a dual cultivation partner among the members, it was not only an honor but a stroke of fortune.
Ning Qingxue hadn't wanted to come, but her master said that there would be a lot of elite sect members coming and it would be beneficial to get to know a few pill masters and genius sect members.
Although Ning Qingxue didn't care about this, she knew that her master was doing this for her well-being. And almost all the core disciples of the sect came, so if she didn't, it would come off as very antisocial.
And so she had joined her sect in coming to Pill City. After she arrived, she went and asked about Luo Ying and found out that she was in solitary cultivation, forming her nascent soul. Beiwei had to stay with her, so she hadn't come either. Because of this, Ning Qingxue didn't want to go out anymore, and she stayed at her sect place. Thus although there were a lot of cultivators visiting the Ethereal Immortal Pond, not many could get to see South Peace State's ranked third beauty, Ning Qingxue.
"Sister Qingxue, there are a lot of pill kings and pill masters discussing the dao at the Pill Rest Tower. Master told us to go for a look as well to connect with some pill masters," Huang Qian came over and said.
Ning Qingxue was only at golden core state level six rat the moment, because she had only joined the sect recently.
"I don't want to go, you guys can go," Ning Qingxue rejected.
"But master told us to go together," Huang Ping said troubled. Suddenly she thought of something funny and said, "Sister Qingxue, you know, today when I went with Martial Uncle Tongbing to find Lu-Qianbei, we encountered a man asking about you. It was so funny, I called him an ugly toad."
Ning Qingxue shook her head. "There's no point in talking about such things, but okay, let's go in case master tells me off again."
There were all too many people asking about her, how could she care about all of them? Huang Ping had clearly said this to cheer her up.
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The Pill Rest Tower was even busier than before. Some pill masters wanted to use the power of a sect to let them reach greater heights. So they weren't just there for pill discussion but also to meet the elite sect members of big sects. The elite members of the big sects had similar thoughts. They wanted to connect with some pill master or pill king to build the path for their future cultivation.
Although sects would provide pills to their members, it was better to know a pill king personally. After all, if you knew a pill king personally, you only needed to supply him with the spirit herbs and the pill king would help you concoct the pills. It was much more cost-efficient than handing up spirit herbs for sect points.
Ning Qingxue and a few Ethereal Immortal Pond disciples immediately caught everyone's attention when they entered the Pill Rest Tower.
There were about 200 pill kings and pill masters there today and even more cultivators from the big sects.
Luckily the place was very spacious and didn't seem crowded even then.
"Martial Sister Qingxue, long time no see. You were only at golden core state level three last time, but now you're already at golden core state level six. I feel like you're the real prodigy here," a blue-robed young male cultivator walked over and greeted.
This man was Fang Zhongshi, the core disciple of the Lightning Cloud Sect. last time, Susu had told him off for calling her Martial Sister Qingxue. Sister Susu wasn't there today, and he still called her Martial Sister Qingxue.
Ning Qingxue frowned. "My first name isn't something you can call me by, please be respectful."
"Qingxue, Young Master Fang's master went to our place yesterday and proposed to your master and Martial Uncle Yin," a female cultivator from the Ethereal Immortal Pond whispered to Ning Qingxue. She wanted to remind Ning Qingxue not to make things too awkward.
But as soon as she said this, Ning Qingxue sneered at Fang Zhongshi. "Fang Zhongshi, I already have a husband. Stop trying to chase after me and doing something as pointless as proposing. I suggest you save your time and don't be so hard on yourself."
Although cultivators usually weren't afraid of being straightforward, female cultivators would still be embarrassed talking about their marriage. But Ning Qingxue had loudly declared that she had a husband.
Last time when Luo Susu had said she had a husband at the Trial Tablet Square, people discussed it a lot before the fuss finally calmed down. Many people believed Luo Susu was lying as no one knew her husband.
Fang Zhongshi was flustered, and his face burst red. "Martial Sister Qingxue, I think you know my heart for you. Although I may not be the number one genius in South Peace State, I don't think I'm worse than anyone."
Ning Qingxue sneered contemptuously. "That's what you think, but other people don't think like that. Get out of my way."
Fang Zhongshi always had good manners and he had remained composed when Luo Susu had spoken similarly to him last time. But now that he was ignored by the woman he liked in front of so many people, Fang Zhongshi felt like he couldn't look up anymore.
It was already said before Yuan Guannan died that he had surpassed Yuan Guannan so now that Yuan Guannan was dead, he was definitely acclaimed as one of the most genius cultivators of South Peace State.
But he still didn't lose his composure. His eyes just went a little red, and he asked, "Then tell me, who is the person you like? I want to see how far off I am from him."
Ning Qingxue stared coldly at Fang Zhongshi and said, "My husband is Ye Mo. I won't compare my husband with other people, and you don't deserve to be compared to him either."
Ning Qingxue was an extremist. Ever since she was Ye Mo's wife, even though she knew there were all too many people more powerful than Ye Mo in the cultivation realm, no one could compare to Ye Mo in her eyes.
Ning Qingxue's eyes suddenly focused, and she became excited but soon, her eyes dimmed again. She didn't even look at Fang Zhongshi as she walked towards a young golden core state cultivator.
This caught everyone's attention. Why was Ning Qingxue walking towards a golden core state cultivator?
The first moment Mo Youshen saw Ning Qingxue, he was shocked. When he saw Xiao Shiyin at the Golden Sword Sect he was already shocked. But now he found Ning Qingxue to be prettier than even Xiao Shiyun. He stared as the woman walked over to him and his heart skipped a beat.
Ever since he had come to the cultivation realm and his condition had been cured, he wasn't indifferent to women like before. That's why he pestered his master to help him propose to Xiao Shiyun.