After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 157 You little rascal! Not bad luck!

The members of the Alchemist Alliance on stage were still discussing the performance of each alchemist in the competition.

At this moment, more and more alchemists in the audience were eliminated due to their failed alchemy attempts.

Meanwhile, someone had already successfully refined the Jade Liquid Foundation Condensation Pill and placed it in the finished product testing array. Soon the array emitted a green light, and the management personnel of the Alchemist Alliance quickly determined that this person had passed the first round of testing.

Upon seeing that Liu Rumei was the first to complete the pill refining, the president of the Pill Master Alliance immediately showed a satisfied expression. The vice president beside him quickly praised, "As expected of the young lady, she easily completed the first round of challenges!"

Liu Jiansheng, the head of the Liu family, who was not far away, also hurriedly walked over to Liu Yilong, the president of the Alchemist Alliance, and praised, "Miss Liu's alchemy skills are indeed amazing. It seems that our family's alchemy level is still a bit lacking!"

Looking at Liu Jiansheng's respectful expression, Liu Yilong quickly said, "I know Dansheng. The fifth-grade alchemist level is not difficult for him!"

"Thank you for your praise, Chairman Liu. My son hopes to learn more from you in the future!" Upon hearing Liu Yilong's praise of his son, Liu Jiansheng quickly asked Liu Yilong to take good care of him in the future.

"Definitely!" Liu Yilong, the president of the Alchemist Alliance, was quite optimistic about this genius fifth-grade alchemist who was only seventeen years old.

Sure enough, before long, Ye Xiaobai, Liu Dansheng, and other alchemists also completed the first round of assessments.

Liu Jiansheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his beloved son successfully complete the first round.

Seeing that the female alchemist beside him had also successfully completed the first round, Ye Xiaobai felt immense pressure. It seemed this alchemy competition was truly full of hidden talents; even making it into the top three wouldn't be easy for him! Ye Xiaobai couldn't help but sigh to himself.

Soon, the first round of assessments came to a complete end. Of the original five hundred or so participating alchemists, fewer than one hundred remained after the first round.

The eliminated alchemists left the competition area one after another, guided by staff, and headed to their pre-arranged rest areas.

"Sigh, if only I had found two qualified spiritual herbs to refine the pills, I could have entered the second round of the competition!" The alchemist sighed as he left the venue.

"Yes! Who knew that both sets of materials contained substandard spiritual herbs? Usually, one is genuine and the other is fake, but I didn't expect both sets to have problems! The alchemist alliance's question setter is truly cunning!" another eliminated alchemist cursed angrily in his heart.

"Stop complaining! Making it to the second round might just be a stalemate! Go back and work on improving your alchemy skills!" The group of failed alchemists discussed amongst themselves.

Failure is failure, and making excuses won't help.

Ye Xiaobai was thinking about how the first round was already a bit troublesome, and what kind of assessment the second round would be. He was really looking forward to it!

When Liu Dansheng saw that Ye Xiaobai had also passed the first round of assessment, he cursed inwardly, "This kid really got lucky; he actually passed too!"

As soon as Ye Xiaobai turned his head toward Liu Dansheng's location, Liu Dansheng immediately sneered, "You brat! You've got good luck!"

"So-so!" Ye Xiaobai replied nonchalantly.

"Don't be so arrogant! You won't be so lucky in the second round!" Liu Dansheng mocked again.

"Don't worry, I've been having pretty good luck lately! By the way, what about your friend surnamed Wu? What happened, did he get eliminated?" Ye Xiaobai said bluntly.

"You... don't be so arrogant! Just wait and see how I crush you in the second round!" Liu Dansheng said confidently.

"I'll wait!" Ye Xiaobai said and then ignored him.

Not far away, Ye Xiaobai was discussing the Wu surname cultivator who was leaving the competition venue in a depressed mood with the eliminated alchemist when he suddenly sneezed, "Achoo!"

"Which brat is talking about me!" The cultivator surnamed Wu looked around, trying to find the culprit.

When he saw that Ye Xiaobai had actually passed the first round of assessment, his already depressed mood was immediately mixed with anger.

"That brat, he cheated, didn't he? With that kind of skill?" the cultivator surnamed Wu muttered, but without any evidence, he could only curse a few times and leave.

Xie Dongyun, a senior disciple of the White Tiger Sect who was not far away, saw that Ye Xiaobai had also passed the first round of assessments. He was immediately impressed by his junior brother. He never expected that his junior brother, who had listened to him talk about alchemy back then, would now be a genuine fourth-grade alchemist.

When he saw Ye Xiaobai's gaze, he immediately gave him an approving look. Ye Xiaobai naturally smiled in response. He had faith in his senior brother's strength and believed that the first round would definitely be no problem, but the second round was another story.

This is a good opportunity to see the gap between my alchemy skills and those of my senior brother. If I can identify my shortcomings and improve upon them, my alchemy skills will definitely reach a higher level!

Thinking of this, Ye Xiaobai's eyes became even more determined, as if he could already see himself going further and further down the path of alchemy. He clenched his fists tightly, silently cheering himself on, while also eagerly anticipating the arrival of the second round of the competition.

After all, only through real combat can one better test their true level and learn more valuable experience and skills from excellent opponents.

At this moment, Liu Rumei, from another direction, also noticed that Ye Xiaobai had passed the first round of assessment. She only showed a slight expression of surprise. As the young lady of the Alchemist Alliance, Liu Rumei was well aware of Ye Xiaobai's strength.

In her eyes, he was just a fourth-grade alchemist from the Spirit Pill Peak of the White Tiger Sect. He had no famous teachers to guide him and was just an ordinary alchemist from the Spirit Pill Peak.

Based on the information the Alchemist Alliance already had about Ye Xiaobai, Liu Rumei naturally wouldn't take Ye Xiaobai seriously, nor would she consider him an opponent.

In Liu Rumei's eyes, her only rivals were Liu Dansheng, the genius young man from the Liu family, and Xie Dongyun, the personal disciple of Song Lingqing, the alchemy master of Lingdan Peak of the White Tiger Sect.

These two fifth-grade alchemists are perhaps Liu Rumei's most formidable competitors in this alchemy competition; the others are not worth mentioning.

Although Liu Rumei's father, Liu Yilong, the president of the Alchemist Alliance, reminded her to be wary of alchemists from Yue Kingdom, Liu Rumei didn't take it to heart at all. How could an alchemist from a country with low alchemy skills attract Liu Rumei's attention?

Moreover, Liu Rumei wouldn't even bother with a mere fourth-grade alchemist.

Liu Rumei is determined to win this alchemy competition; no one can stop her from achieving her goal.

In the first round, I was the first to complete the assessment. If I win first place again in the second round, I will definitely convince all the alchemists present.

Thinking of this, Liu Rumei was already eagerly anticipating the arrival of the second round of assessment.

Few people noticed the female alchemist beside Ye Xiaobai, who also breathed a sigh of relief, happy that she had successfully passed the first round of assessment, and was also looking forward to the second round of assessment!

Let's wait and see who will take home the championship!