Eternal Cultivation of Alchemy

Chapter 2301  First Rank

 The Alchemy God said something to the woman who stood outside. The woman rushed in and took the pills. "Congratulations on the first place," she said while placing all the pills into a storage bag.

"So I am getting the extra 300 points?" Alex asked. The woman only gave a grin in return as an answer. Alex couldn't begin to understand what that grin meant, but it wouldn't be long before he found out. The barriers that stopped sounds disappeared and the cacophony of sounds from outside flooded in.

It took Alex a moment to realize there were so many people cheering all around in such a rowdy fashion. Given how long it had been already, he would've expected to have all of these people quiet down by now.

And yet, they seemed more excited now than at any other time. He looked at the crowd, confused by why they were so excited. The woman standing before him smiled and simply pointed up.

Alex narrowed his eyes and looked to the sky. That was when he noticed the change in the rankings.

Dawnblade - 8785 points.

His name had already taken over Aethersage and he was now ranked first amongst all. Alex felt a sense of joy and panic at the same time. Joy at having gotten so much point, and panic at knowing that every single person would have their eyes on him now. He would have to be very careful with what he did while in the eye of the public. They would be focusing on him most certainly.

It took a moment for Alex to calm down, and that was when he noticed the discrepancy with the number.

'Huh? If I got 300 more points then I should have 8605 points. Why do I have so much extra?' he thought. The numbers didn't add up.

Alex turned to the woman and asked her what was going on.

"His Majesty said that since there was only one rule when it came to making less than what you promised and not for when you made more, he decided right now that if anyone makes extra pills, so long there are no more than 9 of them already, the extra pill shall count toward the points."

"The pill you made counted for 18 points, and since it was the first of the pills, you got 10 times that amount, giving you an extra 180 points on top of that," the woman said. "Congratulations. You managed to turn your problem into an opportunity and came out ahead in the end."

Alex's eyes were wide after hearing that. "I see," he said. "I should thank His Majesty when I see him next then."

"With your talents, I'm sure you will see him a lot in the future," the woman said. "Now, you should leave the stage. Go over there."

Only now did Alex realize that he was alone on the stage. Every other participant had left already after having their points tallied up.

Alex quickly collected his cauldrons and rushed his way out of the stage, while hearing the cheers from all around. He took a look around before descending, smiling toward the millions of people who watched him.

Only then did he go to the room that was prepared for them. He handed over the storage bag he had and got back the one that belonged to him. He only walked past the staff member when he was practically assaulted by a crowd of participants who either wanted to congratulate him or ask him what he did to grab the attention of the Alchemy God himself.

The questions bombarded him from all sides and he wasn't sure if he should answer them or move past them. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Alex didn't want to answer any of them, so he simply tried to push them aside and continue walking onward. But the group of people was quite thick and did not let him go so easily.

He began getting angry and was even about to say something when someone else did it for him.

"Leave him alone, you idiots," the voice came with a loud shout. "Can't you see that he doesn't want anything to do with you all?"

Killersky walked toward them from the back and pushed them aside. She stood before Alex with a gentle smile on her face. "You don't have to tell them anything you don't want to."

Alex smiled back. "I wasn't going to," he said and looked around. "Thank you for your kind words though. I won't mind explaining stuff once this tournament is over."

After saying as much, he walked past them, making his way toward the back of the hall.

Killersky raised her eyebrows as she watched Alex leave and grinned, following him to the back.

Alex walked only for a bit before he noticed the red-haired Aethersage sitting in a corner by himself, cultivating to recoup his lost Qi. He opened his eyes and looked to the side before beaming up. "Brother Dawnblade!" he said out loud. "I can't believe you beat me. I thought I had everyone beat."

"I got lucky," Alex said. "Or unlucky? I don't know."

"What happened?" Aethersage inquired.

"Later," Alex said. "You should focus on your cultivation if you are that tired."

Aethersage shook his head. "No… I just did that because they kept on trying to ask me questions," he said, looking at the people who were still staring in his direction. "If not for you getting more points than me, I would still be bombarded with questions right now."

"Still, you must be tired, because I definitely am," Alex said with a sigh.

"Yeah," Aethersage said. "Tired for sure."

"Honestly," Killersky spoke from the side. "I don't know how either of you did it. I tried to do the same as you two as well, but I can't make pills in more than 2 cauldrons at once. You guys must have strong spiritual strength."

"Mine is pretty strong," Aethersage said.

Alex shrugged. "I suppose it's clear now that mine is quite strong as well."