Alchemists are incredibly rare.
Under normal circumstances, no sect would refuse an Alchemist.
But not refusing one is one thing; how much they value them is another matter entirely.
For an ordinary Spirit Level Alchemist, these sects would, at most, send some regular Inner Sect Disciples to entertain and recruit them.
But as for those competing today, they were all talented Alchemists that the major sects had spent great effort cultivating.
Many of them looked down on Alchemists from the outside, thinking they were all self-taught hacks with no real skill.
So, after learning that Chu Qingyun was just from some unknown dynasty, the man's smile vanished. The few people around him also began to look at Chu Qingyun with a hint of contempt.
"How absurd. Nowadays, it seems any riffraff can participate in the Pill Battle Conference."
"Hehe, Brother Ruoguang, you can't put it that way. Without these overconfident fools, how could our own greatness be highlighted?"
