On the appraisal stage, the grandmasters all had defeated looks. Their expressions were absent and their mentalities had come under great attack! So many of them working together actually hadn’t been able to discover how powerful this Demon Puppet Pill was. If it was because they had made a mistake because of their arrogance, then that would have been acceptable. But in truth, they had employed all of their skills for this appraisal. Some grandmasters even started to doubt their own professional abilities.

After Yun Yilan’s voice fell, there was a moment of awkward silence. Then, the grandmaster who spoke before looked up, the eye behind his monocle lax and gloomy. “Reporting to Exalted One, we take back the words we said before. This Demon Puppet Pill is the true first place winner of the competition.” He turned to Qin Yu and bitterly said, “Fellow daoist Ning Qin, it was this old man and the others who had eyes but couldn’t see. If there was any insult, I ask fellow daoist to excuse us.”

The truth trumped all. As the countless cultivators saw the grandmasters lower their arrogant heads, they all exclaimed inwardly. But in this exclaim, there was also a bit of sympathy. Thus, a complex emotion shined in their eyes in the silence.

Qin Yu’s thoughts turned. He cupped his hands together and said, “Grandmaster, there is no need to speak so seriously. I simply knew...