Wasting Money to Become an Immortal-Chapter 172: Free style

This time, there were only four tables that were prepared and all four of them were in the center of the square.

They were all placed in a circle in the center, so that everyone would receive the same amount of attention.

It seemed that this was a proper showdown between the finalists.

Though when we arrived at our tables, it was clear that there was one person that everyone was looking at.

There was one person in particular that the other three were wary of.

Seeing them look at me like this caused a bitter smile to appear on my face.

Was there really a need for them to be this wary of me?

I was planning on losing this final round in the first place...

Or at least I had been until the system suddenly said, "It’s suggested that the host wins the final round."

"Huh?" I was confused and surprised by the system suddenly speaking up like this before asking in a confused voice, "Why? There’s no need for me to win, is there?"

The system just once again said the same thing, but there was one thing that was added this time, "It is strongly suggested that the host wins the final round."

It had gone from a suggestion to a strong suggestion...

I really couldn’t help wondering why the system wanted me to win this tournament, but I knew that the system wouldn’t be trying to hurt me. So even if I was confused, I would at least hear the system out.

Or rather, this seemed like the perfect chance to tease the system.

"System, is there a hidden quest for me? It seems like this is the perfect chance to issue a hidden quest and give me another reward." I said in my mind in a teasing tone.

The system just remained silent when it heard this.

There was a long silence from the system before it suddenly said, "This is only the suggestion of the system, the host is free to follow it or not."

I was surprised to hear this, but this made me more confident that the system was doing this for my benefit.

The fact that it wasn’t willing to give a hidden quest and give a reward most likely meant that it was already going past what it was supposed to do to give me this suggestion. If it were to give me more, there was no doubt that it would suffer because of it.

The system was an important partner of mine, so it wasn’t as if I would put it in a hard spot.

Sometimes I even thought that the system was just too good for someone like me.

As if it had read my mind, the system suddenly said, "Host, the system was created for the sake of the host. All the system does is for the benefit of the host."

I gave a chuckle when I heard this before saying, "I’m looking forward to it, partner."

During the time that I had this conversation with the system, Shen Qing Feng had appeared on stage and had given a short introduction.

It was just a short speech about the history of alchemy and how important alchemy was.

It was also a short speech about the importance that alchemists had in this world.

In short, it was a speech that was aimed to increase the position of him as an alchemist and the position of the Medicine King Sect, which was a sect filled with alchemists.

It was the cultivation world version of a commercial.

Once Shen Qing Feng was done with his speech he looked around at the four of us standing around him before saying, "Today, we will decide who the best alchemist of the younger generation is. These four have all shown great ability, but there can only be one who will stand at the top."

When he said this, his eyes couldn’t help slowly looking over at me.

It wasn’t just Shen Qing Feng who was looking at me, the other three and all of the spectators were also looking at me. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

The way that they were looking at me was as if they were expecting me to cause some kind of trouble again.

But I wasn’t planning on doing anything like that.

I was just planning on crafting a simple pill and seeing how I do, I wasn’t going to do anything crazy.

Or at least that was what I thought at first.

It turned out that the system wouldn’t let things be, especially once it found out what the finals would be.

It turned out that the final round was...

"You will be free to decide what pill you want to make. This will be a test of all your abilities as an alchemist, from your ability to gather ingredients, to your ability to maintain your equipment, to the recipes that you’ve mastered. You will be free to do whatever you want, just refine the best pill that you can." Shen Qing Feng said in a calm voice, but he looked at me out of the corner of his eyes when he said this.

It was almost as if this was specifically being said to me.

It was like he was saying this to almost target me...

Well, I really didn’t mind since I understood where this was coming from.

This final round turned out to be a free style round and as the only one who wasn’t a proper alchemist, it seemed that I was the one that was at a disadvantage.

But there was no one that felt sorry for me.

This was just how this world was sometimes.

Once Shen Qing Feng finished his explanation, the others didn’t hesitate at all to start refining their pills.

They pulled out their cauldrons and their ingredients before summoning their flames.

The look of focus on their faces were clear, they were very serious about the pills that they were about to refine.

I was the only one standing there with a casual look on my face.