If I live forever, everyone thinks I am invincible

"Two hundred and thirty sets of materials, and each batch still yields five pills."

"However, the points are not bad."

Chen Chang'an looked up at the alchemy ranking list. The Qibao Pavilion's points had now reached 140,000.

Far ahead, unshakeable!

"Uh...one point?"

"This...it feels a little pitiful."

Chen Chang'an then noticed that the second-place Eternal Palace only had one point.

Is this thing really that difficult?

Is it really that difficult?

Chen Chang'an glanced at the pills in his hand, utterly baffled as to how these people could be so utterly useless.

Even if someone is useless, surely they shouldn't only have one point?

"Oh dear, it's two points now."

"Excellent, absolutely excellent."

Seeing that the Eternal Palace's points had actually increased by one, Chen Chang'an was genuinely happy for them.

It’s so fucking difficult.

This point was hard-won.

The people of the Eternal Palace were equally pleased.

"See? We've only just begun. One point is not the end, and two points are definitely not the end either."

"Although catching up with Qibaoge is no longer possible, two points is definitely not the end."

"Our people are ready to unleash their power," the Lord of the Eternal Palace said with great confidence.

“That’s right, let them laugh. They won’t be able to laugh for long.”

"Hmph, besides the Treasure Pavilion, who else can be our opponent?"

"What is the Treasure Pavilion? In the future, it will also be a part of our Eternal Palace."

"That's right. We underestimated them back then and ignored them. Otherwise, we wouldn't have let them swagger around like that."

"Alright, everyone, there's no need for further discussion. We, the Eternal Palace, will let the facts speak for themselves."

"Facts will prove everything."

Chen Chang'an was unaware of the situation at the Eternal Palace. Who would have thought that just two points would make them so smug?

If it were twenty points, wouldn't people go crazy?

"Are you back?"

"How was the harvest?"

After seeing that the Qibaoge points had stopped, Mu Yunyao and the others knew that Chen Chang'an's alchemy should have ended, so they tacitly returned to Chen Chang'an's side.

"Generally speaking, your pill refining speed is too fast, and you haven't left us much time to collect information."

"Moreover, I've discovered that there aren't many spiritual herbs left here, and they're very hard to find."

"The spiritual herbs in this secret realm should be limited in number. Once they're gone, they're gone."

"In other words, if other forces cannot gather enough materials, they will probably... stop here."

"However, does the rule of the Alchemy Ranking state that eliminated forces cannot participate in subsequent rankings?"

Hearing Chen Chang'an's words, Zhang Ergou was also stunned. This point was not explicitly stated, but... not being on the list is equivalent to being eliminated, isn't that normal?

"Isn't this common sense?"

"It shouldn't need to appear in every rule, right?"

In response, Chen Chang'an shook his head and then said, "The rules of the power ranking clearly state that powers that cannot be listed or cannot enter the top ten will be eliminated."

"But the alchemy ranking only says that the ranking will be based on the final score."

"Not a word was mentioned about elimination."

Seeing Chen Chang'an say this, Zhang Ergou and the others frowned slightly and began to think seriously.

"But... if we don't eliminate players, then what's the point of having a ranking list?"

"Isn't the purpose of the rankings to allow people to compete, with those who make the list advancing and those who fall off being eliminated?"

"Could it be that you're overthinking it?"

Am I really overthinking things?

"Maybe so. I just feel that if this competition continues, in the end, probably not many people will be able to advance."

"Although the Eternal Ranking is quite difficult, the elimination rate is too high."

“Father, I think you’re overthinking it. Eliminating anyone won’t eliminate you, so the significance of the Eternal Ranking lies in this.”

"Isn't this Eternal Ranking set up just for you?"

"Otherwise, why didn't you appear before? Now that you've arrived, the Eternal Ranking has also appeared."

"Look, it's tailor-made."

Chen Tian's words were accepted by everyone. From the moment the Eternal Ranking appeared, they felt that this matter was inseparable from Chen Chang'an.

"Forget it, let's try this pill anyway."

Chen Chang'an put the Haohao Pill directly into his mouth. Compared to the mildness of the Yiqi Pill, the Haohao Pill seemed a bit irritating.

However, because of the Qi-Boosting Pill, this violent energy was subdued instantly by the gentle energy of the pill before it could even begin to wreak havoc.

But when the two energies merged into one, Chen Chang'an discovered that a qualitative change had occurred.

This energy seemed to have become even more terrifying, but it posed no real threat; it simply remained calmly hidden within Chen Chang'an's body.

"There's no danger, but it also doesn't have any particularly significant effect."

"At least for now, we can't see any effect."

"You took it too, didn't you?"

Upon hearing Chen Chang'an's words, Mu Yunyao and the others also took the Haohao Dan, and the effects were the same as Chen Chang'an's.

"Although... I can't feel any benefits after taking the pill, I do feel very comfortable."

"How should I put it? It feels very subtle, as if my overall condition has improved."

Mu Yunyao and the others all had this subtle feeling, but they just couldn't see what specific effects it had.

"So now, are you preparing to refine the last type of pill? Am I going to laugh if you don't die?" Mu Yunyao asked.

"Yes, there is this..."

Before Chen Chang'an could finish speaking, the alchemy ranking list was suddenly refreshed once again.

The Alchemy Ranking has been updated.

"Third place: Holy Emperor Sect, points: one point."

The Alchemy Ranking has been updated.

"Fourth place: Daoyuan Sect, points: one point."

The Alchemy Ranking has been updated.

Fifth place: Tianfumen, points: one point.

The rankings were updated at the same time! These three hidden sects actually entered the rankings at the same time?

"These three hidden sects, although they are three forces, seem to act in a tacit understanding, and I always feel that they are a group."

"Could they have secretly formed an alliance?"

An alliance?

Such a possibility cannot be ruled out.

So far, only the Outsiders Alliance has not made any moves.

"It seems that they won't be in the mood to look for spiritual herbs in the coming days; all their attention will probably be focused on refining pills."

"Forget it, let's ignore them and just focus on our own things."

"As for the Outsiders Alliance..."

"Let's wait and see."

After saying that, Chen Chang'an continued refining the pills.

"I'll laugh if I don't die"—this strange name left Chen Chang'an somewhat uncertain about whether he could actually take this pill.

"Sigh, I hope this pill really can make people laugh."