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This scene naturally attracted the attention of the other three elite disciples of the Taique Sect.

They all frowned, inwardly cursing Danfu Peak for focusing only on cultivating alchemy skills while neglecting talisman skills.

How come the Dao of Alchemy has produced so many geniuses, while the Dao of Talismans doesn't even have a single disciple who is worthy of mention?

They naturally noticed Ye Qiuli, as well as other talented disciples who had made significant achievements in alchemy, such as Xu Xiping and Song Hang. However, in the realm of talismanic arts, they only saw a few unfamiliar disciples from the Danfu Peak.

And the number of people is also the smallest.

This scene caused concern among everyone; it seemed that the talismanic arts aspect of this Four Arts Competition would likely be abandoned.

However, Lin Yitang keenly sensed that a talisman in the talisman field seemed to be emitting a peculiar aura.

This aura was so faint that it was almost imperceptible; ordinary cultivators might not be able to sense it at all, but Lin Yitang, who was extremely sensitive to spiritual energy, could clearly detect it.

Following the faint aura of spiritual energy, she saw a young male cultivator.

This male cultivator looked somewhat malnourished, with a dark and thin build. His cultivation level wasn't high either, probably around the Foundation Establishment stage, and he likely wasn't well-known in the cultivation world.

But most importantly, he was actually wearing the robes of the Taique Sect. This was something Lin Yitang hadn't expected.

She originally thought that the Taique Sect had no successors in the field of talismanic arts, but she didn't expect that there were still hidden masters.

Who is this male cultivator?

Just as Lin Yitang was wondering, a sound from another direction interrupted her thoughts and attracted her attention.

A clear female voice shouted sharply into the arena, "What are you doing? Don't move!"

Everyone was startled by the stern shout and turned around to see that it was Gu Ningshuang, the Pure Lotus Fairy, the referee of the Tianyan Sect.

At this moment, Fairy Qinglian had already descended from the high platform and was using her spiritual power to seal off an area.

Her powerful spiritual energy directly extinguished all the earth fires and alchemy furnaces in the area. At the same time, she cast ice spells to freeze all the unfinished pills and materials being refined inside the furnaces.

Her control over her spiritual energy was so precise that these pills and materials were not affected in the slightest.

Fairy Qinglian stared intently at the female cultivator before her, coldly saying, "Where did this thief come from, daring to cheat in front of me? How dare you! Hand over what you have! Don't force me to take action against you."

The onlookers then understood Fairy Qinglian's intention; she had caught someone cheating.

As expected of the Pure Lotus Fairy, her strength is formidable!

But who exactly is it that, knowing that Fairy Qinglian is the referee, dares to cheat so boldly?

When Lin Yitang saw the female cultivator's face clearly, she was stunned.

The whole person stood there in a daze.

Ye Qiuli?

How could it be her?

Despite all the planning, I never expected that the female protagonist of this book would cheat in the Four Arts Competition, a plot point that was not in the original work!

Logically speaking, Ye Qiuli should have been the winner of the competition!

Ye Qiuli was startled. Looking at the sternly questioning Fairy Qinglian before her, and feeling the strange gazes of those around her, her face flushed red. Somewhat annoyed and exasperated, she retorted, "I didn't cheat!"

However, Fairy Qinglian remained unmoved, her face grim as she said, "Are you questioning my abilities? Don't lie. I've already seen it. You used a small teleportation array to transfer the contents of someone else's alchemy furnace to your own. I'm an elite disciple; such a small trick can't escape my eyes."

Only then did everyone understand what Fairy Qinglian had detected, and they immediately began to discuss it amongst themselves.

"Heavens! Someone actually cheated! How dare they? Don't they know how strong Fairy Qinglian is? She's a master of all four arts, extremely skilled in alchemy, and ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking."

"I never expected that Ye Qiuli of Taique Sect would cheat. Hasn't she always considered herself a genius? She even boasted to the elite disciples of other sects that she was also a genius in alchemy."

"It seems that the Four Arts Competition is about to change. If Ye Qiuli is really found to have cheated, she will probably be disqualified from the competition, which is no small matter."

"The personal disciple of True Monarch Yuheng is only capable of so little, tsk tsk. The Pill Talisman Peak of Taique Sect is getting worse and worse. No wonder there haven't been any new geniuses lately."

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Seeing that her methods had been exposed, Ye Qiuli's face turned as red as a pig's liver, and she could no longer see any trace of her delicate and innocent appearance.

She opened the alchemy furnace, and with a somewhat hesitant voice, she raised her head and said, "Fine, since you say I cheated, then point it out. If you can't, don't say I'm disrespectful to the elders of the Heavenly Evolution Sect."

After saying that, he stepped aside to make it easier for Gu Ningshuang to inspect the alchemy furnace.

In truth, Ye Qiuli herself was also quite guilty, because she had indeed tampered with the alchemy furnace. But the reason she dared to be so defiant was because she was desperate and wanted to take a gamble.

She bet that the so-called Fairy Qinglian's skills in the Four Arts were not that superb. After all, she knew that Gu Ningshuang was a late-stage Golden Core expert ranked third on the Heavenly Ranking. But experts of this caliber would spend a lot of time and resources cultivating and improving their strength. Where would they find the energy to study the Four Arts?

Ye Qiuli didn't believe it, so she thought that Gu Ningshuang couldn't possibly expose her little tricks.

However, when Gu Ningshuang opened the alchemy furnace, she immediately noticed a small teleportation array carved on the inner wall that was difficult to detect and invisible to the naked eye.

She snorted coldly and said, "Heh, your methods are commendable. If I hadn't come today, you would have succeeded."

With a flick of his fingertip, the fragments of the alchemy furnace engraved with the teleportation array, along with the unfinished pills inside, floated out into the air and were exposed to everyone's view.

Gu Ningshuang glanced around at the other astonished disciples in the alchemy competition and asked, "Who refined these pills? Has anyone come forward to claim them?"

The crowd was in an uproar, not expecting Ye Qiuli's cheating methods to be so subtle that even the judges were fooled.

Many people secretly rejoiced, thankful that they had no intention of cheating, otherwise they might have also fallen into the eyes of Fairy Qinglian.

Just as everyone was discussing, a slightly nervous voice rang out: "This, this is the pill I refined..."

The other side of the Grand Alchemy Competition.

Xu Xiping looked around in bewilderment, completely at a loss. She truly had no idea how the pills she had refined had ended up in Ye Qiuli's alchemy furnace.

Although unfinished pills all look similar, each person's alchemy ability, level, skill, heat control, steps, material selection, and comprehension of condensation are different.

The half-finished product inside Ye Qiuli's furnace was clearly in Xu Xiping's style, even their little quirks when refining pills were the same.

Moreover—Xu Xiping refined a Shaping Pill, needed for Foundation Establishment stage cultivation, while Ye Qiuli refined a Reincarnation Pill. The two types of pills are completely different, making them too easy to distinguish!

Seeing Xu Xiping come out to claim it, Gu Ningshuang didn't say anything, and with a flick of her finger, the alchemy furnace was in her hands.

Upon opening it, one could find a small teleportation array and an unformed Reincarnation Pill.

Now that the evidence was irrefutable, no one could show any doubt anymore.

They all looked at Ye Qiuli and Xu Xiping, curious about the truth of the matter.