To be honest, during the second round, he had wondered if that mysterious elder was the Fifth Elder of the Wenjin Sect, but eventually he dismissed the thought.
Because he simply couldn't think of any reason why the Fifth Elder would go to such lengths.
If he valued Chu Ning's talent and wanted to take him as a disciple, he could have simply done so without the need to stage an Alchemist competition.
But the reality hit him hard in the face.
"For the final round, after discussion with seven fellow daoists, we decided to give Chu Ning a choice, to take the Foundation Establishment Elixir and then perform Alchemy, so his realm would be the same, or to refine the elixir after taking the False Realm Elixir."
As soon as Xie Shouping said these words, the observing cultivators buzzed with astonishment.
This was essentially giving away a spot for Foundation Establishment.
