It was difficult and time-consuming for cultivators to go up in levels, so a magical pill could help them a lot. However, there was only one alchemist in the cultivation world, and it wasn't easy to make a magical pill.
Even if a magical pill was successfully made, not everyone could get it. Ordinary cultivators could only try to get it by joining in the kung fu competition.
The top three prizes were magical pills of different levels.
Magical pills included marrow washing magical pills, restoring magical pills, soul nourishing magical pills, energy storing magical pills, rebirth magical pills, spirit gathering magical pills, etc. There were many other kinds of magical pills, but the alchemist's ability was limited and he could only make some basic magical pills.
The most effective magical pills were spirit gathering magical pills, which were also the important magical pills on cultivators' way to go up in levels.