The Pill Refining Festival is not about the Rare Treasures Commerce Association designating specific pills for everyone to refine; rather, it's about refining whatever pills one wishes. As for the value of the pills, that's judged by the people from the Rare Treasures Commerce Association.
If the people from the Rare Treasures Commerce Association say you're first, then you're first.
After all, the Rare Treasures Commerce Association is the organizer, and they will also provide rewards.
Cao Zhen plans to refine pills for the Invincible, but the pills he's refining for the Invincible aren't suitable for presenting.
The Pill Refining Festival requires that the refined pills are ultimately sold to the Rare Treasures Commerce Association, and then the association will sell them in large quantities. In fact, the reason the Rare Treasures Commerce Association holds this festival is also a form of market exploitation.
