Qin Yichen seemed to shrink his head "timidly" as he looked at the ferocious gazes. Seeing this scene, a few of the older students couldn't help but sneer.
Bian Lingzhu couldn't help but frown as she faced a two-star student whose eyes flashed with an obscure light. In the end, she turned her gaze to Qin Yichen as if asking for help.
"Hmm?"
Seeing that Bian Lingzhu's gaze was elsewhere, Xiu Shashu also followed her gaze. When he saw that it was Qin Yichen who was standing at the back, he couldn't help but sneer. He said to the remaining older students, "Okay, quickly bring them over. Bullying the newcomers, aren't you afraid that others will laugh at you? Why are you dawdling here?"
After that, a group of older students led Qin Yichen and the others into the Pill Pagoda.
After entering the Pill Pagoda, it wasn't a confined space like they had imagined. Instead, it was a large hall that was comparable to a huge plaza. Under the guidance of Xiu Shashu and the other older students, Qin Yichen and the others walked directly along a passage in the large hall.
After walking for about fifteen minutes, they still hadn't reached the dormitory. This caused a few of the new students to be somewhat puzzled and asked. However, Xiu Shashu and the other older students only had a "gentle" smile on their faces. They didn't directly answer their questions. Instead, they repeated two simple sentences, "We're almost there."
The perfunctory answers of the older students made the new students even more uneasy. However, since they were new to the Pill Pagoda and didn't know anything, they could only follow the older students.
Qin Yichen, who was walking at the back of the group, looked at the passage and the corners of his mouth curled up into a smile. This wasn't the way to the dormitory of the One Star Academy. It was the way to the gambling arena!
Sure enough, after walking for a while, a spacious field appeared in front of everyone. There were nearly a hundred bluestone platforms in this field. On each platform, there were two one-meter tall pill furnaces.
"Alright, juniors, let us now give you the first lesson of the Pill Pagoda."
At this point, Xiu Sha Shu stopped in his tracks. A one star senior walked up to a bluestone platform and said to Qin Yichen and the others with a smile.
"Junior Brother, your complexion looks so good. Put your elixir card there and come up."
The one-star student on the bluestone platform pointed to a groove in front of the bluestone platform and said to Qin Yichen, who had a kind smile on his face.
He looked at Qin Yichen with glowing eyes, as though he was looking at a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
Hearing his words, many senior students felt a wave of annoyance in their hearts. Someone had beaten them to it.
"It's fine. It's the first time a new student enters the casino, so he can keep five contribution points. At most, we'll wait a few days and invite him again."
A few of the senior students secretly thought in their hearts. Soon after, they looked at the other new students to see who was the easiest to bully.
At this time, Qin Yichen was like an ignorant youth. He obediently inserted his elixir card into the groove and then walked up to the bluestone platform with a kind smile on his face.
"Ding!"
Just as Qin Yichen jumped onto the bluestone platform, the senior on the platform also inserted his elixir card into the groove. Suddenly, a crisp sound rang out.
Then, a mechanical voice rang out, causing the faces of the new students to change. "Freshman Qin Yichen, you have accepted the challenge of one star student Yang Yang. You will be given five contribution points for the gambling fight. Due to the level of the two of you, the challenge will be to refine the second grade pill, Blood Recovery Pill. "
"In the gambling fight, both parties can use their mental power to interfere with the other's pill furnace. However, they are not allowed to attack the other party. The first to refine the pill will win. The winner will receive five contribution points from the other party. At the same time, one contribution point will be deducted for the use of ingredients. "
After hearing the mechanical voice's introduction, the new students immediately understood why the senior students were smiling when they were leading them. They had their eyes on the contribution points in their elixir cards!
Soon after, two sets of ingredients for the Blood Recovery Pill rose from the center of the bluestone platform.
"Qin Yichen, you have heard the introduction. I won't explain too much, hehe …"
The senior student opposite Qin Yichen picked up a set of ingredients and walked to the front of the pill furnace. He smiled as he spoke to Qin Yichen.
In response to his words, Qin Yichen also smiled mysteriously. Following the example, he picked up the materials and walked to the side of the pill furnace opposite him.
"Students from both parties, get ready. The gambling fight will begin. Ten, nine, eight … three, two, one, begin!"
When the mechanical voice ended, the barrier on the pill furnaces in front of Qin Yichen and Yang Yang disappeared. The gambling fight had officially begun!
Tricking the new students onto the gambling stage was an extremely popular and obscure rule in the Pill Tower for many years.
"Hehe, even after deducting the ingredients, I still earned four contribution points. Not bad, not bad."
Yang Yang looked as if he had picked up a treasure. His face blossomed with joy. He skillfully threw the ingredients in his hands into the pill furnace and immediately began refining.
"Yang Yang is actually taking it seriously. Is he planning to snatch another one after dealing with that brat?"
When they saw Yang Yang's actions, the senior students below the stage could not help but mutter.
"This brat is really unlucky to be the first to start. I reckon that he still hasn't realized it yet."
"Eh? He has also started. This brat's reaction speed is not bad. "
When they saw Qin Yichen also throw the ingredients in his hand into the pill cauldron, a tinge of astonishment flashed across the eyes of the few older students. However, it was only for an instant. From their point of view, the new students were meat on the chopping block. Moreover, this brat had alighted from the last carriage and was ranked first from the bottom of the assessment.
At this moment, in a room above the gambling arena, the examiner and a few of the Pill Tower's instructors who were in charge of managing the gambling arena were in a room. Looking at the scene below, which was similar to the previous years, the instructors felt extremely bored.
"This brat shouldn't be eighteen yet, right? He entered the Pill Tower at such a young age? "
"Yes, not bad, not bad. I hope that he won't be unable to recover from this setback."
When they saw Qin Yichen on the bluestone platform, a trace of astonishment flashed across the instructors' eyes.
"Cough cough, that, Old He, you guys have been watching other people gamble every day. Are your hands itching?"
At this moment, the examiner coughed softly and said to the instructors.
"What? Does the new student examiner want to gamble with us? "
"Gamble on what? Hurry up and say it. "
When they heard the examiner's words, a trace of delight flashed across the eyes of the instructor called Old He and the others. One of the instructors could not help but directly call out for a bet.
"Yes, it's that brat called Qin Yichen. I bet that he will win." A trace of a smile flashed across the examiner's eyes.
"Him? Haha … Alright! I'll bet a hundred contribution points! Do you dare to accept? "
"Give me a hundred contribution points too!"
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