Ebner challenged Monica.
The reason was simple. He only recognized Monica's Powerful Volcano Potion. As for the other three potions … he didn't recognize any of them!
The first choice was naturally the one he had the most confidence in.
At the judges' table, after the masters had seen Monica's potion, the host, Master Yang Haogu, spoke.
"This is Powerful Volcano Potion, Grade 2, Level 4. It is classified as a combat potion. Drinking it can increase fire damage. The judges all appraised the purity of this potion. It is 88%. "
Yang Haogu paused for a moment before continuing, "Contestant Ebner Betten, the grade of the potion you made in the finals did not exceed Powerful Volcano Potion. Therefore, you have to make another potion with a purity of over 88% or a grade higher than Grade 2, Level 4. "
Ebner nodded, "I choose to make a bottle of Powerful Volcano Potion. However, I did not bring enough herbs. "
The beautiful host, Xia Ke, hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Sorry, I might not have made it clear earlier. The organizers can provide the herbs that the contestants lack in the points challenge segment. However, the finished potion will belong to the organizers. Of course, the organizers will pay the corresponding fees."
Ebner didn't care who the potion belonged to. What he wanted was to make a name for himself.
Ebner followed the staff to retrieve the herbs and returned with the missing herbs within ten minutes. He then began to make the potion.
One had to admit that the first challenger had a great advantage. Ebner successfully made a bottle of Powerful Volcano Potion with 91% purity, beating Monica. His points had also jumped to two hundred points.
Monica, who was next, was a little frustrated. Her potion being defeated meant that her points would be halved in the final tally. It was almost certain that she would not be able to get first place. Next, she would have to make up for her points. Otherwise, she might end up at the bottom.
Monica returned an eye for an eye and chose to challenge Ebner Betten's Dragon Breath Potion.
Unfortunately, the challenge failed. Ebner's Dragon Breath Potion had a purity of 86%, while Monica's was only 74%. It wasn't even good grade.
Ebner had purposely chosen the more obscure Dragon Breath Potion. Many Second Grade potioneers wouldn't know how to make it.
Next, it was Calligraphy Addict Zhou Ziwang's turn.
"I choose Number 4, Dragon Breath Potion."
The judges exchanged glances. In the end, it was still Master Yang Haogu who spoke.
"The Iron Wall Potion that you made already surpassed the Grade 2, Level 4 Dragon Breath Potion. Therefore, he won the challenge directly. "
Applause rang out from the stands. Grandmaster Yang's evaluation meant that Zhou Ziwang's Iron Wall Potion was at least Tier-5.
Zhou Ziwang's points had also increased to 200.
Next was Huang Xuan's turn.
At this time, including Huang Xuan's own potion, there were still three potions left on the field that had not been broken.
Huang Xuan narrowed his eyes. He had been carefully studying the potion Bai Xiaowen had made, but he could not recognize the name of the potion.
"Did Teacher Yang teach him an extremely obscure Second Grade recipe at the last minute and let this kid learn it in just a few days? Although it seemed like a fantasy story, he couldn't take the risk! In any case, although I don't know the exact concoction process of Zhou Ziwang's Iron Wall Potion, I have heard of its grade. It just so happens that it is Grade 2, Level 5 … … My White Beauty Potion will definitely succeed! "
Huang Xuan decided to play it safe and get 100 points first.
His choice of playing it safe was very correct. Yang Haogu calmly gave the conclusion of a "direct pass" and said with some emotion, "Huang Xuan, your improvement speed is indeed shocking."
Grandmaster Yang had one more thing that he did not say. Calligraphy Addict Zhou Ziwang was already a young potion master who was improving very quickly. Being able to make a Grade 2, Level 5 potion was already a breakthrough. Originally, Zhou Ziwang was a young potion master at the same level as Ebner and Monica. Now, he had surpassed the latter two.
Unexpectedly, Huang Xuan also had a breakthrough and once again walked in front of Zhou Ziwang.
Huang Xuan revealed a cold smile at Yang Haogu's emotion. While he was secretly pleased, the pleasure of revenge also gradually spread in his heart.
It's too late to comfort me now. Once I get first place, I will tear off the mask of hypocrisy of the Hua Xia Pharmaceutical Development Commission and give Qiao Xiangdong two hard slaps across the face. That shameless old bureaucrat!
With such thoughts in mind, Huang Xuan did not give any positive response to Yang Haogu's words. After the cold smile, he pretended to thank Yang Haogu, not forgetting to poke at him, "I still have to thank you for your 'nurturing' for me to get to where I am today."
Bai Xiaowen looked at this scene. The conversation between him and Yang Haogu appeared in his mind again.
"Huang Xuan probably has some resentment towards me in his heart."
"The reason is very simple. He always thought that he was being bullied and felt that I did not uphold justice for him. "
"Don't think that it's unbelievable. Huang Xuan might be very talented, but his EQ is still too low. He can't take any grievances. Actually, from an outsider's perspective, the grievances he suffered were not serious. Who doesn't have some twists and turns in their life? However, he directly emigrated to Japan and gave up his Hua Xia citizenship. That was too willful. This matter is difficult to redeem. "
Xia Ke's sweet voice interrupted Bai Xiaowen's reminiscing.
"Next, let's invite contestant Bai Xiaowen to make a challenge. Currently, contestant Huang Xuan's White Beauty Potion and contestant Bai Xiaowen's Unknown Potion have not been defeated yet. They can accept the challenge. According to the rules, contestant Bai Xiaowen can only choose contestant Huang Xuan's White Beauty Potion as his challenge target. "
The surrounding people looked at Bai Xiaowen with a trace of sympathy. Only a few potion masters were gloating. Who told you to act cool and delay the challenge? Now you don't have a choice, do you?
After Master Yang announced that Huang Xuan had defeated the tier-5 Iron Wall Potion, everyone knew the rules. Huang Xuan's White Beauty Potion was at least tier-6.
Every three levels of a potion was considered a threshold. Among the ten levels of tier-2 potions, tier-4 to tier-6 potions were tier-2 intermediate potions. Above that were tier-2 advanced potions. The difficulty and complexity of making potions were greatly increased.
Unless Bai Xiaowen could make tier-7 advanced potions, he would have to make a White Beauty Potion with a purity higher than Huang Xuan's to win. Both of these conditions seemed incomparably difficult, especially for a potion master novice who had been in the profession for less than a year.
"Can I postpone the challenge again?" Bai Xiaowen asked.
At this moment, Bai Xiaowen was deducing and improving the steps of making the White Beauty Potion. He had already made some minor adjustments to the ingredients of Huang Xuan's potion. It had become a more reasonable ratio.
However, with such a reasonable ratio, Bai Xiaowen's potion steps would obviously be different from Huang Xuan's. Those redundant discretionary actions could be removed.
Bai Xiaowen still needed some time.
"Postpone the challenge again?" Xia Ke was slightly stunned. After going through the rules in her mind, she smiled and said.
"Alright, I've never met such a request before, but it's in line with the rules. Next, the other potion masters will continue to challenge the remaining two potions. If these two potions are also defeated, Bai Xiaowen will face a situation where there is no one left to challenge. The competition will automatically end and the final tally will begin. Are you sure? "
"I'm sure."
Bai Xiaowen wasn't worried. He was confident in his potion, and he was also confident in Huang Xuan's potion.
The European Union player, Ebner, challenged again. He shrugged and chose the unknown potion made by Bai Xiaowen.
Of course, he wouldn't choose Huang Xuan's White Beauty Potion. That was tier-6 tier-2! Going against it was equivalent to suicide.
However, the next second, an equally devastating piece of news came. Master Yang Haogu spoke.
"The potion you chose is Coldwinter Concoction. It's tier-6 tier-2 and is a permanent strengthening type of concoction. Drinking it will permanently increase your proficiency in ice magic by 3 points. The purity of this Coldwinter Concoction is … 89%. "
"WHAT?" Ebner repeated in disbelief. "Tier-6 tier-2? 89% purity? A newbie? "
Here, he could refer to the Shiba Inu emoji pack.
Seeing Yang Haogu and the other judges nod in agreement, Ebner Bettam finally understood.
It turned out that this kid was the most ruthless among the five of them. He really hid it well.
Then why did this kid choose to give up consecutively? With his tier-6 tier-2 potion, he could completely crush everyone except Huang Xuan! He could at least snatch 100 points first!
Ebner couldn't understand Bai Xiaowen's train of thought.
"Contestant Ebner Bettam, would you like to continue?" The host, Xia Ke, quickly recovered from her shock.
Xia Ke sneaked a glance at Bai Xiaowen.
"Uh … sorry for the interruption. I give up on the challenge … "
The next contestant, the beautiful Potion Master Monica, also gave up on the challenge.
These two people's abilities were barely enough to make tier-4 tier-2 potions. They really couldn't make a potion of a higher level, and the failure rate was quite high … not to mention raising it by two levels at once.
After Monica, it was Zhou Ziwang's turn.
"I want to challenge number one, White Beauty Potion."
Huang Xuan narrowed his eyes. It was reasonable for Zhou Ziwang to want to challenge him.
Huang Xuan wasn't surprised that this Calligraphy Addict knew the recipe and production steps of the unpopular White Beauty Potion.
However, knowing the recipe was one thing, and actually being able to make it was another. Even cooking according to a recipe had differences between dark cuisine and gourmet cuisine, let alone making a potion that was a hundred times more complicated. Without a strong concoction ability, the chances of failure were extremely high.
Huang Xuan wasn't worried about Zhou Ziwang, but Bai Xiaowen. To be honest, Bai Xiaowen had made tier-6 tier-6 Coldwinter Mixture, and the purity was so high that it was completely out of his expectations.
Defeating Bai Xiaowen's Coldwinter Mixture?
Impossible. Huang Xuan couldn't make tier-7 tier-2 tier-7 potions, so there was no way he could win in terms of levels. As for winning in purity? Huang Xuan didn't even know the recipe of Coldwinter Mixture, let alone the specific production steps.
On the other side, Zhou Ziwang disappeared from the venue under the guidance of the staff. He reappeared after ten minutes with the herbs needed to make the White Beauty Potion.
The Calligraphy Addict was indeed knowledgeable. Even though it was an obscure White Beauty Potion, he was still able to make it in a methodical manner.
In Bai Xiaowen's mind, he had finished deducing the White Beauty Potion. When he saw Zhou Ziwang challenging the White Beauty Potion, he became interested and began to observe carefully.
It should be noted that this time, Bai Xiaowen didn't look at Zhou Ziwang's workbench, because Bai Xiaowen had already learned all the methods to make the White Beauty Potion.
"The ingredients used are still okay, there aren't many redundant ingredients."
"When it comes to actual operation … it's obviously worse than Huang Xuan's. It doesn't feel as smooth as before, and there are some accumulated problems in some of the small steps."
When making a potion, if there weren't many accumulated problems, it could still be successfully made, but the purity would be lower. However, if there were too many accumulated problems, it would lead to failure.
"The distilled water added in this step is about 15 milliliters more … it's really too much. Zhou Ziwang's calculation ability is indeed weaker than Huang Xuan's, which leads to his ability to make decisions that aren't as good as Huang Xuan's … "
"Not good, the concentration of the white jade fruit juice isn't high enough. I should adjust the heat and heat it for another four to five seconds … Why did Zhou Ziwang start to add the dream leaf extract? This is bad. "
Just as this thought flashed through Bai Xiaowen's mind, Zhou Ziwang's beaker began to shake violently.
The concentration of the white jade fruit juice wasn't high enough, and it clashed with the dream leaf extract. The entire incomplete reagent bubbled, and a large amount of foam overflowed.
Pop!
With a crisp sound, the beaker exploded into pieces.
The potion failed!
Zhou Ziwang's face was calm, and he looked dazed and expressionless. He turned his head and raised his hand to signal to the judges. "I lost."
Yang Haogu said gently, "It doesn't matter if the potion failed. Go and take a rest. Think about where you went wrong and do a review. "
"Yes, teacher."
Zhou Ziwang left, and there was only sparse applause.
The audience in the stadium, even those who didn't understand pharmaceutics, could see the current situation clearly.
At present, the European contestant Ebner Betten had 200 points, Zhou Ziwang had 200 points, and Huang Xuan had 200 points. As for Monica and Bai Xiaowen, they both got 100 points.
Although Ebner and Zhou Ziwang's points were as high as Huang Xuan's, their potions had been broken, and their final points were halved, which could be regarded as 100 points.
Now, it was actually Huang Xuan, who had naturalized in Japan, who came out on top.
Unknowingly, the audience had discovered a problem … The only one left who could compete with Huang Xuan for first place was Bai Xiaowen, a newcomer in the pharmaceutical industry who had been in the industry for less than a year.
It was now a decisive battle between the two of them.
Huang Xuan challenged first. If he succeeded in challenging Bai Xiaowen's Cold Winter Mixture, he would directly lock in first place.
Even if Huang Xuan failed, as long as his White Beauty Potion wasn't broken by Bai Xiaowen, he would still be first.
It seemed that Huang Xuan's first place was a foregone conclusion.
In conclusion, only when Huang Xuan failed and Bai Xiaowen succeeded would the outcome be rewritten!
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