The schedule of the assembly had already been posted, and all the students knew that today was the day of the alchemist competition. Thus, early in the morning, the students went to the largest open-air plaza in the mountain behind the academy.
In the center of the open-air plaza, a temporary platform was set up with a pill furnace on top of it. The square was surrounded by spectator stands, and there was a rostrum right in front of them. It was slightly higher than the temporary high platform.
When Sima Youyue pulled Han Miao Shuang and Su Xiao Xiao over, Fatty Qu and the others were already seated on the viewing platform. Seeing the three enter, Fatty waved at them.
Sima You Yue brought them up, and the seats were already reserved for them.
"You guys are too late. If no one has taken a seat, you'll have to stand downstairs."
Sima Youyue smiled. "I knew you would leave some for us. There's nothing to do if you come early. "
Han Miao Shuang saw tens of thousands of people in the square. Not only were the upper seats filled, there were still half of the people standing below.
"So many people!"
"This is the first time I've seen such a spectacular scene in the academy." Su Xiaoxiao sighed.
"Senior Brother, have you never participated before?"
"After I entered the academy, I held one of the three great conventions. But at that time, we didn't participate, nor were we in the academy. That's why I've never seen him before, "Su Xiao said.
"The Three Great Conventions are held once every ten years. Xiaoxiao has only been here for eighteen years, so she hasn't participated before." Han Miao Shuang said, "Usually, everyone is in closed-door cultivation, while those outside are outside. Usually, everyone will gather together during the three great conventions."
"That's why this is a rare event for the academy." Sima Youyue looked at the hundreds of pill furnaces below, which was roughly the number of alchemists in the inner courtyard. She asked, "Are all the alchemists competing together?"
"Yeah."
"Then, the questions will be the same regardless of level."
"Of course it's not the same." Fatty Qu said, "Ouyang and the others said that the first row is for free play, the next few rows are for the seventh tier alchemist competition, and the last row is for the sixth tier alchemist."
"What's the difference between the first row and the second row?" Sima Youyue was confused.
"It's used by those eighth and ninth grade alchemists."
"There are also eighth and ninth grade alchemists." Sima Youyue widened her eyes. "At that level, they can be teachers."
"That's what they say, but it's said that almost no one uses this row." Wei Zi Qi said, "After all, wanting to become an Eighth Tier Alchemist while still a student is not something that is very possible. However, it is said that someone has achieved it before, so this position has always been reserved. "
There was a rule in the Inner Yard. No matter what profession or identity one had, one could only stay in the Inner Yard until they were four hundred years old. Once they were four hundred years old, they would automatically graduate.
At this time, all the participating alchemists took out a piece of paper from the two boxes and showed it to the teachers on the side of the stage. Then, they went to the corresponding pill furnace.
"Can they only use the pill furnaces prepared by the academy?" Fatty Qu asked when he saw that Bei Gong Tang and Ouyang Fei had also drawn their numbers.
"No." Han Miao Shuang said, "The quality of these pill furnaces isn't very good. Those students can use their own pill furnaces, or they can use those prepared by others. In fact, very few people would use the pill furnaces prepared by the academy. In a while, there will be teachers coming to take back the pill furnaces. "
"Since that's the case, why would the academy still prepare pill furnaces for them?"
"It's a tradition passed down from the past."
After the students entered the plaza, a few teachers came up together. They walked past each student and asked them if they wanted to use their pill furnaces. If they said yes, then they would take away the academy's pill furnaces and the students would take out their own pill furnaces.
Just as Han Miao Shuang said, most of the students chose to use their own pill furnaces. Only a few kept the academy's pill furnaces.
As for the first two rows, not a single student went up.
When the preparation work was more or less done, a group of teachers led by Mao San Quan walked in from outside and sat down on the rostrum.
A teacher standing at the side cleared his throat and began to talk to the students about the competition's opening remarks. He first talked about the importance of the Three Great Conventions in the academy, then talked about the importance of the rankings and so on. After that, he talked about the arrangements for the next few days. Finally, he talked about the rules of today's competition.
"This year is the same as the previous years. It's divided into two rounds. The first round is to refine the pill that the academy has designated. The second round is free to do as you please. The first round will be based on the grade of the pill that everyone refined and the time spent. The sixth grade will be ranked after the seventh grade. "
"The second round is free to do as you please. Within the stipulated time, you are free to refine a type of pill. The academy's teachers will judge your results based on the grade of the pill that you refined. "
"Your final ranking will be based on the results of the two rounds. Now, the competition officially begins. "
"There is a pill formula under your table. The sixth grade is the same, the seventh grade is the same. There are three sets of materials on the table. You have two hours to learn the pill formula and three chances to refine. Now, begin. "
Those alchemist students took out the pill formula from the table drawer and started to study it.
Han Miao Shuang went in front of You yue and said, "I heard Jiang Jun Xian say that the academy's competition and the pill competition's rules are similar. When the time comes, we will probably be similar."
"Eldest Senior Brother knows."
"He participated in the pill competition before." Han Miao Shuang said, "At that time, he went as the Young Master of the Jiang family. It was also during that pill competition that he was chosen by Master and accepted as a disciple. Now that I think about it, his goal was to use this opportunity to get close to Master. "
"When was that?" Sima You Yue asked.
"About fifty years ago." Han Miao Shuang tucked her hair behind her ear and said, "That guy was the first to follow Master. He was a few years earlier than me."
"I didn't expect that we would still participate in the competition when Master wasn't around." Su Xiao said.
"Speaking of which, if alchemists have a pill competition, then do armament masters have a weapon competition, array masters have an array competition, beast tamers and seeker spirit masters have a corresponding competition?" Sima You Yue asked.
"Beast tamers don't seem to have such a competition, but other professions do. Master only focuses on refining pills and doesn't pay much attention to other competitions, so he doesn't know much about it. "Han Miao Shuang said," Instructor Mao should know about this. Why did you think of asking this? "
"I just thought of it and asked casually." Sima You Yue smiled.
In her previous life, the Ximen family didn't have any outstanding alchemists and armament masters, so they didn't have much contact with these things. Just now, she suddenly thought of this question. They were all forces in the continent. Since there was a pill competition, there should be other competitions too.
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