Soon, the Great Elder and the other two finished testing Kong Yang's elixir, but they did not speak. Instead, they moved on to the next person's elixir.
Zhou Han and the others could only wait for the final result.
Not long after, the Great Elder finished testing the elixirs of the last two people.
After that, the Great Elder began to speak. "After the three of us tested, the final four people are Kong Li, Kong Fang, and Zhang Yuan. As for the last one …"
At this point, the First Elder paused for a while to keep them in suspense.
This made Zhou Han and the others immediately nervous.
"Could the last one not be Kong Yang?" Zhou Han could not help but ask.
Kong Yang was also nervous. He only refined elixirs according to his own strength. How could he know if his elixir was better than others?
It could be said that at this time, even his father, the Kong Family Head, was worried.
Although the others were also from the Kong Family, he hoped that his son could obtain the last position.
Seeing that everyone was curious, the Great Elder smiled and said, "The last person is Kong Yang!"
"That's great, Kong Yang entered the next place!" Zhou Han immediately heaved a sigh of relief.
The Kong Family Head's previously incomparably serious face also revealed a smile.
The Great Elder continued, "Although Third Young Master Kong Yang's elixir refining speed was slower than the fifth place Kong Yi, his elixir's effect was much better than Kong Yi's. Therefore, he defeated Kong Yi and obtained the qualification to enter the top four."
"So that's how it is," many people immediately said.
After listening to the Great Elder's explanation, they naturally understood why Zhou Han could beat Kong Yi despite being so much slower.
"Alright, now that the top four have been decided …"
Just as the Great Elder was about to continue, someone suddenly shouted. "Great Elder, I have something to say!"
Turning around, the Great Elder saw that the person who spoke was Kong Yi. He frowned. "En, Kong Yi, what do you have to say?"
"I think my elixir is not worse than the Third Young Master's. Did you guys make a mistake?" Kong Yi gritted his teeth and said.
"Kong Yi, could it be that you suspect the three of us?" The Great Elder's face immediately sank.
The other two Elders also showed displeasure.
Kong Yi said, "Great Elder, I'm not doubting you, I'm just confident in myself!"
In addition to his confidence in himself, Kong Yi was more suspicious of the three elders. He felt that they were biased towards Kong Yang, which was why they had eliminated him. After all, Kong Yang's status was different, and he was much weaker than them.
The Great Elder frowned. Kong Yi's words were not wrong.
He said coldly, "Kong Yi, since you have doubts, then I will use the truth to shut you up!"
"If Kong Yi's pills are really worse than Third Young Master's, then Kong Yi will accept his punishment," Kong Yi said.
Casually questioning the three elders would definitely result in punishment, but Kong Yi had already thrown caution to the wind.
"Very good." Saying so, the Great Elder walked to Kong Yang's table, picked up the two pills refined by Kong Yang, and then walked to Kong Yi.
At this time, he directly broke Kong Yang's two pills in half and handed them to Kong Yi, "Kong Yi, take a look for yourself."
After receiving the elixir and carefully examining it, Kong Yi's expression immediately turned ugly. The quality of Kong Yang's elixir was obviously better than his.
Kong Yi could only helplessly say, "Great Elder, Third Young Master's pills are indeed better than mine, I admit defeat!"
"Kong Yi, you are questioning the three elders for no reason …"
Just as the Grand Elder was about to punish Kong Yi, the Kong Clan's Patriarch suddenly said, "Grand Elder, don't make things difficult for Kong Yi. After all, he has confidence in himself and didn't intentionally slander others."
Hearing the Kong Family Head's words, the Great Elder said, "Since the Family Head has spoken, Kong Yi, today, you will be exempted from punishment."
After the Great Elder finished speaking, the Kong Family Head said solemnly, "However, I do not wish for such a thing to happen again. In the future, if anyone has such doubts, they will definitely be punished severely!"
"Family Head, we understand!" The Kong Family Head replied in unison.
Hearing everyone's words, the Kong Family Head revealed a satisfied expression. He turned to the Great Elder and said, "Alright, Great Elder, let's continue."
The Great Elder continued, "In the next round, you will also have to refine two kinds of elixirs. The first one is the Clear Moon Elixir, followed by the Five Spirit Elixir. Two people will be eliminated in this round, and the remaining two will enter the final round … All of you will rest for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea. After that, the competition will continue!"
After hearing the Great Elder's words, Kong Yang and the rest returned to their own side and sat down to rest.
"Kong Yang, you did well. Keep up the good work!" Zhou Han said with a smile when he saw Kong Yang walking over.
"Zhou Han, thank you for your kind intentions." Kong Yang smiled.
Just as the two of them were chatting, a few people walked over to their side. One of them was the Second Young Master, Kong Li.
"Kong Yang, I didn't expect you to be able to enter the top four. This has completely exceeded my expectations … However, you are struggling so much right now. How can you be a match for me?" Kong Li smiled proudly as he looked at Kong Yang.
He didn't care if Kong Yang would respond and turned to leave.
"Kong Li is really arrogant. Kong Yang, defeat him later!" Zhou Han couldn't help but say as he watched Kong Li leave.
"I will do my best." Kong Yang could only say so.
He wasn't confident that he could defeat Kong Li.
After the time it took to brew a cup of tea, they returned to their tables. At this time, there were only four tables left in the center of the arena.
The four tables were already filled with the ingredients for the Clear Moon Elixir and Five Spirit Elixir.
The difficulty of refining these two elixirs was naturally higher than the previous two.
"All of you will first refine the Clear Moon Elixir and compete to see who is better at refining the Clear Moon Elixir. After that, you will compete to refine the Five Spirit Elixir. Alright, let the competition begin!"
With the Great Elder's voice, the first round of the competition officially began.
Not long after, one of the four people successfully refined the Clear Moon Elixir. It was still Kong Li, who was the fastest and didn't make any mistakes.
"The Second Young Master is really amazing. It seems that the Third Young Master and the other two aren't his match at all. They're just accompanying him to practice."
"That's not necessarily true. No one knows what the result will be until the end. Who knows, the Third Young Master or the other two might suddenly emerge?"
…
The surrounding people discussed in low voices. It was obvious that the majority of people believed that Kong Li would emerge victorious.
Moreover, the majority of those who believed that Kong Yang would win were those who had a good relationship with him.
Not long after, two other people also succeeded. The only one who had yet to succeed was Kong Yang.
This situation naturally made Zhou Han and the others frown. They didn't expect that Kong Yang would fall into a disadvantageous position again.
After a while, Kong Yang also finished refining.
After Kong Yang finished refining, the Great Elder and the other two began to examine their elixirs.
After a round of examination, the Great Elder said, "Kong Li's refining speed is the fastest, and the Clear Moon Elixir's effects are also the best. Therefore, in terms of refining the Clear Moon Elixir, Kong Li is ranked first!"
After a slight pause, the Great Elder continued, "In second place is Zhang Yuan, third is Kong Fang, and fourth is Kong Yang. Their elixirs' effects are about the same, and it is due to the difference in speed that they are ranked."
In the first round, Kong Yang was ranked fourth.
"Alright, let's start refining the Five Spirit Elixir!" The Great Elder said.
Kong Li, Kong Yang, and the other two immediately began to mix the ingredients for the Five Spirit Elixir. After some time, Kong Li was once again the first person to successfully refine the Five Spirit Elixir.
Smelling the medicinal fragrance coming from his cauldron, everyone nodded their heads.
It was obvious that Kong Li had successfully refined the Five Spirit Elixir. With this, Kong Li would definitely enter the final round. The remaining three people could only fight for the last spot.
"Puchi …"
At this moment, one of the three people's cauldron suddenly emitted a burning smell. It was obvious that he had failed.
This situation made Zhou Han and the others frown because the one who failed was Kong Yang.
"Is Kong Yang a little nervous?" Zhou Han couldn't help but ask.
"Not really." Lin Long shook his head. "He made a mistake, which led to the failure."
Linlong's attention was on Kong Yang just now, so he could easily see through it.
"Is that so?" Zhou Han replied.
Although Kong Yang didn't make a mistake due to nervousness, Zhou Han and the others were even more worried. If Kong Fang or Zhang Yuan didn't make a mistake, they would be able to obtain the last spot.
What made Zhou Han and the rest heave a sigh of relief was that after a while, Kong Fang and Zhang Yuan unexpectedly met with an accident. The small cauldrons emitted black smoke, which meant that they had no choice but to use the second set of materials.
In other words, Kong Yang was in a more advantageous position.
Even so, Zhou Han and the others began to worry again. After all, Kong Yang had made a mistake just now, and he might make another one this time.
Fortunately, after some time, Kong Yang finally refined the Five Spirit Elixir.
After a while, Kong Fang and Zhang Yuan also refined the Five Spirit Elixir. Kong Fang's speed was slightly faster than Zhang Yuan's.
At this moment, the Grand Elder said, "Alright, let's test the efficacy of your Five Spirit Elixir."
As he said this, the three of them walked in front of Kong Fang and began testing.
Not long after, they had tested all four Five Spirit Elixirs.
After a round of discussion, the First Elder spoke again. "In this round of competition, Kong Li's refining speed was the fastest, and the medicinal effects of his medicinal pills were also slightly better than the others. Therefore, he obtained the qualifications to enter the final round!"
This result was already within everyone's expectations, so no one was surprised.
After a short pause, the Grand Elder continued, "As for the remaining three people, after our discussion, Kong Yang qualified to enter the final round!"
"Grand Elder, why is that?" Someone could not help but ask.
The Great Elder immediately said, "In terms of the Five Spirit Pills, the remaining three people's Five Spirit Pills are about the same, so we can only compare their speed. As everyone has seen just now, Kong Yang's speed is the fastest among the three. He is even faster than Kong Fang and Zhang Yuan when they were refining the Clear Moon Pill. Therefore, although the effects of the pills are about the same, we still choose Kong Yang to be qualified!"
"It can be said that Kong Yang relied on a slight advantage to enter the final round," another Grand Elder said with a smile.
"It's such a small advantage!"
Hearing the two Grand Elders' words, everyone sighed.
Kong Fang and Zhang Yuan were naturally unwilling, but in terms of speed, they were indeed slower than Kong Yang, so they could only accept this result.
'Damn it, if not for the accident when refining the Five Spirit Elixir, how could we have lost!' Kong Fan and Zhang Yuan cursed in their hearts.
"Kong Yang is really lucky. Otherwise, he would have been eliminated in this round!" Beside Linlong, Zhou Han let out a long sigh.
However, even though he let out a long sigh, when he thought of the gap between Kong Yang and Kong Li, he naturally began to worry for Kong Yang.
At this time, the Grand Elder continued, "In the final round, the winner will be three against two. The first pill will be the Green Spirit Elixir, and the other two will be chosen by the two participants."
"This kind of competition is really novel!" Hearing the Grand Elder's words, everyone couldn't help but discuss spiritedly.
Even the Kong Family Head revealed a surprised expression. He did not expect the Grand Elder and the others to think of such a competition method.
Naturally, he was very appreciative of this method.
"Alright, Second Young Master, Third Young Master, rest for half a cup of tea's time before the competition begins!" Soon after, the Grand Elder said.
After that, Kong Yang returned to the side of Linlong, Zhou Han, and the others.
The moment he returned, Kong Yang couldn't help but ask, "Master, what kind of elixir should we choose?"
After thinking for a moment, Linlong said, "Let's refine the Yi Huan Pill."
"Yi Huan Pill?" Zhou Han was puzzled. "Young Master, why do you want to refine such an elixir?"
Everyone else was also puzzled.
Because this Mind Returning Pill was a very common pill, every alchemist was very familiar with this type of pill.
It could be said that refining this elixir depended on who was faster. However, Zhou Han did not believe that Kong Yang's refining speed was faster than Kong Li's.
After all, Kong Li had spent more time on alchemy than Kong Yang.
Kong Yang also knew this point, so he couldn't help but say, "Master, I have no confidence in winning the Yi Huan Pill."
"Then what elixir do you have confidence in winning?" Linlong asked.
Hearing Linlong's words, Kong Yang was momentarily at a loss for words. He realised that he had no confidence in winning the other elixirs.
"Alright then, let's compete on the Yi Huan Pill." Kong Yang could only helplessly say.
Very quickly, the time it took to brew a cup of tea was up. Kong Yang and Kong Li returned to the center of the arena. At this moment, there were only two tables left.
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