Very quickly, the day of the Alchemy Competition arrived.
On this day, almost everyone in Heavenly Star City who was interested in alchemy rushed to the plaza of the Alchemist Alliance where the competition was held.
The plaza, which occupied an area of more than ten mu, was filled with people. It was a dense mass of people.
The competition was held in the center of the plaza, which was a circular martial arts stage with a diameter of thirty meters.
The two people who were hosting the competition this time were the instructors of the Alchemist Alliance, Kong Zhi and Dong Jianwu. Other than the two of them, the other six instructors and the president of the Alchemist Alliance were also seated on the martial arts stage.
Of course, there were also some master alchemists from other factions who were invited to the stage. This was to ensure that the competition would be conducted in a fair and just environment.
At the very front of the stage sat the important figures of the major forces who were watching the competition.
There were a total of sixty-seven people participating in the competition, and they were all young talents who had obtained the qualifications to become a third-grade alchemist.
The reason why there were so few people was naturally because it was too difficult to obtain the qualifications to become a third-grade alchemist. Otherwise, there would definitely be more people participating.
Although there were only a few people, these sixty-seven people were undoubtedly the strongest alchemists in the Central Region. Therefore, the process and the result of the competition were very interesting.
When it was time for the competition, Dong Jianwu first walked to the front of the martial arts stage. After looking around, he said in a clear voice, "The Alchemy Competition is about to begin. I will first announce the rewards of the competition. Other than the prizes that have been announced, there is still one more important prize. That is, the champion will obtain the qualifications to read the Alchemist Alliance's treasure, the Myriad Drug Chart."
This kind of news had already been secretly spread. However, it was the first time that most of the people present had heard of such a thing. In an instant, the entire crowd instantly became noisy.
They knew how important the Myriad Drug Chart was to the Alchemist Alliance. They knew how valuable the Myriad Drug Chart was as the prize for the champion.
The alchemists who did not have the qualifications to participate in the competition were naturally filled with regret. They regretted that they did not put in more effort. Otherwise, they would have the opportunity to compete on the stage. Then, they would have the chance to obtain the first place and obtain the qualifications to read the Myriad Drug Chart.
"Alright, the competition has officially begun. All the young talents who are participating in the competition, please come onto the stage."
After Dong Jianwu's voice fell, the sixty-seven young men and women who were participating in the competition walked onto the martial arts stage one after another.
There were already sixty-seven tables on the martial arts stage. On each table, there was a small cauldron and pill refining ingredients.
After Lin Long stood in front of one of the tables, Lin Shiyin walked past him and softly said, "Young master Lin, you can do it!"
After speaking, Lin Shiyin with a shy expression on her face, Lin Shiyin, Lin Shiyin, and stood in front of a table beside Lin Long.
"Shiyin," Lin Lin Shiyin.
As they stood on the Martial Arts Practice Stage, their little actions were naturally seen by many people below the stage. These people were naturally envious of Lin Long. After all, apart from her beauty, Lin Shiyin was also a powerful alchemist.
Not long after, a person walked past Lin Long and paused for a moment.
This man was tall and had ordinary looks. However, he was the most dazzling figure in the entire Stellarsky City. He was the strongest alchemist in the younger generation of the Alchemist Union, Gu Qi.
"Lin Lin Long. I, I, and I, I, I I Lin, I Yang Lin. After leaving behind these mindless words, Guqi continued to walk forward and stopped in front of Lin Shiyin's table.
Lin Long was not surprised by Gu Qi's words. Gu Qi's teacher had a good relationship with Teacher Guo Ming. It was normal for him to dislike Lin Long because of his teacher.
Lin Long naturally did not take Gu Qi's threat to heart. Lin Shiyin, who heard Gu Qi's words, looked at Lin Long worriedly.
Lin Long smiled at her, indicating that she did not need to worry.
At this moment, an ice-cold voice suddenly sounded from behind him. "I hope you can last until the next round. That way, I will be able to ruthlessly trample on you!"
"I hope so," Lin Long said with a faint smile.
He did not recognize the other party and did not know how he had offended him.
Of course, he did not care about the other party. In fact, he did not even bother to turn around to look at the other party.
Lin Long's gaze inadvertently paused at a certain spot below the stage, and a smile surfaced on his face. That was because a person was glaring at him from that spot, and those eyes were filled with anger and unwillingness.
This person was Liu Jingtong. He could have participated in this competition, but he had no choice but to give up because his manhood had not recovered. Combining all these factors, Liu Jingtong's hatred for him naturally deepened.
The 67 tables on the stage were divided into eight rows. Dong Jianwu waited for everyone to stand in front of a table before he continued to speak.
"Next, I will announce the rules of this competition.
"There is no fixed number of rounds. As long as there is no final winner, the competition will continue.
"The first round of the competition is to refine a grade-3 Luocheng Pill. As long as you can successfully refine a grade-3 Luocheng Pill using the materials on the stage, you will be able to advance to the next round.
"What? A grade-3 Luocheng Pill?"
"This Luocheng Pill is one of the easiest grade-3 pills to refine. Why is it being used as an assessment for this competition?"
"In my opinion, all 67 people will be able to advance to the next round."
"Even I can successfully refine a grade-3 Luocheng Pill."
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The moment Dong Jianwu said this, the people below the stage shook their heads. They could not understand why the instructors of the Alchemist Alliance would use a grade-3 Luocheng Pill to conduct an assessment.
In their opinion, this was a waste of time. There was no meaning to this kind of competition.
However, they quickly quietened down. They realized that the faces of the young geniuses participating in the competition on the stage were a little ugly.
Could it be that there was something different? Such a thought suddenly emerged in their minds.
"Perhaps many people here think that the grade-3 Luocheng Pill is very ordinary and easy to refine, but that is not the case. This is because the materials on the stage are a little different from the usual ones. Usually, the Summer Grass is needed to refine a grade-3 Luocheng Pill. However, the materials on the stage are not the Summer Grass. Instead, three other materials are used as a substitute …"
"However, you don't have to worry. The method of using new materials to refine the third-grade Luocheng Pill has already been leaked. This is because our Alchemist Alliance's Yu Chenghe discovered a method to refine the third-grade Luocheng Pill yesterday. Moreover, it was only revealed this morning. Only a few people know about it. The masters behind me can prove this point."
After Dong Jianwu finished speaking, the master alchemists behind him all stood up and nodded to show that Dong Jianwu was right.
Instructor Yu Chenghe was an extremely strict and upright instructor of the Alchemist Alliance. His strictness and uprightness had already been recognized by the alchemists of the Central Region. Moreover, there were so many master alchemists present who could prove that Dong Jianwu was right.
Therefore, no one doubted Dong Jianwu's words. Instead, they all praised the Alchemist Alliance's new competition method.
After all, this method could better train an alchemist. If it was a fixed competition, it would easily restrict an alchemist's ability to think.
"Instructor Dong only said three materials. He did not say whether all three materials would be used or only one of them. This competition is going to be interesting."
The audience below the stage were all filled with anticipation.
"Alright, the competition officially begins!" Following Dong Jianwu's announcement, this round of the competition officially began.
Even though the start of the competition was announced, no one moved. No one dared to act rashly. They were all thinking hard about which material to use or whether they should use all three materials.
After all, there were only three sets of materials. They did not dare to casually try. If they wasted all the materials, they would be eliminated.
After a long time, someone finally made a move. It was an unknown youth.
The audience originally thought that a famous person like Gu Qi would make the first move. Who would have thought that it would be this kind of youth?
As for the final top ten of the competition, the audience basically had a guess in their hearts. People like Gu Qi would definitely be in the top ten. Lin Shiyin from the Lin family, Li Cheng from the Liu family, Zhang Molan from the Alchemist Alliance, Huang Yuan from the Ruyi Sect, and so on were also on the list in their hearts.
Of course, other than these people, it would not be surprising if there was a dark horse. After all, the central region was so big. There would definitely be people who had yet to reveal their talents.
However, the youth who made the first move quickly made the audience laugh. Because before he even started to refine with fire, a cloud of black smoke was already coming out of the small cauldron. It was obvious that he had carelessly made a move without thinking it through. As a result, there was a problem with the materials.
It seemed that the person who made the first move would not be able to refine the third-grade Luo Cheng Pill.
After that, there were many people who made the first move. However, they all failed very quickly. After failing, these people became even more cautious. After all, there were not many materials that they could waste.
After a large number of people failed, there was a short period of silence on the martial arts stage.
After that, another fifteen minutes passed. Many people tried again, but still, no one succeeded.
What surprised the audience was that after such a long time, Gu Qi and the other experts actually did not make a move. It seemed that the difficulty of this round of competition was rather high.
Some of the sharp-eyed audience quickly noticed that the entire competition seemed to be a little disharmonious. Because almost everyone was thinking hard, there was only one person who seemed to be bored to death.
He was so bored that he even picked up a material on the table and pulled it around.
"Damn it, are you even an alchemist? Don't you know that's a Sky Vine? How are you going to refine the third-grade Luo Cheng Pill if the medicinal juice inside is all destroyed?"
"It's better for me to go up than this kid."
"It's obvious that he doesn't know how to refine the third-grade Luo Cheng Pill and is afraid of embarrassing himself. So, he can only play with the Sky Vine."
Many people below the stage were discussing softly. Those who recognized the youth were a little dumbfounded. That youth was obviously Lin Long, who had recently become 'famous' in Tian Xing City.
How could such a person be so weak?
Liu Jingtong, who had been staring at Lin Long, was already grinning from ear to ear. The worse Lin Long performed on the stage, the happier he was.
Idiot, don't go up and embarrass yourself if you don't have the ability! Liu Jingtong despised in his heart.
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