As the competition progressed, there were a few people who didn't find the right direction and used up all three sets of ingredients. They could only helplessly walk down the stage.
As the people who failed continued to walk down, the originally crowded stage immediately became more spacious.
The third grade Luocheng Pill was originally a pill that was relatively easy to refine. Thus, compared to these people who failed, those who found the right direction could easily refine it step by step.
Not long after, someone successfully refined it.
The first to successfully refine was Gu Qi. A muffled sound came from his small cauldron. Immediately after, he opened the lid of the small cauldron and tossed it with his right hand. The pill that was still steaming hot immediately shot out from the small cauldron.
Gu Qi immediately stretched out his hand and caught it.
Then, Gu Qi placed him on a jade plate on the table and proudly raised the jade plate to show to the crowd.
At this time, Dong Jianwu and a few other alchemists in charge of appraisal had already walked to his side. After confirming that the pill in Gu Qi's jade plate was indeed a third grade Luocheng Pill, Dong Jianwu immediately announced.
"It is indeed a third grade Luocheng Pill. Congratulations to Gu Qi for advancing to the next round."
Hearing Dong Jianwu's words, the crowd immediately nodded their heads in admiration.
"As expected of the strongest alchemist of the Alchemist Alliance's younger generation. It seems that the first place this time is definitely going to belong to him."
After Gu Qi's success, there were also a dozen people who successfully refined the third grade Luocheng Pill.
At this time, there were still close to thirty people who were still immersed in refining pills on the stage. Lin Long was one of them.
"F * ck, he's actually still persisting on the stage with such weak strength. This young master really has to give it to you," Liu Jingtong, who was below the stage, cursed in a low voice.
He wanted nothing more than for Lin Long to immediately fail and get off the stage. Seeing that Lin Long was still persisting, he naturally began to curse.
However, he was quickly disappointed. Not long after, Lin Long refined a third grade Luocheng Pill and passed the appraisal of Dong Jianwu and a few other alchemists.
Other than the alchemists from the Alchemist Alliance, there were also people from other factions. Moreover, two of them had a good relationship with the Liu family. Therefore, it was impossible for them to secretly cheat and let Lin Long pass.
Those who didn't have high hopes for Lin Long were naturally shocked to see him pass.
"Could it be that this fellow was just playing around just now? Did he already have a card up his sleeve?" All of them had this thought in their minds.
As for Guo Ming, he felt extremely embarrassed because he had just said that Linlong was weak and wanted to chase him off the stage. Who would have thought that the final result would be like this?
"You're worth teaching, you're worth teaching." Kong Zhi nodded in satisfaction and looked at Guo Ming proudly.
"This kid must have been secretly looking at Lin Shiyin, or Lin Shiyin gave him a hint. Otherwise, how could he have refined the Luocheng Pill?" Liu Jingtong thought to himself.
After a period of time, the last person on the stage also finished refining. In the end, after Dong Jianwu and the other alchemists counted, there were a total of 32 people who passed this round of the competition and entered the next round.
More than half of the sixty-seven people were eliminated in an instant. The cruelty of the competition made the audience sigh.
After resting for less than ten minutes, Dong Jianwu stood in front of the stage again and announced the next round of the competition.
"In this round of competition, we will be refining a Grade 3 Fiery Blue Pill. It is a competition of speed. The first fifteen people to successfully refine a Grade 3 Fiery Blue Pill will advance to the next round. The loser will be eliminated," Dong Jianwu said.
"The Blue Fire Pill is a third-grade pill that is often refined. Every third-grade alchemist will come into contact with it, so they are not unfamiliar with it at all."
"This kind of pill tests one's ability in all aspects, and the refining process is a bit complicated. This round of competition using the Blue Fire Pill is the most suitable."
"Let's see who is stronger and who is faster."
Hearing that the third-grade Blue Fire Pill would be used for the competition, the audience immediately started discussing.
As for the people on the stage, they all heaved a sigh of relief. If it was like the previous third-grade Luo Cheng Pill, a sudden and innovative attack, their little hearts wouldn't be able to take it. After all, they couldn't guarantee that their knowledge would be enough to deal with such a competition.
It was naturally easier for them to accept and be at ease with a competition that relied entirely on one's ability.
After Dong Jianwu finished his announcement, the staff of the competition immediately brought the materials needed to refine the third-grade Fire Blue Pill onto the stage and placed them on the 32 tables. The 30 empty tables had already been moved off the stage.
Now, the thirty-two tables on the stage were arranged into six rows. The space between each table was large enough that it was impossible for people to communicate with each other.
However, this situation still made Liu Jingtong, who was below the stage, unable to sit still. After struggling in his heart for a while, he finally couldn't hold it in anymore and shouted towards the stage, "I think that someone might have cheated, so I strongly suggest that he change his position!"
Looking down the stage, Dong Jianwu saw that it was Liu Jingtong from the Liu family. He knew about the conflict between Liu Jingtong and Lin Long, so he immediately decided to ignore it.
Just as he was about to announce the start of the competition, President Luo Hong's voice came from behind him. "Friend, what do you think?"
Luo Hong originally wanted to ignore it, but if he ignored it, it would easily give people the impression that the Alchemist Alliance had a guilty conscience. Hence, he still spoke up.
"I think that the reason why Lin Long was able to refine the third-grade Luocheng Pill earlier was because Lin Shiyin, who was beside him, gave him a hint. Hence, in order to prevent such a situation, we must ask him to change his seat and stay away from Lin Shiyin," Liu Jingtong said loudly.
In order to prevent Lin Long from advancing to the next round by cheating, he had already decided to throw away his pride.
After hearing his words, some people came to a sudden realization and felt that there was indeed something wrong with Lin Long's advancement.
However, it was still reasonable to say that Lin Long had cheated previously, but it was impossible to say that he was cheating in this competition, right? These people agreed with Liu Jingtong's previous opinion, but they didn't agree with Liu Jingtong's current worries. After all, the distance between the contestants on the stage was large enough.
In their opinion, Liu Jingtong was simply too worried. He was too worried that Lin Long would advance to the next round.
At that moment, someone suddenly said to Liu Jingtong, "Young man, everyone on the stage is a powerful alchemist master, and the person talking to you is the President of the Alchemist Alliance. Don't you think it's rude to sit and talk to them like that?"
The reason why this person said that wasn't because he wanted to deliberately cause trouble for Liu Jingtong, but because he couldn't stand the young Liu Jingtong being so arrogant.
Of course, if he knew Liu Jingtong's identity, he would definitely reconsider in his heart.
As soon as he finished speaking, the crowd immediately roared with laughter.
"Friend, you might not know this, but it's not that Young Master Liu doesn't want to stand up. It's because he has a hidden injury in his lower abdomen."
"Indeed, there's a problem with his third leg. How can he stand up?"
"If it were me, I wouldn't even be here to watch the competition. I would just stay at home and recuperate."
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These people originally didn't want to ridicule Liu Jingtong, but they couldn't help but laugh because that person's words poked at them.
Hearing such ridicule, Liu Jingtong's expression immediately became incomparably ugly.
"Damn Lin Long, I, Liu Jingtong, swear that I will kill you!" Liu Jingtong roared in his heart. He didn't dare to offend the crowd, so he naturally vented his anger on Lin Long.
Liu Kangning's face was also extremely gloomy. After all, Liu Jingtong was his son. Who would be willing to let his son be ridiculed and humiliated in front of everyone?
His heart was abnormally angry, and he immediately turned to look in the direction of the ridiculing laughter. His eyes were filled with a murderous aura, causing those who were speaking to lower their heads and pretend that they didn't say anything.
"Since someone has such concerns, then for the sake of the participants, let's increase the distance between the tables. At the same time, move Lin Long's seat to the front row," Luo Hong said.
"As expected of the President." Seeing Luo Hong's open and aboveboard attitude, everyone in the crowd nodded their heads.
Subsequently, the distance between the tables was widened again. At the same time, Lin Long was also arranged to be in the first row according to Luo Hong's instructions.
"Brat, let's see how you can cheat this time." Seeing that Lin Long was in the first row, and that the people around him were obviously unfamiliar with him, Liu Jingtong couldn't help but curse in his heart.
As Lin Long walked forward, Lin Shiyin looked at him apologetically. This was because during the first round of the competition, she had glanced at Lin Long a few times, causing others to be able to use it against her.
Lin Long smiled at her, indicating that she didn't need to worry.
After everything calmed down, just as Dong Jianwu was about to announce the start of the competition, an unexpected scene appeared in the crowd. Yu Chenghe, who had already sat back down, actually stood up again and walked in Lin Long's direction.
What was Yu Chenghe trying to do? Everyone was taken aback.
Under everyone's astonished gazes, Yu Chenghe walked in front of Lin Long, then patted his shoulder and said, "Do your best, young man. I have high hopes for you. Don't be disturbed by the actions of some despicable person. Bring out your true abilities. In the future, the alchemy world will belong to young talents like you."
After saying that, Yu Chenghe walked back with large strides.
F * ck, this Yu Chenghe made such a scene just to say that? The people in the crowd were even more dumbfounded.
Despicable person? You old fart actually called me a despicable person? Hearing such words, Liu Jingtong was so angry that his whole body trembled.
Similarly, Guo Ming was also trembling in anger because Yu Chenghe's words were clearly insulting him.
Liu Kangning, who was below the stage, had a gloomy expression because he knew Yu Chenghe's character. Yu Chenghe had an honest and upright personality, so even though he was strong, he didn't form cliques. Now that he actually expressed how much he valued Lin Long, it was completely equivalent to the Liu family gaining an invisible enemy.
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