Unknowingly, the day of the opening of the Heavenly Star Mystic Domain had arrived. On this day, almost all the alchemists in the central region had come to Stellarsky City.
The grand occasion of thousands of alchemists entering Stellarsky City was not inferior to the previous Alchemy Competition.
The reason for this was that anyone who had registered with the Alchemist Alliance and reached the standard of a second-grade alchemist could enter the mystic domain.
In the mystic domain, one could obtain high-grade elixir recipes, elixirs, medicinal manuals, medicinal herbs, or other things related to alchemy. This was what attracted them the most.
This could be said to be a gift from the Alchemist Alliance to the entire central region's alchemy world.
However, the Alchemist Alliance was very strict with the qualifications to enter. It was extremely difficult for people from other regions to sneak in. Apart from registering with the Alchemist Alliance, the Alchemist Alliance would also examine the applicants' cultivation techniques. If they were found to be alchemists from other regions, they would immediately be expelled from Stellarsky City.
Being able to sneak into the Heavenly Star Mystic Territory by luck, the items inside weren't easy to obtain. The last time the Heavenly Star Mystic Territory had opened, hundreds of second-grade alchemists had entered. However, only one of them had managed to obtain one item inside. The others had returned in low spirits.
From this, it could be seen how difficult it was to obtain the items inside.
Furthermore, there was a certain level of danger inside. Every time, there would be fewer people coming out than those who entered. In other words, there would be plenty of people who perished in the mystic domain.
Even so, everyone yearned to enter the Heavenly Star Mystic Domain. If they were lucky enough, they might be able to obtain some rare medicinal manuals. It wasn't impossible for them to become a dominating alchemist.
Among the thousands of alchemists, only seven or eight hundred of them could enter the mystic domain. The rest were basically second-grade and below, or they had yet to obtain the alchemy qualifications.
With such a comparison, it wasn't hard to tell how difficult it was to become a second-grade or above alchemist.
On this morning, these eight hundred people stood in front of the Heavenly Star Mystic Domain. The Heavenly Star Mystic Domain wasn't located in any special place. It was just in the plaza of the Alchemist Alliance.
At this moment, there was an incomparably huge circle of light on the originally empty square. The seven to eight hundred people standing in front of the circle of light all raised their heads to look at the circle of light, hoping to see the situation inside. However, they could not see anything. They only saw the circle of light spreading out from the center from time to time, like the ripples caused by a stone falling into water.
This ring of light was the entrance to the mystic realm when it was activated. Once one entered the ring of light, they would be able to enter the mystic realm.
As for the other alchemists who were not allowed to enter, they looked at these people enviously from a thousand feet away.
There was no obstruction between the two groups of people. It wasn't that the Alchemist Alliance wasn't worried that someone would follow them and charge in. Rather, it was that the people who charged in would not have a good ending. Thus, there was no need to obstruct them.
In the past, there were people who tried to blend in with these people, but those who did not obtain an entry token were directly bounced off by the halo and died on the spot. Therefore, no one would attempt this at all.
At noon, when the sun was hanging above their heads, a loud and clear voice floated over the square.
"It's time. Alchemists, please enter the circle of light!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the seven to eight hundred people on the field walked towards the glowing circle.
Also at that moment, an incomparably dazzling white light suddenly burst out from the circle of light. The people outside the circle of light simply couldn't look straight at it. Even the Martial Lords had to turn their heads around or cover their eyes.
After the white light disappeared, they discovered that the seven to eight hundred people in front of the circle of light disappeared.
Very clearly, they all entered the mystic realm.
"Next time. Before the next opening of the mystic realm, I will also rise to the level of a rank two alchemist. That way, I can enter."
Seeing the gradually disappearing circle of light, the young alchemists who were rank one or below all encouraged themselves like that.
After the seven to eight hundred people's eyes blurred, they discovered that they arrived at a plaza that was several times larger than the one before. It was even as if they couldn't see the edge of the plaza.
The plaza was paved with extremely tidy cyan-coloured tiles. Other than that, there were even more tidy stone tablets. Those stone tablets were sparkling and translucent. Each of them was nine feet tall and two feet wide, and on them, there were words written all over them.
There was at least a distance of six feet between each tablet. As for rows, there was definitely a distance of over six feet.
Looking over, there were definitely a hundred stone tablets in every row.
Going closer to take a look, the stone tablets seemed to write alchemy related questions, and also asked them to answer them.
"What exactly are these? How do we obtain the rewards of the mystic realm?" Many people had this question in their hearts.
They quickly obtained the answer from the words on the first stone tablet. That was, they needed to solve the question in order to go to the second stone tablet to answer the question. Every time they answered a question correctly, they would obtain a coordinate so that when they went to the next place, they could use the coordinate to obtain a treasure.
The further they went, the more precious the corresponding treasure would be. However, this was not absolute. There was a total of 24 hours for them to answer the questions.
This was completely a rhythm where they could obtain a treasure for every question they answered correctly. Immediately, the blood of the people in the plaza began to boil.
The seven to eight hundred people were immediately divided into three groups, and they gathered in front of the three stone tablets at the very front.
However, they quickly discovered that the questions on the stone tablets were very difficult. They were not easy to answer at all.
Some people wanted to discuss and analyze the questions with others, and some even wanted to ask for answers from others. However, they quickly became dejected. This was because they realized that they could not communicate with each other at all. Once they tried to speak to others or use other methods to communicate, it was as if there was some kind of power that directly slapped them in the face, forcing them to give up on such plans.
En, there should be no problem in secretly looking at the answers of the people beside them, right? However, they discovered that other than what they wrote on the stone tablets, there was simply no way to see what others wrote.
This kind of discovery caused those who felt that the questions were very difficult to immediately cry. This was because if they could not even answer a single question, wouldn't that mean that they would not even have a single treasure?
Of course, those who could not answer the first question were basically those second-grade alchemists. The third-grade alchemists and above quickly entered the second stone tablet.
There were only 24 hours, and they did not want to waste any time.
They had even decided that in these 24 hours, other than eating and going to the toilet, they would absolutely not do anything else.
As time passed by, the distance between them widened quickly. Those second-grade alchemists were basically gathered at the first stone tablet, with the exception of a few people.
As for the other alchemists, they entered the second or third stone tablet. Some of the faster ones had even reached the fifth stone tablet.
Every alchemist who saw others surpass them felt like crying. This was because when others surpassed them, it meant that the other party would obtain more treasures than them.
Unknowingly, after the time it took to brew two cups of tea, everyone in the square suddenly heard a loud and clear voice.
"Congratulations to Yu and De for reaching the 18th stone tablet!"
Every single person who entered the secret realm would receive a token issued by the Alchemist Union. These tokens would have a word written on each person's name, and then a number and this word would be used to mark the person.
This voice was naturally the voice of the runic formation in the secret realm.
It was very obvious that the runic formation could identify their tokens.
The moment they heard this voice, everyone basically broke down. Because the fastest person among them had only just reached the sixth stone tablet.
"Is this still f * cking human?"
"F * ck! Your daddy just reached the second stone tablet!"
"God damn it! How did they get to the 18th stone tablet?"
"Who exactly are Yu and De?"
"Logically speaking, it should be the person with the word 'Long'."
"Are you talking about Linlong? Linlong is in a daze at the second stone tablet. "
"It can't be. Isn't Linlong very strong? Why can't he even answer the question on the second stone tablet?"
"God knows. Maybe he cheated the last time he got first place."
"Cheat your ass! Say that again!"
"Alright, alright. I'm wrong."
…
After these people conversed for a while, they were all dumbfounded. This was because they realized that they could actually communicate with each other. However, weren't they supposed to be unable to speak?
Then, they understood. It turned out that the runic formation didn't allow them to communicate about the content of the questions.
The runic formation was actually so strong that it could distinguish the content of so many people's conversations! At this moment, they finally realized how strong the runic formation was.
"Husband, what's wrong?" Lin Shiyin, who was beside Linlong, asked anxiously.
In her opinion, the question on the second stone tablet wasn't difficult. Linlong should be able to solve it very quickly. Who would have thought that when she reached the eighth stone tablet, Linlong would still be at the second stone tablet?
Linlong, who came back to his senses, glanced at Lin Shiyin, then smiled. "Shiyin, didn't I tell you to just keep moving forward and ignore me?"
"But, husband, you …" Lin Shiyin's face was full of worry.
"Don't worry. I've already solved this question. It's just that I'm conflicted about something, so you don't have to worry." Linlong smiled.
"Is that so?" Although that was what she said, the worry on Lin Shiyin's face didn't disappear. She didn't believe Linlong's words at all.
"Shiyin, don't worry about this. Just keep moving forward. If you don't reach the 50th stone tablet, don't turn back," Linlong suddenly said extremely solemnly.
"Alright, husband. Then promise me that you'll definitely keep up." Lin Shiyin bit her lip.
"Don't worry. When have you ever seen your husband fail?" Linlong smiled.
"Alright, then I'll leave first." Although she said that she was leaving, Lin Shiyin still looked back every few steps. When she really couldn't see Linlong anymore, she quickened her pace and walked forward.
Linlong smiled, then continued to focus his gaze on the stone tablet in front of him.
But after a while, he still shook his head.
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