Visitors from West Mountain City
"Ten minutes of extra time to refine pills?"
Hearing Peng Zhou's words, the forty-eight martial artists who passed the second round of assessment felt that something was amiss.
Ten minutes of extra time to refine a supreme grade Elemental Elixir. Didn't that mean that the fourth round of elimination would be extremely cruel?
It was highly possible that they would be refining a sixth grade elixir!
"Hiss!"
Thinking of this, the forty-eight alchemists who were originally excited instantly felt a chill in their hearts.
Most of their alchemy skills were between fourth grade and fifth grade. Even advanced fifth grade alchemists were rare.
This meant that based on their level of alchemy, they would not be able to refine a sixth grade elixir!
However, nothing was absolute. Some of the hidden geniuses in the major alchemy unions were very calm at this moment.
"The third round of assessment will be provided by the Alchemy Union. However, the alchemy furnace will have to be prepared individually."
Peng Zhou continued, "The third round of assessment will also last for an hour. Everyone, get ready for five minutes and start refining the Elemental Elixir!"
Buzz buzz!
As soon as Peng Zhou finished his sentence, the originally quiet plaza became lively once again.
"Tsk tsk, I wonder how many alchemists will be eliminated in the third round."
"Based on this ratio, I guess around 30 will be eliminated."
"That's about right. The fourth round should be an elimination round. Any alchemist who can enter the fourth round will be able to hold their own!"
"Let's wait and see. There are many cities in the Great Xia Kingdom and every city has an alchemy union. The third round of assessment will be the time to witness the true strength of the major alchemy unions."
The discussions of the crowd entered Ning Yue's ears but did not affect Ning Yue in the slightest.
At this moment, Ning Yue was discussing with Li Tongtian and the rest below a round platform.
"Ning Yue, the third round of assessment is to refine the Elemental Elixir. Are you aiming for the supreme grade Elemental Elixir?" Li Tongtian asked.
Actually, Li Tongtian really wanted to refine the supreme grade Elemental Elixir. After all, if he could refine the supreme grade Elemental Elixir, he would have an additional ten minutes to refine pills.
To Li Tongtian, ten minutes was extremely precious. It could even determine if he could refine a sixth grade elixir!
"It's not as simple as you think. This could be a trap," Ning Yue said in a low voice.
"A trap? What kind of trap could there be? "Li Tongtian asked doubtfully.
"It's very simple. The third and fourth rounds of assessment will be held at the same time. We will only be given a maximum of ten minutes to rest." Ning Yue explained, "Once we attempt to break through to the Transcendent Grade Essence Transformation Pill in the third round, even if we succeed, we will definitely consume too much energy and will not be able to quickly recover to our peak state."
"The Alchemy Competition is so intense. If I'm not at my peak condition in the fourth round, I'll most likely be eliminated."
"I see!" After listening to Ning Yue's explanation, Li Tongtian came to a sudden realization and promptly dismissed the idea of trying to concoct a transcendent-grade Primary Transformation Pill.
If he expended too much energy in the third round, he would indeed put himself at a disadvantage.
"Fengzi, if you have something to say, just say it. There's no need to be restrained with me." Ning Yue had wanted to say something to Li Tongtian, but seeing Feng Zi's expression, Ning Yue said, "With our relationship, your business is my business."
"Ning Yue, I want to kill Feng Qiang with my own hands!"
Feng Zi clenched his fists and his face was filled with anger. "Feng Qiang killed a few of my brothers. If I don't take revenge, I'm not a human!"
"Hehe, I thought it was something big. It's just a small matter."
Ning Yue smiled and waved his hand, gesturing for Sikong Ling to bring Feng Qiang over.
"I'll leave Feng Qiang to you. You can do whatever you want with him. It has nothing to do with me." Ning Yue said, "As for the Thirteenth Prince, you don't have to worry at all. You'll be by my side during this period of time. If the Thirteenth Prince dares to make a move on you, I naturally won't stand idly by."
"Time's up! All the martial artists participating in the third round of assessment, go to the round platform! "
Just then, Peng Zhou's voice rang in the square. "The main examiner for the third round of assessment is Elixir King Dan Chenzi. The time limit for the third round of assessment is one hour."
Swoosh! Swoosh! …
Actually, the five minutes of preparation time that Peng Zhou gave everyone was useless.
Once the time was up, everyone flew to the round platform.
"Let's go too," Ning Yue and Li Tongtian looked at each other, then rose from the ground and rushed to the same round platform.
After Ning Yue entered the round platform, he didn't start refining elixirs immediately. Instead, he quietly observed the Pill Masters on the round platform.
Ning Yue was on the tenth round platform. Including him and Li Tongtian, there were a total of five Pill Masters.
Among the remaining three Pill Masters, two of them were only at the advanced stage of the fourth grade. It would probably be difficult for them to pass this round.
The last Pill Master caught Ning Yue's attention.
"Something's not right." Ning Yue frowned slightly because he felt a dangerous aura from this Pill Master.
It wasn't that this Pill Master had a high level of cultivation or a strong soul power. On the contrary, this Pill Master was only at the advanced stage of the primal core stage, and his soul power was only at the pinnacle of the fourth grade.
Logically speaking, with this Pill Master's cultivation and soul power, Ning Yue didn't even need to use his full strength to defeat him.
Since Ning Yue sensed a trace of dangerous aura from him, there was only one explanation and that was that this Alchemist was pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger!
"Could it be that some old demon has used a disguise technique to participate in the Pill Refining Competition?"
Suddenly, this thought appeared in Ning Yue's mind. The moment it appeared, he couldn't get rid of it, and it grew stronger and stronger.
"Ning Yue, it's time to start refining elixirs. The earlier you can refine the Superior Grade Shifting Pill, the more time you have to rest." Seeing that Ning Yue was in a daze, Li Tongtian hurriedly reminded him.
"It's fine."
Ning Yue waved his hand, telling Li Tongtian not to worry.
With Ning Yue's skill in refining elixirs, elixirs like the Shifting Pill did not require that much time and could be easily refined.
"If I'm not wrong, you should be a core disciple of Danwu College's Sacred Institute, Ning Yue."
When Ning Yue was looking at the mysterious Pill Master, the mysterious Pill Master was also looking at Ning Yue.
The mysterious Pill Master was the first to break the silence and spoke to Ning Yue, "Let me introduce myself. I am from the West Mountain City, my name is Xie Yan."
"West Mountain City!" Ning Yue's brows raised when he heard this.
He had heard of the West Mountain City before. It was a chaotic place in the Da Xia Kingdom and was rumored to be very dangerous.
Some time ago, he even went to the West Mountain City with the Third Prince, Ouyang Hai. They didn't expect to meet the Spirit Fox Team. In the end, the Third Prince was killed, and the Spirit Fox Team was annihilated.
"It's good that you have heard of it. However, there is one thing that you might not have heard of. Let me tell you."
Xie Yan's face was expressionless as he said, "In the years that the Thirteenth Prince disappeared, he went to many places. His final destination was the West Mountain City."
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