"In addition to the above rewards, the third place will be rewarded with two high-grade God Spirit Veins and ten Dao Essence Dao Fruits. The second place will be rewarded with five high-grade God Spirit Veins, ten Dao Essence Dao Fruits, and one Primordial Essence Dao Fruit. The first place will be rewarded with ten high-grade God Spirit Veins, ten Primordial Essence Dao Fruits, and two Primordial Essence Dao Fruits. In addition, the first place will be rewarded with a wood-attributed top-grade God Spirit Vein. "
Kong Lianbo's words made Ning Cheng secretly marvel at the wealth of this Pill Association. Sure enough, the first place would be rewarded with a wood-attributed God Spirit Vein, but it was just one of the many rewards.
In fact, Kong Lianbo didn't say one more thing. In addition to the above rewards and glory, the first place might also get a chance to discuss alchemy with Mu Zuoxiao.
After talking about the rewards, when everyone quieted down a little, Kong Lianbo continued, "Next, the first round of the pill competition, seed identification. The time limit is one day."
After Kong Lianbo finished speaking, a transparent restriction rose around all the alchemists. The rise of this restriction meant that spiritual consciousness couldn't be released outside, nor could it penetrate inside.
After the restriction rose, a longan-sized jet-black seed appeared on the transmission platform in front of Ning Cheng. Ning Cheng picked up the seed and saw a faint Dao Charm circulating around the seed. It seemed to contain a Dao Charm aura that could dissipate at any time.
When Ning Cheng saw this seed, he secretly felt that it was a close call because he recognised this seed. To be precise, he recognised this seed after reading about the Universe Vegetation. If not for Lu Dongce's Universe Vegetation, Ning Cheng felt sure that he would have been eliminated in the first round.
For ordinary divine grasses, Ning Cheng might have been able to deduce their effects in a day. This seed, even if Ning Cheng's Mysterious Yellow Formless grew even more powerful, it would not be able to deduce the effects of the divine grasses that it would grow into in just one day. Not to mention one day, even if it took many years, Ning Cheng estimated that he would not be able to do it.
This was a Dao Fruit Seed. The name of this Dao Fruit was a bit strange, called Half-Blooming Epiphyllum.
The Dao Fruit produced by this seed not only contained the Dao Charm of the five elements between heaven and earth, but it would also give rise to other law attributes such as the Dao Charm of wind, thunder, ice, and other attributes. However, these law attributes were like short-lived epiphyllum and would disappear in a short time. To say that it was short-lived was an exaggeration. In fact, the law attributes only appeared for a short time.
The Ephemeral Epiphyllum Dao Fruit was a Primordial Dao Fruit and its only use was to refine the Heaven and Earth Epiphyllum Pill. The Half-Blooming Epiphyllum wasn't the most precious Dao Essence Dao Essence Dao pill, but it was definitely one of the most difficult Dao Essence Dao pills to refine. The main role of this Dao Pill was based on the user's perception at the time, which was somewhat similar to Ning Cheng's Mysterious Yellow Formless.
For example, when you consume it and you are trying to break through to Dao Essence Divine Emperor, this dao pill can help you understand Dao Essence Heaven and Earth laws. Dao and Essence to the Dao. to to, and if it Essence to Dao to to the Dao, then to Dao to Essence dao in to to.
If you are trying to gain insight into some kind of divine ability while consuming the Dao pill, the Celestial Empyrean Flower Pill can also enhance your understanding of that divine ability.
It wasn't difficult to obtain the seed of the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum, but it was extremely difficult to refine the Heaven and Earth Ephemeris Pill. Even if the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum was preserved, it couldn't be used to refine the Heaven and Earth Ephemeris Pill.
The main Dao fruit of the Heaven and Earth Ephemeris Pill was the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao fruit. To refine the Heaven and Earth Ephemeris Pill, one had to cultivate this Dao fruit on the spot. Then, the moment the Dao runes of the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum disappeared, one had to send it into the cauldron to refine the Heaven and Earth Ephemeris Pill.
From this, one could see the difficulty of refining this elixir. First, cultivating the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao fruit wasn't something ordinary people could do. Not only did one need to cultivate it with natural treasures, but one also needed to have an extremely experienced grasp of the Heaven and Earth Law Dao runes. A slight mistake would cause the Dao fruit to wither.
Second, refining the Heaven and Earth Ephemeris Pill was also very difficult. The Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao fruit contained the Dao runes of the five elements. It could also produce the Dao runes of wind, thunder, ice, and other attributes when it matured.
This required the alchemist to control the Dao fruit's Dao runes. Because of this, almost no one could refine the Heaven and Earth Ephemeris Pill with complete Dao fruit's Dao runes. The Heaven and Earth Ephemeris Pill that contained more than two Dao fruit's Dao runes was already considered a success.
Even if most alchemists could cultivate the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao fruit, they couldn't refine the Heaven and Earth Ephemeris Pill. They couldn't grasp the moment when the Dao runes of the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao fruit dissipated. In other words, they couldn't grasp the Dao runes of the Dao fruit that were about to disappear.
Ning Cheng took out a jade strip and engraved everything he knew into it. He guessed that the second round of the competition would be about refining the Heaven and Earth Ephemeris Pill.
A day passed by quickly, and Kong Lianbo appeared on the giant altar again. "Alchemists, the first round of the competition has ended. Alchemists, please place your jade strips on the transmission platform in front of you and teleport to the judges' seats."
Ning Cheng placed his jade strip on the transmission platform. He was sure that he could pass the first round.
The first round's evaluation wasn't subjective. Whether one understood it or not, one would know it just by looking at the jade strip. In less than an hour, the results came out. According to the alchemist's understanding of the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao fruit, Ning Cheng scored 67 points out of 100, ranking him 46th.
Ning Cheng didn't feel surprised about this ranking because he didn't write down the cultivation method of the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao fruit or how to control it during alchemy. There were many cultivation methods for the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao. The reason why Ning Cheng didn't write them down was that his method was a bit different. As for how to control it during alchemy, Ning Cheng didn't write it down. His Dao of Alchemy was different from others.
He could get more points if he wrote it down, but if the judges were picky, they would say that his cultivation method was different from what was written on the jade strip. Although he had his reasons, he wasn't in the mood to explain these things. What's more, Ning Cheng knew that the deciding round of this pill competition wouldn't be the first round, but the second and third rounds.
A total of 52 alchemists successfully passed the first round, with the highest score being 98 points. Moreover, it wasn't just one alchemist, but three alchemists with 98 points. Ning Cheng ranked 46th, which was a bit behind.
A ranking appeared on the huge screen over the square. Only 52 people entered the second round. The elimination rate was a bit too high.
Apart from Ning Cheng, who entered the second round, there was another person from the Grand Essence Realm, Le Xizhen. Le Xizhen not only entered the second round, but her score was even higher than Ning Cheng's, ranking 41st.
Lu Dongce frowned slightly when he saw Ning Cheng's ranking. According to Ning Cheng's question, Ning Cheng should have already seen the effects of the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao Fruit. As long as Ning Cheng saw it, Ning Cheng would definitely enter the top ten. So why did he only score 67 points?
The eliminated alchemists came down from the giant altar, leaving only 52 alchemists on the giant altar.
Kong Lianbo spoke up again, "The first round of the pill competition is over. Now, the second round of the pill competition will begin. A total of 52 alchemists will participate in the second round of the pill competition. The second round of the pill competition is for refining the Heaven and Earth Ephemeral Flower Pill. Each alchemist will have a transmission platform in front of them. In addition to the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed, if you need any divine grasses, you can engrave your needs on the jade strip beside the transmission platform. The second round of the pill competition will last for a month, and it starts now. "
Sure enough, to refine the Heaven and Earth Ephemeral Flower Pill, one had to cultivate the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao Fruit to refine this pill. Cultivating the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao Fruit for a month was definitely a challenge. Ning Cheng had read about the Dao Fruit of the Ephemeral Flower in the book 'Interspatial Vegetation'. According to it, the shortest time to cultivate the Dao Fruit of the Ephemeral Flower was one month. Since this pill competition only required one month, it meant that this pill competition not only had high requirements for the Dao of Alchemy, but it also required a high understanding of the laws of heaven and earth.
The stronger one's understanding of the laws of heaven and earth, the stronger one's dao charm would be. As for the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao Fruit, the clearer the five-element dao charm, the faster it would mature.
Ning Cheng casually refined a simple clay pot with some soil and put it into the pot with some soil from the Mysterious Yellow Bead. This competition only gave out a seed and nothing else, which indirectly showed that any alchemist could use their own methods to cultivate the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao Fruit.
Ning Cheng then planted the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao Fruit into the pot. Ning Cheng then took out some water from the Mysterious Yellow Bead and watered it.
This time, cultivating the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Dao Fruit depended on one's own spirit techniques. Even if you used the Breath Soil to cultivate it, it was still your own ability.
Mu Zuoxiao had already made this point clear. One's own opportunities and luck were also a kind of ability.
Just three days later, Ning Cheng's Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed sprouted.
This pill competition was open to everyone. Although the place where Ning Cheng and the others stood had restrictions restricting spiritual consciousness, the cultivators watching from under the altar could clearly see everyone's every move while cultivating the Dao Fruit.
Ning Cheng's Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed germinated in three days. The first alchemist to cultivate the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed took only two and a half days to germinate. Ning Cheng's speed wasn't slow either. Among all the participating alchemists, his seed was the third to germinate.
Because of the restrictions, the cultivators watching from outside couldn't see whose Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed's dao charm was stronger. But considering that Ning Cheng only ranked 46th in the first round, coupled with Mu Zuoxiao mentioning Ning Cheng before the pill competition, many people's eyes still fell on Ning Cheng.
After the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed germinated, it was somewhat similar to the Bestowing Lawless Fruit and required various laws of heaven and earth to cultivate. Unlike the Bestowing Lawless Fruit, the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed didn't devour the laws of heaven and earth. Instead, it grew under the influence of various laws of heaven and earth.
Ning Cheng had the Law Breaking Spirit Technique, and his understanding of the laws of heaven and earth wasn't weak. Therefore, at this time, he continued to infuse his understanding of the laws of the Great Dao into the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed.
Ten days later, Ning Cheng felt the difference between him and the top alchemists. In just ten days, his Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed had only grown a foot. However, the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed would only bear fruit after a meter. In other words, by the time his Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed bore fruit, a month would have already passed.
As for the powerful alchemists, the Half-Blooming Epiphyllum Seed's Dao Fruit was almost a meter long.
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