Nearly seven hundred people had been eliminated in the first round. This number was simply too astonishing."F * ck, what lousy compet.i.tion is this?! Laozi is a Tier 3 Pill Refiner, but I can"t even forge a Grade Three Pill!"
"I can"t accept it, there must be a problem with the Spirit Herb that was given to us!"
"I want to redo the compet.i.tion. It"s unfair!"
The people who were eliminated were filled with righteous indignation. They stood on the platform and clamored, not even bothering to think about their own reasons.
"Shut your mouth. You all claimed that you are apothecaries for nothing. If you can"t even handle such a small blow, what pill can you concoct? Which apothecary isn"t a person who crawled out from failure."
It"s not fair. Why do you have so many people who pa.s.sed the compet.i.tion? You aren"t trying to gain experience from your failures, you"re trying to find a way to succeed, but are trying to find a reason for your failures instead.
I hope that you all can display the pride of an apothecary and walk down the field on your own accord for the sake of your dignity.
The elder"s voice echoed through the air, and all of the pill refiners who were clamoring in the crowd fell silent, as they silently withdrew themselves from the stage.
This match had dealt a huge blow to them. However, when they saw nearly seven hundred people walk out, their hearts slightly calmed down. However, some of them were still dejected, while others had high spirits.
"For so many people to be eliminated in the first wave, the compet.i.tion is just too cruel!"
"That"s right. Some of these people might not be able to recover in one fell swoop, while others might take the opportunity to make a breakthrough in their pill refining skills!"
Following the discussions from the spectators, Elder Huo"s voice once again rang out: "Alright, the compet.i.tion has entered into the second round. All partic.i.p.ants who have advanced, please press the two words on the table. The rules of the compet.i.tion are the same as before.
This time, the pill he forged was a grade-4 pill. All of the grade-3 apothecaries who had made it into the first round had bitter expressions on their faces. Guan Zhangxing was one of them.
It wasn"t that he hadn"t tried to concoct a fourth grade pill before, but today, after hearing the pill refining experience that Shen Longxuan gave him, he decided to give it a try.
This round"s compet.i.tion was even more brutal, only by acc.u.mulating twenty points could one be considered qualified. This meant that one had to concoct at least two Martial Extreme Dan Beads, otherwise, they would not be considered as qualified.
As the energy within the grade-4 pills had already been purified to a certain degree, there could only be one pill furnace in each batch. With three chances and two uses, the difficulty could be said to be very high.
Everyone revealed grave expressions, including Zhang Yu. This was also the direct disciple of Elder Huo.
According to past experience, his success rate was already his limit after three tries. "Hu, I hope he can perform exceptionally well this time!"
Not far away, Xia Gaole and Hai Donglin were also frowning. Although they were both fourth ranked alchemists, they were still unable to concoct the top quality pills.
The gray-robed man, who had been silent all this time, let out a faint smile. He released a grey-white flame that was several times hotter than before. His refinement could be said to be the most stunning in the entire arena.
"There are indeed a few amazing people this year. Among those present, there are at least twenty or so who can pa.s.s this round of examination!" The Sect Leader of the Fire Spirit Sect said with a smile.
"Sovereign, that gray-clothed man is very strong. Judging from his appearance, it should be very easy for him to pa.s.s this round of examination!"
"Hehe, the devil is one foot high, and the dao is ten feet high! No need to panic. "
Shen Longxuan did not hesitate this time. After three refinements, an hour had pa.s.sed.
Zhan Tian, I have to admit, Shen Longxuan is indeed a pill refiner, but how did he complete it so quickly?
"Kuang Ying, you should focus your attention on the two alchemists in Dragon Void Sect, not on some useless things. I don"t even care about him, what are you worrying about!"
Zhan Tian was currently focused on the two alchemists in Dragon Martial Sect, whether or not he could enter the top 100, all of this depended on this moment. As for Shen Longxuan, he was only going up to play around.
Furthermore, he could tell that his two alchemists were having a hard time at the moment, so they had no mood to listen to Kuang Ying"s sarcasm. Kuang Ying brought about a great deal of trouble for himself, and when he went to find Fei Ming, he was also met with the same resentment.
The round of pill refining was coming to an end. Except for the twenty or so people who had confident expressions on their faces, the rest of the people looked helpless.
"The time for the compet.i.tion has come. Now, the contestants, please place the pills into the groove!" Elder Huo"s voice once again sounded empty air.
"How many people do you think will be able to pa.s.s this time?"
"I guess only about a tenth of the people here will be able to pa.s.s. The remaining people are all elites from the other realms, and other than the geniuses from the Fire Spirit Sect, there are also many alchemy experts."
Only then did the spectators dare to speak out loud. They were afraid that they would disturb the compet.i.tion between the apothecaries. After holding back for such a long time, the crowd was finally able to speak freely.
In an instant, the sound was like thunder, deafening to the extreme!
"Look, Zhang Yu pa.s.sed!"
"The Fire Spirit Sect actually has ten people who pa.s.sed. As expected of the Alchemy Division!"
"Those people are also not bad. Their scores are all above 24 points. This means that they were able to successfully refine all three pills. Moreover, two of them were able to concoct top quality pills."
Just at this moment, everyone"s gaze was attracted to one place. A large "30" stopped in the air, which meant that all three times he had made pills, he was of the highest quality.
"F * ck, which G.o.d is this?"
"I think he"s that grey-clothed person from the Evil Spirit Sect. Doesn"t that mean he"s already surpa.s.sed everyone else!"
"What kind of words are those? How can we allow a sc.u.m like him to be so arrogant? Don"t tell me there"s no one that can compare to him?"
Zhan Tian sighed, as the two alchemists he brought with him had both failed. Even so, the two of them were on decent rankings, and should be able to make it into the top 100.
"Being able to obtain such results is already not bad. How are your people?" Zhan Tian asked.
Kuang Ying looked like he did not care, and said: "Actually, we are just here to play around, we are heavily involved, and as for whether or not we can get a placing, that is not important. The most important thing is to make friends with a few fifth grade alchemists later, that is the key."
"You are quite open-minded, the people from our Longmiao Sect have also been eliminated, there should not even be 30 people left in this round!" Fei Ming continued.
Actually, what Kuang Ying said was not without reason. Other than true alchemists, everyone in the audience probably had this kind of idea.
At this time, another ray of green light shot up to the sky. An ordinary looking person around the age of 27 won cheers with a score of 30 points.
"This man is the direct disciple of the Fire Spirit Sect"s Sovereign Sect Leader, his name is Zhao Fei, he is the most promising person to be the champion this time!" Even though Zhao Fei was a straightforward person, there were still people who recognized him.
Elder Huo took a deep breath and looked towards a corner of the round platform. He realized that Shen Longxuan was currently there meditating with his eyes closed, and was so angry that he almost went berserk.
Seeming to have felt Elder Huo"s gaze, Shen Longxuan stood up and placed the refined pill into the groove.
Boom!
At this time, Elder Huo finally smiled. He could tell that Shen Longxuan"s potential should not be limited to just that.
"Zhan Tian, Zhan Tian …" Kuang Ying shook Zhan Tian"s arm, not caring about his image of sect master at all.
"What is it? Can"t you, old thing, calm down? " Zhan Tian, who had his head lowered in thought, cursed angrily.
Kuang Ying, however, was not the least bit angry. Shen Longxuan also pa.s.sed! "