Boring Alchemist Convention (Part 2)
Hearing the three "dings," Liu Ling and Little Princess Yue Er's expressions changed as they looked at Xiao Yan in the middle, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Sensing Liu Ling and the Little Princess's attention, Xiao Yan smiled slightly, took out a Bone Growing Pill, and said with a smile, "Thank you for letting me win."
Then, Xiao Yan flicked his finger, and the Bone Growing Pill flew into the testing machine in front of him. Instantly, countless gazes from the audience, the VIP seats, and even the Alchemists who were Pill Refining focused on this most eye-catching spot.
Everyone wanted to know how the top seed, who was the most popular to win the internal test, would perform.
A subtle muffled sound rang out, and a dazzling green beam of light burst out from the stone platform in front of Xiao Yan. The concentration of the color was so high that even those who had not yet completed their refining knew what the rich green color meant.
The jade-like beautiful color captivated everyone in the audience.
"Amazing, some people are still looking at the Pill Recipe, and he's already refined it!"
"Too fast! Is this really Pill Refining? How is his Pill Refining different from ordinary people's Pill Refining!"
In the VIP seats, Fa Ma nodded. With that kind of technique, it would be strange if he wasn't fast. But don't think that Xiao Yan is fast, and the medicinal properties are extracted very perfectly. Only Fourth Grade or higher Alchemists can understand the difficulty.
Chemir frowned and said with some worry, "Xiao Yan's Pill Refining speed is so fast, it may not be a good thing."
Sure enough, after Xiao Yan finished Pill Refining, some Alchemists who didn't understand the Pill Recipe and left early began to discuss.
"How could he refine it so quickly with a Pill Recipe that doesn't have any hints!"
"That's right, if he hadn't refined it in advance, it would be impossible to be so fast!"
"Tch, is this the so-called number one seed, knowing the questions in advance?"
"What's the point of a champion who cheats? The Alchemist Guild is just such a corrupt organization."
For a time, Xiao Yan's Pill Refining speed was too fast, which attracted all kinds of doubts.
Hearing these doubts, Xiao Yan naturally smiled faintly. Laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the doorway. Without a certain strength, it is naturally impossible to know why Xiao Yan can complete Pill Refining so quickly.
Just as Xiao Yan was about to take out a chair from his Storage Ring to sit down and rest, a beam of light that was not inferior to Xiao Yan's shot out from a corner.
The second person to complete it was not Liu Ling or the Little Princess, but an Alchemist wearing a Black Robe! "That person," Fa Ma's old eyes narrowed, and a sharp light flashed in his turbid eyes. He tapped his fingers lightly on the railing and said in a low voice, "That Black Robed Man seems a bit strong."
Xiao Yan didn't expect that someone's speed could be close to his! "Who is this guy?!" Staring in astonishment at the suddenly emerging strong opponent, the Little Princess and Liu Ling, who were still refining pills, were both full of surprise and confusion.
The first round of the exam was not difficult. Soon, Liu Ling and Yue Er also completed the refining, but the light pillars of the two were obviously thinner than those of Xiao Yan and the mysterious man.
From the thickness, it can be seen that the quality of the Bone Growing Pills they refined was not as good as Xiao Yan and the mysterious man.
Xiao Yan looked at the mysterious Black Robed Man, a strange color flashed in his eyes, and smiled faintly: "This boring Alchemist Convention seems to be getting a little more interesting."
"Chemir, give me his information." In the VIP seat, Fa Ma suddenly turned his head and said to Chemir in a deep voice.
Chemir also noticed that something was wrong, and took out a stack of documents from the Storage Ring and quickly flipped through them. After a while, he handed a thin piece of paper to Fa Ma.
The picture of the mysterious Black Robed Man on the information looked like he was only seventeen or eighteen years old, which was so young that it felt a little strange.
"Is he an Alchemist from the Chuyun Empire?" Fa Ma frowned. The Chuyun Empire is adjacent to the Gama Empire, and the two often have conflicts. It can be said that they are mutually hostile countries.
"Why does it only say that he is a Second Grade Alchemist? According to my feeling, that guy is at least a Fourth Grade Alchemist." Fa Ma frowned, glancing at the level recorded on the information.
"A seventeen-year-old Fourth Grade Alchemist? President, that's impossible no matter how you think about it. No matter how talented he is, Pill Refining requires the accumulation of time and experience." Chemir said with a wry smile.
Hai Bo Dong coughed lightly and said, "Some things are not impossible, don't be too sure."
"Then what do we do now?" Chemir asked.
"What else can we do? We can only continue the convention first, and wait until today's competition is over before we investigate tonight." Fa Ma said.
Time passed by, and people continued to pass and fail. When the sand in the hourglass ran out, the original thousands of Alchemists instantly decreased by one-third, leaving only about three hundred people.
After the first round was cleared, maids walked out of the passage and placed two portions of medicinal materials and a Scroll of Pill Recipe in front of all the qualified Alchemists.
Opening the Scroll and looking at the orthodox Pill Recipe, Xiao Yan sighed. This time, he was still refining pills according to the Pill Recipe. Although it changed from Second Grade to Third Grade, it was only a Third Grade low-level pill—Wind Walk Pill.
"It can make the user feel quite sensitive to the Wind Attribute energy between heaven and earth in a short period of time, and by this, it can achieve the effect of increasing movement speed."
"It's a bit useful."
For Xiao Yan, whether it is Second Grade or Third Grade, it is actually the same difficulty, that is, no difficulty.
Xiao Yan looked at the Alchemists around him who had already started refining, even Liu Ling and the Little Princess quickly entered the state and started refining, as if they were stimulated by Xiao Yan's desire to compete, and they didn't want to be slower than Xiao Yan, and they all started refining.
Xiao Yan shook his head, leisurely took out a bottle of iced mineral water from his Storage Ring, took two big gulps, twisted his body, and wore a slow, unhurried expression.
Xiao Yan planned to let them practice for a while first.
The medicinal herbs were still in two portions. Xiao Yan still put the second portion directly into his Storage Ring, and as before, threw all the medicinal herbs into the Pill Refining furnace.
Xiao Yan didn't even need to clean the residue inside the Pill Refining furnace, because the Void Swallowing Flame would completely burn even the residue into nothingness.
Seeing Xiao Yan, just like in the first round, throw all the medicinal herbs into the Pill Refining furnace, Vice President Chemir smiled slightly and whispered, "Hehe, this time I've finally tricked this kid. Let's see how you deal with this."
Just then, suddenly, with a *bang*, a sound of furnace explosion came from the square. A Third Grade Alchemist's Pill Refining furnace exploded, and the medicinal herbs were destroyed.
Coincidentally, another furnace explosion occurred on the other side not long after. Soon, Alchemists began to experience furnace explosions one after another. Even the Little Princess and Liu Ling beside Xiao Yan, and even the mysterious Black Robed Man, experienced furnace explosions.
Liu Ling and the Little Princess's expressions immediately turned ugly. They slowly exhaled and looked towards Xiao Yan's position.
Because Xiao Yan was slow, he had only just thrown the medicinal herbs into the Pill Refining furnace not long ago, and had not yet completed the extraction.
"Something seems wrong?" On the VIP seats, Ya Fei stared in astonishment at the Alchemists in the field who had almost all turned into fools staring at each other, and said softly.
"Indeed, something is wrong. Although I am not an Alchemist, I also know that refining according to the Pill Recipe will undoubtedly greatly increase the success rate, but these people below, including Liu Ling and the Little Princess, seem to have all failed," Nalan Yanran responded with a slight frown.
Yao Ye glanced at the location of the Alchemist Guild's higher-ups, crossed her slender right leg over her left, and stared at the somewhat strange atmosphere in the square, murmuring, "It seems that this exam is a bit mysterious. I just don't know if that Alchemy genius can pass this test."
Before long, because everyone didn't know what was happening, they all stopped to start researching. The originally slow Xiao Yan actually became the fastest one again.
Just as the medicinal properties began to fuse into a pill, suddenly the energy inside the Pill Refining furnace fluctuated, and a violent energy spread around.
Xiao Yan shook his head and said helplessly, "Playing such petty tricks? Your Alchemist Guild is really childish."
"Mao Wu."
Whoosh! In a Pill Refining furnace filled with Black Flame, a black cat suddenly appeared and swallowed all the medicinal properties that were about to fuse into a pill in one gulp.
Instantly, the violent energy disappeared.
With nimble fingers, Xiao Yan removed all of a medicinal herb called Profound Earth Fungus from the other two portions of medicinal properties that were extra in the Pill Refining furnace.
Xiao Yan's powerful Soul allowed him to know exactly what happened during the pill fusion process, so he naturally knew what went wrong.
Before long, with two *clangs*, two cyan-green Wind Walk Pills were collected by Xiao Yan into a pill bottle.
"It could have been three pills in one furnace, but it's a pity one was wasted."
Xiao Yan glanced at Liu Ling and the Little Princess, who were staring at him dumbfounded, and then glanced at the Alchemist Guild's higher-ups on the stage, who were also in shock. His eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly said loudly, "It seems that the Profound Earth Fungus is better left out."
!!!!!!!!!!
Hearing Xiao Yan tell everyone the answer, Fa Ma and the others immediately widened their eyes.
You're cheating!!
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