Chapter 138 Preliminary Dazzling

Standing on the high platform, Qin Ming, who was hunched but full of energy, looked at the hot venue and chuckled: "Now, all contestants, please enter your respective competition areas and seats according to your competition numbers."

Although the venue was large and the atmosphere was very hot, Qin Ming's voice was like a huge bell that resounded in everyone's ears. It can be seen that this hunchbacked old man has extraordinary strength.

As Qin Ming's voice fell, many young genius alchemists in the competition seats stood up one after another. Some of them were geniuses from the Alchemist Alliance of the Thirty-Six Counties of Lingzhou, and some were disciples trained by those free alchemists.

But at this moment, they only have one common identity, that is, the contestants of the Alchemy Conference.

Similarly, in the next forty or fifty years, they will be the backbone of the alchemists in Lingzhou.

In the center of the venue, there are two fan-shaped areas.

The fan-shaped area on the left is the competition area for second-grade alchemists.

The fan-shaped area on the right is the competition area for third-grade alchemists.

Lu Yun entered the No. 156 competition platform in the third-grade alchemist area according to his competition number.

With a glance, he could see the layout of the entire competition platform clearly.

The first thing that caught his eye was a red alchemy furnace, which was similar in structure to the one Lu Yun used in the alchemy room on the second floor of Jingyang in Lingwu County.

Inside the alchemy furnace, there were several black stones, which were flints often used by low-level alchemists.

Next to it was an extremely smooth bluestone platform, on which a pile of spiritual medicines were neatly stacked, at least more than twenty kinds, and next to the spiritual medicines, a simple scroll was quietly placed.

In addition, in the corner of the bluestone platform, there was a jade mirror with a faint light flashing, showing the scene around the alchemy furnace, and illuminating it clearly.

Lu Yun's eyes moved slightly, scanning the entire venue, and found that the four corners of the east mountain, northwest and north of the huge venue projected a picture, which looked like the scene of four different competition platforms.

In the eastern corner, the screen projected at this time is exactly the competition platform where Chu Yuanyao is.

Next to the bluestone platform, Chu Yuanyao held her cheek with her jade hands, and her beautiful eyes looked straight at the elixir and the ancient scroll in front of her. Her eyes were full of brilliance, and her graceful waist and elegant and beautiful posture were displayed on the huge screen, just like a goddess.

"Aohou... Yuanyao fairy..." Looking at the beautiful, pretty and lovely Chu Yuanyao, a group of energetic young alchemists in the audience stared with their eyes straight and made a wolf howl.

Facing such a hot scene, Chu Yuanyao smiled slyly on her pure and lovely face, which set off the scene again.

However, such a hot scene did not last long. The beautiful figure of Chu Yuanyao disappeared on the screen, and a sloppy young man appeared in everyone's eyes. If it weren't for the very conspicuous third-grade alchemist badge on his chest, he would probably be drowned by the saliva of many audiences on the scene.

The images projected in the four corners are different. The east and west corners are responsible for projecting the images of the third-grade alchemists, and the north and south corners are responsible for projecting the images of the second-grade alchemists.

Every participating alchemist has the opportunity to be on camera.

"An alchemy conference has almost been turned into a live broadcast." Lu Yun smiled faintly and retracted his gaze.

At the same time, he finally knew why such an alchemy conference could attract so many alchemists to gather.

The jade mirror on the bluestone table can accurately project the alchemy techniques and processes of these genius alchemists. For most alchemists, this is definitely a rare opportunity to observe and learn.

Retracting his thoughts, Lu Yun picked up the ancient scroll on the bluestone table, and swept his eyes across, and found that it was a third-grade pill recipe.

What surprised him was that this pill recipe was different from the previous ones.

The reason why the recipe is not recorded on ordinary paper is that the recipe needs to be recorded by the alchemist himself using his mental power. Ordinary paper cannot bear it at all. It must be carried by special scrolls and the like to bear the mental imprint and ensure that it will not be destroyed or faded for several years or even decades.

Moreover, the recipe recorded by the alchemist's mental power can be completely recorded in the shortest time as long as the mental power is used to read it.

But the recipe on this scroll was not recorded using mental power, but copied directly. There are only the corresponding number of spiritual medicines needed and the general refining method on it, and there is no description of other specific details.

This is undoubtedly a huge test for most alchemists.

After all, it is impossible to refine all the third-grade elixirs, and it is impossible to be familiar with the properties of all spiritual medicines.

In addition, what surprised Lu Yun was that there were almost twenty kinds of spiritual medicines placed on the bluestone table.

Among them, for each spiritual medicine, there are at least one or two spiritual medicines that look similar, but have very different properties and effects.

"As expected of this alchemy competition, its difficulty is far beyond the general alchemist assessment." Lu Yun, holding the scroll, smiled slightly.

It can be said that this competition includes a lot of things.

There are the identification of spiritual medicines, the method of controlling fire, the refining of elixirs, etc.

This is very difficult for others.

But for Lu Yun, who has received all-round inheritance, this is all.

Turning around, he found that many young alchemists around him looked at the scrolls in their hands, and their faces showed annoyance.

Only a few people, like Lu Yun, had a faint smile on their faces after seeing the prescription on the scroll.

On the third stage, a third-level alchemist with gloomy eyes glanced at Lu Yun and Chu Yuanyao. He couldn't help but chuckle and said softly: "It doesn't matter if you have good talent. The assessment of the conference is not Looking at age and talent, we compete to see who can refine the best elixir. In the end, the champion of the competition can only be me, Mu Changfeng.”

He is now in his mid-twenties, almost the oldest among the many contestants, but this does not mean that his alchemy level is low.

Mu Changfeng participated in the alchemy conference five years ago, but because he had just been promoted to a third-level alchemist not long ago, his final results were very unsatisfactory.

After returning, he frantically improved his alchemy level, including his identification of elixirs, improvement of fire control techniques, and even collected various elixir recipes, just to continuously improve and improve his level so that he could participate in the alchemy conference. , won the championship in one fell swoop, received rewards from the conference, and was promoted to a fourth-level alchemist.

In the huge square, many young alchemists who claimed to be geniuses were holding scrolls in their hands, studying and thinking seriously, with different expressions.

There are also quite a few people, like Mu Changfeng, who look like they are bound to win the championship.

Such a solemn and tense atmosphere lasted for half a cup of tea before a crisp bell rang throughout the huge venue.

As the sound of the bell fell faintly, Qin Ming, who symbolized the leading level in the alchemy world of Lingzhou, stood up, glanced at the talented alchemists who were already in their positions, and spoke slowly.

"I believe you are already familiar with your respective competition stages, have obtained your own elixir recipes, and have a rough refining method in mind, so now I will announce the rules of the competition for you."

A calm and steady voice slowly resounded in everyone's ears: "The first thing you have to do is to find out the materials required for the elixir from many similar elixirs based on the elixir recipe, and then use the elixir you already have. Use the experience to refine and purify these elixirs and refine the corresponding elixirs."

"At the junction of the two competition areas, there is a huge hourglass. That is the competition time. As long as you refine the finished elixir before the sand in the hourglass completely leaks out, it will be considered a success."

"I would like to emphasize again that there are enough elixirs on the bluestone platform of each competition stage. Only if you refine the corresponding finished elixir within the limited time can you advance to the finals."

"Wait, are you clear?" Qin Ming's voice fell slowly.

"yes!"

In the center of the venue, many talented alchemists from the two participating areas raised their voices in unison, like thunder, causing echoes that echoed in all directions.

"In that case, the preliminaries of the 53rd Alchemy Conference begin now!"

Qin Ming's old hand pressed down slightly, and the huge hourglass began to work.

At the same time, in the two opposite arenas, the alchemy furnaces were blazing with fire, and the huge screens in the four corners of the southeast and northwest began to broadcast busy figures one after another.

Lu Yun did not light the fire of the alchemy furnace immediately, and his eyes slowly fell on the scroll.

What is recorded on the scroll is a third-grade elixir called 'Reinjury Pill', which is a kind of elixir that can treat serious injuries. This kind of therapeutic elixir is generally not very cost-effective. It's not easy, but the market price is not as good as those beneficial elixirs.

Therefore, this kind of elixir recipe is also relatively biased, and most alchemists are not very keen on refining therapeutic elixirs such as 'rejuvenation elixir'.

The Alchemy Master Alliance has many considerations for using this as the elixir recipe for assessment. One is to let many talented alchemists understand that only by developing in all aspects can they better improve their alchemy level.

In addition, these alchemists are also allowed to focus on the refining of these therapeutic elixirs. After all, on the battlefield ahead, the demand for therapeutic elixirs is far greater than the demand for gain elixirs.

Of course, the intentions of the Alchemist Alliance are not understood by these talented alchemists. In their view, using these relatively biased alchemy recipes as the content of the assessment is simply to increase the difficulty of the assessment.

Keeping the incomplete recipe on the scroll in mind, Lu Yun slowly closed his eyes. Not long after, a rough idea of ​​refining appeared in his mind.

He slowly opened his eyes, exhaled gently, and immediately looked around, finding that most of the people had already selected the elixir and threw it into the alchemy furnace to start refining.

Being able to become a third-grade alchemist before the age of twenty-five means that everyone has the foundation to stand out from the crowd. It is not difficult for them to identify some pills that look similar but have different properties.

The difficulty is to refine the finished elixir within a limited time without experience and without knowing the details of refining.

From this pile of elixirs that are neatly arranged but full of great confusion, we select the materials needed to refine the recovery pill. There are seven types in total, including dew grass, black tongue grass, and purple orchid grass. , black leaf lotus, snow lotus seeds, etc.

After selecting the elixir, Lu Yun smiled faintly, waved his sleeves, and the lid of the red alchemy furnace flew up. Immediately, he moved his fingers slightly, and wisps of pure Yang Qi appeared between his fingers. The hot breath radiates out, and the surrounding temperature rises rapidly.

"Gang Yuan?" At the moment when Lu Yun had just started the furnace, the picture projected in the east corner seemed to be the competition stage where he was.

The moment he used Gang Yuan, countless eyes gathered in the VIP seats and the audience seats. Seeing the golden Gang Yuan blooming on his fingers, there were bursts of exclamations.

Although different pictures were playing in the four corners at this time, and some had even started to put the spiritual medicine into them for refining, Lu Yun quickly attracted the attention of many people after using Gang Yuan.

"Golden Gang Yuan?" Looking at the golden Gang Yuan used by Lu Yun, Qin Ming's vicissitudes of life were shocked for a moment, and then he chuckled and said, "Haha, this alchemy conference is interesting. Even the little guy with such a monstrous talent in martial arts is attracted."

On the high platform, Qian Yu's face changed slightly, and he glanced at Qu Feng who was sitting upright beside him, and asked tentatively: "I remember that you seemed to bet on this little guy to win the championship!"

"What, is there a problem?" At this time, the bet was set, and Qu Feng was too lazy to play the pig and eat the tiger with the other party.

Qian Yu raised his gray eyebrows slightly, "No, you don't think that if you have a high talent for martial arts, you must have a high talent for alchemy!"

Qu Feng smiled faintly: "I don't know whether Lu Yun has a high talent for alchemy, but I know that it is not difficult for him to refine a few fine pills with danwen."

Hearing this, Di Qing on the side curled his lips. Among the people present, except for Qu Feng, he knew Lu Yun's background best. Refining a few fine pills with danwen is not a problem at all.

A furnace of third-grade pills, the success rate is 100%, and the fine rate is almost 50%. This level, even if they, the sixth-grade alchemists, refine it personally, may not be achieved if they are not in good condition.

With a flick of his finger, the golden pure Yang Gang Yuan fell directly on several black flints in the alchemy furnace. With a whoosh, a blazing flame burned up.

Immediately, the cold red alchemy furnace quickly heated up. Lu Yun used the pure Yang Gang Yuan to control the fire in the furnace, just like playing. The temperature soon reached the degree he expected.

With a wave of his right hand, several spiritual herbs that he had selected and placed aside flew into the alchemy furnace one by one.

Immediately, with a wave of his sleeve, the furnace cover hovering in the air closed again, and Lu Yun began to use the pure Yang Gang Yuan to control the temperature in the alchemy furnace.

Even though he had refined hundreds of furnaces of elixirs, the success rate remained at 100%.

But at this time, he still did not dare to be careless. His attention was all focused on the alchemy furnace. He had no idea about the situation of other alchemists around him, and the situation in the audience and VIP seats outside because of him.

Because this furnace of elixir was not as simple as completing the task.

This was related to whether he could successfully win the championship of the alchemy conference and obtain the extremely precious natural fire.

The huge screen projected in the air was still playing the competition platform where Lu Yun was.

The golden pure Yang energy was so dazzling, and the young man was so dazzling, attracting everyone's heart.