Chapter 695
On the competition plaza.
Because every alchemist, after completing registration, would receive an exclusive venue number.
Therefore, Jiang Yan quickly found his own spot based on the number.
He looked around and noticed that many of the alchemists nearby wore uneasy expressions, feeling tremendous tension.
Clearly, their attainments in the Dao of Alchemy did not give them an advantage in this grand gathering.
Jiang Yan shook his head and did not take these people to heart.
His eyes sank into thought.
Based on the information he had obtained during registration.
This grand competition was divided into three stages in total!
Each stage had its own question; only by completing the question could one advance to the next.
However, the questions were temporarily kept secret.
They would only be revealed one by one when the grand gathering officially began.
Several dozen breaths later.
A deep, low voice suddenly rang out from the stone platform at the very center:
"This first stage is to test your familiarity with medicinal ingredients. Next, we will project illusory images of medicinal ingredients, and you will take the paper and brush beside you and write down the name and effects of each ingredient. There are nine ingredients in total; only by answering all of them correctly can you advance to the next round!"
The moment the words fell.
An illusory image of a medicinal ingredient floated up into midair!
As time passed, the illusory image grew ever dimmer, lasting only a few seconds before vanishing completely!
Facing this first medicinal ingredient, every alchemist present could easily identify it.
Jiang Yan was naturally no exception.
He swiftly picked up the paper and brush beside him and wrote down the name and effects of this medicinal ingredient.
As everyone finished writing.
A large number of Mystic Pill Sect disciples appeared on the field and began checking, one by one, whether each alchemist's answer was correct.
Once the checking was complete.
The illusory image of the second medicinal ingredient floated up into midair.
Right after that, the third, the fourth, the fifth......
For five consecutive questions, every alchemist on the field answered correctly with ease.
It was not until the sixth medicinal ingredient appeared that the difficulty of the questions suddenly intensified, instantly stumping a batch of intermediate alchemists whose skills were not solid!
They had answered the questions wrong and could only be escorted out of the venue by the Mystic Pill Sect disciples beside them!
Under the gaze of the crowd, these first batch of eliminated contestants felt they had no face to show, not even daring to raise their heads as they fled the scene in panic.
However, the sixth question, which seemed extremely difficult in their eyes, posed no difficulty whatsoever for Jiang Yan!
Even without Zhou Lao's help, he could rely on his own attainments in the Dao of Alchemy to easily identify the name and effects of this medicinal ingredient.
Soon, the seventh and eighth medicinal ingredients arrived in quick succession.
The difficulty of the questions began to skyrocket, rapidly eliminating a large batch of alchemists!
Now, all the intermediate one-stripe and intermediate two-stripe alchemists had been eliminated!
Even some intermediate three-stripe alchemists, when faced with these extremely obscure medicinal ingredients, also found them thorny and utterly helpless, and could only be eliminated from the competition with hearts full of regret!
Finally, as the illusory image of the ninth medicinal ingredient appeared.
Its obscurity caused the majority of the alchemists who remained to widen their eyes and sharply suck in a cold breath!
Facing this exceedingly tricky final question.
Apart from a few intermediate alchemists with solid foundations, or those who had happened to read records concerning this medicinal ingredient.
All the remaining intermediate alchemists were wiped out!
By this point, the number of people on the field had already plummeted to just over twenty!
End of Chapter
