Chapter 374

375. Chapter 374: Elimination Round Begins

Walking out of the inn, Long Xuan looked around, found a towering building, and walked in that direction.

That towering building was temporarily built, covering a vast area, with five floors.

The number of contestants in the elimination round was too large, enough to break ten thousand. The central square of the Heavenly Phoenix City could not accommodate so many alchemists, so the elimination round could only be held in this tall building without an audience.

However, even so, this tall building could not accommodate so many alchemists at the same time, so the elimination round would take about ten days, and all contestants would compete in batches.

Which day each alchemist competes is decided by drawing lots. The Yan clone had bad hands and drew the first day for him directly.

Long Xuan was helpless, so he could only interrupt the plan to prepare Heavenly Gold and come out to compete early.

Along the way, Long Xuan was stunned to find that the streets were already overcrowded.

A large number of alchemists and people watching the excitement took to the streets, blocking the streets, and there was noise everywhere. In some places, chaos had even occurred. He wouldn't be able to squeeze into the competition venue for a short time.

He knew that this alchemy competition would attract many people watching the excitement, but the problem was that the elimination round would be held in a tall building. This tall building would block everyone's sight. What were they still squeezing over for?

Even if they squeezed to the place closest to the competition venue, they could only watch loneliness.

Just when Long Xuan didn't know how to walk into the competition venue, a violent shout came from the sky.

"The city now cancels the no-fly restriction, but those who can fly over the city can only be contestants and judges. Anyone who does not meet these two identities, whoever flies to the sky will be beheaded."

As soon as this voice came out, the group of alchemists who were suffering from not being able to squeeze into the competition venue felt happy, and immediately flew into the sky, flying toward that tall building at the fastest speed.

There are not many people below the Gu King who can fly, but it definitely does not include the alchemist group, which is rich. Every alchemist participating in the alchemy competition is rich, and almost everyone has the financial resources to buy a flying boat.

So for a time, various flying spirit artifacts flew in the sky. Some people flew toward the competition venue by boat, some people had a flying spirit artifact made of eagle spirit beast wings behind them, and the speed was not slow. Others rode a flying Gu insect or spirit beast and flew toward that building quickly.

In short, the flying ability of each alchemist is diverse, and for a time, there were figures flying around in the sky, a mess.

Just at this time, a riot suddenly occurred in a certain position in the crowd, and Long Xuan subconsciously turned his head to look.

Appearing in his sight was a beautiful figure wearing a purple skirt, with delicate features and an innate noble temperament.

It's just that her eyes were filled with smiles, revealing a kind of quirky meaning, and it looked like she was not a peaceful master.

She was indeed not peaceful at this time, actually stepping on the heads of the crowd and flying toward the competition venue in a very high-profile way.

Everyone whose head was stepped on dared to be angry but dared not speak, which shows that this woman's identity is absolutely not simple.

Long Xuan subconsciously turned his head and asked the person next to him: "Who is this woman? She is so arrogant, isn't she afraid of being beaten to death?"

A dragon-set person who couldn't call his name next to him glanced at him and said: "You don't even know her? She is Princess Yuyao of the Long Teng Empire, her name is Long Yuyao, and she is the daughter most loved by the current Emperor of the Long Teng Empire, without one."

"Who dares to provoke her?"

"What's more, she is not a stupid person. She only stepped on the heads of people with low status. Does she dare to fly over the head of a Gu King?"

"She is arrogant and indeed has the capital to be arrogant. She is the number one genius of the Long Teng Empire. Not to mention her terrifying combat power, just her alchemy is superb."

"Her alchemy can be considered the number one among the Third-Grade Alchemists of the Long Clan, and she is a popular candidate for the champion of this alchemy competition."

"She appeared in such a high-profile way, it seems she is full of confidence in this competition."

Hearing this, Long Xuan looked at the woman's back carefully, and considered this competitor in his heart, but it could not be said to be a competitor. Both of them were surnamed Long, and it was the same whoever won.

Just at this time, another riot came from behind, and Long Xuan hurriedly turned his head to look.

I saw a fat man wearing red clothes learning from Long Yuyao and stepping on people's heads to fly toward the front quickly.

But the direction he was moving forward happened to pass by himself, and unexpectedly, this fat man was about to fly over his head.

Long Xuan's face changed immediately. What's good about having such a big lump stepped on him?

"Really looking for death!"

Long Xuan cursed secretly in his heart, and immediately used the power of the Tianji Eye to perform fine control on someone in the crowd behind.

That person only felt his knees inexplicably soft, and then the whole person fell down directly.

And the fat man who had just stepped on his head only felt his feet suddenly empty, and the whole person fell heavily to the ground.

The crowd below was affected, and there was a scream.

In the eyes of outsiders, it seemed that this fat man was too heavy, causing the people below to be unable to bear his weight, and as a result, he didn't understand the pretense, fell a dog-eating shit, and the crowd burst into laughter.

At this time, behind the crowd, a group of Gu Kings wearing red clothes suddenly turned black.

"Disgraceful, really disgraceful, can this Feng Shuang take on a big responsibility?"

An old man pointed at the fat man who was crawling up in the crowd in embarrassment with trembling fingers, so angry that his beard was blowing and his eyes were staring.

The number one alchemist of the Feng Clan made such an ugly thing in full view of everyone, even these family elders felt faceless.

He had already keenly felt that the Long Clan Gu King was looking at this side with smiling eyes.

The leading Feng Clan Gu King also had a bad face, revealing a look of disappointment at this genius who was given high hopes by the family.

"It doesn't matter, although Feng Shuang is not very smart, his alchemy skills are unique, and he is the number one Third-Grade Alchemist of my Feng Clan."

"In terms of alchemy, he is definitely not weaker than that Long Yuyao."

"And I didn't put hope on him at all. His winning rate against Long Yuyao is only fifty-fifty. Even if he loses, it doesn't matter. I have another backhand."

The leading Feng Clan Gu King curled his mouth, revealing a sinister look, and sneered: "You can rest assured, this backhand is enough to make my Feng Clan win the championship of this alchemy competition and plunder half of the Long Clan's clan luck."

"If the Long Clan takes Long Yuyao as the last hope, then their gambling fight will definitely lose."

Hearing the discussion of the crowd, Long Xuan also finally knew the identity of this fat man. This person was actually the number one Third-Tier alchemist of the Feng Clan.

He couldn't help but look at this person carefully, and after feeling that the pressure was not great, he took out a handful of spirit tree leaves from his storage ring and threw them into the air.

He then jumped up, used the power of Treading Stars, made his body as light as a cloud, stepped on the leaves in the air, and soon flew to the entrance of the competition venue.

A burst of exclamation came from behind him. Such a high-profile appearance method attracted the attention of many people.

Long Yuyao also looked at her with beautiful eyes, and a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

Relying purely on physical strength to run in the air by stepping on leaves was simply unbelievable in her opinion.

Long Xuan ignored the shocked eyes behind him and walked quickly toward the door.

Since this alchemy competition is destined not to be low-key, he doesn't intend to hide any sharpness anymore.

After he walked into the door, he took out a wooden token, and the token was written with the number twenty-five on the third floor, so he walked toward the room twenty-five on the third floor.

He had already understood the rules of the elimination round clearly. Every contestant would get a token with a number after signing up.

The number on the token is the position of the contestant's examination room. Every contestant is in a separate room, and the rooms are sealed and do not affect each other.

The content of the first competition is to refine spirit medicine.

When the competition starts, the examiner will distribute a kind of spirit medicine to every alchemist.

The type of spirit medicine is randomly drawn by the chief examiner on the day, and no one will know the content of the assessment in advance.

The competition rules are very simple. All contestants refine the same type of spirit medicine, and each person has ten spirit medicines, a total of ten refining opportunities.

After the contestants refine ten spirit medicines, they have to take the one with the highest purity to find the judges to score.

The time used to refine the spirit medicine, the success rate, the wetness, purity, and the final size of the spirit medicine essence will all affect the score.

There are 120 judges in total. Remove the ten highest scores and the ten lowest scores, and the average value of the scores of the remaining judges is the final score of the contestant.

Those with scores higher than the passing line of sixty points will stay and enter the next round, while those with scores lower than sixty points will be eliminated, and there will be no resurrection round.

Such rules can be considered fair, which can avoid someone buying judges to brush high scores or maliciously giving low scores.

After Long Xuan found his examination room, he walked in and sat down, then closed his eyes and rested, preparing to adjust himself to the best state.

There are many alchemy experts in this alchemy competition, so he dare not have the slightest carelessness. He dare not be arrogant that his alchemy is the best in the world, nor dare he underestimate the people of the world.

It didn't make him wait long. Soon a deafening bell rang outside, and the next moment a burst of footsteps sounded in the corridor.

An old man pushed the door and walked in not long after. After checking the token placed on the table by Long Xuan and confirming that the contestant's identity was correct, he placed ten blue-colored ganoderma on the table, and then turned the huge hourglass on the table upside down on the desktop.

Obviously, this hourglass is the timing time. Since it is a competition, there will be a time limit. After the sand in the hourglass flows out, if the spirit medicine has not been refined, it means failure.

At the same time, the less sand flows out in the hourglass, the faster the time to come out, and the score will naturally be higher.

"This is Third-Grade Water Ganoderma, which is the assessment content drawn by the chief examiner this time. You are lucky. The most difficult spirit medicine was drawn by you."

The invigilator revealed a strange smile, finally pushed the door and walked out, and brought the door with him.

Every room has array protection. Under the array, storage bags and insect-raising bags are forbidden to be used, which can almost eliminate all cheating means, so there is no need for the invigilator to supervise on the side. (Chapter end)