Chapter 379

Walking out of the room and down the inn, Long Xuan looked around and finally walked toward the square.

His appearance made many people on the street look over, with awe in their eyes.

The competition half a month ago made him completely famous. Everyone in the city knew his name, and everyone listed him as one of the popular candidates for the championship. Walking on the street at this time would naturally be very eye-catching.

Today is the day the second round of the alchemy competition begins, so there are many people on the street. The people on the street are crowded together, rubbing shoulders, and it is difficult to pass.

Long Xuan frowned slightly, but seeing that alchemists were flying toward the central square from time to time in the sky, he knew that like the previous round of competition, contestants could fly in the sky.

So Long Xuan was no longer polite, tapped his toes lightly on the ground, and the person flew high, stepping on the eaves, flying over the walls on various houses, turning into a residual shadow, and landed at the square not long after.

The central square is the competition venue, and there is no one standing on it for the time being, but there is a whole row of tables around it, and the tables are full of precious storage rings.

The things stored in these storage rings are the medicine used in the competition. Each storage ring is full of spirit medicine, and the tables are also marked with categories.

Seeing these storage rings, Long Xuan secretly sighed. There are too many storage rings, and every table has been full of storage rings.

The space of the storage ring is so huge. Most people only carry storage bags with smaller space and cannot afford storage rings with larger space.

So many storage rings are full of tables. It is completely imaginable how huge the spirit medicine prepared by the competition organizer is.

These storage rings must be ownerless and allow anyone to probe. Long Xuan probed his soul power into each storage ring and scanned it a few times, and the surprise on his face was even greater.

All kinds of spirit medicine in the Gu World are complete, and in order to take care of everyone, the number of each kind of spirit medicine is extremely huge.

Except for the extinct spirit medicine, as long as you can say the name, you can find any spirit medicine in these storage rings. Of course, Earth-Grade spirit medicine and Heaven-Grade spirit medicine are definitely excluded.

He had to sigh at the wealth of the ten great empires. Putting so many spirit medicines together is spectacular enough to shock everyone's heartstrings.

There are far more than him who are probing these storage rings with soul power at this time.

Many alchemists looked at this place with burning eyes, also revealed a look of shock, and pointed at the storage rings on the table, discussing in a low voice with their companions.

These alchemists are all sitting in the position closest to the square, including a large number of contestants preparing to participate. Regarding the alchemy competition, alchemists naturally want to sit in the front.

And behind these alchemists are the massive spectators. This group of people is huge in number, has no chairs, and can only stand.

This group of people has all kinds of identities. Some may only be a small loose cultivator in the Spirit Gathering stage, and some may be a powerful Gu King.

But no matter what identity this group of people has, they can only stand in the back and watch this alchemy competition at this time.

In front of the square, there is a huge high platform. The high platform is stepped and has thousands of chairs.

Those who can sit on it, except for more than a hundred judges, are very noble figures from all over the world. Sitting on it may be an emperor, or it may be the master of a sect.

Long Xuan scanned this competition venue simply, and after having a count in his heart, he found a chair at random and sat down, waiting quietly for the competition to start.

As time passed, more and more contestants poured in, and the people around Long Xuan began to sit more and more.

At this time, at the front of the high platform, the two enemies Feng Tiancheng and Long Xiaoyao sat side by side.

Feng Tiancheng turned his head to look at Long Xiaoyao and smiled: "Xiaoyao brother, don't forget our bet. You'd better prepare that top-grade strange Gu first, so as not to be indecisive at that time, Hahaha..."

Feng Tiancheng's laughter carried undisguised pride, as if he was sure to win this bet.

He had confidence, he mixed a Fourth-Grade Alchemist into the Feng Clan, which contestant's alchemy could be the opponent of a Fourth-Grade Alchemist? He was sure to win this bet.

Hearing the harsh laughter next to him, Long Xiaoyao looked at him impatiently and said with disdain: "You are still too early to be proud now. Who wins and who loses is still uncertain, Hmph!"

"It seems that Brother Tiancheng is very confident in this round of competition. I am really curious, where did you get the confidence to surpass the dark horse of my clan."

Seeing Feng Tiancheng's arrogant appearance, Long Xiaoyao frowned secretly and became vigilant.

"Hehe! Which time have I not been confident when betting with you? It's just that unexpected accidents always happen, which made me lose the bet repeatedly."

"This time, no matter how many accidents happen, it cannot stop me from winning. I want to increase the bet. Let's bet on five top-grade strange Gu, how about that? And they must be blood-contracted by themselves, not purchased outside."

"I think you, a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, are rich, and it is easy to take out five top-grade strange Gu." Feng Tiancheng curled his mouth into a sinister smile.

"Hmph! Since there is a god of wealth coming to send money, how can I not accept it? I accept your bet. I want to see where your confidence comes from."

Long Xiaoyao narrowed his eyes and looked at him. If the previous bets were small bets for fun, this bet is a bit fatal.

There is often a gap between top-grade Gu insects and top-grade Gu insects. Gu cultivators often only exhaust resources to cultivate the strongest few Gu insects. This kind of Gu insect cultivated by exhausting resources is also called life-bound Gu insect.

Life-bound Gu insects have consumed too many resources on the Gu cultivator, how can they be abandoned just because they want to?

Once he loses five life-bound Gu insects, his combat power will be at least half gone, and he won't want to recover his vitality in a short time.

This bet is a big bet, and Long Xiaoyao has to cheer up at this time.

Seeing Long Xiaoyao agree, Feng Tiancheng revealed a cold smile and finally stood up slowly.

The competition venue of this alchemy competition is in the Heavenly Phoenix City of the Heavenly Phoenix Empire, and as the chief alchemist of the Heavenly Phoenix Empire, he naturally has to stand up and host this alchemy competition.

After he stood up, he sank his qi into his dantian and shouted loudly: "Now I announce in the capacity of the chief alchemist of the Heavenly Phoenix Empire that the 79th Western Region Alchemy League officially begins!"

As soon as his voice fell, the whole venue boiled, and cheers sounded from all directions, and everyone's face was filled with excitement.

Hearing the cheers below, Feng Tiancheng smiled and made a gesture to stop the sound, and the bottom was instantly silent.

"Passing the first round is like thousands of troops crossing a single-plank bridge. Now there are only a thousand contestants left in the second round."

"Now please invite these thousand alchemists to enter!"

Although Feng Tiancheng stood very high and others were very far from him, his voice could clearly reach everyone in the venue.

After hearing the sound, the alchemists who successfully survived the second round stood up, revealed a look of slight pride on their faces, and walked slowly toward the central square.

The square is very large, with thousands of tables and chairs placed on it, and each table is written with the name of a contestant.

Which position each contestant sits in is decided by drawing lots. The geomantic treasure land is also the key to victory or defeat.

The middle position is undoubtedly the worst. Not only does it take longer to take medicine, but the neighbors contacted are also the most.

Once any neighbor explodes the furnace, it is very likely to be disturbed by it, which tests the psychological quality of every contestant.

Long Xuan probed with soul power quickly, found the table with his name in the middle position, and walked toward that table.

He couldn't help but secretly sigh that this Yan clone's hands were really smelly. There was only one middle position, but it happened to be drawn by him.

At this time, Long Yuyao, who drew the edge position in the upper right corner, looked back at him, revealing a proud smile, but this smile seemed to have a bit of gloating.

After walking to the middle position of the square and sitting down, Long Xuan looked around and frowned slightly.

There are people in front, back, left, and right of him, and they are all very close to him. Once these people explode the furnace, they can really cause no small impact on him, which tests the psychological quality of every contestant.

After he probed all competitors with the Tianji Eye, his heart slowly sank.

There are many Gu Kings among the contestants. Although a Gu King is not necessarily a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, since there are Gu Kings here, it cannot be completely ruled out that Fourth-Grade Alchemists will appear, although this possibility is very low.

The pressure caused by Fourth-Grade Alchemists on him is not small, and he immediately became vigilant in his heart.

If there are really a few Fourth-Grade Alchemists among this group of Gu Kings, then he can only refine pills across levels with his clone.

The method of refining pills across levels is absolutely unheard of in this world, and no one has ever thought of it. I don't know how many big shots will be shocked by him at that time. Unless it is a last resort, he doesn't want to pretend to be forced.

When all contestants walked into the competition venue, Feng Tiancheng shouted loudly again: "The rules of the second round of competition are to show off skills. Whoever has the highest difficulty in alchemy techniques will have the highest score."

"But I advise everyone to act according to their ability. There is only one chance for alchemy. Refining all spirit medicines is also going to charge money."

"You'd better refine the pills you are best at, rather than deliberately pursuing difficulty. People should have self-knowledge and don't challenge things you can't control."

"That's all I have to say. Now I announce that the second round of this Western Region Alchemy Competition officially begins. Everyone, start acting!"

Feng Tiancheng finally sat back to his original place after speaking, looking at the audience below with a look of expectation. He hoped that this round of competition would be more exciting and not make him look sleepy.

As soon as his voice fell, a group of alchemists in the square took out alchemy furnaces together, and then began to warm the furnace with pill fire.

In an instant, thousands of flames rose in the square, and the temperature of the competition venue rose suddenly.

The flames are colorful, blue, green, and all kinds of colors.

All kinds of magical flames that are rare to see at ordinary times appeared here together, making the surrounding spectators dazzled.

The grand scene of thousands of people refining pills together also made countless spectators flush and blood boil.

(Chapter end)