Chapter 514: News of the Tongtian Tower

On the square.

Jiang Yaoyan's gaze at this moment also fell on this young man in black. That someone could finish refining only ten breaths later than himself was something he had not expected.

However, Jiang Yaoyan's gaze only paused on the other party for a moment before withdrawing.

The first round of the Alchemy Competition didn't count for anything; he didn't go all out.

After Jiang Yaoyan and the young man in black finished refining pills, the next alchemist to finish was already a matter of a hundred breaths later.

And after that person, every few breaths of time, there would be alchemists who finished refining.

On the square, the opening of furnace lids rose one after another. Of course, accompanied by it was the sound of furnace explosions...

The entire square suddenly became lively.

On the viewing stand, Li Qin listened to the exclamations of several clansmen beside her, and her beautiful eyes and expression also became nervous.

Just a short while ago, among the four alchemists invited by the Li family, two of them had their furnaces explode. Now only Xiao Yan and another one remained.

However, in the entire square, more than fifty alchemists had already finished refining pills. According to this speed, at most a quarter of an hour would decide the top one hundred.

Silver Moon felt Li Qin's nervousness to the side, and looking at Lin Chen who was still pretending to refine pills there, she was also a bit speechless. Lin Chen was hiding his clumsiness, but he didn't know that his hiding of clumsiness made Li Qin's heart to the side stay lifted and unable to be put down.

Lin Chen's hiding of clumsiness was built on the torment of the Li family.

"Almost there!"

Spiritual sense perceived that the number of alchemists who had finished refining pills on the field had reached sixty. Lin Chen also stopped delaying. The innate fire at the bottom of the furnace jumped slightly, and the pills in the alchemy furnace condensed into shape at a fast speed.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

Fifteen breaths later, the pills condensed into shape, and the alchemy furnace opened.

On the viewing stand.

Li Qin's gaze had been staring at Lin Chen. When she saw the moment Lin Chen's alchemy furnace opened, her entire tense body finally relaxed.

On the side, although the other several Li family clansmen were not as exaggerated as Li Qin, their gazes had been flowing back and forth between Lin Chen and the other alchemist invited by the Li family. When they saw the alchemy furnace in front of Lin Chen open, these several Li family clansmen were stunned.

"Xiao Yan succeeded in refining?"

"Quick, quick, quick, see what ranking Xiao Yan is?"

The Li family clansmen's gazes shuttled quickly on the square, but just for this while, several more alchemists finished refining.

"I don't know what ranking Xiao Yan is, but he must be within the top one hundred. If one hundred contestants finish, there will be a bell sound."

A middle-aged man of the Li family had a very excited face. He had watched several Alchemy Competitions. The Qianji Sect had powerhouses with spiritual sense staring at it. As long as one hundred people were reached, the bell sound would ring, declaring that the top one hundred had been decided.

When Xiao Yan finished, the bell sound did not ring, which meant that Xiao Yan must be within the top one hundred.

And just as the middle-aged man finished speaking, a bell sound suddenly resounded through the entire Tiangong Pavilion. The contestants on the square who had not yet finished refining pills, hearing the bell sound at this moment, had extremely complex expressions.

There was unwillingness, and there were also bitter smiles...

The unwilling contestants were those who were just a short while away from finishing the pill refining, and those who had their furnaces explode due to pursuing speed too much.

The bitter-smiling contestants were those who didn't think they could enter the top one hundred, but didn't expect the gap with the top one hundred contestants to be so big.

Qianji City.

"Young Master, Jiang Yaoyan got first place."

Dongfang Canglang had just come out after finishing cultivation in the room, his palms covered with green liquid. The woman guarding the courtyard immediately stepped forward and informed him of the news.

"It's just the first round. If Jiang Yaoyan couldn't get first place, he wouldn't be qualified to follow this Young Master."

Dongfang Canglang's expression didn't change at all, but asked: "Are there any other special people in this Alchemy Competition?"

"There is a young man in black. I don't know what his background is, but he was only a few breaths later than Jiang Yaoyan."

"Who else could it be? It must be a disciple of the Qianji Sect. That old guy Xuan Jing is not so easy to talk to. It seems that he was threatened by this Young Master and had to agree, but inside he also has his own calculations."

Dongfang Canglang snorted coldly. The young woman squatted down at this moment, using her red lips to clean the green liquid on Dongfang Canglang's hands. Hearing this, her throat paused, and her teeth accidentally knocked against Dongfang Canglang's fingers.

"The maid deserves to die!"

The woman hurriedly lowered her head. Dongfang Canglang patted the woman's head, with coldness in his eyes: "Because Xuan Jing knows clearly that this matter is my idea, not my father's idea."

The woman had a look of half-understanding in her eyes. She only knew that the Young Master's identity was incomparably noble, even the Crown Prince of the imperial family could not compare with it. Did the Qianji Sect dare to anger their own Young Master? Weren't they afraid of being liquidated in the future?

Li family, at this moment, was also full of celebration.

Lin Chen entered the top one hundred, which meant that the requirements given by the Qianji Sect to their various major families had been completed by the Li family, and the existing business would not be affected.

As for going a step further, the Li family clansmen including the elders didn't dare to think about it. If it were previous years, they could still fantasize about the top ten, but this year was too difficult.

"Master Xiao, this is the thank-you gift the elder asked me to send."

In the guest courtyard, Li Qin placed the storage box on the table. Regarding Xiao Yan entering the top one hundred, the elders were very satisfied. Originally, according to the agreement, the family didn't need to give any more thank-you gifts, but in order to win over Xiao Yan, the elders still prepared a generous gift.

Lin Chen took the storage box, his spiritual sense entered it, and when he saw the things inside, he also smiled.

The Li family was very practical. They didn't send some vain things, but directly sent Yan banknotes. There were ten banknotes of ten thousand Yan coins.

One hundred thousand Yan coins!

In addition, there were quite a few medicinal materials for three-star pills. It was definitely a big deal!

"Thank the elders of your family for me."

Lin Chen put away the storage box and looked at Li Qin: "For the next competition, Xiao will go all out."

"Master Xiao, the elders said, for the next round of competition, you don't need to have pressure, just play normally."

Li Qin heard Lin Chen's words and hurriedly explained. She almost didn't explicitly say that the several elders of the family didn't think Lin Chen could enter the top ten.

After the top one hundred contestants were released this time, the family also investigated the origins of these one hundred contestants for the first time, and more than half of them were four-star alchemists registered in the Alchemy Guild. As for Xiao Yan's alchemy level, the Fourth Elder also gave a judgment: four-star not reached, three-star peak.

As for this Alchemy Competition, the Fourth Elder gave the judgment: without four-star peak, one cannot enter the top ten.

Don't look at it as just a one-star difference. Just this one star requires several years or even ten years for alchemists with not bad talent. If the talent is worse, they may never be able to catch up in this life.

The reason why the elders would give Xiao Yan a thank-you gift outside the agreement, besides wanting to win over Xiao Yan, was also because this Alchemy Competition had changed, and the difficulty of contending for the top ten was too great, which was considered compensation for Xiao Yan.

Feeling the casualness in Li Qin's words, Lin Chen touched his nose. It seemed that the Li family didn't expect him to be able to enter the top ten at all.

After Li Qin left, Lin Chen was preparing to go to the Alchemy Building again, but stopped when he just reached the door. The Martial Way Seal on his body vibrated again.

Someone started to break into the Tongtian Tower again!

Lin Chen and Silver Moon looked at each other. After the two returned to the room, they took out the Martial Way Seal at the same time.

Martial Way Mountain, Tongtian Square!

Like last time, Lin Chen was in a black robe with a cloak, while Silver Moon was not covered. With the experience of last time, the martial artists who came in this time all looked at the circular altar in front. A young man stood there with a solemn expression.

Lü Zejia, an innate two-realm martial artist. This was the information about the man that Lin Chen learned through the Martial Way Seal.

"Lü Zejia won first place on Martial Way Mountain five years ago. Now five years have passed, could it be that he is only at the peak of the innate two realms?"

"If it weren't for the peak of the second realm, he wouldn't have come to break into the Tongtian Tower. After all, he has to face other challengers before breaking into the tower." ===== CHAPTER 515 =====