Chapter 498 The biggest competitor
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Knowing the significance of this snake girl to Yan Xiaobao and how friendly she is to them, Qiao and Laos are very eager to support Yan Xiaobao in this competition. Therefore, they have been waiting for him since dawn and do not want him to go alone.
Seeing that his family was willing to wait for him for so long, Yan Xiaobao felt his heart warm. Everyone left the mansion and walked towards the square in front of the Alchemy Union.
The auction was deleted during the stage that was held the night before, and all seats were deleted. Instead, a new stage was erected in the middle of the square. On the table were row after row of tables, lined up in seven rows, in rows.
Yan Xiaobao looked at the stage. Although he was not very worried about his ability, he still couldn't help feeling some pressure. For him, this was not just a simple game.
In front of alchemy guild was a large group of people. This was the alchemist and their master.
"I'll go with them," Yan Xiaobao told his family, and they all nodded. They found a location around the stage where they could see what was happening.
Logging in front of the Alchemy Society, many participants and their masters noticed Yan Xiaobao. This was mainly because of his high level. Knowing that he was an emperor means he had more spiritual energy than other alchemists who only unlocked them in the middle. Although they had more time to learn alchemy, Yan Xiaobao had a great advantage due to his high level.
Although Yan Xiaobao ranked high, he was not the only emperor to participate in today's competition. Looking around, he found two other contestants. Their masters were also emperor rankings, and they looked quite old compared to Yan Xiaobao and the others. Seeing them, he immediately understood that they were those who had been waiting for several years before participating. Obviously, doing so almost guarantees their victory.
Yan Xiaobao is not interested in winning the award; he just wants to save Sha Yun.
Yan Xiaobao shook his head and decided not to spend time worrying about these ancient monsters. The reason they practiced for ten years before becoming an alchemist was their choice. No matter how powerful they were, Yan Xiaobao had no intention of losing to any of them.
Thinking of who would be his biggest competitor, Yan Xiaobao was strangely not too worried about these ordinary experts. Not even those who have been training for ten years or more. No, the only one he really worried about was Zhong Xi.
There was hostility between him and this other expert, and Yan Xiaobao did not doubt that the expert was willing to do anything to win. He wanted to win so that Yan Xiaobao would fail and thus lose his only protection and opportunity to return to Shayun.
"Welcome, Mr. Xu," said one of the alchemists. This is a newly appointed alchemist who has taken the same exam as Yan Xiaobao and has also made pills in the final exam. Although his pills are not perfect, they are definitely enough to make him a double-layer alchemist.
"Master Bu," Yan Xiaobao nodded, and the two of them slowly stood beside each other. Neither of them were present, so they felt a little disappointed. When they observed that more and more alchemists were coming, they were no longer confused.
The sun slowly moved in the sky and finally reached its highest position. When the hot sun shone on everyone, the woman in the exam came out of the Alchemy Guild. Her face was straight as she looked at the many people in front of her.
Many of the people waiting outside the guild were separated like the sea, creating a path between them that no one dared to block. This path made it possible for a woman to reach the stage on any issue, and everyone quieted down when she stood on the stage. The audience became so silent that if it landed on the ground, the needle could be heard.
"Welcome to the annual Alchemist Competition." The woman began, her voice thriving throughout the square. Everyone heard every word she said, their hearts began to beat quickly. Everyone was excited about what they were about to see.
"This annual Alchemist's competition is divided into three days," the lady continued, "the first day of the competition will be half the alchemist who appears. Today we will ask everyone to make the same pill, the Monkey's Power Pill. This pill is the third layer pill." The lady explained that her eyes swept across everyone in the audience as she spoke.
"While you might think it's an easy thing, it's not. You need to remember that to be part of this game, you can't be an alchemist for over a year. Anyone with an alchemist will be immediately disqualified. How difficult is it to be a third-level alchemy in a year? I'll let you decide for yourself." Her voice sounded a little arrogant because she knew some people would find it easy for the first test.
"Each participant found a table ready. Each table will have a recipe, but you need to bring your own ingredients and a cauldron. If you don't have these items, you will be disqualified soon," the woman said, and suddenly everyone rushed to the stage.
Yan Xiaobao and Master Bu were not in a hurry. Both of them were quite sure of their ability to handle the first test, so they took the time to prepare a table for them.
As soon as Yan Xiaobao arrived at the table, he found a memory stone in the middle, and the rest of the table was completely exposed.
"You have two hours! Let's start!" The woman's cold voice rang again throughout the square.
After she finished speaking, every expert on the stage picked up the memory stone and placed it on his forehead. As the information was passed to the minds of many experts, the blue light illuminated after the blue light illuminated.
As the information was passed to Yan Xiaobao's heart, he spent some time fully understanding the entire formula. This formula was not challenging for Yan Xiaobao who had been creating the seventh-layer pill, but even so, he did not dare to be complacent.
He opened his eyes and waved his hand, and the herbs he needed appeared on the table in front of him. After he waved his hand again, the beautiful cauldron also appeared. After finding all his belongings, he took a deep breath. In the absence of his unintentional perfection, he found three sets of herbs. He knew that most of the alchemists present could make pills, so he needed to ensure his perfection.
This pill allows consumers to gain the power of the Black Monkey, which is said to be one of the most dangerous beasts.
This medicine requires a total of five emperor-ranked wild beast cores above most herbs, some of which are very rare.
If Yan Xiaobao did not clear the black market auction house and bought a lot of items on the market, then he would have encountered problems even if he provided three sets of materials.
Yan Xiaobao was completely focused on refining the first herb, Thousand Eyes Root, and had no time to look around; however, if he had, he would notice that four of the seventy experts had left their table.
Although this monkey's power pill is just the third layer pill, it almost becomes the fourth layer pill. Not only that, its material is even more precious than most fifth to sixth grade pills.
Yan Xiaobao focused on his herbs in the big pot. He perfectly controlled his flames, and whenever he switched from one herb to another, its temperature was right. It seemed eternal, but only for an hour, he completed all the herb refining. Now is the time to improve the core of the beast.
Picking up a wild beast core, he lowered the temperature of the flame into the cauldron, and as the wild beast core entered the cauldron, it began to break. As he increased the heat more and more, cracks appeared on the surface core. This slowly caused an internal energy leak.
The energy from the core of the beast is the energy used by the magical beast in its planting. It is not qi, nor spiritual energy, or Wu Wei, it is a completely different energy. It is an energy that humans cannot absorb unless it is a medicinal pill and refined paste. It can also be used as a weapon as fuel to increase their power.
After completing the first Emperor Beast core, the entire core itself will be broken into thousands of fragments, which will be burned into nothingness. The energy itself now floats around the herb's refined paste.
Another wild beast core entered the cauldron and refine it quickly. Soon, all the wild beast cores were refined and all the materials were ready. All Yan Xiaobao needs to do now is to combine all the paste and energy together and place them in a dragon ball.
Dragon Pearls are a much larger pearl than regular pearls. In order to be able to contain powerful energy in monkey's strength pills, people have to use dragon balls. These pills are undoubtedly one of the most expensive pills on the market, but because of their ability to increase strength, there is always someone willing to buy them.
Looking at the big pot, Yan Xiaobao's eyes were completely focused on the tasks in front of him, because he began to fuse various energy. Looking at the different energy in the crucible, Yan Xiaobao slowly held a dragon ball placed on the table and placed it inside.
Sweat flowed down his forehead, but he quickly wiped his robe, and once again he focused on the ingredients in the crucible. When the dragon balls entered the cauldron, the white mist in the pearls evaporated and the hard shell became soft before. Yan Xiaobao focused on the materials and slowly merged all of them together, a process took a full half hour. He took the time to merge them slowly and made sure that no one lost any effect.
First, he merged all the plant slurry together, after which he added energy very slowly from the beast core. Finally, he made sure that all of this blended perfectly before they slowly forced them into the Dragon Ball.
Touching the soft shell of the dragon ball, the combined medicine slowly dripped into the pearl, dropping one drop at a time. Without haste, he allowed the ointment to fill the pearl.
When all the medicines are inside the pearl, Huiyue turns the flame temperature in the pot up and heats up the soft shell of the pearl again. The more heat it absorbs, the softer the shell becomes.
It is no longer as pearls as the glossy white light as before. Instead, the pearls are now red with beautiful golden lines. These colors are the color of ointment, red is the pill, and the golden thread comes from the core of the beast.
Yan Xiaobao took out the flames from the big pot and got it inside to pick up the pills. A strong medicinal fragrance began to float out of the pills in his hand, and in a very careful posture, Yan Xiaobao put the pills into the jade bottle. Then he placed the jade bottle in front of his table, and then he waved his hand and put everything into his cosmic box.
Looking around, he realized that he wasn't the only one who finished the pill, and at least one quarter of the experts had done it. Among many who had not completed it, some were struggling, while others were expressing seriousness, but obviously on the right path.
Everyone who has finished the medicine has the confidence that they will go to the next part of the game. Among these alchemists are those who have been training for more than a decade.
While these experts are sure they have done well, none of them want to make the perfect pill. To form a perfect pill, especially one of the difficulty of Monkey Power Pills means they need more time than the two hours they give.
Because they might be sure they would go far. They knew that no one could outperform their achievements, and when they looked at many alchemists now, their faces looked arrogant. When they noticed that Yan Xiaobao had finally completed his pill, they even looked despised in their eyes.
As an emperor-level person, they regarded him as one of their greatest challengers, but seeing how long it took him to make a mere third-level pill, they are now starting to look down on him.
In order to welcome the eyes of many people, Yan Xiaobao was not troubled by their thoughts. The clarity and pride in Yan Xiaobao's eyes made their eyes disappear in an instant. None of them could tolerate his gaze without feeling uncomfortable.
In the crowd, Qiao, Laos and Wang Julong were all standing in their hearts and beating quickly. They were nervous when they saw Yan Xiaobao was sad, but when he finished the pills, they cheered loudly. They went all out to support him.
Yan Xiaobao, who had taken the pill, also looked at many opponents, and his eyes fell on Zhong Hei. The moment he saw him, his heart became cold and a murderous intention around him rose. He quickly suppressed the hatred he felt, but whenever he looked at Zhong Xi, he vowed that he would win the first price. He vowed that Sha Yun would be free again and could return to Yan Xiaobao and his family freely.
Looking at Zhong Xi, Yan Xiaobao noticed that although he was still refining, he also wanted a perfect pill. He noticed that Yan Xiaobao gritted his teeth. He knew that other experts were in trouble, but he was not worried. He had silvermoon's pill use, so he should be able to win this tournament; however, some of Zhong Xi's are worried about him. He felt that as long as Zhong Xi participated in the game, victory would not be as easy as he expected.
Zhong Xi is a member of Zhong Hui's frozen army. This army has many secrets, and if they have a good secret about alchemy, it would not surprise Yan Xiaobao. Knowing this, he gritted his teeth and hated his eyes flashed.
"Come on." He murmured. "I can do anything you can do better." He murmured to himself. Yan Xiaobao finally calmed down, his eyes left Zhong Xi and moved to all the other experts participating in the competition.
It's obvious that many of these contestants are unable to make contraceptives. They have just recently become alchemists, and they really are just first-class or second-class alchemists. It's just too much for them to try to create a third-level pill.
Time passed slowly, and soon two hours passed. The woman who was judging the competition suddenly stood up, and her cold voice resounded through the square again, "Leave your table!"
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Chapter completed!