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Chapter 204 The Eve of the Competition

That night, Xuan Yuanhao went to Zhao Wuji to find Zhao Wuji again. With Zhao Wuji's waist card, and the guard gate on the side door was also particularly enthusiastic about Xuan Yuanhao, and it was very smooth for Xuan Yuanhao to enter and exit the Zhao family.

Xuan Yuanhao generals Yunwu County and the State Alchemy Association wanted to invite Zhao Nankui to the banquet and ask Zhao Wuji to coordinate with Daoming.

"Yuanhao, you have lived in Zhao's house for nearly two months, but you haven't seen you make friends with Grandpa Twenty-seven. I thought you were disdainful of walking, so I didn't expect to help you contact me, otherwise I would have led you to visit Grandpa Twenty-seven long ago. Not only are you excellent in formation, but your alchemy skills are also very outstanding, just in line with Grandpa Twenty-seven's appetite. Grandpa Twenty-seven is not bad for me, and it should be fine to come to a banquet for him. I will contact you after I implement it."

Zhao Wuji was extremely efficient in his work. The next night, Xuan Yuanhao set up a banquet in Wangxian Tower and ordered twelve signature dishes. It was a banquet for Zhao Nankui, but also for Hu Bugui, Wei Dansheng, Gu Qingshan, Gu Huaixiang and others.

After a greeting and introducing each other, when introducing Hu Bugui and Gu Qingshan, Zhao Nankui smiled faintly on his face, but his intention to deal with it was obvious and he did not show enough attention.

Yet, as the elder of the Zhao family of the first family in Qingzhou, he is also the president of the Qingzhou Alchemy Association and a fourth-grade alchemist. Zhao Nankui is very famous in Qingzhou, so he naturally would not take the president of the alchemy association from a fourth-grade county and state seriously. If it weren't for the relationship between Zhao Wuji and Xuan Yuanhao, he would never have been able to attend this banquet.

But when it was introduced to Wei Dansheng, Zhao Nankui made an exception and spoke, "You have cultivated a good disciple."

Hu Bugui and Gu Qingshan certainly knew Zhao Nankui's lofty status in the Qingzhou alchemy industry. Not only did they have no objection to this, they were also deeply honored and felt resentful.

After the greetings, everyone sat down and twelve golden dishes were served.

"Xiao Yuanhao, you don't have to slap your face to make you fat. Why are you wasting this? This table of dishes can be said to have to have a hundred top-grade spirit stones!" Zhao Nankui was a little angry when he saw Xuan Yuanhao ordering a table of signature dishes.

After being promoted to the Jindan realm, you can already fast and your appetite is reduced. However, the twelve signature dishes in Wangxianlou are still very attractive even for Zhao Nankui in the Nascent Soul realm.

When Hu Bugui and the other four heard that the price of this banquet was as high as one hundred top-grade spirit stones, which was one million bottom-grade spirit stones, they were so shocked that their eyes were about to fall off. This was too luxurious.

"Grandpa Twenty-seven, in fact, although I was nominally invited by this meal, the money was equivalent to the Zhao family paying, which was equivalent to eating your own meal, so don't mind." Xuan Yuanhao laughed.

Because of his good relationship with Zhao Wuji, Xuan Yuanhao privately followed Zhao Wuji to make a fuss with Zhao Nankui's 27th Grandpa, deliberately narrowing the distance between the two.

"How do you say this?" Zhao Nankui was puzzled.

"Grandpa Twenty-seven, when I first arrived in Qingzhou, I had a business with the Zhao family's elixir shop, selling some Dingyan pills, containing the elixir and the Shennong Poison Avoidance Pills to the elixir shop. Therefore, I earned almost three million low-grade spirit stones, taken from Zhao and used for Zhao, so I was the one you invited to eat this meal myself."

Previously, Xuan Yuanhao thought for a long time and decided to reveal the secret that he was the one who sold the pills to find Nan Kui, because Xuan Yuanhao decided to return to the Zhao family in the right capacity at the right time, and Zhao Nan Kui gave the person who had the right to speak in the decision.

At this time, it is very beneficial to deepening Zhao Nankui's impression of himself. In addition, he has a good performance in the Qingzhou Alchemy Competition, so he can easily achieve his small goals.

Zhao Nankui looked up and looked at Xuan Yuanhao with intriguing thought, "It turns out that you are the young man selling spiritual pills. I also asked the manager to inquire about your life experience, but you hid it too deeply and the manager didn't find out, so I scolded him for this. Actually, I should have thought that the mysterious young man was yours. Wuji told me before that you have very high talent in elixirs, formations, and instruments, but you are by my side, and I didn't think about you."

"President Hu, your Yunwu County Alchemy Association is about to emerge. Based on my understanding, according to Yuan Hao's alchemy talent, among all the contestants who participated in the seventh-grade alchemist assessment, he can rank at least in the top ten."

With Zhao Nankui's identity and status, his words basically established Xuan Yuanhao's position among the younger generation in the Qingzhou alchemy industry.

While drinking and drinking, Zhao Nankui also seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally informing Hu Bugui, Xuan Yuanhao and others of some competition forms, grouping methods, precautions, etc. in the alchemy competition.

According to the registration situation, a total of 96 counties and states have signed up for this alchemy competition. Except for the twelve fifth-class counties and fourth-class counties and states, the alchemy associations of the county and states, who know that their strength is limited and no contestants are sent to participate, the other counties and state alchemy associations have participated in the competition.

Moreover, the Alchemy Competition is only held once every ten years, which is a rare opportunity to explore the strength of other counties and state alchemy associations and exchange. Once the alchemist obtains good results, it is easier to be paid attention to by top families and sects such as the Tianlan Kingdom and the Zhao family, and even become elders, worshipers or disciples.

Each county and country will select a fifth-grade alchemist, a sixth-grade alchemist and a seventh-grade alchemist to participate in the competition. In other words, there are 96 contestants participating in the competition of each grade of alchemist. Through six rounds of competition, the final ranking of the competition will be determined.

Among them, the three rounds of the group stage are mainly used to assess the contestants' elixir knowledge, ability to identify pill recipes, speed of alchemy and quality, and mainly to assess the contestants' elixir hard knowledge and basic skills;

In the three rounds of the final round, we began to pay more attention to the elixir skills of the contestants. There was some scent of showing off, which was more confrontational and visible.

According to the rules of the competition, the first round is divided into twelve groups. The top four of each group advance to the next round of the competition, that is, forty-eight players advance to the next round of the competition.

In the second round, forty-eight players were divided into six groups, and the top four in each group advanced to the next round, that is, twenty-four players advanced to the next round.

In the third round, the twenty-four players were divided into three groups, and the top four in each group advanced to the next round, that is, twelve players advanced to the final round.

The twelve players who advanced to the final circle will compete in three rounds, eliminating half of the players in each round until the final championship of the three-tier players remain. The competition is thrilling, exciting, and full of highlights.

The results of the fifth, sixth and seventh grade alchemists sent by each county and state are accumulated, and the final results and ranking of the county and state alchemist association in this alchemy competition are finally obtained.

Although the strength of a county and state alchemy association is not proportional to the strength of a county and state, it can basically reflect the strength of a county and state. Therefore, in the previous few Qingzhou Alchemy Competitions, the top three were basically first-class counties and states, and the top twelve were basically first-class counties and a few counties.

In the last competition, the Yunwu County National Alchemy Association performed poorly and was ranked behind 80th, which was the lowest.

Therefore, in this competition, with the continuous improvement of Hu Bugui's fifth-grade alchemist qualifications and Xuan Yuanhao's sudden emergence, Hu Bugui was full of confidence and hoped to raise his final ranking to the top 50 or even the top 30. The final decisive factor is most likely to be placed on Xuan Yuanhao. If Xuan Yuanhao can enter the final final circle in the assessment of the seventh-grade alchemist, it will provide strong support for the final ranking of the Yunwu County National Alchemist Association.

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As the Qingzhou Alchemy Competition, which is one of the ten-year worlds, is getting closer, and news about the Alchemy Competition is everywhere in Fuyao City.

The talent list of this year's alchemy competition hosted by Tianji Pavilion was released to the public. At the same time, Tianji Pavilion also took advantage of the situation to make a gambling game for people to entertain.

Tianji Pavilion is the industry of the Zhao family in Qingzhou. It is conceivable that the Zhao family will make a big profit in this Qingzhou Alchemy Competition.

Of course, the talent list offered by Tianji Pavilion is true and false, and false. On the one hand, Tianji Pavilion may not be able to grasp the true level of all participants, let alone have to be ranked. On the other hand, Tianji Pavilion also deliberately hides the true level of some alchemists, thereby gaining greater benefits in the bet.

Among the seventh-grade alchemists, Xuan Yuanhao is in the first place, and the odds for entering the top 24 are one to pay five, the odds for entering the top 12 are one to pay twenty, the odds for entering the top three are one to pay one hundred, and the odds for winning the final crown are one to pay five hundred.

Xuan Yuanhao once showed some of his strength in front of Zhao Nankui, and Tianji Pavilion is the Zhao family's industry, so he naturally has a good understanding of Xuan Yuanhao's situation. Therefore, Tianji Pavilion's evaluation of Xuan Yuanhao is basically in line with the strength that Xuan Yuanhao has shown at present.

Xuan Yuanhao discovered a way to get rich in the bets drawn by Tianji Pavilion, and he decided to bet on himself. He didn't know the strength of others, but he was still very confident in his strength.

If you want to make a lot of money, you must bet on the dark horse, and Xuan Yuanhao is undoubtedly the dark horse.

Xuan Yuanhao even launched Gu Qingshan, Qin Yayan, Gu Huaixiang and Shen Danfeng to bet on the top 12, thinking that the three of them could also take the opportunity to make a small offer.

The group came to the nearby betting point, which was already full of people.

One of the people was discussing the contestants in the competition and deciding who to place bets on.

"Do you know that You Baili from the first-class county, Youxia County and State also came to participate in this alchemy competition. It is said that in the Qingzhou Alchemy Competition ten years ago, he was already a seventh-grade alchemist. He was originally selected to participate in the alchemist competition. However, at that time he was obsessed with developing a new alchemist recipe, and he actually gave up the rare opportunity to participate. Over the past ten years, the realm of You Baili's seventh-grade alchemist has become more stable. It is said that he has the qualification to impact the sixth-grade alchemist, but he deliberately suppressed the realm just to make a big splash in this alchemist."

A middle-aged alchemist introduced to others with relish.

After hearing this, Xuan Yuanhao was shocked. It turns out that there is a heaven outside the sky, and people are there. You Baili actually gave up the Qingzhou Alchemy Competition ten years ago in order to develop a new alchemy recipe, which shows his obsession with alchemy. The Youxia County Elixir Association agreed to You Baili to give up the opportunity to participate, which also shows the importance of You Baili to You Baili.

"I think the champion of this Qingzhou Alchemy Competition must be Chen Danqiang of the first-class county, Canglong County. He is the fourth winner of the last alchemy competition. It is said that the champion and runner-up of the previous year have been promoted to the sixth-grade alchemist, and the third place is in seclusion to fight for the sixth-grade alchemist, and both fail to participate. Chen Danqiang is definitely the best candidate for the seventh-grade alchemist champion."

A young alchemist said endlessly, looking very contented, as if Chen Danqiang from Canglong County was his friend.

"I don't think it's necessary. Feng Chuxue from Cangfeng County and the country. Although she is a daughter, she is only over twenty years old and has average martial arts talent, she is obsessed with alchemy and has extremely high talent. It is said that the Cangfeng County and the Alchemy Association once asked her for advice at the Zhao-Nankui meeting of our Qingzhou Alchemy Association. After some exchanges, even President Zhao praised her, believing that Feng Chuxue is the leader of the younger generation of alchemists in Qingzhou, and is indeed among the top six seventh-grade alchemists in Qingzhou. I think Feng Chuxue is very likely to win the championship of the seventh-grade alchemist in this Qingzhou Alchemist competition."

A female alchemist stands for the wind and snow that is also her daughter.

"In fact, the forces of Qin Tianwen from Aosheng County, He Ruoshui from Moyan County, Tiejingshan from Zihao County, Miao Feiyu from Qianhan County, Shen Shulei from Guyan County, Kong Bi from Heixu County, and other six people should not be underestimated. They all come from first-class platinum drilling counties and are naturally the best candidates to enter the final round, and they may also be the final champions." An older alchemist concluded, counting all the other six first-class alchemists participating in the competition without missing a single one.

"You can't just limit your vision to first-class counties and states. There are outstanding figures among the second-class counties and states. I heard that more than ten days ago, the Canglan County Alchemy Association visited President Zhao, and President Zhao also specially pointed out the seventh-grade alchemist Kitano Seichi of Canglan County. It seems that since he can enter President Zhao's eyes, he thinks that Kitano Seichi should have and are very capable. Although he dare not say that the champion is, there is absolutely no problem entering the final circle. Maybe he can enter the top three in an upset manner."

An alchemist saw that everyone in front was staring at the contestants of nine first-class counties and states and proposed candidates for second-class counties and states.

That's right, Kitano Xingchi is the seventh-grade alchemist who once visited President Zhao Nankui of Qingzhou Alchemy Association and was hinted by President Zhao Nankui.

"What do you think of Xuan Yuanhao? He is a friend of Zhao Wuji of the Zhao family. Think about it, no one is a direct descendant of the Zhao family who is not a person who is above the top. This Xuan Yuanhao can be friends with Wuji Young Master. It is conceivable that he is very talented in alchemy. Moreover, it is said that President Zhao has received this alchemy association from the fourth-class bronze county for the first time for Xuan Yuanhao's sake. If you talk about the dark horse in this Qingzhou Alchemy Competition, Xuan Yuanhao is very likely to become the darkest horse. I think Xuan Yuanhao is very likely to enter the final round of the finals and at the worst, he can enter the top twenty-four. He may be able to make a big bet on him."

Among this alchemist, the youngest alchemist carefully added that he had found out about Xuan Yuanhao from somewhere, and he actually compared Xuan Yuanhao from the fourth-class county and the nine seventh-class alchemists from the first-class county and the nine seventh-class alchemists from the first-class county and the ones.

Xuan Yuanhao heard that someone was talking about him and regarded him as a dark horse in this alchemy competition. Although Xuan Yuanhao had already been calm and uneasy and was at ease, he still couldn't help but listen carefully.

"Tsk, a seventh-grade alchemist from a lower county and country dares to claim to be a dark horse, and that dark horse is too easy to be. I bet that Xuan Yuanhao will never be among the top 48. President Zhao is willing to meet an alchemist association of a fourth-grade county and country, for the sake of Mr. Wuji, with Mr. Wuji's attainment in the formation and instrumental path, is definitely the best in Qingzhou. Unfortunately, Mr. Wuji has no intention of refining alchemist, otherwise he would have become a seventh-grade or even sixth-grade alchemist."

Xuan Yuanhao would have heard some positive comments, but he didn't expect that it would be such a vicious comment.

Gu Huaixiang is straightforward and anxious. After hearing the criticism of Xuan Yuanhao by several people, she was furious and wanted to go forward to tell the difference, but Xuan Yuanhao stopped him with his eyes.

"The mouth grows on others, the ears grow on yourself. If you say it or not, what is someone else's business, whether you listen or not is your own business. As long as you know your own strength, it's enough. Junior Sister Gu, in ten years, you are very likely to represent the Yunwu County Alchemy Association to participate in the next Qingzhou Alchemy Competition. President Hu and Senior Gu brought you here this time, in order to increase your horizons and expand your knowledge, so that you know that there is heaven beyond the sky and there are people beyond the people. You must seize this opportunity and strive to break through to the seventh-grade alchemist as soon as possible to prepare for the alchemy competition ten years later."

Xuan Yuanhao continued, "Danfeng, you are the same. You have to know that Master, I am just a first-hand peek at the path of alchemy. I have not yet entered the house. If you really gain something, you still need to work hard. Master hopes that you will forge ahead and practice hard, so that you can make achievements in the path of alchemy in the future, establish a sect and restore the glory of your ancestors."

Seeing Xuan Yuanhao speaking so cautiously, Shen Danfeng immediately said, "Pupil keeps in mind the teachings of his master."

Even Gu Huaixiang, who has always been big or small with Xuan Yuanhao, couldn't help but say seriously, "Senior brother, don't worry, you will definitely not let your expectations down. Ten years later, you and Danfeng will join forces to represent the Yunwu County Alchemy Association to participate in the competition, which will surely create a new situation for the Yunwu County Alchemy Association."

The group of people discussed other qualified alchemists one after another, and then made a group bet.

Xuan Yuanhao is not very interested in listening. For Xuan Yuanhao, who is determined to enter the finals, the main competitors of the competition are nine first-class counties and two or three seventh-class alchemists from second-class counties and states. Others are not afraid of them.

Xuan Yuanhao decided to take out all his wealth, bet on top 50,000 top-grade spirit stones, and bet on his own can enter the top 24; bet on top 20,000 top-grade spirit stones, and bet on top 12; bet on top 20,000 top-grade spirit stones, and bet on top 6; bet on top 10,000 top-grade spirit stones, and bet on top 3.

As for the champion, Xuan Yuanhao is not afraid to bet for the time being, because Xuan Yuanhao himself doesn't know whether his current alchemy strength can win the final championship. Moreover, even with this strength, Xuan Yuanhao doesn't want to win the first place rashly. One is the wood that is in the forest and the wind will destroy it; the other is the Zhao family, and there are still people staring at him with their eyes open and staring at him.
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