seek immortality

Chapter 741
On the night of July [-]th, Tang Chengnian really got the signal that she had passed the first test of the alchemy competition.

The visitor gave two things, one was the alchemy certification six-pointed star badge issued by Yaodu, and the other was a sign with the number two written on it.Tang Chengnian was already familiar with the rules and understood that this meant that she was going to the No. [-] competition area tomorrow.

Soon, Chen Qin arrived and explained it to her in detail.

"In the inner city, all the redundant test areas have been demolished long ago, and now there are only six venues left."

After sitting down, he said.

"How come there are six?" Sheng Fei asked in surprise, "Didn't you say that the second competition only needs to test five areas? There are 60 people in each area. In this way, a total of 300 people can be accommodated. Ten people in the region are promoted... Isn't it?"

Could it be that the rules have been temporarily changed?
Chen Qin shook his head, and replied, "No, the first venue was vacated for the [-]th of July."

July [-]th is the day of the final competition.

Sheng Fei now understood what was going on.

"In this way, the remaining numbers are two, three, four, five...six?" After counting like this, it turned out to be exactly five.

Chen Qin gave a "hmm" and continued, "Then these six venues will be refurbished."

"No wonder I always feel that there are some weird fluctuations in the inner city... Eh? Why do you need to renovate?" Sheng Fei couldn't help feeling that it was superfluous.

Chen Qindao: "I think, I hope it can be transformed into a brand new environment, right? It can't be the same as before, otherwise, won't alchemists who have been to the first six venues feel familiar?"

In fact, this was also his guess, but, let's put it this way, An Shengfei's heart.

Sheng Fei listened to his words, thought about it carefully, and couldn't help nodding.

Yes, my master drew No. 37 before, and I haven't been to the first six venues. If I feel something is wrong, wouldn't it be beautiful?She immediately felt that this rule was very humane.

She clapped her hands and smiled immediately, "You're right!"

Tang Chengnian couldn't help but shook his head helplessly, stretched out a finger and poked her between the eyebrows.

"It's not okay if you just think about taking advantage of yourself."

After she finished speaking, she couldn't help sighing secretly, she really never forgot to teach her apprentices anytime and anywhere.

From this point of view, she looks more and more like her former head teacher.

Thinking of this, Tang Chengnian immediately felt even more congested.

Sheng Fei, on the other hand, was unaware of the master's complex and fierce psychological struggles. All she needed to do was giggle.

Tang Chengnian originally thought that since Chen Qin came over, he might as well live in the next room first, lest he come tomorrow night.

But Chen Qin still declined, he seemed to live near the Yunlai Inn.

Sure enough, Chen Qin arrived at the inn at dawn the next day.

……

After that, Chen Qin sent Tang Chengnian to the No. [-] competition area more smoothly than before.

Probably after he went back, he learned from someone again and became more familiar with the route.

Tang Chengnian left Sheng Fei and Chili Yujie in the inn this time, so that Sheng Fei's coming and going would not only cause trouble, but also scare her coward.

Facts have proved that Tang Chengnian was very prescient this time.

She waited for a while, and then glanced at the things here, and couldn't help sighing.

is not that right?

Although the inner city has demolished the competition area to only six venues, the number of people is even greater. I don’t know where it came from. It’s like magic.

Chen Qin approached her and explained: "Some people only watch from the knockout round."

Tang Chengnian was speechless.

There are only three games in total, and there are preliminary rounds, knockout rounds, and finals?Someone actually gave up a game?
Well, let's be happy with these people.

Tang Chengnian couldn't imagine how exciting it would be if these people also came during the first test.

This time, Tang Chengnian also waited outside for a while, and then the formation opened, causing her to squeeze in together with the other 59 alchemists.

In fact, the entire process of the so-called knockout round is similar to the first game of the preliminary test, except that the original dark red area has been expanded. This is probably what Chen Qin said was renovated. In addition, there are also places in the dark red area. There are new tables, chairs and alchemy furnaces... alchemy furnaces?Why is there still an alchemy furnace?Tang Chengnian and the others couldn't help but start looking at each other.

Although everyone is not very familiar with them, or even not at all, but because they are too shocked at this time, everyone is not very able to control their eyes and expressions.

Someone raised his hand and asked, "Why is there a pill furnace here?"

The examiner above sat safely in his seat, and replied with a smile: "Not only the pill furnace, but also the pill fire inside the pill furnace."

The few people headed by Tang Chengnian were full of curiosity, and couldn't help but look at the nearby alchemy furnace. There was indeed a flame burning in the mouth of the alchemy furnace!The tables and chairs are all made of stone, the middle is hollowed out, and the alchemy furnace is placed. Presumably, the alchemy fire came from the stone table. Could it be that there is a vein of earth fire buried in the ground?

Everyone is more curious.

Someone asked: "Then can we use our own pill furnace and pill fire?"

Although there are alchemy furnaces and ground fires here, nothing is as useful as my own.

But the examiner shook his head ruthlessly, and said in an unquestionable tone: "No."

Another person said: "But we have our own pill furnace and pill fire!"

If you don't want to use someone else's, what should you do?

Then the examiner told them what to do.

He restrained his smile, and said seriously: "This is the rule! If anyone doesn't want to abide by it, there is no need to take the test, just go out!"

Whoever goes out is stupid.

No one moved.

Seeing this, the examiner regained his smile, and he said with a smile: "That's right, now everyone let go of the signs and find their own seats to sit down."

He said it simply, but now all the alchemists came up from the first competition, and already had a basic understanding of this set of procedures, so they all readily let go of their hands and let the cards leave their grasp.

But what is unexpected is that the plaques engraved with their respective names fly towards its location at an extremely fast speed.

It's like a flash of light.

Originally, according to the rules, everyone should follow their own signs and find their own seats to sit down.

The same goes for Tang Chengnian. She is not exempt from this, but the only thing that is exempt from it is that she is the first among everyone to find her own seat and sit down.Famous brands fly very fast, but in her eyes, it is still too slow.

Therefore, the flying speed of the name tag this time is faster than that of the first game. Therefore, if someone blinks their eyes a little, or loses focus, they will miss their own name tag. It is not only very troublesome to find one's own position by means of famous brands, but also looks weak to outsiders.

At this time, the shielding formation has not yet been activated, and boos came from the onlookers who were blocked by the formation.

Some alchemists lost face and stared back, while others blushed and continued to search.

But eventually everyone found their place and sat down.

Tang Chengnian rejoiced in his seat, anyway, it wasn't her who was walking around there to shame people.

She had nothing to do anyway, so she just observed her position.

On the stone table, in addition to the alchemy furnace and her name tag, there was also a wooden box.

Although the wooden box is made of wood, it actually has the effect of isolating the consciousness, which looks extraordinary.Tang Chengnian gently picked it up and observed the examiner's reaction.The examiner glanced at her and saw her holding the wooden box, but he didn't speak. Obviously, the wooden box was at her disposal.So Tang Chengnian opened the wooden box with peace of mind, and inside was a piece of paper and a sumeru bag.

What is written on the paper is the content of the assessment.

There are nine kinds of spiritual herbs and three prescriptions in the sumeru bag.

The first pill is the pill named "Ningshen Pill", which is the simplest and easiest to refine among the three pills, and it only needs three kinds of spirit herbs;
The second pill recipe is called "Guiyuan Pill". It is more difficult than Ningshen Pill, but it is much easier to refine than Ningshen Guiyuan Pill. It needs to use six kinds of spiritual herbs besides the ingredients of Ningshen Pill;
The third elixir recipe is called "Concentrating Soul Guiyuan elixir". It is the most difficult and only has one chance. It requires using up nine kinds of spiritual herbs. In other words, if the refining fails, there will be no chance.

Ningshen Pill, Guiyuan Pill, and Ningshen Guiyuan Pill are all elixir for restoring health. The refining difficulty increases from small to high, and the recovery strength also increases from small to large. Of course, Ningshen Guiyuan Pill is the best thing.

In this assessment, one is to test strength, and the other is to test courage.If one can refine Ningshen Guiyuan Pill, one will naturally have strength and courage, but there are very few such people.Most people will seek stability, so they will refine Ningshen Pill and Guiyuan Pill. If one of them fails to refine, there will be no way out.

Tang Chengnian looked at the name "Ningshen Guiyuan" and was speechless.

Why not call it "Five Qi Chaoyuan"?

Zhang Wei, he... he was so obsessed with meme writing.

But Tang Chengnian had nothing to worry about, she wanted to refine it, of course it was to refine the Ningshen Guiyuan Pill.It was difficult, but as long as Tang Chengnian got the elixir, there would be no elixir that could not be refined—unless that elixir had surpassed Tang Chengnian's level.However, since this alchemy recipe is reserved for the second assessment, it is natural to consider the cultivation of the alchemists present and not intentionally embarrass them.

After Tang Chengnian learned the alchemy formula, he quietly refined the Ningshen Guiyuan pill in the alchemy system.

That's right, although she didn't touch the ingredients in the Sumeru bag, she did have the ingredients to refine the Ningshen Guiyuan Pill.

Ningshen Pill and Guiyuan Pill come from Ningshen Guiyuan Pill. Although it is easier to refine than Ningshen Guiyuan Pill, the materials are the same as Ningshen Guiyuan Pill.It can be said that their combined effects are not as good as the Concentrating Mind Guiyuan Pill, but the materials are the same, so it is a waste of money.However, the alchemist who made the Ningshen Pill and Guiyuan Pill is really no different. The Ningshen Guiyuan Pill is too difficult to refine.

But Tang Chengnian was an outlier.

(End of this chapter)