I just want to be a quiet man

Just at this moment, three alchemists came along the corridor.

After hearing the footsteps, some alchemists looked back, and some were slightly surprised and began to whisper.

Noticing this, Pei Ling also turned around.

I saw three alchemists, one woman, two men, walking slowly through the corridor.

All three of them were wearing plain green robes, and their pure aura exuded a sense of etherealness, as if they echoed with the surrounding vegetation and became one with each other.

The leading female cultivator has a pretty appearance, with curved eyebrows and almond eyes, a bright nose and cherry lips, a white melon-seeded face, with a little baby fat, she looks childish, and she looks innocent and beautiful without knowing the world.

The two male alchemists following behind her were slightly taller on the left, fair-skinned, upright and refined;

The two walked very slowly, commenting on the flowers and trees outside the corridor from time to time.

Unlike most of the alchemists queuing up now, they looked calm and relaxed, as if they didn't care about the audition at all.

"Disciples of Yulin Academy!" Pei Ling was doubting himself when he heard an alchemist not far away lower his voice and whisper softly, "Why are they here? And it looks like they are going to participate in the competition with us too." select?"

Before the words were finished, an elderly alchemist stroked his long white beard and said calmly: "You are a casual cultivator from outside the dynasty, right? The rules of this dynasty are that when discussing the alchemy ceremony, no one asks about the origin, and treats everyone equally! It is set up by the royal family, and the disciples in it are either rich or noble, and there is no exception!"

"Unless, they have already passed the assessment of alchemists above rank five!"

"Is it difficult for a fifth-grade alchemist?" The out-of-town casual cultivator who spoke before asked with doubts and surprise.

Hearing this, Pei Ling also listened intently.

I heard the old local alchemist sneer and said: "Fifth-rank alchemist... Hehe, the standard of ninth-rank alchemist in this dynasty is to be able to refine middle-rank alchemy; eighth-rank alchemist is to be able to refine Top-grade elixir; when you reach the level of a seventh-rank alchemist, you already have the qualifications to enter the 'Xiao Zi Zai Tian' and seek opportunities..."

"If you can really pass the assessment of a fifth-rank alchemist, even if you directly enter the 'Xiao Zi Zai Tian' to participate in the final ceremony, I believe it will be enough to convince everyone!"

"The disciples of Yulin Academy are outstanding, but they are young after all."

"So, these three people need to be the same as me right now, starting from the audition..."

Hearing the whispers of the people beside him, Pei Ling groaned inwardly.

Yulin Academy... When I came in before, the guards at the gate also said that there are academy students who are responsible for leading the Baigong Yamen today.

It seems that the academy should be the system of the Liugai Dynasty to cultivate the younger generation.

This dynasty is one of the nine sects, but its system is quite different from that of the sect.

It can be said that in the eyes of other sects, the Liugian Dynasty is one of the top sects.

But in the eyes of Liu Greed Dynasty...

They are actually a dynasty, not a sect!

While thinking about it, Pei Ling secretly observed these three people, and found that the aura around them was exceptionally pure, obviously solid and pure, not to mention ordinary casual cultivators, even the disciples of Chongming Sect could not be compared with these three people. many!

Aware of this, Pei Ling thought to himself: "The foundation of righteous disciples seems to be generally stronger than that of demon cultivators..."

"The Suzhentian disciples I met along the way, as well as the monks of the Liugai Dynasty, all have pure aura and solid foundation..."

"However, the foundations of the disciples of the great sects of the Demonic Dao, such as the Chongming Sect and the Tiansheng Sect, are somewhat uneven."

"The gap between the strong and the weak can be said to be like clouds and mud."

"However, I always feel that these righteous disciples are missing something..."

Gu Nanxun walked briskly through the promenade, she felt that many eyes were focused on her, and heard the whispered discussions of those monks, but none of this caused her expression and mood to fluctuate in the slightest.

As the daughter of Marquis Zhaotai who holds the real power in the Liugai Dynasty, her aunt is one of the favorite concubines of the current emperor, and her cousin is even more expensive as a princess. Because of her noble background and outstanding qualifications, she was admitted to the imperial court at a young age. It is a good Yulin Academy, and it is loved by the teachers of the academy.

It can be said that the stars grew up all the way.

Therefore, Gu Nanxun has long been used to the attention of everyone.

No matter what kind of environment, no matter what, as long as she appeared, she would definitely become the center of the crowd.

In this regard, Gu Nanxun has long been at ease.

She ignored the scrutiny and words of these people, raised her chin slightly, and walked not far from the last black and thin boy, and started to line up.

Xin Yuhan and He Zhuzhi, who followed closely behind, were also high-ranking officials. They were born domineering, pampered and pampered for many years, so that the three students of Yulin Academy showed a sense of superiority spontaneously in every gesture.

It's just that although their postures showed that they were out of tune with the crowd and were different from each other, they didn't mean to provoke trouble at the moment.

Instead, he lined up quietly like everyone else, without any annoyance or dissatisfaction at all for not getting special treatment.

"Nan Xun, this audition is not difficult for you at all." After queuing up, Xin Yuhan looked around and didn't see anyone interested, so he said via voice transmission, "It's these scattered Xiu, I don’t know if three of the ten can pass the test, but for the various benefits of this dynasty, I always want to try my luck.”

"Crowd here now, teach us to wait."

Gu Nanxun's eyes were slightly bent, and he said softly: "Don't say that, since this court has set such rules, we naturally have to abide by them."

"What's more, in the matter of alchemy, a slight mistake can make a thousand miles away."

"The masters often say that even a master who has been famous for a long time may not be able to guarantee that there will be no mistakes."

"So even if the difficulty of the audition is not high for us, we can't take it lightly."

"Anyway, I have to do my best later on."

"It's Yu Han and I who need to do our best." He Zhuzhi also said via voice transmission, "As for you, Nan Xun, if you just close your eyes and practice casually, there will be no problem."

"After all, all the teachers have said, this time on the alchemy ceremony, I hope you will become famous in one battle and raise the reputation of my Yulin Academy!"

Chapter 137: Admission.

At this moment, after the water mist, the soft voice came out again: "The next batch."

Soon, the team moved a long way forward again.

Although many alchemists were very interested in the students of Yulin Academy, they had no intention of watching the excitement when it was their turn to end.

Originally, the turmoil caused by the three of Gu Nanxun subsided quickly.

The tense atmosphere pervaded again.

As the soft voice reminded again and again, the originally extremely long line moved forward little by little.

Half a day later, behind Pei Ling and the three Yulin students, there was already a long line that could not see the end.In front of Pei Ling, there were less than ten people left.

In the next round, it will be his turn!

But at this time, almost no one spoke before and after Pei Ling, everyone looked solemn, and the atmosphere was like a string stretched to the extreme.

Although the three of Gu Nanxun were not nervous because of the audition, there was a little bit of excitement between their brows.

Obviously, none of them thought there would be any problem with the next alchemy, and they were even looking forward to their various performances in this alchemy ceremony.

In contrast, Pei Ling's calmness was eye-catching.

He felt nothing at all.

After all, as long as you use the system to host it later, you can pass it directly.

Everything has been calculated.

Now just waiting to get in.

Not long after, accompanied by a loud blast from the fryer, the soft voice sounded again: "The next batch..."

Hearing this, the seven or eight alchemists who were in front of Pei Ling tensed their expressions at the same time, and immediately straightened their robes in a hurry before walking cautiously into the mist.

And Pei Ling followed calmly.

The group of people behind him followed suit.

Gu Nanxun noticed that Pei Ling's attitude was different, so he couldn't help but take another look at him.

"I guess I came to see the excitement." Zhao Taihou's beloved jewel quickly figured out why, so he didn't take him seriously.

After walking into the mist, the blurry scene in front of my eyes instantly became clear.

I saw that the inside of the door was not the expected courtyard, but a large hall.

At this moment, forty Dantais were neatly set up under the Guangdian.

Each alchemy platform occupies a vast area, with enough space for alchemists to display.

On the alchemy platform, there is engraved a fire-gathering formation, which is obviously prepared for those alchemists who have not absorbed the fire into their bodies.

At the top of the Guangdian Hall, on top of dozens of levels of dandelion, there is a gorgeous seat in the middle, and behind it are young girls, all dressed in colorful clothes, tied up in a high bun, wearing jingle bells, and holding barrier fans made of phoenix tail feathers. And stand.

Among the seats, sat an old man in brocade robes.

The old man's beard and hair are all white, and he wears a square bun with a jade hairpin. His long eyebrows are like snow and fall to his shoulders.She looked extremely old, but her complexion was still rosy, without any wrinkles, and her eyes were shining brightly when she looked forward.

At this moment, he was stroking the emerald finger on his thumb, and his eyes were wandering back and forth on many alchemists.

Around the old man, many seats were placed like a screen of birds.

Looking around, there are men, women, young and old, with different clothes, and their cultivation levels are not low. Although they all restrained their aura, the occasional leaks unintentionally still made some alchemists with weaker cultivation bases pale slightly.

Most of these people's expressions were flat, and a few of them even showed a look of boredom.

Seeing Pei Ling and his group come in, the people above Danchi didn't take it seriously at first, but they just caught sight of the three Yulin students behind Pei Ling, and they immediately cheered up!

"It's a student of Yulin Academy!" A monk with a more detached temperament took the lead in transmitting the voice, "Thank God, some decent alchemists have finally come!"

"Otherwise, if this troublesome review continues, I'm really afraid that I'll be so angry that I won't be stable."

His companion also sighed with emotion: "The original intention of the alchemy ceremony was to attract overseas talents for the dynasty. As a result, the recent sessions have become more and more outrageous!"

"It's almost like everyone thinks that the Dynasty is a fat sheep, and they come to participate with the idea of ​​gambling their luck."

"Some people, not to mention refining mid-grade pills, can probably count on one hand the number of times they have touched the pill furnace from birth to playing."

"You don't even know how to control the most basic fire, and you can directly fry the furnace after half of the smelting, so you still think about the audition?"

A judge not far away smiled and said via voice transmission: "If you can smelt half of the fryer, it is already considered acceptable. I didn't see that someone had studied the materials for a long time just now, and they still made a mistake about the main material and the auxiliary material." material?"

"Those are not real alchemists!" A judge shook his head and said via voice transmission, "It's just to join in the fun. After this day, we can count the alchemists who can pass the audition in Qicheng with two hands. And all of them It was only after using up all three chances to start the furnace that he managed to pass! With this level, even though he passed the audition, he will be eliminated in the next round."

"Not bad!" The judge sitting next to him looked serious, but turned his head quietly and yawned, and said via voice transmission, "I've been watching the amateur alchemy all day, and my eyes are sleepy."

"The three disciples of Yulin Academy, the one on the left is a child of the Xin family, and the one on the right seems to be from the He family. These two have already passed the examination of the ninth-rank alchemist. At that time, their family gave them some rewards. Coming here to participate in the audition is just a formality. But that little girl..."

"That's a girl from Zhaotaihou's family." A judge who knew Gu Nanxun said in a low voice, "She's the junior of Concubine Xian and the cousin of Princess Yongning. It is said that she has very outstanding qualifications and passed the examination of Yulin Academy when she was very young. , and through Concubine Xian, worshiped under the sect of a certain Alchemy Master..."

"It's just being suppressed by his teacher all the time, concentrating on studying alchemy, and rarely showing up."

"Although I still have the title of a ninth-rank alchemist, in fact, I should already have the level of an eighth-rank alchemist."

"I also went to the imperial capital to do business a few days ago, and I only found out about it when I heard it mentioned by a friend by chance."

"Oh?" When everyone heard the words, they immediately became interested, "Such a young eighth-rank alchemist, then I have to take a good look at it."

The Liugai Dynasty divided alchemists into rank one to rank nine, with rank one being the highest and rank nine being just the beginning.

An eighth-rank alchemist seems to be very low, but in fact, the imperial court's assessment of alchemists is very strict and comprehensive.

Even if it is just a ninth-rank alchemist, the types of medicinal materials, refining techniques, and medicinal properties that need to be mastered... are an extremely huge knowledge system.

It can be said that even though many alchemists from Ye Luzi can refine high-grade pills, they are far inferior to the ninth-rank alchemists of the Liugai Dynasty in terms of solid basic skills!

After all, wild alchemists often have limited conditions, so they have to take the edge of the sword and master certain kinds of pills proficiently in order to make a living.For the entire alchemy, there is actually a lack of an overall understanding.

Moreover, this kind of assessment by the Liugai Dynasty also has requirements for cultivation.

For example, a monk in the Qi training period can basically only get the status of a ninth-rank alchemist.

Because monks at this stage have limited cultivation and no matter how proficient their techniques are, unless they absorb the fire into their bodies and master the rare spiritual fire, it will be difficult to completely refine the impurities in the medicinal materials. Advanced fire control skills, more skilled alchemy skills to make up for - and the latter two also need the support of cultivation!

The same is true for the foundation building period, the upper limit is basically an eighth-rank alchemist.

Of course, it would not be surprising if a Foundation Establishment cultivator over 100 years old could be rated as an eighth-rank alchemist.However, the Alchemy Ceremony has a limited age, and only accepts alchemists who are under a hundred years old to participate.Such an eighth-rank alchemist, let alone how far he can go, is not qualified to be auditioned at all.

And this Gu Nanxun is still young, and he is already an out-and-out genius who can step into the foundation building stage, and he can also have the level of an eighth-rank alchemist. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the Phoenix Girl of Zhaotaihou Mansion.

It's no wonder that the virtuous concubine in the palace is rumored to love this junior very much...

Everyone on Danchi looked calm, but they couldn't keep discussing through sound transmission in private, and they all showed anticipation.

At this moment, a judge said: "All alchemists, each choose a alchemy platform and prepare to start."

"One seat per person, no quarrels allowed."

"All those who quarreled will be expelled directly, and will not be allowed to participate in the alchemy ceremony for the next three sessions!"

Hearing this, the alchemists didn't dare to neglect, they all dispersed and went on stage.