Become a supporting role at the beginning of the fight

After Xiao Yan and Han Xian made an agreement, they stopped arguing here and let everyone behind them disperse. Then they went to Elder Hao from the Medicinal Materials Management Office to explain the situation.

After hearing the two people talking about the causes and consequences, Elder Hao was also a little interested in the competition of medicinal techniques. People testing their strength could be seen everywhere in the inner courtyard, and there were not many people competing in medicinal techniques like the two of them.

With the intention of taking a look, Elder Hao agreed to the two's request, but said that he would choose the topic for tomorrow's competition, and he would not let the two know in advance.

When they heard that Elder Hao had agreed to them, both of them breathed a sigh of relief. Then they heard that Elder Hao would not announce the topic of the competition until the next day. Although the two of them were helpless, they had no choice but to nod in agreement and go back to rest.

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Early the next morning, most of the students who were not practicing in the inner courtyard gathered early in the North Square.

After all, the news that Xiao Yan was going to compete with Han Xian in medicinal techniques had already spread out. It was heard that Elder Hao from the Medicinal Materials Management Office would be the judge himself, which made all the students very interested.

Elder Hao's reputation in the inner courtyard is well known to everyone. Since he is the referee, it means that this is definitely a fair game.

The profession of alchemist is already noble on the road. Many people have never seen a competition between alchemists. Now that they have this opportunity, they will not let it go.

After all, judging from the news they heard, neither Han Xian nor Xiao Yan were weak in refining medicine. The competition between two strong medicine refining experts must be interesting.

Even among the elders, many people were hiding among the crowd and quietly watching the competition.

After seeing the huge crowds of people at the scene, I couldn't help but sigh: Except for a few special places in the trading area and the arena, has this inner courtyard not been so lively for a long time?

"Boom!"

As a clear bell rang, the noisy people in the square gradually quieted down, and their eyes looked at the stage curiously.

Under the gaze of everyone, a figure slipped from the mid-air and landed steadily on the stand. Wearing a dark robe and a pale beard, it was Elder Hao from the Medicinal Materials Management Department.

"Cough cough."

Looking at so many students below, even Elder Hao couldn't help but be a little surprised. He cleared his throat and said calmly: "Yesterday, Xiao Yan and Han Xian found me and asked me to be the referee for their alchemy competition. I thought it would be a bit boring in the inner courtyard, so I agreed."

The faint voice was not loud, but it was clearly heard by so many people present. Elder Hao's strength was also evident.

"The topic of the competition between the two is chosen by me. In order to show fairness, neither of them knows the specific topic of the competition until now. After the competition is over, the quality of the elixirs refined by the two will be used as the judge! "

Everyone in the audience was a little surprised when they heard the rules announced by Elder Hao.

"Don't they even know the title themselves?"

"This is interesting. No one knows the competition questions, which prevents them from preparing in advance. What comes out of this competition is their true strength!"

"I don't know who will win. Han Xian's alchemy skills are not simple!"

"Do you think it's easy for Xiao Yan? You know, the elixirs that Panmen has withdrawn from now are so effective that you don't know how many of them..."

"Okay, now, let's invite you two to enter!"

Ignoring the chattering crowd, Elder Hao quietly looked at each other and several elders hidden in the crowd, nodded, and then spoke.

As Elder Hao finished speaking, Xiao Yan and Han Xian also stepped onto the stands and stood on one side.

"This is the topic of this competition. Which of you will come to see it first?" Looking at the two people standing there, Elder Hao took out a scroll, put it in his hand, and asked them with a smile.

"Then senior Han Xian invites you first!" Xiao Yan nodded and said to Han Xian. Han Xian did not refuse. It would be better to know the topic earlier so that he could have more time to prepare.

Under everyone's gaze, Han Xian stepped forward and took the scroll from Elder Hao's hand. Then his face turned visibly ugly, letting everyone understand that the question prepared by Elder Hao was probably not simple. Otherwise, Han Xian would Not this expression.

After digesting the contents of the elixir, Han Xian walked back to his seat with an ugly face, frowning tightly, and looked at Xiao Yan opposite.

After seeing Han Xian's performance, Xiao Yan also knew that this question would be difficult, so he took the scroll in Elder Hao's hand and explored the prescription information in it.

After checking the prescription, Xiao Yan also frowned, and his face became serious, with a touch of solemnity.

"Huh, keep pretending. I'll see how you can keep pretending for a while."

Han Xian saw Xiao Yan's expression and thought it was just Xiao Yan's deliberate performance to win everyone's attention.

After a while, when it is actually refined, Xiao Yan's pretended calmness will naturally fall apart.

After Xiao Yan digested the prescription, he rubbed his brows, looked at Elder Hao helplessly and said, "Elder Hao, you really think highly of us. This Dragon Power Pill is a fifth-grade elixir, even if it is a fifth-grade pill, it can kill you." The alchemist may not be sure that he can refine it, right?"

"What!? Fifth-grade elixir!"

After hearing Xiao Yan's words, everyone in the audience finally understood why Han Xian had such an ugly expression after checking the prescription just now. Although he was a fourth-grade peak alchemist, he wanted to refine a fifth-grade pill. Medicine, the probability is too small.

A fifth-grade alchemist, even a strong man at the level of Douwang Douhuang, is treated politely.

If a sect were asked to choose between a Dou Wang or a fifth-grade alchemist, everyone would probably choose a fifth-grade alchemist. After all, what scares alchemists is not only their strength, but also their personal connections.

The help that a fifth-grade alchemist can provide is enough to frighten all the Dou Wangs. Even the influence of some powerful Dou Huangs may not be able to match it.

"Haha." After hearing Xiao Yan's words, Elder Hao was still smiling, "I gave you this prescription for free. The prescription of fifth-grade elixir is considered precious everywhere, so give it to me. Just have fun competing."

"In this competition, I will provide each of you with three refined medicinal materials for free. In the end, the quality of the elixir refined by each of you will be judged to determine which of you is the winner."

"What if the refining fails?" Han Xian on the side interjected, "After all, it is difficult to refine the fifth-grade elixir, and it may not be possible to refine it successfully."

"Even if all the refining fails, there are still failed powders. We can still tell who has refined the better materials." Elder Hao said calmly while looking at Han Xian.

"In that case, I have no objection." After hearing what Elder Hao said, Han Xian raised his hand in agreement.

"Since there are no objections, the competition is official..."

"Wait a moment!"

Just when Elder Hao was about to announce the start of the competition, a voice suddenly sounded from the square. Everyone followed the voice and looked, but it was Xiao Fan standing not far away.

"Xiao Fan? What's wrong with him? Isn't Panmen afraid?"

"Xiao Fan, what else do you have to do?" Elder Hao also looked at Xiao Fan curiously, with some doubts in his tone.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Xiao Fan had no choice but to step forward, hesitated and said to Elder Hao: "Well... I wonder if I can also participate in this competition?"

Xiao Fan didn't want to participate, but the system suddenly rang and triggered a new task for Xiao Fan.

"Ding! Trigger a new mission and defeat Xiao Yan in the alchemy competition. Mission reward: alchemist experience +50, fighting spirit value +100, source coin +3000; failure penalty: fighting spirit value -200, source coin -5000."

Although Xiao Fan did not want to get involved in the competition between Xiao Yan and the others, the system triggered the task, so Xiao Fan had to participate. After all, he could use his strength for free!

It's just a pity that this mission only requires success to gain Alchemist experience. The double reward for previous failures is included in the punishment. Therefore, if he wants to improve his Alchemist experience, Xiao Fan can only win. After all, upgrading an alchemist is much more difficult than improving strength. Even Xiao Fan doesn't want to give up such an opportunity.

"I'm sorry, junior brother, senior brother can only show off this time!"

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"Do you also want to participate in this competition?" Elder Hao looked at Xiao Fan curiously, then glanced at the two people on the stage, his tone full of weirdness. "But aren't Xiao Yan and Han Xian competing?"

Even Xiao Yan on the stage was a little curious as to why his senior brother suddenly wanted to participate. Is it because he was worried about the competition between himself and Han Xian?

"No, no." After hearing what Elder Hao said, Xiao Fan waved his hand. "Their competition is still a matter between the two of them." Xiao Fan shook his head and said seriously: "I participated in the competition because of you, Elder Hao!"

In order to participate in the competition, Xiao Fan had to quickly make up a reason.

"For me?" If everyone in the audience was surprised by Xiao Fan's words, Elder Hao was even more confused. "It's so good, why did it get involved with me?"

"Ahem." Xiao Fan was also a little embarrassed, but when he thought about the rewards of alchemist experience, he couldn't be restrained and said in one breath: "This...isn't what you said, Elder Hao, that you provide prescriptions and medicines for free." There are three ingredients for refining medicine, so I want to come up and give it a try."

Everyone:......

Hearing Xiao Fan's answer, the field fell silent for an instant.

"This." Elder Hao glanced at Xiao Fan and was about to speak. Then he seemed to hear something and was slightly startled. Then he looked at Xiao Fan and nodded thoughtfully. "In that case, come up, but whether your refining is successful or not has nothing to do with the agreement between Xiao Yan and Han Xian."

"That's natural."