Chapter 22(1/3)
Before entering the venue, Xie Wanyou never expected that so many people would come to the trial competition.
The entire Lingtian Dojo was almost completely surrounded by Alchemy Sect disciples. Because each Alchemy Sect's disciples' uniforms were of different colors, the viewing area was also divided into different color blocks. The masters of each major Alchemy Sect were sitting at the top, surrounding the alchemy site.
In the middle.
When he first saw it, Xie Wanyou felt that the formation looked a little familiar. Then he thought about it, isn't this the cultivation world's version of the sports meeting?
It's just that the sports event has become alchemy.
Especially before the start of the trial competition, the heads of each alchemy sect began to take turns delivering speeches, and the sense of immediacy of mobilization before the sports meeting became even stronger.
Xie Wanyou: "..."
Xie Wanyou was in a daze for a moment, and it wasn't until the noise came from behind that she came back to her senses.
"Where are you beggars? Don't you have eyes?" After a harsh curse, there was the cry of pain as someone fell to the ground.
Xie Wanyou turned around to look, only to see a man in gray robe pointing at a man with shabby clothes on the ground and yelling. Next to the man in gray robe stood a young man in brocade clothes covering his mouth and nose in disgust. Seeing this, the others rushed to look at the man in brocade clothes.
The prince is flattering.
"Oh, there is no way. Every year, there are so many losers who overestimate their abilities and want to try their luck in the competition. I don't want to offend Young Master Li. If Young Master Li really doesn't want to see this beggar, why don't I find someone to kill him right away?
Drag him out?"
"Master Li, have you dirty your feet? Can I help you wipe them?"
"You're so shameless, drag that beggar down quickly!"
Mr. Li frowned, but raised his hand to stop the man in gray robe who was about to drag him away, with a contemptuous expression: "But he is just a poor man. What are you dragging him away for? Let him try it, otherwise if the news spreads, there will be no consequences."
Some people say that my young master has a small belly and chicken intestines and has ruined the reputation of our Tianwuzong."
The man in gray robe quickly echoed: "Young master is very considerate!" After saying that, he said angrily to the man on the ground: "Why are you standing there in a daze? Why don't you thank the master for your magnanimity!"
The man on the ground did not say a word, but timidly raised his head, revealing a pair of frightened eyes behind his messy hair. After taking a quick glance at the group of people, he quickly withdrew his gaze, shrinking his neck, looking timid.
The man in gray robe felt bored when he saw this, kicked him impatiently, and chased Mr. Li away.
When Xie Wanyou saw Mr. Li and his entourage walking towards him, he silently took a step back to make way for this small group, which seemed to know how to cause trouble at first glance.
When Mr. Li passed by her, he couldn't help but sneered: "Now any country bumpkin dares to come to test the competition."
After Mr. Li and his party walked away, the other participants in the trial competition dared to whisper.
"How crazy..."
"He is the young master of the Tianwuzong. He can refine a first-class elixir before he is fifty. Who is crazy if he is not crazy?"
"Shh, stop talking. He will definitely be able to join the Tianyuan Dan Sect, and it will be too late for others to fawn over him. Be careful if someone with intentions complains, you will not be able to reap the consequences!"
Xie Wanyou: "..."
Xie Wan thought humorously, it turns out that being able to refine a mediocre elixir before the age of fifty is considered a gift. Are the standards of the alchemy profession so low?
People can refine a first-grade medium-grade product at the age of fifty, but she made it in a few days and refined it into a first-grade product.
No wonder Shopkeeper Lin said she has great talent...
Xie Wan was humorous for a moment and came to a conclusion——
It feels so good to be a genius!
The mobilization meeting in the dojo over there was over, the elders started calling names, and the people who were called lined up to enter the dojo one by one.
Xie Wanyou noticed that the young man who had just been pushed to the ground had gotten up again. After his name was called by the elder, he limped towards the dojo with his head lowered and his limbs felt inexplicably uncoordinated.
His name is Si Wu.
Xie Wanyou felt a sense of disobedience in her heart. Before she could think about it, she heard the elder calling out her pseudonym. Xie Wanyou had no choice but to look away from Si Wu and walked into the dojo.
A disciple led Xie Wanyou to her location: "Xie Wan, this is your alchemy furnace."
Xie Wanyou thanked him and stood in front of the alchemy furnace.
On the first seat, the head of the Bixiao Dan Sect glanced at her vaguely. Xie Wanyou lowered her eyes, took a deep breath, and asked Xiaobai in her sleeve to help her light the fire.
In fact, before setting off in the morning, the sect leader came to see her specifically to talk about the trial competition.
According to Xie Wanyou's ability, she can easily get the results of the first few in the competition, but the sect master's intention is to let her temporarily hide her edge in the trial competition and control her results to be above average.
Xie Wanyou still remembers what the sect leader said to her: "Tianyuan Dan Sect has been targeting Bixiao Danzong for a long time. If a genius chooses Bixiao instead of Tianyuan, then they would rather destroy that genius than have that genius attack Bixiao Danzong in the future.
Produce help and restore peace, do you understand?"
Xie Wanyou naturally understands that some people will be destroyed if they don't get it, and the Tianyuan Dan Sect probably has the same mentality.
So after discussion, Xie Wanyou and the sect leader decided that for this trial competition, she only needed to refine a lower-grade elixir.
This result is considered good, but it is not very impressive.
After thinking about it, Xie Wanyou took the required materials according to the test questions of the trial competition.
Taking into account the unstable success rate of alchemy, in the trial competition, the participants need to refine three furnaces of elixirs within the specified time, and the furnace with the highest grade of elixirs will be used as the final score.
What Xie Wanyou plans to refine are first-grade low-grade Spirit Gathering Pill, Qingxu Pill, and Marrow Repair Pill.
Xie Wanyou had refined these elixirs many times in Bihetang. Now he grabbed a handful of the spiritual herbs needed to refine the spirit-gathering elixir and threw them all into the alchemy furnace.
People who accidentally saw this scene: "??"
You threw in so much spiritual grass at once, can you refine it?!
Where did this alchemy idiot come from!
Seeing this scene, Mr. Li also sneered disdainfully.
You are really overestimating your abilities. Do you think that refining alchemy is just playing house? It would be weird if you don’t blow up the furnace if you are fooling around like this!
But after waiting for a long time, the alchemy furnace never exploded.
Mr. Li frowned and turned his head, only to find that the woman who was randomly refining the pill was standing in front of the pill furnace, with a look of confusion on her face.
Damn it, she's not wondering why she didn't refine the elixir, right?
The spiritual grass was probably burned to ashes by the fire!
Mr. Li raised the corners of his mouth, glanced at the woman named "Xie Wan" with disdain for the last time, and began to concentrate on refining the elixir.
He carefully put a piece of spiritual grass into the alchemy furnace and carefully began to refine it. After a while, he finally successfully refined the spiritual grass, and beads of sweat appeared on his face.
Mr. Li didn't even have time to wipe his sweat, so he took the time to put in the next piece of spiritual grass and repeat the refining process.
In the middle of the process, he couldn't help but glance at "Xie Wan" again, and saw her standing in front of the alchemy furnace blankly, as if she was at a loss. There was still no movement in the alchemy furnace, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of condescension and pride in his heart.
Perhaps because of this reason, he was in good condition today, and he actually made a medium-grade elixir in the first batch!
The disciples who were watching were in an uproar. Mr. Li raised his face and his smile grew wider.
The other people in the trial competition saw him refining a mediocre elixir. They were probably beaten too hard, and the atmosphere was visibly depressed.
Mr. Li continued his efforts, rested for a while, and then continued to refine the second batch of elixirs.
He raised his head and glanced at "Xie Wan". She still maintained the same posture as before, motionless.
When Mr. Li finished refining the third batch of elixirs, "Xie Wan" didn't even make any move. Seeing that the time was about to end, Mr. Li was gloating at the misfortune, but he also began to wonder.
What on earth is she waiting for?
Others who noticed "Xie Wan" had the same confusion.
What on earth is she waiting for?
Is she really not going to struggle any more? Is she just going to get through the trial competition like this?
"Have you seen that girl? She has maintained this posture for almost a quarter of an hour. Is she in trance?"
"I think he can't bear the blow, so he must be stupid."
"Come on, with her posture of throwing away the spirit grass, it's obvious at first glance that she doesn't understand. It's weird that she can refine the elixir!"
"Am I the only one curious about what she is doing? The trial competition is almost over! I have never seen such a person in a trial competition."
The onlookers were talking a lot, but Xie Wanyou didn't seem to hear it, all his attention was focused on the alchemy furnace.
She was very sure that there was an elixir being formed in the alchemy furnace.
But why has it not been finished yet?
Xie Wanyou has never encountered such a situation before, so he can only wait and wait for it to be refined.
She also wondered if she had made any mistakes in refining the elixir today, but no matter how she reviewed, purified, and fused it, there was no problem with the three steps of making the elixir. They were all done according to her past standards.
If I have to say something is wrong... it is that Xiaobai's fire is too easy to use. When she was refining, it seemed that she accidentally refined it very cleanly...
Xie Wanyou was puzzled by the connection, so he could only suppress the doubts in his heart and stare at the alchemy furnace closely.
The trial competition came to an end soon, and many people had handed over three batches of elixirs, but Xie Wanyou was the only one who had not finished even one batch of elixirs.
Luo Ruxi was watching from the viewing area. She was almost anxious for her junior sister. She pinched her senior brother's hand and said with a ferocious expression, "I was just telling you why your eyelids kept twitching. It turns out you are waiting for me here!"
The eldest brother's gentle and steady expression was unable to be maintained by her. He bared his teeth and said, "Don't worry! I do think there might be some unexpected turn of events."
Luo Ruxi said anxiously: "Then what do you think there is going to be? The work is over in half a cup of tea. Junior sister, she hasn't even made one furnace! It's really strange. She was in Bihetang before.
To be continued...