The potion is still just the fourth-level "Ice Jade Spirit-Building Liquid", and the liquid dripping into the jade bowl is still so fluorescent.

It's just that it was originally the alchemist participating in the competition who was very nervous and excited, but now it has turned into Lu Yao, Cao Cheng and the other judges who are extremely confused.

The potion fell drop by drop into the jade bowl. Lu Yao, who was the nearest, had the right time and place, and wanted to see clearly what was strange about this young man.

What is it that makes Senior Cao Cheng come so eagerly to be "ordinary" and specifically add that quota?

When the liquid medicine rolled out of the bottle and appeared in Lu Yao's field of vision, he keenly discovered the difference in this medicine.

The recipe used to refine the potion is different from others, and the color is slightly darker than other potions.

The alchemists who are observing with their mental power may not be able to detect this, but the strong martial souls can see it with their eyes that can see the smallest details.

However, as far as the color is concerned, he, a martial arts cultivator, cannot judge whether there is anything special about it. He can only easily judge the quality of the potion from the golden light covering the steps of the mist ladder.

In the midst of everyone's expectations, the golden brilliance finally began to rise. The first level, the second level, and the third level passed by in a flash, but suddenly dropped at the fourth level.

Judging from my own experience, this potion has already shown signs of being unable to survive at the fourth level, so it is very likely that it will not be able to reach the fifth level of efficacy.

And even if it reaches the fifth level, so what, the gap with senior Cao Cheng’s expectations is still too big!

As expected, the golden brilliance stopped when the fourth level was reached, and it did not even reach the fifth level.

As soon as this result came out, the corners of the mouths of the alchemists near Yiran's desk kept twitching, and their expressions of wanting to laugh but holding back laughter seemed no different from constipation.

The obvious thoughts in their minds also appeared on their lips:

"Are you pretending to be cool again? I really thought you were so powerful. You could refine three potions in two hours and still be so calm!"

"Actually, I'm already as tired as a dead dog, and I still have to hold on to show off."

"It's 40% effective. People who don't know would think you can also refine it to 75% effective."

As soon as he said this, Huang Huang, who was not far ahead, turned cold and turned to look at the few people. There was actually a trace of cold murderous intent in his expression.

The thin lips were slightly open, and the mouth shape was: "You trash, scold others not to take me with you!"

Those people immediately silenced themselves and did not dare to say anything more. This was nothing more than bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

Lu Yao, who didn't know what was going on, had unconcealable disappointment in his eyes after seeing that the potion was only 45% effective.

He didn't know why this young man attracted Cao Cheng's attention, but it would be disappointing if the potion he refined was only 40% effective.

Cao Cheng looked thoughtfully at the golden light on the fog ladder.

When he got the prescription, he calculated the potency of all the spiritual herbs.

He refined a potion that balanced the medicinal power of all the spiritual herbs and the Jade Ice Spring. The medicinal effect that that potion could achieve was only more than 40%.

Thinking of this, Cao Cheng stroked his beard and smiled, but he was not disappointed at all.

This little guy did not directly refine the medicine according to the prescription he wrote, which means that he also came up with this medicine on the spur of the moment.

And he wanted stability even more. The first prescription was prepared based on the traditional pursuit of balance of medicinal power. No matter what the result was, he could use it to prove what he wanted.

Then he only needs to look forward to what effect the next two potions can achieve.

Song An, who was also confused on the side, had a very strange expression. The 40% full efficacy of the medicine was far from expected.

In addition to its own understanding of medicinal properties, alchemy also has extremely stringent requirements for the integration of medicinal powers, the most stringent of which is the prescription.

The spiritual herbs used will affect the efficacy of the medicine to a greater or lesser extent, but I haven't heard that the same medicine can be made into the same medicine.

Before Cao Cheng came, he didn't think that this young man's prescription could be refined into a potion.

After Cao Cheng came, he thought that this young man would most likely be a dark horse, and the potion he would make would be absolutely amazing.

After all, the ice jade spirit-building liquid is just a fourth-level potion. If there is a complete prescription, almost everyone present, including those who have been eliminated, can refine the potion, and it can even be said that the potion is highly effective.

It will all be above 60%.

In the final analysis, this test still tests the understanding of the properties of spiritual herbs, rather than the level of alchemy refining.

Then even a fourth-level alchemist may not have no chance of entering the third round.

This led Song An to begin to doubt whether this young man was an armchair strategist who was proficient in pharmacology but had a mediocre refining skills.

"Put in the second potion!" Lu Yao's voice was still majestic, with more of a hint of disappointment or indifference.

Entering the second round of testing, there were suddenly extra places, and now the results are so mediocre.

Someone immediately sneered and sneered: "You are not someone's second-generation drug addict, dragging your connections to make a name for yourself."

"I wonder how many gold coins and how many high-level spiritual herbs were spent to obtain this quota? It's a pity that he is a prodigal and cannot seize such an opportunity."

Amid the jeers of many people, Yiran dropped the second potion into the jade bowl.

With the appearance of golden brilliance, all kinds of voices in the arena suddenly stopped.

Everyone's eyes and mental energy are on the fog ladder and it is difficult to move away.

They despised Yiran because of his age and achievements. In the final analysis, it was because he was a pharmacist. Only the accumulation of time will make him stronger.

If he comes to participate in a competition at such a young age and has no outstanding results, he will only be regarded as the kind of guy who gains fame through opportunism.

But when they found out that they were wrong and that the other party really had a higher level of alchemy skills than themselves, although they were still a little unwilling, they felt more respect.

Above the fog ladder, Huang Huang was moved by the rich golden brilliance, even compared to Cao Cheng's "standard answer".

The appearance of this scene made Lu Yao on the stone platform marvel.

The first potion was 40% full, but the second potion was so pure, the only one of its kind in all these years.

He is not an alchemist, so naturally he cannot understand the various methods of alchemy.

But as the host of the Alchemist Competition for many years, I am used to many scenes.

But just like you can’t eat enough food in one bite, you can’t reach heaven in one step through spiritual practice.

For the same reason, there is no such thing as an overnight success in refining medicine. Every improvement in the efficacy of medicine requires subtle adjustments to the medicine recipe, and it also requires the alchemist to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses in each medicine refining.

However, even if they can learn from each other's strengths, Lu Yao has never encountered two potions with a difference of 20% in efficacy in his nearly 20 years of presiding over the alchemist competition.

This is not 20% of 30% to 50%, but 40% may reach 60%, or even 20% of 70%.

Under the eyes of everyone, in the expectant eyes of everyone, the golden brilliance began to rise suddenly. In a blink of an eye, it reached the first level, and after a breath, it had climbed to the sixth level, and this was far from the limit.

Just when these people took their second breath, the golden brilliance had suddenly reached the sixth level, and was heading straight to the seventh level unabated.

By the time everyone took their second breath, the golden light had firmly stepped onto the seventh step of the fog ladder.

What appears in the eyes of the judges at this moment is attention, and what appears in the eyes of all other alchemists is worship.

There are only two people, Song Li and Huang Huang.

Song Li's eyes were full of gloom and resentment.

Huang Huang surpassed him before, which already made him hate him deeply. Later, Yiran stepped on him again. This made Song Li, who had endured for many years just to become famous in one fell swoop, awaken the private demon in his heart.

Huang Huang's eyes were filled with fighting intent. He was born into a family of alchemists, and his parents were both powerful alchemists. Even if he was not as good as Cao Cheng, he was still comparable to Song An.

Huang Huang was nurtured like Yudie since childhood, and his parents were not as strict with him as Goode was with Yudie.

In addition, Huang Huang does have a unique talent in alchemy, and his affinity for the fire element is far beyond ordinary people.

Most people start practicing at the age of fourteen, and those who have the conditions can sense magic through potions at the age of thirteen. However, when he was ten years old, he accompanied his parents in refining the potion, and accidentally absorbed the "fire" on the surface of the newly-baked spiritual potion.

"Medical fire" is because the medicinal power of the spiritual grass is too powerful. Even after fusion, the residual medicinal power will still evaporate, forming medicinal fire, medicinal mines, etc. according to the medicinal power of different attributes.

Originally, if a child without spiritual practice came into contact with such "fire", he would definitely be burned to ashes. Even two spirit-level alchemists with spiritual cultivation could not stop it.

At the critical moment, Huang Huang directly absorbed all the "medicine fire" and awakened a special spiritual mansion called the Fire Spirit Demon Palace. At the same time, he became a two-star magician without any accumulation.

This is why he is naturally close to the fire element.

From then on, Huang Huang's life seemed to be a mess. He became a first-level alchemist at the age of eleven.

At the age of twelve, he reached the level of a six-star great magician. This was because his parents deliberately did not let him practice too quickly. At the same time, his alchemy skills reached the second level.

By the time he was fourteen years old, the age when ordinary people just started practicing, he had already reached the level of Seven-Star Magician and entered the third level of alchemy.

Even in the strongest sect and family in the empire where talents are rampant, such monsters are extremely rare.

As for him, who is now in his twenties, his cultivation level has reached the level of a great mage, and his alchemy skills have reached the peak of the fifth level. He only needs a chance to become a sixth level alchemist.

He was traveling this time just to find this opportunity. After seeing the alchemist competition, he actually didn't take it to heart. He just followed his own ideas and came to "have fun".

He knew that the first potion still had some shortcomings. If he refined the second potion, it would definitely reach more than 80%, but he didn't.

Because he believes that even the potion he refines casually can definitely become the number one.

But he made a mistake.

The golden brilliance finally stopped at the 85% position. When it stopped, everyone held their breath. The only thought in their minds was whether the efficacy of the third potion would surpass Senior Cao Cheng's "standard answer"

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This is the attitude of many people. They look down on those who are not as good as themselves and are jealous of those who are slightly better than themselves.

When you meet someone you can never compare to, you will feel inferior and regard that person as an unattainable god.

"Yiran's second dose of medicine is 85% effective, here's the third dose!"
Chapter completed!