Chapter 423: No killing is allowed during this alchemy refining
"Under suspicion, passive value, +892."
Everyone was shocked when they saw Xu Xiaoshou among the few young people following many old men.
"Are you kidding me? Xu Xiaoshou, are you really going up there?"
"Is this guy teasing us or..."
"Are you kidding? Is it necessary for Xu Xiaoshou to tease you? Who are you? I remember that this guy is really an alchemist."
"Hmm? Do you remember?"
"Yes, I seem to have seen him in the Alchemy Pagoda that day, but he has always been in the upper echelons. I don't know whether he is selling elixirs or buying elixirs, or is really an alchemist."
"Alchemy Tower? Also the upper level alchemist?"
Now even people from different counties and cities laughed out loud.
The others don't know it, but Dan Pagoda, among all of you, who has never gone there to buy elixirs?
Who doesn't know that the higher the Alchemy Pagoda goes, the higher it goes, to places only high-level alchemists can go.
But Xu Xiaoshou...
"I do not believe!"
"If you want to say that this guy went to blow up the alchemy tower, it's still possible, but if you want to say that this pervert can also make alchemy..."
"Well, if you put it this way, when Xu Xiaoshou left that day, the Dan Pagoda did explode."
"???"
Now everyone was confused.
Xu Xiaoshou, did you really blow up the Dan Pagoda?
"I do not believe!"
"Xu Xiaoshou hangs up again. With this strength, he goes to blow up the Dan Pagoda. Are you kidding me? He is definitely going to..."
"Alchemy?"
Hearing the man's words, he paused, and everyone around him laughed.
"Haha, after talking for a long time, it really came back again."
"You kid, you'd better get ready first. Eat shit before it's hot."
"..."
The information off the stage was conveyed very quickly, and within a few moments, everyone who was not on stage basically knew about Xu Xiaoshou's visit to the Danta.
Obviously, they were more willing to believe that Xu Xiaoshou was going to make alchemy than that Xu Xiaoshou was going to blow up the alchemy tower.
But based on the previous performances of this guy, everyone realized that the situation couldn't be that simple.
Maybe, it's a combination of the two?
"Being questioned, passive value, +455."
"Being expected, passive value, +826."
"..."
Xu Xiaoshou happily walked behind many old men.
Compared to fighting, to be honest, he prefers alchemy, a gentle way of making money.
Fighting or something like that is too rough.
Not suitable for myself.
The old guys are obviously not as impatient as the young people. Even though there is still some distance between them at this moment, they still maintain their identity and take one step at a time.
Xu Xiaoshou passed by everyone along the way, and there were many old people among them who quickly ducked away as if they were avoiding the god of plague.
He couldn't help but wonder.
"Huh? You look familiar to me, senior. Why are you so far away from me?"
"I don't know, I don't know."
The old man waved his hand hurriedly, and after saying that, he looked at the direction Xu Xiaoshou was going, chose an opposite place and ran away.
Xu Xiaoshou: "..."
He clearly knew this old man, he was the guy who played chess outside the alchemy room that day.
He has "sense" and a very deep memory.
If you don’t know me, who are you trying to bluff?
Turning around, I saw another familiar face.
"No, I don't know him."
The man lowered his eyebrows and took a detour.
Xu Xiaoshou: "..."
He randomly chose someone he really didn't recognize and approached it.
"Senior, which city are you from and what is your rank?"
This must be a very kind and kind elder.
He was looking curiously at some of his friends who had fought in the past, and they all avoided Xu Xiaoshou in front of him, which was a little baffling.
It's not a fight now. Could it be that you old guys are still afraid of being picked up and beaten by this guy?
"Tianwu City, Long Family."
"I'm Long Dan, what's the matter with you kid, can you really make elixirs?" Long Dan asked, with deep doubts in his eyes.
Although he admired Xu Xiaoshou's fighting prowess, it did not affect his disbelief at the moment.
Alchemy and spirit refining are two completely different paths.
Without years of immersion, if you dare to take action at such a dinner party, you will be despised by your fellow alchemists and ridiculed to the point where you will not be able to hold your head up in the future.
"G."
Xu Xiaoshou said modestly.
He finally understood that those who were avoiding him were basically from Tiansang City.
And in such a small circle of alchemy circles in Tiansang City, it was obvious that they were basically all aware of what happened to the alchemy pagoda that day.
Xu Xiaoshou was actually deeply sorry for the damage he had caused.
Therefore, people really cannot be arrogant, otherwise they will easily lose friends.
Xu Xiaoshou, who realized this, also paid attention to the propriety of his words when talking to the old man in front of him.
Long Dan frowned when he heard this.
G?
How to make alchemy, is it something you can just play with?
These four words made him feel that the sacred way of alchemy had been blasphemed.
"Being despised, passive value, +1."
Xu Xiaoshou was stunned.
He didn't expect that he would be looked down upon by others if he kept a low profile.
Thinking about it, he took out a badge from the ring and pinned it on his chest.
"Although I am just playing for fun, at any rate, I am also a person who has obtained the alchemist badge."
Xu Xiaoshou explained.
Long Dan glanced subconsciously and saw the unique mark of the Alchemist Association tattooed on the badge.
An alchemy cauldron with ten white clouds at the bottom.
"Tenth grade?"
The contempt in his eyes could no longer be concealed.
"You kid, are you really just playing for fun?"
Xu Xiaoshou was stunned, but saw that the old man also clapped his hands and had a badge tattooed on his chest.
One alchemy cauldron, six white clouds!
"Sixth grade?"
"Grandmaster level alchemist?"
Xu Xiaoshou paused.
Anyone who dares to talk to me casually is already at the Grandmaster level?
How deep is the water here?
You must know that alchemy is not as good as spirit refining because it is extremely difficult and requires a lot of experience, so it is beyond the level.
In other words, the actual status of an innate-level alchemist is no less than that of a powerful master.
As for this Dragon Pill and this badge, at least when you get to the Pill Tower in Tiansang City, you will be treated as a distinguished guest!
The old men who were approaching also paused in their steps.
"Old Long, when did you get the sixth-grade badge, and you didn't say a word!" The speaker's voice was also full of disbelief.
As soon as he said this, people from far away looked at him sideways.
Seeing the solemn look in everyone's eyes, Xu Xiaoshou immediately realized that even if it was the competition standard on the eve of the White Cave, a sixth-grade alchemist was still an extremely impressive existence.
"So, if I want to defeat them, I have to get at least a sixth-grade elixir?"
Xu Xiaoshou suddenly had a headache.
He looked at the tenth-level badge on his body, and then thought of his pill-condensing technique with a very low pill-forming rate.
"It's difficult."
When the audience saw these sixth-grade badges, they were also excited for a moment.
Alchemists are all extremely arrogant at heart, but very low-key in their actions.
They couldn't do something similar to Xu Xiaoshou's embarrassing behavior of wearing a badge and walking on the street.
Therefore, when facing old guys with unknown levels, everyone can only guess their strength based on their previous levels or recent performance.
As for the sixth grade, everyone here has basically never encountered them except for occasionally seeing a few at the stairway of the Dan Pagoda!
"No, you are focusing on the wrong thing. Look at Xu Xiaoshou!" someone corrected him.
"What's wrong?"
"Tenth grade badge!"
"...Isn't this normal?"
"Something's wrong, he's Xu Xiaoshou! Shouldn't he take out a first-grade badge?"
"???"
"Brother, which camp are you from?"
"Uh, sorry."
Seeing the fierce looks in the eyes of the people around him, the speaker immediately became frightened: "I just think that if it is Xu Xiaoshou, there might be more to it than that."
"Anghaha, you think too much, Xu Xiaoshou? He is just a claptrap. Do you really think he is an all-rounder? A god descending to earth?"
"But he has already taken out the tenth-grade badge. This means that he can at least make alchemy. What about you? Where is your shit?"
"..."
"Being cursed, passive value, +1."
A tenth-grade badge completely cut off everyone's hidden respect for Xu Xiaoshou.
Even Fu Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
To be honest, he still couldn't figure out why a tenth-level alchemist could blow up the alchemy tower like that.
But the vague clarity in his heart told him.
The reason why Xu Xiaoshou is ranked tenth is because President Shiti has stopped giving him a chance.
In other words, his lower limit is level ten, but his upper limit may be the same as this guy's usual style, there is no upper limit at all!
"Not that much."
"It shouldn't happen."
Fu Xing rubbed his hands, thinking in his eyes.
"If he can hold himself to death, he will be considered as an eighth grader. He will be able to hold up to the sky, right?"
"No!"
"If it's Xu Xiaoshou...seventh grade, there can't be any more!"
"Seventh grade, there is definitely no way to blow up this place."
"After all, even in the previous battle, only half of the banquet hall was destroyed. How can making alchemy be as scary as fighting?"
…
Crowds of people poured into the ruins.
All the alchemists looked at this miserable place and looked unhappy.
This place should have been a high platform, but because of someone...
They all looked at Xu Xiaoshou at the same time, only to see this young man standing behind him, actually starting to close his eyes and meditate?
"hateful……"
Fu Xing watched everyone ascending to the ruins, nodded and said: "There are no other unnecessary restrictions in the alchemy competition."
"There are a total of two hundred and thirty-two alchemists present. The number is indeed a bit large, but there is no problem in refining alchemy at the same time."
"The City Lord's Mansion is very large, and the respective protective barriers will be provided later. There is a small self-contained space inside, which is enough for your ordinary alchemy."
"Remember, the protective barrier must be opened, this is the key point!"
After Fu Xing emphasized a little, he saw that everyone was confused and obviously didn't know why this was the important point, so he sighed softly.
Without further explanation, he glanced at Xu Xiaoshou, who had his eyes closed, shook his head and continued:
"Then, regarding alchemy, each person has three chances."
"Take the highest-grade elixir among your three opportunities for the final competition."
"And this time, we invited the referee from Tiansang City Alchemist Association to evaluate the elixir..."
"President Shiti!"
Hearing this familiar name, Xu Xiaoshou's newly closed eyes couldn't help but open.
As soon as he finished speaking, the familiar figure of the immortal spirit descended from the horizon.
"Shiti?"
"So he's here too?"
"This old guy still likes to play the trick of appearing at the end?"
After Shiti descended, he gave Xu Xiaoshou his first glance inadvertently.
But after one glance, his face suddenly darkened, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he immediately glanced away.
There was a hint of suppressed irritability in his kind and kind expression, and Shiti said in a dull voice: "You are all old acquaintances, so I won't introduce you anymore, let's get started."
"Um?"
Many old alchemists were a little surprised.
Good old master, has your uncle come to see you today? Has he changed his gender?
This neither salty nor bland humming tone is unlike him. Could it be that this old man was taken away from his body?
When Xu Xiaoshou saw Shi Ti's appearance, he knew that his anger had not subsided, and he immediately laughed awkwardly.
I guess there was some reason why I didn’t come out to my lover’s house before...
He continued to close his eyes.
If the highest-level alchemist here exists at the sixth level, obviously, his current cooking skills... Bah, the level of alchemy is far from enough!
"You have to force me to take action after all."
Xu Xiaoshou glanced at the information bar and planned to cheat.
Suddenly his eyes widened.
"Passive value: 218899."
"?"
"!"
"Fuck!!!"
Everyone was shocked.
The people who came on stage this time were all old people, and their hearts were not as big as those of young people. They were almost knocked out of their minds by Xu Xiaoshou's voice.
"Young man, do you still know how to be respectful?"
Long Dan was not far away and couldn't help but scolded him.
Forget about fighting before.
The struggle among the young generation can be described as high-spirited and arrogant.
But now it's the old man's territory, it's a competition between alchemists!
Above, President Shiti was watching.
You are only a tenth grader, what qualifications do you have to shout here?
Xu Xiao felt horrified under the pressure.
He realized that the bulk of this terrifying passive value should come from the high-frequency attacks of Gu Qingsan's "True Eye of Heaven" that he had just ignored!
Putting down the information bar for the moment, Xu Xiaoshou glanced at the dragon pill.
Ever since he saw that he had the 10th-grade badge, this guy seemed to be distracted and didn't take him seriously at all.
But it was indeed my fault at this moment.
On such a serious occasion, I really couldn't hold myself together just now, so I should apologize.
"I'm sorry, I scared you all. It's a habit of mine. I yell when I'm nervous. I forgot that you all have bad hearts. I'm really sorry."
Everyone: "..."
Everyone was so angry that their teeth itched.
This guy's words are too impressive!
Is it intentional or deliberate?
But this guy clearly looked sincerely apologetic.
After apologizing without saying a single insult, it’s really...
hateful!
"Cursed, passive value, +232."
Keep your identity to yourself, it's not easy to argue with Xu Xiaoshou.
But even if I don't say it, I feel like it's stuck in my throat and it's very uncomfortable.
All the old alchemists were so nervous that they might not be able to let it go tonight.
"Calm down, the next step is to refine the elixir. This kid may have already started to use tricks."
"You can't get in his way!"
Long Dan glanced at Xu Xiaoshou coldly and sneered: "Sharp teeth and sharp mouth."
"Received praise, passive value, +1."
Xu Xiaoshou looked at him and laughed.
Sometimes, there are people in this world who judge people by their appearance.
Before the badge was taken out, this guy still had some vague basic respect for himself based on his ability to judge.
But seeing that the other party is completely inferior to them in their own field, some people's arrogance cannot be concealed at all.
Xu Xiaoshou didn't argue much with the old man. He was a reasonable person.
"Give."
In a few steps, he rushed to Long Dan's side and squeezed away an old man beside him.
"Senior, please give me some advice. I feel like your feng shui is really good here, and you will definitely be able to help me become an elixir!"
"Ah."
Long Dan looked away and shook his head gently: "Little guy, you don't care about Feng Shui when making elixirs. What you really want to do is not to stand here and grandstand at this moment, but to go down and immerse yourself in it for a few more years!"
"Alchemy is not soul refining. There are no master spiritual skills that can be acquired innately."
"If you want to reach the sky in one step, it's still early for you!"
"Received a lesson, passive value, +1."
Xu Xiaoshou looked eagerly with respect on his face.
"Senior's lesson is correct, then I will refine elixirs here with you? I can observe them later."
"It just so happens that I also want to see how the sixth-grade elixir is exploded, bah, into an elixir!"
Long Dan raised his chin, noncommittal.
"casual."
After all, this place is not the Long Family, and this is not Tianwu City.
After all, standing on the same competitive stage at this moment, even if there is a huge difference in strength, where Xu Xiaoshou wants to stand, he, Dragon Pill, really has no right to care.
Shi Ti, who was on the stage, accidentally glanced and saw that Long and Xu were so close that they were almost touching each other. His eyes suddenly widened and he stood up from his chair in fright.
Although Long Dan may be a little harsh when talking to juniors, there is really nothing to say about his alchemy skills.
This kind of guy...
Can't die!
How can you make elixirs next to Xu Xiaoshou?
Don't you want your life?
Shiti winked crazily, "You're just in the spiritual realm, who on earth gave you the courage to stand next to Xu Xiaoshou?"
Have you secretly cultivated a spiritual skill that can withstand the defense wall of the Dan Tower, or do you think you can do whatever you want after entering the sixth level in the past few months?
Confused!
No matter how much he complained in his mind, the distance between the two sides was still a bit far, and Long Dan couldn't receive Shi Ti's eyes at all.
Seeing that Fu Xing was about to announce the start of the game, Shiti finally couldn't help it anymore.
He slapped the table, attracting everyone's attention, and then focused their attention on Xu Xiaoshou.
"No killing is allowed during this alchemy refining!"
Everyone:???
Not only those on the stage, but also those off the stage were confused.
"what's the situation?"
"Isn't this an alchemy competition? Killing people. Is President Shiti out of his mind?"
"Hush, be quiet, be careful what you say."
"Well, I was wrong, but look at the direction of President Shiti's gaze..."
"Dragon Pill?"
"That's not true. Xu Xiaoshou is a bit tricky, so he wouldn't use a furnace to kill people, right?"
"Hmm, I support Xu Xiaoshou this time. This guy is indeed a genius. It would be nice to suffer some setbacks in the alchemy path, so that he will be unable to recover, and then the world will lose a genius, and we will have another chance to rise.
.”
"Damn, you are so cruel!"
"..."
Xu Xiaoshou looked at Shi Ti in a daze.
At this moment, he felt that this guy was possessed by Xiao Qixiu.
Why are all the weird words being directed at me, Xu Xiaoshou, to say nirvana?
I'm very kind, okay!
He subconsciously wanted to retaliate, but he thought that this was not Tiansang Ling Palace, and the two parties were not very familiar with each other, so he still had to give his teacher some face.
"Okay." Xu Xiaoshou smiled.
In an instant, Shiti's legs and feet went weak, and his face turned green.
"Fu Xing, your city lord's palace is holding a dinner party. Where is the throne?"
"How come I don't see a single throne here?"
"This is too dangerous!"
Fu Xing was startled, he did feel dangerous, but...
"Mr. Feng figured that he had something to do temporarily and should be back soon. Senior Vigil just happened to be here too, so it wouldn't be..."
As one of the parties involved, he was very aware of Shi Ti's concerns.
Wasn’t it just that he was blown up by Danta?
calm down.
This is the city lord's palace. With me, Fu Xing, always vigilant and holding the large barrier protective shield, what kind of trouble can he, Xu Xiaoshou, make?
Vigil also smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's not a big problem."
Shiti's expression suddenly fell into a trance.
Why do these words sound so familiar?
"The competition begins, a pot of elixirs is given for a quarter of an hour!"
"Timing begins!"
When he regained consciousness, Fu Xing had already announced the rules.
"this……"
Shiti breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly relaxed, and sat down on the seat.
Um.
It's really not a big problem.
This is the City Lord's Mansion, not the Alchemy Pagoda. I am a dog and a mouse, so I am meddling in my own business.
…
Everyone in the field received the protective shield spirit card. Some chose to turn it on, while others wanted to show off their skills but did not turn it on.
Xu Xiaoshou looked at Long Dan rubbing the spiritual tablets, hesitated a little, and immediately smiled:
"Senior, I heard that an eighth-level alchemist can unite his mind and body and is not afraid of outside interference. Is that true?"
"Huh?" Long Dan turned around, not sure why.
Xu Xiaoshou didn't say much, but sighed lowly and laughed at himself: "Alchemy is really profound and profound. A person like me, who is only tenth grade, has to open the spiritual tablets."
As he said that, he pressed the spiritual tablet in his hand, opened the protective shield, and the figure suddenly blurred.
Long Dan frowned.
His fingers were clasped around the center of the spiritual pattern, but his eyes fell on the seventh- and eighth-level alchemists who had not opened their protective shields.
Level 7, don’t open the protective shield?
These guys...
It is said that the eighth level can condense the spirit, but who can predict the accident of alchemy?
Long Dan lowered his eyebrows and glanced at the spiritual tablet, and suddenly put the thing down out of nowhere.
"Oh, it's just a protective shield."
With a bang, a dark and exquisite leader Danding was placed on top of the ruins.
At this moment, everyone turned their attention.
"Oh My God."
"A sixth-grade alchemist, you want to open the furnace on the spot? Are you going to show us the world?"
"Oh my god, this is my first time watching the sixth-grade alchemy. Senior Long Dan doesn't open the protective shield. Didn't we make a lot of money today?"
"Damn it, I just watched Xu Xiaoshou's performance the whole time, and now he's not alone anymore."
"Hey, I didn't mention him anymore. This guy is hiding. After all, alchemy is not his home field."
"Hehe, that's true."
"..."
The corners of Long Dan's lips curled up unconsciously.
He glanced at the crowd with his peripheral vision, and suddenly understood why these low-level alchemists were risking the explosion of the furnace without opening the protective shield.
"Boom."
There was another sudden muffled sound.
Long Dan looked sideways and saw an old man not far away looking over at the same time.
On the side of his chest, there is also a sixth grade badge.
"Old Chen Qi..."
"Let's have a test?"
The old man who was called Chen Qi laughed and said with a smile.
"Competition? How can you lose me?"
"Boom."
There was another muffled sound of the alchemy cauldron being placed. The two of them looked sideways at the same time and saw another old man speaking.
"Old Li Tou, haven't you been stuck in the seventh rank for thirteen years? How dare you go out and make some progress?" Chen Qi mocked.
"Tsk, tsk, it seems that without a badge, I am not qualified to talk to you?"
Li Mingji showed a cheerful smile.
Without a brush or two, who dares to call himself a sixth-grade alchemist?
With a snap, he clapped his hand and a badge was tattooed on his chest.
There was a roar from the audience, and the pot was set off.
"Sixth-grade alchemist, three?"
"My mother, it's worth coming here tonight. I'm going to make crazy money on this trip."
"What Xu Xiaoshou, Gu Qingsan, go to hell, dare to love this alchemy battle, is the real peak showdown."
"I'm going to faint. In previous years, the highest level was only seven or eight. This time..."
"How can it be the same this time? All the major families have gone crazy for the White Cave quota!"
"Tsk tsk..."
Snap!
At this moment, a high-pitched cracking sound suddenly sounded in the field, directly suppressing everyone's discussion.
That sound was clearly the sound of the barrier breaking.
Everyone was stunned.
The alchemy process has just begun, and someone explodes the furnace?
Everyone looked up and saw Xu Xiaoshou emerging from the barrier fragments with an embarrassed look on his face.
While scratching his head, he looked at Fu Xing and couldn't help but exclaim: "You are too picky, isn't this your self-contained space?"
He pointed at the fragments on the ground, bared his teeth and said, "It's so small that even the alchemy cauldron can't fit in it. Do you want to squeeze me to death in it?"
Payment bank:???
What's the meaning?
etc……
Can’t even release the alchemy?
He suddenly realized something was wrong, it seemed...
"Give."
However, Xu Xiaoshou had already rudely pushed his head in the direction of Long Dan, and then suddenly took out a large bathtub under the displeased gaze of the old man.
"boom!"
It was completely different from the muffled sound of an ordinary alchemy tripod falling to the ground. The milky white bathtub fell, like a heavy hammer hitting the floor hard, and everyone's hearts skipped a beat at the same time.
The ruins couldn't resist at all, and suddenly the rubble flew away, causing the nearby Long Dan's face to hurt.
The old man stared blankly at the big bathtub for a long time, then glanced at Xiao Wu's own alchemy cauldron, his eyelids twitched, and then he recovered from his dumbfounded state and looked at Xu Xiaoshou.