When Suyan and Zuo Feng were talking, Hubo didn't speak. He didn't know much about the Xuanwu Empire as much as Suyan, who came from a high-ranking family in the empire, but he also knew everything Suyan said.
The two of them didn't know that Zuo Feng was deep in thought, and his thoughts had already flown to the distant Ye Lin Empire. Zuo Feng still doesn't understand. He and other people from Zuojia Village are obviously members of the empire, so why are the two neighboring empires so different?
, his Ye Lin Empire just gave up on himself and others.
He shook his head slightly, cleared the thoughts from his mind, and said: "Why is it so troublesome to select medicines? From this small town all the way up, I'm afraid it will be difficult to reach the end in just a few months."
Su Yan nodded and said: "Every aspect of the competition that takes place every three years attaches great importance to the drug selection, so the selection process is really troublesome. For example, we are participating now because we don't have any aristocratic family or background as a guarantee.
You can only start from the lowest level of competition.
If we were in the Kang family or our Su family at this moment, the situation would be completely different. We could directly participate in the main city level competition, and many tedious competitions in the middle could be ignored."
Zuo Feng shook his head depressedly. Su Yan had already mentioned this before, but after signing up, Zuo Feng felt that the more troublesome the selection process was, the more detrimental it would be to him. In this unfamiliar Tushan Town, if the other party wanted
If you deliberately make things difficult for yourself, I'm afraid something may not happen in the subsequent selections.
"Actually, it's just a little more trouble. With Brother Shen's skills, it's not a problem at all to break through and reach the end of the competition. Even if those people are up to no good in private, they won't be able to trouble Brother Shen at all."
Amber, who had been silent until now, finally couldn't help but speak. Her confidence in Zuo Feng could be clearly heard from her words and tone.
With a slight movement in his heart, Zuo Feng turned to look at Su Yan, and saw that Su Yan also showed a confident expression on the other side. Zuo Feng thought about it for a moment and understood that these two guys must have taken the drug before.
After taking the Jiedu Powder, when discussing alchemy techniques with Amber for more than ten days, Amber was full of praise for him, which made the two of them have confidence in themselves.
Sighing in a low voice, Zuo Feng himself was not that optimistic, especially the mental fluctuations he had felt in the town before. This fluctuation made Zuo Feng feel that the other party's mental cultivation was not simple.
Although he possesses the telekinesis power that all medicine refiners dream of, the Xuanwu Empire's medicine refining techniques are so extensive and profound that Zuo Feng really doesn't dare to boast that he can defeat his opponent.
After a moment of hesitation, Zuo Feng turned to Su Yan and said, "You only talked about some general conditions of the competition, but you didn't mention a word about how the competition will be conducted, the content of the competition, and the judging criteria."
After Zuo Feng's question was thrown out, Su Yan fell into silence immediately. After a long while, she said awkwardly: "Actually, I don't know much about refining medicine, and I have only visited the medicine selection competition a few times.
It’s just a competition above the county level, I’ve never seen this kind of competition below the town level.”
"What!"
Zuo Feng opened his mouth in disbelief and pointed at her bare face without closing her mouth for a long time. He never expected that this girl was confident but had no idea about the real content and judging criteria of the competition. This made Zuo Feng feel even more
I have no bottom in my heart.
Turning to look at Amber, he found that Amber was also looking at him with a helpless smile. Seeing Zuo Feng looking over, Amber had no choice but to explain: "You also know how strict the Kang family is in managing alchemy.
Even though I was very interested in alchemy in the past, I didn't dare to practice alchemy at all. So I don't know much about the general competition for selecting medicinal herbs. I'm afraid I don't know as much as Miss Su Yan.
"
Zuo Feng had been huffing and puffing before, and was so frightened that Su Yan did not dare to say anything. Now seeing Amber explaining to him, he felt even more confident, pinched his hands on his waist, and said, "You see, this kind of town-city competition
It’s not surprising that we don’t know. With your level, are you afraid of being defeated by them? It’s in vain that Amber and the young master have such high regard for you.”
Zuo Feng sighed and said slowly: "If you don't know clearly, don't talk nonsense. The difference in refining medicine is not a competition between two people. The level of combat effectiveness can only be determined after a fight. But in refining medicine.
The level of the skill must be judged by refining the medicine. If the other party tampers with this aspect, the medicine I refine is obviously not bad in quality, but the other party insists that my refining failed, and I will be helpless at that time."
Suyan and Hubo were originally full of confidence, but after Zuo Feng said these words, their faces suddenly fell.
Suyan hesitated for a moment, then said: "I once witnessed the medicine competition in Linshan County. At that time, they refined the medicine on the spot, and then three people from the empire selected it. Moreover, the Xuanwu Empire has a unique device for testing medicines.
, which can be used to judge the quality of drugs.
There are so many ways to test the quality of drugs, I think even if they wanted to do some tricks, they probably wouldn’t be able to pull off any tricks.”
Although Su Yan said this, it could be seen from her eyes that even she had no confidence in herself. Zuo Feng was already a little depressed, but now was not the time to argue with Su Yan. He raised his head and looked at the sky, and said slowly:
"Should we continue to spend the night on the boat tonight, or should we find a hotel in the town to stay?"
This was the second time that Zuo Feng changed the subject. He found that no matter what he talked about with Suyan, the other party would always make him half angry to death, so he might as well put the important issues aside. Suyan was not right at all.
If he was of any help, it would only cause trouble for him, so when he spoke this time, he looked at Amber instead.
I don't know if he is used to following orders, but Zuo Feng in Amber Room wanted to ask himself and subconsciously wanted to see Su Yan's reaction, but Zuo Feng moved his body first, blocking the way between him and Su Yan.
Amber showed a hint of embarrassment, but still said: "We were on our way a few days ago, and we were also afraid of exposing our whereabouts, so we were very careful not to stay in any villages or towns along the way. Now we have arrived at Linshan County
I believe the enemy won’t dare to run wild here, so we’d better go to the town to find a place to rest, so that little brother Shen Feng can recharge his batteries to deal with the competition.”
Without waiting for Su Yan to express his stance, Zuo Feng said loudly: "Then it's settled, let's go to Tushan Town to find a place to rest."
After saying that, Zuo Feng walked out of the woods first, and at the same time asked Amber to follow. Suyan stood there with her little mouth pouted and stared angrily at Zuo Feng. After a while, she stamped her feet on the ground fiercely, and then cursed in a low voice.
After "cheapskate", he quickly followed the two people in front.
Su Yan also knew in her heart that although the matter of participating in the competition to select medicines was not smooth, she could suffer a small loss according to Zuo Feng's method but would not offend the two mayors. However, she had a bad temper to begin with.
The three old men showed no regard for Zuo Feng, which completely ignited her anger, which led to the situation where she made the bet later.
It could be said that Su Yan had caused this embarrassment all by herself. Now that Zuo Feng was clearly retaliating against her, she had to swallow her breath.
When the three people returned to the town again, the sky had begun to darken, and the food, fruits, etc. that had been placed all over the street had also been taken away. Although the street was still lively at this time, compared to Zuo Feng
It was still much different when they came before.
Zuo Feng originally thought about bringing Amber here to eat something, but now it seems that this wishful thinking has come to nothing.
The three of them walked towards the town. When they walked from the street to the end, they discovered an embarrassing problem. The only three inns in the town were all full, and not even one room could be vacated. No matter how hard Zuo Feng tried,
Talking, Su Yan offered generous terms, but no inn was willing to take the three of them in.
With no other choice, the three of them had to find a restaurant first, let Amber have a full meal, and then left Tushan Town helplessly.
When they left Tushan Town, the three of them were obviously in a very bad mood. Although Amber belonged to a servant, he belonged to a family like the Kang family. He was bound to be respected by others wherever he went. How had he ever been treated like this?
Cowardly.
Not to mention Miss Su Yan, who was born in a wealthy family, her face was so gloomy that she was almost dripping with water. Zuo Feng believed that if he did not stand out from the competition in the end, Su Yan would not easily let the two townspeople of this town go.
Chang He, the city lord named Lin.
All three of them knew clearly that someone must be deliberately making things difficult. Otherwise, in such a small town, even if it became extremely lively due to the medicine selection competition, there would never be a room that could not be vacant.
Moreover, when they later went to the restaurant to eat, they only ordered an ordinary six dishes and three bowls of rice, but they were actually charged fifteen silver coins.
It's not that the three of them can't come up with the money, but they don't take it very seriously. But what Su Yan and Amber feel is that their faces are damaged, and for them, losing face is more important than anything else.
Zuo Feng's heart is now full of anger, not because of any loss of face, but because the other party obviously treats the three of him as rich enemies. Zuo Feng hates others treating him as a fool, and this is also
It shows that the other party has shown hostility.
It doesn't have to be like tomorrow's competition will never go smoothly. Even if the other party looks down on your alchemy skills, they will definitely use some despicable means to embarrass themselves. And the piece of gold cake without makeup obviously made the two mayors tempted.
Looking at how greedy they were at that time, they would not let go of such a large amount of money easily.
However, Zuo Feng also secretly made up his mind that he must go all out in this competition. It will not be the end of the next round of Tushan City competition. He must enter the next round with the first place result.