Zhao Ling pointed at the bald middle-aged monk opposite and whispered: "Junior Brother Lin, that person is the biggest favorite to win this elixir assessment, Alchemist Sima Dong."
"That one over there..." She was about to introduce another person to Lin Fan, but she saw a beautiful figure suddenly walking over, interrupting her speech.
The visitor was wearing a goose-yellow short skirt, with a sweet smile on her pretty face.
Lin Fan has seen many beauties since he came to this world.
After all, practitioners can change their appearance to a certain extent.
In addition, female cultivators often have good looks. Therefore, there are few female cultivators who are not good-looking.
However, whether it looks good or not is only a relative term and an objective standard.
When the overall appearance of female cultivators is very high, the standard of so-called beauty has naturally been raised a lot.
The woman in yellow in front of her is only middle-class in terms of appearance. But coupled with her penetrating smile and ethereal temperament, she can be regarded as an out-and-out beauty.
Zhao Ling saw that Lin Fan had been staring at the woman in yellow, so he coughed quickly and said: "Junior Brother Lin, this is my cousin Zhao Mengli."
"Meng Li, this is the inner disciple Lin Fan next to me."
Lin Fan also realized his gaffe, and hurriedly handed over his hands and said: "I have met Junior Sister Zhao."
"I heard that in this alchemy master examination, a total of three alchemy masters at the pulse-opening stage participated. Apart from me and that bastard Qiu Fang, the other one couldn't be Senior Brother Lin, right?" Zhao Mengli said.
"I am the one who made Junior Sister laugh," Lin Fan said.
"Oh? I wonder how good Senior Brother Lin is at alchemy, and how many kinds of alchemy recipes he has mastered?" Zhao Mengli asked.
Zhao Ling on the side was promoted from the same lower courtyard as Lin Fan. In addition, she had already investigated Lin Fan's situation and knew it well.
This Alchemist Lin has only learned some alchemy techniques in the past year or so. How could he withstand the cross-examination of her cousin, nicknamed the Genius Alchemist.
In order to prevent Lin Fan from making a fool of himself in public, she hurriedly came to the rescue and said: "Meng Li, my cousin has something to say to you in private."
After saying that, she didn't care whether her cousin answered or not, she took her cousin's arm and walked towards a remote place.
Halfway through, she gave Lin Fan a look.
It means: I can only help you so far. Next, you have to be careful.
Although Lin Fan felt that even without the help of the other party, he would never make a fool of himself.
But he still nodded slightly to express his gratitude.
aside.
Zhao Mengli said: "Sister Ling, why are you so anxious to bring me here? I haven't finished asking you yet."
Zhao Lingxin said: "I don't know you yet? You like to ask tricky alchemy questions all day long. When Qiu Fang, who is half a bucket of water, sees you, he is like a mouse seeing a cat. He is scared to death. If I really let you finish asking
, then Junior Brother Lin will definitely lose his face on the spot."
However, this was just what she was thinking, and she would not say it out loud.
After thinking for a moment, she thought it would be better to tell her cousin the truth. In this case, she might be able to help her cousin Lin in the alchemy examination.
Let Junior Brother Lin not be too embarrassed and get a small score.
After she told the truth about Lin Fan's situation, Zhao Mengli said with a smile: "It turns out that Lin Fan is worse than Qiu Fang. No wonder Sister Ling wanted to protect him just now."
"Huh? Something seems wrong. I have never seen Sister Ling protecting a man like this. Could it be that Sister Ling has taken a liking to Lin Fan?"
"You girl, what nonsense are you talking about? You're asking for a beating again!"
"When he said no, Sister Ling's face turned red! But don't worry, Sister Ling, I will definitely take care of Master Lin later and won't embarrass him too much."
…
After everyone had had their fill of wine and food, the long-awaited alchemist examination was finally about to begin.
Zhu Yuan, the master of Zhaodan Pavilion, suddenly appeared in the hall on the first floor and said to everyone: "I am Zhu Yuan, the chief examiner of this examination. The alchemist examination will begin soon. Please invite all alchemists."
Come to my side."
As he spoke, he waved his long sleeves.
The original dining table disappeared instantly and was replaced by round crystal mirrors.
From those mirrors, you can see the projected pictures one after another.
Lin Fan, Sima Dong and other alchemists hurried towards the position of Pavilion Master Zhu, and soon stood in a circle around him.
When Zhu Pavilion Master saw that everyone had arrived, he took out a round dharma plate from his waist.
Then he flicked it gently, and the Dharma plate immediately glowed with light!
At the same time, a circular magic circle with a diameter of dozens of feet suddenly appeared at his feet, covering him and the alchemists around him.
"rise!"
The magic circle suddenly burst out with intense light, instantly taking him and the alchemists around him away from this place.
Lin Fan only felt that his head was a little swollen. When he opened his eyes, he found that he and the alchemists had arrived at the top of a peak.
The location they were in was a man-made open space more than a thousand feet in size. In the open space, nearly a hundred stone tables and chairs were neatly placed.
"This is the assessment venue for the first level. Please take your seats." Pavilion Master Zhu pointed to the stone table beside him.
"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.
Lin Fan randomly picked a seat and sat down. To his surprise, Zhao Mengli actually picked the seat next to him.
And after the other party sat down, he smiled at him.
He didn't know what the other person was thinking, so he could only smile back.
After all the alchemists present were seated, Zhu Yuan waved his sleeves, and a test paper appeared on each stone table.
He flipped his hands and took out another hourglass and said: "What is on everyone's table are the test questions for the first level. This level is limited to a quarter of an hour, so you can start."
Seeing this, everyone immediately picked up the examination papers and began to examine the contents.
There was only one question on the huge examination paper:
Considering that some of the spiritual materials used to refine the ancient elixir "Zimeng Zhengqi Pill" can no longer be found in today's world, what spiritual materials should be used instead?
Please indicate the substitute spiritual material and the preparation method of the spiritual material.
The moment they saw the title, the other alchemists except Lin Fan looked confused.
what's the situation?
Did you say that the first level is to test basic knowledge?
How did you come up with such a perverted question?
You know, due to the great change of heaven and earth a million years ago, the environment of the entire Nine Mysterious Realms has undergone great changes.
As a result, many of the original spiritual materials disappeared, and many new spiritual materials emerged.
This has led to the fact that most of the elixir formulas handed down from ancient times are no longer applicable. Because many of the spiritual materials recorded in the elixir formulas cannot be found, we can only find ways to replace them with other spiritual materials with similar medicinal properties.
But this matter is much more difficult than it seems!
Because alchemy is a chemical reaction involving the blending of multiple spiritual materials.
Not only the medicinal properties of the spiritual materials themselves must be taken into consideration, but also the chemical reactions between different spiritual materials must be considered.
This means that the more spiritual materials are missing, the more difficult it will be to find suitable replacement spiritual materials!
