Chapter 374 Knockout Round Begins
After walking out of the inn, Long Xuan looked around and found a tall building, then walked in that direction.
The tall building was temporarily built, covering a large area and having five floors.
There were too many contestants in the elimination round, enough to exceed 10,000. The central square of Tianfeng City could not accommodate so many alchemists at all, and the elimination round could only be held in this tall building without spectators.
However, even so, this tall building could not accommodate so many alchemists at the same time, so the elimination round would take about ten days, and all contestants had to compete in batches.
The day each alchemist participated in the competition was decided by drawing lots. Yan's clone had a bad hand and directly drew the first day for him.
Long Xuan had no choice but to interrupt his plan to prepare Tianjin and went out to compete early.
Along the way, Long Xuan was shocked to find that the streets were already crowded.
A large number of alchemists and onlookers took to the streets, blocking the streets everywhere, and there was noise everywhere. Even some places had already been in chaos. He would not be able to squeeze into the competition venue in a short time.
He knew that this alchemy competition would attract many people to watch the excitement, but the problem was that the elimination round would be held in a tall building, which would block everyone's view. Why would they squeeze in?
Even if they squeezed to the place closest to the competition venue, they could only watch in vain.
Just when Long Xuan didn't know how to enter the competition venue, a loud shout came from the sky.
"This city has now lifted the no-fly restriction, but only contestants and judges can fly over this city. Those who do not meet these two identities will be killed if they fly into the sky."
As soon as this voice came out, the group of alchemists who were struggling to squeeze into the competition venue were delighted and immediately flew into the air, flying towards the tall building at the fastest speed.
There are not many people below the Gu King who can fly, but they definitely do not include the wealthy group of alchemists. Every alchemist who participates in the alchemy competition is rich and almost has the financial resources to buy a flying boat.
So all kinds of flying spiritual tools flew around in the sky. Some people flew to the competition venue in a boat, some people stretched out a flying spiritual tool made of eagle wings behind them, and the speed was also not slow. Some people rode a flying insect or spiritual beast and flew quickly to the building.
In short, each alchemist had a variety of flying abilities. For a while, the sky was full of flying figures, and it was a mess.
At this time, a certain position in the crowd suddenly became chaotic, and Long Xuan turned his head subconsciously.
A beautiful figure wearing a purple dress appeared in the sight. She had a beautiful face and an innate noble temperament.
However, her eyes were smiling, revealing a kind of weird meaning. At first glance, she was restless.
At this time, she was indeed restless. She stepped on the heads of the crowd and flew to the competition venue in a very high-profile way.
All those whose heads were stepped on dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. It can be seen that the identity of this woman is definitely not simple.
Long Xuan subconsciously turned his head to the person beside him and asked, "Who is this woman? She is so arrogant. Isn't she afraid of being beaten to death?"
A supporting role beside him who couldn't remember his name glanced at him and said, "You don't even know her? She is Princess Yuyao of the Longteng Empire. Her name is Long Yuyao. She is the most beloved daughter of the current emperor of the Longteng Empire. No one else."
"Who dares to provoke her?"
"Besides, she is not a fool. She only stepped on the heads of those people of low status. Would she dare to fly over the head of the Gu King?"
"She is indeed arrogant. Arrogant capital, she is the first genius of Longteng Empire, not to mention her terrible fighting power, her alchemy skills alone are superb. "
"Her alchemy skills are the best among the third-grade alchemists of the Long family, and she is a hot candidate for the champion of this alchemy competition."
"She appeared in such a high-profile way, it seems that she is full of confidence in this competition."
Hearing this, Long Xuan took a close look at the woman's back, and remembered this competitor in his heart, but it can't be said that they are competitors. Both of them have the surname Long, and it doesn't matter who wins.
Just at this time, there was a commotion behind him again, and Long Xuan hurriedly looked back.
I saw a fat man in red clothes imitating Long Yuyao stepping on people's heads and flying forward quickly.
But the direction he was moving in happened to pass by him. If nothing unexpected happened, the fat man would fly over his head.
Long Xuan's face changed immediately. How could such a big thing step on him?
"You're really looking for death!"
Long Xuan cursed in his heart, and immediately used the power of the Eye of Heaven to perform subtle manipulation on someone in the crowd behind him.
The man felt his knees soften for no reason, and then he fell down.
The fat man who had just stepped on his head felt that his feet were suddenly empty, and he fell heavily to the ground.
The crowd below was all affected, and screamed.
To outsiders, it seemed that the fat man was too heavy, causing the people below to be unable to bear his weight, and ended up pretending to be cool but didn't understand, and fell flat on their faces, and the crowd laughed.
At this time, behind the crowd, a group of Gu Kings in red clothes suddenly turned black.
"It's embarrassing, it's really embarrassing, is this Feng Shuang capable of such a big job?"
An old man pointed at the fat man who climbed up in the crowd with a trembling finger, and was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.
The number one alchemist of the Feng family had such a scandal happen in front of everyone, even the elders of the family felt ashamed.
He was now keenly aware that the Dragon Gu King was looking over here with a smile.
The first Gu King of the Feng family also had a bad look on his face, looking disappointed at this genius who had been given high hopes by his family.
"It doesn't matter. Although Feng Shuang doesn't look very smart, his alchemy skills are outstanding. He is truly the first among the third-grade alchemists of my Feng family."
"In terms of alchemy, he is by no means weaker than that Long Yuyao."
"And I don't put any hope in him at all. His chance of winning against Long Yuyao is only 50-50. Even if he loses, it doesn't matter. I have a backup plan."
The leader of the Feng clan's Gu King raised his lips with a sinister look and sneered: "Don't worry, this backhand is enough for me, the Feng clan, to win the championship of this alchemy competition and plunder half of the Long clan. The destiny of the family.”
"If the Long family regards Long Yuyao as their last hope, then they will definitely lose this bet."
…
Hearing the murmurs of the crowd, Long Xuan finally knew the identity of this fat man. This man turned out to be the number one among the third-level alchemists of the Feng family.
He couldn't help but take a closer look at the person. After he felt that the pressure was not too great, he took out a handful of spiritual tree leaves from the storage ring and threw it into the air.
He then jumped up and used the power of stepping on the stars to make his body as light as a cloud. He stepped on the leaves in the air and quickly flew to the entrance of the competition venue.
There were exclamations behind him, and such a pretentious way of appearing attracted the attention of many people.
Long Yuyao also looked at her with beautiful eyes, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
To be able to run through the air on leaves purely relying on physical strength was simply unbelievable to her.
Long Xuan ignored the shocked looks behind him and walked quickly towards the door.
Since this alchemy competition is destined to be low-key, he doesn't intend to hide any edge anymore.
After he walked into the door, he took out a wooden token with No. 25 on the third floor written on it, and he walked towards room No. 25 on the third floor.
He already knew the rules of the knockout competition. After registering, each contestant would receive a token with a number written on it.
The number on the token is the location of the examination room where the contestants are. Each contestant is in a separate room. The rooms are airtight and do not affect each other.
The test in the first game is to extract the elixir.
At the beginning of the competition, the examiner will distribute an elixir to each alchemist.
The type of elixir will be randomly selected by the examiner on the day, and no one will know the content of the assessment in advance.
The rules of the competition are very simple. All contestants refine the same type of elixir. Each person has ten elixirs, with a total of ten refining opportunities.
After the contestants refine ten elixirs, they have to take the one with the highest purity to the judges for scoring.
The time taken to purify the elixir, the success rate, the dryness and humidity of the elixir essence, the purity, and the final size of the elixir essence will all affect the score.
There are a total of 120 judges. After removing the ten highest scores and the ten lowest scores, the remaining judges' scores are averaged to get the contestant's final score.
Those whose scores are 60 points higher than the passing line will stay and enter the next round. Those whose scores are lower than 60 points will be eliminated and there will be no rematch.
Such a rule is considered fair and can prevent someone from bribing the judges to give high scores or maliciously give low scores.
After Long Xuan found his examination room, he walked in and sat down. He began to close his eyes and rest, adjusting himself to the best condition.
There are so many alchemy masters in this alchemy competition. He doesn't dare to be careless in the slightest. He doesn't dare to boast that his alchemy skills are the best in the world, and he doesn't dare to underestimate everyone in the world.
He didn't have to wait long. Soon there was a deafening bell outside, and the next moment there were footsteps in the corridor.
An old man soon opened the door and walked in. After checking the token that Long Xuan placed on the table and confirming that the identity of the contestants was correct, he placed ten blue Ganoderma lucidum on the table and the huge hourglass on the table. Flip it upside down on the table.
Obviously this hourglass is the timer. Since it is a competition, there must be a time limit. After the sand in the hourglass runs out and the elixir has not been refined, it means failure.
At the same time, the less sand flows in the hourglass, the faster it takes to get out, and the higher the score will naturally be.
"This is the third-grade water Ganoderma lucidum. It is the content of the assessment drawn by the examiner this time. You are lucky. You have drawn the most difficult elixir."
The invigilator showed a strange smile, finally opened the door and walked out, closing the door behind him.
Each room is protected by a formation. Under the formation, the use of storage bags and insect breeding bags is prohibited, which can almost eliminate all cheating methods, and there is no need for an invigilator to supervise. (End of chapter)