Chapter 84 Alchemist Competition Rules

"What? You are going to participate in the unlimited group?" Shen Wenwen opened her eyes wide in surprise when she heard Ning Xuan's explanation of the rules before participating in the unlimited group competition.

This Shen Wenwen was another young woman in Ning Xuan's class when she was taking Xi Ruhui's class. She was also a senior alchemist, born in a medium-sized family on an A-level star, and was a controller of B-level spiritual power. In this month, she only came to class twice, but she would come to chat with Ning Xuan every day after class.

After a few interactions, Ning Xuan became familiar with Shen Wenwen.

"Yeah!" Ning Xuan nodded in response to Shen Wenwen's doubts.

"The unlimited group only comes once every three years. Do you know how perverted the rules of the last unlimited group were?" Shen Wenwen said exaggeratedly.

"We have very few female senior alchemists. Why can't you bear to join that group? Tell me honestly, was someone forcing you to go? Let me tell you, there are very few women participating in the unlimited group. In order to encourage women to participate, they will mobilize the schools and promise them many benefits. Don't be fooled. While you can still change it, hurry up and change your registration information." Seeing that Ning Xuan didn't take it seriously, Shen Wenwen persuaded her anxiously.

"Now that I've signed up, I won't change it. I'm going to take classes there." Ning Xuan had learned about the basic rules of the unlimited group in advance. Unlike the beginner, intermediate and advanced alchemist competition groups which were held in fixed venues, the unlimited group competition did not have a fixed venue. Each competition venue was randomly drawn from the ten major secret realms. The last one was held in the Nine Nether Secret Realm, and this time it has not yet been determined.

"Hey..." Shen Wenwen watched Ning Xuan go to the unlimited group, stomped her feet, and returned to the advanced alchemist group helplessly.

As soon as Ning Xuan walked into the nine-story classroom of the unlimited group, she attracted countless inquiring eyes. The unlimited group had no age limit or level limit, and anyone who was an alchemist could participate. There were more than a thousand alchemists sitting in this large classroom, including men, women, young and old, all kinds of people.

Ning Xuan had just sat down when a tall young woman walked into the classroom. Her figure was projected on the large screen in the center. "Hello everyone, I am the pre-match training teacher for the unlimited group. My last name is Bai."

"Dean Bai, I'm Wang Qingxiu, a student of the 963rd class of the First Comprehensive College of the Federation. It's an honor to listen to your teachings again." A young man sitting in the front row stood up excitedly and bowed to Dean Bai.

"It turns out to be Dean Bai from the First Comprehensive College of the Federation. Wow, I heard that he is very strict in teaching." Ning Xuan heard someone discussing in a low voice.

"Please take a seat. Many of you are or have been students of our Federation's First Comprehensive College. Of course, there are also many talents from other schools. Everyone is sitting here today for the same purpose, which is to achieve good results in the unlimited group of the Alchemist Competition."

"The first news I'm announcing to you today is that the venue for the competition will be drawn at 12 o'clock tomorrow, and it will be broadcast live on the entire network."

"The second piece of news is that this year's Unrestricted Group is more difficult than previous years. For this reason, the prizes for the Unrestricted Group have been increased. The number of Chaos Divine Realm Guide Cards has been increased to three, and all other rewards have also been tripled."

As soon as Bai Xiurong finished speaking, there was a burst of cheers. The increase in rewards meant that the number of people who could obtain the rewards increased.

"Next, I will distribute the rules for the initial screening before entering the secret realm. You can conduct targeted pre-exam training based on the rules." Bai Xiurong took out a thick stack of information from the space button and signaled his assistant to distribute it.

Ning Xuan quickly got the information and read it carefully.

The first round is the initial screening and star selection

1. Blind test, medicinal material identification and tracing ability and refining skills: Participants need to analyze the randomly assigned unknown interstellar plants within 3 hours and refine basic supplementary medicines that meet the Federal Pharmaceutical Safety Standards. They do not need to have any actual effects, as long as they are not lethal;

Core requirements: Participants need to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the physical properties, energy attributes, and compatibility of the medicinal materials, and derive the optimal refining plan.

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The name of the medicinal material, its origin, its growing environment (such as the edge of a cold pond/crater), and its collection season (which affects the activity of the medicinal properties) must be marked.

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Special mutant medicinal materials need to explain the reason for the mutation (such as lightning-struck wood and insect-eaten grass)

2. Purity challenge of refining medicinal liquid: Participants need to purify the randomly received medicinal liquid as required within three hours. The higher the purity, the higher the score;

3. Refining of high-level compound medicines: Participants need to randomly select three different high-level compound medicine formulas to refine within three hours, and the success rate of refining must be above 30%.

Those who pass the first round can enter the second round. The rules of the second round will be determined based on the competition venue drawn tomorrow.

The following information is related to previous sessions.

Ning Xuan flipped through several pages, all of which were information about the first game. There was not a single word about the second game in this thick stack.

"Okay, the information has been distributed. The formal pre-match training will start tomorrow afternoon. Everyone, be prepared." Bai Xiurong said and left with his assistant.

After Bai Xiurong left, there was an instant of wailing in the lecture hall. "Didn't they say there was no limit on the level? The initial screening requires the ability to refine high-level compound potions. Wouldn't it be enough to make it clear that only those who have to be high-level alchemists can participate this year?" someone complained.

"The initial screening is too difficult. I couldn't pass the first level of blind test. It's impossible for me to enter the secret realm to look for opportunities." Someone said disappointedly. The venue for the Unlimited Alchemist Competition was randomly selected from ten secret realms, and each secret realm was a treasure land.

"The difficulty of the initial screening is so great that many people will definitely be eliminated. If the number of people entering the second round is too small, the rules may be changed." Someone speculated.

"Three years ago, during the Nine Nether Secret Realm session, although many people died, many others soared to great heights. This time, the number of people signing up to participate is no less than the previous session."

“Prepare well. Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to get an easy question and be able to get through it!” Some students with a good foundation immediately plunged into intensive training.

The experimental site of the unlimited group was much more advanced than that of the other groups. Ning Xuan entered a laboratory, and the intelligent system in the laboratory automatically started a dialogue, "Please select the experimental simulation environment."

"A. Weightless environment; B. Triple gravity environment; C. Interstellar storm environment; D. Extreme cold environment; E. Furnace environment."

After a brief thought, Ning Xuan chose to simulate the interstellar storm environment. As soon as she clicked option C, she felt her body suddenly fly out and was slapped against the wall.

(End of this chapter)