Chapter 19: Rather than raising yourself, it is better to pull others down

As Lu Chen defeated the Gale Weasel, the score on his watch went from '0' to '8'.

While Lu Chen was looking down at the changes in the points, he also took a look at the current points ranking.

As expected, within an hour of him playing the game, many students' scores had already exceeded the '10' mark.

Some students have even obtained more than 20 points.

Remember, this is only the first hour of the exam.

Being able to obtain more than 10 points in such a short period of time is enough to show that there are still many experts among the students of Los Angeles No. 1 Middle School.

But what does this matter to him who just wants to get away with it?

Anyway, he didn't expect to get into the top ten, just getting an acceptable score would be enough.

"It's almost time to leave..."

After playing for an hour, it was almost time for him to take action.

After all, in addition to obtaining a minimum of 30 points in the first stage of the assessment, one must also reach the core area of ​​Wuquan Mountain within the specified time.

According to the map given on the watch, it would take a normal student three days to reach the depths of Wuquan Mountain even if the journey was unobstructed.

If we take into account the battles along the way, the journey time will undoubtedly be further extended.

But Lu Chen felt that this test should not be that easy.

After all, thirty points are not difficult for most students.

What’s more, students are not allowed to attack each other.

I think there must be other difficulties in this first stage of the exam.

Otherwise, teachers would not give ten days for assessment.

After all, no matter how you look at it, this time is too ample.

Lu Chen raised his head and looked at the dark clouds floating in the sky, as if he understood something.

"We have to speed up. After all, the road ahead will be difficult..."

With this thought in mind, Lu Chen immediately quickened his pace.

Although he was on his way, Lu Chen still did not stop playing with his phone.

It's as if the internet addiction has penetrated into his bones and there's no cure.

But things are different now. Teachers outside have long been very tolerant of Lu Chen.

What's wrong with playing games? With the ability that Lu has shown, you can play games even during the college entrance examination, not to mention playing games during the mock exam! On the fifth day of the mock exam, it was raining heavily.

Different from the sunny sky on the first day of the assessment.

On the fifth day, heavy rain suddenly fell in the Wuquan Mountain Secret Realm.

This rainstorm will not only make the ground muddy, but also slow down the students' progress.

The noisy sound of rain will also cover up the traces of the demons' actions, making it more difficult for students to find the demons.

In addition, rainy days will greatly consume the candidates' physical strength, making them dare not rashly fight against unknown monsters.

Such a situation undoubtedly greatly increases the difficulty of the exam.

This also forces many students to rest at night and travel only during the day.

In a cave half a day's journey from the center of Wuquan Mountain, Lu Chen was warming himself by the fire while playing with his mobile phone.

He looked so leisurely, as if he was here not for an exam but for a vacation.

But for others, five days may be a short time.

But for Lu Chen, these five days were enough for him to accomplish many things.

After all, there is a gap of ten times between the time in the game and the time in reality.

During this time, Lu Chen figured out the two most concerning issues in the game.

The first problem is the timeline of Qingyun Sect and the timeline of the copy of the ancient tomb.

The current young generation of disciples in Qingyun Sect is exactly the 65th generation.

There are only five generations between him and the 70th generation true disciple Ye Chenglin, which is almost five hundred years.

But considering that the great changes in Qingyun Sect may have occurred long before Ye Chenglin.

Therefore, the actual time left for Lu Chen to prepare might be a little shorter.

This undoubtedly made Lu Chen more worried about his situation in the game, and he wanted to improve his strength more urgently.

After all, he didn't want to be buried with the Qingyun Sect.

The second problem that Lu Chen figured out in the game was how to become an outer disciple of Qingyun Sect.

Those who want to be promoted to an outer disciple of Qingyun Sect must not only reach the fourth level of Qi training, but also pass the sect's assessment.

The content of this assessment is not fixed and is related to the mountain you want to enter.

There are five peaks in Qingyun Sect.

They are Danyang Peak representing alchemy, Wanfu Peak representing talismans, Cangjian Peak representing sword cultivation, Kangding Peak representing body cultivation, and Qingyun Peak representing Taoism cultivation.

The mountain that Lu Chen finally chose was Danyang Peak.

The reason for choosing this place was naturally because Lu Chen wanted to become an alchemist.

For ordinary people, it is not easy to become an alchemist. It requires sufficient talent in alchemy.

Although alchemy also takes into account the qualifications of the cultivator, they pay more attention to the cultivator's alchemy talent.

The talent for alchemy is reflected not only in the ability to comprehend, but also in whether the cultivator possesses a special "divine fire".

Regardless of his profound understanding, Lu Chen has a considerable advantage in terms of the magical fire alone.

Because as his Zixia health-preserving technique reached a breakthrough, his original Zixia divine light also changed into Zixia divine fire.

It is a true divine fire.

With the existence of Zixia Divine Fire, Lu Chen finds it much easier than ordinary people to deal with and refine medicinal materials.

Learning to make elixirs is twice as easy with half the effort.

What's more, he also has "experience points", which can be used to further shorten the process of learning alchemy.

Others need to keep trying and pay a lot of money to improve their alchemy skills before they can achieve some success.

But he was different, he only needed to successfully refine one pill to reach the 'entry level'.

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The rest of the process can be simplified using experience.

While quickly improving alchemy skills, you can also save a lot of costs.

After officially becoming an alchemist, he can obtain endless benefits both in the game and in reality.

In reality, in addition to achieving self-sufficiency in elixirs, he can also sell the excess elixirs.

Achieve a certain degree of financial freedom.

The same is true in games.

Besides, the monks from other peaks need to go down the mountain from time to time to complete some dangerous training tasks.

But the alchemists at Danyang Peak are different.

After all, no sect leader would be stupid enough to send the sect's alchemist away.

They are all treasures of the sect. If they really want to go out, they need many monks in the sect to protect them! What is this? This is a sense of security!

Lu Chen needs this sense of security, whether in the game or in reality.

"As long as I gain experience points peacefully, I can become stronger. There is no need for me to go out and take risks."

"Once I become an alchemist, I will undoubtedly be protected by the sect in the game. It will be difficult for anyone to hurt me in the short term."

"In reality, I can also profit from this, exchanging the elixirs for some cultivation resources to further increase my cultivation speed."

"No matter how you look at it, Alchemist is my best choice."

"It's just that refining the elixir...why is it so difficult!"

Lu Chen looked at himself who had failed to refine the elixir in the game again. His blood pressure soared with anger and he almost couldn't help but smash his phone to the ground to vent his anger.

It is different from other techniques which can be gotten started with just a general understanding.

The difficulty of acquiring alchemy skills is simply hellish.

Because it actually requires Lu Chen to successfully refine a pill first.

But for Lu Chen, who had never refined any pills before, this was undoubtedly as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Five days in reality, fifty days in the game.

Lu Chen tried fifty times, but none of them succeeded.

The failure rate was 100%! This not only wasted a lot of his time in cultivation, but also almost depleted the spirit stones he had accumulated with great difficulty.

Because he needs to buy the medicinal materials for refining the pills with his own money!

I have to say, refining elixirs is really too expensive.

"Wait, I don't believe that I can't make a batch of qualified 'Qi Condensation Pills'."

"As long as you complete the introductory steps, the subsequent practice will be easy."

Just as Lu Chen was about to make another attempt at alchemy, he suddenly raised his head and looked in a certain direction outside the cave.

Soon, two men and one woman, who were drenched by the heavy rain, ran out of the woods and broke into his cave without any courtesy.

As soon as the female student entered the cave, she said in a coquettish voice: "Luckily there is a cave here to hide from the rain, otherwise we would have been soaked all night."

"Classmate, you shouldn't mind us barging in suddenly, right?"

Looking at the female classmate who had to wear light makeup even during the exam, and the two candidates beside him, Lu Chen said calmly, "Please go ahead."

Seeing that Lu Chen had no objection, the three of them looked at each other immediately.

But what is strange is that after entering the cave, the three of them actually occupied the exit.

Blocked Lu Chen's escape route.

Lu Chen noticed their little actions and asked him to put away his phone.

It is true that candidates cannot attack each other in the first stage of the exam.

But this does not mean that candidates can only cooperate with each other.

After all, every time a student is eliminated early, it means that the rankings of others will move up a level.

Instead of working hard to improve yourself, it is better to easily pull others down.

If other people's grades get worse, won't others' grades... get better? (End of this chapter)