In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed in the space. Ling Tian had already refined enough Lingtian Pills for use. Only a few hours had passed since he walked out of the space. The sky was just getting light, and a few loud animal calls brought vigorous vitality to the peaceful central city.
After a while, a long bell sound rang out throughout the central city, and Ling Tian knew that they were about to gather at the arena in the departure center.
Walking out of the Juxian Building, hundreds of people had already gathered in the open space outside. Wu Minghong, who was at the front, looked towards the arena with a sharp gaze.
"I've already told you everything I need to say. Now it's up to you. Also, the leader said that on top of the existing rewards, every time you advance a level, you'll receive a seven-day Soul Refining Tower bonus, plus an additional one million low-grade spirit stones. Everyone, work hard."
Wu Minghong's words undoubtedly injected strong motivation into the hundreds of people in front of him. Although one million low-grade spirit stones were not a small amount for them, they could be obtained by refining pills. However, the reward from the Seven-Day Soul Refining Tower hooked them tightly, as this was a holy place for tempering the soul.
"Set off!"
Not only Wu Minghong, the other three regions also encouraged the contestants representing their regions in the competition.
The central arena was already filled with spectators who came to watch the game early on, and they paid to watch. Millions of spectators made the Dan League headquarters earn a lot of money.
For a competition of this magnitude, gambling is inevitable. When you enter, there is already a huge light screen hundreds of feet wide, which displays the information of every player participating in the competition from every domain, and of course the comprehensive odds given by specialized institutions.
When Ling Tian passed by the gate, he had already seen his odds, which were 1 to 2.75, and his ranking was as high as 307th, which was a good performance.
Looking at the entire Northern Territory, there are only eight people in the top 500, which can be said to be a very embarrassing situation. The highest ranked is Li Cuimei, who squeezed into the top 100 and reached an overall ranking of 76. It seems that the outside world has a very high evaluation of her.
"Tsk, you're only ranked over 300, a hundred places lower than me. Don't let yourself get into the top 100 or you won't be qualified to enter the secret realm. I don't know why Elder Wu arranged for you to enter the secret realm with the rest of us."
When An Shijie saw that he was ranked over 100, he looked very proud and walked past Ling Tian to mock him.
Ling Tian was too lazy to bother with such a self-righteous and narrow-minded person. He turned his gaze to the top ten popular players on the big screen, thinking in his heart how to place a bet so that he could make a fortune this time.
Soon, Wu Minghong checked the information and found no mistakes. Then he looked back at the 573 people. He wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed inwardly and watched them enter silently.
The contestants from the four regions entered the venue according to the direction of their respective regions. Ling Tian and his team naturally took the north passage and started in reverse order according to the ranking order of the previous session.
Ling Tian and his group were the first to enter. As soon as they entered, the gazes of millions of spectators made them excited and nervous, but there were not many cheers, and there were even scattered boos. It was no wonder, as the Northern Territory's performance had not been very good.
Under the guidance of the staff, Ling Tian and his companions have found their positions. As soon as they stood in place, a wave of cheers rang out. These were the contestants from the Western Region. Their arrival was warmly welcomed by many spectators, which showed that their level was not weak. Moreover, the number of contestants was more than twice that of the Northern Region, so the lineup was not small.
After all the people from the Western Region entered the arena, the two Southeastern Regions entered at the same time. When they entered, the entire arena was filled with huge waves of noise.
"Fan Zhendong..."
"Fu Chenxi..."
The shouts could clearly be heard from the two leading figures of the Southeast Region, who were also the strongest contenders for the championship.
At this time, seven old men entered the arena from the air. Their terrifying aura made the boiling scene become silent. Looking at the seven old men slowly falling into the referee's seat, Ling Tian actually had a suffocating feeling of difficulty breathing.
"So powerful! These people have definitely surpassed the Spiritual Transformation Stage."
Ling Tian's guess was correct. These seven people were none other than the seven elders of the Alchemy League, commonly known as the Seven Ding of the Alchemy League. They were all powerful beings in the Void Refinement Stage. The leader, Yuan Xiao, was a super-powerful being who had reached the Great Perfection of the Void Refinement Stage and could enter the Fusion Stage at any time.
"quiet!"
Yuan Xiao glanced with his eagle eyes, and millions of people were silent, with even a pin drop making a sound.
"My name is Yuan Xiao, and I'm the Grand Elder of the Alliance. The seven of us will be the referees for this competition. Anyone found cheating will be killed on the spot!"
When the last two words were uttered, a terrifying aura of murderous intent flashed by, causing everyone in the arena to tremble.
"This year's Alchemy Competition is the largest in the history of our Alchemy Alliance, with a total of 22,800 participants. This is a good thing, foreshadowing the flourishing development of our Alchemy Alliance. To better motivate our contestants, we have decided that anyone who places in the top 100 will be able to enter the main alliance for a year of training and receive a Star Pill. The top ten will receive double the reward, and the first place winner will be able to enter the Star Realm for three days of training."
"What? The first place winner can actually enter the Star Realm to practice for three days?"
Yuan Xiao's words hit like a ton of rock, sending the over 20,000 competitors breathing heavily. Each one rubbed their hands, eager to perform. Ling Tian was the only exception. He had no idea where this Star Realm was, nor what the benefits of entering it would be. But judging by the passionate looks in their eyes, he knew it must be a paradise that would be extremely beneficial to them.
He didn't think too much at this moment. His only thought now was to enter the top 100 and obtain the qualification to enter the Void Crossing Space. After completing the mission of the Northern Dan League, he could make money and practice with peace of mind. He had everything he needed. The only thing he lacked was spirit stones. Because he had taken the Enlightenment Pill, he had no bottleneck below the Tribulation Crossing Stage. As long as he had enough spiritual energy, he could improve his realm. However, the spiritual energy he spent on each realm improvement was a thousand times that of an ordinary cultivator.
From this point of view, although there is no bottleneck, it is more difficult than without it. The spiritual stones required to generate a thousand times the spiritual energy are unimaginable. Even if there is a hundred times the space to continuously create spiritual medicine for him, it is still somewhat stretched.
"After completing this mission, it's time to return to Earth and retrieve the Pure Sky Bottle."
Ling Tian was thinking when a staff member placed a sealed plate in front of him. He knew that this was the first level of the competition: identifying medicine.
"The first level is to identify spiritual medicines. Please identify the name, year, purpose, and type of elixir of the spiritual medicine in the light curtain within ten breaths."
"start!"
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