The competition venue at Dansheng Mountain.
Now that Ye Tian has arrived, he will not be intimidated by their reputation or frightened by their empty names. His own alchemy skills are not weak either.
Since we dared to come this time, we're here to compete with them.
"Tsk tsk, this is truly a grand event. Every year when our alchemy competition begins, this place is packed with people inside and out. They're all here to participate, but each time only a handful of five people manage to place. It's truly sad for those who can't place; they travel all this way only to benefit others."
"It's alright. As long as someone performs well in the alchemy competition, our alchemy association president will record it. Those who are truly talented will be recruited into the alchemy association."
"For ordinary people, joining the Alchemy Association is like a meteoric rise to power, ensuring a worry-free life for the rest of their days. Once they've mastered the skills, they can easily be treated as a top-tier guest elder in any major sect."
Listen to their discussion.
Ye Tian then looked at Su Muchen and asked, "Disciple, is that what happened?"
Su Muchen nodded and said, "Indeed, it's impossible for everyone to get into the top five. Most of the people who come here have some talent and want to stand out and get noticed by the president of the Alchemy Association so they can be recruited. Then they can be assigned to various sects as guest elders or something. It's quite a promising career path."
This is somewhat similar to the technical colleges that guaranteed job placement in my previous life, except that this place is obviously much more reliable. At least you won't have your future wages withheld, and no one will be profiting from your misfortune.
"That's good." Ye Tian nodded in agreement.
"Quiet down, everyone, I have a few words to say." The alchemy competition was held in a large square, with a large six-courtyard palace connected to a high platform not far away.
At this moment, an elderly man with white hair stood on the platform, his hands behind his back. Although he spoke in a low voice, everyone in the audience could hear him clearly.
That skill in speaking alone is remarkable.
Ye Tian asked, "Who is this old man?"
Su Muchen hurriedly explained, "Master, this is the president of the Alchemy Association in our Dansheng Mountain Range."
"Could he have undergone a second Nirvana? Why does he seem to be at a high level?" Ye Tian asked, voicing his doubts.
"He is skilled in both alchemy and martial arts. He is not only the strongest alchemist in our Dansheng Mountain Range, but also the most accomplished person in our Alchemy Association. However, he has an eccentric personality and always sports a full head of white hair, making him look weak. In reality, he has strong blood and energy. Although he is over a hundred years old, he is still a young man in terms of immortality."
Su Muchen explained it this way.
Old silver coins.
Ye Tian mentally defined the president of the Alchemy Association.
He's clearly a young man, yet he's pretending to be an old man with weak blood and qi. Isn't that just trying to scam people? Add to that the trick of planting spiritual herbs and plants along the way.
This person is clearly very cunning and ruthless. If you are not careful, you might be tricked to death without even realizing it.
Ye Tian immediately classified this person as a dangerous individual, at least on par with the Pavilion Master of Huangyu Pavilion, and Ye Tian even believed that he was stronger than him.
Besides possessing the realm of immortals, he is also the most skilled alchemist in the Dan Sheng Mountain Range. Who knows if he has experienced Nirvana once? Perhaps he is only one step away from the second Nirvana.
Ye Tian has always been cautious about this group of old silver coins, and can be wary of them without limit.
"Cough cough."
However, the chairman still pretended to be an old man, patting his chest and coughing twice in a hoarse voice, giving the impression that he was old and frail and about to die.
The old man said tremblingly, "Welcome everyone to our Dansheng Mountain Range for this competition. Our competition adheres to the principles of fairness, impartiality, and openness. As long as you are good at alchemy, no matter where you are from, Dansheng Mountain Range welcomes you with open arms."
"The system we are using for this competition is a 'forced advancement' system. First, there will be a preliminary round to select the top 100. The top 100 will then advance to the top 32, and the top 32 will advance to the top 16. This process will continue until a champion is selected."
The association president said this.
This is fair, unlike the recruitment competition in Feiguang Mountain, which is extremely corrupt. It's one thing for people to be able to choose their own competitors.
Even when Ye Tian forcefully overcame so many challenges and used his mortal abilities to slay immortals, he still couldn't become the final champion.
Hopefully, the Dansheng Mountains won't disappoint him this time.
The first day was, of course, the open auditions.
The so-called preliminary selection is just to filter out some people who are not very strong. Several levels are set up, ranging from easy to difficult.
First, refine pills of the Yellow Millet Realm grade.
Those that don't work out will be eliminated.
Next, refine pills of the Profound Realm quality, discarding those that are unsuitable.
Soon after, it became another pill of Earthly Might quality.
Those that don't work out will be eliminated.
Then came the Heavenly Mystery Realm. At first, there were still many people, but after reaching the Heavenly Mystery Realm, not many were eliminated.
Finally, the first level of the Cloud Realm.
Only about a hundred people remained after elimination.
Among those eliminated, although Dan Sheng Mountain Range was his hometown and he knew a lot about alchemy, Su Muchen's alchemy skills were truly appalling.
It was several times worse than his talent for weapon crafting.
On the contrary, Ye Tian, Huan Qingsha, and Gu Nishang were all preserved.
Hua Yun Dao Ren was also eliminated; she had absolutely no talent in alchemy.
The next day.
With over a hundred people eliminated, this is the real time to decide the outcome.
The association president gave his usual speech on stage, offering words of encouragement. The competition was about to begin.
Su Muchen introduced the various forces to Ye Tian, first pointing to a group of people with incredibly powerful auras, all of whom were cold and taciturn, and said: "Master, this group of people are the branches of those highly talented alchemists from the Dan Sheng Mountain Range. They all share the same surname, Gan. Their lineage is distributed in various places and they are honored guests of many sects, holding extremely high status."
"Because they share the same surname, they gather back every year for the alchemy competition. This group has won first place for three years now. If nothing unexpected happens, they will win first place again this year."
"This time, the first place will be mine," Ye Tian, impersonating the Wuchen Daoist, said with a nonchalant air of superiority.
These words drew a black line to Su Muchen's forehead.
“Master, I think we should take it one step at a time. If we take too big a step, crack! We might tear our balls,” Su Muchen said.
Ye Tian chuckled but offered no explanation.
"Those people are local experts from our Dan Sheng Mountain Range. They're all from the Pill Association, but in recent years, no real experts have emerged. It's said there's been a talent gap," Su Muchen explained, pointing to a group of people not far away.
Ye Tian observed that the various alchemy experts present possessed weak auras and were extremely gentle. They were clearly high-achieving students from the academy.
“They are the real unorthodox practitioners,” Su Muchen said, pointing to a spot not far away.
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