Chapter 116
Besides, if it really comes to a competition in alchemy, Lin Qinghen is somewhat confident.
If we win something, it will give some encouragement to the Yin family. Those are the relics of our ancestors and we can't let them ruin them like this.
The other party came for Diemeng, and probably only knew Lin Yunsi. They should also be aware of Li Yan's existence, but did not take it seriously.
So what they must not understand is that Li Yan has been cured in these three months. He was able to endure the pain, and with Lin Yunsi's medicine, he recovered quickly, and his suppressed talent for alchemy recovered quickly.
There are few but very skilled people who can dream of a butterfly, so their chances of success are actually quite good.
Although Lin Qinghen decided on his own during the banquet, the chief alchemist of Diemeng was Lin Yunsi. After the Yin family dispersed, Lin Qinghen discussed the matter with him.
"Everyone knows that Huayu Sword Fairy saved Lincheng, and they are using her relics to threaten the Yin family. How shameless," Lin Yunsi said with a stern face after hearing this, looking very indignant, "Fuck him!"
Lin Yunsi agreed, so Li Yan naturally had no problem. He was younger than Lin Yunsi in age, but they were of the same generation now, between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, and his true talent was revealed after he recovered.
The progress of alchemists in the early stage of cultivation will be faster than that of combat spiritualists, but it will become slower and slower in the later stage. Now Die Meng and the other two have already broken through to the first star of the earth rank at a young age.
"Okay," Lin Qinghen patted his shoulder, "Fight well. If you win, feel free to ask me for something. I'll give you everything I can."
Lin Yunsi snorted: "Don't underestimate me, I am much stronger than before. If you ask the girl from the Yuan family to compete with me again, I may not lose."
Since coming to the City of Tears, he has been tempered in many aspects. Not only has his spiritual power level been improved, but the overall quality of his medicine has also improved.
The improvement of an alchemist is not just about level. Just like a combat spirit master is affected by combat awareness and experience, the quality of an alchemist's pills is also affected by many factors.
The purification technique taught by Lin Qinghen can be integrated into the process of refining medicine. Although the improved medicine base is only suitable for the yellow level, the smoother medicine refining experience will give people inspiration. Lin Yunsi is a smart man and knows how to draw inferences from one example. He has made progress in many aspects.
Especially in the past few months, he and Li Yan have made progress together in refining medicine and discussing together. Lin Yunsi has a solid foundation of knowledge, and Li Yan has good talents and strong perception. When these two people collide, they complement each other and gain something.
Lincheng came for Lin Yunsi, wanting to find out what was going on with Die Meng, so there were a total of six alchemists who came, all between the ages of fifteen and eighteen, which was exactly the right age.
In order to cope with the situation, Lin Qinghen naturally had to find two more to fill in.
The Tear City Alchemist Association sent him two people, and Fu Qingping took the initiative to come to them and sent him two people. In terms of talent, they were the best he could find.
This person knew the news about the Spirit Demon Rift in advance and reaped the benefits. After getting along with each other for such a long time, he also roughly understood the other party's personality. He knew that Lin Qinghen was indeed an honest person. As long as they didn't play tricks, he would be good to all partners. It can be said that he would let bygones be bygones.
There would be no danger for the alchemist to go on stage for the competition. The other party was here to explore Diemeng's background, so his eyes would naturally not be on Haihun City.
It's just to make up the numbers for Lin Qinghen. Winning would be great, but losing doesn't matter. Fu Qingping is still quite happy about it.
The alchemist competition also had prizes. Lin Qinghen symbolically took out a few earth-grade spiritual plants. In addition to the earth-grade spiritual plants, Qin Xiang also took out three earth-grade old items from the Yin family. If they won this competition, it would be considered a favor to the Yin family.
Apart from considerations of profit, what Lincheng did was indeed despicable.
Beizhou was rescued by the Yin family. In the spiritual world, it is common to flatter the powerful and bully the weak. However, he found it a bit disgusting to use the relics of one's savior like this, and he would never do it if it were him.
"These two are the best that Haihun City can pick out," Fu Qingping said, "I hope Young Master Lin will have a great start."
Having said that, he also reminded Lin Qinghen that there was a two-star Earth Rank alchemist in the alchemist team, who was a year older than Lin Yunsi, and was just on the same level. They were counted as a group and could compete on the same stage according to the competition rules.
This is one star higher, so I'm afraid the chances of winning are slim.
The three old items from the Yin family are all prizes for the first place. Qin Xiang set them up this way on purpose. If Die Meng loses and can't get the items back, the Yin family will have no choice but to go all out.
Lin Qinghen also knew this, but Lin Yunsi didn't seem discouraged after hearing the news. She curled her lips and whenever she had time, she would pull Li Yan together to whisper. All Lin Qinghen could do was to try to buy them some time.
Since there are six people on each side, there will be six one-on-one preliminary matches. The six winners can enter the next round and draw lots to compete. The winners will enter the top three, and the top three will be ranked next.
That's ten competitions in total, and he has to take a break after each one. Lin Qing sells seats and tickets to the public, and also acts as the banker to run a betting game. There are so many messes, enough to delay him for a month.
The one-on-one preliminary round is not randomly drawn by lot, but each side determines the players to play.
There is no need to use all your strength at this time. The strong against the weak just need to make sure you can get through the first round.
"Li Yan will go in the first round. His opponent is the worst one in the team, only a five-star Xuan-level player. You don't need to use your full strength, just pretend," Lin Qinghen said. "Yun Si naturally doesn't need to fight the strongest one either. Pick the second one and win the first round first."
The Shen family's talent can be controlled, and each time the spiritual essence is summoned out during alchemy, it only takes a moment, and can be completely concealed by the flame-like spiritual energy so that it will not be discovered for the time being.
Furthermore, if one deliberately restrains oneself during the process of refining the elixir, the additional effect of one's talent on the elixir will not be revealed.
It's just the preliminary round, so Li Yan's abilities can be kept secret and saved for the finals where he can use them as an unexpected trump card.
The fact that Lincheng and Leicheng were setting up a competition arena attracted a lot of people. The betting before the first game was very lively, and when Liyan played the first game, no one thought he would win.
Lin Qinghen was the banker, watching the odds on Li Yan's side getting higher and higher.
There were some people in the city who believed that Diemeng had defeated Li Yan. They always felt that Lin Qinghen would not do anything reckless. When the day of the official competition came, the entire stadium was packed with people coming to watch the fun.
In the preliminary round, two batches of medicine are usually refined, and then the best one is picked for comparison to prevent poor performance.
The other party had obviously inquired about his opponent and had no intention of taking him seriously. He walked onto the field triumphantly amid the cheers of the whole audience, thinking that he was sure to win this time.
Everyone thought that Diemeng’s trump card was naturally Lin Yunsi. Diemeng was aiming for the first place. After all, only the first place prize was meaningful to them. Li Yan was just here to make up the numbers.
But as soon as Li Yan came on the stage and summoned his medicine cauldron, the other party's expression became a little strange.
This medicine cauldron is much better than his.
In this type of competition, the medicine cauldron must be brought with you. After all, this is also part of the alchemist's strength, and a good medicine cauldron will inevitably have an advantage.
This medicine cauldron naturally belongs to Lin Yunsi. It was lent to him before, and now it is half given to Li Yan.
Then Li Yan instantly released his spiritual power, and the medicine cauldron was slightly lifted up by him. Not only the people on the stage were puzzled, but the audience below were also puzzled, causing a burst of whispers.
Wasn't this Li Yan an ordinary Yellow Rank before? But judging by the way he was releasing spiritual power, he must be at least a Mysterious Rank.
This...is something wrong.
The expressions of those who placed the bet suddenly changed.
This is a sure win, there's no way it'll go wrong, right?
The discussed Li Yan was always indifferent after he came on the stage. His expression remained unchanged, and he lowered his head to make medicine as if this was not a competition.
Just like before, he never showed off his skills when refining medicine, and used every bit of his spiritual power in the most appropriate place.
After the first batch of medicine was refined, the result was that the one from Lincheng was slightly better, but the difference was not big.
Li Yan was not in a hurry either. He took a look at the quality of the pill, as if he had confirmed something. When he came back from the intermission to refine the second batch, his hands became more accurate, as if he was refining it closely following the other party.
When the second batch of medicine came out, after comparing them, Liyan's was better.
Comparing the two games, Liyan won by a narrow margin, just a tiny bit, as if it was just luck.
His opponent was very upset and always felt that this person's victory was unfair.
"His medicine cauldron is better than mine!"
"It's just luck!"
"Let's have another match. I will definitely not lose!"
But if you lose, you lose. There is no point in making excuses. The result cannot be changed.
The viewing area was bustling with ups and downs that day. Many people bet on the wrong bets and lost money. This duel became famous overnight.
In addition to the discussion about Li Yan's sudden improvement, everyone felt that Lin Qinghen saw something when he was recruiting and brought him here on purpose. The news that Lin Cheng used the Yin family's relics as a prize also spread.
Many people felt ashamed, and what's more, those who lost money were unreasonable. They thought it was a sure win and they bet a lot of money, but who knew they lost it all. They were even more dissatisfied with these people in Lincheng.
They felt that this was because they overestimated themselves and underestimated their opponents, otherwise how could they have lost?
Wang Yulin, this bunch of idiots with eyes on their foreheads! They are like a bunch of useless people who can't help themselves. Thinking about it makes me even more upset.
Not long after, a real conflict broke out in the city.
The team of more than 40 people from Lincheng lived in the largest inn in Leicheng, but the young ones were not well behaved and it was impossible for them to stay in the inn obediently for a whole month.
The City of Tears has been bustling lately, especially the already established medicine market. I always go out for a stroll, thinking of buying something suitable.
Not long after the match, at a critical moment, these young and energetic people from Lincheng started to have an unpleasant experience with the mercenaries who came to Tear City. They had a fierce fight in West Market and the whole city knew about it.
I heard that it was because when he went out, he heard the mercenaries swearing because they lost money, and then they started fighting after a disagreement.
And Wang Yulin hasn't won the battle yet.
No matter how talented these people are, they are not fully grown after all. They sneaked out at that time, and Qin Xiang was not around. The scattered mercenaries in Beizhou were not afraid of anyone. Anyway, they had no fixed place to live. They would run away after beating people up. Once they were out of the city, no matter how powerful they were, they would not be able to find them. They could just come back after the storm passed.
The City of Tears is in such a free and unrestrained state now. It is indeed a bit chaotic. Wang Yulin is like a greenhouse in comparison. I guess those young people are not used to such an environment.
Lin Qinghen was quite happy to hear that. It was said that Song Lingyang, who had spoken rudely that day, was pushed out and beaten the worst.
I swear to God, he definitely didn't send that person, it was just an accident.
But this is indeed a good thing for the Yin family. In addition to venting their anger, they can also test the spiritual essence and strength of some of their people.
The Yin family was watching closely and recorded everything clearly.
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