Fierce competition
As soon as he finished speaking, the curse on everyone was lifted and everyone could speak.
Shui Qingyan was finally able to speak. She took out two bottles of spiritual spring water from her storage bag, drank one in a gulp, and handed the other to Jiang Feiyao: "Sister Jiang, your aunt is not deliberately teasing you! Knowing that you want to participate in this competition, she specially set up so many novel links for you!"
No matter how she looked at it, she felt that Jiang Baiwei was deliberately making trouble for others. They were all clowns on the stage, there just to entertain her!
Jiang Feiyao took a sip and heard Shui Qingyan’s words, her eyes flashed: “Aunt has strange ideas, I can’t guess what she means.”
Shui Qingyan sipped the water, drinking most of it. "It's not hard to guess. She's just teasing us, tormenting us. We're all puppets, clowns, to make her happy!"
What had she done to offend anyone? She had thought she could rise to prominence by following Jiang Feiyao, but she had never expected that after so many years of trying to please someone, this was what she would get!
For a moment, Shui Qingyan also became emotional and deliberately turned around and said to Jiang Feiyao: "Humph!"
Seeing Jiang Feiyao staring at the countdown and promotion numbers on the screen in the air, he stomped his feet and raised his voice: "Huh~"
Unfortunately, Jiang Feiyao didn't even glance at her: "What are you looking at? Not at me! I'm angry, can't Sister Feiyao see it? Why don't you try to cheer me up?"
Jiang Feiyao glanced at her and said, "This time it's a detoxification pill. I'll go grab the spiritual plants and refine the pills, and you go grab other people's pills."
Shui Qingyan was stunned: "Rob other people's pills?" Is this possible?
"Didn't you hear what your aunt said? As long as you have the elixir, it doesn't matter whose it is. Many people will overlook this point, so if you have a low level of cultivation, your success rate in snatching elixirs is higher than snatching spiritual plants. Most people are not on guard, and they don't think of this level." Jiang Feiyao spoke coldly, staring at the screen.
"Detoxification Pills, Miasma-Breaking Pills, Breeze-Clearing Pills... these are all. If we get twenty of them, we will definitely win."
"No matter what method, whether it's slashing or killing, as long as we win the game, that's all that matters." The girl's eyes were light, clear and innocent, like a beauty made of glass, indifferent to worldly affairs, pure and innocent, but what she said was chilling and made people feel cold all over.
As Shui Qingyan heard Jiang Feiyao announce the names of the elixirs, one after another, she felt a chill all over her body, as if she were in a cellar. She had known Jiang Feiyao for so many years, but she had never seen her like this. She suddenly felt that Jiang Feiyao was even more terrifying and colder than she had imagined. This coldness had nothing to do with icebergs, but with the dead. It was a chilling, eerie cold.
Isn't the alchemy conference about competing in alchemy, pill-stealing, and killing?
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Such doubts lingered in Qianluo's mind. She didn't understand why snatching spiritual plants and refining pills was clearly a matter of surpassing the alchemist's strength, familiarity with the pill formula, familiarity with the pill types, and speed of refining pills.
Now it is clearly told to everyone that those who cannot grab the spiritual plants and cannot refine pills can grab the pills, snatch the pills that others have painstakingly refined, steal the fruits of others' labor, and claim them as their own achievements?
Such a match, right?
"Qianluo, I'll keep the formation disk on my body, and Chizhao will guard our alchemy platform. You and I will fight for the spiritual plant."
According to Jiang Baiwei, regardless of the unconventional rules, people can gather at the alchemy table as they please, but the alchemy table cannot be destroyed, because all pills must be poured into the pill basin on the alchemy table in order to successfully submit the pills.
So, one person can't make an army, and two people can't necessarily keep it together. From this perspective, the alchemists who formed a team in advance were actually the better ones.
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Gu Xianyun looked at her teammates in front of her, scanning them one by one. Including her, there were eight people. Ever since Qianluo rejected her last time, she still didn't give up and was still looking for teammates. Because her teammates were all third-grade and fourth-grade alchemists, many cultivators were willing to cooperate. She successfully invited a pair of siblings, Qiao Shu and Qiao Hua, who were in the middle stage of foundation building and third-grade alchemists.
"Gu Daoyou, what do you think?"
Qiao Shu is the older brother and has always been steady. He looked at the spiritual plant warehouse that appeared randomly. As soon as it appeared, many alchemists came forward to pick spiritual plants. With such a large group of people, friction and conflicts were inevitable.
Not far from them, dozens of people were fighting. Colorful spells were flying, flames were shooting into the sky, curses were heard, and the strong smell of blood could be smelled.
Qiao Hua pulled her brother aside and whispered, "These people are fighting without restraint. Why don't we stay away from them?"
"No!" Gu Teng said with a stern face, "This, this is a competition! How can we... can we be behind..."
Gu Qiuchi, who had always been sickly, glanced at him and said, "Cousin, you'd better use the divine sound to send a message. We can hear it."
Gu Teng pouted, looking unhappy. How could sister Gu Qiuchi not show any mercy to others?
[Cousin, this year's first round was even more dangerous than previous first rounds, and just as dangerous as the second round. It seems the district chief is intentionally making the competition more chaotic. There were too many people taking advantage of the situation in previous years, so I guess he wants to clean things up this year.]
[But don't worry, I anticipated that this year's competition would be different, and I bought all kinds of elixirs in advance at the Treasure Pavilion.]
[Since the District Chief said that as long as we have the elixir, it doesn't matter who made it, then the elixir I bought from the Treasure Pavilion can also be our achievement.]
Gu Xianyun was stunned: "Cousin, you..." She didn't expect that her cousin who stuttered when speaking would hit the nail on the head as soon as he spoke!
Indeed, this year's competition was exceptionally dangerous. Beneath the competition rules lay many hidden rules that had yet to be fully understood, but Gu Teng's words resolved her doubts. Since they could take away other people's pills within the venue, why couldn't those outside the venue, as long as they met the requirements, be considered their own achievements?
Gu Ci took out a storage bag and said, "Many people bought elixirs before, hoping to pass them off as genuine. We learned this from them. This is a lucky coincidence, but the elixirs at Jubao Pavilion are always in short supply, so we didn't buy 80 of each type. We also bought some spiritual plants, but they are not needed for this competition."
"There are only 30 detoxification pills here. Let Gu Qiuchi take them first. The remaining 20..." He looked at Gu Xianyun, wanting her to speak.
Gu Xianyun: "Give it to Gu Qiuchi, Qiao Hua, and Liu Tai. The rest of you, join me in snatching the spiritual plants."
This distribution is the fairest. Qiao Shu and Li Mi have no objection, so they can better complete their cooperation until the end of the second round of the competition.
Gu Qiuchi, Qiao Hua, and Liu Tai placed the ten detoxification pills in their hands onto their own alchemy tables. A blue light rose, and a robot voice rang out: "134, 243, 085, you have successfully advanced. Please rest for three days and wait for the second round."
At the same time, the teleportation array under their feet lit up, and the three of them were teleported out of the square.
The screen changed, showing the numbers of three people, changing once a minute. The numbers changed, the digits changed, and one hundred people had already successfully advanced.
This made others jealous and continued to join the battlefield.
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The scene was in chaos. The alchemy furnace was kicked over, the alchemy ash was flying, and the alchemy platform was kicked away...
"If I didn't have the ancient mirror, my alchemy platform would not be able to be restored! These people are too cruel, they just kicked my alchemy platform!" Wang Xin set up a basic formation for his alchemy platform to prevent people from getting close.
Liu Ling wiped her face, looking dusty and dusty: "Damn it, they actually dared to kick my alchemy platform!" These people are crazy, knowing that they can't grab the spiritual plants, they start kicking other people's alchemy platforms, causing others to lose the qualification to advance. Their desire for revenge is too strong, they are simply social scum!
Qu Chun took out a landscape ink fan, and the green mountains and waters on the fan floated out from the painting, surrounding the four people so tightly that no one else could get in.
The alchemist outside the mountain was so frustrated that he took his magic weapon and said angrily: "You are lucky!"
Hearing this, Meng Rui held his sword and frowned: "These people really deserve a beating."
Qu Chun: "Meng Rui, don't argue with them. Take out the spiritual plants we bought at Jubao Pavilion yesterday and see if there are any that are suitable for detoxification. Let's start refining the pills now."
Liu Ling clapped her hands and cheered: "Brother Qu Chun is really thoughtful. With the mountains and water barriers, no one can disturb us while we are refining the alchemy, and we don't have to worry about the alchemy platform being stolen!"
Wang Xin moved his mouth and finally said dryly: "There are only about twenty spiritual plants, which can be used to refine about a dozen Qingfeng Pills. The rest need to be stolen from others."
Upon hearing this, Liu Ling raised her eyebrows and said, "I asked you to grab more yesterday, but you didn't listen! We were late, and all the elixirs were gone. We could only grab these spiritual plants, but in the end, we couldn't even get enough!"
They also learned from the bragging of some previous students that they could buy elixirs and spiritual plants from the Treasure Pavilion and successfully advance without having to snatch spiritual plants or refine elixirs.
It was a pity that too many people understood what was said yesterday, and the spiritual plants and pills in Jubao Pavilion were sold out as soon as they were put on the shelves. The contestants in the competition were like a swarm of locusts. Even though Jubao Pavilion put several batches of pills and spiritual plants on the shelves, it could not meet so much demand, and finally closed early.
Detoxification pills are too niche. Unless someone goes to a secret realm for trial and encounters poisonous insects and scorpions, there is no need to buy them. Therefore, the sales volume is not as good as ordinary pills for strengthening the body, nourishing the essence, and concentrating the mind and gathering energy. They can be said to have found a bargain and bought detoxification spiritual plants.
"Wang Xin, Liu Ling, your cultivation is low, so I'll give you these spiritual plants. Meng Rui and I will go out and grab some. You just stay and guard the alchemy platform!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qu Chun and Meng Rui flew in their flying vehicles, and at the same time repaired the formation above their heads to prevent outsiders from approaching.
"Brother Qu Chun is still so good at taking care of people." Liu Ling looked up at the sky with curved eyebrows, then lowered her head to stroke the spiritual plant in her hand.
Wang Xin bared his teeth, somewhat unwilling to look at this woman: "Big sister, hurry up and refine the elixir, and let everyone who can leave be the first!"
"Haha, brat, how dare you look down on me! My Hibiscus Spirit Fire is not exaggerated! Qingfeng Pill is a second-grade elixir. With these twenty or so spiritual plants, I can't be like you, who can only refine a dozen Qingfeng Pills. If I were to refine it, I could make 20 Qingfeng Pills, not one more, not one less."
The pink hibiscus spirit fire suddenly lit up in the air, burning the alchemy furnace. The spirit seeds were placed in the furnace, and the spirit light flashed. Wang Xin held his breath and stared with wide eyes: "Why didn't you discuss it before dumping more than 20 spirit plants?"
If she hadn't refined a Qingfeng Pill, they would both have to go out and fight for the spiritual plant!
The pink spiritual fire was elegant and handsome, like a slowly blooming hibiscus. The heat was gentle. Liu Ling closed her eyes and waited for the opportunity. She heard a "pop" and it came out of the oven.
Twenty pills quickly flew into Liu Ling's hands, not one more, not one less. She held the Qingfeng Pill and smiled: "Stinky boy, why don't you worship me?"
Wang Xin was stunned: "No, you, a second-grade alchemist, actually have a higher success rate than me, a third-grade alchemist!"
The success rate of this pill is close to 100%!
Liu Ling snorted and laughed: "I am extremely talented. If I hadn't started later than you, I would have been a fourth-grade alchemist by now! I am the one who possesses the Hibiscus Spirit Fire. Do you think I can be any worse?"
"Here you go, let's go out quickly and don't disturb Qu Chun and Meng Rui!"
Wang Xin didn't say much. The two of them put ten pills into the medicine basin. A blue light flashed, the teleportation array opened, and the promotion was successful. At the same time, the alchemy platform disappeared.
"496, 852, promotion successful!"
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The Spiritual Plant Depot looked around like a naughty child, jumping up and down, making it impossible to catch its shadow. It was furious and vented all its resentment on the monks who were competing with it for the spiritual plants.
"Friend Zhao, the Spiritual Plant Library ran away. Are you blaming me? We are teammates. Don't you want to participate in the second round?"
"There are still three hours left. If I don't succeed, no one else can succeed!" The man went crazy and his emotions were extremely unstable. He was like an exploding alchemy furnace, and the fragments scratched people and himself.
Qianluo and Tao Yue exchanged a glance, then took the opportunity to attack the two with magic: "Now!"
The jade flying saucer suddenly appeared, catching the two people off guard. Such a thick spiritual weapon made their noses bleed and their heads dizzy, and they soon fell from the spiritual weapon.
Qianluo collected the storage bags of the two people. Tao Yue sat cross-legged on Daoist Fellow Zhao's spiritual weapon, holding the jade cross-legged hilt. "These two people are really a nuisance in this place. They kill and set fires at the slightest provocation. We are doing our part to eliminate this evil for the people."
Qianluo found a longsword from their storage bags. It was a mid-level magical weapon, ordinary and adequate. She didn't want to expose herself too early in the discussion, otherwise she could pull out the Dragon Roar Sword.
"These two people stole a lot of spiritual plants, which can be used to refine more than a dozen barrier-breaking pills. Tao Yue, you go and refine the pills first and keep an eye on the alchemy platform."
Tao Yue hesitated: "But..."
Qianluo: "Don't worry about me, whoever can leave is a winner!"
Tao Yue took a look at the defensive formation below. Many people were attacking their alchemy platform. Fortunately, they had the Bagua Formation Plate and Chi Zhao, otherwise there would be no one to defend it.
"Okay, I'll go first!"
Tao Yue flew downwards at an extremely fast speed, fearing that he would encounter monks on the way and have his spiritual plants snatched away. The good ones were not effective, but the bad ones were. Sure enough, when he was flying in the air, someone blocked his way.
"Wuwuwu——" The sound was sobbing and plaintive, as if a child was crying.
A flash appeared before my eyes, and there was a shadow of a white fox. Its body was snow-white and it looked charming. A gleam of light flashed in its eyes, and it raised its head and howled.
Tao Yuexin cried out in alarm: "It's you!" It turned out to be Gu Guang and Song Jin whom she met at Baiwei Zhenxiu a few days ago. These two people were obviously evil monks, Gu Guang was sinister and Song Jin had bad intentions.
"No!" Tao Yue covered her head. She could feel blood coming out of her mouth and nose, and her head was getting more and more dizzy. It was the sonic attack of the white fox. She didn't expect that the white fox fire was so powerful.
Qian Luo, who was snatching the spiritual plants, was worried and turned around to see that it was these two people. She narrowed her eyes. They were both in the late stage of foundation building. If she didn't kill them, she would suffer a great loss if she met them in the second round!
"Orchid Sword Rain——"
Song Jin and Gu Guang thought they had a sure win. After all, with their cultivation in the late stage of foundation building, they were more than capable of dealing with a female cultivator in the early stage of foundation building. However, they did not expect that this female cultivator's teammate had extraordinary swordsmanship.
The sky is full of flower language, petals are flying, the fragrance is charming, there is a sharp sword energy in the flowers, when a flower falls, a sword rises!
A rain of flowers fell in Baodan Square, naturally attracting everyone's attention. In addition to alchemists, there were also other people with special skills. No one expected that a sword cultivator would appear so soon.
Beneath the green tiles and red walls, five superiors sat aside. The red-robed man saw that the female cultivator had good swordsmanship and nodded frequently, saying in a mechanical voice: "Your swordsmanship is of minor importance, and your magic weapon is ordinary. One strike of the sword will shatter."
The Alchemy Association President said: "The red-robed messenger said that this female cultivator's swordsmanship is good, but her magic weapon is ordinary and cannot withstand such a great force. After this sword strike, the magic weapon will shatter."
The other red-robed man nodded, and the sound of electricity crackling, like an old electrical appliance: "Not bad."
Jiang Baiwei ate grapes, her fingers as green as scallions, white with a hint of pink. "I also have an impression of this female cultivator. She's a good seedling. Are the two envoys interested in cultivating her?"
“Sizzle, sizzle—”
“Lack of energy, lack of energy!!!”
Under the red robe was a mechanical arm and bracket made of carbon fiber composite material, emitting a cold mechanical light. It did not look human, but had red prosthetic eyes and high-density materials. The solid-state battery on its chest was flashing and emitting a red light, obviously out of power.
Jiang Baiwei and the president of the Alchemy Association exchanged a glance and shrugged. "How can they not take the Alchemy Conference seriously? They actually sent two robots that were manufactured a hundred years ago. I'll call them tomorrow and have them send new ones."
"Otherwise, we won't be able to make it to the end of the game!"
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