The monks who didn't know how to make pills were watching with great joy. It was interesting to hear the explosions.
Xiang Yidan's first furnace also exploded, but he didn't look discouraged at all. After a little adjustment, he threw himself into the second furnace with a hundred times more enthusiasm. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the second furnace would succeed without any accidents.
Looking at Gu Yao next to him, not only did he finalize the pill formula quickly, but he was the first to start refining the pill, and his progress was the fastest until now. It made people suspect that he knew the topic in advance and prepared for it early.
But in all honesty, no one leaked the topic. Instead, they hinted to the core disciples who were going to participate in the competition.
"Look, is Gu Yao about to produce an elixir? It seems he is quite capable after
all." "Nonsense, if he doesn't have any skills, how dare he come to participate in the competition? If he doesn't have any skills, how can the sword sect of Beizhou praise him so highly? Do they really think those sword cultivators are idiots?"
Lei Hu and others were very depressed after hearing this. If they wanted to praise Gu Yao,
they could just praise him, but why did they have to call the sword cultivators idiots? They, the sword cultivators, are not stupid, okay? No, they are actually very smart, unlike the cultivators from other states, who all vied to please the alchemists in Lingzhou and praised them to the sky.
"Tsk, this doesn't mean you can just refine the pills. Who knows if the pills are poisonous or useless before they come out? Besides, it won't pass unless it's a fourth-grade pill."
"The pills are out, the pills are out, look!"
A pleasant roar came from the pill furnace in front of Gu Yao. Chi Changye and Tian Feirong stared closely, afraid of seeing something wrong.
After a while, nine pills spurted out from the pill furnace, spinning in the air before returning to the jade bottle. Just by looking at the brilliance of the pills, you can tell that among these nine pills, five are top-grade pills, and the rest are also high-grade pills.
Gu Yao was not dissatisfied. Although he had to go back and forth, he could produce nine top-grade pills. After all, this was the first time he had adjusted the pill formula, and the adjustment was not small.
He did not continue to refine the remaining two ingredients. He directly handed over the bottle of pills, then closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing, waiting for the second round of eliminations.
He was so calm that the audience below could not be calm, especially the disciples of the big sects in Lingzhou. They simply could not imagine that this foreign alchemist had the first place, and there were five top-grade pills. In other words, the rumor outside that this alchemist had a very high probability of producing top-grade pills was not a rumor. His alchemy skills were really good.
"Maybe it's a fifth-grade pill. Maybe he will be driven off the stage soon." Someone still tried to save him.
The pill was sent to the rostrum. Elder Qin and others took out the list of materials that Gu Yao had requested, and then checked the pill. Their faces were very strange. If this was an alchemist trained in Lingzhou, they would be very happy. However, this person came to Lingzhou to slap them in the face, so how could they be happy?
"Two great elders, look at this pill..."
Alchemist Shan and Alchemist Dai looked at it first, then scraped some powder and tasted it, feeling it carefully.
Master Dan Shan nodded and said, "The young are to be feared! It's good that way, because it lets the alchemists in Lingzhou know that there are always people better than them, so that they won't be blindly arrogant and not study the art of alchemy well."
Master Dan Dai also affirmed, "The modification of this pill recipe is perfect, which shows that this alchemist's understanding of the principles of alchemy and his familiarity with the properties of spiritual herbs are far beyond the reach of ordinary alchemists."
Many audience members were paying attention to the movements on the podium. The comments of Master Dan Shan and Master Dai were clearly heard by them, causing an uproar. Even those who had been belittling Gu Yao before could no longer hold on. Wouldn't denying Gu Yao be tantamount to denying the vision of these two first-class alchemists?
Many people blushed. The two great elders were giving too much face to this foreign alchemist. Was it necessary to praise him so highly?
Next, it was the turn of the second-grade alchemists to taste the pills. They also discussed with each other which spiritual herbs in the modified pill formula played what role, and which spiritual herbs played a balancing role. They used them so skillfully and boldly, which ordinary people dared not do.
They were restrained enough. If this was the alchemist of their own state, they would have been praising him and listed him as the most talented alchemist after the alchemy immortal.
Although the others had not collected the pills yet, their movements were all in their eyes. They knew in their hearts that no one could beat Gu Yao in this round.
Fortunately, it was just a knockout round, and there was no need to rank the players who entered the next round of knockout rounds, otherwise it would be a mess.
Many of the second-grade alchemists present were skeptical of Gu Yao's reputation, thinking that they had too little experience
and did not know the true level of alchemy in Lingzhou. Their vision was too low, so they would blindly praise an alchemist with some achievements. To put it in a local way, in their eyes, Gu Yao was just a chicken head, and at best he would be a phoenix tail in Lingzhou.
However, just this one elixir made them nervous, worrying that Gu Yao would overwhelm all the alchemists in Lingzhou by himself. They did not make such a big scene to help Gu Yao become famous.
"Let's wait and see. Do you have so little confidence in the alchemists trained in Lingzhou?" One person sent a message to the others.
Some weak alchemists had all three sets of materials exploded, so they had to carry the alchemy furnace and walk off the stage in disgrace. They felt embarrassed and couldn't even make it through a round.
But later, when they saw that some disciples from big sects were also eliminated, they felt relieved. It was not because their alchemy skills were too bad, but because the questions in the first round were too difficult for them.
Of course, the alchemists who can win are all real talents.
Xiang Yidan's second furnace was indeed successful, but he was not satisfied with the quality of the pill, so he continued to refine the third furnace.
Ji Baize also succeeded in producing the second pill after Xiang Yidan, and handed over the bottle of pills very proudly. Especially when he saw Xiang Yidan still refining the pill, his pride was about to show, but when he looked at Gu Yao, he was closing his eyes to rest. What was going on? Could it be that another alchemist had produced the pill before him?
Ji Baize was surprised and doubtful. You know, before the competition, he got some advice from his master. Seeing his master's meaningful eyes, he guessed that the advice might be related to the alchemy competition. So during that time, he looked at many precious collections and the experience of refining pills left by the elders. When he heard the topic of the first round, the word "as expected" popped up in his mind, so he was very confident.
Ji Baize frowned slightly, and could only close his eyes to regulate his breathing and adjust his state. He could not let Gu Yao lead him by the nose because of this situation.
Although the elimination round would not rank the qualifiers, everyone could see the situation of the pills produced. The quality of the pills could be seen in that short moment. Seeing the pills produced by Ji Baize, some alchemists shook their heads secretly. Judging from the quality, Ji Baize's pills were worse than Gu Yao's.
When they were in the hands of Elder Qin and others, the difference was even more obvious. Ji Baize refined the fourth-grade primary pill, while Gu Yao refined the fourth-grade intermediate pill. Moreover, the number of Gu Yao's top-grade pills also exceeded Ji Baize's. The gap was not small.
Time passed in a flash. Before the stipulated time, those who were supposed to leave the stage left voluntarily, and those who were supposed to produce pills produced pills. Half of the space on the stage was vacant at once. After another batch of contestants with unqualified pills were eliminated, less than half of them could still stay on the stage.
The audience gasped from time to time. This first round of elimination was too tragic. More than half of the people were eliminated. You have to know that these eliminated alchemists would be sought-after alchemists outside.
They didn't know that as long as they could refine pills that were even slightly related to the fourth-grade pills, they would stay, even if some of the pills were strictly prohibited. Otherwise, it would be a good result if one-third of the people could stay on the stage.
"Bad! Really bad!" Tian Feirong said gloatingly, because among the eliminated alchemists there were also alchemists from Lingzhou. Who made these natives desperately belittle Gu Yao, but now the result is that Gu Yao stayed and was the first to produce an elixir.
The disciples of Guiyuan Pavilion also gasped. The alchemists who went up barely stayed as the direct disciples of the pavilion master. It was true that they didn't know until they compared themselves. Their alchemy skills were still far behind others.
Elder Qin coughed lightly, and the square fell silent again. He announced: "Next is the second round of eliminations. Alchemists, keep up the good work."
"The second round of eliminations is relatively easy. Alchemists, please choose any two of the following ten kinds of elixirs. Those whose quality is above the middle grade will qualify."
The names of the ten kinds of elixirs were clearly displayed on the jade disk. At first, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. This round was indeed much easier. They didn't have to rack their brains so much. All ten kinds of elixirs were fourth-grade elixirs. But after a closer look, although they were fourth-grade elixirs, they were all the most difficult to refine among the fourth-grade elixirs. It was not easy for some alchemists to produce elixirs above the middle grade.
However, this time, the alchemists in Lingzhou were confident. They rushed to report the names of the elixirs. The ones eliminated in this round were not the alchemists in Lingzhou, but those from outside. Of course, many of them were eliminated in the first round.
Gu Yao also reported the name of the elixir he had chosen. It could be said that it was the most difficult of the ten elixirs. They were all elixirs that nourished and repaired the sea of consciousness. However, with the soul refining method in hand, it was easy for him.
When the spiritual herbs were delivered, Gu Yao scanned them with his consciousness and raised his eyebrows slightly.
He didn't know how other people's spiritual herbs were, but the quality of his batch of spiritual herbs was really uneven, which would affect the quality of the elixir and even the quality of the elixir.
However, his habit was to filter the spiritual herbs first. Moreover, each elixir had three sets of materials. He picked and picked to get the best set, and then threw them into the elixir furnace together. The lotus heart fire started and the refining
started.
His actions inevitably attracted the attention of the audience. Many eyes were focused on him. What did this mean?
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