The first volume debuts Chapter 92: Being crushed?
There were a total of three hundred alchemists participating in the Level 2 Alchemy Conference this time. There were still quite a few alchemists who did not participate. Also, there were Level 2 alchemists whose cultivation had reached the Spiritual Pill Realm and were unable to participate. Otherwise, the number would be even greater.
From this we can see the strength of the Alchemy Alliance. A level 2 alchemist is considered a person of extremely high status and is relatively rare, but in Danling City, hundreds of them can be easily found!
The Alchemy Alliance sent twenty receptionists to assist Zhou Qian in presiding over the Alchemy Conference, and they had already arrived at the venue of the Alchemy Conference.
This second-level alchemy conference was held on the second floor of the attic of the Alchemy Alliance Center. In order not to affect the performance of the participating alchemists, the audience was not allowed to visit up close. Instead, there was a live video display outside the building so that the audience could watch from outside the building.
When Zhou Qian announced the start of the Level 2 Alchemy Conference, the scene outside the attic appeared in front of everyone. They saw that the venue on the second floor was very spacious, with hundreds of alchemy platforms, each with an alchemy furnace.
At this time, ten people were preparing in the venue on the second floor. They were mainly checking whether there was anything wrong with the alchemy furnace, and preparing the herbs for refining the three spiritual base pills next to the alchemy furnace.
Outside the central attic, ten receptionists will check the identities of the participating alchemists one by one. After the check, the alchemists can go upstairs on their own and wait for the alchemy conference to officially begin.
Zhang Wen took the lead and walked forward proudly, but did not take out the token. He smiled playfully at a receptionist and asked, "Do you need me to take out the token for you to check?"
"Master Zhang, you are joking. Of course, you don't need to check. Please follow me to the private room on the second floor and wait." A receptionist immediately apologized with a smile and personally led Zhang Wen to the second floor.
Zhang Wen felt very comfortable after hearing this. He glanced at Li Xuanfeng and Su Ming with disdain and followed the receptionist up to the second floor. He seemed to be mocking the two of them with disdain, "Do you have the same treatment as me?"
However, Li Xuanfeng and the others did not receive such treatment. Although Su Ming was a second-level alchemist whose fame was second only to Zhang Wen, the receptionist still checked Su Ming's token. Needless to say, Li Xuanfeng, although he had refined the perfect Lingji Pill, not many people knew about it, and his fame was far behind Su Ming.
The ten receptionists checked very quickly. Within the time it took to stick of incense, the identities of the three hundred alchemists had been checked and they all entered the venue on the second floor.
"For this second-level alchemy competition, the headquarters will provide medicinal materials for refining three Lingji pills. The time limit is two incense sticks. The one who refines the highest quality pills will win." Zhou Qian once again calmly explained the rules of the alchemy competition in detail.
"There are hundreds of alchemy furnaces here , all of which are the same, and the herbs are the same. You can pick any alchemy platform you like."
"Now I am going to announce the rewards for this alchemy conference! The first place winner will receive a Spiritual Enhancement and Body Strengthening Pill. This pill was refined by an ancient ancestor and can increase both spiritual power and physical strength. The recipe for the pill has long been lost, and only a few dozen are left in the world!"
"The second place winner will receive a third-level mid-grade pill furnace, the Black Iron Furnace; the third place winner will receive a perfect foundation-enhancing pill; the fourth and fifth place winners will receive a high-grade foundation-enhancing pill; the sixth to tenth place winners will receive a mid-grade foundation-enhancing pill."
After hearing this, the three hundred alchemists quickly chose an alchemy platform each, and waited eagerly for Zhou Qian to announce the start.
"The Level 2 Alchemy Conference has officially begun!" Zhou Qian announced solemnly when he saw that everyone was ready. At the same time, he waved his right hand, and one of the two incense sticks at the front of the venue was instantly ignited and began to burn, and the timer began.
All the alchemists did not dare to delay for even a second and immediately began to check the furnace and herbs to start refining the elixir. If it was a low-level second-level alchemist, it would be unknown whether he could refine a spiritual base pill within two incense sticks of time.
Even an ordinary second-level top-class alchemist can only barely refine one spiritual base pill in one stick of incense. If he fails once more, it will be really disastrous.
Li Xuanfeng also began to check the alchemy furnace and herbs. Nothing unusual happened, so he began to refine the elixir. The alchemy furnace here was actually a high-quality alchemy furnace of the second level, better than most second-level alchemists' own alchemy furnaces.
This is also the reason why most alchemists participate in the alchemy conference. Due to their limited financial resources and lack of better alchemy furnaces, by participating in the alchemy conference, they can experience the refining effect of advanced alchemy furnaces, and the refined pills belong to them and can be exchanged for spirit stones.
Taking herbs, removing impurities, putting them into the alchemy furnace, controlling the fire and refining them, the three hundred alchemists had almost identical techniques, as if it was a group performance!
The quality of the alchemists participating in the alchemy conference was mixed. There were excellent top-level alchemists like Zhang Wen and Su Ming, as well as second-level lower-level alchemists who had just been promoted.
Therefore, not long after the alchemy conference began, there were banging sounds of furnaces exploding. Fortunately, the furnaces were of good quality and strong enough, otherwise they might have been blown into countless pieces.
There was the sound of an exploding furnace, and of course there was also the aroma of elixir coming out, and as time went on, the aroma became stronger and stronger, and it seemed that the elixir would be ready soon!
"Who do you think will be the first alchemist to come out?" The audience outside the central attic began to discuss while paying close attention.
"Do I even need to ask? Of course it's Master Zhang. He has the strongest aptitude for alchemy and his cultivation has reached the perfection of his spiritual foundation."
As expected, Zhang Wen was the first to open the furnace, and the first furnace took only half an incense stick of time. Zhang Wen opened the furnace cover with a smile on his face and took out a crystal clear pill. He himself did not expect that his luck would be so good today.
In order to ensure fairness, there is a pill testing plate on each alchemy table, which is an extremely convenient magic weapon.
Just put the pill in, and you can immediately check the type and quality of the pill. Of course, this can only check common pills. If it is a high-level pill or an extremely rare pill, it is difficult to verify.
Zhang Wen gently placed the refined pill into the pill testing plate, and five small words immediately appeared on the plate: Perfect Spiritual Base Pill!
The audience outside immediately uttered countless surprised voices. Could it be that Master Zhang would win easily again this time? He actually refined a perfect Spiritual Base Pill in one go.
Although the pill testing plate did not make any sound in order not to affect other alchemists, these five words still attracted a lot of attention, and many alchemists in the alchemy conference immediately noticed it.
Seeing Zhang Wen refine a perfect spirit base pill for the first time, almost all the second-level alchemists felt uneasy, and some even failed to refine and exploded their furnaces! They didn't want Zhang Wen to continue to be the strongest second-level alchemist, because that would be another year's nightmare!
Zhou Qian saw Zhang Wen refine the perfect Lingji Pill, and a smile appeared on his face. He finally felt relieved. It seemed that God was still helping us, allowing Zhang Wen to refine the perfect Lingji Pill in one go. With the success rate of the perfect Lingji Pill, it was already good to succeed once in three times.
Su Ming saw that Zhang Wen had refined the perfect Lingji Pill. Although he did not fail in refining the pill, he looked at Li Xuanfeng with worry in his eyes. It seemed that all hope could only be placed on Shi Feng.
However, Li Xuanfeng's mood did not change at all. He just glanced at the alchemy table where Zhang Wen was and continued to refine his own pills.
Seeing that Li Xuanfeng's face was still calm and his refining was not affected at all, Su Ming couldn't help but feel a lot more at ease. He retracted his gaze and continued to refine his own pill.
Zhang Wen looked at Li Xuanfeng and Su Ming who were still refining with pride, then prepared the herbs again to continue refining, not wanting to waste any time.
The second one to come out of the furnace was Su Ming. About ten breaths after Zhang Wen came out of the furnace, he opened the lid of the furnace, took out the refined pill, and put it into the pill testing plate with disappointment and helplessness on his face.
"Top-grade Spiritual Base Pill!" This result was not at all surprising to Su Ming. He had never refined a perfect Spiritual Base Pill before, but the success rate of a top-grade one was already extremely high.
"Sure enough, Su Ming is no match for Master Zhang. It all depends on whether that kid named Shi Feng can refine a perfect Spiritual Base Pill as rumored."
Because of the huge number of pills he was refining, Zhou Qian was already able to roughly judge the quality of the pills in the furnace by the scent. He knew that Su Ming's pill was a top-grade Lingji Pill before it came out of the furnace.
After Su Ming came out of the furnace, Zhou Qian paced to the alchemy table where Li Xuanfeng was. After smelling the fragrance of the elixir, the smile on his face became even bigger and he nodded with satisfaction.
The third one to come out of the oven was Li Xuanfeng. He calmly took out the pill and put it into the pill testing plate. The audience outside and Su Ming immediately looked at him intently, paying close attention to the quality of the pill refined by Li Xuanfeng.
"Superior Grade Spiritual Base Pill!" This is what the small words displayed on the pill testing plate said!
