Zhong Lingge came to the light ball where the number was drawn, injected spiritual power into it and pulled out a thin thread of spiritual light, which gathered into the number 193 in the air.
Deacon Jindan, who is in charge of order, is a round-faced young man with a kind attitude that is rare in the clan.
"The content of this competition is the Bigu Pill. Rankings are based on the speed, quantity, and quality of the pill. You can pick up the materials over there. Each person is limited to three copies. If you fail in three copies, you will be automatically eliminated."
"Then three parts were refined in a short period of time?"
Zhong Lingge's question seemed a bit naive to the young man. During the Qi refining period, there were only a handful of people who could make a half-finished product. How could all three materials be turned into elixirs.
However, he still introduced in a good-natured manner: "If all three copies can become elixirs, there will be extra points in terms of quantity, but the competition has a time limit of two hours. If the time is exceeded, the deduction points and the extra points will be equal, and the ranking will be equal." I can’t go up.”
"I understand, thank you, senior."
Zhong Lingge walked towards the cabinet where the materials were placed and found that there were less than two hundred people entering the competition area. At first, the people who came in were all the same as Lan Siyue and the Lin family siblings. They were either mainly for company, or they were here. Watch the excitement.
"Friend Zhong Dao! Why did you come here to make elixirs?"
A female disciple wearing Xuanyuan Sect disciple uniform ran over, her eyes widened, curious and shocked.
"I thought you were just good at fighting, but I didn't expect you were also interested in Alchemy!"
"Making pills is much more fun than fighting."
Zhong Lingge was not disgusted with her carefree attitude, and chatted with her for a few words, and then another female voice came from behind.
"Junior brother, you have to do your best. Don't be like some people who dare to sign up in the middle of Qi refining. It's a small matter if you hurt yourself by exploding the furnace, but it's a sin if you hurt the people next to you."
"Senior Sister is right, I will follow your instructions."
Zhong Lingge looked back and saw that the two of them were wearing the uniforms of the inner disciples of the Immortal Cauldron Sect, with distinctive personal disciple tokens hanging around their waists. They seemed to be the beloved disciples of a certain Yuanying Master.
Ever since she called out the Po Immortal Cauldron Sect's real person and threatened her in public, the whole sect had a bad attitude towards her. Just as she was about to say something in return, the fast-talking Xuanyuan disciple next to her reacted one step faster than her.
"Aren't you, the Immortal Cauldron Sect, a second-rate dealer in materials? Are you qualified to find fault with others for making alchemy? Stop making people laugh. The output of your entire sect is not as much as the casual alchemy masters in the city!"
The Immortal Cauldron Sect was under the jurisdiction of the Xuanyuan Sect, and the direct disciples felt that they were inferior to the Xuanyuan disciples. Each senior sister was humiliated and walked away dejectedly.
"Don't listen to them. It doesn't matter how far you can practice. As long as your mind is stable and your techniques are correct, it's not that difficult to become an elixir."
"Thank you, senior sister."
"Why are you so polite! I heard my sister say that you are loyal and don't run away first when you are in danger. That's great!"
"Senior sister's sister is."
"Dong Azhuo of the Nine Heavens Sword Sect, my name is Dong Aning. Last time you said you wanted to challenge her and the sword cultivators of their sect, but then you met someone sent by some broken city lord in the north."
Zhong Lingge burst out laughing when he heard this. It seemed that the sisters were biological sisters. Dong Adzhuo also had a noisy temper and had no control over his words. This senior sister was indeed very similar to her.
"It turns out to be Senior Sister Dong. Nice to meet you."
"Hey, how lucky are you to meet me? I'm not as good at fighting as my sister, and I can only make elixirs. The competition is about to begin, go find a seat quickly, remember not to be anxious, calm down first!"
"Yes, thank you, senior sister, for your guidance."
Zhong Lingge was very impressed by her kindness. After separating from her, he quickly found the entrance to the underground fire cave with one hundred and ninety-three written on it. As soon as he walked in and sat down, the formation barrier isolated her from the outside world.
The formation does not prohibit sight or spiritual consciousness, but is just to prevent contestants from making mistakes and blowing up the furnace, accidentally injuring unprepared monks nearby, or from disturbing others and affecting the results of alchemy.
Participants in the formation will have some knowledge of the condition of the alchemy furnace and can know in advance whether the furnace will explode. Once they notice something is wrong, they can avoid injury by stepping out of the formation.
"Ling Ge, do you plan to refine all the materials? Do you have enough time?" Lin Xiaojiu looked around, automatically acting as an information mouse. "There were only two people nearby who took three copies of the materials, and the rest were only one copy. They were confident and only planned to refine one copy."
"Well, using ordinary techniques can indeed only make one furnace, and the sea of spiritual power and consciousness cannot sustain the second furnace. But I don't plan to use ordinary techniques."
Lin Xiaojiu didn't ask any further questions. He cheered her up a few words and then calmed down, accompanying her to calm down her mind.
As soon as Zhong Lingge entered a calm state without sadness or joy, his spiritual consciousness took the initiative to roll up three materials, took out the small white furnace he had prepared and placed it on the unactivated ground fire. He only needed to move the formation base to fire.
The monks around her had already lit the flames and started to preheat the alchemy furnace, but she was the only one who kept holding on to the spiritual plant and couldn't tell what they were doing.
In the stands in the distance, Lin Wu was a little anxious, his neck stretched out.
"Friend Zhong Dao, hurry up and light the fire. What if you don't have enough time?"
Although Lan Siyue was puzzled, out of her trust in Zhong Lingge, she had no reason to believe that she had a reason for doing this. "It won't be enough, she will succeed."
A contemptuous sneer came from the side, and Lan Siyue and the Lin family looked over together. It was a male disciple in the middle stage of Qi Refining of the Xianding Sect, with disdain on his face.
"If Zhong Lingge can refine one, no, five elixirs, I will kowtow to you to apologize! You really think you are a person. If you fight, she will not die. Can you rely on brute force to make elixirs?"
"How many knocks?"
Lan Siyue looked at him seriously, expressionless.
The Immortal Cauldron Sect disciple just said it casually, but he didn't expect her to ask such a question. However, he was a member of the Xuanyuan Sect, and it was difficult to offend even the outer sect.
"You have the final say on how many times you want to knock her. I said you are also a master. Do you really believe that she can make elixirs? One look at her and you can tell that all her energy is used to practice fighting skills. How can she be able to make elixirs!"
"Ninety-nine rings."
Lan Siyue was too lazy to argue with him. She firmly believed that Zhong Lingge would succeed if he competed. As for where the time and energy came from, she didn't want to know and didn't need to know.
The disciples of the Immortal Cauldron Sect were stunned when they heard this. Ninety-nine of them really dared to speak. Before he could agree, someone started to make noises next to him.
"Promise! You said it's impossible for Zhong Lingge to become a pill!"
"Brother, isn't your Immortal Cauldron Sect's main focus on alchemy? If you are so confident, you should come down!"
"That's right! We don't really want to see you kowtow, we just like to see the excitement of the gambling game!"
"You will win anyway, and you won't suffer any loss if you promise her!"
The disciple of the Immortal Cauldron Sect thought about it for a while, and found that this was indeed true. Judging from what he had learned throughout his life, it was absolutely impossible to refine five Bigu Pills in two hours in the middle stage of Qi Refining.
Therefore, he accepted the kowtow bet with great dignity and became invincible, but——
"Then if I win, should you kowtow to me?"
"Yeah, ninety-nine."
Lan Siyue didn't hesitate at all. She knew without any reason that she would not lose.
(End of chapter)
