Shinan and others returned to school to rest and adjust, preparing for the second round of the arena competition ten days later.
However, the next day after Heather returned to the academy, she went to the National Sports Center because the alchemy competition started.
The stands around the National Sports Center were filled with disciples from all the major sects in China and students from all the major spiritual academies. Everyone looked down quietly at the 100-foot-square high platform in the center of the stadium.
On the high platform, there are three rows of seats, upper, middle and lower.
Among the guests, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes sat in the center. On both sides of him, in addition to Chen Zhi, there were twelve people wearing alchemist robes accompanying him!
It can be seen from the badges on the chests of these alchemists that they are all Tianshi-level alchemists!
On the middle table, there are nearly fifty grandmaster-level alchemists, and on the lower table, there are 156 grandmaster-level alchemists.
At 9 o'clock sharp, a middle-aged man in a suit and leather suit took the seat in the middle of the table. Immediately, he looked around and a loud voice lingered over the huge National Sports Center:
"Time flies, and it's the day of the annual elite alchemy competition."
"On behalf of the Dan Supervision Bureau, I, Ye Hai, welcome you all."
"Now the alchemy disciples participating in the alchemy competition come out!"
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
Immediately, people who signed up to participate in the alchemy competition flashed out from the team. A total of 156 participants lined up and stopped in the center of the stadium.
Each of the 39 sects and 39 spiritual academies sent two people to compete, and of course Heather was one of them.
Ye Hai glanced at the 156 contestants and said in a loud voice: "The first competition of alchemy is divided into three rounds."
"In the first round, based on the smell of the elixir, we can determine what elixir it is. At the beginning of the competition, no one is allowed to open their eyes or release their mental power to see, otherwise, they will be disqualified!"
"There are three questions in total. Those who answer two questions correctly will advance to the next round!"
"You guys, do you understand?"
The 156 contestants said in unison, "Disciples and students understand!"
Ye Hai nodded with satisfaction, then looked at Chen Zhi and an old man and said, "Which one of you will start first?"
"Old man..." Before the old man could finish his words, he was cut off by Chen Zhi, "Mr. Ye, according to the rules of the competition every year, I always start the question first in every competition. Of course it is the same now, I still give the question first. ."
Ye Hai smiled and said: "Vice President Chen has said so, then you can invite me."
Chen Zhi stood up from his seat, came to the front of the 156 contestants, and ordered: "Close your eyes."
"Yes!" Everyone closed their eyes immediately.
In the first round of the first alchemy game, the competition mode is that Chen Zhi, Ye Hai and the director of the Alchemy Supervision Bureau each randomly take out one of the thousands of third-level and lower elixirs for the contestants to pass. Smell to identify which elixir it is.
As for why the three of them had to choose one, it was just to prevent it. One of them secretly told some contestants in advance that the one he took out was He Dan.
Third-level elixirs are used as the assessment because the contestants are all freshmen, and most of them have reached the quasi-master level alchemist. However, although a quasi-master-level alchemist can refine first- to third-level elixirs, it is still very difficult to determine what kind of elixir it is just by its smell.
After all, new alchemy disciples are the new force of every force!
At this time, under the spotlight, Chen Zhi's space ring flashed, and a bottle of elixir appeared in his hand.
He poured out a purple elixir and said solemnly: "Everyone can listen for one breath, and then write down the answer and hand it in within a moment."
"During the assessment, those who release their mental power to peek or open their eyes will be directly eliminated!"
"The assessment begins!"
As soon as he finished speaking, no movement was seen from Chen Zhi. Suddenly, the purple elixir in his hand rose into the air and stayed in front of the noses of the 156 people. After staying for a moment one by one, it flew back to Chen Zhi's hand again.
Suddenly, most of the 156 people participating in the competition frowned, as if they were trying to remember something.
One-third of the disciples looked calm, and quickly used their mental power to control the pens they had prepared, and wrote the name of the elixir on the answer sheet on the side...
A moment later, on the high platform.
Chen Zhi looked back at the old man and Ye Hai and said, "You two, please start witnessing with me."
"Okay." The old man and Ye Hai responded with expectant eyes.
The 156 master-level alchemists in the lower seats all released their mental power to control the answer sheets corresponding to the contestants and took them back in front of them.
Chen Zhi pinched the purple elixir in his hand and announced: "This elixir is a third-level elixir: Nourishing Heart and Blood elixir."
After a while, the results were tallied up, and only 98 people answered correctly. As for who answered correctly, it was not announced immediately.
"Hahaha, yes, yes, more than half of the freshmen this year answered correctly." Ye Hai smiled and said: "Let's ask Mr. Zhuang to give the question!"
"Okay." The old man stood up slowly, and without her needing to say anything, everyone closed their eyes again.
With the snap of the old man's fingers, a jet-black elixir flew towards the 156 contestants. It stayed under the tips of everyone's noses one by one, and then flew into the old man's hand.
This time, most people had sad faces, their faces were full of anxiety, and big beads of sweat fell from their foreheads!
In the next moment, 80% of the contestants were drenched in sweat.
This shows how much pressure they are under!
"When the time is up, please turn in your answer sheet." The old man ordered.
"Yes." Everyone placed the assessment answer sheets at the table of the master-level alchemist sitting in front of them.
At this moment, some people were in high spirits, while others were dejected.
The old man pinched the black elixir in his hand and said: "This elixir is a third-level elixir: the bloodthirsty elixir."
After some statistics, only 61 people answered correctly.
Ye Hai stood up and said: "Everyone close their eyes and continue the assessment."
After the 156 contestants closed their eyes, Ye Hai flipped his right hand, and a green elixir rose from the palm of his hand. It stayed under the noses of a hundred people. After staying for a breath, the elixir flew back to his hand.
"Tick, tick..."
Most of the people still had their brows furrowed, and the sweat on their foreheads kept dripping on the table. Based on the smell of the elixir, they tried their best to think about what elixir it was.
Heather, who had guessed the answer a long time ago, found that most people were still thinking after finishing writing, and said a little speechlessly: "Is it so difficult? Isn't it just a third-level spiritual nourishing pill!"
"One moment is up!" Ye Hai finished speaking, and all the contestants placed their answer sheets in front of the tables of 156 master-level alchemists.
Ye Hai's mental energy was strong. After scanning the hundreds of answer sheets, he said in a loud voice: "What I have in my hand is the third-level spirit nourishing pill."
After counting again, only 26 people answered correctly.
Ye Hai said: "Okay, let me announce that the people who answered more than two questions correctly in one round include Ji Xiang, Song Ding, and Lin Xu... A total of 60 people passed the first round."
"Now proceeding, the second round of the first alchemy game, the rapid identification of medicinal materials and the answer."
"There is a answering machine on the table in front of the contestants. After pressing the answering machine, the answering machine must accurately tell the grade and name of the medicinal materials. There are a total of 60 assessment questions. One point will be added for each correct answer, and 5 points will be deducted for each wrong answer. points, the top 10 will advance!"
The old man surnamed Zhuang said to Chen Zhi, "For alchemy people, identification of medicinal materials is the most basic common sense, but it is even more difficult to answer quickly and accurately the grade and name of the medicinal materials being tested."
"In the first and second rounds of this alchemy competition, the contestants' familiarity with medicinal materials will be tested." Chen Zhi nodded and smiled.
At this time, Ye Hai said again: "According to the rules of the competition, each of the three of us will have twenty questions. Of course, in order to ensure the fairness of the questions, the three of us have sworn that every assessment question will be asked during the competition. , will never be leaked privately to the disciples of their respective sects or Spiritual Dao Academy. Therefore, this is fair."
"Okay, that's all. Mr. Zhuang, please."
Hearing this, Mr. Zhuang stood up from his seat and came to the front of 60 candidates.
"Little kids, are you ready? Then I'm going to start." Mr. Zhuang stretched out his right hand holding the space ring and said.
"Ready!" The 60 contestants stared at Mr. Zhuang's right hand, and their whole body became tense.
"Okay, let's begin." As soon as Mr. Zhuang finished speaking, the spatial ring's blue light flashed, and a blue medicinal plant with four leaves appeared in his hand.
"Beep!" Heather took the lead in pressing the answering machine and replied: "Level 4 medicinal material: Blue Spirit Clover!"
"The answer is correct, give this guy 1 point!" As Mr. Zhuang spoke, a pink medicinal plant came out of thin air from his right palm.
Mr. Zhuang looked at Heather and said, "Continue!"
As he spoke, a seven-petal flower medicinal material appeared out of thin air from Mr. Zhuang's outstretched right hand. Heather pressed the answer button and said calmly: "Fifth-level medicinal material: Colorful Magic Grass."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was suddenly stunned. This Heather was actually right again! Moreover, it is so fast. No one else responded. Even as soon as Mr. Zhuang took out the medicinal materials, Heather answered correctly!
Mr. Zhuang frowned and thought to himself, it seems that Heather happened to know something about Colorful Mysterious Grass, so he quickly said the right thing!
On the other hand, among the other contestants, beads of sweat were already rolling down their foreheads. They were beaten by this heather for two consecutive questions. How could they not be in a hurry!
"Heather's answer is correct, give him 1 extra point." After Zhuang Lao finished speaking, he put the colorful mysterious grass into the space ring. At the moment a black three-leaf medicinal plant came out of the air in his right hand, Heather pressed the answerer again and said Still indifferent, he said: "Fifth-level medicinal material: three-leaf sword grass."
Heather's answer was really too fast!
Before the remaining 59 people could see clearly, Heather successfully answered!
As soon as Mr. Zhuang's medicinal materials appeared in his hands, before Ye Hai and Chen Zhi who were watching could see clearly, Shi Nan was the first to speak out!
"He must be very familiar with Shamrock by chance, that's why he answered so quickly!" The others comforted themselves!
"Heather's correct answer, another 1 point!" Mr. Zhuang said. After putting the three-leaf sword grass into the space ring, the moment a green medicinal plant appeared from his right hand, a voice with a confirmed tone suddenly sounded, "Fifth-level medicinal material: Heavenly ghost grass."
"Whizzing!"
Chen Zhi and Ye Hai suddenly stood up from the table and looked at Heather with shock and excitement!
"How could this happen? Why is he so fast!" All 59 people participating in the competition turned pale!
The audience in the stands almost mistakenly thought that Mr. Zhuang and Shinan had colluded!
In the next few moments, a miraculous scene appeared!
The entire huge National Sports Center stadium was filled with answering machines, the voices of Heather and Mr. Zhuang, and the exclamations of the audience!
"Sixth-level medicinal material: Tianri Xuanzhu!"
"Heather answered correctly and gets another 1 point!"
"Awesome...this is called Heather, so awesome!"
"What's going on? This Military Defense University's Heather is too fast!"
"Yeah, so fast that the other 59 people couldn't even react!"
"Third-level medicinal material: Jinghongvine!"
"Heather's answer is correct, plus 1 point!"
"Seventh-level medicinal material: Benleiqi grass!"
"Heather's answer is correct, plus 1 point!"
"..."
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