The rising sun is like a piece of colorful oilcloth, gorgeous and colorful.
Before the alchemy competition even started, the girl Zheng Lu came to Chen Mo's residence. The two had made an appointment as early as last night and went to the central square of Hengfu County together.
Chen Mo went out as usual, and the two of them walked side by side.
However, Zheng Lu had a delicate mind and could judge Chen Mo's reality from some small actions. She couldn't help but said in surprise: "Hey, Brother Chen, aren't you in good condition?"
It's strange that he can recover. Running around underground for a continuous night is a kind of torture both physically and mentally.
"Oh, maybe I'm nervous." Chen Mo replied noncommittally, glancing at the wooden plate serial number in her hand casually.
The 672nd is a relatively late registration. As far as Chen Mo knows, the number of people who have signed up for the alchemy competition is only about a thousand people. Competitions can fish in troubled waters, but alchemy cannot be done. It is all about the actual practice of real swords and guns. Demonstration, without any real ability, the secret was exposed, and ten spiritual stones were wasted.
"Brother Chen, you are lying again. You are Master Sun's apprentice. There is nothing to be nervous about in such a small scene!" Zheng Lu said with a smile.
Although she felt that Chen Mo might be hiding something from her, since the other party wouldn't let go, it was best not to continue to ask questions, otherwise it would only increase her disgust.
When the two of them were talking, they had already arrived at the main road of the central square. Like Beihuang County, martial law was put into effect half an hour earlier. Many monks participating in the alchemy competition came here to wait.
Some familiar monks gathered together, discussed each other's experiences, and got along well for a while. This circle was not small, with the number of people ranging from twenty to three or five. Of course, Chen Mo was also among them. Spotted two familiar faces:
"Gao Yuan, who is at the twelfth level of Qi refining in Qin, and Lan Fuxiu, who was robbed of three hundred spirit stones by me..."
People like them would shine like stars wherever they went. Naturally, there was no shortage of monks surrounding them. For a while, they were chatting enthusiastically with the people around them, but they didn't pay attention to Chen Mo and Zheng Lu.
"I have some conflicts with Lan Fuxiu, so please don't reveal my identity." Chen Mo suddenly whispered to Zheng Lu in line with the principle that doing more is worse than doing less.
"ah?"
Just as the woman was surprised, the huge alchemy furnace in the central square suddenly floated in the sky above Hengfu County. Nearly a thousand vague threads floated out from it, which seemed to be connected to the competition. The token in the man's hand flew towards the square along with the monk's body.
In just a few breaths, several monks holding tokens were dragged into the air by gentle force.
Seeing this, the others also took out their tokens from their storage bags. Chen Mo naturally did the same, but unexpectedly when he took off in the air, he happened to meet Lan Xiuxiu who took off at almost the same moment!
"Is it your boy?! Are you also here to participate in the alchemy competition?"
How could Lan Fuxiu not recognize that the person in front of him made him spend an extra three hundred spiritual stones to buy insect eggs? He was only at the tenth level of Qi refining. If he were in the suburbs, he could kill this with one finger. People cry for father and mother!
Again, monks at the tenth level of Qi refining have very awkward methods of dealing with enemies. High-level spells such as "Thunder Ball Technique" and "Ice Explosion Technique" are too slow to cast and have no power, so they cannot be used at a fast pace. in actual combat.
Therefore, the monks at the tenth level of Qi Refining found a new way to fight with mid-level spells, which greatly increased their fluency. They also mixed in some martial arts and talisman compilation to ensure that their opponents were overwhelmed.
If you still have some strength left, you can control the enemy by manipulating a mid-level magic weapon, but you cannot do more than one thing at once. Therefore, it is difficult for someone to display all these fighting methods, so the battles between monks at the tenth level of Qi Refining are diverse.
The higher the realm, the more the competition becomes a battle between spells. Why can the eleventh level of Qi refining crush the tenth level of Qi refining? The first is the difference in marrow cleansing, and the second is the difference in spell casting.
The sign of the twelfth level of Qi Refining is the ability to cast high-level spells instantly. It is simply too easy to kill low-level monks, not to mention the auxiliary factors such as talisman compilation, magic weapons, and close combat techniques. This is exactly what Lan Xiuxiu wants to do. The confidence lies.
Pulled by this magical power, he could do nothing but speak. Chen Mo didn't care about the other party's gnashing of teeth and replied: "Fellow Daoist Lan, let's compete first. Even if you want to take revenge on me, do you have to wait until the alchemy is finished?" Wait for the opportunity later?"
"Humph, the boy is self-aware!"
Although Lan Fuxiu sneered, he felt wary in his heart. Being able to participate in the alchemy competition shows that this person is not an ordinary low-level wild cultivator. But knowing my identity, he still dares to speak like a lion, which shows that he has no regard for me. The background is not very scary...
"That's all, let's keep an eye on it. It's not too late to take action after confirming this person's identity!"
Lan Fuxiu is not a one-sided idiot. If he is slapped in the face, he will hit him back at all costs. If he can suffer a loss, there must be something worthy of attention in this person!
While he was thinking about it, nearly a thousand people were led by the alchemy furnace and landed in front of the desk with the corresponding serial number engraved on each person. A blue jade slip was placed on everyone's table. Although they were a little curious, there was no monk yet. Dare to open it rashly.
Of course, there is a small buzz of discussion.
Coincidentally, Gao Yuan, who signed up for the ring competition in Beihuang County, was sitting directly behind Chen Mo. He noticed him as soon as he landed. At this moment, seeing five old men in black robes sitting on the high platform of the square who had not yet spoken, he took the initiative to say hello: "Hey fellow Taoist, do you still remember me?"
"Fellow Daoist Gao, how could you not remember..."
Chen Mo said with a half-smile, looking pointedly somewhere in the square.
On the south side of the square, Lan Fuxiu, who had seen everything in sight, withdrew his gaze and asked Chen Mo countless questions in his heart: "Damn it, is this his confidence? Gao Yuan is domineering and arrogant on the surface, but in reality He is an extremely insidious character, if you are against him..."
Lan Fuxiu became more wary of Chen Mo.
Gao Yuan's expression changed. He also saw the unscrupulous gaze in the distance. He was inexplicably used as a gunman. Who can feel comfortable? Do you want him to take the initiative to explain to Lan Xiuxiu: I don't know this guy? Don't get me wrong!
Doesn't this prove that the Gao family is lower than the Lan family?
Gao Yuan's eyes instantly darkened: "Good boy, you dare to plot against me! You can wait until after the alchemy competition!"
The five old men on the high platform did not see the secret contest between several disciples of the aristocratic families. Seeing everyone buzzing like flies, one of the old men at the front frowned and shouted angrily: "Noise! Shut up, I'm all here." !”
Seeing that the scene suddenly became quiet, he scanned the surroundings with a deep gaze and spoke slowly.
"This alchemy competition is divided into three rounds. In the first round, a hundred people will be selected, in the second round, ten people will be selected, and in the last round, the strongest alchemists who will witness this casual training conference will be personally taught by Senior Li in the alchemy technique! "
"In the first round, the completeness of the combination of the spiritual herbs will be assessed. There are a hundred medicinal herbs on the blue jade slips. It is forbidden to use foreign objects to piece them together. The top one hundred monks with the most combinations will advance to the next round!"
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Nearly a thousand monks sat upright, like people in the secular world who went to Beijing to take exams. They activated the green jade slips on the table in no particular order. As the old man said, a hundred medicinal herbs were clearly visible in the projected light. above the curtain.
There are no names on the herbs. That is to say, once a certain herb is confused at the beginning, all the combinations extending from it will be wrong arrangements. One step is wrong and the other is wrong. It can be said that this is the case.
"These hundred herbs are too simple for me..."
Relying on the black stone and his own memory method, Chen Mo had mastered the habits and appearance of more than 300,000 medicinal herbs as early as in Xianyun Valley. In three years at Tianding Chamber of Commerce, he had secretly learned about many medicinal herbs. The total number added up to There are as many as 400,000 in total.
He took a quick look and found that there were fifteen rare herbs, and three were extremely precious. He was sure that none of the monks present could recognize them all. Those fifteen herbs were mostly ordinary monks and real alchemy monks. A place to distance yourself.
"One hundred medicinal herbs, after secondary fusion, there are more than 2,000 kinds, and after fusion, there are more than 700 kinds of herbs..."
Chen Mo took a quick look for a quarter of an hour and had roughly estimated all the herbs. As long as he thought about it and recalled it carefully, it would not be difficult to answer it word for word.
After looking around, everyone was staring intently at the herbs on the light screen. Some laughed heartily, some meditated hard, and some shook their heads and smiled bitterly. All the various states of living beings were vividly displayed here.
Zheng Lu was one of the few who had already started to answer. Chen Mo wanted to see how Lan Xiuxiu was doing, but he received a warning from a high platform.
"No. 153! If you continue to look around and fail to answer the questions, you will be disqualified from the competition!"
Chen Mo was startled, then lowered his head obediently, frowning as if he had no clue, and was extremely confused.
If the existence of the county tunnel had not been discovered, Chen Mo would not have minded shocking the five old men on the high platform with a perfect score, but this matter was like an unsolvable knot, which was extremely tangled in his heart. ah!
After much deliberation, Chen Mo decided to hide his strength, not to be too high-profile, and just answer the criteria to be promoted.
Just when he made the decision, most of the monks were also interested in answering. The Yan royal family also considered the situation that both monks would participate, so there was a time limit of only three hours.
The square was silent, with only the blue jade slips shining in the light. Each of the five old men held a bowl of tea and commented in a low voice to the monks who were answering below.
"Old Zhang, did you just see which boys have the hope of entering the top ten?"
"It's hard to say. I'm more optimistic about the girl on the east side. She answers quickly and her expression doesn't look like she's put it together randomly."
One of the old men secretly pointed out the direction, which was exactly where Zheng Lu was.
The old man on the far left also nodded in agreement: "Well, I also think she has hope of winning the Fate-Resisting Pill, and the two children in front of her..."
"That's not bad either..."
"Hey! Originally, it was Old Monster Sun who was the chief alchemist this time, but he just refused and went to some sealed and dangerous place with Biying and those old guys. What a pity!"
After hearing the words of the leader of the old man, someone else laughed and said: "Old Zhou, you don't understand enough. Old Monster Sun has an apprentice who also came to participate in the competition. In order to avoid suspicion, he gave up the supervision this time!"
"Oh! Is Mr. Sun's disciple?" One of the old men's eyes flickered: "Let me find one who is more similar. How about we make a bet with a few old bones?"
Just when a few people were looking for Old Monster Sun's disciple, Chen Mo had already finished answering part of the quantity of medicinal herbs and stopped there.
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