Chapter 374
The knockout round begins
After walking out of the inn, Long Xuan looked around, found a tall building, and walked in that direction.
The towering building was built temporarily, covering a large area and having five floors.
The number of contestants in the elimination round was so large that it exceeded ten thousand. The central square of Tianfeng City was simply unable to accommodate so many alchemists, and the elimination round could only be held in this tall building without spectators.
However, even so, this tall building cannot accommodate so many alchemists at the same time, so the elimination round will last about ten days, and all contestants will compete in batches.
The day each alchemist would participate in the competition was decided by drawing lots. Yan's clone had bad luck, so he drew the first day for him.
Long Xuan had no choice but to interrupt his plan to prepare the Tianjin and leave the competition early.
As he walked along, Long Xuan was surprised to find that the streets were already crowded with people.
A large number of alchemists and onlookers took to the streets, blocking them completely. There was noise everywhere, and even chaos in some places. He would not be able to squeeze into the competition venue in a short time.
He knew that this alchemy competition would attract a lot of onlookers, but the problem was that the knockout rounds would be held in a tall building, which would block everyone's view, so why would they squeeze in?
Even if they squeeze in to the place closest to the competition venue, they can only watch lonely.
Just when Long Xuan didn't know how to enter the competition venue, a loud shout came from the sky.
"This city has now lifted the no-fly restrictions, but only contestants and judges can fly over this city. Anyone who does not meet these two requirements will be killed if they fly into the sky."
As soon as this voice came out, the group of alchemists who were struggling to squeeze into the competition venue were delighted and immediately flew into the air, flying towards the tall building at the fastest speed.
There are not many people below the level of Gu King who can fly, but this definitely does not include the wealthy group of alchemists. Every alchemist who participates in the alchemy competition is extremely wealthy and almost all have the financial resources to buy a flying boat.
Then all kinds of flying spiritual weapons flew around in the sky. Some people flew towards the competition venue on boats, some people had a flying spiritual weapon made of the wings of eagle spirit beasts stretched out from behind them, and their speed was also not slow, and some people rode on a flying poisonous insect or spirit beast, and flew quickly towards the building.
In short, each alchemist has different flying abilities, and for a moment the sky was filled with flying figures, creating chaos.
Just at this moment, there was a sudden commotion somewhere in the crowd, and Long Xuan subconsciously turned his head to look over there.
What appeared in the sight was a graceful figure in a purple dress, with a beautiful face and an innate noble temperament.
But her eyes were smiling, revealing a mischievous look, and it was obvious at first glance that she was a restless person.
At this moment, she was indeed restless, and she actually stepped on the heads of the crowd and flew towards the competition venue in a very high-profile manner.
All those whose heads were stepped on dared to be angry but not to say anything, which shows that this woman's identity is definitely not simple.
Long Xuan subconsciously turned his head to the person beside him and asked, "Who is this woman? She is so arrogant. Isn't she afraid of being beaten to death?"
A supporting actor beside him whose name he could not remember glanced at him and said, "You don't even know her? She is Princess Yuyao of the Longteng Empire. Her name is Long Yuyao. She is the most beloved daughter of the current Emperor of the Longteng Empire, no one else."
"Who dares to mess with her?"
"Besides, she is not stupid. She only stepped on the heads of those people of low status. Would she dare to fly over the head of the Gu King?"
"She has the capital to be so arrogant. She is the number one genius in the Longteng Empire. Not to mention her terrifying fighting ability, her alchemy skills alone are superb."
"Her alchemy skills are considered the best among the Long family's third-grade alchemists. She is a hot candidate for the championship of this alchemy competition."
"She appeared in such a high-profile manner, and it seems that she is very confident about this competition."
Hearing this, Long Xuan took a close look at the woman's back, remembering this competitor in his heart. However, they cannot be said to be competitors, as both of them have the surname Long, so it doesn't matter who wins.
Just at this moment, there was a commotion behind him again, and Long Xuan hurriedly looked back.
I saw a fat man in red clothes imitating Long Yuyao and flying forward quickly by stepping on people's heads.
But what happened was that he was heading right past me, and if nothing unexpected happened, the fat man would fly over my head.
Long Xuan's face changed immediately. How could it be good if such a huge thing stepped on him?
"It's really courting death!"
Long Xuan cursed inwardly, and immediately used the power of the Eye of Heaven to perform subtle manipulation on someone in the crowd behind him.
The man felt his knees go soft for no apparent reason, and then he fell down.
The fat man who had just stepped on his head suddenly felt his feet go empty and he fell heavily to the ground.
The crowd below were all affected and screamed.
To outsiders, it seemed as if the fat man was too heavy, causing the people below to be unable to bear his weight. As a result, he failed to show off and fell flat on his face, and the crowd burst into laughter.
At this time, behind the crowd, a group of Gu Kings wearing red clothes suddenly turned black in the face.
"It's embarrassing, it's really embarrassing, is this Feng Shuang capable of such a big task?"
An old man pointed at the fat man who was struggling to get up in the crowd with a trembling finger, and was so angry that he blew his beard and glared. The number one alchemist of the Feng family had such a shameful thing happen in public, even the elders of the family felt ashamed.
He now keenly sensed that the Long clan Gu King was looking at him with a smiling look.
The leading Feng clan Gu King also had a bad look on his face, and was disappointed with this genius who was highly expected by his family.
"It doesn't matter. Although Feng Shuang doesn't seem very smart, he is an excellent alchemist. He is truly the best among the third-grade alchemists of our Feng family."
"In terms of alchemy, he is definitely not inferior to that Long Yuyao."
"And I didn't place my hope on him at all. His chances of winning against Long Yuyao are only 50-50. Even if he loses, it doesn't matter. I have another plan."
The leading Feng clan Gu King raised his mouth, revealing a sinister look, and sneered: "Don't worry, this back-up plan is enough for my Feng clan to win the championship of this alchemy competition and plunder half of the Long clan's fortune."
"If the Long family regards Long Yuyao as their last hope, then they will definitely lose this bet."
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Hearing the discussions in the crowd, Long Xuan finally knew the identity of the fat man. This person was actually the first among the Feng family's third-level alchemists.
He couldn't help but take a closer look at the man, and when he felt that the pressure was not too great, he took out a handful of spirit tree leaves from his storage ring and threw them into the air.
He then jumped up, using the power of stepping on stars to make his body as light as a cloud. He stepped on the leaves in the air and quickly flew to the entrance of the competition venue.
There was a cry of surprise from behind him. Such a pretentious appearance attracted the attention of many people.
Long Yuyao also turned her beautiful eyes to look at her, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.
It seemed incredible to her that one could run in the air by stepping on leaves purely by physical strength.
Long Xuan ignored the shocked looks behind him and walked quickly towards the door.
Since this alchemy competition is destined not to be low-key, he has no intention of hiding any edge.
After he walked in, he took out a wooden token with Room 25 on the third floor written on it, and he walked towards Room 25 on the third floor.
He already knew the rules of the knockout round. After registering, each contestant would receive a token with a number on it.
The number on the token is the location of the contestant's examination room. Each contestant has a separate room, which is closed and does not affect each other.
The first game will test the refining of elixirs.
At the beginning of the competition, the examiner will give each alchemist a magical medicine.
The type of elixir will be randomly selected by the examiner on the day, and no one will know the content of the examination in advance.
The rules of the competition are very simple. All contestants refine the same type of elixir. Each person has ten elixirs, for a total of ten refining opportunities.
After the contestants have refined ten elixirs, they must take the one with the highest purity to the judges for scoring.
The time taken to purify the elixir, the success rate, the dryness and purity of the elixir essence, and the final size of the elixir essence will all affect the score.
There are a total of 120 judges. After removing the ten highest scores and the ten lowest scores, the average of the remaining judges' scores is the final score for the contestant.
Those with scores 60 points higher than the passing line will stay and enter the next round, while those with scores lower than 60 points will be eliminated and there will be no revival match.
Such rules are fair and can prevent people from bribing the judges to give high scores or maliciously giving low scores.
After Long Xuan found his examination room, he walked in and sat down, closing his eyes and resting, trying to adjust himself to the best condition.
There were many alchemy masters in this alchemy competition. He didn't dare to be careless in the slightest. He didn't dare to be conceited that his alchemy skills were the best in the world, nor did he dare to underestimate everyone in the world.
He didn't have to wait long. Soon, a deafening bell rang outside, and the next moment, footsteps were heard in the corridor.
An old man soon pushed the door open and walked in. After checking the token that Long Xuan had placed on the table and confirming the identity of the contestant was correct, he placed ten blue Ganoderma lucidum on the table and turned the huge hourglass on the table upside down.
Obviously, this hourglass is used to count the time. Since it is a competition, there must be a time limit. If the elixir has not been refined after the sand in the hourglass has flowed out, it means failure.
At the same time, the less sand flows out of the hourglass, the faster it comes out, and the higher the score will naturally be.
"This is the third-grade water Ganoderma lucidum, which is the test item that the chief examiner has drawn. You are lucky to have drawn the most difficult spiritual medicine."
The invigilator gave a strange smile, finally pushed the door open and walked out, closing it behind him.
Each room is protected by a formation. Under the formation, the use of storage bags and insect breeding bags is prohibited, which can almost eliminate all cheating methods, and there is no need for an invigilator to supervise. (End of this chapter)