"What? Where did this brat come from? There is only half a cup of tea's time left. Don't tell me he still wants to refine a pill?"
"Hehe, he is here to participate in the Heavenly Pill Meeting. If he doesn't even touch the alchemy furnace, wouldn't it be a pity?
Half a cup of tea's time passed in the blink of an eye. For some alchemists, it was simply impossible to refine a pill in such a short period of time.
Chu Xiaoli and Gouton had been waiting for Qin Feng to appear, but now, even if Qin Feng arrived, there was not much time left. Even Qin Feng could not save the situation.
"Low-grade 1st-grade Meridian Opening Dan? It's not that difficult to refine a pill!"
Qin Feng smiled faintly. He grabbed a spirit herb and cut it into pieces with his Zhen Yuan. Then, dozens of Zhen Yuan condensed into needles and pierced the pieces of the spirit herb.
"Pa!" Qin Feng clenched his fist and condensed his Zhen Yuan. Drops of medicinal liquid were squeezed out!
"Boom!" Qin Feng clapped his hand and a flame rose from the bottom of the alchemy furnace.
The examiner looked at the time. There were only sixty breaths of time left before the incense stick burned out. It was simply impossible to refine a pill in such a short period of time. This Qin Feng was just trying to please the crowd.
"The firepower is too strong, these spirit herbs will be directly burned!" Some alchemists shook their heads, seven or eight sloppy alchemy techniques.
Qin Feng did not pay attention to these people's gossip. A drop of medicinal liquid wrapped in Zhen Yuan fell into the alchemy furnace.
"Huchi!" The flame rose and the overbearing flame wrapped the entire alchemy furnace.
"What is he doing? Is he refining a pill or cooking?"
"With such a strong flame, the things in the alchemy furnace will be burned to ashes."
"Time's up!" The examiner snorted.
Qin Feng clapped his hand and withdrew the flame, "The pill is done!"
The examiner's mouth twitched. There had to be a limit to fooling around. How could Qin Feng's fooling around be called alchemy?
The Alchemists who were on the same stage as Qin Feng couldn't help but laugh. No matter how they looked at Qin Feng, he was just a layman, who gave him the courage to stand on the stage?
The contents of the screening stage were relatively simple. They just had to eliminate some people who were not qualified to make up the numbers. There were a total of three rounds in the screening stage. The first round would probably eliminate thousands of people.
"Failure!"
"Failure!"
"Failure!"
"Success!"
…
The examiner looked at the pills that the various alchemists had refined expressionlessly. Due to the disparity in their standards, only a few out of the dozens of people had passed.
Qin Feng was the last one. Although he didn't have a good impression of Qin Feng, the examiner still asked Qin Feng to take out the refined pills.
Qin Feng flicked his finger, and a soybean-sized Meridian Opening Pill flew out of the furnace.
The examiner was a little stunned. He actually succeeded. In such a short time, he actually refined a Meridian Opening Pill?
Chu Xiaoli and the others were also stunned. How did he do it?
"Impossible, impossible, he cheated, he cheated!"
Some of the alchemists who didn't pass immediately shouted. Why? Why? Why did they seriously follow the steps step by step, not daring to make a single mistake? In the end, they failed. But this wild brat who came out of nowhere casually refined a Meridian Opening Pill and passed. This wasn't fair, this wasn't normal. There must be an inside story, there must be something fishy!
The examiner swept a glance over, and those martial artists who were still shouting suddenly became silent. "No one can cheat in front of me!"
"Very good, you pass!" The examiner put a tick on Qin Feng's name.
Chu Xiaoli and the others excitedly hugged Qin Feng. He passed, he passed!
"Che, country bumpkin, this is just the first round of the screening stage. There are still two more rounds. What are you so proud of?" A few martial artists nearby snorted disdainfully.
Qin Feng smiled faintly. "President, I'm very tired from the journey."
"Yes, yes, yes, I'll arrange a room for you. I'll arrange a room for you immediately so that you can have a good rest." Chu Xiaoli patted her head.
Qin Feng took a bath and changed into a fresh set of clothes. Looking at the lively scene outside the window, he sighed.
Unsurprisingly, Yang Xi also passed the first round of screening. With Yang Xi's alchemy skills, as long as she was serious, it was more than enough for her to pass the screening stage.
"Where did you go? When we found that you weren't on the flying boat, the president almost fainted." Gouton said.
"I encountered something!" Qin Feng didn't plan to elaborate.
Chu Xiaoli and the others tactfully didn't continue to ask. As long as Qin Feng was safe and sound, they could finally relax. Next, they only needed to do their best to help Qin Feng pass the screening stage.
The Heavenly Pill Region was where the Alchemy Guild was located. It was the dream place of all alchemists. If they could practice alchemy in the Heavenly Pill Region, their alchemy skills would definitely improve by leaps and bounds. If they could be taken in as a disciple by an alchemy master, they would really soar into the sky.
"The content of the second round of screening is out!" Yang Shao ran in while panting.
"Let me see!" Chu Xiaoli took the white paper from Yang Shao's hand.
Chu Xiaoli's expression changed slightly when she saw the content on the paper. "They're playing so big?"
Qin Feng glanced at it and only saw the words' Heavenly Treasures Mountain '. The second round of screening should be related to the Heavenly Treasures Mountain.
"Who came up with this content? Aren't they deliberately messing with us?" Chu Xiaoli angrily handed the white paper to Qin Feng.
"The Heavenly Treasures Mountain competition!" Qin Feng blinked his eyes.
The Heavenly Treasures Mountain was a place of heavenly treasures in the Heavenly Pill Region. The Alchemy Guild opened up a large number of medicinal fields in the Heavenly Treasures Mountain to plant spiritual herbs. Thirty percent of the spiritual herbs in the Heavenly Pill Region came from the Heavenly Treasures Mountain.
This time, the Alchemy Guild decided to hold the second round of screening in the Heavenly Treasures Mountain. In advance, they would prepare spiritual herbs and pill formulas in various parts of the Heavenly Treasures Mountain. The alchemists participating in the Heavenly Pill Assembly would need to find these specific pill formulas and then search for the spiritual herbs required by the pill formulas. In the end, they would refine the pill.
Other than the final process of refining the pill, they could snatch the rest of the process. However, they couldn't harm the contestant's life. Otherwise, they would lose the right to participate.
The difficulty of the second round was more than one level higher than the first round of screening. However, the second round of screening would also give out a large number of rewards.
No matter how many spiritual herbs were found in the Heavenly Treasures Mountain, these spiritual herbs would belong to the contestant. The Alchemy Guild wouldn't take them back.
Moreover, there would be a corresponding reward for every pill refined. The more and better the quality of the pills refined, the better the reward would be. The specific rewards would be announced after the second round of screening.
In addition, the rankings would be based on the quantity and quality of the pills refined. If one could be ranked at the top, the rewards would also be very generous.
Qin Feng watched with great interest. The person who made this round of assessment obviously wanted to arouse the enthusiasm of the contestants, hoping that they would show their true abilities.
"I think it's okay," Qin Feng said.
Chu Xiaoli laughed bitterly. He had hoped to pass through the screening stage smoothly. However, the headquarters suddenly made such a move. He was afraid that the two remaining seedlings of the Alchemy Guild would be eliminated in this round.
The more generous the reward, the more disadvantageous it would be for the Imperial Alchemy Guild. Those powerful alchemists would definitely go all out under the temptation of the reward. When the time came, wouldn't it be them who would suffer at the bottom?
"Since we're looking for treasures, then we'll have to bring the treasure monkey!"
Qin Feng calculated in his heart. He didn't know if he could bring the Giant Dragon Power Ape with him. From the rules of the second round, it seemed that alchemists were not prohibited from bringing along spirit beasts.
Early the next morning, thousands of alchemists gathered under the Pill Pagoda, waiting for the second round of screening to begin.
"It's Master Xuanji. This assessment is actually presided over by Master Xuanji?"
"Master Xuanji, is he very famous?"
"Idiot, Master Xuanji has his own Pill Pagoda. In the current Heavenly Pill Region, Master Xuanji's alchemy skills are enough to rank in the top 100!"
"Tch, only the top 100!"
Master Xuanji threw out a jade tablet. This jade tablet suddenly enlarged in the air, and words condensed from True Essence appeared in the sky.
Qin Feng patted the two monkeys on his shoulder. Sure enough, participants could bring their own spirit beasts, but they couldn't bring their servants.
"The Heavenly Treasure Mountain is a hundred thousand miles away from here. The second round of screening will take two days. If you can't get here before sunset, then you've failed."
Master Xuanji finished speaking and turned to leave. As for how these participants went to the Heavenly Treasure Mountain and how they came back, it had nothing to do with him.
The contestants looked at each other and stared at each other in confusion.
"F * ck, don't tell me we have to run there ourselves?" Suddenly, a martial artist roared.
In two days, a hundred thousand miles. Running to death!
Even for martial artists with Origin Spirit Wings, running a hundred thousand miles in two days was a difficult challenge.
"A bunch of idiots, don't you know how to take a flying boat?" A martial artist curled his lips in disdain.
"Humph, it's only a hundred thousand miles. One day is enough for a round trip!" A martial artist snorted, and a pair of Origin Spirit Wings soared into the sky.
"Now this is interesting. Otherwise, if any random cat or dog could compete with this young master, it would really be a loss of status!"
"Hold on tight!" Qin Feng said to Yang Xi.
"En!" Yang Xi's small hand tightly grasped Qin Feng's palm.
"You two little fellows too, come into my arms!"
Treasure Monkey and Giant Dragon Ape unwillingly burrowed into Qin Feng's arms. Making a big fuss out of nothing!
Qin Feng's legs kicked off, and his body leapt up, appearing ten thousand feet in the air. A pair of Thunderfire Origin Spirit Wings unfurled, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared without a trace.
Sou!
In the blink of an eye, Qin Feng surpassed a hundred people, leaving them in the dust. In the blink of an eye, the martial artists behind Qin Feng couldn't even see Qin Feng's shadow.
"Who!?
What fast speed!? "
"That pair of Origin Spirit Wings seems a little familiar." Cao Qianqian propped up her chin, looking at the image in the jade stone.
As the young master of the Cao Family, Cao Qianqian naturally didn't need to use the Origin Spirit Wings to fly. However, when he saw Qin Feng flash by, his face was full of astonishment. Didn't this brat die?