It was already past one o 'clock in the morning when he walked out of the library.
He didn't find any level-eight array books, so he guessed that ordinary array masters wouldn't be able to see them.
After all, the elders of the guild were only level-eight masters. They didn't have many books themselves, so how could they just let others read them?
If there wasn't any, then there wasn't any. He would find a chance to read them in the future.
After a night of silence, Zhang Xing went to the Alchemist Guild the next day.
He signed up, filled in the form, and waited for a while before the assessment began.
He easily passed the exam and became a level-six alchemist master. He took his qualification certificate and identity token and went to the library.
Just like at the Array Master Guild, he read until midnight. He also secretly read the level-seven alchemy books.
On the third day, he finished the level-six alchemist master certification. After reading the books, he waited for the competition to begin.
On the fourth day, the first things to be held were the array and alchemy competitions.
The array consisted of two parts.
One was to set up the array, and the other was to break the array.
Alchemy included identifying the types of herbs, identifying the ingredients of the pills, and refining the finished pills.
All the level-six contestants drew lots to compete in groups.
Zhang Xing was lucky. He drew number 300 for the array competition.
It was the first batch of contestants, the 300th group.
A group of 100 people was required to set up a level-six array in the shortest time and break a level-six array.
The top 50 out of 300 people were chosen.
It was the same for the alchemy competition.
In the first round, a million herbs were given. Those who could identify 95% of them would win.
The second round was to identify the ingredients of three level-six pills. They had to accurately say the ingredients of the pills. If they said anything wrong, they would be eliminated.
The third round was to refine the level-six Five Revolutions Spirit Recovery Pill. The one with the higher grade would win.
He drew number 930 for the alchemy competition.
There was enough time.
A host from the Xuantian Sect announced the official start of the array and alchemy competitions. The top 300 contestants went on stage.
Among this group of people, Zhang Xing saw a few familiar figures.
They were the sect disciples who went to the Demonic Jade Mountain to participate in his worship ceremony.
Feng Wuji was among them.
He saw Zhang Xing early in the morning. Although there was some fear in his eyes, there was more of an unconvinced look.
He couldn't beat Zhang Xing in martial arts, but he was still confident in the array competition.
He wanted to slap Zhang Xing's face to vent the hatred in his heart.
But that was just his wishful thinking.
Zhang Xing did not care about him at all.
The competition began. Everyone looked nervous as they took out their array formation materials and began to set up their arrays.
This was a relatively easy task.
As long as it was a level-six array formation, it would be fine. However, it would depend on who was faster.
Just as the two hundred and ninety-nine contestants took out their materials and began to form hand seals to set up the array base.
Zhang Xing had already finished setting things up.
This was because he didn't want to shock the world, so he deliberately slowed down.
Otherwise, he would be able to set up an entire level-six array formation with a wave of his hand.
Everyone was busy, and no one was paying attention to anyone else.
Zhang Xing dawdled for a while, pretending to be tired, before arranging a Grade 6 Starry Sky Illusion Array.
Then, he leisurely made his way to the area where the formation was broken.
With a sweep of his Divine Perception, he discovered that this was a Level-6 Illusory Array and a Killing Array.
If he was allowed to enter, it would not be difficult for him to break through.
However, if he could use the simplest method to break it, why waste his energy?
In any case, there was no rule stating that they had to enter the array to break it.
At this moment, many big shots had noticed him.
They were curious about the person who was the first to finish setting up the array in the first round.
However, no big shots asked for his name.
They were just curious and did not take him seriously.
Zhang Xing pretended to gesture outside the array formation for a while, as if he was analyzing it.
In fact, he was looking for the loophole that Jin Bao had mentioned.
Then, he threw a punch without warning.
Boom!
Crack!
The formation that was running at high speed suddenly shook, and then it suddenly fell apart like a speeding car.
All kinds of array formation materials were smoking and scattered all over the ground.