"The time is almost up, Lord Zhang, do you want to come up and say a few words to motivate these young people?"

The Hundred Grass King looked at the sky and said to Zhang Zhao.

Since Zhang Zhao agreed to the post of presiding officer, he was naturally prepared for the speech.

He stood up and looked at the nearly 100 alchemists who had come here with dreams in the square.

"Today, it is the triennial medicine king competition in Qingzhou, and you have come from afar, naturally you want to win the ranking and then enter Luoyang, Yuzhou to participate in the general competition. However, there are only four places, and if there are wins, there will naturally be losses. ”

Zhang Zhao slowly left his seat, walked forward, and under the attention of everyone, said loudly: "No matter whether you win or lose, I have a piece of advice to tell you." This time, the game is worthy of three. First: worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth, second: worthy of your efforts over the years, and third: worthy of the surrounding crowds. Show your real skills, the competition is limited to two days, during which all food and drink will be paid for by me, and I will definitely not let everyone go hungry to participate in the competition. ”

As for winning people's hearts, Zhang Zhao has no special means, and he will not say anything extravagant. He can only see what the current person lacks the most, and he will provide what he provides.

After a speech, the audience erupted in thunderous applause, and when the applause was over, Zhang Zhao immediately announced the start of the game.

Ninety-eight people, ninety-eight alchemy furnaces. The entire square was neatly arranged, and in order to fulfill his promise, Zhang Zhao specially contacted the nearest restaurant, ready to prepare sumptuous food for these contestants.

The rules are also very simple, everyone is not allowed to talk to each other, except for convenience, can not step out of their own range of five meters. If you're hungry or want convenience, just raise your hand, and someone will come over and ask you what you want.

During the alchemy period, the three alchemists would rotate around the square every hour to prevent anyone from cheating.

Because there are many people who come this time, and they are all in the top three of the major cities. So the stages of the game are also divided into several more.

Thirty-two people will be elected in the first audition, and the top eight will be selected in the second stage of the advanced competition. In the third stage, the rankings will be from one to eight, and only the top four will be eligible to go to Luoyang City to participate in the Kyushu General Championship.

With the passage of time bit by bit, some of the fast pills have been refined.

But this time after all, the stakes are very high, in order to ensure that there are no accidents, so even those who have completed it in advance are not allowed to move around at will, they must hand over the refined pills, and wait for the end of the two-day period, or everyone will finish the alchemy and finally unify the appraisal to give an advanced list.

About four hours later, Du Molan and Murong Xue completed their alchemy almost at the same time, and the two of them were refining the fifth-grade elixir Jinling Pill, when the elixir was presented, Zhang Zhao saw that the elixir was full of flaws, and it didn't seem to be as high as yesterday's quality.

However, when he saw the satisfied eyes of the three old men after communicating with each other, he knew that the fifth-level elixir he had tasted this time was already very good for this level of alchemy competition.

These contestants were all the top three from the major cities, so the competition was scheduled for two days, but they succeeded in less than a day.

When everyone was finished, the Baicao King, Cinnabar, and Bai Zhi began to identify the ninety-eight pills one by one.

In the final list of the top 36, fortunately, Du Molan and Murong Xue were both on the list, and they successfully entered the next link.

This time the top eight will be selected, for these young generation of alchemists, it is already a very remarkable thing to be able to enter the top eight in Qingzhou, so they are full of energy and no one said that they want to take a break.

Really worried about the situation of Du Molan and Murong Xue, Zhang Zhao stood up and walked over.

Zhang Zhao came to Du Molan's side, watched her start to heat up the Dan Furnace with skillful techniques, and asked softly, "What kind of pill are you going to refine this time?"

For alchemy, Du Molan seems to have a lot of confidence. Without looking back, he said, "Continue to cultivate the elixir." ”

Then, Zhang Zhao came to Murong Xue's side again and asked the same question.

Murong Xue was not as confident as Du Molan, she began to look flustered, she was in a hurry, and even the temperature of the Dan furnace was not enough, so she put a herb in it first.

"Don't worry, take your time, I'm here anyway if you have a ranking or not. ”

Hearing this, Murong Xue rolled her eyes and said disdainfully, "What do you know? This alchemy is just like your cultivators' martial arts competition, who doesn't want to win the first place?"

"But I think you're nervous. ”

With a "snap", Murong Xue accidentally knocked over a bowl of herbs, and her whole face turned white in an instant.

In terms of alchemy, this Murong Xue and Du Molan are really far behind.

Du Molan has always been very confident until now, but Murong Xue has hurriedly knocked over the herbs.

However, when it came to cultivation, Murong Xue was the one with the highest cultivation among all the alchemists present.

"Oh, don't bother me, let me practice well. ”

"Well, well, tell me if you need anything. ”

After a circle among the alchemists, Zhang Zhao was suddenly attracted by a young alchemist who seemed to be only sixteen or seventeen years old.

This alchemist was not very old, and his skin was pale, which was very different from ordinary people.

And by sensing the breath on his body, Zhang Zhao found that he was indeed a human being, not a demon race, but why this skin was as white as blood was not known.

What shocked Zhang Zhao even more was that the flame in this young man's Dan furnace turned out to be pure white. This white flame, like its own ghost fire, is cold and unusual.

"Off the Fire"

At this time, the Hundred Grass King happened to come here, and when he saw that Zhang Zhao was fascinated by the white flame, he explained: "The fire of the Three Realms to the Yin only exists at the bottom of the abyss, or in hell. ”

"Wouldn't that be like a ghost fire?"

The Hundred Grass King nodded and said, "Yes, but the distance from the fire is three levels higher than the ghost fire, and the ghost fire can be swallowed." ”

"Oh, I see. ”

Zhang Zhao suddenly realized, but what made him curious was that this alchemist only had a Grandmaster realm cultivation, so how could he refine this level of Lihuo that was higher than the ghost fire?

You must know that when he was refining the ghost fire, he almost lost his soul, but this young man was able to use the fire freely.

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhao frowned. He looked at the young man who was seriously refining the pill together, and thought to himself that this refining of the fire might have something to do with his strange skin.