Chapter 25 Contest Rules
When Jiang Xiaofeng and Wan Lao Wei entered the house, Jiang Xiaofeng found that this was really a small mansion with a cave, which seemed to be inconspicuous, but after entering the house, he found that it was really big inside, even comparable to a small square.
At the top of the hall sat an old man with crane hair and a childish face, with him as the center, there were four alchemists, three men and one woman, all of whom were not young, and their temples were already gray-haired.
There are five stools under the hall, and there are four men and one woman sitting around a total of five teenagers, I think they are the apprentices of the people in the hall, all of them are like Jiang Xiaofeng, who came to participate in the Dandao Conference.
One of the old men was glaring angrily at Wan Lao Monster and Jiang Xiaofeng, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't have to guess to know that the old man must be the old demon in Wan Lao Monster's mouth.
Wan Lao Wei glared at him, and he was not polite, he directly found a seat and sat down, and then motioned to Jiang Xiaofeng to find a stool to sit down.
Before Jiang Xiaofeng could sit down, the old demon slayer teased:
"I said Wan Lao Wei, where did your apprentice come from, he is so good, he is dressed in tatters, is there really no one to choose, and he went directly to the street and caught a man called Hanako, haha......"
Wan Laowei's neck was crooked, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and was about to scold, but before he could answer, Jiang Xiaofeng pinched his nose and deliberately fanned the wind in front of his eyes:
"Master, where did you bring me here? Why is there still a strong smell of dung, I often hear people say that dogs look down on people, some people sit on top of the high hall well-dressed, or look down on people, no wonder dogs can't change their eating. ”
"Presumptuous!"
Tu Lao Mo stood up suddenly, flicked his big sleeves, and a strong killing intent permeated him, eager to kill Jiang Xiaofeng on the spot.
Wan Lao Wei also stood up, and blocked Jiang Xiaofeng with an arrow step, and said secretly in his heart: This kid's mouth has never been so good before, and he can actually damage the old demon like this:
"Old Demon Slayer, you dare to try my apprentice, the old man will never repeat the mistakes of ten years ago. ”
Seeing that the two of them were about to make a move, the old man with a childish face in the middle, the Yan master of the auction house, stood up and said:
"Stop, you two, since you met, when have you stopped. From now on, if you are like this, don't blame the old man for kicking you out. ”
Seeing Master Yan speak, the two glared at each other, and sat down unwillingly.
What is the origin of this Yan Shi, even the old monsters who are not afraid of the sky and the earth can be suppressed, Jiang Xiaofeng muttered in his heart.
Yan Shi also glanced at Jiang Xiaofeng with interest, and thought: This kid is really different, in the face of the coercion of the old demon slaughter, he can actually do not change his face, and his heart is strong, far beyond ordinary teenagers, and he doesn't feel that he looks down on him again.
Could it be that the master behind him is Wan Huayang? But Xiao Zhaoling Pill is an elixir, with my understanding of Wan Lao Wei, he never has the level of developing his own Danfang, and at this time, Master Yan looked puzzled, but he couldn't ask directly.
In fact, even if Wan Lao Wei didn't make a move just now, Yan Shi planned to help Jiang Xiaofeng block the old demon slaughter, after all, he was full of curiosity about this kid now, and there were too many things he wanted to know about him.
Jiang Xiaofeng carefully observed the group of teenagers in the audience, except for one who glared at him angrily, the other people all looked at him with interest, and seemed to have a feeling of great joy when he had just resisted and slaughtered the old demon.
The young man who was very hostile to him, Jiang Xiaofeng could also think with his toes that he must be the apprentice of the old demon slayer, but his face was relatively unfamiliar and he didn't know him, so far, Jiang Xiaofeng only knew Tu Lie of the Tu family because he helped Ouyang Qing detoxify last time.
"Okay, so far, our Yunzhou County Dan Dao masters have gathered here, and I announce the official start of this Dan Dao Conference. ”
Master Yan slowly stood up from the Taishi chair, took the wooden staff in his hand, knocked it on the ground vigorously, cleared his throat and said:
"The Dandao conference competition is divided into three levels. We happened to have six disciples, so we decided by drawing lots, two by two, the first round was divided into three groups, the winner advanced to the second competition, the second round of the competition continued to draw lots, and so on. ”
After Master Yan finished speaking, the old woman Jiang Xiaofeng had never seen stood up and said:
"Master Yan, after the first round of competition, three disciples will be promoted, and in the second round of the draw, there will be no two or two groups, there will definitely be one person without an opponent, how is this good?"
Master Yan seemed to have anticipated this problem, stroked his beard and smiled:
"Elder Xi, don't be anxious, this second round of the competition, it is indeed as Xi Lao Zhang said, there will be one bye, then we can only think that his luck is too good, God is helping him, why not let him directly advance to the final competition? There are a total of six disciples here, and everyone has a chance to have a bye, I don't think it's unfair. ”
After speaking, Master Yan turned his head to look at the other five, and seeing that no one spoke against it, he smiled and said:
"Since there is no objection, I will start to explain the rules of the competition. We all know that as an alchemist, it is natural to refine a qualified elixir, but what is the most important foundation for a rookie alchemist?"
After Master Yan threw out a question, he continued without waiting for everyone to answer:
"That is the level of control over the Danhuo, only an alchemist who can fully grasp the Danhuo can be able to control the Dan Huo freely. Therefore, our first round of competition today is the disciple's fire control technique. ”
One of the long-faced old men, who had not spoken, said impatiently:
"Master Yan, just hurry up and announce the rules, we've been waiting here for so long a day, don't sell it. ”
"Haha, well, it seems that you can't wait to let your apprentices show off their talents. ”
While talking, Master Yan took out a crystal clear thing from the Qiankun bag on his waist, and just when everyone was puzzled, Master Yan pointed to the disciples and said:
"This thing is a hexagonal prism, with three sides on the top and bottom, and each of you will get one in a moment, and I have carved the lotus flower on three sides of its six sides, and the lotus flower is cyan when it is not heated, and when it is heated, it becomes red. ”
"But you have to remember that the lotus flower only turns red when it is heated on one side. Do not be delusional about baking them on a high fire and discoloring them. And I'm going to lift it three meters above the ground, which will be quite a challenge for you. ”
Everyone was taken aback when they heard this, they didn't expect the assessment of the first level to be so difficult, it was said to test their control of the flames, but in fact, it was a test of their mastery of spiritual power.
"Each of you can only use one fire crystal to guide the flame to burn the hexagonal prism to mark the location of the lotus flower, but you must remember that you only have one stick of incense and one fire crystal. ”
After Master Yan finished speaking, the teenagers were completely dumbfounded, they were full of confidence, but after listening to it, they instantly wilted, and they didn't expect that the assessment of the first level would be so difficult.
Controlling the flame to scorch the hexagonal prism three meters above the ground was already extremely difficult, and it required them to guide the flame to different positions, which was simply even more difficult for them, and this kind of precise control was not something that ordinary alchemists could do.
Just when everyone was worried, Jiang Xiaofeng seemed to have just woken up, and shouted solemnly:
"What are you doing in a daze, you can't draw lots. ”
After listening to the rules of the competition, Wan Laowei, who was already full of sadness, saw Jiang Xiaofeng like this, and wondered if it was wrong to bring him here, why did he embarrass himself so much, and suddenly wanted to find a crack in the ground to get into.