Ge Huaiqing said: "Let me first talk about the rules of the third exam, this exam is about alchemy. Each of you uses an alchemy table, and the alchemy table has all the materials and tools you need on the shelf, and you are given an hour to successfully refine the elixir, even if you pass the exam. ”

Hong Ki was eager to try, looking very excited, and said, "It's finally time for me to show my skills." ”

Hong Kaishan shouted: "Ji'er, come on, you are the best!"

Everyone in the Hong family cheered together, and Hong Ji waved his hand at Hong Kaishan and everyone in the Hong family, like a star in the spotlight, and walked onto the alchemy platform.

Xia Yu's alchemy platform was next to Hong Ji, and Hong Ji looked at Xia Yu with murderous anger in his eyes.

Hong Ji thought to himself, I'll suppress this evil breath first, and after the exam is over in a while, after I officially become an alchemist, I will kill you bastard and slaughter your Xia family!

In Jizhou, alchemists belong to the privileged class, they just violate the law and discipline, and the government does not dare to do anything to them, after all, the alchemist guild is an existence that cannot afford to offend.

Xia Yu boarded the alchemy platform, looked at Hong Ji, and said with a hippie smile: "What's the matter, Hong Shao, are you in love with the taste of my soles?" Don't worry, I'll let you eat it in a while, let you eat enough." ”

Hong Ji was furious, clenched his fists, and wanted to punch Xia Yu.

Ge Huaiqing shouted: "Candidates should pay attention, they are not allowed to leave the alchemy platform during the exam, and they are not allowed to fight, otherwise they will be eliminated and expelled from the examination room." ”

Hong Ji suppressed the anger in his heart, pointed at Xia Yu, and said: "You waste, let you be arrogant for a while, and when the exam is over, let's settle the new accounts and old accounts together!"

Xia Yu looked at Hong Ji as if he was looking stupid, and smiled.

The five candidates all boarded the alchemy platform, Ge Huaiqing glanced at the sundial, and shouted: "I announce that the third session of the Alchemist Guild's Jizhou Branch and Alchemist Qualification Examination has officially begun!"

As soon as Ge Huaiqing's words fell, Hong Ji and the other three candidates were busy, refining a pill within an hour, the time was very rushed, and they had to hurry.

Hong Ji has followed Yan Fang to learn art for many years, and what he is best at is alchemy, some time ago, Hong Ji also refined an eight-grade pill, for Hong Ji, this third exam is not too difficult.

Hong Ji was full of confidence and began alchemy in an orderly manner.

The other three candidates stumbled before they came to this third exam, they were in a hurry, took the elixir on the shelf, threw it into the Dan furnace, ignited the furnace fire, and began to refine.

Suddenly, with a snort, a great flame burst out of a candidate's furnace, burning the candidate's eyebrows.

The candidate glanced at the Dan furnace, raised his hand, and shouted, "Master Examiner, my elixir has been incinerated, can you give me some more?"

Ge Huaiqing grimaced and said, "No, each candidate can only use the elixir placed on the shelf to refine the elixir." ”

The examinee looked at the elixir that had turned into a pile of black ash in the Dan furnace, frowned, and said, "The elixir has been incinerated, how can I refine the elixir?"

Ge Huaiqing said: "You can come back next year." ”

The candidate was extremely frustrated, paid 10,000 taels of silver, and came here with great difficulty, and was eliminated like this.

Four of the five candidates remained, Hong Ji was skillful and methodical, refining the elixir, and the other two candidates were sweating profusely and looking nervous.

In stark contrast to them was Xia Yu, who stood on the alchemy platform, looking at the elixirs on the shelves in a daze. A quarter of an hour passed, Hong Ji and the others all started the fire, but Xia Yu still stood there without moving.

Hong Kaishan pointed at Xia Yu and said, "This waste doesn't know alchemy at all, so it's embarrassing to stand there." ”

"Get down, shit!"

"Don't be embarrassed there, go home and eat!"

"The Xia family's waste, big fool!" ......

Everyone in the Hong family shouted, Ge Huaiqing glared at them, and said sharply: "No noise is allowed in the examination room!"

Hong Kaishan closed his mouth, revealing a contemptuous look, feeling that in this third exam, Hong Ji was sure to win, while Xia Yu was destined to be eliminated.

Ge Huaiqing looked at Xia Yu, anxious, and said, "Candidates, please pay attention to the time, this third exam is only one hour away. ”

Ge Huaiqing was reminding Xia Yu, but Xia Yu seemed to have become a puppet, standing there, his eyes straight, just motionless.

The exam continued, and when a candidate was urging the fire, he did not grasp the proportions, and the fire was too hot, and suddenly he burst out of the furnace and burned the sleeve of the candidate.

The examinee threw his sleeves and jumped off the alchemy platform, rolling all over the ground. The two servants of the Alchemist Guild rushed forward, carrying a bucket of water, and poured it on the candidate's body, finally extinguishing the fire.

The candidate took a few breaths, got up and had to return to the alchemy platform.

Ge Huaiqing said: "Candidate No. 8, eliminated." ”

The candidate's eyes widened and he said, "Why was I eliminated?"

Ge Huaiqing said: "According to the regulations, during the exam, no candidate can leave the alchemy platform. ”

The candidate screamed hatefully and turned away.

There were only three candidates left in the examination room, Hong Ji was refining the pill in a hurry, Xia Yu was still standing there motionless, and the other candidate was nervous and tired, sweating profusely, and if he was not careful, the sweat dripped into the Dan furnace.

With a snort, a puff of black smoke rose from the Dan furnace, and the originally round and jade pill became black and shriveled, and it also emitted a foul smell.

"My elixir, my elixir!" the examinee cried out with grief.

Refining elixir is an extremely delicate job, and if you are not careful, you will fail.

A drop of sweat ruined all the efforts of this candidate, and this candidate cried so sadly that he walked off the alchemy platform.

There were only Xia Yu and Hong Ji left on the alchemy table, and Hong Ji's elixir was refining smoothly, and a faint aroma had already wafted out.

Yan Fang sat on the sidelines, smelling the aroma and showing a relieved smile on his face.

The quality of the pill is judged from the three points of color and fragrance, a good pill should be round and jade, without flaws, at the same time, it must have a faint aroma, not the slightest peculiar smell, and you must be able to feel a medicinal fragrance in your mouth, and you can not make the taste feel uncomfortable.

More than half of the time has passed, and Hong Ji's elixir is about to be refined, but Xia Yu is still standing there motionless.

"Is that Xia Yu stupid?" everyone looked at Xia Yu and talked about it.

Ge Huaiqing looked at Xia Yu, two handfuls of sweat in his palms, and he was so anxious that he stomped his feet, thinking, little brother, what are you doing, the time is coming soon, are you going to give up like this?

In fact, Xia Yu entered the world of divine consciousness and asked Di Mo Xing for advice, Di Mo Xing taught Xia Yu the fast alchemy method, Xia Yu was in the world of divine consciousness, repeated and learned many times, and finally learned it.

"Di Mo Xing, I have you to thank you, farewell," Xia Yu arched his hand to Di Mo Xing, and then returned to the real world.

(In "Water Margin", Di Mo Xing is the demon king of the mixed world - Fan Rui, who is proficient in spells)

Xia Yu finally moved, grabbed the elixir on the shelf, and prepared to start alchemy.

People said, "We thought he was dead, but he was still alive, what happened to him just now, what did he think?"

Ge Huaiqing looked at Xia Yu, excited, and secretly shouted: "Little brother, come on, come on." ”

Hong Kaishan sneered and said, "There is still a quarter of an hour, the exam time is coming, he starts alchemy now, what kind of pill can he refine?"

Xia Yu's body was full of rhythm, twisted around, grabbed a handful of elixirs, threw them into the Dan furnace, and then triggered the furnace fire, the flames churned and whirred. Xia Yu took a stick and stirred it around in the Dan furnace.

Everyone present was stunned, they had never seen anyone do such alchemy, and it looked like a chef stir-frying.

Ge Huaiqing wanted to cry without tears, thinking, little brother, what are you doing, do you know that this is an exam?

The corners of Yan Fang's mouth raised a hint of mockery, after watching the first two exams, he thought that Xia Yu had some skills, but now it seems that Xia Yu is just a grandiose clown.

Hong Kaishan and everyone in the Hong family laughed and said, "This idiot is treating the alchemist exam as a chef exam, it's really funny, do you want to sprinkle some chili noodles in the Dan furnace?"

Ge Huaiqing covered his head and sat on the ground, thinking, it's over, I originally expected this kid to be a talent, and I would get naked with him and leave the broken place of Jizhou, but now I am disillusioned, and I will continue to stay in Jizhou and continue to sink.

Yan Fang looked at the sundial and said, "Huaiqing, it's time." ”

Ge Huaiqing stood up, looked weak, and said, "The third exam, it's time!"

Xia Yu grabbed a handful of spirit stone powder, threw it into the Dan furnace, and with a snort, a big fireball burst out.

Xia Yu let out a sigh, wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said, "It's really thrilling, the time is just right." ”

Two servants came over with two small wooden boxes and said, "Please put the refined pill into the box." ”

Hong Ji and Xia Yu took out the pill from the pill furnace and put it in the box.

The elixir refined by Hongji is bright red and bright, exuding a fragrant scent, which is a typical high-quality elixir.

The elixir refined by Xia Yu was transparent, with colorful silk lines sandwiched inside, without any smell, and it looked like a glass ball played by a child.

Hong Ji smiled: "Xia Yu, you are very powerful, it took so much effort for a long time to refine a glass ball, hahaha~~~"

Hong Ji, Hong Kaishan and the Hong family let out a burst of laughter.

The two pills were packed into two small boxes, sealed with seals, and the two servants took out an instrument, and in order to ensure fairness and justice, the quality of the pill was to be tested by the instrument.

Ge Huaiqing said: "Now we will start testing the candidates' pills, first of all, the pills of the No. 38 candidate Hong Ji will be tested. ”