With a dull drum, the alchemy competition, which had been brewing for a long time, officially began.

The process of the competition is very simple, a total of 32 contestants through their own efforts, each refining a Tongtianxiao elixir, the highest quality half of the people, can advance to the finals, the remaining half of the people will be eliminated directly.

Although this competition system is very cruel, it is also very efficient, which makes all the contestants in the audience tense their nerves, and they are planning to do their best to refine their own high-quality elixir in the first round.

The two scorpion-like machines, Li Changjing is very familiar with, huge size, complex structure, but very convenient to use, divided into three workbenches, one is used to control the temperature, one is used to melt the liquid, and the other is to guide the high temperature in the machine, the liquid medicine is solidified, which is the proverbial Cheng Dan.

Among them, controlling the temperature and melting the liquid medicine is very simple, only the final Cheng Dan is very difficult, it is necessary to strictly grasp the dosage of various liquid medicines, a little more or a little less, the efficacy will be completely different, and the heat used in solidification is also very particular, too high temperature will destroy the medicine, too low temperature will lead to damage to the appearance of the pill, you must know that a pill, in addition to the efficacy, the appearance is also very important, these two points are the biggest factors that determine the quality of the pill.

Of course, people who can refine medicine basically know some common medicinal materials very well, Li Changjing needless to say, has dealt with hundreds of medicinal materials for ten years, and completely wrote down the old man Xu Zhenhai's "True Skill of Refining Medicine", what medicinal materials, no need to look, he can say the name and efficacy when he smells it.

In order to improve the speed of refining medicine, the Xu family sent a special person to be responsible for the temperature control of the first step and the melting of the medicine in the second step, and the contestants only needed to do a good job of the third step into the pill.

And just like that, two hours later.

The 32 contestants, including Li Changjing, all finished refining their Tongtianxiao through two scorpion machines.

After a panel of judges composed of five alchemists from major families, after appraising them one by one, 16 finalists were determined, including Wang Zhimeng, Xu Huaibei, Huo Qinglan, and Li Changjing, all of whom were listed.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

The finals are still the same process, the contestants only need to refine one Huayuan Pill, and the highest quality half will get the chance to enter the next round of competition.

Another hour passed.

The 16 contestants once again refined their own Huayuan Pill through the scorpion machine.

At this moment, it is close to evening, and the spectators who have watched the boring game all day are bored, drowsy, and some can't stay up, and they leave the venue early, so that the audience seats are empty, and less than half of the people who have persisted until now.

The results of Hua Yuan Dan's identification came out soon.

As expected, Li Changjing, Huo Qinglan, Xu Huaibei, and Wang Zhimeng were once again promoted, and the 16 contestants were sharply reduced to 8, and the alchemy competition directly entered the white heat.

It was only at this time that the game really became interesting, and the eight players who were able to go through two rounds of selection to get to the current level were no longer general, and some of the magnates of Daye City in the audience were all looking at these people, their eyes were hot, and they were thinking about how to win them back.

Xu Huairou, who had been sitting for a day, couldn't help it, ran into the arena from the audience, holding a small leather whip in her hand, and looked at all eight contestants, among which Huo Qinglan greeted her from afar, and called Sister Huairou affectionately, Xu Huairou gave her a smile, and gave her a thumbs up, encouraging: "Come on, Huo Xiaowu, take the first place, sister will depend on you in the future." ”

Huo Qinglan held her head high proudly and said confidently: "Of course, the first place is mine, how can these stinky men be worthy of you." ”

Wang Zhimeng, the public face, smiled fiercely, arched his hand to Xu Huairou, and said with fiery eyes: "I hope Miss Xu will not break her word, once she wins the first place in the next place, not only will Miss Xu marry me, but she will be obedient to me in the future, and the Xu family's Dengxian Pavilion will also have a place for Wang." ”

Xu Huairou crossed her waist with her slender waist, kicked the red carpet on the ground with her petite and delicate feet, and sneered: "What a big breath, Wang Zhimeng, dare to covet Miss Ben, it seems that your Wang family is not ambitious." ”

Wang Zhimeng smiled and said, "What man is not interested in such an excellent woman as Miss Xu?" ”

Xu Huairou snorted, ignored him, but set his eyes on Li Changjing, slammed the small leather whip in his hand on the ground, and said coquettishly: "You are Zhu Bajie?" ”

Li Changjing corrected in a hoarse voice: "My name is Zhu Jiujie. ”

Xu Huairou pursed her lips and ordered, "Zhu Bajie, take off the mask for me." ”

Li Changjing was unmoved, and said softly: "I look very ugly, Miss Xu still don't want to be strong." ”

Xu Huairou narrowed her slightly narrow peach blossom eyes, her pretty face that combined charm and nobility was full of coldness, she stared at Li Changjing, and said word by word: "You dare to disobey me?" ”

Li Changjing lowered his head and didn't look at her eyes.

"What a guts!" Xu Huairou scolded, and her slender wrist waved the small leather whip, and slammed it towards Li Changjing's face, as if she wanted to knock his mask off.

Li Changjing didn't dodge or dodge, stretched out his left hand, and firmly grasped the end of the whip in his hand, no matter how Xu Huairou pulled, he couldn't pull it.

"You let go!" Xu Huairou's face was full of anger, and she sneered: "Don't think that I don't know that you are the Monkey King last night, and you changed your mask and thought I didn't know you?" ”

Li Changjing pretended to be stupid and said, "I don't know what you're talking about." ”

Xu Huairou smiled and said indifferently: "It doesn't matter if you don't recognize it, anyway, after the game, you won't be able to run away." I'm going to put you on a collar and be one of my dogs. ”

Li Changjing suppressed his anger and said in a deep voice: "Then what does Miss Xu mean that even if I win the first place, you don't plan to redeem the promise?" ”

"Who said I wouldn't redeem it?" Xu Huairou said strangely: "Among the eight of you, except for Huo Xiaowu, there is also my younger brother, and the remaining six people, no matter who wins the first place, I can agree to him a request, and say that if you want to marry him, you will definitely marry him." ”

Li Changjing got a definite answer, nodded, released his whip and sat aside, not wanting to talk to this willful and domineering girl anymore.

"That's it, you hurry up and refine the medicine!"

Xu Huairou took a chair and sat down next to her, obviously intending to witness the final result here. She looked at the man wearing the Zhu Bajie mask in the distance, suddenly frowned, covered her chest with her white and tender palms, and found that her whole heart was beating very strongly. She muttered to herself, "How do I feel like I know this guy, it's so familiar." ”

Even Xu Huairou herself didn't know that the Buddha bead hanging on her wrist and the butterfly-shaped tattoo on her forehead were shining with a subtle light at the same time.

The woman in yellow, far to the north, suddenly burst into tears. She sat on the edge of the medicine field and whispered, "Is it providence?" ”