Chapter 40: The Assembly Begins
Clearing out a few stolen cultivators is not a big deal, however, this also gave Li Muchen a reminder that during the alchemy conference, the personnel of Xiashanfang City were mixed, but the Foreign Affairs Hall did not care very much in this regard, as long as it was not a big fight in the Fang City, it would not interfere in these things, if it was not managed, I am afraid that there would be a lot of chaos after the alchemy conference.
This kind of thing actually has little to do with Li Muchen, the cultivation world has always been like this, but if Li Muchen wants to create a "brand effect", it is best to reduce the negative impact of the alchemy conference as much as possible.
The alchemy conference will start tomorrow, and at this time, it is too late to screen the group of monks who have entered, but fortunately, Li Muchen's status is not low.
First, the bodies of Wang Xiong and the four people were hung at the entrance of Xiashanfang City to make an example of chickens and monkeys, and then, some outer disciples were arranged to go out on patrol, and then a notice was issued in the name of Changqing Sect, where such problems occurred during the alchemy conference, they would be severely punished!
In their eyes, this is just a trivial matter, and morally speaking, playing murder and overselling goods in the alchemy conference held in Yuhu District is also a provocation by the Foreign Affairs Hall, so it was arranged by Li Muchen.
And those disciples of small sects and scattered cultivators without background are naturally very happy about this, and with the foundation building period masters of the Changqing Sect coming forward, their safety will be guaranteed to a certain extent.
Every year, there are always some casual cultivators who enter the Fang market, never returning, spending years of accumulated resources, making other people's wedding dresses, it is really unreassuring, and this time, although it is impossible to completely relax their vigilance, everyone understands that the possibility of encountering such events is greatly reduced, and they have some confidence in their hearts.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere in Xiashanfang City was very good, it seemed to be harmonious, and no one made trouble.
In this atmosphere, the alchemy conference came as scheduled.
More than a hundred alchemists from more than a dozen small forces, as well as the Changqing Sect Medicine Hall, gathered together, although most of these alchemists in the Qi refining period could only refine a few low-level pills, but these low-level pills were indispensable cultivation resources for a sect, and these people, any one, were like treasures in ordinary sects, and they belonged to the most scarce type of talents.
This conference is divided into three parts, the first round, the knockout round, this one is very simple, Bigu Dan, Qi Gathering Pill, Rejuvenation Pill, these three pills are considered to be the simplest pills, and they are also the first pills that cultivators who have stepped into the path of alchemy.
Bigu Pill is a must-have pill for those who are new to cultivation, under normal circumstances, the sect will allocate it for new disciples who have just started, so as to save time and help them enter the Qi refining period as soon as possible.
Qi Gathering Pill can help Qi Refining Period cultivators quickly sense and absorb spiritual energy, and it is suitable for some remote places where spirit stones are scarce in the early stage of Qi refining, and even use it to replace spirit stones, as a transaction currency, ten Qi Gathering Pills, which is equivalent to a low-grade spirit stone. Although, theoretically, it can also be used as a spirit stone, but the medicine is poisonous, so after leaving the early stage of qi refining, as long as there are conditions, the spirit stone will be chosen.
The Rejuvenation Pill is the most basic healing pill, the refining method is simple, and there are many combinations of medicinal materials, which are used in the secular world.
In the first round, the alchemist only needs to choose one of the elixirs, and the Yuhu District Foreign Affairs Hall will provide the corresponding elixir without restrictions, and within one pillar of incense, refine more than 20 pills before entering the next round.
These three basic pills belong to the pills that mortals can refine, and there is no alchemist present who does not understand them, and there is no special refining technique. This assessment is only the foundation of testing the alchemist.
A pillar of incense is not long, and refining a furnace of pills under normal circumstances is far from enough, but if the goal is only these three basic pills, it is completely sufficient. Li Muchen and the others had also considered it before, twenty pieces, which was probably a passing level, of course, the object of their investigation was the alchemist of the Changqing Sect.
A faster alchemist can produce a furnace in five or six minutes, while a safe alchemist can choose to refine more than twenty pieces at a time, in short, it is not very difficult.
The alchemists stood in front of their respective dandings, and in the first round, the quality of the dandings used was similar, and they had been checked before, and the dandings that were not of good quality or of higher quality had been replaced.
These Dandings that Lin Tianxu moved directly from the medicine hall are just the most basic Dandings, and there is not much pressure to lend them.
So, as the highest-ranking person in Yuhu District and the initiator of the alchemy conference, Li Muchen acted as a spokesperson.
It was the first time to do this kind of thing under the watchful eye, but Li Muchen didn't have much nervousness, the identity gap was too big, and his mentality was naturally different.
The monks below were only in the Qi refining period, standing here as cultivators in the foundation building period, and they didn't feel the pressure at all.
The cultivators in the Qi refining period, who usually encounter the cultivators in the foundation period, don't even dare to breathe, and the onlookers in the audience at this time all look respectful, the gap between cultivation and identity is here, even if Li Muchen is ugly, no one dares to show disrespect.
After a brief introduction to the concept and goals of the Alchemy Conference, Li Muchen announced the start of the conference.
A total of one hundred and fifteen alchemists selected the pills they wanted to refine, got the corresponding medicinal materials, and after the referee announced the start, they made alchemy.
Dealing with medicinal herbs, opening the furnace and raising the fire, refining, everyone's operations are almost the same, and the speed is not much different.
The level of refining requirements for this basic pill is very low, and there is nothing to see in terms of alchemy skills, but more than a hundred Danding are burning, and the scene looks quite spectacular.
The control of flames can be said to be the most basic ability of an alchemist, although there are alchemy techniques such as water refining, but they are very biased, limited to some special pills, and are generally only used as an auxiliary means for refining medicinal materials.
On the field, the flame temperature of some alchemists is very high, and the Cheng Dan is correspondingly faster, but the quality and quantity of the pills are not satisfactory, these are planning to refine a few more furnaces, in order to achieve the task, many alchemists of small sects have chosen this path, while others, they choose to work slowly and carefully, although due to time constraints, they can only refine one furnace, but they can refine more than 20 pills at a time, which requires more precise control.
A pillar of incense time, soon over.
"Bang!"
A few explosions sounded, and in a hurry, several alchemists who chose to refine a few more furnaces made mistakes and failed in alchemy.
There was no doubt that they hadn't refined enough pills for twenty pills before, so they would be too flustered when the time was about to come, which would lead to the failure of alchemy.
There was no need for Li Muchen to signal, someone went to deal with it, and soon, the results of the first round came out, one hundred and fifteen alchemists, more than forty people were eliminated, and only sixty-nine people remained.
It was only the most basic elixir, but it had a good effect, and the unqualified alchemists were initially screened out.
Having planted a heel in this elixir can only be said that the foundation is not solid enough. If the control ability is sufficient, one pillar of incense time, one furnace to open more than 20 pills, it is not very difficult, this aspect is insufficient, then the alchemy technique is proficient, and two or three furnaces can catch up during this time, there is no excuse such as the unskilled Danfang. Therefore, the eliminated alchemists could only leave the venue in disgrace.
These eliminated alchemists are all alchemists from the outside world, especially the alchemists in casual cultivation, who were basically wiped out in this battle, and only two lone seedlings remained. As for the disciples of the Changqing Sect, the goal of the sect's cultivation is the alchemy master, and the foundation is naturally solid enough, and none of them have been eliminated.
Of course, not every disciple of the Medicine Hall is like this, and a disciple who does not even have this level will naturally not come out to be embarrassed.
Even for these alchemists who were eliminated in the first round, Yuhu District also gave them a batch of medicinal materials, and in any case, these alchemists were also important figures among the low-level cultivators.
In the next few games, in addition to resource rewards such as medicinal materials and spirit stones, there are also Dan prescriptions to choose from, these ordinary Dan prescriptions in the Changqing Sect are scarce in the eyes of outsiders, and many alchemists are attracted by Dan Fang.