Chapter 411: Preliminary Round (Part II)
By the time the starting order sounded, all the apprentices were skilled enough to lift the shield in front of them.
Marcello was stunned when he saw the emerald green reagent bottle in front of him, not because it was difficult, but because it was too simple.
It was obvious that the liquid medicine contained in the reagent bottle in front of him was a "swift elixir", both in terms of characteristics and energy induction, and there was very little impurity, it was estimated that it was only mixed with sungrass essential oil and charcoal ash.
But is it really that simple? This is the top technical exchange and apprenticeship competition in the alchemy circle of the whole continent, and an operation that can be done by physical filtration and oil precipitation will never have such a pediatric problem.
"As one of the most stable agents, the Swift Agent is the least susceptible to impurities to affect its efficacy, but it is also because of this that it has a high degree of concealment when judging the ingredients in it. ”
Sweating profusely began to break out on Marcello's head as he tried no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't make out the rest of the ingredients, as if he had been cast a spell of Breath, and all the features were hidden from sight.
What can I do, would I have to be eliminated in the first round of preliminaries? If it were in the past, he might not have paid much attention to it, because when he was selected from the guild, he was the elite of all the apprentices, and according to the status of Ai Xin's alchemy level on the mainland, he was not given more expectations to participate in the exchange conference.
But this phenomenon has completely changed since the appearance of a person, Xiao Yi!
From the moment he appeared at the gates of the guild with a group of academy students who were considered inferior talents, everything was different.
After the test, they were able to see a different style of alchemy for the guild apprentices who usually thought highly of themselves, and the students cultivated in these academies were actually at the same level as the apprentices carefully cultivated by their guilds, and even surpassed them.
If he were Heine's level, he would naturally not refuse, but unfortunately not!
So after being selected into the final list of ten people, he naturally became one of the people at the bottom of the strength, and when he was first notified, he even had the idea that it was better to lose the election, but after listening to Xiao Yi's face-to-face teaching, he felt how naïve his ideas were, and an opportunity to draw nutrients from a real master in person would not be encountered a few times in his life.
In the special training in the past few days, he feels that he has gained more than the previous years, but his level is still a little worse than others, which makes him cherish this opportunity more than others, and hopes to get more guidance from Xiao Yi.
So the most important thing is to show yourself well in Xiao Yi and leave a good impression.
Marcello's heart was very anxious at this time, but he couldn't figure out what he had missed, and if he rashly destroyed the potion, he would also fail the test.
Just when I was entangled, I suddenly thought of a sentence that Xiao Yi once said in the training course: "Self-confidence and prudence are equally important, sometimes you can only make your own judgment when you are alone, and unnecessary hesitation is sometimes more terrible than ignorance!"
Closing his eyes, he turned this sentence in his mind a few times, and when he opened his eyes again, Marcello seemed to have made a decision, and quickly did a few simple operations on the reagent bottle in front of him, and then raised his hand to declare the end of the operation.
When the inspector came to his desk to check, Marcello was tormented as if more than a dozen hours had passed in just a dozen breaths, until his ears rang: "No. 4 passed, the rating is good!"
Only then did he turn his head with relief, just to see Xiao Yi smiling at him in the distance, and suddenly felt that the fatigue that had just been a little prostration due to nervousness was swept away!
And his performance on the side of the audience also caused a discussion.
"This kid is good, but the referee team is very tricky!"
"That's right, sometimes the simpler the situation, the easier it is to think about it, and if you don't have confidence in your own judgment, it is most difficult to maintain a pure objective perspective, which is actually a hurdle that an excellent alchemist must overcome if he wants to enter the house.
It's not so much a test of skill and knowledge as it's a test of courage!"
He hesitated a little bit and took half the time to decide. If the answer is submitted within a quarter of an hour, a good review will not run away!"
"Leonard, you're off to a great start, but a few of the other kids are facing serious and tricky questions, and I'd love to see how many of them can pass in the end!"
In the midst of a lively discussion among a group of people, the test was still going on in an orderly manner.
Maryland's carbonization reaction reversal operation is exactly what he is good at, so he is the second apprentice to complete and pass among the ten people, followed by Reyes's sol separation and Freya's multi-effect osmofiltration also successfully succeeded, so far nearly half of the competition has passed to the next stage, which has equaled the comprehensive average pass rate of Aisin in the previous conferences.
But the four of them did not immediately leave the field and return to their residences to prepare for the game, but temporarily returned to Xiao Yi's side to continue to pay attention to the performance of their companions on the field, obviously the progress was temporarily restrained by the more difficult topics, but in terms of strength, the remaining few are the ace players among them, and it is naturally worth looking forward to more!
There were also bursts of exclamation from the observation seat that had been paying attention: "This man named Lonnie is really stable in his hands! Maines, I heard that it is still your newly accepted disciple with a dead face who has not accepted disciples for 10,000 years, and I haven't had time to congratulate you......
"Although it is the most risky method to forcibly separate the elixir that forms a stable energy chain structure with temperature difference and pressurization, it makes up for the loss caused by the splashing of the elixir caused by the mistake of the player next to him, so the time to snatch it back should be enough.
This kid named Lloyd is not in danger, and the emergency response is also very good!"
"I'm optimistic about Heine and Ramsay, the difficulty of the problem they face is that we have to think carefully about the operation methods that can be used, if it is not for the master's 'precise operation' to compress the time, any solution method is almost stuck in the time limit to complete.
These old problems are top-notch, and the small ones are also top-notch! These two are obviously the favorites to win the championship!"
"Hey, don't just pay attention to your individual performance! Now eight people have passed out of ten, which is the highest pass rate among any delegation that has appeared so far!"
And when the whole group finally ended a quarter of an hour later, the players of the Ai Xin delegation naturally caused an uproar in the audience with the results of ten people.
Of course, coupled with the fact that Noah, the "new star" of Mainke, delivered a perfect performance in half an hour in the last group of players, this exchange conference is enough to leave a strong mark in the history of the event!
(End of chapter)