Chapter 174: The Last Minute
Taking advantage of the free moment of putting in the medicinal materials, Xiao Ling glanced at both sides, and found that there were still about half of the alchemists who were still on the field, and the alchemists who could continue to stay naturally had their own skills, although these alchemists were full of solemnity, but there was no panic between their hands and feet, and there was no panic on their faces.
"Bang!"
Just when Xiao Ling retracted his gaze, on a stone platform not far in front, the red-baked Ding Furnace couldn't withstand the increasingly hot temperature, and suddenly exploded, and with the explosion of the Ding Furnace, the pill that was being refined in it was also shattered, so the ruthless cyan jade pendant instantly darkened.
His hair was scorched black, and his face was unrecognizable, the alchemist looked at the tarnished jade pendant stupidly, and after a while, he scolded and stepped down, gritted his teeth and walked outside the square under the gaze of countless eyes, and when he passed by Xiao Ling's front, the latter was a little surprised to find that the symbol embroidered on the chest of this loser turned out to be the symbol of a senior alchemist.
"This alchemy conference is really extraordinary, this is only the first round, and it can actually defeat the senior alchemist. Smiled a little helplessly in his heart, Xiao Ling put this little episode aside, and continued to patiently test the best purity of refining, and with the experience of the previous loser, the current Xiao Ling is undoubtedly more careful.
As time passed slowly, on the huge square, there was a continuous disappearance of green light, and one by one the alchemists with iron blue or red faces left the stage helplessly, and then under the gaze of countless regretful eyes in the stands, they left this place that made them sad and angry.
However, although this assessment is quite difficult, I have to say that there are also a lot of people with materials who come to participate in the conference, in addition to those contestants who have failed for various reasons, there are now at least nearly one-third of the alchemists, just like Xiao Ling, quietly and carefully testing the purity of the refining of medicinal materials.
When the huge hourglass on the square slipped by nearly half, Xiao Ling's test of purity was finally completely completed, but for this reason, Xiao Ling had already refined a material, that is, he only had one chance left, and he had to seize it.
Knowing the key to this step, Xiao Ling's mind gradually fell silent, he exhaled a breath of turbidity, his eyes closed again, and his palm quickly picked up the remaining materials on the stone platform.
The huge spiritual vein Xuan Qi carefully controlled the temperature in the Ding furnace, slowly smelting the medicinal powder that did not buy each other, and the special effects reflected in their subtle fusion would be quickly fed back to Xiao Ling's mind through the spiritual vein Xuan Qi, and then he would be able to use this information to distinguish the direction of the process and whether it was correct or not.
This kind of feedback analysis is an extremely energy-consuming analysis work, but fortunately, what Xiao Ling needs to analyze now is only a three-grade prescription, if it is replaced with a fifth-grade or even a sixth-grade prescription, I am afraid that it is not an alchemist who has been exposed to alchemy for a month, or even if he is replaced by other high-level alchemists, it is basically impossible to analyze it, after all, if alchemy is really such a simple thing, then the pill will not be very valuable.
Taking advantage of a short period of time, he swept his eyes around, and found that in the medicine tripod in front of Chi Ming, the prototype of a pill had already begun to condense, obviously, it would be Cheng Dan in a short time.
"Good skills, really a bit crazy capital. ”
Raising his eyebrows, Xiao Ling's hands were slightly silent, and after a while, he suddenly started to move, only to see that the alchemy furnace placed in front of him was turned over by him at will.
"This little guy is really bold, doesn't he know that such a random and violent flipping of the alchemy furnace is extremely easy to produce a dangerous situation of exploding pills?" Looking at Xiao Ling's actions below, Lie Yan and the experienced people beside him muttered in a low voice.
The huge hourglass, the sand grains in it, poured down at a rapid speed.
"Bang!"
At a certain moment, a crisp clapping sound sounded above the square.
Chi Ming, who was standing on Xiao Ling's trial, took the lead in relapping his palm on the Ding furnace, the Ding lid was ejected, and a round pill flew out, and then he jumped and grabbed it into his hand, and the smugness on his face was difficult to hide.
Immediately afterwards, there was another crisp sound, and on the other side, a man dressed in black, with a solemn face and a cold expression, shot out of his alchemy furnace.
Following these two sounds, the huge square seemed to have a chain reaction, one by one the canopy was ejected, and hundreds of pills of different shapes were ejected from the medicine pod, flying towards the sky, and then their owners excitedly grabbed into their hands.
"It's time...... staring at Xiao Ling, who was still closing his eyes in the center, and then looked at the hourglass that was about to finish on the opposite side, Xue Fei didn't know why, his palm suddenly clenched, this guy was still closing his eyes and pondering, didn't he know that the time was coming?
Immediately, even Xue Fei herself was stunned, she suddenly didn't understand why she was worried about an unrelated person.
Maybe it's because Uncle Lie Yan looks at him differently. Xue Fei thought to herself.
In the square, countless lines of sight were slowly projected to where Xiao Ling was, looking at the little grains of sand falling from the hourglass, everyone wanted to know whether the only unfinished young man in the square would be able to complete this round of tests at the last moment.
In the hourglass, a handful of sand grains fell quietly, and when the last pinch of sand was about to roll down, everyone thought that Xiao Ling had failed.
And at this moment, Xiao Ling, who closed his eyes tightly, suddenly opened his eyes, patted the Ding furnace with his palm, and the Ding lid flew out, and the round pill flew out at the last moment, dazzling and dazzling.
Looking up at the round elixir that flew out, Xiao Ling's face was calm, and with a move of his palm, a suction force pulled it into his palm.
At the moment when the elixir was in hand, the last few grains of sand in the huge hourglass were finally poured down completely.
Standing behind the green platform, Xiao Ling looked at the contestants who withdrew one after another, looked around, and was a little stunned to find that this was only the first round of assessment, and it was actually to eliminate two-thirds of the contestants, which really made him sigh at the strictness and harshness of the conference.
Playing with the pill in his hand, Xiao Ling turned his head and looked at Chi Ming on the side, at this time this guy was smiling and throwing the pill in his hand, with a smug look on his face, Xiao Ling looked over, he held the pill firmly in his hand, and said disdainfully to him: "It's good luck, the pill was refined at the last moment, but I don't know if it's a pill or a poison." ”
Glancing at Chi Ming's appearance, Xiao Ling smiled faintly and said, "Don't bother with it, you still care about your own well." ”
"Hmph, it's just a dying struggle, see how long you can be proud. Chi Ming sneered.
"Oh, maybe. Shrugging his shoulders, Xiao Ling stopped talking to him anymore, looked up at Bai Jun on the high platform, and waited for him to speak.
Bai Jun stood at the front desk, looking down at the huge square condescendingly. His eyes swept slightly, looking at the remaining one-third of the contestants, he chuckled and nodded, his hands were slightly depressed, and the noisy venue suddenly gradually quieted down.
"Congratulations to all of you who are still standing in the middle of the square and have successfully passed the first round of testing. But that's not the end of the story. Bai Jun smiled.
"As you know, some cunning guys always like to do something inexplicable. They may have also succeeded in refining a pill that looked like a round shape, but the kind of pill that did not have the slightest healing effect basically had nothing to do with the word pill. So next, let's test whether the Hui Rong Pill you have refined meets the requirements of the prescription. ”
Bai Jun's slightly hoarse voice slowly sounded in everyone's ears: "Now, please fellow contestants, find a green mechanism in the lower corner of your bluestone platform, and press it."
Hearing this, Xiao Ling's eyes swept on the stone platform, and finally stopped at the corner in the lower right corner that was not too noticeable, and was a little stunned to find that there, there were several small organs of different colors scattered there, and his fingers stayed on the green mechanism, and Xiao Ling pressed it lightly.
With the press of the mechanism, the smooth bluestone platform suddenly trembled slightly, on the table, a stone slab, slowly protruding, after rising half a foot, the stone slab on the surface, slightly concave, and finally revealed a small black hole.
"This is a mechanism to test the efficacy of the medicine, put the Hui Rong Pill you refined into it, if it meets the requirements, the jade pendant in front of the stage will emit a green light, and if it is not reached, it will be a red light, then it means failure, and the end of failure is exit. In addition, the more green light there is, the better the effect of the Hui Rong Pill he has refined. ”
Hearing the words that resounded in the air above the square, the faces of many alchemists suddenly changed.
Fingers gently pinched the round elixir, Xiao Ling calmly looked at the dark test mechanism, but he did not rush into it, but swept his gaze around.
At this time, the alchemist had already begun to throw the pill in his hand, and soon after the pill was put into the test mechanism, the empty square suddenly became red and green alternately, and the green and red lights of strong or weak were intertwined and flickered, imprinting joy and gloom on each other.
It can be seen that Danyu had foresight in this regard, knowing that some cunning people would definitely be opportunistic, and in this way, it prevented anyone from being suspected of cheating.
(To be continued)