I had a cold, my head hurt, and I felt top-heavy and fluttery, but the updates continued.

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Yao Shouyi looked at the old doctor who was sitting in the chief position in front of the hall with a respectful face, and said with a smile: "Old doctor, I didn't expect your old man to come to us.

Behind Yao Shouyi, there are Jiang Sheng and other judges and judges of the Alchemist Conference, in addition to being the judges of this conference, they are also well-known alchemists in the southwest border. However, at this time, their eyes were full of surprise and disbelief and looked at Yao Shouyi, why would this arrogant and stern person be so respectful to a man who looked so young.

The doctor put down the teacup in his hand, smiled and said, "Shouyi, you and I haven't seen each other for many years."

Yao Shouyi nodded: Yes, you and I have only had a relationship at the World Alchemist Conference, but I didn't expect you to remember me.

The doctor smiled and said: Of course I remember you, your kid was the youngest one in the top 100 back then, but it's a pity that you stopped in the top 100, it's a pity. The old doctor looked regretful.

As soon as these words came out, all the people present except Yao Shouyi were shocked, and dared to call Yao Shouyi a boy, did this man not want to live? Who knew that Yao Shouyi only smiled shyly and said: The old doctor is serious, I was young and vigorous back then, and I was very lucky to be in the top 100.

"That's right" The old doctor took a sip of tea from the teacup, and then continued: When you entered the top 100, you were already a senior alchemist of Liuding, and you haven't seen you for many years, you kid must have improved by leaps and bounds.

Yao Shouyi said humbly: Where is it. The younger generation is not talented, and now he is only a Qiding senior alchemist. He said so though. But the smug look on his face was hard to hide.

Yao Shouyi is one of the many presidents of the Alchemist Guild in the southwest region of the Shenxia Continent, and he is also the one with the highest qualifications and ranks. He is known as the four major alchemists in the southwest along with Bai Wenbo of the Oga Empire, Zhao Ziming of the Virk Kingdom, Bai Songshan of the Liuyun Empire, and Song Xuening of the Gaoxue Empire. He is the first of the four alchemists, and he is also the only alchemist in the southwest region who has participated in the World Alchemy Conference. In the southwestern frontier, his great name can be said to be known to everyone, and no one who offends him has good fruit to eat.

After hearing Yao Shouyi's alchemy level, the doctor nodded with satisfaction, and said, "Yes, it's already good that you can reach the Qiding senior level at your age, I remember that you seem to be the only Qiding senior alchemist in the southwest border area."

Yao Shouyi still said modestly: That's just the people below touting the younger generation, compared to you, Shouyi I am really ashamed.

"Alas. Words can't be said like this" The doctor denied Yao Shouyi's words, and said seriously: I am older than you, and my experience and alchemy experience are richer than yours, and the multi-level is naturally higher than you, as long as you work hard, when you reach my age, you will naturally reach my realm, which is the so-called success of nature.

"Yes, yes, the younger generation will follow the teachings of the predecessors" Yao Shouyi hurriedly thanked the elder doctor for his teachings. Then he looked up at the doctor, who was drinking tea calmly, and his eyes rolled. With a smile on his face, he said, "I don't know what you have to do here?" If there is anything, just give us an order, and we will do our best to do it. He had now made up his mind that no matter what, he would do his best to curry favor with the elder, not only for himself but also for all the members of their Alchemist Guild. If the doctor is satisfied here, next year's guild's operating funds and those rare medicinal materials can also open up to the Dan Mansion, after all, eating people have short mouths and soft hands.

Who knew that the old doctor smiled slightly. Dao: I didn't come here for anything, just passing by. I heard that you are holding an alchemist conference here, so I came over to take a look, and by the way, I came to see if there were any good talents. If you have one, you can recommend a few to me, and I can also draw up a list of disciples to cultivate within the Dan Mansion this year.

As soon as these words came out, both Yao Shouyi and Jiang Sheng and the others behind him were dumbfounded, you must know that Dan Mansion is the holy land of all alchemists in the world today, as long as you can enter the disciple cultivation list within Dan Mansion, then it can be said that you have a bright future in the future. And the people who have the right to draw up the list are only the mansion masters of the Dan Mansion and a few senior elders, and the mansion masters and elders of the Dan Mansion are all alchemists above Jiuding without exception. But the man in front of him said lightly that he could draw up a training list, who is he? The answer to this question is probably what everyone except Yao Shouyi wants to know.

Yao Shouyi swallowed his saliva, eased his mind, and said in surprise: "Doctor, what you said is true?"

The doctor put down the teacup and asked, "You think I'm joking?"

"No, no, no" Yao Shouyi hurriedly waved his hand, then turned to Jiang Sheng and the others and said urgently: Go and get the list we have prepared a long time ago, hurry!

Jiang Sheng and the others hurriedly ran to the back, and after a while, they ran to Yao Shouyi with a roster in their hands and handed the roster to Yao Shouyi, Yao Shouyi took the list and then respectfully presented it to the doctor.

The old doctor took the list and looked at it, and after a while, he found a little problem, and asked suspiciously: Shouyi, how are these people in terms of understanding and alchemy?

Yao Shouyi patted his chest and said: They are all outstanding talents, absolutely no problem.

The doctor nodded thoughtfully, then put the roster in his hand on the table beside him, and said, "Shouyi, are the people on this list you gave me all from your guild?"

As soon as these words came out, Yao Shouyi was stunned for a moment, and then said with some stumbling: Yes...... Be.

The old doctor smiled and said: Don't be afraid, I don't blame you, people's hearts are flesh and blood, and you also want your apprentice to get ahead, I understand your approach. It's just righteousness. The elder doctor suddenly became more serious, and said: You must know that the internal cultivation list of our Dan Mansion is limited, if I include all the people you recommend, wouldn't the presidents of the rest of the guilds want to scold my ancestors for the eighteenth generation behind my back, you can be partial, but I must not be partial.

Yao Shouyi's face flushed slightly. Dao: The younger generation understands.

Seeing that he understood his difficulties, the doctor nodded with a smile and picked up the list. Dao: But I know that you will never recommend some useless people to me, so I will keep this list for the time being. In the future, I will personally test these people when I have the opportunity, and then select some people from them to be included in our internal training list.

Yao Shouyi hurriedly bowed his hand after hearing the words of the old doctor, and said: Thank you the old doctor.

"Okay, it's not early, I won't bother you here to review the pills, I'm leaving" The medical veteran Yao Shouyi put away the list submitted by Yao Shouyi, stood up and said.

"The younger generation congratulates the old doctor" Yao Shouyi bent over, and then prepared to send the old doctor.

"No need, I've already bothered you to review the pills. I won't trouble you anymore" The doctor refused Yao Shouyi's greetings and turned to leave.

After the old doctor walked away, Jiang Sheng, who was standing behind Yao Shouyi, came to Yao Shouyi and asked, "Senior brother, who is this person who is sacred, and why does he have the right to decide who is on the list?"

Yao Shouyi looked at the door and said in a daze: Of course he has the right to decide, because this list is what he created.

Jiang Sheng's eyes widened in surprise several times after hearing this, because he knew that the person who created this list of disciples within the Dan Mansion was the current Dan Mansion Master, who was known as the second person in the alchemy world today!

Outside the door, the bright sun shines on people's bodies and feels lazy. The flowers are in full bloom one after another, and a breeze gently blows the leaves, making a 'rustling' sound.

Lu Zhe was sitting in the lounge chatting with Ya Xuan, when he suddenly heard a voice

"Please gather at the venue"

When Lu Zhe heard this, he stood up and walked out the door. Ya Yan followed him, and after a while, Lu Zhe walked through the corridor to the center of the arena.

Now. In front of the arena, rows of medicine bottles were neatly displayed in the referee's seat, and each medicine bottle contained a lilac elixir. It is the Qi Nourishing Pill that everyone was desperately refining just now.

"It's all here," Yao Shouyi said with a ruddy face, and there was a hint of a smile in his voice that was difficult to hide. I guess something good happened just now.

"Jiang Sheng, you come to announce" Yao Shouyi sat on the chair and drank tea, and said lightly.

Jiang Sheng responded and then picked up a blank piece of paper from the table in front of him and walked to the front of the stage, looking at the hundreds of refining contestants in the audience, Jiang Sheng cleared his throat and said: I announce that those who failed the pill refining in the first round of the competition. ...... No. 35, 39, 41, 45, 49, 55.

Lu Zhe listened carefully, and after a while, Jiang Sheng read that there were about fifty people. As time passed, Jiang Sheng began to read Lu Zhe's part, Lu Zhe's nervous heart was in his throat, if the elixir he refined failed, then he would still be eliminated, how should he face Senior Sister Ya who was full of expectations for himself?

At this moment, Ya Qian was also extremely nervous, her Qianqianyu hands were clenched together, her heart was pounding, she was even more nervous than her own competition, she had even thought about how to comfort Lu Zhe if he was eliminated, but she still prayed in her heart that Lu Zhe would not be eliminated.

"One hundred and twenty-seven," Jiang Sheng read slowly.

"Great," suddenly an excited voice came from next to Lu Zhe. Lu Zhe turned his head to look and saw a man about twenty-five or sixteen years old secretly rejoicing there, Lu Zhe remembered that he seemed to be one hundred and twenty-five, and it seemed that he was happy that he had passed.

"One hundred and fifty-three" Jiang Sheng Gujing read it without waves, but he didn't know that every time he read it, it would make the hearts of those in the audience who had not yet been read tight.

Every time Jiang Sheng reads it, he will be exchanged for cheers from the audience and the sadness and loss of some people, some people who are in a better mood just laugh bitterly, and some people with bad tempers are there to curse their father and scold their mother.

"One hundred and fifty-nine," Jiang Sheng continued. Just as his voice fell, a girl not far from Lu Zhe's left hand side was like a thunderbolt, fluttering and kneeling on the ground, sobbing sadly, it seemed that she was the number one hundred and fifty-nine.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer and closer, and as Jiang Sheng slowly reads down, Lu Zhe's heart beats faster and faster, and he is almost catching up with the beating of the war drums. His palms were sweating nervously, although he was confident in his elixir, but seeing so many excellent people being eliminated, he had no bottom in his heart.

"One hundred and sixty-four" Jiang Sheng read slowly.

"Fuck, Lao Tzu did everything possible to fuse those medicinal materials together, and actually eliminated Lao Tzu, you are really fucking blind" A man not far in front of Lu Zhe scolded angrily after hearing his number, completely lacking the demeanor that an alchemist should have, and finally he scolded under the gaze of everyone and walked towards the exit.

Lu Zhe couldn't help but smile dumbly when he looked at him, such a person can become a two-ding alchemist, I really don't know how low the current alchemist evaluation standard is.

"One hundred and sixty-seven" Jiang Sheng's voice slowly entered Lu Zhe's ears. When Lu Zhe heard this, his hair stood up.

Cold sweat flowed down his forehead like beads with broken threads, and he looked at Jiang Sheng intently, Jiang Sheng's lips slowly moved a few times, and he said the number of the person who was eliminated next.

"One hundred and seventy-three" is the number of the person Jiang Sheng reads.

"Whew" Lu Zhe breathed a long sigh of relief, and a big stone hanging in his heart fell to the ground. Ya Yan also breathed a sigh of relief, finally she didn't have to worry about it.

Jiang Sheng was still slowly reading the eliminated people, and after he finished reading them all, Lu Zhe's eyes swept around him, counted them in his heart, and found that in addition to the people who were still crying on the field, there were about two-thirds of the people on the field left, which means that nearly one-third of the people were eliminated in the first round of the game. With so many people eliminated in the first round of the five rounds of elimination, the difficulty of the competition is self-evident.

In fact, according to the previous alchemist conferences, the last few rounds of the alchemist conference were all compared by alchemists above the three tripods, and the championship competition was almost all the four tripod senior alchemists competing there, so this alchemist conference is also the world of the four tripod alchemists.

Jiang Sheng sat back in the referee's seat after reading the list of eliminated people, Yao Shouyi stood up, he looked at the alchemists who were still in the audience, and said happily: Congratulations on advancing to the next round of the competition, but don't be complacent, the next game is much more difficult than this round of the competition, you should be mentally prepared, okay, today's game is over, the second round is scheduled for three days, you go back and have a good rest.

The audience cheered.

Jiang Sheng stood up and said, "You guys come up now to receive your participation tokens, and as for the pills you have refined, they will be your entry fees." Jiang Sheng smiled slyly like an old fox.

Lu Zhe smiled coldly when he heard this, and took the refined pill to offset the entry fee, they are quite good at doing business, you must know that although the level of the Qi Nourishing Pill is not high, it can be sold for at least five thousand gold coins, and they still have hundreds of bottles, even if it is sold collectively at a low price, it is more than enough to recover the cost.

Lu Zhe walked to the stage to retrieve his participation token, and at this moment, his eyes inadvertently saw a person, who was the one hundred and seventy contestant, Ziche Qianqin.

Lu Zhe looked at the well-dressed woman in front of him, only to see her take back her participation token with an expressionless face, and then silently walked off the stage and walked towards the exit of the hall.

Lu Zhe looked at her departing back, his brows furrowed slightly, he suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart for some reason, as if something would happen to him with this fairy-like woman.

"Hey buddy, what are you looking at?" a clear voice came into Lu Zhe's ears, and at the same time, an arm was placed on his shoulder.

Lu Zhe looked to his left, and saw a man with his eyebrows raised like a sword looking at him with a smile.

"Are you?" Lu Zhe asked puzzled.

"My name is Bai Chen, and I am your opponent in this competition" Bai Chen said with a smile, his smile was full of sunshine, as innocent as a big child.

Lu Zhe looked at Bai Chen and asked, "Do you have something to do with me?"

"What did you just look at?" Bai Chen asked boldly.

"Look at women" Lu Zhe joked.

Bai Chen was slightly stunned, knowing that Lu Zhe was joking, he was not angry, and then smiled: Dude, what's your name?

Lu Zhe thought he was a rare good friend, and said with a smile at the moment: My name is Lu Zhe, and I am very happy to meet you. Lu Zhe stretched out his hand in a friendly manner. (To be continued......)