Chapter 374 Item 1 (1)

The number of people who had nothing to do with the competition gradually moved to the edge of the square, and the number of people who remained in the center of the square in the end, Liu Zhe secretly estimated, was about a few hundred, close to a thousand.

After a while, a familiar figure slowly appeared in Liu Zhe's sight, and the somewhat fat body was the president of the Jinhua Branch, Trund!

Grande was slightly chubby, but his steps were not slow at all, and with the support of the two old alchemists, he strode to the temporary high platform in the center of the square, glanced at the people under the stage, and said loudly: "Hello all the alchemists of the Jinhua Branch! I, Grande, am very happy to see you come today to participate in this great event of all alchemists, and I believe that all of you present are the best in the alchemy, each with their own expertise...... Grande spoke eloquently, the words flowed smoothly, without the slightest hindrance, his attitude seemed very calm and sophisticated, fully showing his long-term bearing, not a little nervous in the face of the crowd, his expression was calm, and his tone was very smooth.

"......" lasted for nearly ten minutes of long speech, at which time Trande finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "That's the end of the opening line, I hope you can show your best side, of course, there are winners and losers in the competition, however, I hope you can put aside winning and losing, and show what you usually learn as the main purpose, after all, winning or losing will not affect you and my alchemical attainments, don't you say?" "Yes, President, you said it so well!" "President Trande is right! Dispensable reputation is not important to us alchemists, and studying alchemy is our life's work!" "......" Hearing this, the audience applauded, and a group of people immediately nodded, constantly echoing what Trande said, the meaning of respectfully flattering Lu is very strong, if you can get the favor of this adult, it will be a great help.

After ending the tirade with one sentence, Tronde did not waste Lang time, and directly announced: "I believe everyone knows the rules of the primary competition, now please move the personnel participating in the "Rookie Group" competition area to the No. 1 Alchemy Plaza, and the alchemists participating in the "Master Group" competition area will move to the No. 2 Alchemy Plaza...... There are two different divisions in the Star Alchemy Competition, one of which is the competition area under the age limit of 30, which is the so-called "rookie group", and the competition area that Liu Zhe and Flora signed up for is also this rookie group.

The other competition area is the "Master Group" with no age limit, however, although there is no age limit for the "Master Group", it is stipulated that you must be an alchemist above the second level to be able to sign up, and the level is so high that many famous alchemy masters in the empire will go to participate in the competition.

This is also the reason why Dean Erin did not participate in the competition, not because she was unwilling, but also because she was unable to participate and was not qualified to participate. Her age obviously does not meet the threshold of the "rookie group", and the master group must be a second-level alchemist to participate, and only Erin, a fifth-level alchemy apprentice, also did not meet this threshold, so she could not participate in both regions.

In this alchemy guild, in addition to the hall square where Liu Zhe is now located, there are also No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 Alchemy Squares, which are built for the preliminary competition of each year, but although four alchemy squares have been built, but because the number of participants every year is not large, therefore, in fact, only the first and second alchemy squares are actually used.

Of course, the number of participants each year may not be much for Tronde, but in Liu Zhe's opinion, the number of nearly a thousand people is already a very terrifying number, you must know that these are all alchemists in a thousand, not ordinary magicians who can be seen everywhere.

Seeing that the people around him began to move, Liu Zhe still didn't move, and suddenly, Flora pushed him from behind, urging, "Stupid worm, what are you doing here, don't leave yet!" Liu Zhe responded, his feet moved slowly, but he didn't squeeze with the crowd, the position has been maintained at the back of the crowd, anyway, the time of the game starts at the same time, and the first entry will not start the game early, in this case, what are you trying to squeeze with others?

Walking at the back of the crowd, Liu Zhe clearly found that among the contestants present, almost ninety percent of the number went to the No. 1 Alchemy Square, and only a small part of the people went to the No. 2 Alchemy Square, and this small number of contestants, without exception, were all middle-aged or above, even seventy or eighty years old.

Seeing this, Liu Zhe was not surprised, after all, alchemists above the second level were already very rare existences, even in the huge Jinhua Branch, the number was still very limited, Liu Zhe at the back of the crowd roughly counted, and the number of people who went to the No. 2 Alchemy Square was not even three digits.

"Just as Ryuzhe and Flora were slowly heading to the No. 1 Alchemy Plaza, Tronde spoke up again, "Those of you who are still here and are about to go to watch the battle, please enter the arena through the passage leading to the spectator seats, and do not mix with the participants. Hearing this, Rex and the others looked around suspiciously, they were all coming to the Alchemy Guild for the first time, and they didn't know where the passage to the audience was.

"Dean Erin, you...... Belch. Rex turned his head, intending to ask Erin for directions, but when he turned his head, the place where Erin was standing was already empty, and there was still Erin.

Seeing that Erin flashed without saying a word, Rex couldn't help but be indignant: "MD, this old woman is also running too fast! Help lead the way and die!" Melissa shook her head noncommittally, not nervous at all, "What's the matter, just walk with the crowd anyway, it's not like there's no other way." Hearing this, Heidi and Charlotte nodded on the side, not at all worried that they would not find their way to the playing field.

"Nonsense, of course I know that! It's just that the old woman is too impersonal, I just want to complain. Rex rolled his eyes, seriously suspecting that Melissa was insulting her intelligence.

Too lazy to argue with Rex, Melissa directly interrupted the topic and said angrily, "If you want to complain, just complain in front of Dean Erin, it's useless to talk to us." After finishing speaking, Melissa and the three daughters ignored Rex, and moved directly with the crowd around them, and set off to the competition venue.

"Complain to that woman? I'm not crazy......" Rex muttered in a low voice, and immediately followed the three Melissa daughters, asking him to complain to Erin, would he dare?