The Oak Empire, the Imperial City.

This day is a special day for the entire Oak Empire, because the grand Imperial City Instrument Master Selection Contest will be held today! For this grand event, almost all the outstanding young artists from all over the country rushed to the Imperial City to participate in the selection, and for a while, many young men and women wearing the badge of the Instrument Master on their chests in the Imperial City seemed to have increased all of a sudden.

In the Lin family's iron shop, the three brothers all wore their own badges of the master, Yuan Yupeng and Lin Xiangtian were both badges of the second-level master, only Danxuan's badge had only one star, representing the level of the first-level master.

However, Dan Xuan didn't care too much, he looked in the mirror, but he didn't think that the badge of the first-class instrument master was an eyesore.

"Two senior brothers, you have participated in the instrument master selection competition, I don't know what the rules of this first round of selection are according to the usual practice?" Dan Xuan turned to look at his two senior brothers and asked out loud.

Lin Xiangtian and Yuan Yupeng glanced at each other when they heard Dan Xuan ask this, and their faces seemed to be a little embarrassed.

Looking at the strange expressions of his two senior brothers, Dan Xuan felt a little strange and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

Yuan Yupeng just wanted to say something, but was stopped by Lin Xiangtian, Lin Xiangtian sighed strangely, and said: "Little junior brother, don't senior brother didn't remind you, according to me, this first selection competition is the most difficult selection for our senior brother, the specific reason, when the selection starts, you will know!"

Dan Xuan was very surprised by Lin Xiangtian's reaction, according to common sense, Dan Xuan didn't believe that his two senior brothers would hide their secrets from him. So what kind of strange selection competition would make his two senior brothers react like this, Dan Xuan was puzzled.

At that time, outside the Imperial Palace, all the young men and women who had come to participate in the Instrument Master Selection Contest were gathered at this time, and each of them wore the Instrument Master Badge on their chests.

The three Dan Xuan brothers were also waiting outside the hall, and Dan Xuan roughly glanced at the surrounding craftsmen who came to participate in the competition, among these people, it seemed that the first-level instrument masters accounted for the majority.

Eyes swept to the top of the steps, not far away, Zhou Feifei was surrounded by the children of the Qi clan, waiting for the start of the selection, as if he had a sense, the cold Zhou Feifei turned his eyes to Dan Xuan, I haven't seen him for half a year, I don't know why, Zhou Feifei always feels that Dan Xuan seems to be a little different from before!

After staring at Zhou Feifei for a long time, Dan Xuan recalled in his heart that half a year ago this girl was naked belittlement and contempt for him, Dan Xuan's heart suddenly appeared a touch of pride, and he secretly swore in his heart that this time the instrument master competition must impress this self-righteous woman!

Dan Xuan slowly retracted his gaze, but Zhou Feifei still fixed his gaze on Dan Xuan, Zhou Yu beside her was the son of the Great Elder of the Instrument Clan, and he was also the leader of the younger generation of the Instrument Clan. Zhou Yu glanced at Zhou Feifei, the former's alluring appearance made his eyes full of longing, as if this Zhou Yu was Zhou Feifei's fanatical suitor.

"Isn't that guy Dan Xuan of the Medicine Clan? The children of the Medicine Clan are not good at refining pills, why did they come here to participate in the Instrument Master Selection Competition? What a wonder!" Zhou Yu glanced at Dan Xuan, his eyes full of disdain.

This Zhou Yu is also a young and vigorous character, and he has also heard of the rumors of Dan Xuan, the so-called first day talent of the imperial city, but Zhou Yu has never been interested in Dan Xuan, he only feels that Dan Xuan does not know what shit luck he has taken to get the false name of the first day of the imperial city.

"Hmm......" Zhou Feifei responded lightly to Zhou Yu's words.

Zhou Yu glanced at the instrument master badge on Dan Xuan's chest, and the corners of his lips lifted a disdainful smile, and said sarcastically: "A first-class instrument master, who also dreams of entering the top ten, is simply beyond his strength!"

Zhou Feifei glanced at Zhou Yu lightly, but did not speak again, looked down at the instrument master badge on his chest, and stepped forward with four shining gold stars, representing the terrifying strength of a fourth-level instrument master!

Lin Xiangtian saw that after Dan Xuan saw Zhou Feifei, his expression seemed to be a little wrong, and he couldn't help but ask: "Little junior brother, we are fourth-level instrument masters, we are just second-level instrument masters, you are originally amazingly talented, wait for the next instrument master competition in three years, I believe that with your talent, you will definitely be able to reach the fourth level instrument master! Don't be discouraged, what we have to do now is to figure out how to pass this first round of selection!"

Hearing this, Dan Xuan nodded, glanced at the closed door of the Imperial Palace, and asked, "Senior brother, isn't this Imperial Palace always the examination room for the national examination?

Lin Xiangtian couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Senior brother, you are really smart, this first round of selection is indeed a written test, but it is not the content of the written test that you and I are good at!"

Dan Xuan frowned and asked, "How do you say this?"

Lin Xiangtian let out a long sigh and said close to Dan Xuan's ear: "Do you know, in the last Instrument Master Selection Competition, who were the first and second places in the first round of the selection competition?"

"Could it be you and Senior Brother?" Dan Xuan looked surprised.

Lin Xiangtian smiled awkwardly and said, "Yes, it's me and Senior Brother, I'm the second-to-last, Senior Brother is the first-to-last!"

"Why?" Dan Xuan was also very surprised in his heart, he knew the strength of his two senior brothers, according to common sense, the two of them could not be so unbearable in terms of alchemy.

Lin Xiangtian sighed again and said, "Master, since you started, think about it carefully, has Master ever asked you to forcibly recite the Embryo Mutual Restraint Table about alchemy, and has you forcibly memorized the standardized techniques and taboos when refining weapons!"

Dan Xuan's eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief: "Senior brother, you won't tell me that this first round of trials actually has to test these things like exams, right?"

Lin Xiangtian also nodded helplessly, and said: "Master has never believed that there is any refining blank material that can completely restrain each other, doesn't he often say that as long as the alchemy is strong enough, any material in the world can be fused with each other! Last time, my brother and I were eliminated after hanging in the air. But I'm worried about you now, junior brother, if our junior brothers can't even pass this first round of selection, why talk about getting into the top ten!"

Dan Xuan's face was full of black lines, and then he understood why his two senior brothers had such strange expressions when they mentioned the first round of the trial, it turned out that the so-called first selection was actually a "proposition essay", but Dan Xuan's master Lin Qing advocated his apprentices to write prose, thus causing this embarrassing situation.

However, judging from Dan Xuan's position as a former ninth-level pharmacist, there is also no so-called propositional theory for alchemy.

The more restricted the thinking, the more advanced the skill is, the more difficult it will be to improve the alchemy, from this point of view, in fact, Lin Qing's theory is closer to the orthodox theory!

But orthodoxy does not mean that it can be accepted by a few ignorant people, this Dan Xuan is also very helpless now, it seems that this first selection competition can only rely on blindness!