Chapter Forty-Seven: A Brutal Elimination
As soon as Lejiren's words fell, the image of the amethyst screen in front of Yuan Chen was turned off.
"The competition has begun, I'm afraid I'm going to show my real skills this time, if I hadn't fully learned the pharmacopoeia compiled by Grandpa Xiao before, I still have a little suspense in my heart this elixir conference. Yuan Chen sighed in his heart.
The bluestone tabletop in front of him just now was indeed according to what Leji said, at the moment when the game began, the names of twenty elixirs immediately appeared under the twenty round holes on the bluestone tabletop, and some fragments of elixirs also slipped out of the dark grid on the table next to Yuan Chen.
Most of these elixir fragments come from first-grade and second-grade elixirs, and there are almost no high-grade elixirs, after all, to provide elixirs to such a large number of contestants, if high-grade elixirs or whole first-grade and second-grade elixirs are used, wouldn't the organizers lose money.
Although it is quite difficult to let the contestants distinguish the elixir with twenty strains of the elixir in a limited time, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, in fact, the first level of this elixir conference is not intended to target everyone, but to find ways to eliminate the number of people, for example, I have Grandpa Xiao's pharmacopoeia as a backing, and there must be people among the other contestants who have considerable knowledge reserves, so this first level seems to be difficult, but in fact, the organizers want to eliminate those who have never been in contact with the elixir and fill up the number, and the real test of this first level is just the knowledge reserve of the contestants' elixir。 Yuan Chen thought to himself in his heart.
"But no matter what, after all, this is a time-limited exam, so I'd better hurry up and solve this elixir knowledge quiz as soon as possible. Yuan Chen said to himself with a light smile.
Just when Yuan Chen really understood the connotation of the first game of the elixir conference and was about to start completing the task of the game seriously, all kinds of unpredictable things were happening in other competition areas at this time.
Division 1
The few people sitting in the referee's seat in the first division at this time would definitely be able to quickly distinguish if Yuan Chen was here, and among them, he was most familiar with the girl in Tsing Yi Wind Chime, and the middle-aged man sitting next to the wind chime was Tu Yuan, the current pavilion master of Qingsu Pavilion, and at this time, the two of them were communicating and talking with the people around them with great interest.
"I heard that among the four major regions, the comprehensive strength of our division is the lowest, and it seems that our first division competition should end quickly without any suspense. A young man in yellow said jokingly.
"That's not necessarily, the prediction ranking of the first division is just arranged with the information we can collect, no one can say whether there will be a dark horse in the first division, not long ago I heard the fourth division report that they are likely to have a dark horse in that division, someone bet up to 10 million gold coins for a player named Kelan less than an hour before the game, and the gamblers who watched this situation have followed, and the contestant named Kelan has bet 130 million on the contestant before the game, and the odds are as high as 10 to 10, it seems that this time our organizers are going to lose a lot。 The Tuyuan Pavilion Lord shook his head and said with a smile.
"Hahaha, if that's the case, it's interesting, but this is a matter of the fourth division, so let's give Old Man Di of the Apothecary Guild a headache. The young man in yellow responded.
"However, Tu Pavilion Master, it stands to reason that there should be no suspense about the first place in our first division, except for Zhang Tong, who is a bronze-level pharmacist, the rest of the contestants are basically focused on participation, and there is no threat to Zhang Tong at all. Another middle-aged man in blue echoed in Tu Yuan's ear.
"Hahaha, you don't have to exalt that kid too much, if that's the case, it would be great, you don't underestimate the heroes of the world. Tu Yuan said with a laugh.
The man in yellow and the man in blue on the side couldn't help but pout, thinking in their hearts, 'If it weren't for that Zhang Tong who is from your Qingsu Pavilion, we wouldn't have said that, cut, let's not raise it, but after you heard what we said, that mouth was not so good that it was to the root of your ears, and it was really contemptuous.' ’
Division 2
At this time, an old man in Xuanyi was sitting quietly in the center of the referee area of the second division with his eyes closed, looking at the awe-inspiring look of the people around him, it was not difficult to guess that this person was Liu Huai, the master of the hall who Yuan Chen had offended not long ago.
"There are a lot of good seedlings in the second division we are watching, and even those high-ranking talents in the hidden family are competing in our second division, which has advantages and disadvantages, the advantage is that we can make friends with them through the rules of the game we have formulated, and the disadvantage is that there are too many high-level talents in each family, and they have a fighting relationship with each other, and we are not easy to grasp the degree of goodwill, and it is easy for both sides to offend. ”
"But you remember to me, especially the people of the Hidden Family and the Apothecary Guild must not be offended, and those talented children with names and surnames must not be offended, so let them fight each other in the competition, after all, these parties are existences that we cannot afford to provoke. Liu Huai said solemnly to the people around him.
"Yes, Master. The person next to Liu Huai received the order, so even if he gave Liu Huai what he had just said, when the person who received the order came back again, he stood in front of Liu Huai nervously and stopped talking, and looked at Liu Huai who was sitting quietly with his eyes flashing.
"What, is there anything else?" asked Liu Huai as he opened his eyes and looked at the person in front of him.
"Hall Master, according to the report of the subordinates, it is found that one of the people in the group who offended the young hall master not long ago is participating in our second division. The man in front of him replied.
"Oh, is it the one who gambled on the five-grade elixir?" asked Liu Huai with a cold light in his eyes.
"Tell the hall master, the person who participated in our competition area was not Na Yuanchen, but a person named Yunxi who was traveling with him,
"Well, the first two levels are the same as they've been doing for years, but the rest of the levels are what we did, and I think you can understand what I mean. Liu Huai said sadly.
"Yes, my subordinates know how to do it. The man in front of him took the command and left.
"Hehe, an ant-like chamber of commerce from a small town, dares to save my face, I really don't know what to do, since it has fallen into my hands, then you don't want to go out easily. Liu Huai muttered gloomily.
Division 4
The person guarding the referee's seat in the fourth division is the old man who issued the number plate to Yuan Chen, if Yuan Chen is here, he may be surprised for a long time, and the nameplate in front of the old man reads "President of the Qingsu City Pharmacist Guild - Di Chunqiu"
"Di Lao heard that there is a dark horse in our fourth division, and now the number of people who bet on it from the outside world is comparable to those two children of the hidden family, maybe in addition to this dark horse, we can have a few more talented people in the fourth division, and if we throw an olive branch to it at that time, those people will definitely be excited. A guild member beside Di Chunqiu said with a smile.
"You think about the beauty, do you know whose family that Kelan girl is? I don't know, don't talk nonsense here, don't talk about our fourth division this girl, even if the four major regions together can compete with no more than three people, and you still want to dig the corner of other people's families, I think you are crazy to think about Miaozi. Di Chunqiu blew his nose and glared at the guild people beside him and scolded.
The guild people on the side scratched their heads and said secretly in their hearts, "No wonder Di Lao has a look on his face that he can't get, it turns out that he already knows the identity of the contestant, no wonder he is so angry, it really is, hehehe." ’
Just as the guild man was thinking about finding something to divert Di Chunqiu's attention, a line of numbers suddenly appeared on the screen in front of everyone.
"How can it be so fast, the competition should have started not long ago, this speed can almost rank in the top three after so many competitions, which player will it be?" said the guild people on the side in shock.
"This number is that Kelan girl, hey, such a good seedling is from that family, this kind of invisible taste is really painful to me, but as long as there is a seedling side by side in my Pharmacist Guild, I won't be so uncomfortable, this comparison, look at what people you have recruited to come in, if I hadn't wandered around to find a few good seedlings, the Apothecary Guild would have been over from generation to generation." Di Chunqiu shouted angrily to the people in the surrounding guilds.
The people of the surrounding Apothecary Guild all immediately lowered their heads when they saw the furious Di Chunqiu, and they didn't dare to fight with him anymore.
"However, why would the Imperial Capital Lan family rest assured that this little girl from Lan Ke came to our Qingsu City alone to practice? Looking at this incognito appearance, it won't be sneaked out, hehehe, if that's the case, then don't blame the old man for digging the corner." Di Chunqiu thought about it in his heart and couldn't help but laugh in a low voice.
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With the successful passage of the first level in the fourth division, there were constantly contestants in each competition area who continued to pass the first level, and the judges sitting behind the screen recorded the numbers of these contestants in detail, and then appointed a special person to lead them to the next level of the competition venue.
"There are only the last two purple peerless and cloudy grass left, and it seems that the content of this first level is not too difficult for me. Yuan Chen smiled and shook his head and muttered to himself.
"But it was really dangerous just now, and I was really close to losing. Yuan Chen recalled what had happened in front of him not long ago.
Although each seat has its own protective film, isolating the sound of the surrounding environment, the contestants' vision is not affected by this protective film, so Yuanchen can clearly see the movements of other contestants around him.
Shortly after the beginning of the competition, Yuan Chen had not screened the name of the elixir, but the protective film of the seat where the contestant sitting opposite him suddenly disappeared, of course, Yuan Chen also knew that it was impossible for this contestant to complete the test of the first level so quickly, so there was only one possibility, that is, the contestant was eliminated.
Needless to say, this contestant must have made a fatal mistake to be eliminated in such a short period of time, but Yuan Chen thought about it and knew what had just happened, just from the mouth of the happy man, this level set up by the organizer this time is to say that as long as you put twenty kinds of elixirs into these twenty corresponding holes, you will pass the level, is it really that simple?
Just now when Yuan Chen put an elixir into its corresponding hole, he found that the name of the elixir under it actually lit up, that is to say, when you put the correct elixir into the right position, the name of the elixir at the corresponding hole will be lit up, if this is the case, those contestants who don't know anything about the elixir, take a plant of elixir and quickly try it one by one, sooner or later they will find out which one is the corresponding hole, if things really want to develop like this, how to eliminate a large number of contestants in the first level, as long as it is not an elm person, they will probably think of this way to qualify, but will things really develop like this?
The conclusion should be the situation of the contestant just now - being eliminated on the spot, which is probably what happened to the contestant who put the elixir into the incorrect hole, and the contestant may not even put the first elixir in the right place, so he was eliminated at the beginning of the competition.
The previous Yuan Chen was still lucky in his heart, if he really encountered an elixir he didn't know, then try it one by one, this idea made the current Yuan Chen break out in a cold sweat.
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Standing at the venue of the second knockout round, Yuan Chen couldn't help but bow his head and smile, he just learned from the mouth of the guide next to him that things really developed as he expected, of course, what surprised Yuan Chen even more was that after the first round of elimination, there were only 5,000 participants left in the 100,000 participants.
"It's a brutal knockout. Yuan Chen said with a smile.