"That's right, it's the top two, after all, the top eight will be determined in the final competition in the four major regions, so each competition region can only provide two contestants to reach the final arena, and there are no less than 100,000 participants in their respective regions, so this elimination mechanism is very cruel. The old man said slowly.

"It turned out that this is the case, it is really not an easy thing for this elixir conference to reach the top of the strength. Yuan Chen responded.

"Well, of course, part of the reason for this strength prediction table made by the official is this, the odds of the handicap that selects the last two contestants in their respective divisions are quite large, and the official ranking is also to give the bettors a clearer positioning as much as possible, so that these people can use their understanding to choose which contestant to throw into, but in addition to this ranking, there must be some dark horses that are not officially counted, so this year's elixir conference will be extremely exciting, little guy, do you have anything else you want to ask?" The old man said aloud with a smile.

"Well, the seniors have already answered the questions for the juniors in great detail, so the juniors won't continue to bother the seniors, so they will go out to prepare for the game first. Yuan Chen said with a smile, a pair of beautiful big eyes full of yearning for the future.

"Hehehe, you little guy and old man are also quite eye-catching, old man, I haven't said so much for a long time, so I'm here to wish you all the way to the finals. The old man said with a smile.

"Then the juniors will borrow the auspicious words of the seniors first. Yuan Chen also responded with a smile, and after finishing speaking, Yuan Chen bowed to the old man again before walking out of the cubicle.

The old man also nodded in the direction of Yuan Chen and said with a smile: "Go ahead." ”

Soon after Yuan Chen walked out of the compartment, a middle-aged man's voice sounded in the compartment without warning.

"Di Lao, the competitions in each major region are in the final stage of preparation, and the city master means to let you move to the fourth division as a referee, after all, there are few people in this Qingsu City who can surpass you in terms of elixir. The voice said anxiously.

"Why didn't Tu Duo's little guy come to tell the old man in person, what an impolite child, I don't think he can catch up with the child who just talked to the old man. The old man surnamed Di said angrily.

The middle-aged man who spoke was also speechless for a while, and he also knew that this old man surnamed Di was not really angry, but in this Qingsu City, the only person who dared to say this about the city lord of Qingsu City was this old man, if another person said this would be heard, but there was no way to be so casual.

This middle-aged man is also curious about why this old man surnamed Di with a high vision is so fond of a person, in his cognition, this old man surnamed Di only loves to deal with medicine in his life, and he usually communicates with people very little, this time it is also because the instructor of the cubicle has just been sent out by the old man surnamed Di to carry out a mission, and this is the scene just now.

'Could it be that there is some unknown side to this old man,' the middle-aged man thought to himself.

"Okay, then you lead the way, so many years of elixir research have also made me a little tired, so let me see how this group of young people play today. The old man stretched his waist and said with a smile, at the same time, due to the old man's inadvertent relaxation, a gust of wind came from the old man's body, if there is an insider here, you will find that the real realm of the old man surnamed Di in front of him has far surpassed the hall master of the free hall.

The other side

When Yuan Chen walked out of the compartment, he already found that Yunxi had already walked out of his compartment, and he was communicating with Shi Meng and Cheng Zhen at this time.

Shi Meng on the side seemed to notice something, turned his head and looked in the direction of Yuan Chen, and saw Yuan Chen there waving his hand towards him.

"Yuanchen, this little guy also came out, I don't know what happened, it's been a long time to go in, this Yunxi little friend has been out for a while. Cheng Zhen and the others also looked in the direction of Shi Meng's gaze, and saw that Yuanchen not far away was walking towards them, Cheng Zhen said slowly on the side.

"You're back Yuanchen, why have you been chatting for so long, is there something wrong with the number plate?" Yunxi looked at Yuanchen not far away suspiciously.

"That's not true, it's just that the senior who gave me the number plate told me some things related to the competition, so I came out a little late. Yuan Chen replied.

"Oh, I see. Yunxi nodded, but in the compartment he entered, the guide inside just gave him his number plate and asked him to go out, and he didn't mean to communicate with him at all, and even some things he didn't understand Yunxi didn't ask, which was also learned after Yunxi chatted with Shi Meng and Cheng Zhen about what he didn't understand not long ago.

Maybe the people in each compartment are in different moods, and the guide in the compartment that Yuan Chen met may be in a good mood, so he chatted with Yuan Chen for a while. Yunxi thought so in his heart, so he didn't pay too much attention to this issue.

"That Yuanchen, what is the number in the division where does your number plate say that you are?" Yunxi asked curiously.

If there was no deep communication with the old man just now, the current Yuanchen might still be at a loss when Yunxi asked so suddenly, and now Yuanchen also has a preliminary understanding of the elixir conference, maybe even Shi Meng, Yunxi and others may not know it as clear as him.

"Well, I'm the number six in Division 3. Yuan Chen responded.

"Division 3... Ah, I'm in Division 2 and it looks like we can't play together in the same arena. Yunxi suddenly felt a little lower, but when he remembered the second half of what Yuan Chen had just said, the shock made Yunxi's eyes gradually protrude.

"What did you just say, you are ranked sixth in the third division?" Yunxi looked at Yuan Chen in surprise, and even Shi Meng and Cheng Zhen on the side were a little excited.

Originally, according to Shi Meng's previous conjecture, this time Yunxi and Yuan Chen must have someone in the top 32, and even with the strength of these two people, even if they successfully enter the top 16 and reach the height that they have never reached in the Treasure Pavilion, Shi Meng and Cheng Zhen also believe it, but this year is completely different from what the two of them thought, after Yuan Chen and Yunxi entered the compartment, Shi Meng and Cheng Zhen also learned some of the situation of this year's competition from the mouth of the maid guide on the side.

In previous years, when the number of people participating in the elixir conference was the highest, the total number of the four major regions was only 50,000, and this year's elixir conference, the four major regions took out one at random, and the number of contestants far exceeded 100,000, what a terrifying number, although most of these contestants were added for the handicap set up this year, but there were also many dark horses and hidden families involved in this elixir conference.

The two most famous of these are the Jiang family's hermit family and the He family's hermit family, not to mention the strength of these two families, in terms of the scale and quality of pharmacists, even the Lu family of the top ten families in the imperial capital dare not say that they can overwhelm these two hermit families, although the Lu family and the Lan family in the imperial capital have 90% of the empire's pharmacists and elixir resources, but the Jiang family and the He family's hermit family are not subject to this constraint, because these two hermit families do not belong to the Eastern Sage Empire at all, and the pharmacists in their families are recruited or recommended from all over the mainland。

Therefore, with such a terrifying number of the two hermit families, even the people of the empire did not dare to offend too much, let alone a small Qingsu City, since these two hermit families were going to send disciples to test, even the Tu Duo Pavilion Master, the organizer of the Elixir Conference, would not dare to stop it.

Therefore, Shi Meng and Cheng Zhen really have little hope for this competition, they used to think that their Treasure Pavilion has won the top 32 for three consecutive years, and this year there are stronger Yuan Chen and Yunxi, maybe this time the Treasure Pavilion may advance to the top 16 or even higher.

But the reality is so cruel, not only is this year's contestants a record high, but the quality of the contestants this time is also higher than in previous years, Shi Meng and Cheng Zhen are also a little depressed about this.

"The Jiang family and the He family are so powerful, if they meet on the field, they will be extremely strong opponents. Yuan Chen muttered.

With Yuan Chen, Shi Meng and others coming to Qingsu City to participate in the experience, his horizons are getting wider and wider, the four major families of Yangyan Town, which used to be strong in his mind, are like children playing at home in the eyes of Yuan Chen now, and the forces in Qingsu City can easily destroy them by taking out one casually.

This may be what Xiao Feng once said to him, 'Only when you really go out will you see how big this world is, and you will understand how weak your strength is.'" What does that really mean.

"Well, that's of course, the Hidden Family is the strongest in terms of pharmacists, and what we currently know is these two major families, of course, some Hidden Families don't want to participate in the battle of the present world at all, we may not even know about their existence, after all, the Hidden Family only knows about each other's existence. Shi Meng on the side explained to Yuan Chen.

"Of course, this is also the reason why Uncle Cheng and I don't have much hope for this elixir conference, just now we also saw Yunxi's prediction ranking, his ranking in the second division is twenty-seventh, in my impression, with Yunxi's strength, it is even possible to break into the top eight in the past, but this year it is ranked behind, although this is only a prediction ranking is not necessarily true, but this is also a side that shows that the quality of the participants in this conference is very terrifying. Shi Meng said to Yuanchen solemnly.

"Then can we know in advance who is stronger in our own group, if so, maybe we can make some preparations in advance. Yuan Chen asked Shi Meng and the others.

Shi Meng pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "I know a place where I can know this information, and it's on the second floor of this attic. ”

"Then let's find out first, not to mention that we can come up with a way after reading it, at least we know that we will win all battles. Yuan Chen nodded in response.

"Well, that's right, then we'll go to the second floor. Shi Meng said with a smile.