Chapter 671: The Refining Contest Begins
In the overcrowded Flying Dragon City, it has been difficult to find a place to stay recently because of the refiner competition, and all the inns are full, even the small town near this city is full of people.
Zhang Hao didn't want to return to the Fuyuan Inn, so he took Qi Yuan everywhere to live in an ordinary place, and finally found a simple house in a corner on the edge of the city!
And Qi Yuan hurriedly left Flying Dragon City the next day, and it was not until the morning of the third day that Zhang Hao came out of this simple house.
Located on a huge circular square near the center of Flying Dragon City, it has already been full of people who have come to watch, this time the refiner competition is not big, it is not small, and the number of people who have passed the assessment has reached thousands.
At this time, they had already been arranged in the center of the square, where was a stone platform that had been built for a long time. I heard that this stone platform is specially set up for some forces in the city to resolve the conflict, similar to the platform of life and death.
At this time, Zhang Hao was also mixed in with those who participated in the assessment.
Xu Che'er's injury is no longer in trouble, although she did not participate in the competition, but with the strength of the Xu family in Flying Dragon City, she still occupies a better place to watch.
Tie Yizheng accompanied her to constantly look at the people who participated, but there was a trace of nervousness between her eyebrows, and she was relieved until she saw the ghost mask Zhang Hao was wearing.
The sound of a twilight drum suddenly echoed over the city, and a moment later, a high platform rumbled up on the edge of the square where they stood.
The high platform rose to a height of tens of meters, and it was only stopped when they could overlook the entire square, and some people began to fly up from all directions after the high platform stopped. The aura of Dao Dao was undisguised, and it seemed that he obviously wanted to deter those who were wrongdoers.
There were dozens of old people on the high platform, each of whom looked very young, and one of them was wearing a long robe, walked to the side of the high platform, slowly spoke, and began to explain the rules of this competition. In fact, it means that some people who need to participate in the competition need to refine on the spot, don't cheat.
Immediately after, someone entered the center of the square, responsible for verifying the names of the contestants and the forces they represented, Zhang Hao frowned when asked, and told the person in charge of verification that he was from the Xu family in Tianyu City.
The man was visibly stunned by this, and then smiled and recorded it. Registration is actually more cumbersome, but fortunately, there are many people in charge, and it has been busy for an hour before it is over.
And today's competition is also the prelude.
Thousands of people found their own places and began to take out the things needed for the refining vessels, and all kinds of furnaces continued to appear on the square, dazzling to see.
The furnace required by the alchemist was different from the Danding used by the alchemist, and there were no limitations, and there were different styles of square circles, but they were all very large, and some were actually more than three meters high.
At this moment, Zhang Hao was sitting in an inconspicuous position in a corner, but he saw the guy next to him take out such a behemoth, the individual of the furnace generally determines the length of the refining weapon, but it is not easy to use such a furnace.
"Puff puff ......"
Before anyone could announce the start of the game, a flame erupted in the furnace in front of some of the anxious fellows. And the dozen or so old men on the high platform frowned when they saw that scene.
Soon after, with a loud bang, the square suddenly became busy, and the people who had raised the flames in the furnace in advance just now were throwing the materials needed for refining into it.
"I'll let you lose here and roll back to the northwest!" Just as Zhang Hao was about to take out something, a sneer came from not far on the left.
Looking sideways, it turned out to be the sword urging he met in the tasting pavilion a few days ago, this person looked at him with a sneer at this time, and said in a voice that almost only he could hear: "Wait and see!"
For this kind of unprovoked provocation, Zhang Hao didn't even bother to pay attention to it, glanced at him and retracted his gaze, and took the Qiankun furnace out of the ring.
The furnace looked smooth and resembled a bowl, but there was a lot of space inside, which saved Zhang Haoxue the trouble of buying a large furnace like the others.
Seeing that he actually took out such a thing, Jian Jian suddenly showed a mockery on his face, and shook his head lightly and said: "After all, people in small places don't have much knowledge, if you can't afford to buy a furnace, I can lend you one, and you don't need to take this thing out and be embarrassed!"
Zhang Hao's movements suddenly stopped, his cold gaze swept over him, seeing this, the sword urging was with a hint of provocation, and sneered: "What? You still want to do it here?"
As soon as he finished saying this, he felt that Zhang Hao's body was filled with murderous intent, and he hurriedly snorted: "But I have to remind you that those who disturb other people's refining during the competition will be directly disqualified, you can think clearly!"
As soon as he heard this, Zhang Hao slowly reined in the murderous aura, looked at the position occupied by the Xu family, and ignored the provocation of the sword.
Following the Qiankun Furnace, he took out some more large and small things, including the Flying Feather Stone he bought in the Tasting Pavilion, and three pieces of dull steel.
This kind of thing is not precious, and when the ore required for refining was prepared, Zhang Hao flicked his fingers, and a wisp of blue and white flames rushed into the Qiankun furnace, and he was immediately accused under the furnace.
From the outside, the bowl-like furnace did not flicker, but inside it was a sea of blue and white fire.
Before he could start smelting those ores, some people stood up one after another and walked out, Zhang Hao wondered in his heart, these people were too fast, right?
However, the few people who quit here did not take out the things they had refined, and it seemed that they were not prepared enough to give up the competition.
In the Qiankun furnace, the fire of yin and yang is smelting the dark steel at this time, this kind of thing is very hard, ordinary real fire wants to smelt it, and it is absolutely impossible to do it without more than ten days.
However, the dull steel, in the fire of yin and yang, quickly melted, and in just a few breaths, it was refined into a gray solution.
Zhang Hao used the power of his soul to wrap it up and send it into the sea of fire to continue to maintain that high temperature, and then threw a few pieces of dull steel into the Qiankun furnace.
In front of the sword is a square furnace carved with dragons and phoenixes, and this orange flame is rising from inside.
I saw him throw something similar to the root of a tree into it, turned his head to look at Zhang Hao, and found that Zhang Hao had just put the dull steel into the bowl-like thing, and his expression was obviously stunned.
Frowning and thinking about it, Cui Jian immediately understood, his eyes were staring at the bowl-like object with a hint of disbelief, but there was no flash of fire there, so he was still a little unsure.
As the competition progressed, more and more people began to withdraw, and although those who were able to come to the competition were well prepared, there were still accidents.
Once, not far from Zhang Hao, there was a blaster, which directly caused more than 20 people to be injured and withdraw from the game.
Fortunately, the aftermath of the fryer didn't arrive here particularly violently. The people around him who watched were in a commotion for a while and then calmed down, and it seemed that it was obviously not the first time they had experienced this kind of thing.
Unconsciously, the number of people sitting here to continue refining has plummeted to about one hundred, and Zhang Hao is also surprised by this kind of elimination. When he looked around, he found that Zhao Xueying, who he had seen two days ago, was also sitting not far away, and in front of him was a furnace similar to a medicine tripod.
At this time, the sweat on her face was already oozing out, and it seemed that what she was refining was a little difficult. Among the remaining people, Zhang Hao even found Jiang Xian, which surprised him.
Xu Jie also participated in this competition, and when Zhang Hao's eyes swept over him, he was also aware of it, raised his head and returned a cold look, and ignored it.
Xu Che'er, who was sitting in the middle of the Xu family, kept her eyes on Zhang Hao, and when she saw him constantly looking left and right, she was a little worried in her heart.
But the game has been going on for a while, and she can't give a warning, and her anxious hands can't help but clench. Tie Yi seemed to sense something, and whispered a few words in her ear, and the nervousness on Xu Che'er's face eased somewhat.
Not far from the Xu family, Li Xuan, the city lord of Flying Dragon City, was drinking tea leisurely, and when Xu Che'er's gaze swept over those people, he couldn't hide a trace of disgust.
"Uncle, the master you invited this time will definitely come to prominence, Tianyu City will not take long to get it at your fingertips, hehe, when the time comes, you will have to rely on Uncle more!" Li Yingjie sat there, looking at the people who were competing, turned around and smiled.
Li Xuan put down the teacup in his hand, frowned, and said: "No one can draw a conclusion until the matter is over, although the two masters who came from the Heavenly Pavilion are quite attained, but there has never been a shortage of Hidden Dragon and Crouching Tiger in the cultivation realm, it is too early to be happy!"
Hearing this, Li Yingjie nodded with a smile and said: "Uncle taught me a lesson, but the two masters you invited, as long as they can defeat the people invited by the Xu family, the rest of the qiē, the nephew will naturally do it." As for the old thing of the Xu family, even if there is any dissatisfaction, he can't say anything, after all, it was their Xu family who personally agreed to come down!"
Saying this, Li Yingjie stopped his eyes on Zhang Hao.
"Is Yinghao sure this time?" Li Xuan was not confused by the blueprint he described, and turned his head to ask with a faint response.
At the mention of this, Li Yingjie laughed, raised his eyes and looked at the center of the competition venue, where a man with a rough face was sitting: "Uncle, don't worry, my eldest brother's talent in refining weapons is unmatched, and this game is nothing to him!"
Hearing this, Li Xuan didn't think so, as the city lord of Flying Dragon City, he had seen a lot of talented people, but how many people could really stand at the top in the end?
Li Yingjie didn't notice the worried look on his face, and continued to laugh to himself.
It seems to be a game, but there is an undercurrent in it, and the forces involved have changed the nature of the game.
However, those who stayed in the center of the square at this time were not fuel-efficient, and they all had a lot of support behind them, and once they emerged in this game, those forces standing behind them would also benefit.
While everyone was watching the game with all kinds of thoughts, someone in the center of the square had already refined the first blade. As the man removed a serpentine sword from the furnace, there was a burst of cheers from outside the square, drawing the eyes of the other spectators.
The cheering man obviously had something to do with the man refining the serpentine sword, and the oppressive atmosphere in the square was much less crowded with the cheers.
The man hurriedly packed up his belongings, and walked towards the high platform with the serpentine sword he had just refined, his face was tired.
And the people watching are also rushing to make a way for him at this moment, whether he can end up in the top ten or not, he will be remembered by some people.
The sky gradually darkened, this person walked to the high platform, handed the long sword to an old man for identification, and nodded with a smile: "In such a short period of time, it is not bad to be able to refine a medium-grade spiritual weapon!"
The people below looked slightly disappointed when they heard that it was actually a medium-grade spiritual weapon.
But this person didn't care, and when the dozen or so old men in charge of the assessment on the high platform had been identified, he happily returned to the people who were cheering for him just now with the serpentine sword, and then was surrounded and left.
It seemed that they also knew that such a mid-grade spirit weapon would not be able to stand out in the competition at all, and they were in a hurry to celebrate.
With the appearance of the first person who succeeded in refining, people stood up in the square one after another, including Jiang Xian, who had refined an armor.
As soon as the armor was taken out of the furnace, it shimmered red, but suddenly, a mutation came......