The daily life of a genius who enjoys gossip and cultivates immortality

Chapter 418 Alchemy Competition 0.5

The third competition eliminated too many alchemists, so the positions of the alchemists in the arena were changed, and a large number of fire veins were hidden underground.

Cheng Jiu's previously somewhat empty surroundings were now filled with neighbors, and he also saw familiar disciples: Liu Shaoyuan, Senior Sister Xueyuan, and Senior Sister Chaoyan.

Looking around, it seemed as if she was completely surrounded by Medicine King Valley!

Weak, pitiful, and helpless!

Her brother, who also suffered a similar fate, had his furnace explode at the start of the game.

Surrounded by layers of disciples from Medicine King Valley, his body was tense, and he exuded the panic of facing strangers.

Her glassy eyes were filled with panic.

boom!

A massive, explosive burst of flame erupted!

The ground was littered with fragments of alchemy furnaces!

And an alchemist who had become accustomed to it all.

How familiar this scene is!

He didn't seem to be refining pills just now, did he?

Cheng Jiu was filled with doubt. Ah! Could the furnace explode even without refining pills?

You little rascal, you didn't learn alchemy from Senior Brother Yan Xuan, did you?

He's not as outrageous as you!

However, the opponent is skilled in alchemy, as could be seen in the first three rounds.

The oven had probably finished exploding; the other person had cooled down considerably and was no longer uncomfortable.

"What a weirdo!" Cheng Jiu sighed inwardly.

In the fourth round of the competition, each person was presented with a black pill, the color of which looked ominous.

Poison pill.

Those who take the poison pill must use the medicinal pills from the inner elixir within a specified time to detoxify themselves. If they fail to detoxify themselves by the end of the competition, they will be eliminated. The Medicine Alliance will arrange detoxification pills accordingly.

Cheng Jiu picked up the poison in front of him, sniffed it, and frowned: "I'm immune to all poisons!"

Even if she took this poison pill, she wouldn't be poisoned, let alone be able to detoxify.

So how is she supposed to verify it? Is she just going to advance directly?

Immortal Lord Qingxu naturally noticed his disciple's predicament, and after thinking for a moment, he knew what was going on.

The divine sense notified the two elders who were presiding over the competition.

The two received a notification from Immortal Lord Qingxu's divine sense.

A constitution immune to all poisons? That's quite rare indeed!

Elder Huoyan failed to consider this when designing this round of competition, which was indeed his dereliction of duty.

Immediately, he called out his eldest disciple and pointed to Cheng Jiu.

He took the poison pill, and Cheng Jiu came to cure him; his results were still valid.

Upon receiving his master's instructions, Elder Huoyan's eldest disciple walked up to Cheng Jiu, picked up the poison pill, and swallowed it without hesitation.

The potent poison instantly spread throughout his body: "Please, Fellow Daoist Cheng Jiu!"

As he spoke, he carefully sat in a small gap between the arrays, which would prevent him from being affected by the explosion and also make it easier for Cheng Jiu to treat him.

It's a win-win situation.

Poison pills only look terrifying on the surface; in reality, they are not very toxic. They are poisonous on the surface, but the detoxification process is quite complicated.

After all, those present were the backbone of their respective forces; the Medicine Alliance could not afford to lose any of them.

One by one, large purple light bulbs lit up the entire arena. With purple faces, the alchemists began to study how to detoxify without stopping.

Cheng Jiu had smelled the pill before and had a general idea of ​​how to detoxify it.

With all the antidotes in his ring, Cheng Jiu took out the herbs and began refining them.

So fast?

The person who was poisoned and sitting in front of Cheng Jiu had actually been keeping his eyes on Cheng Jiu the whole time. He had heard about this fellow Daoist before.

As an alchemist, he also had a competitive spirit!

But he didn't think he could react as quickly as Cheng Jiu.

It's as if you don't need to think, you can just smell it and know how to detoxify the poison.

Is this the alchemy genius admired by the five major sects? Elder Huo Yan's eldest disciple deeply felt the gap between alchemists from the five major sects and rogue alchemists in Cheng Jiu; it was a kind of foundation from a powerful force.

He'll probably be able to detoxify and leave soon!

Sure enough, a pill appeared in front of him, and before he could even react, a pill appeared before him.

Wow, that was fast.

Without much hesitation, he swallowed the pill, and the purple poisonous gas quickly dissipated. He stood up and said, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Cheng Jiu!"

The eldest disciple of Elder Huoyan returned to Elder Huoyan's side. Although his expression remained as calm as ever, no one could tell what was going on.

Everyone present was a seasoned veteran; the Fire Flame Elder's eldest disciple's limited skills were no match for these old monsters.

Elder Duqing gestured to Elder Huoyan with his eyes: Aren't you going to do anything about it? Don't let this drag on and ruin him. Don't cry then.

Elder Huo Yan naturally noticed the look in his old friend's eyes. Was he such an irresponsible master?

"Kang Fang, do you have any insights?"

Upon hearing his master's question, Yuan Kangfang snapped out of his reverie and replied earnestly, "This disciple still has much to learn."

Perhaps Fellow Daoist Cheng Jiu has forgotten that this was not the first time he and Cheng Jiu Dao had met. He still remembered that their first meeting was at the Medicine Alliance, when she was still the seven-step alchemy genius in her master's eyes.

In just over a decade, Fellow Daoist Cheng Jiu's alchemy skills have become increasingly refined, while he himself remains stuck at the seventh-grade alchemist level, unable to grasp the fundamentals.

Indeed... the bitterness in his heart was indescribable.

My heart, already restless from the lack of progress, now felt even more bitter.

"I had the same idea as you back then!" Elder Huoyan nodded with a smile.

Yuan Kangfang suddenly looked up, his shocked gaze fixed on his master. How could this be?

To reach the level of a ninth-grade alchemist, none of them were mediocre in their youth. In fact, although my master was a rogue cultivator, he had always had a smooth life since he became famous at a young age, and I have never heard of him suffering any setbacks.

"After all, Fellow Daoist Cheng Jiu's master is a genius that appears only once in a thousand years! If you don't believe me, ask your Senior Brother Du Qing. I don't believe he wasn't moved at the time." Elder Huo Yan teased, looking at his old friend.

Elder Du Qing: "..."

Fine, for the sake of his old friend's faith, he won't embarrass him.

"The youngest ninth-grade alchemist! A record-breaking existence!" Elder Huoyan recalled the past, and even now, the lingering sense of resentment was still quite strong.

"Master!" Yuan Kangfang didn't know what to say, but wanted to offer words of comfort.

Elder Huoyan, however, had already pulled his thoughts back from his past memories: "Kang Fang, admitting that you are inferior to others is the first lesson you should learn. I have been jealous of many people, and I have also been jealous of many people."

I used to compare myself to others and work incredibly hard, but because I could never achieve what I wanted, I blamed fate for being unfair.

"You've been stuck at the seventh-grade alchemist level for a long time, haven't you? I can see that, but I never rush you, because I've been through this stage myself."

But I believe in you! Kang Fang, I believed in you from the moment I accepted you as my disciple! You were chosen by me from among many independent cultivators; your talent and your hard work are beyond question!

Elder Huoyan's words were like sparks burning Yuan Kangfang's heart.

He never expected that his master, whom he regarded as both a teacher and a father, would trust him so much!

A slight smile appeared on his lips, and the throbbing pain in his heart vanished completely. He felt as if he had been injected with adrenaline, and all he wanted to do was work hard and live up to his master's trust.

Elder Duqing slowly turned his gaze to Elder Huoyan, his meaning clear: You didn't overdo it, did you?

Elder Huoyan: It's a good thing that young people are energetic!

Yuan Kangfang was unaware of the eye contact his master was exchanging; he was now facing his junior brothers and sisters who were crowding around to offer their concern.

The other disciples had naturally heard what Elder Huoyan said. They had always had great faith in their senior brother Yuan Kangfang, and when they noticed that Yuan Kangfang was in a bad mood, they rushed over and offered their concern all at once.

Yuan Kangfang was busy comforting his junior brothers and sisters, and now he had no time to think about anything else.

"Haha! Qingxu, you really are a menace! Look at all these years, so many people still have their eyes on you!"

Elder Huoyan made no attempt to hide it from others, and the elders above naturally heard it as well. Qingyang winked at his friend.

Immortal Lord Qingxu didn't even lift an eyelid. As a friend, how much better did he think he was?

His gaze fell on the ninth equation, and his eyes showed a different kind of kindness and gentleness. He was more concerned about his little apprentice than paying attention to the ninth equation!

Except for a few alchemists who were really bad at dealing with poison and were eliminated because the poison worsened after they used up their own pills, all the other alchemists succeeded.

After all, this poison is nothing special except for being complex and difficult to cure.

As the poison gradually dissipated, and after a short rest, the fifth round of the competition began.

There are still so many alchemists here. The first five rounds seem to have eliminated quite a few alchemists, but in reality, they haven't really gone all out. If this fifth round isn't a real contest, and it's just a series of small skirmishes like before, who knows how far this competition will go.

Clearly, Elder Huoyan and Elder Duqing had also thought of this.

Therefore, the fifth round was about completing the incomplete manual that made all alchemists tremble with fear.

Few alchemists haven't experienced finding a rare ancient book of alchemical formulas only to discover that the records within are incomplete. If more than 70% of the records are missing, it's not too bad; based on experience, exhaustive methods can be used to repair them.

However, once it drops below 70%, every 1% decrease makes repair an insurmountable chasm. If it drops below 50%, there's no point in repairing it; just leave it in the warehouse to gather dust. It's better to develop a new elixir formula than to repair it.

Once these incomplete musical scores are completed, those who love them will absolutely adore them. Others who just want to look at them will find it gives them a headache.

Of course, this is also the best test of an alchemist's overall skills. In order to show the importance attached to these alchemists, each person must repair at least ten pills, and can only use the materials in the ring.

The goal is to complete the ancient recipes and refine the elixirs.

The incomplete ancient prescriptions were all collected from various powerful forces. Which warehouse doesn't have some incomplete prescriptions?

It may be due to improper storage, or it may have been misrepresented at the time of purchase and ended up in the warehouse as a footrest.

Regardless of the type, the collected ancient prescriptions are enough for each person to use once.

These ancient prescriptions are mostly incomplete (over 50%), ensuring at least ten are usable.

Cheng Jiu also received the ancient jade slip sent to her. This jade slip was obviously taken from the bottom of the storeroom. The surface looked clean, but when you touched it, your fingertips were covered in dust.

You're not doing your best!

Cheng Jiu probed with his divine sense and found many pill formulas inside, all of which were incomplete.

Cheng Jiu had heard of this phenomenon, called "Dharma Erosion." Most ordinary jade slips cannot store text for long; as time goes by, the text inside the jade slip will gradually disappear.

Besides the jade slips used for inheritance, most jade slips have this common problem, at most the time is long or short.

Therefore, the Guiyuan Sect Library needs to be organized and copied in real time, which is why the contents of the Guiyuan Sect Library have not been lost for tens of thousands of years.

This requires substantial manpower, material resources, and disciples skilled in engraving; it is also the foundation and capital of a major sect.

For example, Nan Yanzhe, the senior disciple of Guiyuan Sect, is in charge of this area.

Most of these jade slips come from secret realms and were not properly protected or disposed of afterward. Over time, they have ended up here.

The fragment of the pill formula that Cheng Jiu obtained was at most 61% complete, and at the lowest, only the first one or two lines of text remained.

There were indeed 16 articles with a percentage of over 50%, but most were around 51% to 52%.

I don't know where they found these, ten of them! They really don't treat these alchemists like human beings.

Cheng Jiu didn't know about other people's situations, nor did she want to care. With the cards she was dealt this round, if she didn't act quickly, elimination was only a matter of time.

An eerie silence fell over the entire competition arena. If it weren't for the need to maintain their dignity as alchemists, shouts and curses would have been constant.

That's inhuman!

"Bang!" A male disciple slammed the jade slip to the ground, creating a dent. He stood up, looked around, and said, "I forfeit!"

Judging from the sword he was carrying, he must be a senior disciple of the Longyuan Sect.

Indeed, such a task is far too difficult for alchemists who also practice swordsmanship.

Following this senior's withdrawal, many other alchemists stood up and announced their withdrawal as well.

I can manage to finish one, but with ten, it's better to just give up than to make things difficult for myself.

In an instant, one-tenth of the participants in the arena disappeared.

This little incident did not affect the alchemists present. All of them were focused and concentrated, their spiritual senses almost able to deduce the sparks.

Cheng Jiu drew a bad incomplete score; without using some unconventional methods, he simply couldn't finish deducing it in a short time.

She felt as if her mind was a high-speed computer, with countless elixirs of information circulating and being compared within her consciousness.

The advantage of this approach is its high efficiency, allowing for the refinement of several prescriptions simultaneously.

The bad thing was that Cheng Jiu's divine sense was rapidly depleted during the deduction. As his divine sense was exhausted, Cheng Jiu felt a throbbing pain in his head, which was a sign that his divine sense was exhausted.

Cheng Jiu could only stop, close his eyes, and rest to recover his mental energy.

Others may not be able to exert themselves as intensely as Cheng Jiu, but they are not far off. This kind of thing is inherently very taxing on one's spiritual energy.

Especially the relentless deduction within the time limit was a form of torture for alchemists, and before long, some couldn't take it anymore.

"I abstain!" Another alchemist stood up and abstained, followed by three or four more alchemists, all of whom abstained.

They suspected that the two elders who assigned this task did not treat them as human beings at all.

Or rather, he glanced at the people still struggling in the arena, and realized they weren't human at all!

So many people gave up that even Elder Duqing began to doubt whether the task he had assigned was too heavy. He found the task absurd and purely made things difficult for people.

But Huo Yan said that there were many talented disciples from the five major sects, and only such a competition could determine the winner, so Elder Du Qing turned a blind eye to the content of the fifth round of competition.