Chapter 326: Initial Test, Refining

"My friend, don't act on impulse. You are already a third-grade alchemist, and you should be one of the highest-grade alchemists among our Tianxuan contestants. Don't let your mentality be affected and ruin your good ranking."

The young man in his early twenties comforted Lin Yang. He could see that Lin Yang was very angry at the provocation.

But what he said was really humble.

In previous Tianxuan Empire contestants, few could enter the top ten, let alone the top five hundred.

The top places were all taken by some children of the alchemy families of the Blue Flame Empire and the geniuses of the Alchemist Branch of the Blue Flame Royal Academy.

Lin Yang ignored him, but sneered in his heart: This time, the Blue Flame Empire is no longer the only one.

After waiting for more than an hour, it was finally Lin Yang's turn to enter the competition.

Lin Yang followed the flow of people into the venue and found that Ling Chen and his people who had just brought people to provoke him were also in this group. At this moment, they were talking to the alchemists who left the previous group.

"Senior Li Yuan, how did you perform?"

"I'm ashamed to say that I only have five refinements, which is a long way behind Senior Ling Chen." A fourth-grade alchemist who left the stage answered with a little reserve.

But the pride that could not be concealed was beyond words.

Judging from his clothes, he seemed to be a student of the Blue Flame Royal Academy.

Lin Yang couldn't help but sigh in his heart. There are indeed many elites in the Blue Flame Royal Academy.

"You can't compare with Senior Ling Chen. Senior Ling Chen is almost the champion. He must have started with six refinements. If you compare with Senior Ling Chen, aren't you asking for trouble?"

"That's right, let's compare with the genius alchemists of the Tianxuan Empire. Maybe we can have a sense of accomplishment, hahahaha."

As they said this, they kept glancing at Lin Yang.

"Look at your virtues? How can a phoenix share a nest with poultry, and how can a sparrow compare with a swan?" Ling Chen, who was flattered for a while, was very proud in his heart, but he pretended to be serious and cold on his face.

However, his usual behavior was really hard to accept. However, the Alchemist Competition was indeed Ling Chen's area of ​​expertise, so everyone had to bite the bullet and agree.

"Senior Ling Chen is right!"

"Senior Ling Chen is so talented!"

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The first day was the preliminary test. According to the practice of previous years, the preliminary test questions have always been about refining medicinal materials, and this year is no exception.

This is the foundation of the alchemist profession and the best way to test the quality of alchemists.

Each medicinal material can be better refined and retain more essence after being refined in the hands of the alchemist.

The refined medicinal materials have some crucial effects on the success rate and quality of the pill.

Often, the stronger the alchemist, the more perfect the medicinal materials can be refined as the raw materials for alchemy.

The highest can reach nine refinements, which are the most perfect quality materials, but the general three or four-grade alchemists can only reach the level of three or four refinements.

Lin Yang entered Qianding Square, found a place to stop, and found that there was a silver root grass on each seat.

Silverroot grass is a first-grade spiritual medicine, a common medicinal material for refining low-level elixirs, with a relatively high yield and low requirements for the growing environment.

However, silverroot grass is relatively hard and very fire-resistant, and it is often a headache for novice alchemists to refine it.

Therefore, it has become the best choice for refining materials in the preliminary round of the Alchemist Competition.

"The preliminary round is limited to half an hour, and those who have more than four refinements will advance to the semi-finals! Start now!" The examiner announced the start of the preliminary round loudly, and everyone began to act.

Refining medicinal materials is a delicate job, which requires the use of flames to force out the impurities in the medicinal materials, but the requirements for flame control are very high.

One more point of firepower will destroy the medicinal materials, and one less point of firepower will not achieve the effect.

Often many alchemists are eager for success in the preliminary round, which easily burns the silverroot grass.

Each alchemist has only one silverroot grass, so there is only one chance.

Therefore, the elimination rate in the preliminary round is still very high.

Lin Yang took the silver root grass on the table and carefully observed the growth meridians, the direction of the sun, the root distribution, etc. of this silver root grass.

The alchemist education he received was not inferior to that of Ling Chen and others, but more systematic and complete.

After all, his teacher was the former No. 1 alchemist in the continent, the Medicine Saint!

The requirements of the Medicine Saint for him were also extremely harsh. Looking at this silver root grass, Lin Yang remembered the countless similar plants that were destroyed in his hands under the devilish training of the Medicine Saint when he first came into contact with alchemy.

Many people have already started to refine. Those who can become alchemists are definitely warriors with fire attributes.

A burst of true qi flame emerged from each hand, wrapping the silver root grass in it.

Thousands of flames ignited at the same time, and the temperature in Qianding Square rose a lot for a while.

Ling Chen was not far from Lin Yang. He was also carefully observing the silver root grass in his hand. Obviously, he had also been reminded by someone.

After half an incense stick of time, he began to temper it.

The flames produced by the Fire Spirit Body are naturally different from those produced by ordinary fire attribute warriors. As soon as Ling Chen's flames appeared, there was a kind of domineering momentum.

At least, this was the case among the thousands of ordinary flames.

"Such a domineering flame, Senior Ling Chen is too strong, worthy of being the designated champion!"

Everyone around couldn't help but exclaimed. Although Ling Chen's combat power was only in the top ten of the upper house, his alchemy skills were indeed unique enough to compete with the Son of God.

The onlookers outside were also amazed. A alchemist with a Fire Spirit Body was born with a huge advantage.

Mo Qingkuang was among them, of course. This was his first time watching Lin Yang's game. Previously, he had participated in the game with Lin Yang.

Of course, this was also the first time he hoped that Lin Yang would win. He even suppressed his murderous intent at this time.

After all, if Lin Yang lost, he would lose a lot.

"That's your brother Mu Ri? Why hasn't he started to refine yet? Isn't it because his teacher didn't teach him to refine herbs? Or is it because he is a little scared after seeing Ling Chen is so powerful?"

The sarcastic words rang in Mo Qingkuang's ears. It was Ji Han who always disliked Mo Qingkuang.

Since returning from the autumn hunt, Mo Qingkuang has been in the limelight, and Ji Han has gradually lost the qualifications to compete with Mo Qingkuang.

But Ning Xian's attitude towards Mo Qingkuang has obviously changed. From the beginning of competing with him to regain glory, to now seeing Mo Qingkuang as a mountain that he is eager to climb.

All of this made Ji Han unhappy.

Seeing Lin Yang holding the silver root grass and turning it over and over to observe, he couldn't help but mock.

The first test lasted only half an hour, and now a quarter has passed, and Lin Yang still hasn't started to act. It is very likely that the final refining will be overtime, and he will eventually be eliminated.

Then Mo Qingkuang will lose.

He doesn't care how much Mo Qingkuang loses, but he is very happy to see Mo Qingkuang lose.

Mo Qingkuang curled his lips when he heard this and was too lazy to pay attention to him.

Lin Yang's teacher didn't teach him?

He is the first alchemist in the continent, the Medicine Saint, and his apprentices are not as good as these sixth- and seventh-grade garbage in your academy?