Volume 1: The Decline of the Yue Family Chapter 68: Danmen Du Mi'er (First Update)

  Yue Cheng looked at the stone platform in front of him, which was about three meters long and two meters wide. It was enough for one person to refine the elixir. On the platform were also placed a pile of spiritual medicine and a copy of the Three-Treasures Elixir Formula, all of which would be needed for the first round of eliminations. Each participant had a set in front of them.

  After the game starts, within the prescribed time limit, use the spiritual medicine on the stone platform to refine the medicinal herbs on the Dan Fang on the stone platform. In fact, most of the alchemists who dare to participate in the competition can basically refine three-grade medicinal herbs, but the time limit can determine the outcome. The speed of time completely tests an alchemist's familiarity with various medicinal materials and control over their own spiritual power.

  "Huh, how is there another stone pedestal?" The contestants of the five major powers walked down from the arena and suddenly found that not far from their side was another luxurious stone pedestal of the same size as theirs. The original five stone pedestals had become six.

  Just as everyone was somewhat puzzled, Du Mier's face changed slightly, and she walked down with a bitter smile towards the brocade-robed girl who came from above, revealing a knowing glance. Others didn't recognize this brocade-robed girl, but she was extremely familiar with her, because before they were 15 years old, they were students of the same teacher, that is, one of the Supreme Elders of Danmen, and later because of Ouyang Fan's affair, they parted ways to return to Lingjing Sect.

  "Another stunning beauty." Yue Cheng swallowed a large mouthful of saliva, and his biggest impression of the Xuantian mainland was that there were many more stunning beauties here than in Huaxia.

  "Trouble's here, this demon is also participating in the Alchemist Grand Prix." The leaders of the five major powers couldn't help but look displeased upon seeing Ouyang Fengqing's figure. With this legendary demon participating, it meant that entering the top three would be even more difficult, especially for Sima Changping, whose face was the most tense and anxious.

  When Ou Yang Fei Er appeared, all the male contestants' eyes lit up, greedily staring at her without stop, sizing her up. This stunning beauty was no less than Su Mi Er and even more renowned than Si Ma Yan Ran on the left island.

  After Ou Yang Qing walked down from the competition venue, her cunning eyes winked at Du Mi'er, and then she didn't pay attention to anyone else's gaze. Except for Du Mi'er, she didn't put anyone present in her eyes. Thirty-year-old four-grade alchemists are all geniuses, but although she is only eighteen years old, she is already a fifth-grade alchemist. Those so-called geniuses are simply rubbish in front of her.

  Yue Cheng finally shifted his gaze away from Ouyang Xiang's body, wondering who this girl was in his heart, feeling the aura on her body, it seemed that her strength had reached a certain level, it looked like he would have some difficulty winning the first place champion today.

  With the arrival of Ouyang Feng, the Alchemy Master Competition also announced its start. The scene of two thousand alchemists refining pills at the same time was unfolded. According to the rules of the competition, three high-grade pills on the stone table must be refined within two hours. As soon as it started, all participants except the first six people quickly placed their pill furnaces on the stone platform and began to refine pills. It is still very difficult to refine a three-grade pill in two hours.

  Looking at the scene of two thousand people behind him refining elixirs simultaneously, Yue Cheng was also shocked. All the alchemists controlled the flames in their hands and shot them into the crucible to start refining the spiritual medicine on the stone platform.

  Yue Cheng looked at the two thousand alchemists behind him and gained a deeper understanding of the alchemists on the Xuantian Continent. Ordinary alchemists used the most basic dan fire, while better alchemists used flames that were much superior to dan fire, likely obtained from high-ranking fire-attribute magical beasts. This flame was clearly stronger than dan fire in terms of intensity, and the quality of the elixirs produced was also slightly better.

  As for these beast fires, Yue Cheng didn't think much of them. His own Supreme True Fire was simply not in the same league as these beast fires. Moreover, Yue Cheng also took a look at the alchemy furnaces used by those alchemists and found that their quality wasn't any better either, far inferior to his own Beast Furnace.

  Yue Cheng didn't want to think about his Wan Shou Furnace being discounted and still costing 600 gold coins, a price that ordinary third-grade alchemists couldn't afford.

  At this time, the participants of the four major forces beside Yue Cheng also took action. Zhao Qing, Liu Liyang and Liang Yu respectively took out their own alchemy furnaces and placed them on the stage. The three people's expressions sank, and two flames were injected into their respective alchemy furnaces.

  "These few alchemy furnaces aren't bad." Yue Cheng looked at the three people who took out the alchemy furnaces, and their quality was not much different from his own Wan Shou furnace. Moreover, the flames in the hands of the three people were all taken from the body of an eighth-order fire system magic beast, which was much stronger than ordinary beast fire.

  Yue Cheng thought to himself, no wonder he's from one of the five major powers, what he brought out is indeed different. However, Yue Cheng had no interest in these things and only felt that there would be such a big difference between the five major powers and others.

  "How come there are still three people who haven't started refining their elixirs yet?"

  "Those three people seem to be Du Mi'er from Danmen, and Yue Cheng, the son-in-law of the Sima family. I don't know who the other one is."

  "Another one seems to be Miss Ou Yang Fei Qing of Ling Jing Sect."

  The 100,000 spectators watching saw others start making elixirs, but the three in front seemed to be doing nothing, and they couldn't help but discuss it curiously, also being puzzled by their behavior.

  "Yan Ran, what's going on with Yue Cheng, why hasn't he started refining yet?" Sima Changping asked Yan Ran beside him in a puzzled tone. As a martial artist, he didn't understand anything about alchemy, so he turned to ask his daughter, who was also an alchemist.

  From the moment Yue Cheng stepped onto the stage, Sima Yan's mood had been tense. Although she had a lot of confidence in Yue Cheng's abilities, this year's Alchemy Master Competition also had five fourth-grade alchemists participating, which made her somewhat worried. Especially after seeing Ouyang Fanqing, she became even more worried. Ouyang Fanqing was someone she knew, and his rumored strength was not inferior to Du Mier's. Yue Cheng's chances of entering the top three had just become even slimmer.

  "The three-product pill is enough for a four-product alchemist in just one hour." Sima Yanran replied to her father, but her bright and alert eyes were still fixed on the situation on the competition stage. Time passed slowly, and some alchemists had already refined most of their spiritual medicine.

  Two hours to refine a third-grade elixir, this is simply too easy for Yue Cheng's current cultivation. Yue Cheng really wants to go up and sit for a while, waiting until the last twenty minutes before coming down to refine it should be enough. For one third-grade elixir, twenty minutes are sufficient now.

  Yue Cheng had nothing to do, so he simply closed his eyes and stood still like an iron man in front of the stone platform. Seeing Yue Cheng's unusual appearance, Du Mier and Ouyang Fan, who were not far away, also curiously looked at Yue Cheng for a moment before quietly standing in front of their own stone platforms.

  Both women were secretly observing each other's movements, neither of them making a move, as if waiting for the other to make the first step. This was probably due to the innate competitive spirit of women. Both were the most talented alchemists on the island of Zuoxing, and whoever made the first move would undoubtedly be worried that their abilities were inferior to the other's. Thus, the two women began to stalemate each other.

  The two women and Yue Cheng's appearance thus became a unique landscape in this alchemy master competition, the time has passed for an hour, but these three people still have no movement at all, especially Yue Cheng, as if he had fallen asleep.

  Time is running out, and even if Sima Yanran has confidence in Yue Cheng, she can't help but get anxious. She wishes she could go on stage and kick Yue Cheng a few times. At this moment, this guy is still pretending to be cool. If he loses in the first round later, the Sima family will be ruined by him.

  "What's wrong with those three people, why haven't they made a move yet, half of the time has already passed."

  "Are those three people scared silly because they saw a lot of people?"

  The 100,000-strong audience began to worry about the three of them, with all sorts of strange and absurd speculations emerging. In the front row of the spectator seats and in the restrooms of the five major powers and the Lingjing Sect, there were some fifth- and sixth-grade alchemists who couldn't help but worry about the three of them when they saw that they hadn't even started refining their pills yet.

  Twenty minutes passed again, and the actions of the three people thoroughly shocked everyone. The eyes of 100,000 people were focused on the two women and Yue Cheng, and no one paid attention to the competition of the other 2,000 people. It was as if this Alchemist Grand Prix was held for the three of them.

  "Exactly, what's going on here?" Sima Changping finally couldn't bear it anymore. This alchemy competition had too great an impact on the Sima family, but with only 40 minutes left, Yue Cheng still hadn't started refining the elixir, and Sima Changping was sweating bullets.

  "I don't know either." Sima Yan also had a look of astonishment on her face, and her heart was also raised to her throat.

  "Bang, bang" occasionally bursts of explosive sounds came from the arena, some alchemists due to mistakes directly blew up their furnaces and failed. The failed alchemists were all unwilling in their hearts, but could only helplessly withdraw from the competition venue, they would never have a chance to enter the top ten again.

  Yue Cheng really fell asleep, but in fact he didn't fall asleep, he entered a state of cultivation. The dense true energy inside his body followed the heart method of Hunyuan True Classic and ran throughout his body. If someone knew that this guy was actually cultivating at this time, I don't know how many people's jaws would drop in surprise.

  At this time, a small number of alchemists even started the final step of refining the elixir, condensing the dan. Zhao QingSong, Liu LiYang and Liang Yu had already reached the last step of condensing the dan. Liang Yu glanced at Yue Cheng in front of him and couldn't help but think to himself: "This kid won't have been scared silly, or perhaps this kid isn't even an alchemist."

  Number seven is on the shelves, and Xiao Yu is nervous. The general update plan is: at noon 12 o'clock, a one-time update of 100,000 words, followed by an update of 10,000 words every hour. After 8 pm, another one-time update of 50,000 words, with a total of about 220,000 words. Cultivating immortality relies on the support of brothers and sisters. If the results are good that day, there will be many flowers, subscriptions, and rewards. Xiao Yu won't sleep and will code out a few more tens of thousands of words to explode. Please ask for your support at that time, and Xiao Yu thanks you...