Chapter 258 Alchemist Conference

The blue sky, white clouds, bright sunshine, fresh air and gentle breeze are all very relaxing and pleasant.

The huge bluestone square was crowded with people and was bustling with activity. These people were wearing alchemist robes and there was a bluestone square platform in front of them.

Both sides of the bluestone square were surrounded by spectators, most of whom were dignitaries from the imperial capital, as well as some leaders of other forces.

Right in front of the bluestone square stands a platform several dozen meters high with rows of seats on it. In the first row sitting on the platform are Fa Ma, Gu He and Vice President Qi Mier, and in the back sit people from the three major families of the imperial capital and the royal family.

Fa Ma, Gu He and Qi Mier stood up and walked to the front of the stage. They looked down at the dark mass below and were shocked.

This royal square can accommodate tens of thousands of people to take the alchemist assessment, but it seemed a bit crowded at this moment. It seemed that there were no empty stone platforms, and even a few hundred were temporarily added because there were not enough.

"President Fa Ma, there are too many people participating in the Alchemist Conference this time! Usually there are no more than one or two thousand people, but now there are tens of thousands." Gu He was also shocked when he saw the alchemists who came to take the assessment below.

Normally these alchemists are like giant pandas and are extremely rare to see. Now, with more than 10,000 giant pandas standing in the audience, the shock caused is far from small.

"Who said it wasn't! This time, not only all the alchemists from the Gama Empire are here, but people from other empires are basically all here as well." Qimier looked at Fa Ma and shook his head helplessly. This was all done by Fa Ma!
Fa Ma looked at the dark crowd below, the alchemists who came to participate in the alchemist conference, and his mouth twitched. He just wanted to use the alchemist conference to give Xiao Yan some benefits and make him famous, so the reward was a bit high.

Although the rewards given out in previous Alchemist Conferences were good, they could only be viewed from afar and not touched.

Although some sixth-grade pill recipes look precious, what’s the point of letting some fourth-grade and fifth-grade alchemists take them?

As for the other benefit, it is that you will gain honor. Once you achieve good results in the conference and are noticed by some big forces, you will soar to the sky like an ancient river.

But alchemists are all aloof and proud, and no one wants their freedom to be restricted. Although some alchemists have to temporarily humble themselves for unavoidable reasons, it is obviously impossible to ask them to work like slaves for the rest of their lives.

But this Alchemist Conference was different, the rewards were medicinal herbs! And they were rare fifth-grade, sixth-grade, or even seventh-grade medicinal herbs.

It can be said that as long as you get these rewards, you will have a chance of becoming a sixth-grade alchemist in the future.

As the saying goes, a good cook cannot cook without rice. The reason why some alchemists cannot upgrade their levels is actually not because of their talent or ability, but because they do not have enough medicinal materials.

Without sufficient medicinal materials to support him, even Gu He might be at most a fifth-rank alchemist now, and would never be the Pill King today.

"In the name of the president of the Gama Empire Alchemist Guild, I declare that the Seventh Alchemist Conference begins now!" Fa Ma shouted loudly while standing on the podium.

"Boom!" As soon as Fa Ma finished speaking, the whole place was filled with cheers, shaking the nine heavens.

"Now let me introduce the rules of the competition to you. There are four rounds in total in this conference. In the first three rounds, a pill recipe and medicinal materials will be provided in each round. The successful ones will stay and the losers will leave. As for the last round, only the winner has the right to know, and the competition will continue without any rest, so this competition is quite difficult. Of course, the rewards are unprecedented, and you can soar to the sky as long as you get them. Now I declare that the first round of the competition will begin now!" After Fa Ma announced the start of the conference, Qi Mier began to introduce the rules of the competition.

Upon hearing this, the alchemists who came to participate in the Alchemist Conference became extremely excited. They couldn't wait to pick up the recipes on the stone table to check them out, and some even started to make a fire directly.

Xiao Yan naturally picked up the recipe and checked it. After checking it, Xiao Yan showed a strange look on his face, because the recipe was actually the recipe for Qi-recovering pills. Of course, from the herbs provided, Xiao Yan had already figured out what the pill was to be made this time, but he was a little curious and wanted to see if there was anything wrong with the recipe.

There is naturally no problem with the pill formula, and there is no problem with the medicinal materials either.

"It seems that because there are too many alchemists participating, the Alchemist Guild has to save costs." Xiao Yan laughed.

Although Qi-restoring Pills are the most common of the third-grade pills and the refining techniques are not difficult, there is only one batch of medicinal ingredients, so it is still a bit difficult for some ordinary alchemists.

"Bang! Bang!" There were continuous muffled sounds, which meant that someone had failed in refining.

"Damn it! This is too unfair! I have refined the Qi-Restoring Pill many times. I just failed accidentally this time. Why is there only one batch of medicinal materials provided in this competition? If one more batch was provided, I would definitely succeed!" The alchemists who failed in refining the pill walked out of the square cursing. Some of them could not accept their failure and were unwilling to leave and made a lot of noise, but they were also forcibly dragged away by the law enforcement team.

Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly and no longer paid attention to these failed alchemists. His position was not very conspicuous and was very ordinary.

This competition is different from the previous ones. Now everyone is refining medicine on an ordinary stone platform. Even the Imperial Princess Yaoyue and Gu He's apprentice Liu Ling are nowhere to be found in some corner.

Xiao Yan took out a medicine cauldron that had been there for who knows how long from his storage ring and placed it on the stone table. This medicine cauldron was bought by Xiao Yan in Wutan City!

When the people on the platform saw that Xiao Yan actually took out such a shabby medicine cauldron, the corners of their mouths twitched unconsciously. The other dignitaries who knew Xiao Yan were also stunned when they saw this.

Although Xiao Yan's position was inconspicuous, he still received a lot of attention. Almost half of the people who came to watch knew him. After all, Xiao Yan had become too famous in recent times.

When Ya Fei saw that the medicine cauldron Xiao Yan took out was actually the one she sold to Xiao Yan in Wutan City, a faint smile appeared on her face, as if she remembered something.

"Old Man Hai, you have been with Bu Jingyun for quite some time. Did he use this kind of medicine cauldron to refine pills before?" Fa Ma turned and asked Hai Bodong behind him.

"The stone platform is too small!" Hai Bodong had naturally seen Xiao Yan's medicine cauldron, but that medicine cauldron was too huge and too conspicuous. It was estimated that once it was taken out, it would become the focus of attention, although Xiao Yan was also the focus now.

Hearing this, Fa Ma was a little confused, but he didn't ask any more questions.

"President, there are many dark horses participating in the Alchemist Conference this time!" Gu He gave Fa Ma a meaningful look.

"Haha, there are indeed quite a few dark horses." Fa Ma also detected that the soul fluctuations of some people in the square were not low. These people could not be seen when they were not refining medicine, but as long as they were refining medicine, they would definitely not be able to hide.

"Bu Jingyun's soul power is also very strong! I really don't know what rank alchemist he is, but I estimate it will not be lower than the fifth rank!" Gu He is also very concerned about Xiao Yan. After all, Xiao Yan possesses the Strange Fire.

"Haha, it's really good!" Fa Ma said with a faint smile as he looked at Xiao Yan who had already started refining the elixir below.

"President, why didn't fellow Nie Feng come to participate in this Alchemist Conference? With his talent, he must have already reached the fifth-grade alchemist! Moreover, the rewards of this competition are very important to him. With these medicinal herbs, he can easily reach the sixth grade, or even touch the seventh grade! But I see that there is no such person as Nie Feng on the list of participants!" Gu He looked at Fa Ma and asked puzzledly.

(End of this chapter)