Chapter 118 Mysterious Champion Reward
"Wait...Horton?" Yun Yun looked at Fama.
"Has Sect Master Yun thought of anything?" Fama asked doubtfully.
Yun Yun nodded slightly and said seriously, "If I remember correctly, the president of the Izumo Empire Alchemist Guild is called Holden!"
"Horton. Holden." Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and then they all showed anger.
"If it's Holden, then we'll be in trouble. He was already a top-level fourth-grade alchemist seven or eight years ago, and it is said that he has been promoted to the fifth grade in recent years. If he can refine a fifth-grade pill in the finals, then the competition will be a foregone conclusion." Fama said solemnly.
"That's hard to say," Hai Bodong curled his lips, stared at Xiao Se, and murmured in his heart.
He knew that Xiao Se was going to refine the fifth-grade special elixir, the Soul-Restoring Purple Pill, in the finals. A fifth-grade elixir that could work on Dou Huang was no worse than some real sixth-grade elixirs.
"Are they trying to undermine the prestige of the Alchemist Guild of the Gama Empire? If so, then this is indeed in line with their style as poison masters." Jia Xingtian said coldly.
"I don't think it's that simple." Hai Bodong shook his head, looked at Fama cunningly, and said with a wry smile: "I say, old Fama, even if the Chuyun Empire wants to strike a blow to the prestige of the Jiama Empire, it doesn't need to be so heavy-handed. An alchemist who can refine fifth-grade elixirs and is also the president of the Chuyun Empire's Alchemist General Guild, if he fails here, he will have no place to cry. Even if he wants to come, he should come as the vice president. Is there something in the championship reward that is worth their attention?"
Upon hearing this, Jia Xingtian, Yun Yun, and Gu He were all startled. The three of them looked at Fama. If an empire was willing to risk losing a fifth-grade alchemist to participate in the Alchemist Conference, the championship reward that had not yet been made public must be extraordinary.
Being stared at like this, Fama couldn't help but frown and sighed, "Sorry, this matter is of great importance. I won't reveal a single word to anyone before the champion comes out. As for why the Izumo Empire made such a big fuss, maybe they discovered something through some special channel."
As he spoke, Fama glanced at Vice President Chimiel behind him and said in a deep voice, "Chimiel, go and investigate the people who know part of the truth, inside and out."
"Yes, President Fama." Chemir nodded respectfully.
What outsiders don't know is that a mysterious person came to the Alchemist Guild headquarters. Only a very small number of people inside the Guild knew about this, so... someone must have leaked something.
Yao Ye, Nalan Yanran, Ya Fei, Yao Yue and others were also shocked by the identity of the gray-robed man. They were very close to the seats of Fama and others, only a few meters away. Hearing their conversation, all of their pretty faces showed solemn expressions.
The real identity of the gray-robed boy is most likely the president of the Izumo Empire Alchemist Guild. This means that Xiao Se's next opponent will be a fifth-grade alchemist.
Slowly walking to the edge of the VIP platform, Fama exhaled heavily, looking at the gray-robed boy's cloudy old eyes below, revealing a hint of coldness. After a moment, the loud voice was heard again in every corner of the venue.
"The first round of the competition test has ended. Now we will enter the second round. Those who have passed the test, please press the red button on the stone platform."
Upon hearing this, the contestants in the field pressed buttons one after another, and the testing equipment on the stone table slowly retracted, revealing a neat tabletop, on which a large pile of medicinal materials and a prescription slowly emerged.
"This is a formal prescription, which was researched by more than a dozen elders of our guild over several months. Your assessment is to refine the finished medicine. The materials are still two."
"Uh," Xiao Se couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard this. As expected, it was another fake prescription. He immediately picked up the prescription, slowly spread it out, and his soul power invaded it, and a large amount of breath poured into his mind.
[Wind-moving Pill, a third-grade pill, can make a person very sensitive to the wind-attribute energy between heaven and earth for a short time, increasing movement speed.]
Feeling the information in his mind, Xiao Se's mouth twitched again. With his theoretical knowledge as a sixth-grade alchemist, he could naturally see the problem with the prescription at a glance. It turned out to be the problematic prescription in the original book. The key was that the extra medicinal material, Hou Tu Zhi, had not changed.
After figuring out everything, Xiao Se glanced at the gray-robed alchemist of the Izumo Empire behind him, sneered, and then threw the Purple Fire Pill into his mouth, sprayed the purple fire into the medicine cauldron, and began to make medicine.
This time, he wanted to give Fama an illusion and see if he could pick up a prescription and some medicinal materials for free from him, just like Xiao Yan in the original novel, who was forced to do so under pressure from the Izumo Empire.
In front of the VIP stage, Fama frowned as he watched Xiao Se start refining the medicine. He murmured in a low voice, "Purple flame? It seems that he is indeed hiding his strength. He is just too careless. In a competition of this level, if you are not careful, no matter how strong you are, you may end up being eliminated."
As time passed, some alchemists who considered themselves to be quite capable finally started to make medicines, but problems with the prescriptions also emerged.
"Bang, bang."
There were many cases where the lid of the tripod was blown off due to the failure of the medicine fusion, and gradually the contestants and the audience discovered the strangeness of the matter.
"Damn it. Where exactly is the problem?" With a muffled bang, Liu Ling also failed in refining.
Looking at Xiao Se standing in front of the stone platform not far away, Liu Ling frowned. The other party showed no signs of panic. "Did he find the problem?"
With doubts in his heart, Liu Ling continued to try to extract the remaining medicinal materials.
"Hahaha, the alchemists of the Gama Empire are all a bunch of mediocre people, losers, they can't even make a third-grade pill and still fail, smash them to pieces" In the quiet square, a burst of sarcastic laughter suddenly sounded.
When everyone heard this, they glared and found that the person who spoke was the gray-robed young man from the Izumo Empire.
The gray-robed young man ignored the angry looks of the people from the Gama Empire and threw the last portion of medicinal herbs into the medicine cauldron. Just as he was about to say something else, he saw an emerald green light column that looked like a stone suddenly rising in the center of the square. The light column was very dazzling and immediately attracted everyone's attention.
Next to the emerald green light column, Xiao Se tossed the thick earth Ganoderma lightly in his hand, then turned to the gray-robed boy and sneered, "I say, this old fellow pretending to be young, before mocking others, can you refine your own medicine first?"
As he spoke, Xiao Se threw the thick earth Ganoderma in his hand as a hidden weapon, accurately throwing it on the cheek of the gray-robed boy. He performed a double slap in the face on both the physical and mental levels.
The glares from the entire audience stopped abruptly, and everyone looked in astonishment at Xiao Se, who had slapped the alchemist of the Izumo Empire in the face. Then, one by one, they gave the gray-robed boy a sarcastic look, as if they were looking at a clown.
At the same time, the alchemists in the square saw the thick earth Ganoderma thrown by Xiao Se and suddenly realized it. One by one, they were delighted and began to refine the elixir again.