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"Okay, come with me!"

The young man in black walked inside with Hisoka. There were seven or eight people following him, all dressed in black. They wore black tights, had cold faces and extraordinary temperaments. They said nothing, but exuded a murderous aura.

Their aura is completely different from that of the mercenaries. Although mercenaries can be considered masters, the evil and murderous aura on them cannot compare to the pressure of the alchemists. Moreover, the difference between mercenaries and alchemists is that one is in heaven and the other is underground. Mercenaries get their honor by robbing and ambushing, while alchemists get it by making their own pills.

The alchemy competition is divided into three rounds. The first round is a knockout round, which is divided into ten groups. The winners advance to the second round.

The second round is the final championship competition. Everyone can participate in the final championship, runner-up and third place. As long as they are alchemists, they can participate. Alchemists have extremely high attainments in alchemy and their alchemy skills are also superb. This is why many forces want to win over alchemists.

The second round of the alchemy competition is divided into two stages. The first stage is for the 108th alchemist to participate in the competition, and each group can only have one alchemist.

The alchemist competition is divided into four stages. The first stage is to refine first-grade elixirs, the second stage is to refine first-grade high-grade elixirs, the third stage is to refine mid-grade high-grade elixirs, the fourth stage is to refine high-grade elixirs, and the fifth stage is to refine top-grade high-grade elixirs.

In this stage of the competition, the highest score is ninety points, and only ninety points. The scores of the other ten alchemists are no less than ninety points, so the total score of the alchemy competition will be as high as more than nine thousand points.

There are more than 30,000 alchemists participating in this alchemy competition, and this alchemy competition is also recognized as the most difficult one.

The rules of the competition are very simple. Alchemists can use the elixirs they need to fight against their opponents. If they lose, they will be eliminated. The winner will get first place, and the loser will be eliminated.

The rules of the competition are simple but very cruel. Alchemists can use the elixirs they need, but their opponents can only use the elixirs in the alchemy furnace. Therefore, this is a very cruel alchemy competition.

Xiso took out his alchemy furnace, put the herbs he needed in it, and then began to refine. The refining process was very fast, but the quality of the herbs was not very good. Obviously, Xiso did not make high-quality elixirs in the process. In this case, he would definitely not be the first place.

However, even so, the first place winner can still get a bonus, which is a good thing for ordinary alchemists, but for Hisoka, he is not satisfied.

The next morning, Xi Suo came to the Alchemy Guild. At the door of the Alchemy Guild, he met a middle-aged man who was in charge of the assessment.

"Are you Hisoka?" The middle-aged man looked at Hisoka.

"Exactly."

"My name is Zhao Hai, and I'm the person in charge of this competition for the Alchemy Guild. You can just call me Uncle Hai." Zhao Hai looked at Xi Suo with a smile.

"Hello, Uncle Hai." Xi Suo bowed and said.

"Come with me!"

Zhao Hai said this, and turned around and walked out of the Alchemy Guild.

Chapter 641: The first place in the Alchemy Competition will receive 3,000 points

Hisoka also hurriedly followed. He didn't understand why the other party was looking for him?

The two came to a street with a huge flow of people. The two walked on the street like a couple, attracting many people's attention. However, Zhao Hai did not notice them and was still chatting and laughing with Xi Suo.

"Uncle Hai, is there anything you want to talk to me about?" Xi Suo asked puzzledly.

"I need you to help me find some medicine. I need some special ingredients. I don't know if you have heard of them. Let's go to the pharmacy first!"

Xi Suo nodded and followed Uncle Hai. Soon, they came to a pharmacy, which mainly sold medicinal herbs.

There were various herbs and medicine cauldrons in the pharmacy, and the aroma of medicine was in the air, which cheered up Xisuo. It was worthy of being an alchemy guild, as the medicinal materials here were complete in variety and of very high quality. However, the medicine boy in the pharmacy was very indifferent and didn't smile at all.

"My two guests, what would you like to buy?"

"I want to buy some special formula."

"Special formula?" The medicine boy looked at Xi Suo, "What special formula do you need?"

Xi Suo thought for a moment and said, "I want some pills that can improve my strength. Can you get them for me?"

"Sorry, I don't have it here." The medicine boy said bluntly.

"Why don't you sell it to someone else?" Hisoka was a little surprised.

"You also know that our alchemy competition has strict rules. All medicinal materials must be tested and verified before they can be traded. I can't sell you anything unless you can provide evidence to prove that these medicinal materials were not delivered to my door voluntarily. Otherwise, I am not qualified to sell these medicinal materials to you." The medicine boy said coldly.

"You..." Hisoka was furious.

"What? Do you have any objections? If you have no objections, then go look somewhere else!" The medicine boy said mercilessly, shutting Xi Suo's mouth with one sentence. Xi Suo didn't say anything more and left helplessly.

"Hisoka."

Just as they walked onto the street, Zhao Hai called out to Xi Suo.

"Uncle Hai? Is there anything else?"

"Well! It's like this. You performed very well in our alchemy competition. If you can become the first place, you will be able to get a high-quality pill, which is worth 3,000 points, and it is given to you for free. I think you should not refuse this bait, right?"

Xi Suo was silent, his heart was trembling, if it was a pill worth a thousand points, perhaps he would refuse, but the temptation of a top-grade pill was too great, and what's more, it was given for free, such an opportunity was hard to come by!

"Uncle Hai, do you really want me to participate in the competition?"

"Why? Don't you have confidence in the rewards of the alchemy competition?"

"I do have confidence, but I'm worried that I don't have the ability to win the championship!"

Xi Suo said a little nervously.

"I know you don't have confidence, but you just need to do your best. This is the rule of our Alchemy Guild. If you want to be number one, you have every hope as long as you work hard."

"Okay, thank you Uncle Hai."

"You're welcome. I'll be leaving first. I hope to hear good news tonight."

"Ah."

Xi Suo sent Zhao Hai away. He was very excited because he knew that if he won the first place in the alchemy competition, he would get 3,000 points and a high-quality elixir for free.

Chapter 642: Xi Suo Selects the Alchemy Furnace

The temptation was too great, so he was ready to give it a try. As long as he got first place, he would immediately return to the Alchemy Guild to receive his reward, and he could also get top-grade elixirs.

"I won't let you down!"

……

When Xisuo returned to his residence, he immediately activated a formation in the room, which was a teleportation formation leading to the top floor of the Dan Tower.

There were numbers on the teleportation array. Xiso input his soul power according to the memory in his mind. The array lit up instantly, and then Xiso's body appeared on the Dan Tower.

"Hello, welcome to Danta." As Xi Suo opened his eyes, a young man in a white robe walked over.

"I want to find a medicinal ingredient to make a top-grade elixir." Xi Suo said.

"We have an underground fire furnace inside our Dan Tower, which stores a large amount of medicinal materials for refining high-quality elixirs. If you are interested, I can take you to the underground fire furnace."

"Sorry to trouble you."

"Please come with me!"

Xi Suo followed the young man and walked forward for a while. The two came to an ancient palace. Two rows of guards stood at the entrance of the palace, and each guard exuded a terrifying aura.

"This is the underground fire furnace. The herbs you want are all inside. Go and pick the ones you like!" The young man pushed open the door and walked into the palace. Xiso walked into the palace and saw a pile of herbs placed on the ground.

Xi Suo's eyes fell on the medicinal herbs. With a quick glance, he immediately found some rare medicinal herbs.

After a careful inspection, he confirmed that there was no problem with these rare herbs, so Xiso began to look for herbs suitable for his own use. He soon discovered that the herbs he needed were all top-level materials, and he could only choose the most common herbs. Moreover, there were no extra auxiliary materials among these herbs. He could only use the simplest medicine to replace the auxiliary materials to refine high-quality pills.

This most common auxiliary material is called "gel powder". It is used as an auxiliary material. It will be very smooth when refining high-level elixirs. However, it is very difficult when refining ordinary mid-level elixirs. Some medicinal materials may even cause the elixir to explode. It is even more difficult when refining high-level elixirs because it requires more mental support.

However, it is different when refining low-level pills. Although it may cause the pills to explode, you only need to slightly modify the combination of materials.

After Xi Suo selected the herbs, he looked towards the alchemy furnaces. He observed all of them and knew that the higher the level of the furnace, the easier it was to be damaged, so he only chose a mid-level furnace.

The size of the alchemy furnace is not a problem, and the space inside is very large, which is also a good means of protection for practitioners. After all, such a place can easily be discovered by other practitioners.

He walked to an alchemy furnace, stretched out his hand to hold the handle of the alchemy furnace, and then began to try to control the alchemy furnace. When refining mid-level elixirs, powerful mental power is needed to control the alchemy furnace. However, Hisoka's mental power is not very strong, and the mental power to control this alchemy furnace is not very strong, so he just controlled the alchemy furnace easily and did not cause any damage.

Afterwards, he tried to control other alchemy furnaces, and he soon discovered that these alchemy furnaces were also relatively hard and not easy to destroy. He tried many alchemy furnaces, but they were all destroyed, leaving only this intermediate alchemy furnace.

Chapter 643: Mistakes in the First Refining

However, he was still very satisfied, because he knew that a mid-level alchemy furnace was much easier to control than a low-level alchemy furnace, and it could store more spirit stones, enough to support him for a long time.

He put the intermediate alchemy furnace into the space ring, and then began to select the herbs he needed. While selecting herbs, he was thinking about the rules of the alchemy competition.

The alchemy competition is divided into three rounds. The first round is to refine low-level elixirs, the second round is to refine high-level elixirs, and the third round is to refine top-grade elixirs. Of course, refining top-grade elixirs is more difficult and has a lower success rate. Generally speaking, few people dare to try to refine them. However, Xiso is very confident because he has experience in refining top-grade elixirs, and he also has the recipes for three pills. This is simply a godsend for him. If he can master these three recipes, his alchemy skills will definitely increase by leaps and bounds.

"The first round of refining elementary pills requires refining four pills. Success or failure depends on this one move."

“If you can successfully refine four pills, then even if you place in the top three in this competition, you can enter the finals.”

"If I succeed in refining five pills, I will receive a hundred points as a reward."

Xi Suo became excited. He began to carve medicinal materials on the medicine cauldron, preparing to start refining the elixir.

While Xiso was carving the medicinal materials, the young man was not idle either, he was helping out. Xiso needed a lot of medicinal materials when refining high-level pills, but it was not a big problem for him, because he had rich experience in alchemy, and the medicinal materials Xiso needed were easy for him to get. Xiso also relied on his amazing mental power to control the herbs, constantly adjusting the temperature of the flame, and finally the probability of pill success reached 87.6%. This success rate was many times lower than the difficulty of ordinary people's refining, so his pill success rate was also improved a lot.

However, even so, these herbs took him more than half an hour, and among these herbs, there were more than a dozen that he could not refine, which also added a lot of pressure to him.

There are too many medicinal herbs needed to refine the initial stage of the elixir. These herbs are of even greater variety, with various medicinal properties. Some have peculiar effects, while others have overwhelming effects. However, no matter which kind of medicinal herb, the medicinal properties they contain are extremely terrifying. Ordinary people will not be able to withstand the attacks of these medicinal properties, and will most likely die from the backlash of the medicinal properties.

Hisoka is not an ordinary person. He can withstand the impact of these medicinal properties. Moreover, he can completely absorb and refine these medicinal properties to make his body stronger. Therefore, his physical strength is stronger than others, so he can resist the erosion of these medicinal properties.

However, even so, he still felt a little tired. After all, his mental power was limited. Unlike practitioners, he could not use mental power to control any part of the body. Therefore, he needed to use mental power to control his body to keep running, which consumed his mental power.

He put the alchemy furnace on the ground and started to make the elixir.

The second game requires refining three intermediate-level pills.

Because the intensity and temperature of the flame were not right, the first refining failed.

Chapter 644: Points Increase and Decrease

However, Hisoka didn't care. He tried it for the third time. Moreover, during the attempt, he used his mental power to sense the surrounding environment. He found that the surrounding space was filled with a strong medicinal fragrance, which invigorated people's spirits.

"What is this fragrance? Is it some kind of magical herb?"

Xi Suo was puzzled and thought: "My spiritual power can detect a long distance. I don't know if there are any spiritual herbs there. If there are, I must find them as soon as possible, otherwise it will be bad to miss this opportunity. If I can get into the top three, then my points should increase again. I now have more than 3,900 points."

While thinking, Xiso continued to refine intermediate-level pills. After more than three hours of refining, Xiso finally refined the third pill. A smile appeared on his face. This time the result was much better than yesterday. Although he did not break through 10,000 points, he had successfully refined four intermediate-level pills. Such a result was already considered very good.

"I have successfully refined five mid-level pills this time, which is pretty good. I believe I can get the top three!"

Thinking of this, he began to refine other pills, and this time the success rate was higher than yesterday. A total of five intermediate pills were refined. This has exceeded the risk that ordinary alchemists have to take when refining pills, which also made Xi Suo very satisfied.

At the end of the third game, Hisoka scored more than 200 points.

The fourth game started soon. The fourth game was a competition to refine low-level alchemist-level pills. This was a mid-level pill called the Soul Gathering Pill. The function of this pill was to assist in cultivation and enhance the soul's defensive capabilities. It was a very good pill to replenish soul power.

However, such elixirs for replenishing soul power will not always be successful, because the medicinal properties of some elixirs are very overbearing and may harm the soul. This will put a huge burden on the person who refines such elixirs.

The fourth game begins, this one is about refining elixirs for low-level spirit beasts.

The primary elixir is very easy to refine, but the level of the primary spirit beast is too low, so the refining process takes a long time. When Xi Suo was refining the first batch, he only succeeded in two batches, so he still lost the third game of the second round.

For this victory, he got 8,000 points, while for the fourth defeat, he only got 4,000 points.

Hisoka looked at the points card in his hand, his eyes flashing with joy. It seemed that his points had reached a huge amount of 5,000 points.

"The victory in the fourth game gave me great encouragement! This result is definitely not too bad. Moreover, my points have reached 5,000. If I can get into the top three, my ranking will rise again!"

Hisoka is full of confidence in his alchemy skills, which gives him more reasons to challenge these people. What he needs now is to accumulate more points.

The fourth game is to refine low-level spirit beast elixirs.

When Hisoka tried to refine the fourth set, he still failed.

Failure caused Hisoka to lose too much mental strength, which also made Hisoka more determined to get the first place.

Chapter 645: Hisoka Earns 10,000 Points

He believed that he would be able to achieve good results!

Next, he started the sixth game.

This competition is about refining elixirs of the beginner refiner level.

In this game, he once again successfully refined a mid-grade flying sword, and his refining level also made a qualitative leap.

In any case, he now has 5,000 points, which is a considerable number. If it weren't for the excessive consumption of his soul power, he might be able to refine more pills.

The seventh game is about refining high-level elixirs.

Refining high-level pills is a relatively difficult method of alchemy. He has to refine three high-level pills, and such a competition consumes a lot of mental energy. He almost consumed three thousand points in this competition.

When he took out the alchemy furnace again and prepared to refine the medicine, he found that his arms were numb. However, this was nothing to him, because he had a healing talisman, which could restore his consumed mental power as long as it was applied.