Chapter 150 Southwest Arena
Dancheng, Southwest Arena!
This is a square covering a huge area. When the dense crowds of people arrive here, they are quickly diverted by several passages.
Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan also separated from the main group and walked towards the contestants' passage.
At the gate, he was stopped and asked to show his ID card. Xu Haoyu then took out the ID card given to him after he registered yesterday from his ring and showed it to the guard at the gate.
After confirming that everything was correct, the leader of the guards said:
"Master Alchemist, according to the rules of the Alchemy Appraisal Conference, in order to prevent some unqualified people from sneaking in, you have to go through a simple screening if you want to enter the competition. Please release your soul power. Only those who can lift 36 soul-testing beads can enter the competition."
Xu Haoyu didn't think this was a challenge. 36 soul-testing beads. Any alchemist who could refine elixirs of the fourth grade or above would be able to lift 36 soul-testing beads.
He also stretched out his hand and touched his forehead, releasing a soul power, but it was this soul power that almost made everyone present kneel to the ground.
A soul in the spiritual realm is one in a million even among the group of alchemists.
The leader of the guards had a look of horror on his face. He originally thought that this young man was not a high-level alchemist, but who would have thought that this kind of soul power would be so terrifying.
Even though they work for Danta, in their opinion, there are probably very few people in Danta who possess such soul power.
An expression of respect emerged on his face. He took out 36 soul-detecting beads one by one from the counter beside him and threw them out tremblingly.
Xu Haoyu's soul power held up the 36 soul-detecting beads steadily, without any signs of falling.
Then he said:
"Can we go in now?"
The leader of the guards nodded quickly:
"Yes, yes, please come in, sir."
Xu Haoyu smiled slightly and withdrew his soul power. One soul-testing bead after another fell to the ground with a bang.
Then, Xu Haoyu brought Zi Yan directly into the inner field, asked the staff for a vacant lounge, and rested there temporarily, waiting for the game to officially begin.
It didn't take too long to wait, until most of the contestants had arrived and the surrounding auditoriums were filled with spectators.
At the door of the lounge, a staff member immediately knocked on the door and explained the reason without any further ado:
"Competitors please enter quickly, the preliminaries are about to begin."
Inside the room, Xu Haoyu and Zi Yan were both alone. Xu Haoyu said to Zi Yan:
"I'll go there first."
Zi Yan waved her little fist to cheer him up:
"come on."
Xu Haoyu smiled. Although this kind of competition was completely pressure-free, it still felt good to have someone cheering him on.
Then, Xu Haoyu followed the staff and walked towards the venue. He was not the only one there. In the passage leading to the venue, more and more alchemists gathered. Finally, when they walked out of the passage, they were greeted by the shouts of countless people in the audience. The profession of alchemist was already noble, not to mention that this was Dan City, and the status of alchemists could not be surpassed by anyone.
Xu Haoyu keenly noticed that the alchemists around him straightened their backs even more, with proud looks on their faces, as if they were enjoying it very much.
According to the number on his ID card, Xu Haoyu was brought to the arena that belonged to him. He looked around and saw that there was an alchemist standing on each arena. There were about hundreds of alchemists making preparations.
This is just one of the eight competition venues prepared by Danta. If you count it, there are at least 3000 alchemists above the fourth rank in all eight competition venues. This appeal is simply unparalleled.
After a while, several old men in alchemist robes appeared on the podium in front of the stadium. They had a badge on their chests and a magnificent tower with seven golden patterns on each of them.
The giant tower is the Dan Tower. The seven golden lines represent that they are all seventh-grade alchemists. These are the foundation of the Dan Tower and the absolute backbone of its strength.
At this time, one of the old men stepped forward, raised his head slightly, and looked a little proud. His voice, wrapped in fighting spirit, spread throughout the arena:
"Everyone, I am Danyang, a seventh-grade intermediate alchemist, an elder of Danta, and the chief referee of the Southwest Arena. Welcome to the Southwest Arena. Our preliminaries are about to begin. I believe the staff has already told you the alchemy theme of the Southwest Arena when you signed up."
"It's a pill that restores fighting spirit. This is a very good topic. In a fierce battle, if one can restore fighting spirit faster and more, then the chance of winning will increase by 30%."
"High-quality pills for restoring fighting spirit are always in short supply in the market. When the competition begins, you will start to refine your best pills for restoring fighting spirit. I will bring the judging panel to select the top 50 to participate in the finals based on the grade, quality, and color of your pills."
"Others should not be discouraged. The Alchemy Appraisal Conference does not focus on competition, but on mutual progress. With so many alchemists refining pills at the same time, they can learn from each other and make great progress. Now, everyone should start refining."
This is really true. Many low-level alchemists may only be able to openly observe the alchemy process of a high-level alchemist at this Alchemy Appraisal Conference.
After the old man finished speaking, many alchemists in the arena area had already taken out medicine cauldrons and medicinal materials, summoned flames and prepared to make medicine.
Xu Haoyu also took out the Yin-Yang Cauldron from the storage ring and placed it in front of himself. Then he took out the medicinal materials he had prepared for refining the "Instant Qi Pill" from the storage ring.
After doing all this, Xu Haoyu raised his palm, and then with a puff, a dreamy blue flame burned in his palm.
The flame was dark blue, yet somewhat illusory, extremely special, and magical. The moment it appeared, the flames in the hands of the many alchemists present could not help but tremble violently, and then slightly bent towards the direction of the blue flame, as if worshiping it.
This situation made many alchemists look horrified and made everyone present focus their attention on Xu Haoyu.
In those eyes, there was shock, desire, greed, and murderous intent...
They are all alchemists, and they all know very well that this situation can occur, that is, the flame in the young man's hand is not stimulated by fighting spirit, nor is it taken from magic beasts, but a strange fire that is born and raised by nature, the most supreme of all fires, the king of fire.
Some people had thoughts that they shouldn't have, but Xu Haoyu dared to display the strange fire openly, so he was naturally confident.
If someone really dares to come, he will naturally knock off the other party's claws...
(End of this chapter)