Fight to break the sky

In the quiet hall, Chemir and others on the high platform were sitting on chairs with their eyes closed and concentrating. On the table in front of them, the hourglass was slowly falling...

After the peaceful atmosphere lasted for an unknown amount of time, Chemir opened his eyes first, glanced at the hourglass that had walked nearly half of the way, moved his body, and coughed lightly.

As Chemir coughed, Otto and others also opened their eyes. After looking around in the hall, they smiled and said: "It seems that this test is quite difficult. It's so difficult to reach this point." No one has come out yet.”

"People with strength want to improve the purity of the extraction as much as possible, while people with less strength are worried about how to extract the materials within the specified time, so naturally no one comes out in a short period of time. ." Chemel said with a faint smile.

"Who do you think can achieve the most outstanding results this time?" Otto nodded, took a sip from the tea cup in front of him, and asked with a smile.

"It's hard to say..."

Chemir gently tapped the back of the chair with his withered fingers, and after thinking for a while, he said: "But in my opinion, Liu Ling has the highest chance. He is not weak in talent. Over the years, he has also learned Furukawa's skills. Nearly three or four levels, which is enough to put him at the top of his generation."

"Haha, the little princess is not weak either. The foundation of the royal family is extremely strong. If we didn't prepare a trump card for her this time, none of us would believe it." Otto smiled.

"Although Nizi's talent is good, she is much inferior to Liu Ling in terms of experience. If she doesn't use those trump cards, she should still be a step behind Liu Ling. This is still her first trial, so the chance of her using her trump cards is low. Big, so Liu Ling has the greatest chance of achieving the best results..." Speaking of his beloved disciple, Chemir also had a smile on his face and said with a smile.

Otto smiled and glanced at the small black-curtained room where Xiao Yan was sitting. He sighed in his heart: "I don't know what kind of achievements this little guy Xiao Yan can achieve. I hope it won't be too low. His talent is better than When it comes to Liu Ling and the little princess, I don’t have to give in too much.”

"What? Old Otto, are you still holding on to hope?" Although Otto's behavior was subtle, it still did not escape Chemir's attention. At that moment, he shook his head helplessly. A second-grade alchemist, even an alchemist No matter how talented you are, it's hard to compete with these third-grade alchemists.

"Haha." Otto smiled. He didn't argue with Chemel. He placed his hands flat on his knees, rocked the chair slightly, and quietly waited for the results of the test.

Seeing Otto's silence, Chemir stopped saying anything. After sighing lowly, he glanced at the empty hall again, slowly counting the ticking time bar in his heart.

…

When only a quarter of the sand in the hourglass fell, a black curtain suddenly moved. Suddenly, several eyes on the high platform were cast over, watching closely. black curtain.

An arm stretched out from the black curtain and then opened it. The handsome young man, with a gentle smile on his face, walked out slowly...

"Sure enough, it's him..." Looking at the upright young man, Otto and others were slightly startled. They looked at each other and then sighed and shook their heads. This disciple of Gu He's teaching does have some skills. .

Liu Ling strode out of the black curtain, then stopped in the middle of the hall, raised her head and smiled at Chemir and others on the high platform, then bowed gracefully and behaved like a gentleman.

Not long after Liu Ling came out, a light and beautiful figure quickly jumped out from the black curtain. When she looked at Liu Ling, who was standing in the hall that morning, a trace of disappointment suddenly appeared on her delicate and pretty face. , slowly came to the center of the hall and muttered: "Brother Liu, I didn't expect you to be so fast."

"Haha, the little princess is not slow either." Liu Ling said with a smile.

"Hmph, although you are earlier than me, the medicinal materials you refine may not be as pure as mine!" The little princess raised her snow-white jade fist at Liu Ling and hummed.

Liu Ling nodded and said nothing with a smile.

Just two or three minutes after the little princess came out, those quiet black curtains suddenly seemed to have a chain reaction. They were opened one after another, and figures flashed out from them, and finally stood in the hall. middle.

The first thirteen people to come out of the black curtain all had the badges of third-grade alchemists on their chests. Obviously, they were far superior to those of second-grade alchemists in refining.

After the thirteen people appeared, the black curtain stopped moving. It was not until ten minutes later that people started to come out from behind the black curtain one after another. These people were undoubtedly the second-grade alchemist. .

When these second-grade alchemists who came out looked at the thirteen third-grade alchemists standing in the center of the hall with their heads held high, they all smiled bitterly and shook their heads, and then stood in the back row with some dejection. Obviously, after this In the first test, they also roughly knew the gap between them and these seed players.

As the black curtain continued to move, the sand in the hourglass was about to be completely poured out. However, Otto's brows were furrowed because Xiao Yan hadn't come out yet...

"What is this little guy doing? Has he not finished refining it yet? Impossible. With his strength, even if the refining time cannot catch up with first-line players like Liu Ling, he will not be so far behind." Holding the chair tightly with his palms Back, Otto murmured anxiously in his heart.

"Alas..." On the side, Chemir looked at his anxious old friend, couldn't help but sigh, and patted his shoulder to express comfort.

Standing at the head of the crowd, Liu Ling looked around the hall with a faint smile on her face. After not noticing Xiao Yan's figure, a sneer of sarcasm suddenly emerged from the depths of her eyes.

As time passed, the empty hall became full again, but everyone still remained quiet, and their gazes all stopped at the dark curtain where Xiao Yan entered. Until this moment, participating Among the people taking the test, Xiao Yan is the only one who has not yet come out...

The grains of sand in the hourglass fell loudly, and Otto's brows almost knitted into a line...

"Hey, Brother Liu, is this your friend? He seems pretty bad." Looking at Otto, who had a strange expression on the high platform, the little princess turned her head and smiled softly at Liu Ling.

"Haha, the little princess is joking. I only met him a few times, and we are far from friends." Liu Ling laughed softly.

"That's right. With your ability and arrogance, it seems that you have never made friends with little potential." The little princess smiled slightly, but her words were quite sharp. From the perspective of her who came from the intrigues of the royal family, only He had the strength to make her take him seriously, and he was just qualified for her to treat him as a friend. An ordinary second-grade alchemist didn't have the ability to make her bend over and make friends with him.

Liu Ling smiled and nodded, glanced at the still black curtain again, smiled sarcastically, and finally stopped paying attention and turned his gaze back.

On the high platform, all the grains of sand in the hourglass had slipped away. Seeing this, Chemir shook his head helplessly. He did not expect that the players recommended by Otto were so bad that they could not even pass the first test. With a sigh, he stood up, wanting to announce the end of the refining.

Otto on the side also felt Chemel's actions, but with a slightly bitter look on his face, he was unable to stop him in any way. He shook his head dejectedly, leaned on the back of the chair, turned his face to the sky, and let out a long breath.

"Okay, everyone, I announce that the time..."

"Sorry, I'm late..."

Just before Chemir announced that the refining was over, a gentle voice suddenly came out from the remaining black curtain. Immediately, a black shadow opened the black curtain and walked out slowly with a calm face, facing the high platform with a full face. The stunned Chemil bowed slightly.

"Huh..." Hearing these plain words, Otto lowered his head suddenly and stared closely at Xiao Yan, who walked out of the black curtain in a slight hurry. The big stone hanging in his heart finally fell away. Go down.

"Tsk, tsk, I didn't expect that I could get it out at this last minute. I'm really lucky. But the materials that were rushed out in such a hurry may not be very good, right?" Xiao Yan looked at Xiao Yan who came out with interest. The princess whispered.

"If you don't do well, you'll be eliminated. It's normal. The conference lacks everything except contestants..." Liu Ling glanced at Xiao Yan with slightly narrowed eyes and said with a faint smile.

Standing on the high platform, Chemir glanced at Xiao Yan who finally came out, then turned his head to look at Otto who breathed a sigh of relief, and thought to himself: "Oh, even though he was driven out, looking at his reluctance, I’m afraid the results won’t be too satisfactory, poor old Ao…”

Turning his head, Chemir clapped his hands, pulled the strange eyes in the hall that were staring at Xiao Yan, coughed lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Since everyone came out on time, let's start preparing for the next item. Let’s get tested.”

As he spoke, Chemir took a few steps forward and lifted up a piece of black cloth on a platform, immediately revealing a precision machine underneath that shone with a faint light.

"This is a purity measuring instrument that our Alchemist Guild invited some famous casters to build. It can accurately test the purity of the materials you refine." Chemir stroked the dark machine and pointed to a groove: "Here is where the test materials are put." After speaking, he pointed to a screen, which was flashing some characters: "And here is where the purity is displayed. Ten points are the highest. , one score is the lowest and four scores are passing.”

"Okay, now, put the iron wood leaf you refined into it. Remember, before putting it in, you'd better talk about how many times you refined it..."

Each time the materials are refined, the difficulty will be several times that of the previous one. For example, refining the iron wood leaf, even with Chemir's strength, can only be done ten times. , if there are more, it will only be useless.

"let's start!"

Mitchell clapped his hands lightly, and all the fourth-grade alchemy masters stood up from their seats and came to the tester, waiting for the announcement of the results with some curiosity.

As Mitchell finished speaking, everyone in the hall looked at each other, and a third-level alchemist at the front gritted his teeth and walked out, taking out a container containing iron wood leaf from the Najie. Then put the jade bottle into the groove, and said respectfully to Chemir and others above: "Vice President, my ability can only refine the iron wood leaf three times."

Chemir nodded slightly. Being able to effectively refine the iron wood leaf three times was already considered a pretty good achievement. According to his measurement, the purity extracted by this young man should be about five points.

As expected by Chemil, after the light on the machine flashed several times, a big five character suddenly appeared on the screen.

"Five points, you passed the test, congratulations." Looking at the blood-red font, Mitchell nodded and said with a smile.

"Next…"

"Four points... pass."

A second-grade alchemist was pushed forward and quickly prepared everything. After a moment, the four characters flashed on the screen, making him let out a sigh of relief, then patted his chest and stepped aside.

"Next…"

"Five points, pass."

"Next…"

"Three points, failure."

After passing through several successful people, there was finally an unfortunate second-grade alchemist who retreated with a dejected expression.

As the test time passed, Liu Ling finally calmly came to the test machine under the gaze of everyone, then took out a jade bottle from the ring, carefully put it into the groove, raised his head and faced the test machine. Mir smiled and said: "This junior has limited strength and can only refine it six times."

As soon as Liu Ling said these words, everyone in the hall was stunned and immediately uproared. Not only the people below, but even Chemir and others looked at each other in surprise. Being able to refine the iron wood leaf five times, then But it requires at least the peak strength of a third-grade alchemist.

With a low sigh, Chemir turned his gaze to the screen. There, after the light flickered for a while, a huge seven characters slowly appeared...

"Seven points, congratulations... you passed the test." After taking a breath, Chemir smiled.

Liu Ling smiled, then stood aside and glanced at Xiao Yan who was standing at the back with his eyes closed to rest.

With the climax caused by Liu Ling, the subsequent tests were undoubtedly extremely dull. Those two or three refinements were unable to seduce the hearts of Chemir and others.

The dullness was not broken until the little princess appeared. This rather young girl actually refined the iron wood leaf five times. However, perhaps due to some reasons due to experience, the score she received was, But it is 0.5 points worse than Liu Ling.

After the little princess, there are also several powerful seed players who have reached six points, but these are still a little worse than Liu Ling. According to this situation, the one with the best results this time , it seems that it must be Liu Ling.

As the testers passed one by one, the center of the hall gradually became empty again. After a while, Xiao Yan was finally left standing alone in it.

"Yan Xiao, it's your turn..." Looking at Xiao Yan who had his eyes closed as if he was sleeping, Chemir urged him helplessly.

Hearing the urging, Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes, glanced around lazily, and finally stopped at Liu Ling, who was looking at him with a smile, smiled faintly, and then looked at the face full of The nervous Otto cast a comforting gaze.

After striding up a few stairs, Xiao Yan stopped next to the testing machine, took out the jade bottle containing the powder extracted from the iron wood leaf from the ring, and then looked at the speechless eyes of Chemir and others. , casually thrown into the groove.

"Little guy, how many times have you refined it?" Looking at Xiao Yan who lowered his head and seemed to have no intention of speaking, Chemir had no choice but to ask proactively.

"How many times?" Xiao Yan frowned slightly, hesitated for a moment, and said with some uncertainty: "It seems... eight times."

silence.

The hall became deathly silent at this moment.

"Huh, stupid guy, do you really think that you can report such things casually?" The little princess was also choked by Xiao Yan's words. Finally, the little princess couldn't help but sneered. She didn't believe it. A second-grade alchemist actually has the ability to refine iron wood leaf eight times.

However, the sneer on the little princess's pretty face had not completely faded away. At the next moment, she suddenly stiffened because, on the screen of the testing machine, a huge red "nine" word slowly appeared. Come out...

"Nine points…"

Looking at the big red characters, at this moment, Mitchell suddenly felt that his heart suddenly tightened...