I can gather experience beads

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year has passed.

In the mortal world, it is already deep winter and ordinary people are busy preparing for New Year's Eve.

And it is still as warm as spring in Lingshou Mountain.

Alchemy Institute, inside Cao Rui’s exclusive alchemy room.

Cao Rui opened the alchemy furnace.

A scent of medicine emanated from the alchemy furnace.

A furnace of Huiyuan Dan was spinning inside the furnace.

"The Huiyuan Pill was also successfully completed." Cao Rui threw the Huiyuan Pill into the storage bag.

In the past six months, Cao Rui has made considerable progress.

Master all five types of magic.

I have also mastered many new recipes for detoxification pills, Huiyuan pills, etc.

With the help of Cao Rui's secret Huanglong Pill, the experience value of the Mingyu Gong experience bead also accumulated to 20%, which was faster than expected.

"Today is New Year's Eve in the secular season."

"After today, it will be my fifth year in the Spirit Beast Sect, and I will be twenty-five."

"Five years have passed. I wonder what the situation is like in Luoshui, Xiaoguo?"

Cao Rui collected his thoughts.

"Today is the day of the sect's inner sect competition."

"As the head of the Alchemy Institute, I need to attend the opening ceremony."

The notice was sent to Cao Rui a few days ago.

The Spirit Beast Sect holds an inner sect competition every ten years.

This is the channel through which the sect selects the true disciples.

Those who take first place in the inner sect competition will surely become true disciples.

In addition, if one performs outstandingly in the inner sect competition and is accepted as a personal disciple by the foundation-building elder, he can also become a true disciple.

In addition, today the four major academies: the Spirit Beast Academy, the Alchemy Academy, the Equipment Refining Academy, and the Talisman Making Academy, will also recruit new people simultaneously.

Inner disciples who are confident can all participate in the professional assessments arranged by the four major academies.

Cao Rui gave full authority to the assessment task to Zhang Chenyi and Bai Mengli.

The difficulty of joining the Alchemy Academy is not much different from becoming a true disciple.

Things like alchemy talent are even more elusive than spiritual root talent and spell talent.

It was around five in the morning.

The sect notified Cao Rui that he needed to arrive at the scene at six o'clock.

"It's almost time to go."

Cao Rui stood up, tidied up his alchemy room a little, then pushed the door open and walked out.

The inner gate competition is held in the large square on the main peak.

Cao Rui can reach there on foot.

Cao Rui walked all the way to the front hall of the Alchemy Institute.

Bai Mengli and Zhang Chenyi are leading the disciples of the Alchemy Academy to set up the examination venue here.

"First seat!"

Bai Mengli trotted up to Cao Rui.

"Well, has the assessment content been set?" Cao Rui asked.

Bai Mengli nodded: "Yes, it has been set up. It is not much different from the last time. It is divided into three levels in total."

Bai Mengli briefly told Cao Rui the story.

The first step is to identify the names, types, and medicinal properties of elixirs. There are a total of twenty types of elixirs.

The second level is to prepare the elixir recipe based on the elixir in front of you.

The third level is to refine the formula you have put together.

Of course, the Alchemy Institute only prepares simple 0-level elixirs, such common elixirs as the Bigu Pill, Blood Recovery Pill, and Detoxification Pill.

Finally, the scores of the examinees will be counted and the best ones will be admitted.

"I will present the specific list and performance to you, the Chief, for your decision when the time comes." Bai Mengli said.

Cao Rui nodded slightly: "Okay, thank you and Zhang Chenyi for your hard work."

"I have to attend the opening ceremony of the inner sect competition. I'll leave this to you and Zhang Chenyi."

Bai Mengli nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, Master!"

Cao Rui used the Light Feather Technique and his figure turned into a shadow and left.

Go down the steps and pass the hexagonal building.

Cao Rui came to the main peak square.

At this time, the venue has been set up.

Ten large competition arenas stand in the square.

All around were a large number of Spirit Beast Sect's inner disciples and outer disciples who had come to watch the fun.

The topmost position on the platform is where the sect’s top leaders sit.

There is still some distance to the opening ceremony, but some people have already taken their seats.

Cao Rui used the light feather technique and arrived on the platform in a few flashes.

After his spiritual sense swept over, Cao Rui walked to the seat with his name written on it and sat down.

On both sides of Cao Rui's left, there were two people seated.

The two were the head of the Equipment Refining Institute, Wu Qingxuan, who looked like a strong old man.

The head of the Talisman Making Institute, Fang Yi, must have taken some elixir like the Rejuvenating Pill, and he looks about the same age as Cao Rui.

Although the skills of these two academies are not very impressive, the two chief monks are both cultivators in the foundation-building stage.

"Master Cao, we have long heard of your great name." Wu Qingxuan and Fang Yi did not put on airs, but were extremely polite and treated Cao Rui as an equal.

In fact, these two are the 100th generation disciples of the Spirit Beast Sect. In terms of seniority, Cao Rui has to call them uncle masters.

However, the two of them addressed Cao Rui by his title, obviously wanting to be closer.

Cao Rui also addressed himself as the "First Master" and started chatting with the two First Masters whom he met for the first time.

Soon, two people came from Cao Rui's right side.

They are the head of the Spirit Beast Academy, Feng Qiwu, and a cool and beautiful young woman who looks to be around thirty years old.

In fact, he is a disciple of the 100th generation of Lingshou Peak, just like Wu Qingxuan and Fang Yi.

Feng Qiwu had a pair of sword-like eyebrows and indifferent eyes. After sitting down, he nodded slightly to Cao Rui.

On the right side of Feng Qiwu sat the head of the Enforcement Court, which was different from the other four courts.

Xu Ye, the head of the Law Enforcement Court, was shrouded in a purple robe and wore a black mask without openings on his face, so his features could not be seen.

Although he tried his best to conceal himself, the faint murderous aura emanating from his body was still keenly sensed by Cao Rui.

Xu Ye didn't seem to be very welcome and didn't say hello to him after he sat down.

Feng Qiwu obviously didn't like the head of the Law Enforcement Court, and subconsciously moved towards Cao Rui.

The heads of the five academies sat together. In addition, four elders including Elder Su Zimo and Master of the Internal Affairs Hall Xu Qingzhi also arrived one after another.

Including Sect Master Lu Jiuxiao, there are a total of nine people in the Foundation Establishment Stage in the Spirit Beast Sect.

It was a bit awkward for Cao Rui, who was at the eighth level of Qi Refining Stage, to sit on the high platform.

However, the performance of Cao Rui in the Alchemy Institute over the past six months has been noticed by the sect's foundation-building period.

Naturally, no one would think that Cao Rui was not qualified.

Sect leader Lu Jiuxiao arrived on time.

His brief speech excited the disciples in the audience.

Lu Jiuxiao appeared briefly and then left.

After the opening ceremony, an elder in the Foundation Establishment Stage named Ye Yunyin was responsible for presiding over the inner sect competition.

The sect's ten true disciples are responsible for acting as referees for the ten arenas.

Cao Rui and several other sect leaders could also start to leave the scene. Xu Ye, the head of the Law Enforcement Court, was the first to leave.

Cao Rui watched a few competitions.

Those who participate in the inner sect competition are all inner sect disciples, with strength of at least the middle stage of Qi Refining.

At this stage, the Qi Refining cultivators are already able to master 0th-level spells.

Therefore, most of the competitions on the arena are competitions of 0-level spells.

However, these inner disciples do not have as many experience beads as Cao Rui. Most of them have only mastered one 0th-level spell to the entry-level stage, and only a few have achieved minor success.

There were even cases of spell failures in the ring.

But there are indeed people with extraordinary talents.

An inner sect disciple named Feng Qingyun, who seemed to have a fire attribute spiritual root plus a rare wind attribute spiritual root.

He could change his body shape with the help of wind spells, and ordinary 0-level fireball spell could exert great power in his hands, and he could almost always defeat his opponent in seconds.

Feng Qiwu, who was beside Cao Rui, was very concerned about Feng Qingyun's performance. In addition, since the two of them had the rare surname Feng, Cao Rui guessed that they should be relatives.

Later, Cao Rui also learned that Feng Qingyun was Feng Qiwu's nephew.

"The Alchemy Institute still has an assessment to go on, so I'll leave first."

After watching a few competitions, Cao Rui said goodbye.