Carrying the identifier from the interstellar to the world of immortal cultivation

"Junior Sister Cheng will naturally make the elixir herself."

Sui An didn't hear the answer from Junior Sister Cheng, but Senior Brother He had already made the decision for her. The Danfu Sect's alchemy skills were well-known throughout Yunchuan, and it seemed that they were very confident. There were five groups of contestants in total, and if the three of them could make it to the finals, the Danfu Sect might be one of the strongest competitors.

Sui An shook his head and thought that he was thinking too much. Now he should prepare seriously for the preliminary round and enter the semi-finals first.

Because he was paying close attention to the game on the field and discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each group with Shi Xu and Fan Tuo, he ignored Sui Dong's hesitation in his mind.

At the end of the first game, there were thirteen groups with six A grades, twenty-four groups with five A grades, forty-two groups with four A grades, eleven groups with three A grades, six groups with two A grades, zero groups with one A grade, and the remaining four groups were all rated B, C, and D by the six judges.

According to the rules of this alchemist competition, the top 100 can enter the semi-finals. Now it seems that those who get six A grades can definitely enter the semi-finals, and those who get five A grades may or may not. Each grade is divided into upper, middle and lower. For example, the A grade is divided into A-upper, A-middle and A-lower. These will not be announced until all participating groups have completed the competition.

Shi Xu led the way, followed closely by An Fantuo, and the three of them walked towards the 13th underground fire together. The jade box containing the materials for refining Xiaoyudan had been placed on a spiritual wood shelf nearby. The three sets of materials were not separated, but placed together for the alchemist to use.

"Please check the alchemy materials!"

After all the participating teams were in place, the deacon transmitted the sound to everyone in the alchemy room through the thunder note.

The three of them assigned the tasks before going on stage. Sui An counted and checked the spiritual herbs and distributed the spiritual herbs needed for each furnace of pills. Don't think that this is a simple matter. It involves the control of many details, and it is not as simple as dividing it into three equal parts.

The time the furnace is exposed to fire, and the alchemist's control over each furnace of pills during the competition is not exactly the same due to various reasons. These spiritual herbs are distributed according to the average amount of refining three furnaces of Xiaoyu Dan, so if too much is used in the first two furnaces, the next furnace will not be able to produce pills at all.

Fan Tuo controlled the size of the earth fire, adjusting it to the amount of fire that was most suitable for their daily alchemy.

As for Shi Xu, as an alchemist, the first thing he had to do was to sacrifice his own alchemy furnace, and then calculate the time for the alchemy formulas and hand seals in his mind according to the elixirs and the ground fire conditions on the scene. The elixirs required for the competition are fixed, but the types of spiritual herbs are not fixed. For common elixirs like Xiaoyu Dan, although its recipe has several fixed spiritual herbs, there are also many alternative spiritual herbs. How to use the distributed spiritual herbs to refine a furnace of elixirs with a high success rate and high quality requires a clear idea in his mind first.

"Let's start!" Shi Xu nodded to Sui An and Fan Tuo.

One of them sat cross-legged on the other side of the alchemy furnace to help control the fire, while the other sat next to Shi Xu to add spiritual herbs. Shi Xu himself only needed to pay attention to the changes in the alchemy furnace, and recite the mantras and make hand seals at the right time. Of course, if his spiritual energy was not good enough, or the required hand seals were too complicated and he could not make them in time, Sui An would immediately make seals to assist.

Many alchemists are used to refining pills alone on a daily basis, because they have no time requirements for daily alchemy and can make pills at any time. However, the alchemy competition stipulates that a furnace of pills can only take half an hour at most. Once half an hour is up, regardless of whether the pills are successful or not, the alchemist and his assistant must stop immediately. With this requirement, the alchemy process that can only be completed in one hour or even several hours needs to be compressed again and again. Most alchemists cannot complete it by themselves.

Therefore, the importance of Danzhu is reflected.

However, many alchemists are not used to using alchemy assistants, or the alchemy assistant they participate in the competition is not the one they usually refine pills with. Therefore, due to poor coordination, it is common to see situations in the competition where the ground fire suddenly becomes stronger and explodes the alchemy furnace, or the hand seal is hit too hard and the pills in the furnace harden into stones. This happened in the first game before. Fortunately, the cultivators who can obtain the alchemy master certificate all have some real skills. They can regroup immediately after a failure. It’s just that the materials are insufficient, so the success rate of pills must be very low, but the quality of the pills is still good. This is why the six judges have different judgments.

But Sui An and his group are different. Since the first day Sui An and Fan Tuo started learning alchemy, they have been following Shi Xu. Although they have not been learning alchemy for a long time, the habit has become natural. The three of them cooperate very well and can almost communicate with each other telepathically. When refining the alchemy, Shi Xu can control his two assistants as if they were his own arms.

Less than a quarter of an hour before half an hour, the fragrance of the No. 13 Earth Fire Pill filled the air. The pill furnace was opened, and six round and transparent pills lay at the bottom of the furnace. The pills were 60% complete, three of which were medium-grade and three of which were low-grade, which was considered normal.

Taking this opportunity, Sui An quickly glanced around.

"No need to look. Among the one hundred alchemist teams, sixty-two teams have completed the first batch of pills. The best result is 80% successful pills, three of which are medium-grade and five are low-grade." Sui Dong had already observed the situation in the entire venue.

"What's the worst?" Sui An asked immediately.

Sui Dong thought that Sui Anding would panic after hearing the news, but she looked calm and her tone when she asked herself was also calm. Obviously, this result that far exceeded theirs did not make her lose her composure.

"The 40% of the pills are low-grade."

"Okay, I understand. We are going to start refining the second batch of pills."

Although she was a little worried, she did not think that they would stop at the preliminary round. As mentioned before, the judging of the Alchemist Competition was not entirely based on the success rate and quality of the pills. Team collaboration, on-the-spot reaction when encountering accidents, the furnace used, the alchemy fire, as well as the cultivator's own cultivation and age, and even background, could all become judging criteria.

As for origin, as far as Sui An knows, the judgment for cultivators who come from large sects and families will be relatively stricter.

The six judges will also record the reasons for their ratings for review and appeal.

The Jinling Sect team took almost the same amount of time to make three furnaces of pills, with success rates of 60%, 60%, and 70% respectively. A total of 19 pills were made, seven of which were medium-grade and twelve were low-grade.

In the end, we got five A grades and one B grade.

"Sister Sui, the judge who gave you a B grade was Yunshu Sanren. He actually gave the Yunzong Alchemist team an A grade. Their success rate is the same as yours, but they only produced five mid-grade pills, and the rest were low-grade. Moreover, the three of them had very poor coordination. If it weren't for that alchemist's amazing ability to complete the pill refining in half an hour by himself, their results would definitely be worse than they are now. Although the other judges also gave you an A grade, they also gave you an A grade. And I think the other judges should have given them a lower A grade, but I can't say for sure about Yunshu Sanren. After all, he was so unfair as to give you a B grade."

After the three of them left the stage, they did not need to return to the waiting area, but went directly to the viewing area. The cultivators of the Jinling Sect gathered around. As soon as Fan Qiongzhi saw the three of them, he immediately told them what he had just observed.

"What's the point if he's the only one who got an A grade? He can't even make it to the semi-finals." Fan Tuo said calmly.

"Junior Brother Fan, why are you so calm? We are speaking up for you. That Yunshu Sanren gave those who are obviously worse than you Grade A, but gave you Grade B. Even if he is trying to please the Chuyun Sect, this is too disrespectful of our Jinling Sect!"

Wang Hao added fuel to the fire.

"Junior Brother Wang, since the senior has made this judgment, he must have his reasons. There is no need to explain more." Shi Xu said lightly.

"What's the reason?" Wang Hao couldn't help but ask.

"Perhaps it's because I'm too old as an alchemist. I've been refining pills for many years, but my level is still this low. Although it's not what I want, it's the truth."

Shi Xu spoke calmly, but Wang Hao didn't dare to respond.

Sui An felt that Shi Xu's reason made sense. After all, every judge had his own preferences for adding and deducting points. Perhaps some people liked to deduct points based on age and cultivation level, which was normal.