There were more than 400 alchemist teams, with 100 teams entering each competition. There were five preliminary rounds in total, and the fourth and fifth rounds were held on the second day. After the first three rounds, all participating teams could receive a spiritual food. As for the spectators, they needed to pay spirit stones to purchase it, or go directly to the Deacon Peak, Tianque Peak, for meals. Although the food provided by Tianque Peak was also spiritual food, due to the large quantity, it was far inferior to the food prepared by the various peaks for the participating monks in terms of appearance and taste.
"How about this? Everyone get your spiritual food and go to Xinglu Peak. I discovered a few small pavilions not far from our guesthouse a few days ago. I'll grill some spiritual beast meat and marinate it with my newly discovered seasonings. While we eat, we can talk about our thoughts on today's competition so I can refer to them."
Su Mengjue saw that Fan Qiongzhi and other friends who did not participate in the competition were hesitating whether to spend spirit stones to buy spirit food at Xuanrong Peak or go to Tianque Peak to get free spirit food. He thought about how he had prepared a lot of ingredients for the spirit chef competition, and he could take this opportunity to make some for everyone to try.
"That's a good idea, but we can't eat your food for free. Just like before, we need to calculate the spiritual stones the materials are worth and split the bill."
Fan Qiongzhi immediately expressed her agreement.
"This time is different from the past. I'm here for the competition, so I'd like to ask for your comments. There are still three days until the Spirit Chef Competition. If there's anything that needs improvement, there's still time."
"Well, since you said so, we won't be polite!"
There are a total of three teams from the Jinling Sect participating in the competition at Xuanrong Peak. In addition to Sui An's Qi Refining Stage Alchemist team, there is also the Foundation Establishment Stage Alchemist team of Chi Weiyu, Shu Yeyu and Ji Weiyue, as well as the Weapon Master competition team of Fan Yuan, Tan Chuting, Zhang Shulin and Wu Congzhen.
In addition to the monks who participated in the competition, there were also a dozen monks who came to watch the competition.
Now that the competition is over, everyone naturally gathered together as friends. The people Su Mengjue mentioned about going back to the back mountain of Xinglu Peak to eat barbecue originally only included Fan Qiongzhi, Fan Tuoshu Yeyu, Sui An, Tan Chuting and others, but Wang Hao said he wanted to go too. He seemed to be worried that if he asked to go alone, no one would take him with him, so he brought Yu Yuanqi, Fan Yuan and even Chi Weiyu along.
These were all uncles in the Foundation Establishment Stage. Even Fan Yuan was the father of Fan Qiongzhi and Fan Tuo, and Chi Weiyu was the head of the alchemy room. They were all seniors who could not be refused, so they could only glare at Wang Hao fiercely in secret, and Wang Hao gave him a smug look in return.
After arriving at Xinglu Peak, it was already dark and everyone took out fireflies for lighting.
The dark night with white snow, the silver moonlight and the faint glow of fireflies show the bleakness and loneliness of the winter night. But when the eyes shift to the people sitting in the pavilion and the sizzling barbecue on the stone table in the middle, the atmosphere suddenly becomes much warmer.
Because there were competitions the next day, everyone shared their experiences of the first day's competition before disbanding. Before leaving, Chi Weiyun called out to Sui An, Shi Xu, and Fan Tuo. She said thoughtfully, "Based on your earlier descriptions of your competition, you have a good chance of advancing to the semi-finals. However, there's also the possibility that you might be one of the teams that needs to play an extra round. What I'm saying is that if there's an extra round, it's best to follow the distribution in the preliminary round. After entering the semi-finals, everyone's position can be reassigned. As for that Yunshu Sanren, he can affect you in the preliminary round, but he shouldn't have much of an impact on your performance in the semi-finals. You can completely ignore him."
Although they didn't know why Uncle Chi came to this conclusion, Chi Weiyun was the alchemist who had participated in the Alchemist Competition the most times in the Jinling Sect, so they were still very convinced of her words. Even Shi Xu, who had a stubborn temper, did not express any doubts, but nodded silently.
After the two matches on the second day, Sui An calculated and realized that they were very likely to encounter the tie-up that Uncle Chi had mentioned. Just as he was thinking this, he heard the tournament steward say, "The rankings have been released. The top 100 players who will advance to the semi-finals will be presented by the six judges!"
In other words, at the 100th place level, there were no tied teams and no extra games were needed. This result initially made Sui An and the other two feel relieved, but they soon became nervous again.
"The final result will be announced!" Fan Qiongzhi said excitedly.
"Big sister, can you please let go of my hand? I still have a match to go on. How can I perform hand seals now that you've torn it off?"
Fan Tuo looked at his wrist which was being held tightly with some helplessness.
"How many times have I told you not to call me Big Sister, but Sister!" Fan Qiongzhi glared at her brother. "Why aren't you nervous?"
"Why should we be nervous? We will definitely make it to the semi-finals."
Seeing how self-confident he was to the point of being annoying, Fan Qiongzhi wanted to throw a bucket of cold water on him, but she was afraid that she would be a pessimist and her bad words would come true, so she had to endure it.
Sui An listened to the bickering between the brother and sister, but his eyes were fixed on the sky. The six judges each made a seal, and a huge jade slip slowly unfolded in the alchemy room. Only the top 100 alchemist teams would appear on it.
"88, help me find it."
Sui An felt that her eyes were about to be dazzled. She took a moment to glance at Shi Xu in the midst of her busy schedule. She saw him staring at the huge jade slip, starting from the first column and reading forward, and even patiently reading out each column one by one.
Therefore, Sui An heard that the first place in the preliminary round of Qi training alchemists was an alchemist from the Danfu Sect.
Since Shi Xu was looking from the first row to the back, she would look from the last row to the front.
She didn't know whether it was her good luck or the good luck of their alchemist team, but as soon as she saw the second column, she found their names on it.
She read out: "Jinling Sect's Alchemist Shi Xu, Alchemist Assistant Sui An Fantuo, 99th place!"
Shi Xu was still reading out the names one by one, and had already reached the thirteenth place, which was the alchemist team of Lingque Sect. He seemed not to have heard Sui An's words.
"Brother Shi, you made it to the semi-finals, but you're only ranked 99th!"
Qin Jing also discovered their names.
Shi Xu just nodded and continued reading. Although no one knew why he did so, no one disturbed him and just discussed it excitedly with each other.
"It was so close, just so close!" Fan Qiongzhi was still apprehensive. "Your results were three A-level, two below A-level, and one B-level. The 100th place had the same score as you, so even though you're ranked 99th, you're actually tied with the 100th. Luckily there wasn't another tie, otherwise we'd have to have a playoff."
"Luck and strength are both indispensable!" Sui An was very satisfied with the result and boasted.
"Sister Sui is right!" Fan Tuo immediately agreed with a smile on his face, no longer trying to look serious as before.
Only Shi Xu was still reciting.
Now, everyone has seen the results, so most of the people in the alchemy room have left. Only a dozen cultivators from the Jinling Sect and two other groups of cultivators are left. Sui An casually glanced around and found that they were from the Lingque Sect and the Danfu Sect.
At this time, two groups of people were walking towards them.
Shi Xu's voice came to his ears, "Lingque Sect, Alchemist Hu Zhuiyu, Alchemy Assistants Qu Manxiang and Song Mingyue, 88th place... Jinling Sect, Alchemist Shi Xu, Alchemy Assistants Sui'an and Fantuo, 99th place."
Sui Anxin thought, "Finally, they've called out their names. I should stop now." But Shi Xu continued, "Dan Fu Sect, Alchemist He Xuxing, Alchemy Assistants Cheng Yue and Liu Chu, ranked 100th."
Finally finished reading!
All the cultivators of the Jinling Sect breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and could go back to celebrate.
"Master, do you feel that the name ranked 100th is familiar?" Sui Dong's weak voice came from the sea of consciousness.
Before Sui An had time to figure out what it meant, he turned around and saw a familiar face among the people walking towards him.
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