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Chapter 140 - The End of Alchemy Competition
🕑 Added 2024-10-09 07:00:09 +0000 UTCThe Grand Stadium erupted with shockwaves of cheers again.
"In the final round, she obtained the perfect score of 450 points by producing a top-grade quality of the most difficult tier-3 product, Core Replication Pill, bringing her overall points to 1152.4, clenching the first place ranking!" Elder Godari continued elaborating amidst the loud noise.
Slowly, the incoherent sounds of people shouting organized themselves into proper chants.
"Go go Anda, Alchemist Panda!"
"Go go Anda, Alchemist Panda!"
"GO GO ANDA, ALCHEMIST PANDA!!"
Anda was dumbfounded by this. She didn't expect that the goofy chant would stick. This was all Leyvi's fault. Now everyone was going to call her Alchemist Panda! She would punish him later.
She looked at the Leyan Family's area and saw them celebrating happily, especially Leyvi. He was holding and waving a large banner that said 'My Panda Wife Is The Best!' with Layla.
Leyvi had secretly asked Layla to prepare a banner for this specific moment. Even if Anda hadn't become the champion, he would have still done this.
"Okay, maybe the punishment is not needed." Anda smiled.
"Anda, is your husband always like that?" Norin asked, curious about Leyvi's goofy personality.
"Yes, why? If you want, I don't mind sharing him. I need some help for the night battle." Anda teased by whispering the last part into her ear.
"No no no! What are you saying, Anda? I don't have that intention!" Norin backed off a few steps while blushing. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Her new friend kept trying to promote her husband.
In the middle of the celebrations, Elder Godari's voice sounded again. "Once again, congratulations to the top ten winners. Please come to me to receive your rewards and pick an alchemy technique of your choice."
"With this, the 102nd Alchemy Competition has come to a close. Thank you to all the people who attended the Alchemy Conference and I hope you gained something from the events. See you again at the next Alchemy Conference, ten years later."
After Elder Godari concluded the closing speech. The audience gave him a long clap before getting ready to leave.
The top ten winners had gathered near Elder Godari to claim their prizes. Ori Oregano stood somewhat far away from the three girls and avoided making eye contact to prevent himself from losing control.
He had come to the competition expecting to win the first place, but in the end, he only placed fourth. Even though he did very well in the last round, the gap was already too big to catch up.
"Alright, here is the list of tier-4 Alchemy Formulas and the list of Alchemy Techniques that you can choose from. Go through them and pick the ones you think are the best for you. After the Oath of Confidentiality, you will get your rewards," Elder Godari said.
The Oath of Confidentiality was an oath made for the purpose of preventing the oath taker from actively revealing the knowledge or information that was given to them.
The consequences of leaking the information were not harmful at all, but it let the other party know about the breach of confidentiality so they could take action appropriately.
Although the Alchemy Association didn't mind giving the winners a few of their monopolized alchemy products and alchemy techniques as rewards, they wouldn't want them leaked to the public.
Tier-1, 2, and 3 alchemy products that were available to the public were enough for the young alchemists around the continent to rise and showcase their talent in the Alchemy Competition, which was held every ten years.
After that, because of the monopoly, the unaffiliated young alchemists would have no choice but to join any of the big alchemy organizations to go further in the field. Creating their own alchemy formula? Sure, they could do that, but how long would it take? Doing that would waste so much of their youth time.
However, Anda didn't have to join any side because she already had the solution to this problem. It was none other than the best man in the world, her husband! Thanks to him, she already got her hands on a few tier-4 and tier-5 Alchemy Formulas.
Furthermore, they might be able to obtain more of them in the future from the Mystic Realm.
Anda carefully scrutinized the list, intending to select an alchemy formula that would benefit them in the near future. As soon as she advanced to the Core Formation Realm, she would have enough strength to start making a tier-4 product.
The higher the tier of the alchemy ingredients, the higher the energy levels contained within the essences, causing the alchemy process to be much harder. If alchemists wanted to progress further in alchemy, they had no choice but to advance in their cultivation first.
Anda noticed that none of the three tier-4 Alchemy Formulas she owned were on the list. This was a piece of good news for her. She preferred to have exclusive products for the Leyan Family.
Spiritual Sense Enhancing Pill, Soul Nurturing Elixir, Mental Energy Replenishment Elixir. Anda was considering what to choose from the three products. The other products didn't catch her attention.
Spiritual Sense Enhancing Pill. Everyone could use it but it only increases the range by 10% and could be used only once.
Soul Nurturing Elixir was for strengthening the newly formed embryonic soul of the Nascent Soul cultivators. The problem was that it would take a while before anyone reached that level.
As for the Mental Energy Replenishment Elixir, right now, it would be useful for her only. No other people expend mental energy as much as her.
In the end, Anda decided to go with the Spiritual Sense Enhancing Pill because it would benefit everyone right away and the ingredients were easier to be procured. As for the other products, she would think of a way to acquire them later.
As for the alchemy techniques, Anda picked an alchemy mixing technique that has the highest compatibility with the Azure Flame Technique.
After they recited the Oath of Confidentiality, Elder Godari gave them a space bag each containing all the rewards they won.
Ori Oregano immediately left after he received his rewards. He couldn't stay near the three women any longer, fearing he would lose his sanity.
He met with his Master, Alar Thorne, at the Medicine Valley seating area with a gloomy face.
"What happened to your arrogance? It got trampled, right?" He mocked.
Ori said nothing and stared at the floor.
"Hmph, I already told you many times, keep your ego in check. Thankfully, it was just alchemy. If you acted the same way in a battle, god knows how many times you died already."
Ori was furious, but he held it in. If one thing had improved during the alchemy competition, it was his ability to reign in his emotions.
"Don't worry about the spots in the Mystic Realm. We already received two spots from our connection with the people of the Central Region. You have seven years to improve your cultivation. I'll make sure you reach the Core Formation realm before then." Alar Thorne said without showing much emotion.
"Yes, Master." Ori finally said something, although a bit lacking in energy. Inwardly, his emotion boiled again when he found out he could still enter the Mystic Realm. He had decided to get his revenge seven years later in the Mystic Realm.
"Norin, Anda, let's meet again in the future. I have to go now to help search for Lin Wei." Mia said her goodbyes and left immediately.
Elder Godari said that seven years later they would have to come here again and the Alchemy Association would bring all the people chosen for the spots to the Central Region together. So, they would definitely meet again.
"Alright, I have to go too," Norin said.
She looked around and noticed that her twin sister was no longer on the stage. She wasn't even with the rest of the Homun Family members. Knowing her personality, she might have gone to harass people again.
Anda came closer to Norin and whispered, "Norin, if you can't find any man you fancy in the future, my husband is always available."
Norin immediately ran away from Anda.
Anda laughed at her reaction. She only teased her and had no intention of bringing her into the harem, but who knows for sure what will happen in the future?
Her expression turned serious the next moment because she knew what would happen after this.
Some parties haven't left yet because they were waiting for her. She could see Leyvi was in the middle of entertaining them. The Patriarch of the Clover Family, Vitali Clover, and the Patriarch of the Goldstone Family, Magnus Goldstone, were confronting each other.
She also saw the people from the Pill Palace and the Pill Ascension Sect. Among the South Region Seven Alchemy Giants, the Homun Family, Longevity Academy, and Medicine Valley were not here.
The Homun Family and the Longevity Academy had their own spots, so they didn't have to be here, but what about the Medicine Valley? Are they close with the one of the two? Maybe Medicine Valley would try to get a few spots from the Homun Family, since they have more spots.
Since she had 15 spots, she would keep 5 spots for the Leyan Family and use the other 10 to gain benefits.
The five people going to the Mystic Realm would probably be her, Leyvi, Valenia, Lilian, and Nala. It might change later, but they were the most suitable right now.
Anda estimated that seven years would be more than enough for Leyvi and Valenia to reach the Core Formation realm with all the resources they had.
