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Chapter 135 - Alchemy Competition 23
🕑 Added 2024-10-02 07:00:07 +0000 UTC"Noooooo....Anda dropped to second place....." Leyvi acted dramatically when he saw the rank.
"As expected, we really can't underestimate other people. There is always someone better than us. Are you guys listening?" Leyvi asked while scanning the Leyans.
"Yes! We listen!" They responded together.
Although Leyvi acted normally, on the inside, he still found it very shocking. 315 points and 400 points were a sizeable gap. What kind of talent was needed to be able to do something like this?
Did Elder Godari say she improved his alchemy formula? Leyvi sighed. The world was indeed unfair. Some people were born with overwhelming talent while some were born with none and had to suffer their whole life.
"Father-in-law, it seemed that Brother Victor is quite an innovative alchemist. He still has a chance to be in the top three." Leyvi suddenly sent him a sound transmission.
"My son is quite pitiful. He was born very short for a man. After he became an alchemist, he had done countless research on how to be taller. So it's not that surprising for him to be better than the others in this aspect." Magnus explained.
"Is being short that bad?" Leyvi was curious.
"You and I are both considered tall, so we won't be able to understand their suffering. But I have seen the way girls look at him. It's like they immediately removed him from their potential partner list just from a single glance. Though they would consider him again when they found out that he was an alchemist." Magnus explained.
"That's pretty sad. I won't be able to do much, but I'll help Brother Victor find a way to make him taller as I travel the continent later." Leyvi sympathized with Victor's situation. Although he had never met Victor face-to-face, Selene had talked about her brother a few times.
"You want to travel the continent?" Magnus felt surprised. After all, he was just a Foundation Building cultivator.
"Yes, Anda and I like to travel and explore the world," Leyvi said.
"Hmm...If you want to travel the world, I suggest you wait until you have at least the strength of a Nascent Soul real first. The outside is more dangerous than you thought, especially further to the center of the continent."
"You don't even have an airship yet, right? Buy one so you can run away quickly if needed. Even I don't dare to travel without an airship. Sometimes there are extremely powerful Commander-level Demonic Beasts waiting to ambush human, when they awaken their bloodline abilities, it's not that simple to defeat them anymore." Magnus described the danger.
"Have you ever fought one?" Leyvi asked. He had fought many demonic beasts, including high-level ones, but he never saw a Commander-level Demonic Beast yet. He only saw their skeletons in the museum.
"Heh, if you have your own territory, of course you have to face them. Once in a while they would come and make problems, so we have to get rid of it. Usually, it's the demonic beast that had just advanced and had a big ego, commanding a group of high-level demonic beasts that came to cause trouble. Of course, if they met me, I'd beat them to a pulp like always. Hahaha!" Magnus bragged.
"Father-in-law, do you know what's the deal with that cat-lady ghost?" Leyvi suddenly changed the topic.
"That wo-aaaa... what the heck! You almost got me into trouble. I told you not to get me involved! That's it, I'm out!" Magnus stopped communicating with Leyvi.
"Ugh....Is that ghost really that dangerous? Father-in-law went from bragging how strong he was into cowering like a chicken." Leyvi murmured as he glanced at the cat-shaped chair and saw her happily giving him a flying kiss.
Leyvi smiled back at her while worrying about his future.
On the stage, Mia Fafifa smiled proudly at her achievement.
"Ah...it would be nice if Lin Wei is here to see this. Oh wait, if he was here, I might not even be able to reach the first place. Where was he, anyway? The Elders still haven't found him." Mia talked to herself.
She knew that Lin Wei was quite mysterious, always going somewhere secretly alone, but he never went missing like this. His fan girls always pestered her, asking for his whereabouts, but she never told them anything. Due to this, Lin Wei trusted her a lot.
"All I can do now is to get the Mystic Realm spots for him, and then later explore the place together! Maybe we can finally....Hehe." Mia shook her head and focused again, because now was not the right time to daydream. Anything could happen in the last round.
Some distance away from her, Asmondol looked very dejected. The fourth round was very disadvantageous to him. Even though he had copied many techniques and could perform alchemy very well according to the formula, his actual alchemy knowledge was very low.
He had no idea how to figure out the mixing ratio through experimentation. This was one downside to his copying ability. He only mimics the surface level stuff without knowing the meat and potatoes of alchemy.
In the end, he could only pick an alchemy formula that used five of the seven ingredients and tried his best to get at least a top-grade quality for that 100 consolation points.
If only he had more authentic experience with alchemy, he might be able to roughly estimate the mixing ratio and settle with 210 points like many contestants in the top 100 rankings. He would have still been in the top ten if he got that many points.
On the other side, Anda found the results slightly surprising. She already knew someone might beat her this round, but she didn't expect the difference to be this big.
She decided to undergo special alchemy training for a long time after they returned later. She wanted to study the how, when, and why things happen in alchemy in much more detail.
She learned this round that only relying on Alchemy Vision was not good enough to be the best. She has to do more!
"30 points difference," Anda muttered as she stared at the ranking.
Even if she couldn't get first place, she had to hold on to second place, no matter what. The Mystic Realm was too important, after all.
By the way, something's wrong with my husband. He keeps looking at the cat-shaped chair. Is there something over there? It definitely troubled him. I'll ask him later.
Elder Godari waited until the crowd calmed down as usual and then walked to the podium.
"After more than a week, we have finally reached the final round of the Alchemy Competition. How was the competition so far? I hope it entertained all of you and learned a thing or two."
"Being an alchemist was definitely not easy, but once you're good at it, it's considered one of the most lucrative professions among cultivators. So, from what you have witnessed so far, if you feel like someone you know has the talent to be an alchemist, help them on this path, who knows? They might actually be the genius of the next generation."
"Hahaha! Sorry for the rambling. Let's continue with the final round of the Alchemy Competition!"
Elder Godari turned his attention from the audience to the contestants.
"We have tested you with the basics knowledge. We have tested you with alchemy techniques. We have tested you with a continuous, simple alchemy process, and we have tested you to activate some of your brain cells."
"Now, we only wanted to see your full capability as an alchemist! Not your potential, only your highest limit at this moment! Hence, for the final round, you are free to make any alchemy product that could display and represent your true level as an alchemist!"
The announcement immediately excited the audience. They had been waiting for this. Although competitions with limitations were entertaining, the ones where contestants could go all out will always be more entertaining.
Tier-3 Alchemy Products would definitely appear in the final round!
"You will be put into the isolated formation room again and you only have two chances. Meaning we will provide you with two sets of ingredients of your choice. You can request the ingredients in the room later using the jade slip you received during the first round."
"Lastly, regarding the scoring, I will judge every product you made by myself. The product's tier, difficulty, quality, and quantity all would affect the scores that will be given."
"If there is anyone who feels that I'm not qualified for this task, please disagree now because I'm not entertaining any complaints later. Any objections?" He scanned left and right, looking for contestants who might disagree.
After a few minutes, he continued. "I'm extremely grateful that everyone trusts me, so I give you my words that I will try my best for this task."
"Ladies and gentlemen, let us begin the final round of the Alchemy Competition!!" He controlled the formation as usual and isolated the contestants into the room.
Once again, formation walls got erected around Anda, creating a familiar room, and isolating her from the others. She immediately took out the Alchemy Association's jade slip and sent the list of ingredients she needed into it.
She had practiced making this alchemy product for three weeks when she arrived here.
The most difficult and powerful tier-3 product, Core Replication Pill!!
