The Battle Through Heaven
First Round, Get Started!
Fa Ma stood in front of the VIP seats and looked at the crowded square. A moment later, he softly said, "Now, I want to invite all the competitors to move to the designated position."
Although the square was currently so crowded that the ringing of the bell could barely be heard, Fa Ma's voice still rang out in everyone's ears. From this, it could be seen that this dying old man possessed an extremely extraordinary strength.
Hearing Fa Ma's words, the many alchemists in the VIP seats immediately stood up. There, most alchemists were prepared by or tied into some stronger group. Due to having a powerhouse to support them, these alchemist tiers were slightly higher overall compared to those "free" alchemists.
The tall platform was tens of meters higher than the open ground beneath it. With such a height, these young people, many of them whose strength was only as a Dou Shi or even a Dou Zhe, would naturally not dare to jump down. Therefore, on the path beside both sides of the VIP seating, there was a staircase that exclusively led to the open field below. Currently, they were consecutively walking under countless gazes.
"Ke Ke, Liu Ling, Little Yue Er, Yan Xiao, you should also go to your respective positions because your internal test results are the most outstanding, too, the station over there belongs to the three of you. All three seats will make you the focus of the audience's attention. " Finger Fa Ma pointed to a place located in the middle of the open ground. The place had more than ten large green tables and not only were these green tables larger than the others, they also seemed to be higher in resolution. A special position that stands out by itself will make the people who stand there become an attraction.
When the gazes of the three people followed the direction Fa Ma pointed at and saw a special place, their expressions differed from one another: Liu Ling was a little excited, besides being surprised; the Little Princess was curious and excited; while Xiao Yan was blank for a moment before he fused his brows slightly. Given Xiao Yan's character, he really disliked the special position that placed him in the spotlight.
Fa Ma's gaze slowly floated onto the faces of the three people and finally stopped on Xiao Yan. He seemed to be able to see through what Xiao Yan was thinking as he said gently with a smile, "Naturally it is a good thing for a youngster to know how to keep a low profile. However, there are some things in this world that are made impossible to keep secret. Since you are participating in the Grand Meeting, you are definitely thinking of getting the best results. To get the best results and be ahead of these two thousand more people, you cannot escape the focus of attention. Because in the end you will be found, then what difference does it make now rather than later? "
"If you don't do something rash and arrogant when you're young, you won't have pleasant memories to remember in the future." Fa Ma said with a smile.
"Chairman Fa Ma is right." Xiao Yan smiled bitterly and nodded his head. He doesn't keep getting tangled up about this.
"Ke Ke, all right. Some of you please go down "Fa Ma smiled and said.
"You two, I'll go first."
Liu Ling responded to Fa Ma first before laughing at Xiao Yan and the Little Princess. Immediately, he pressed the ground lightly and his body swarmed to the edge of the tall platform. He glanced at the large open ground below. Then he jumped up, jumped forwards and caused countless sounds of surprise from the people in the VIP seats.
His body quickly descended and just as he was about to reach the ground, two columns of Dou Qi, which could be seen with the naked eye, emerged from Liu Ling's heels. Borrowing the opposing force from the Dou Qi column, he landed on the ground unscathed. After which, he smiled and quickly walked to the center point of the square under a gaze filled with burning heat.
"This guy really likes to show off, but does he think only he knows how to jump?" Observing Liu Ling who had received the attention from everyone by directly jumping down, the Little Princess patted her lips. Her beautiful body leaped forward and also darted from the tall platform. Like falling leaves, her body gently and gracefully descended. Her beautiful posture was like a goddess.
" Roar, roar "The beautiful actions of this Little Princess have undoubtedly stirred the hearts of those who observed more than Liu Ling's previous appearance. Moreover, due to its gentle and cute nature, it not only caused the roar sound of the VIP seats, but also the deafening roar sound coming out of the audience seats on the opposite side.
"Ke Ke, old man Jia. I told you before that your Agility Dou Technique ‘Flying Floc’ is more suitable for women, but I never expected you would ever teach it to this little girl. " Watching the body of the Little Princess who completely ignored gravity as she floated, Fa Ma could not help but turn around and smile as he spoke to Jia Lao.
"He had only learned a little of this Dou Technique's agility. However, since he was only pursuing beauty, he would easily become the other party's target, if he were to meet the enemy. " Jia Lao shook his head. Even though the words from her mouth were spoken like that, when one saw the smile on her face, she was clearly satisfied with the skill the Little Princess had revealed.
"Hey, Little Friend. Why don't you jump too. You can't lose to them in this entrance parade "Looking at Jia Lao's slightly pleased face, Hai Bo Dong couldn't help but roll his eyes as he urged Xiao Yan.
" I think I'm going down." Sensing the countless gazes gathering at him, Xiao Yan shook his head. He turned around and started walking along the path leading downwards. However, Hai Bo Dong suddenly waved his hand and an invisible force exploded, fanning Xiao Yan, who had no time to defend himself.
"Ha ha, you better not make me lose face. Down"
"You old bastard ..." Pushed, Xiao Yan's palm quickly danced. He had just cursed when his body started to descend wildly under everyone's gaze.
A wind whistled past Xiao Yan's ears. Since he was pushed forcefully by Hai Bo Dong, he actually ended up falling head first. Xiao Yan sighed helplessly as he heard the sound of strong wind in his ears. Both of his hands did not move as he let his body fall straight down the head first.
In the square, countless gazes were stunned when they saw that Xiao Yan was still unreacting despite getting closer to the ground. Some of the more cowardly young women had already hurriedly closed their eyes, afraid that they would see an extremely bloody scene.
Just as countless people widened their eyes, wanting to see if this little boy, who seemed to have some ability, would turn into a pile of meat paste on the spot, Xiao Yan, who was a little boy, the one who remained silent, finally moved his hand. He aimed them at the ground and a moment later, an unparalleled formless force charged out, violently smashing into the hard surface of the green rock. Soon, lines of cracks began to spread on the surface of the rock.
Borrowing the force of encouragement, Xiao Yan's sharply falling body became much slower. His body was like a spiral ball in the air, starting to spin rapidly. Every time the force would fade, Xiao Yan's palm would carelessly slap down, borrowing the increased airflow created from the force to cancel out the downward force on his body, he said, creating the perfect balance. Under everyone's shocked gazes, Xiao Yan's body was like a helix, spinning as he moved towards the center of the square.
"Ck ck, very good airflow control. At such an age, he could actually move freely in the air without using a pair of wings. This was something that even a few Dou Wangs could not achieve. " Observing the human figure that was swiftly rotating as he moved through the open space, some shock appeared involuntarily on the faces of Jia Lao and Fa Ma as they praised.
"Hey, this guy is really unpredictable. I originally thought that he would use the flying Dou Technique. It was completely unexpected that he actually still had this kind of skill hidden as well. "Hi Bo Dong's face was also filled with shock. Although he knew that this method of Xiao Yan was impractical in terms of real flying, however, in the current opportunity, it was undoubtedly striking enough to cause many people to be shocked.
Under the stunned gazes of the several thousand competitors, Xiao Yan's body quickly moved to the center; his body's rotation gradually weakened. With a gentle tap from the tip of his foot in the empty space, his body flipped in the air and rolled down like a gourd. Moments later, her body was gently bent and she landed smoothly with one leg propped up on the ground. He gently patted the dust in his hand and slowly stood up, staring at the dense mass of human heads in the audience seats, which he could not see at last.
"*Applause*"
" Roar, great!"
The deafening sound of applause instantly sounded from the somewhat quiet audience seats. A sharp shout suddenly resounded throughout the entire square. The Grand Meeting had yet to begin, but this young man had given them an eye-opening performance.
Just by the appearance of this perfect entrance, there were already many young women who were enchanted by this young man wearing black alchemist robes.
In the VIP seat, Ya Fei rubbed her cheeks with her hands. Her pretty eyes stared directly at the young man who stood in the most conspicuous place, receiving everyone's attention. Her face was dazzling and moved a little dazed. A beautiful glint appeared in his pupils. This little boy no longer seems to be that immature young man …
"He really has some ability. It was only fitting that great-grandfather praised him so highly "Yao Ye muttered softly while looking at the young man who was secretly enjoying countless cheers.
Nalan Yanran was sitting lazily in a comfortable padded chair. The exquisite outline that formed under the vast bundle of white moon dresses caused the many gazes behind her to sweep out silently. His current also stopped his gaze at Xiao Yan who was on the open ground below. Looking at the latter's indifferent attitude as if she had heard nothing as she stood amidst countless cheers, her beautiful face could not help but become much softer. Perhaps it was because he had stayed with his teacher, who was seen as a god in his heart, for a long time, but Nalan Yanran had a good impression of an imposing presence similar to his teacher.
Mu Chen narrowed his eyes. He looked at Xiao Yan in the competition arena. A moment later, he tilted his head and said to Mu Zhan, "Is he the person you mentioned?"
"Yes, this person actually dared to be so close to Ya Fei. Yesterday, if not for Nalan Yanran stopping me, I would have taught him a lesson! " Mu Zhan spoke evilly.
Mu Chen's finger gently tapped on the back of his withered hand. He shook his head slightly and slowly said, "In the future, don't go and offend him. If you really like that girl Ya Fei, you can use the usual methods to chase after her. It would be best if you did not provoke this person called Yan Xiao .. If you were really against him, you might not be his match. "
"But ..." Hearing this, Mu Zhan became anxious. He was about to say something when he saw the face of Mu Chen who had drowned. Mu Zhan's head sank and he could only agree helplessly.
Xiao Yan quietly stood in front of the clean green stone table. He realized that a set of medicinal ingredients was placed neatly on the stone table and in front of him was a thin sheet of paper sitting quietly. Moreover, a jade mirror was embedded in the front of the stone table with a green-red light flickering inside.
As Xiao Yan easily took out a thin paper and swept his gaze over it, he was somewhat stunned to realize that it was actually a medicinal formula for a tier two medicinal pill. However, the thing that caused Xiao Yan to be speechless was that only a few medicinal ingredients and other things were carelessly written into this medicinal formula. The format, at all, does not correspond to the orthodox method of making medicinal formulas.
As mentioned earlier, the formula of orthodox medicine requires the use of Spiritual Strength for reading. Only through this method can the formula convey all the necessary information that the reader needs to understand in order to purify the medicinal pill in the shortest possible time. The things recorded on this thin sheet of paper provided an obscure method of purification. All the remaining details actually require the reader to understand them on their own. This would undoubtedly cause the number of failures in refining these medicinal pills to increase to a frightening level.
The thing that really caused Xiao Yan to be speechless was the amount of medicinal ingredients placed on the stone table. The amount was clearly only enough to allow one to refine a medicinal pill twice. In other words, it means that everyone has only one chance of failing. If the medicinal herbs were completely depleted and no medicinal pills were purified, then it was clear that the person had failed the result of failure was excluded from the competition.
"This must be a Grand Meeting held every eight years. Difficulties like this are really great. " Xiao Yan held onto a thin sheet of paper, smiled bitterly and shook his head. He then raised his head and glanced in all directions, only to realize that there was some bitterness on many alchemists' faces. Tilting her head, she looked at Little Princess and Liu Ling on her left and right. Both seem much calmer. However, the two of them still frowned slightly upon recognizing some problems with the formula recorded on the thin paper.
Xiao Yan gently inhaled some air. He could only shift his focus to a thin sheet of paper. This kind of strange examination was something he had never tried before, therefore his heart felt a little uncomfortable.
As long as Xiao Yan withdrew his gaze, Liu Ling shifted his gaze. He looked at the bitter smile on the face of the former who had not gone away and could not help but laugh gently coldly. He whispered, "Huh. So what if you are exceptional in purifying medicinal herbs. I've already said that the exam in the Grand Meeting is not just competing on that front. Furthermore, let me see how you humiliate yourself in front of Nalan Yanran the village person "
After receiving Gu He's highly orthodox teachings, Liu Ling became very confident for this Grand Meeting. Therefore, he wants to get a champion spot on the Grand Meeting. After that, he would have the qualifications to pursue the goddess in his heart, Nalan Yanran …
In a very wide open field, all participants were holding thin paper with both hands. They display many different expressions as they read. In an instant, the entire square became silent.
The calm atmosphere continued for almost five minutes. A clear bell then sounded suddenly on the open ground.
Hearing the bell ring, all the participants spontaneously put the items in their hands. They beckoned with their hands and instantly, thousands of cauldrons of different colors and shapes suddenly appeared on the green stone table.
After the bell rang, Fa Ma whose eyes were closed also opened it. He swept his gaze underneath as his soft voice rang out in everyone's ears, "I think you all should understand something. During the first round of this competition, you all had to follow this incomplete medicinal formula in order to refine a medicinal pill that was a finished product. Each of you has two experiments. If the medicinal pill was not successfully refined after two tries, the jade mirror behind the green table would automatically display a red light. When the red light comes on, that person will exit the competition arena … "
"At the wall across from all of you, there's a big hourglass. That's the competition deadline. Those who still failed to refine the medicinal pill before all the sand in the hourglass fell would also fail. "
"Do you all understand?" Fa Ma said with a smile.
"Yes!" The sound projected forward from the ground below was like muffled thunder roaring upwards.
"Because it's like this, then the first round of the examination will now begin!"
Fa Ma slowly raised his palm with a smile. He suddenly swung it down. At this moment, thousands of flames suddenly appeared on the vast open ground like fireworks. The spectacular scenery caused the fiery blood of people to boil!