Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 1486 - 1506: Isn’t This Neglecting One’s Duty? _1

Chapter 1486: Chapter 1506: Isn’t This Neglecting One’s Duty? _1

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the scene of the Cloud Sky Continent Pill King Competition. Today we will kick start the first stage of the competition, namely the preliminary contest."

"There are dozens of assessment tasks for the preliminary contest. Each group of competing alchemists will be randomly assigned a task. As long as the task is completed, they will become an official contestant in the Pill King Competition."

"The preliminary contest is an elimination round, everyone only has one chance. Please take it seriously."

Atop the gigantic high stage, the host of the Pill King Competition was using a sound amplifying technique, explaining passionately.

The immense stadium was packed with tens of thousands of spectators. These cultivators had all rushed over from various parts of the continent.

Although the venue is the Imperial City, ordinary people obviously cannot participate in the activities of cultivators.

Ordinary people and cultivators belong to two distinct worlds.

The competition field is filled with pill furnaces. All the pill furnaces are identical, obviously mass-produced with decent quality, but not particularly good.

The assessment and competition are mainly about fairness.

With the same medicinal herbs and the same pill furnace, if others can do it and you can’t, it means that others are more capable than you.

Every hundred alchemists who register for the competition form a group. One hundred people enter the field at the same time, each standing in front of a pill furnace. The referee supervisor in front randomly draws a question publicly, then the service staff delivers the medicinal herbs matching the question to every contestant, and the timing starts.

When the time is up, the alchemist presents their finished product. If it meets the standard, they pass and they will immediately be given a contestant token. Those who fail are eliminated on the spot.

Alchemy competitions naturally take some time, but for cultivators, what is this little bit of time?

After watching a few groups, Lin Chen found that the elimination rate was quite high.

Out of a group of hundreds of people, only about thirty percent could pass the preliminary contest. The rest were all eliminated.

However, there were really many contestants. Even if only thirty percent passed the preliminary contest, there were still at least several thousand people participating in the official competition.

After all, it’s all the alchemists from the entire Cloud Sky Continent, and the number of people is naturally not small.

On the third day, it was finally Lin Chen’s turn.

Lin Chen entered the competition field with others. Once everyone had arrived, the referee supervisor had publicly drawn a question.

"Refining the Hundred-Grass Pill."

Lin Chen raised an eyebrow. His luck wasn’t so good.

The grade of the Hundred-Grass Pill isn’t high. Even cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Period could refine it, but its success rate isn’t high because it has so many ingredients. If the handling is even slightly off, the pill will be ruined.

Even though Lin Chen had been learning from the Pill King for so long, he still had to be careful, otherwise, a tiny mistake could lead to a major blunder.

While Lin Chen was concentrating on refining the pill, a young woman with a veil over her face arrived late on the spectator’s stand.

Choosing a spacious corner to sit down, the young woman leisurely scanned the entire field, but then her gaze suddenly stopped.

Her eyes widened, staring directly at Lin Chen among the crowd, showing an astonished and delighted look.

Didn’t she say she was going to the White Crane Immortal Sect to look for him? She didn’t expect him to be here taking part in the Alchemy Competition.

Isn’t he only capable of basic alchemy? What’s he doing here making a fuss?

Watching a show?

A smile appeared in the young woman’s eyes. Elder Lei had said that there was nothing interesting about the preliminary contest. If she hadn’t been bored and decided to come and have a look around, she would have missed crossing paths with Lin Chen.

With his alchemy skills, he probably won’t even get through the preliminary contest, right?

The young woman was, of course, none other than Yao Xuanji, the Lord’s daughter, whom Lin Chen hadn’t seen in a long time. After she returned to the Immortal Domain, she was busy dealing with Weijiao’s forces and acting as the domain master.

After Lin Chen joined the White Crane Immortal Sect, Meng Gongxin had sent a letter to the Immortal Palace. After all, Lin Chen was someone Yao Xuanji had asked him to look after. Now that Lin Chen had joined the White Crane Immortal Sect, he naturally had to report it. At the same time, it also gave the White Crane Immortal Sect a chance to show their presence.

Yao Xuanji was quite surprised when she learned that Lin Chen had received the Heavenly Sword Inheritance. After all, Su Shaoling was a legend in the Thunder Immortal Domain, and his strength was not inferior to that of Domain Lord Yao Xiong. Lin Chen’s ability to receive his inheritance indicated a promising future.

Weijiao and her forces had all gone into hiding. It was virtually impossible to find them in public. Yao Xuanji had been acting as the domain master and had been busy up until now. Finally, she found some free time and brought Uncle Zhong and Elder Lei to the Cloud Sky Continent to find Lin Chen, but she didn’t expect to run into him here.

Yao Xuanji’s mood suddenly became cheerful.

I wonder how he’d feel if he got eliminated in the preliminary contest.

I’ll enjoy teasing him about it later.

Instead of cultivating properly, he’s learning to refine pills!

Isn’t that being irresponsible?

Lei Zhenxiu was sitting next to Lin Chen and noticed Yao Xuanji’s sudden cheerfulness. Curious, she asked, "Miss, did you see something interesting?"

Yao Xuanji gave a slight nod, "The fifth row, the third one... see it?"

Lei Zhenxiu’s gaze landed on Lin Chen, who was busy refining pills. She looked at him for a few moments, slightly confused.

The man was indeed handsome and carried an impressive demeanor, but was there something wrong?

"I see him, what about him?"

Yao Xuanji giggled, "That’s Lin Chen."