Urban Peerless Expert
Chapter 1487 - 1507: Wait for him to be eliminated, then I’ll suddenly appear..._1

Chapter 1487: Chapter 1507: Wait for him to be eliminated, then I’ll suddenly appear..._1

Lin Chen!

The eyes of Lei Zhenxiu suddenly returned to Lin Chen, scrutinizing him for a second time, but her gaze was vastly different from her earlier appraisal.

So, he is the man that the Miss has been thinking about incessantly!

Lei Zhenxiu appraised Lin Chen as a future mother-in-law might assess her prospective son-in-law.

He has an impressive appearance, is tall enough, his countenance is handsome but not overly delicate - he exhibits a robust masculinity. He is focused and prudent in his actions...

He is a good man, though his strength is somewhat lacking.

Ascended to immortality from the Barren Wilderness Realm a few years ago, by now his strength should merely be that of a Human Immortal. Although, in light of his age and cultivation context, he is indeed quite impressive. However, in comparison to the Miss, he is still far behind.

Most importantly, it is rumored that he already has a Daoist partner!

As a heavenly maiden, how could the Miss be attracted to a man who is already partnered? Does this mean that she will have to share him with another woman?

The white-haired elder Zhong Quan listened to the conversation between the two, his gaze landing on Lin Chen, yet he merely smiled without saying a word.

He didn’t care about how others saw Lin Chen.

In his heart, he had deep gratitude for Lin Chen.

As a loyal old subordinate of Yao Xiong, he watched Yao Xuanji grow up day by day. Despite referring to Yao Xuanji as Miss, in his heart, he treated her as his own child.

Yao Xuanji had been missing for ten thousand years, and he had expended countless blood, sweat, and tears in his search; he had almost turned over the entire immortal domain, yet he could not find her. However, she returned safely in the end.

The one who saved her was actually an inferior realm youth, the current Human Emperor of the Barren Wilderness Realm!

Whether Yao Xuanji liked Lin Chen or wanted to be with him didn’t matter. Firstly, his status was incongruous for intervening. Secondly, after experiencing such an ordeal, he felt that as long as she was happy and content, everything else was a small matter.

He had no doubt about Lin Chen’s character. From Yao Xuanji’s narration, he had already understood that Lin Chen was a man with a lot of personal charm. Otherwise, how could he have become the widely respected Human Emperor?

In the contest, Lin Chen was focused, all external distractions automatically filtered out by him, his heart and mind centered only on the changes inside the pill furnace.

Every single minute detail was crucial and could not be made incorrectly.

Various types of medicinal herbs rapidly melted into a liquid in the high-temperature Pill Fire, then were enveloped by Lin Chen’s spiritual force, intersecting and fusing together.

As time passed, the lid of the pill furnace in front of Lin Chen suddenly flew upwards, a green Hundred-Grass Pill came flying out, and landed on an opened dish next to him.

Lin Chen’s eyes landed on the Hundred-Grass Pill, with a slow exhalation of breath, a hint of a smile appeared on his face.

Done!

Fortunately, there was no unexpected failure!

From the audience stand, Yao Xuanji was looking at that Hundred-Grass Pill with a somewhat surprised expression.

Looks like she had underestimated him.

He actually succeeded in refining the pill.

It seems he is quite capable after all. No wonder he dared to participate in the alchemy contest.

"Miss, will you go to meet him later?"

Without hesitation, Yao Xuanji shook her head: "No, I will just watch him secretly and see when he gets eliminated."

After you get eliminated and despair fills your heart, I will suddenly appear, hmm, I wonder what your reaction would be.

Yao Xuanji was very much looking forward to this.

On the race field, the results of the contest were out.

Out of one hundred people, only eight advanced.

This advancement rate was the lowest amongst many teams.

Lin Chen held up the sign indicating his entrance to the main contest and left the field.

Off to one corner of the field, Zeng Tongxiu and An Congyun watched Lin Chen’s departing figure with malicious glances.

"Although the Hundred-Grass Pill is not considered a high-grade elixir, because it uses numerous medicinal herbs, the integration process is prone to errors, resulting in a failed pill. The fact that Lin Chen could successfully complete this shows that he indeed has some skill."

Zeng Tongxiu scoffed: "Isn’t that ideal? I was worried that he would be eliminated right in the preliminary contest."

"I hope he can make it further. I don’t care about how powerful he is, I just hope that he encounters me so that I am the one who personally eliminates him!"

...

Finally, after several days, the preliminary contest came to an end. A total of 2156 alchemists made it through the preliminary contest.

First Round of the Main Contest.

The competition mode was the same as the preliminary contest: a hundred people in a group, three types of elixirs picked at random. Two out of three elixirs had to be successfully completed and their quality must meet or exceed the required standard in order for it to be considered as a pass.

This round’s difficulty increased significantly, the elixirs now required were middle-grade ones, which were usually used by cultivators at the Transforming God and Void stage realms.

They allowed one failure to avoid the situation where someone who was proficient in alchemy would get eliminated just because they drew an elixir they didn’t know how to refine.

Being allowed one failure in three attempts at refining elixirs would better assess the contestant’s abilities.

Lin Chen was in the fourteenth group, and when his turn to participate came, it was already the third day.

As the referee supervisor drew three elixirs at random and announced them, Lin Chen heaved a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, there were no strange elixirs. All were relatively common. While one of them was a bit harder to refine, they were all mainstream elixirs.

Out of the three elixirs, Lin Chen had meticulously practiced refining all of them.

There shouldn’t be a problem.

Lin Chen cautiously operated the pill refining process, successfully refining all three types of elixir.

Out of the hundred people in this group, only twenty-five passed, achieving an elimination rate of three-fourths.

Lin Chen advanced.

Two days later, the first round of the contest ended.

More than half of the over two thousand contestants were eliminated, leaving only around four hundred.

The number of people was suddenly reduced significantly.

In the crowd, Zeng Tongxiu was watching Lin Chen’s departing figure, a dark look in his eyes.

This young man has actually advanced!