Reincarnation of the Hero
Ch.192 - Final Round
The 2nd day Alchemy Tournament could have Xiang Yang through very easily, without any obstacles at all. He was definitely one of the participants who advanced to the next round.
The name Xiang Yang was getting more and more famous, people were complaining that Xiang Yang was the most talented alchemist of the younger generation.
Among the thousands of participants, there were now only 32 participants left, of which the remaining 32 participants were tier 3 alchemists, only Xiang Yang was a tier 7 alchemist participant.
The third day tournament begins.
This time the 32 participants were divided into two groups, each group numbering 16 participants.
The first group that will be the tournament opener today is group 1. Xiang Yang felt a little annoyed that he was in group 2.
Since all the participants were tier 3 alchemists, the participants were allowed to concoct pills of the highest level they could make, as well, the 2 participants who can make pills of the highest level and quality will advance to the semi-finals.
The first round tournament began, the 16 participants of group 1 instantly started refining their respective pills.
They can use their own herbal ingredients or can use herbs that have been provided.
Xiang Yang was just watching in place of the participants with bored expressions, he did not see any participants who did indeed have potential in alchemy.
An hour had passed but the first round was still not finished, the already extremely bored Xiang Yang had almost fallen asleep.
"Damn it, why did they refine a tier 3 pill for so long." Xiang Yang grumbled in his heart.
Finally after 3 hours passed, the first round was finished.
"It's finally my turn!" Xiang Yang walked up the arena with the other 15 participants.
The moment the referee said start, all the participants instantly refined their respective pills.
Xiang Yang this time did not want to be too quick to make pills so he had to wait for the other participants for hours. He looked very relaxed distilling pills, while the other participants looked very serious.
The audience now looked confused because it had been a dozen minutes Xiang Yang was still not finished refining pills, whereas they hoped Xiang Yang to give a stunning performance like the previous days.
An hour later, Xiang Yang finished refining the pills.
Xiang Yang turned his head towards the other participants who still looked seriously refining pills.
"Damn it, even though I've slowed down the pill refining process to as late as I can, but they still haven't even finished!" Xiang Yang grumbled with a lazy expression.
Now he had to wait again until the other participants were done.
Two hours passed, finally all the participants of group 2 finished refining pills.
2 Group 2 participants who refined pills of the highest level and quality were announced, of course, the name Xiang Yang was named as one of the participants who qualified for the final round.
the 4 names that advanced to the final round were Xiang Yang, Lu Yan, Ran Wang and Yin Fu. Other than Xiang Yang, the other 3 participants were members of the Medicine God Mountain.
The three participants looked at Xiang Yang with cynical gazes, obviously they did not like Xiang Yang.
"You're Xiang Yang, right?" ran Wang said with a condescending look.
"Yes." Yeah." Xiang Yang replied casually.
"Oh, is that a sentence worth uttering by a person who takes 3 hours to refine a tier 3 pill?"
"You!"
Ran Wang became emotional, yet he was able to hold back because now they were in an arena that everyone could see.
"You better be careful!" after saying that, Ran Wang walked away from the arena.
***
Next day.
The tournament will resume again, which today looks even more festive as Master Kong Guan is said to be coming to witness for himself the course of the Alchemy Tournament.
The 3 participants of the Medicine God Mountain became even more excited as they wanted to show their abilities to Master Kong Guan, hoping to gain recognition until they could be appointed as Master Kong Guan's disciples.
the remaining 4 participants are now in the arena where in front of them a furnace is available, but the match is still not started.
The host also made a sound.
"Alright, before the Alchemy Tournament of this final round begins, we welcome the esteemed Medicine God Mountain master teacher, Master Kong Guan!"
Master Kong Guan came out with an adult man who seemed to be his assistant, then he sat down on a special podium that was reserved for him.
Master Kong Guan looked to be 70 years old, yet he was over 300 years old, wearing a covered white robe like a holy priest.
All the spectators applauded loudly.
The participants instantly cupped his hands together, not least Xiang Yang as he also respected Master Kong Guan as a fellow alchemist.
Master Kong Guan looked lethargic, like he was thinking of something complicated, yet the old man still tried to smile.
Master Kong Guan looked towards the participants, a moment later his gaze was fixed upon seeing Xiang Yang.
Xiang Yang was also definitely aware of Master Kong Guan's gaze being fixed on him, he didn't know why Master Kong Guan was looking at him like that.
"Master Kong Guan."
The words of his assistant made Master Kong Guan aware of his daydream, he immediately gave words of welcome.
"Among the thousands of participants now there are only 4 participants left, the four of you have tried well. As you already know, anyone among the 4 final round participants who got the first rank, I will raise to be my student."
The eyes of the participants except for Xiang Yang instantly shone with passion and determination in order to become a disciple of Master Kong Guan, a tier 6 alchemist.
"Thank you for the words of welcome from Master Kong Guan. Alright, the final round this time the participants were asked to refine a tier 3 pill, but of course this was not an ordinary tier 3 pill, but rather an Energy Change Pill."
the 3 participants of the Medicine God Mountain were instantly stunned. Although the Energy Change Pill was a tier 3 pill, it was still the most difficult level 3 pill to make. Even for tier 4 alchemists though, the success rate in refining the Energy Change Pill was no more than 40%, what else for those who were only tier 3 alchemists, they would definitely have difficulty.
"Not only that, the pill refining process had a time limit of only two hours, which could refine the Energy Change Pill perfectly then he would be the victor, after all, if the pills made failed or were not up to standard then the participant would be considered a failure or eliminated!"
"What?!" the 3 participants were shocked, as well as the spectators because they understood the difficulty of refining the Energy Change Pill.