C2005 A Contest of Four People
C2005 A Contest of Four People
Zhou Han and the others could only wait for the final result.
Before long, the Head Elder had finished inspecting the pellets of the last two people.
After that, the Great Elder started to speak, "After testing by the three of us, the ones who managed to enter the top four are Kong Li, Kong Fang and Zhang Yuan. As for the last one ?"
As he spoke to here, the Great Elder stopped in his tracks.
This immediately made Zhou Han and the others nervous.
"Could the last one not be Kong Yang?" Zhou Han could not help but say so.
Kong Yang was just as nervous. He had only refined a pill based on his own strength, he had no idea if his pills were better than others'.
It could be said that even his father, the Kong Clan Head, was worried.
Although the others were all members of the Kong Family, he still wished for his son to obtain the last position.
Seeing everyone's curiosity piqued, the Great Elder smiled and said, "This last person is Kong Yang!"
"Great! Kong Yang has entered the next position!" Zhou Han immediately let out a sigh of relief.
The Kong Clan Head's previously serious face now revealed a smile.
The Great Elder continued, "Although Third Young Master Kong Yang's speed of refining pills is slower than the fifth place Kong Yi, the effects of his pills are much better than Kong Yi's. Thus, he defeated Kong Yi and obtained the qualification to enter the top four."
"So that's how it is." Quite a number of people immediately said.
Hearing what the Great Elder said, they naturally understood why even though Zhou Han was so slow, he was still able to brush off Kong Yi.
"Alright, now the top four have been decided..."
Just as the Great Elder was about to continue, someone suddenly shouted, "Great Elder, I have something to say!"
Turning his head to look, he saw that the one speaking was Kong Yi. The Great Elder frowned and said, "Mm, Kong Yi, what do you have to say?"
"I believe that my pills are no worse than the third young master's. Did you make a mistake in the test?" Kong Yi gritted his teeth as he spoke.
"Kong Yi, don't tell me you suspect us three elders?" The Great Elder's expression immediately darkened.
The other two elders also revealed displeasure on their faces.
Kong Yi continued, "Grand Elder, I don't suspect you. I believe in myself!"
In addition to the fact that Kong Yi was confident in himself, he was also suspicious of the three Great Elders. He suspected that they might be biased towards Kong Yang, which was why he decided to erase him. After all, Kong Yang's identity was different, whereas his status was much worse.
The Great Elder frowned. There was nothing wrong with Kong Yi's words.
He said in a cold voice, "Kong Yi, since you have questions, I'll use the truth to shut you up!"
"If Kong Yi's pills are really worse than Third Young Master's, then Kong Yi will accept the punishment." Kong Yi said.
If they were to casually question the three elders, they would definitely be punished. But now, Kong Yi was going all out.
"Very good." With that said, the Head Elder walked up to Kong Yang's table, picked up the two pills that Kong Yang had refined, and then walked up to Kong Yi.
At this time, he broke the two pills from Kong Yang into two halves and passed them to Kong Yi, "Kong Yi, take a look for yourself."
After receiving the pill and carefully inspecting it, Kong Yi's expression immediately turned ugly. This was because the quality of Kong Yang's pill was clearly better than his.
Kong Yi could only helplessly say, "Grand Elder, the pills refined by the Third Young Master are indeed better than mine. I admit defeat!"
"Kong Yi, you have no reason to doubt our three elders ?"
Just as the Great Elder was about to punish Kong Yi, the Kong Clan Head suddenly said, "Great Elder, please don't make things difficult for Kong Yi. After all, he has confidence in himself and does not intend to slander others."
Hearing the words of the Kong Family Head, the Great Elder said, "Since the Patriarch has spoken, Kong Yi, today, you shall be exempted from punishment."
After the grand elder had finished speaking, the Kong family head spoke in a serious tone, "However, I do not wish for such a thing to happen again. In the future, if there is anyone who suspects such a thing, they will be punished!"
"Patriarch, we understand!" Everyone from the Kong Family answered.
Hearing what the crowd had said, the Kong Clan Head had a look of satisfaction on his face. He turned to look at the grand elder and said, "Alright, grand elder. Let's continue."
The Great Elder continued, "In the next round, we will also be refining two kinds of pills. First, we will refine the Clear Moon Pill and second, we will refine the Five Spiritual Pills. "You all should rest for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea before continuing the competition!"
After hearing the voice of the Great Elder, Kong Yang and the rest returned to their own factions and sat down to rest.
"Kong Yang, you did well. Keep up the good work!" Zhou Han said with a smile as he watched Kong Yang walk over.
"Zhou Han, thank you for your good intentions." Kong Yang smiled.
Just as the two of them were joking around, a few people walked up to them. One of them was the Second Young Master, Kong Li.
"Kong Yang, to think that you would be able to enter the top four... However, with your current struggling, how can you be my opponent? " Looking at Kong Yang, Kong Li laughed complacently.
After he finished speaking, he did not care whether Kong Yang would respond or not as he turned around and left.
"This Kong Li is really arrogant. Kong Yang, beat him later!" Zhou Han couldn't help but comment as he watched Kong Li leave.
"I'll do my best." Kong Yang could only reply in this manner.
He did not have any confidence in defeating Kong Li.
After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, they once again walked to their own tables. At this time, there were only four tables left on the stage.
The ingredients for the Clear Moon Pill and the Five Spiritual Pill were already placed on the four tables.
The difficulty of refining these two pills was naturally higher than the previous two.
"Refine the Clear Moon Pill first, and we'll see who is stronger when it comes to concocting the Clear Moon Pill. After that, we'll compete in concocting the Five Spiritual Pills ?" Alright, let the competition begin! "
With the voice of the Great Elder, the round of the competition officially began.
Before long, one of the four had concocted a Clear Moon Pill. This person was still the fastest without any mistakes, Kong Li.
"Second Young Master is truly amazing. It seems like Third Young Master and the other two are no match for him. They are merely sparring with him."
"That may not be the case. No one knows what the result will be until the end. Who knows if Third Young Master or the other two might have made a sudden move?"
? ?.
The crowd discussed in hushed tones. Obviously, the majority of them believed that Kong Li would obtain the final victory.
And those who believed that Kong Yang could win were mostly those who had a good relationship with him.
Not long after, there were two people who also successfully refined it. The only person who did not succeed was Kong Yang.
Such a situation naturally caused Zhou Han and the others to frown. They did not expect that Kong Yang would once again be at a disadvantage.
A moment later, Kong Yang was also done forging.
After Kong Yang finished refining the pills, the three elders began to examine their own pills.
After some inspection, the four of them finished their testing. The Great Elder then said, "Kong Li was the fastest to refine the Clear Moon Pill, and his Clear Moon Pill also has the best medicinal effects. Thus, he was ranked first in terms of concocting the Clear Moon Pill!"
The Head Elder continued after a short pause, "The one ranked second is Zhang Yuan, the third is Kong Fang, and the fourth is Kong Yang. The effects of the pills they concoct are similar, but the difference in speed is the reason for their ranking."
Thus, Kong Yang was ranked 4th after the first round.
"Alright, let's start with the Five Spiritual Pills!" The Grand Elder immediately followed.
Kong Li, Kong Yang, and the other two immediately began to concoct the ingredients for the Five Spiritual Pills. After some time, Kong Li was once again the first person to concoct the Five Spiritual Pills.
Smelling the medicinal fragrance coming out from his Cauldron, everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
It was clear that Kong Li had successfully refined the Five Spiritual Pills. With this, Kong Li would definitely enter the final round. The remaining three people would have to fight for the final spot.
"Puchi ?"
It was also at this time that a burnt smell suddenly came out from one of the three remaining people's cauldrons. Clearly, this person had failed in his refinement.
This situation caused Zhou Han and the others to furrow their brows, because the one who had lost was Kong Yang.
"Is Kong Yang nervous?" Zhou Han couldn't help but say.
"Not really." Lin Long shook his head, "He made a mistake, which resulted in the refining failure."
Just now, Lin Long's attention was all on Kong Yang, so he could easily see through this point.
"Is that so?" Zhou Han replied.
Although Kong Yang was not a problem due to nervousness, Zhou Han and the others were even more worried because if either Kong Fang or Zhang Yuan did not make a mistake, they would be able to get the last spot.
To the relief of Zhou Han and the others, Kong Fang and Zhang Yuan unexpectedly had an accident when they connected. Black smoke was emitted from the small cauldron, so they could only use the second material.
In other words, Kong Yang was in a more advantageous position.
Even so, Zhou Han and the others started to worry. After all, Kong Yang had made a mistake just now. Who knew?
Fortunately, Kong Yang finally refined the Five Spiritual Pills after spending some time with them.
After a while, Kong Fang and Zhang Yuan were able to produce their own Five Spiritual Pills. Among the two, Kong Fang was slightly faster than Zhang Yuan.
At this time, the Great Elder spoke up, "Alright, let's start to test the effects of your Five Spiritual Pills."
As they spoke, the three of them walked up to the hole and began inspecting it.
Before long, they had tested all four Five Spiritual Pills.
After some discussion, the Great Elder continued, "In this round of the competition, Kong Li refined the fastest pill and the medicinal effects were slightly better than the others. Therefore, he was qualified to enter the final round!"
This result was within everyone's expectations, so no one seemed surprised.
The Great Elder paused for a moment before continuing, "As for the remaining three, after our discussion, Kong Yang obtained the qualifications to enter the final round!"
"Grand Elder, why is that?" Someone could not help but ask.
The Great Elder immediately said, "In the Five Spiritual Pills, the effects of the other three people's Five Spiritual Pills are almost the same, there isn't much difference, we can only compare their speed. As you have all seen, Kong Yang's speed is the fastest among the three of them, and it is even faster than when he was refining the Clear Moon Pill."
"It can be said that Kong Yang had only managed to enter the final round because he had a slight advantage." Another elder laughed.
"To think that there is such a weak advantage!"
Everyone sighed when they heard the words of the two Elders.
Kong Fang and Zhang Yuan were naturally unwilling, but in terms of speed, they were slower than Kong Yang. Thus, they could only accept this outcome.
Fuck, if it wasn't for something unexpected happening while we were refining the Five Spiritual Pills, we wouldn't have lost! Kong Fan and Zhang Yuan were both secretly cursing in their hearts.
"Kong Yang is really lucky, otherwise he would have been eliminated in this round!" Beside Lin Long, Zhou Han sighed.
However, although he let out a long breath, he was still worried for Kong Yang when he thought of the gap between Kong Li and Kong Yang.
At this time, the Great Elder continued, "In the last round, there were three out of three victories. The first batch was made from the Blue Miracle Pill, and the other pills were concocted by the two participants."
"This competition is really novel!" When they heard the words of the First Elder, everyone could not help but discuss with each other.
Even the Kong Clan Head had an expression of surprise on his face. He did not expect the First Elder and the others to come up with such a competition method.
Naturally, he was very appreciative of this method.
"Alright, second young master, third young master, you two should rest for the time it takes to brew a cup of tea before starting the competition!" After which, the Great Elder said.
After that, Kong Yang returned to the side of Lin Long, Zhou Han and the rest.
Upon arriving, Kong Yang couldn't help but ask, "Master, what kind of pill should we propose to refine later?"
After thinking about it for a moment, Lin Long said, "Refinement Pill."
"Returning Pill?" Hearing this, Zhou Han was confused, "Young Master, why did you suggest refining this pill?"
The others were equally puzzled.
This was because this pill was a very ordinary type of pill and every alchemist was very familiar with this type of pill.
It could be said that one could concoct such a pill faster than anyone. However, Zhou Han did not believe that Kong Yang was faster at concocting pills than Kong Li.
After all, Kong Li spent more time on alchemy than Kong Yang.
Kong Yang was also aware of this point, so he could not help but say, "Master, I do not have the confidence to win in this aspect."
"Then what kind of pills do you have to win?" Lin Long asked.
Hearing Lin Long's words, Kong Yang was at a loss for words, because he realized that he did not have the confidence to win against the other pills.
"Alright then. It's better than this." Kong Yang said helplessly.
In the time it took to make a cup of tea, Kong Yang and Kong Li walked back to the center of the arena. At this time, there were only two tables left on the stage.