Soul Palace No. 1 Player

Chapter 200: A unique medicine refining competition

Wang Tianhao was deeply attracted to Nalan Yanran since the first time he saw her.

So Wang Tianhao resolutely chose to join the Yunlan Sect.

But what?
He can't even get into the inner door now!

But if Yang Shan hadn't been stopped by the "Internet Health Questionnaire", he would have been arrested already!

Damn!

He deserves to die!
Wang Tianhao knew he still had a chance.

Because he had used his connections to consult with internal staff at Tianyao Company.

Although insiders are still keeping mum about the content of the game.

But he also gave a few small hints that have absolutely no impact on the game.

For example, if a player's favorability with a character like Nalan Yanran who has a certain role in the original work exceeds 80 points, the official will issue an announcement!
At present, there is no similar announcement released in the entire server.

This means that Yang Shan’s relationship with Nalan Yanran is at least not good enough to be directly engaged in marriage!

Everything is still in time.

But Wang Tianhao saw that the beauty he loved was now with another man.

The key point is that there are two beautiful women with impeccable looks around that man!
Yang Yidao is such a jerk!
There is no residue left after burning the coal!

Nalan Yanran, wake up!
But Wang Tianhao said nothing.

Because eight royal guards, whose arms looked thicker than his thighs, had surrounded him.

Yang Shan simply ignored Wang Tianhao who was shouting.

But Hao Yunqi beside Wang Tianhao caught Yang Shan's attention.

Yang Shan remembered that in his previous life, Hao Yunqi also had a very prominent performance at this Alchemist Conference.

Of course, the one who performed more conspicuously than Hao Yunqi in his previous life was Xiao Aotian, who was also staring at him intently now and had Xiao Mei by his side.

That was the runner-up, only losing to the top alchemist in the server in his previous life.

Su Yitang whispered:
"Boss, boss, I beg you, please go in. If you stand here any longer, I'm afraid you'll cause a traffic jam!"

Su Yitong actually wants to escape now.

There were too many people around looking at her.

If she continued to stay here, Su Yitong was worried that the gaming helmet would sound an alarm!
"It seems there is no way to meet again, let's wait and see later, alas"

Yang Shan also knew that he couldn't delay too long.

There's no way. People are afraid of becoming famous, just like pigs are afraid of getting fat. Now I don't know how many players want to kill him.

If his combat power had not surpassed the previous version, he would have been cut back to the Novice Secret Realm.

Yang Shan entered the competition channel.

[Ding! Players, please note that you are about to be teleported to the secret realm of the preliminary round of the Alchemist Conference. ]

The scene in front of Yang Shan was like ripples on a calm lake.

When the ripples gradually dissipated, what Yang Shan saw was still the Royal Square.

Quite a few people were already standing on the two thousand bluestone platforms.

The surrounding auditoriums were already full of people.

There are three floors of VIP viewing platforms at the front.

Although they were in a secret realm, Yang Shan still saw Ya Fei smiling at him on the second floor of the VIP counter, and Nalan Yanran, who had a calm expression and only nodded slightly to him.

As expected, Nalan Yanran is so arrogant that she starts to act pretentiously when she is in a formal occasion!
In fact, there should be at least a thousand secret realms with the same scenes in the Royal Square now.

The difference is the NPC's performance and the audience around them.

Players can choose to find the secret realm number where their friends are located, and then enter it and become a spectator.

For example, at this moment, Yang Shan saw the audience on his left and stood up and shouted to Ba Fang and Zhu Tianpeng:

"Come on, great god!"

"Brother Yang, let's see your performance!"

The lines of encouragement for Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng are really not creative at all, and they are not as good as Mei Yangyang next to them:

"Master Yang! Hey! Master Yang!"

Mei Yangyang waved to Yang Shan frantically.

After all, he was his insider in Canaan College, so Yang Shan politely waved his hand in response.

Mei Yangyang's voice became much louder:
"Master Yang, if you win, I will send you a photo of your stockings, no photoshop! You can choose any style!"

Yang Shan: “.”

There's nothing we can do. Mei Yangyang is quite pretty, but her figure is quite flat, and her legs are the only thing that can show off her beauty.

Towards Bafang: "Fuck! What an open-minded girl!"

Zhu Tianpeng came over with his beer belly bulging:
"Hello beautiful lady, I am Zhu Tianpeng, can we be friends?"

Mei Yangyang: "Hey! Zhu Ganglie, I remember you. You seem to be a player signed by Master Yang. I heard you are very good."

Zhu Tianpeng: “.”

Chao Bafang was laughing so hard that tears came out.

Sure enough, what can make a seven-foot-tall man cry is definitely not sadness.

But if I'm happy and laugh for too long, I really can't stop crying.

Su Yitong still kept her head down, but was also secretly looking at Mei Yangyang.

"Has the boss signed any other female players? She's quite cute. Is this how the boss gets his XP?"

After Yang Shan responded to everyone he knew one by one, he continued to scan the contestants in this secret realm.

There are three minutes left in the countdown in the lower left corner of your sight.

Almost all 2,000 contestants have arrived.

Yang Shan still hadn’t seen the number one alchemist in his previous life.

However, there was a handsome man beside Yang Shan who asked:

"Are you Yang Shan? The one who knocked Mu Zhan down?"

Yang Shan nodded:

"it's me."

"I heard that you are good at refining medicine. Do you want to go to another high platform? Stay away from me."

Yang Shan: “Why?”

The man smiled:
"I'm afraid that if you were next to me and saw me refining the medicine, your mentality would be unbalanced."

Yang Shan looked at the man's face carefully.

I don't recall anything.

Looks like a small fish.

Seeing that Yang Shan did not move, the man continued:

"I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Liu Ling, and my master is Dan Wang Gu He."

Yang Shan then remembered.

Liu Ling, disciple of Dan King Gu He.

Well, Yang Shan’s previous opinion was correct.

What a small fish!

Although Liu Ling's performance in the conference in the original novel was quite outstanding, she was almost in the top three.

But in the game, some players who specialize in alchemy have an extremely abnormal development speed!

Liu Ling is a fourth-grade alchemist, but the fourth-grade alchemists who are attending the conference in Jiama Holy City.
No less than twenty people!
Yang Shan yawned, sat down calmly, and waited quietly for the game to begin.

After the countdown ended, on the third floor of the VIP counter, several NPCs who looked clearly incompatible with the word "young" came to the guardrail.

The ancestor of the royal family, Jia Xingtian wearing a linen robe!

The patriarch of the Nalan family, Nalan Jie.

Mittel Fujiyama, the head of the Mittel family.

The head of the Mu family, Mu Chen.

unfortunately
Yun Yun did not come, Nalan Yanran came on behalf of Yun Yun.

The appearance of the top elders group of the Gama Empire undoubtedly attracted the attention of the players.

After all, most of the players present joined one of their sides.

Of course, the protagonist of the old people's group today is not the strongest Jia Xingtian, nor the patriarchs of the three major families.

Instead, it was the Alchemist Guild President who was in the center, with a face full of wrinkles.

French mammoth!

Boom!
The clear sound of bells rang out above the square.

The originally noisy voices stopped immediately.

The two thousand contestants who had already taken their seats, as well as the surrounding spectators, all turned their attention to Fa Ma.

"I, in the name of the president of the Gama Empire Alchemist Guild, declare that the Gama Empire's new Alchemist Conference will begin now!"

Rumble!
Brilliant fireworks exploded in the sky.

The whole place is buzzing!

[Ding! Players, please note that the preliminary round rules for the Alchemist Conference have been released. Players are requested to read the rules in detail. The preliminary round will begin in ten minutes.]

At this Alchemist Conference, Tianyao Company hid the content of the competition very well.

No player knows how to compare in alchemy.

After all, when players refine medicine, they are playing a mini-game, not controlling flames and refining medicine seriously like NPCs.

All participating players began to carefully read the rules issued by the system.

Yang Shan is very familiar with the rules.

After all, I had participated in it in my previous life.

And I was lucky enough to pass the preliminary round.

Fell in the semi-finals.

The finals were reduced to spectators
However, in order to prevent memory fuzziness or confusion.

Yang Shan still read it carefully.

In this preliminary round, all contestants will refine the same kind of elixir:
"Shengji San".

The level is second grade.

This recipe is specially hidden by Tianyao Company, and absolutely no player has it!
All players who participate in the competition will unconditionally receive the recipe for "Growing Muscle Powder" after the preliminary round rules are announced.

But the information in this recipe is not absolutely accurate!

The medicinal materials listed in the recipe, in addition to the second-level wood-attribute magic core, include four types:

Herba Polygoni Multiflori, Millettia Spatholobi, Scutellariae Baicalensis, and Chinese Angelicae Sinensis.

You only need to take two of the four medicinal herbs and combine them with the magic core to successfully refine the Birth Muscle Powder.

For this medicine refining, the player only needs to play one mini-game:
If you are a man, go down three hundred floors!

The key points of the rules are:

The four kinds of medicinal herbs have different degrees of influence on the difficulty of the mini-game!
If the player chooses the worst combination of medicinal materials, the ladder in the mini-game will rise very quickly!
This preliminary round will eliminate half of the players!

Therefore, all contestants must try their best to last as long as possible in the level!
On weekdays, people play small games while refining medicine in order to "reach the standard".

And now, it has become a "competition"!
In his previous life, Yang Shan was stupid enough to choose Radix Psoraleae and Rhizoma Coptidis. As a result, the ladder in the mini-game climbed very quickly!

Later, Yang Shancai realized that these four medicinal herbs are actually the same as traditional Chinese medicine in the real world.

According to the introduction of Shengji San, its main effect is to recover from external injuries, especially it has a very good promoting effect on wounds.

In the game, if the player is injured because of broken skin and flesh after taking Shengji Powder, then there will be an additional bonus to blood recovery.

Herba Polygoni Multiflori, Herba Millettiae Spatholobi, Herba Scutellariae Baicalensis and Herba Angelicae Sinensis, the first two are mainly for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, while the latter two can promote wound recovery.

It's obvious how to choose.

Yang Shan took the second-level wood-attribute magic core, as well as Scutellaria baicalensis and Angelica sinensis from the medicinal materials prepared by the system.

Then he took out the Silver Frost Cauldron from the ring!

Boom!
As a fourth-level medicine cauldron.

The Silver Frost Cauldron is obviously a level larger than ordinary medicine cauldrons!
And the shape is much more refined.

Liu Ling, who was sitting on the bluestone platform next to Yang Shan, also noticed Yang Shan's situation.

"Fourth-level medicine cauldron?"

Dan King Gu He was actually quite harsh towards Liu Ling, so even if it was a medicine cauldron, Liu Ling had to rely on her own abilities to find it.

Therefore, Liu Ling only used a third-level medicine cauldron. Yang Shan waved his hand and threw a cluster of red snake flames into the Silver Frost Cauldron.

Liu Ling's eyelids twitched:

"Who is this Yang Shan? Fourth-level beast fire? My beast fire is only third-level!"

Liu Ling is a tragedy. Tianyao Company arranged for this original character to attend the Alchemist Conference, not to bully the players!

But he was bullied by the players!

Players are the fathers of game companies!

Do you really think today's players are still the same bunch of leeks from the 21st century?

You can only make money if you serve your father well!

As the herbs were thrown into the Silver Frost Cauldron one by one, Yang Shan heard the system prompt:

[Ding! Since the medicine cauldron you are using is a fourth-level medicine cauldron, it can reduce the difficulty of refining second-level elixirs, and the difficulty of your mini-game has been reduced to a corresponding degree. ]

[Ding! Since the flame you used to refine medicine is the fourth-level beast fire, it can reduce the difficulty of refining second-level medicine, and the difficulty of your mini-game is reduced accordingly. ]

[Ding! Since your soul power has reached the Great Perfection of the Mortal Realm, the difficulty of your mini-game has been reduced accordingly.]

Online games are actually also a form of competition.

But it's not a game of one round after another.

It’s a development competition that has been going on since the server was launched!

Therefore, although the main competition focus of this Alchemist Conference is on competition.

But the players’ development and cultivation over time also needs to be recognized!
Players with better game items should be stronger!
Therefore, the only attribute that was balanced in this preliminary round was the different alchemist levels among the players!

In subsequent competitions, even this attribute will be "unblocked" and become a help to players in the competition!
Only players who are at the top of both skills and character development can become champions!
Yang Shan, who has chosen the best formula of medicinal materials, is now facing the "If you are a man, you must go down three hundred floors". What is the difficulty of this?

The stairs that crawl as slowly as a turtle
If Yang Shan’s grandmother comes to play, she can also get through a hundred floors!
The countdown ended and all players started the mini-game at the same time.

Loser of the game is out!

The competition will end when one thousand contestants are eliminated!
Yang Shan could hear many players around him complaining:
"Damn it! How come it's so fast?"

"Wipe it off! It fell off!"

"Don't underestimate the ability of a second-grade alchemist! My previous title in school was 'The King of Kings on the 300th Floor'! Only cheaters can beat me at this level! Come on! I want to go down to the 300th floor!"

Yang Shan, who was controlling the little man in the picture to take a slow walk, yawned again.

What a fast staircase!
The contestants around were sweating profusely, while others were gritting their teeth.

Some people just couldn't sit still and swayed left and right with the little character in the game.

Yang Shan looked like he was meditating.

Just sit there and don't move at all!
The original number 2000/2000 in the lower left corner has begun to change rapidly.

It's only been two minutes and it has become 1450/2000.

Just hold on for a while longer and this preliminary round will almost be over.

five minutes later.

[Ding! The preliminary round is over. Congratulations on passing the test and qualifying for the semi-finals. Please adjust your state. The semi-finals will start in 30 minutes (game time). You can choose to have a good rest in the temporary secret realm that will be open during the competition. ]

Yang Shan immediately spent 5 yuan to purchase a temporary secret realm.

This little secret place is actually a small room.

There are sofas, mahjong machines, pool tables and KTV inside.

There were even fruit plates and snacks on the table.

As expected of Tianyao Company, they really go to great lengths to trick players into spending money.

Yang Shan expressed his satisfaction and said he was willing to spend the five dollars!

Yang Shan made some operations in the friend list.

Su Yitong, Chao Bafang and Zhu Tianpeng were teleported into a small secret realm.

Su Yitang: "Wow! A temporary secret place for five dollars and half an hour, is it so luxurious?"

Chao Bafang had already picked up the fruit plate at the table and started eating.

Zhu Tianpeng looked around the room:

"Tsk tsk, if there is another row of karaoke princesses"

Yang Shan was lying on the sofa:
"You can do whatever you want."

Su Yitong sat on the single chair, like a curious baby:

"Boss, I just watched your game perspective. My god, your climbing up the ladder is as slow as a snail! Boss, you are amazing!"

Chao Bafang: "The rules of the game are flames and medicine cauldrons, both of which affect the difficulty of the game. Our master has maxed out both of them, so the difficulty is naturally low."

Yang Shan: "Banfang, do you know why you were not welcomed when you were working before?"

He scratched his head in all directions:

"What?"

Yang Shan: "You are too straightforward. Learn how to praise people from Su Yitang when you have time."

Towards all directions: "Isn't it easy to praise people?"

Yang Shan: "Praise me!"

Towards all directions: "Master, you are awesome!"

Zhu Tianpeng almost laughed out loud:

"Damn, Bafang, I think you are the real awesome one!"

The official also gave the number of participants in this Alchemist Conference from the four empires.

On the Gama Empire side, the number of participants was 2733276.

After the preliminary round, it directly became 1366638!

Yang Shan took a nap and then arrived at the rematch of the Alchemist Conference.

Compared to the preliminary round.

The rematch is even more brutal!

For the rematch, games will be randomly selected from the built-in games in the alchemy game for the competition.

Until only 2000 people are left to participate in the final!

And the number of people eliminated in each level is different.

Yang Shan remembered that in his previous life, in the conference of the Gama Empire, there were 22 small games in total in the rematch, which took more than three hours (game time) to finally eliminate more than one million people to only two thousand!

This rematch not only tests the players' development configuration and gaming skills since the server was launched.

It is also a huge test of energy and patience!

The elixir refined in the semi-finals is the third-grade Gale Pill.

Normally speaking, a second-grade alchemist would not be able to produce it.

However, Tianyao Company, under the pretext of "believing that every player has the potential to become a dark horse", made an exception and allowed the second-grade alchemist to "cheat"!
These second-grade alchemists can also refine third-grade Swift Wind Pills.

But the difficulty of the mini-games will increase!
Although these second-grade alchemists will definitely not be able to reach the finals.

But at least there is a sense of participation!

Yang Shan even went offline to wash his face.

Although the combination of his fourth-level beast fire and fourth-level medicine cauldron can greatly reduce the difficulty of the mini-game.

But there are too many small games to be played in this rematch.

If you are too lax, something might go wrong.

The only fifth-grade alchemist in the entire server was eliminated in the semi-finals. I'm afraid this will become the headline of the forum after the conference ends!
Return to the secret competition venue.

Yang Shan found that there were some unfamiliar faces around him.

But on the left hand side is still Liu Ling.

Liu Ling nodded slightly towards Yang Shan:

"Not bad, you have some skills. I hope to see you in the finals."

In fact, apart from Liu Ling, the other participating NPCs are basically scattered in various secret realms, and then they look for players who are stronger than them and make all kinds of sarcastic remarks.

Then he was slapped in the face by the players’ “amazing” performance!

Tianyao Company has already mastered this tactic in the newbie secret realm when the server was first launched.

But the simulation level of Doupo is too high and players just fall for it!
Who doesn’t like to slap someone back after being ridiculed and keep the other person speechless?
As the countdown ends, the rematch begins.

The first mini-game is the most common one in the game pool: music beats.

There is a keyboard in front of all the participating players. Just press hard according to the music and the keys displayed on the screen!

But the music this time is very unique. Su Yitang once sang:

the vast horizon is my love!
Flowers are blooming at the foot of the rolling green hills.

Tell me, how could Su Yitong sing out of tune for such a catchy and brainwashing song that is popular among all age groups?

It’s really off the mark!

The two thousand contestants in the secret realm, except for the NPCs, were all typing frantically on their keyboards.

The entire competition area was filled with the sound of clapping!

Some players even made particularly exaggerated movements, pressing the direction keys on the keyboard with their right hand while raising their left hand higher than their shoulders.

When the rhythm reaches the critical moment, it suddenly drops.

Snap!
It seems that unless I smash the keyboard to pieces, I can't show how good I am at playing this game!
If this player could have a colorful and explosive hairstyle with bangs covering his left eye, it would be perfect!
You are the most beautiful cloud in my sky, let me keep you here with my heart.

The DNA of a contestant on Yang Shan’s right couldn’t be suppressed any longer, and he shouted with spit flying everywhere:
"Hey stay!"

Yang Shan was so scared that he almost pressed the wrong button!
Fortunately, his game difficulty is the lowest in the game.

Even if you make a mistake, you'll have enough time to fix it.

Successfully passed the first level!
The second level follows:

Gold miner.

Level 3:
Tetris.

Three hours passed.

Even someone as strong as Yang Shan had sweat on his forehead.

It's finally over.

It's such a torture.

The two thousand players who can make it through all the way and stay are all ruthless people with great perseverance!

On Yang Shan's left, Liu Ling was still trying to make her presence felt:
"There are indeed some tricks, Yang Shan, let's go to the finals."

Yang Shan rubbed his temple, ignored Liu Ling, and clicked to leave the secret realm!

The ripples rose and dissipated, and the place where Yang Shan stood this time was truly the final venue of the Alchemist Conference!

Yang Shan looked around and finally saw the thin figure he had been looking for!
After all, judging from the time, Yao Xi should still be a ten-year-old girl.

Compared to adults, it would be really strange if it wasn’t considered skinny!

At the top of the VIP desk, Fa Mammoth is announcing the time for the final, which will take place in five hours.

In other words, players will have one hour in real life to adjust themselves.

But Yang Shan no longer cared about these.

He pushed through the crowd and came behind the ten-year-old girl.

At this time, the little girl was holding a handkerchief and carefully wiping her medicine cauldron.

Yang Shan tried his best to make his voice sound gentler:

"Little Yao Xi, are you interested in chatting?"

Yao Xi turned around, with a hint of timidity in her star-like eyes:
"You, how do you know my name?"

(Yaoxi AI picture - provided by book friends)
　The content of this chapter is not easy to divide into chapters. For the sake of reading experience, it is better to read it all at once.

　　Today I updated one chapter with 4,000 words and another chapter with 6,000 words.

　　Subsequent updates will probably also have two updates. On the one hand, it is for plot continuity, and on the other hand, the fewer chapters are updated, the easier it will be to increase the average subscription.

　　Sure, the chapters are reduced, but the content is not.

　　I still update 10,000 words every day as a base.

　　How long it can last, the sky doesn't know.

　　If updates are reduced, Sky will make it clear in advance.

　　So, all you generous Doudi Lords, can you please support Sky by placing a full order with the money you would pay for a cup of milk tea, considering that Sky is working so hard to update?
　　The free time is over, and Sky has to start hitting the 800 average!

　　There hasn't been a virtual online game on the game list for several years.

　　It is our responsibility to restore the glory of online games.

　　The liver is done!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)