Chapter 419: The Preliminary Competition of Alchemy
A few days later, on September 10, the Alchemy Competition in Arant City officially began. All the outstanding alchemists from all over the world gathered in this city. They had already been waiting in front of the alchemy unions in Arant, waiting for the people in the unions to present the preliminary test questions.
The requirements for the preliminary round are very low. As long as you pay an entry fee of ten gold coins and know alchemy, anyone who meets these two requirements is allowed to participate. Of course, only those who pass the preliminary rounds are eligible to participate in the next round of semi-finals.
Alice also gathered in front of an alchemy guild early. Through these few days of temporary study, Alice, who is proficient in magic, also learned a little bit of alchemy. She didn’t even know how high the sky was. Signed up.
At nine ten in the morning, Yarant time, the 21 alchemy branches in the city posted the test questions for the preliminary round of the alchemy competition at the same time.
"What? You're kidding, it's just the preliminary round, there's no need to ask such difficult questions!"
As soon as the questions came out, almost all the outsiders who participated in the Arant Alchemy Competition for the first time shouted. .
Some locals looked at the outsiders mockingly and said, "What's all the fuss about? Do you think anyone can pass the alchemy competition in Arant?" "
"What do you mean?" A certain outsider shouted dissatisfied.
The locals laughed and said: "Idiot, there are so many people participating in the competition. If you really want to test what you have made one by one, how long will it take to go there? It is said that it is the preliminary round, but in fact it has already entered the preliminary round. They have achieved a 'fight' that is beyond the reach of even half-hearted people. It is to eliminate or give up 90% of the contestants in the first game. As for why the threshold for the preliminary round is set so low, it is to earn ten gold coins for each of you. The entry fee is a huge amount of money.”
"Damn it!" A certain outsider gritted his teeth and hated it.
The question read out by the alchemists of the Alchemy Guild and posted on the bulletin board is: It is required to refine a magic cloak. Conditions: 1. The length must be within 1.4-1.5 meters, and the weight must be within 1.4-1.5 meters. No more than 2.5 kg;
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2. Yes Certain magic resistance, the resistance requirement is 3+3, that is, the resistance to more than 3 elements and non-elemental magic reaches the third level (Third level: resistance to intermediate magic reaches 60%, resistance to advanced magic Reaching more than 30%);
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3. The resistance to physical damage reaches level two or above, and the resistance to magic damage reaches level four or above. That is, it is required that it cannot be easily damaged by swords of general nature, and cannot be damaged by magic with an elemental affinity of less than 100 and a magic strength of less than 240;.
4. The magic resistance effect is not good. It will affect the owner's normal use of magic and can be used by all professional groups. ;.
5. Runestones must not be infused with power to meet the above conditions;.
6. The time limit for completing alchemy is three days. Please submit the refined stone before 5 p.m. on the fourth day. The finished product is submitted to the competition inspectors of each alchemy union for inspection, and the refining process is briefly described orally. After inspection of the finished product, if any participant is found to have cheated or bought the finished product, he or she will be immediately disqualified. Those who pass the competition will receive a qualification certificate for the semi-finals.
After reading the alchemy requirements and conditions on the bulletin board, the alchemists of the Deep Sea Mercenary Group said: "Okay, brothers, let's go back and prepare the materials. We must try our best to turn this anti-magic piece The cloak is ready.”
"Yes!" The people from the Deep Sea Mercenary Group responded in unison and left immediately.
A person next to him heard the words of the Deep Sea Mercenary Group and secretly sneered: "Tch! If you have to use your full strength at this level, there is no hope for the rematch."
Wearing a red cloak Mahalud murmured: "The review of the preliminary round is still very loose. If on-site alchemy is not required, there is still the possibility of cheating."
The person next to her said disdainfully: "Look When it comes to this question, those who want to cheat will probably not cheat, because even if they are lucky enough to pass the preliminary round, they will definitely not be able to pass the semi-finals, so why embarrass themselves in public."
"Let's go, I am here today. We will make this thing at night. After the preliminary competition, we will see how many people can stay." Mahalud put on the hood of his jumpsuit, turned around and disappeared in the crowd.
In front of an alchemy guild on the other side, some average alchemists looked at the competition question with great distress: "The 3+3 magic resistance requirement is a bit too difficult. To make such a high-resistance cloak , It’s not easy.”
Xu Lingzi walked out of the crowd and rubbed his nose gently. It seemed that his nose had healed in the past few days. He looked back at the worried alchemists gathered in front of the competition question, smiled to himself and said: "These people can't pass the preliminary round, and they don't even see the difficulty of this competition question. It's very difficult." Obviously, the most difficult part of this question in the preliminary round is not the second one, how to achieve the 3+3 magic resistance, but the fourth one, which will not affect the owner's magic. Resistant materials are materials that directly interfere with and block magic power. , and in this way, for the spell caster wearing the cloak, his own magic casting will also be interfered with. Therefore, how to resist the damage of external magic while eliminating the impact on his own magic casting is the most important, no. Solve this difficulty first, no matter how beautiful the cloak is, it will be useless.”
After the competition questions were announced, almost all the participating alchemists returned to their rooms and began to think about how to make a cloak that meets the competition conditions. Come.
Caesar is one of the most famous alchemists in the world. His manor is naturally equipped with all the equipment and materials for alchemy.
After Alice copied down the six conditions of the competition, she immediately returned to Caesar's alchemy room and had to try to make a cloak that met the requirements. She also forced her master Bing Zhixie to come with her. help.
Bing Zhixie also wanted to take this opportunity to learn more about the art of alchemy.
Alice stood in front of the stone table full of utensils, opened the book and read: "Wash your hands clean before the first step of alchemy." She looked at her just-washed hands: "Well, It's been cleaned."
She looked at the book and said: "The second step is to figure out what item you want to refine. Well, what I want to refine is a cloak, one that can resist. What 3 ...3..., Oh, a cloak that can resist 3+3 magic. Then, select the materials according to the items to be refined."
There are several large warehouses next to Caesar's underground alchemy room. Alice took a look at several warehouses. There were hundreds or even thousands of different materials such as minerals, plants, soil, and animal bones. She was dazzled at the time.
“Wow, there are so many, I don’t know many of the materials.” Before she started practicing, Alice was stumped.
Bing Zhixie sighed and said: "You didn't do alchemy this way. The first step of your method was wrong."
"Is it wrong?" Alice said again He ran back to the stone table in the alchemy room, read the book and said: "Yes, the book says that the first step is to wash your hands first. The purpose of washing your hands is to wash away other foreign objects on your hands to prevent them from getting in the way." The alchemy process will have an impact on the materials."
Bing Zhixie shook his head: "That is the first step in the refining process, but first you have to figure out how to make it and what materials to use. "Refining."
Alice thought for a moment, nodded in understanding, and asked, "What do you mean?"
Bing Zhixie said: "A professional alchemist will definitely think about the entire refining process before making alchemy. For example, when making an anti-magic cloak, he will first think about what materials can resist magic. What materials are suitable for making a cloak? Then I will think about whether there will be any conflict in properties between these materials, such as some mixed materials. If used, it will produce bad effects; in the end, he will think about what auxiliary materials to use to reconcile the conflicts between the materials, or what materials to replace. Generally speaking, there are three steps before alchemy. "
Alice was confused: "But...but I don't know those materials at all, so what should I do?" Ah?”
Bing Zhixie said: “The prerequisite for an excellent alchemist is that he must have profound knowledge, not only magic knowledge, but also try to understand as much as possible about various substances in the world and understand the characteristics of these substances. This is an indispensable condition for better alchemy."
Alice pursed her lips and said, "Also. There are so many things to know, so I won’t be able to do it this time?”
Bingzhi smiled evilly: “It’s not sure, no matter how good a person is, he can’t understand everything in the world. , so some alchemists often hire related people to supplement their own shortcomings.”
Alice suddenly clapped her hands and said: "Ah, it's like Toby's father was hired by a certain alchemist."
"Exactly."
Ellie Si smiled and said: "Master, please come and help me."
Bingzhixie said: "Aren't I helping you? But I can't do it alone, although I have helped others practice before. I've refinished equipment and weapons, but I've never made anything decent. An 'alchemist' like you who is learning while reading has to find a professional alchemist to help you."
"You are. "Uncle Caesar?" Alice said, "But he seems to be very busy these days. I heard from my servant that he went out early this morning."
Bingzhixie said: "Isn't there another person?"
"Who is it?" Alice asked.
Bingzhixie said: "It's the Duke's son, the man named Wright."
Alice said: "Yes, he seems to have also participated in this competition. I am now Just go find him.”
Bing Zhixie grabbed Alice's back collar and dragged her back: "Idiot, you are a princess from another country, how can you just go to the house of a duke in this country? What's more, this duke also has the royal blood of Gallusia. .”
Alice reacted immediately and broke into a cold sweat. She patted her heart and said, "I almost forgot my identity as a princess."
This kind of thing is indeed very taboo between countries. matter. Duke means noble status, and having royal blood means having the right to inherit. As a royal princess from a foreign country, if she visits the Imperial Duke's house in Corussia privately, it will arouse great suspicion from the ruling royal family.
Alice said: "Then I want the housekeeper to call Wright over in the name of Uncle Caesar."
"You know this better than me." Bingzhixie said.
(End of this chapter)