Chapter 797: Only One Match

After Zuo Feng looked towards the platform, other contestants also made discoveries one after another, and looked in the same direction.

The few people who just appeared were not only dressed in gorgeous clothes, but also gave people a powerful aura of domineering momentum in their gestures. After seeing these people appear, the crowd around them immediately quieted down. Most people looked at the tall figures with burning eyes. These people represented the goals of martial arts practice and the goals of power struggle.

In sharp contrast to the eyes of the people around them were the young people participating in the competition in the venue. These people looked more at respect and admiration, but they could still reveal a hint of pride in their bones.

These contestants, including Zuo Feng, specialize in the art of refining medicine. Although they may never reach that level in terms of cultivation, once they become medicine sons, they will be the uncrowned king.

Whether it is those super families or powerful forces, even the empire will rely on them very much. If one day they can't get along in the Xuanwu Empire, other empires will immediately extend olive branches to them.

Having a top alchemist will immediately improve the combat power of the entire empire, and the various pills and elixirs they refine can also cultivate a large number of emperors.

It is precisely for this reason that many people who have some talent in alchemy will make unremitting efforts on this road.

Standing out in the selection of medicine sons and finally obtaining the title of medicine sons can certainly make you famous, but even if you fail, it doesn’t matter. Those who can come to the county city to participate in the selection of medicine sons actually have outstanding abilities and potential. Even if they don’t win this competition, as long as they perform well, they will also get due attention.

So they all understand that they already have the qualifications to be arrogant and have the capital to look down on those mediocre people.

The first person who appeared was very familiar with Zuo Feng. His tall and straight figure, dressed in gorgeous clothes, does not give people a sense of exaggeration, but has another kind of lofty majesty. You don’t need to have a deep cultivation to feel the palpitating fluctuations from him.

This person is Su Lan, the commander of the Su family, and his cultivation is the highest in Linshan County City at the moment. Although he is a member of the Su family, he was assigned by the empire this time to maintain the order of the competition in Linshan County City. He even has the power to decide the life and death of the contestants.

Whether it is someone who knows him or someone who is not familiar with him, their eyes will stay on him for a long time before turning away.

Walking behind Su Lan is a young man with a white brocade robe embroidered with golden patterns. The pattern is like a very rare vine-like medicinal material. There is a sense of elegance when this man walks, and the folding fan in his hand gently swings, adding a bit of dust removal.

Even if you don’t know this young man, you will recognize the clothes he wears. This white brocade robe has a very special meaning in the Xuanwu Empire, that is, it is a symbol of the identity of a medicine son. Only when you get the title of medicine son will you be given this identity-revealing clothes by the empire.

This person was Yao Zhen, who had fought with Zuo Feng before. His appearance was not a big surprise, especially for those who participated in the competition in the other garden, who knew clearly about his arrival.

Including the audience around, especially the young people who participated in the selection of medicine children, their expressions changed immediately after seeing Yao Zhen. Because in the field they specialized in, Yao Zhen in front of them was definitely one of the best, and it was also a goal they had been striving for until now.

Then there was a man wearing armor, but his armor was engraved with dense patterns, which gave people a very cold feeling at first glance.

If it was Zuo Feng before he came to the Xuanwu Empire, for this set of armor in front of him, Zuo Feng would at most feel that its patterns were very good. But now he could see that there were actually a lot of runes engraved on this armor. Although these runes were not very complicated, they were combined together to form a pretty good small formation.

From Zuo Feng's perspective, he could only see that the small formation on his armor contained the functions of increasing speed, increasing strength, and strengthening the armor's own defense. Zuo Feng did not see other effects, but there should be auxiliary effects such as resisting poison.

Such a set of armor can not only improve the warrior's attack ability, but also greatly improve the self-protection ability. There is only one person in the entire Linshan County who can own such a set of armor, because it is the armor given by the empire to the county city lord, and this person is the city lord.

After the city lord, there is a person who looks like a middle-aged man, but also seems to be an old man. If you judge purely from his appearance, he is probably in his forties, but if you judge from his eyes and temperament, he seems to be much older than this age.

There is only one possibility that will give people this feeling, that is, his cultivation is not bad, and he is almost close to the level of the city lord and Su Lan. Zuo Feng has never seen such a person, which surprised him a little, but since he can appear here, it means that his identity must be good.

Behind him was an old man with white hair and a youthful face. It was hard to tell how old he was, but you would never forget his appearance after just one look. On his simple face were a pair of eyes that seemed to contain infinite intelligence. The noble aura that came from within had nothing to do with his clothes.

Zuo Feng was also very familiar with this person. He was none other than Mr. Zhong from Duobao Pavilion. This old man has a very high status in the empire, and he is also a very capable alchemist. Some people say that his alchemy skills surpassed Yaozi's level many years ago, but he has never participated in Yaozi's competition.

Some people say that he is just bluffing, but in fact his medicine refining skills are so-so. These comments about him are flying all over the sky, but he never explains anything, and as the master of Duobao Pavilion, he does not bother to explain these at all.

The three people in front and the last person, Zuo Feng, all knew each other, and their arrival did not surprise Zuo Feng. Zuo Feng didn't have any impression of the person walking in front of Mr. Zhong in Duobao Pavilion.

I saw these five people slowly walking up to the high platform, and then sat down in the order they arrived. This seemingly random seating arrangement contained a hint of something else.

The person sitting in the center among the five people must be the one with the highest status among them all. The host of this competition, who is also the person with the highest status here, is the city lord. He sits in the middle without any objection.

In terms of cultivation and imperial status, Su Lan should be on his right hand, but currently it is Yao Zhen on his left hand. Among all the people, he is the only one with the lowest cultivation level, but he is able to sit in this position. It is said that it is precisely because of his identity as a medicine man. If you look at the current medicine competition, you can understand why he is sitting there.

Further back, there should be a person sitting next to the city lord's left hand, but Sulan still did not reach this position. It is speculated that this man must have a special identity, so he is qualified to be ranked before Sulan. .

After that, it was the turn of Su Lan, who was sitting on the right hand side, and then it was the turn of Mr. Zhong from Duobao Pavilion. Just by sitting in this position, it seemed that the identity of the unfamiliar person was already revealed.

But there was no need for Zuo Feng to make random guesses, because a person he was relatively familiar with slowly came to the side of the high platform, but there was no place to sit down. He just stood aside and spoke loudly.

"Today is officially the big day for our Linshan County to select medicines. Next is the long-awaited selection ceremony. From this moment on, contestants who have not come will be disqualified, and those who come will be disqualified. Please don’t talk to each other, let alone make loud noises, otherwise you will be disqualified.”

The person who spoke was none other than Master Tao, who had met Zuo Feng several times. After he announced loudly, he stood on the stage and nodded slightly to the surroundings.

The surrounding city guards immediately took action, and the five warriors who originally stood together immediately dispersed. After these people dispersed, although they stood outside the rope surrounding the square, they were only two arms' length apart from each other, forming another layer of protection that completely isolated the competition venue from those on the periphery.

The location where contestants were previously allowed to enter was immediately closed. The officer turned his back and faced outward to completely seal the passage.

Then Director Tao loudly introduced everyone present on the high platform. Although this is a bit formal, it is also an extremely normal procedure in such a big scene.

However, Zuo Feng found out that the man he was not familiar with was actually one of the deputy city lords of Linshan County. A large city like Linshan County usually has several deputy city lords, but the most unique person among them is the deputy city lord who has the qualification of a high-level alchemist and is also the other judge in the medicine selection competition.

This person's name is Yao Lu, a very secular name that even has a bit of a philistine flavor. However, Zuo Feng believed that this Vice City Lord Yao was definitely not what his name suggested. An alchemist who could reach his level must have extraordinary talent and hard work.

After that, Director Na Tao once again talked about the requirements for the competition. This kind of rule restriction has actually been discussed before the competition at all levels of medicine selection, and it is basically the same.

Finally, there are the rules for this competition. These rules are simple and clear. The outcome will be determined by one game. Everyone refines a medicinal powder, and the final judgment is based on the quality and time of the refined medicinal powder. In the end, only two people pass the test. That is to say, only two people can participate in the final empire-level competition to select medicine, which is the final competition.