Chapter 204 Family Competition
Many shops in Wanxiang City would invite independent alchemists to make pills. He used to make a living from this. It was no problem to maintain his life, but he couldn't make foundation-building pills with that little salary.
These shops are very smart. The remuneration is not low, but you can't save enough spirit stones to buy foundation-building pills before you are 60 years old. Moreover, the tasks are very heavy. Once you join, you will have to sign a contract for at least ten years. You will have no time to rest, just like a sweatshop.
If you want the inheritance of a second-level alchemist or to build a foundation, there is a way. You have to sign a contract with a shop, which is almost like exchanging the second half of your life for a chance to build a foundation.
But this also requires competition. The shop will not accept everyone. They will select people with good qualifications. Only two or three out of a hundred alchemists may be selected.
And Zhang Mingxiang was obviously not selected.
He also inquired about the Danfu Pavilion of the Wang family. The business was bleak and it was targeted. Many pills were often out of stock!
He guessed that the Wang family must not have enough alchemists, but he didn't know why the Wang family didn't recruit independent alchemists to help for several years.
This time, someone in the Wang family suddenly formed a golden elixir, which made him realize that he had to take the initiative! So after the spiritual energy vortex appeared, he came to the gate of Danfu Pavilion and waited.
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Wang Guangan naturally didn't know about the many movements he caused. Even if he knew, he couldn't care about it at this time.
Because all his energy was focused on the weak golden elixir.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth rushed in from all sides, entered his body through the spiritual energy vortex, and after continuous compression and liquefaction, it began to gather towards the golden elixir that was constantly rotating in the dantian.
The golden elixir grew layer by layer, constantly materializing the liquid true essence!
The reason why the Nine Dan Golden Liquid or Golden Dan Jade Liquid is so powerful is that it can be used as a primer to make the starting stage of forming a golden elixir easier. Otherwise, it is almost impossible to create a solid pill out of thin air by yourself!
The time required for the growth stage of the golden elixir is not fixed. The time required for different cultivators is different, and it cannot be used as a basis to judge the quality of the golden elixir.
Some cultivators use less time, but the speed of condensing the golden elixir is fast, and the quality of the golden elixir is not low; some use longer time, and the golden elixir condenses more abundantly and the quality is also very good.
These still depend on personal luck and some auxiliary spiritual objects for condensing the golden elixir. The path of genius is not replicable.
As Wang Guangan's condensing time lengthened, the lively scene around Danfu Pavilion also dissipated a lot.
The days became calmer!
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Wangjialing, today is particularly lively.
Because the big competition once every ten years is coming.
When the rewards for the big competition were formulated, the rewards for the top three were stipulated to be foundation-building pills.
The annual small competition is divided into sections, and there will be no scene of great disparity in strength, but the big competition is different. The big competition will not be divided into sections. Clan members at the ninth level of Qi training can participate, and clan members at the first level of Qi training can also participate.
And the age is much wider. Even if you are eighty years old, the probability of taking foundation-building pills to build a foundation theoretically drops to 40%, and you can still participate.
Generally, cultivators over eighty years old or with strength lower than the sixth level of Qi training cannot get the top three. The former's Qi and blood begin to weaken, and they are no longer as good as the young disciples of the same level, while the latter's strength gap is too big. The Wang family has defeated opponents by one level or two levels, but no one has defeated opponents by three levels!
Therefore, even if it is a big competition, the number of participating clansmen is not as many as the small competition, but the ownership of the foundation-building pill is still particularly eye-catching. Almost all clansmen who have no tasks will come to watch, and at the same time cheer for their close clansmen.
Originally, Wang Guangan took away the foundation-building pills, and Wang Yanzhao decided to postpone the competition, but Wang Hao took out four pills again and told him that he got them in the battle of Qingyuan Gate.
Wang Yanzhao naturally had some doubts, after all, Wang Longyou was there at the time and did not find the foundation-building pills, but Wang Hao refused to say more, and Wang Longyou had already retreated to attack the eighth level of foundation-building, so he didn't ask too much, after all, everyone has their own secrets.
He still guessed that Wang Hao bought it from overseas, but he just didn't take it out before.
Who knew that Wang Hao could mass-produce foundation-building pills with the help of the farm? This was too incredible for them.
With the foundation-building pills, the competition was naturally held as scheduled.
In the end, 36 clan members signed up to join the competition. The lowest cultivation level was also at the sixth level of Qi training. The oldest was 85 years old and the youngest was only 20 years old!
Now the family cultivator population has reached 244 people, of which nearly 40 are overseas. There are only more than 200 cultivators in the clan, 11 of whom are guarding the spirit stone mine. In addition to the garrison personnel from all walks of life, there are only more than 100 people who are idle. Excluding the large number of infants born in the past ten years, it is good to have more than 30 people sign up!
The competition is divided into four rounds. The first round determines the top 18, the second round determines the top 10, and the tenth person is determined by Wang Hao and several foundation-building cultivators, and the best performer is selected from the losers.
No one would think it was unfair, because even if you were lucky enough to be picked by the elders and entered the top ten, you still had to play two rounds. Whether you could finally get the foundation-building pill depended on your strength.
The third round decided the top five, and one more person was selected to make up the six, and then it was the finals!
This was also done to prevent the two top players from meeting too early, causing one person to be unable to get the foundation-building pill. But if Wang Hao picked them up and met their previous opponents again, they could only blame their bad luck!
Because there were three foundation-building pills, three arenas were set up, each representing one foundation-building pill.
After three rounds of competition and by-elections, the final six finalists appeared.
What surprised Wang Hao was that the 85-year-old uncle actually made it to the end and appeared on the final stage.
This man was called Wang Longxing, and he was ranked 24th in the Long generation.
Wang Hao looked at the uncle slightly, and saw that he had a determined look on his face. It seemed that he had not used all his strength in the previous battle, and he was likely to be the final winner.
Immortal cultivators believed in luck. If this person could really grab a place, it must be a great fortune. Wang Hao thought that it would be okay to give him a foundation-building pill.
Although young cultivators have more advantages in foundation-building, the key is still the mentality, otherwise the spiritual consciousness can't pass.
Things really went as Wang Hao expected. Wang Longxing hid some of his strength and only fully exerted it when facing an opponent at the ninth level of Qi training in the finals. Although the battle was not fierce enough, he made steady progress and made it impossible for his opponent to do anything with him. In the end, relying on experience, he seized the opportunity and knocked down his opponent with lightning speed, obtaining a precious foundation-building pill quota!
The other two are from the Yan generation, Wang Yanji, and the Wen generation, Wang Wending.
Wang Yanzhao is the second oldest, and gave birth to Wang Hao early, so Wang Hao is older than some of the Yan generation's uncles. In addition, the encouragement of childbirth in recent years has given birth to many cultivators, so it is very likely that Wang Hao will have to call a baby uncle!
In this way, all the users of this batch of foundation-building pills have been confirmed. In addition to the three people, there is also Wang Wencai, who Wang Hao promised long ago.
After hard work, Wang Wencai made the first first-level high-quality puppet before the competition began. Although the success rate was frighteningly low, it was considered to have achieved the goal set by Wang Hao.
One person from the Long generation, one person from the Yan generation, two people from the Wen generation, and the Wu generation is still young, and the genius was taken overseas, so it will take some time to grow up.