Five Elements Sacred Secret

Chapter 189 Danbi Rules

When talking about alchemy, the three of them had a say and expressed their own opinions.

Mu Xiaofeng had a solid knowledge of alchemy, so he talked about it the most.

There is no other reason. Mu Xiaofeng likes to study advanced theories because he doesn't have a master. Qingfeng and Yusong both have their own masters, so they don't have to worry about advanced research in normal times.

Among the three, only Qingfeng was slightly worse than the other two, but he also learned the most.

It was already noon the next day when Mu Xiaofeng and his companion returned to Huanghuang Restaurant.

The next period of time is to prepare for the Alchemy Competition.

Because the official time for the Alchemy Competition is approaching, there are still seven days left.

This news was also told by Ren Minxian when they came back. There is no fixed time for the official Danbi. It is the result of discussion among several major first-class forces.

After seven days, Mu Xiaofeng was no longer planning to go out and was preparing to study the eighth-level elixir carefully again.

Before the retreat, Mu Xiaofeng went to see Ren Minxian, who was also a ninth-level alchemist.

Mu Xiaofeng explained his purpose, and Ren Minxian readily took out a jade slip.

Mu Xiaofeng took a look at it and excitedly put it into the ring.

He turned around, said goodbye and returned to his room.

Mu Xiaofeng returned to the room and took out the jade slip.

What Mu Xiaofeng wanted was Ren Minxian’s own alchemy jade slip.

Generally, alchemists would record their understanding of alchemy on jade slips, and would add content every time they had new understanding.

Ren Minxian is also a ninth-level alchemist, so this jade slip also contains Ren Minxian’s understanding of alchemy from the first to the ninth level.

But I didn't expect Ren Minxian to be so straightforward. This was something Mu Xiaofeng hadn't expected. Because generally this kind of jade slip would be very precious. This is equivalent to the experience of an alchemist since he started practicing.

Mu Xiaofeng had been prepared to be asked for some conditions, but now all the arguments he had prepared were useless.

Put aside these thoughts, anyway, I have it in my hands.

Mu Xiaofeng began to study Ren Minxian's jade slips attentively.

During the retreat, six days passed by without me noticing anything.

Mu Xiaofeng woke up naturally after six days of seclusion.

In six days, Mu Xiaofeng only studied up to the eighth level. This was because Mu Xiaofeng was a seventh-level alchemist, so he understood the first to seventh levels very quickly. It only took him one day to finish reading the first to seventh levels. The remaining five days were spent studying Ren Minxian's method of refining the Eight Precepts Pill.

Mu Xiaofeng has also read the alchemy jade slips of several alchemists, but Mu Xiaofeng feels that every alchemist has a different understanding of alchemy.

Moreover, only Feng Yuxian has a deeper understanding of the Dao of Alchemy.

The other alchemists mostly had more insights into alchemy but a shallow understanding of the Dao of Alchemy. Mu Xiaofeng could also figure this out. The jade slips left by Feng Yuxian should be the inheritance jade slips left behind. However, alchemists like Ren Minxian still had room for development in the Dao of Alchemy, so they had not left behind their deeper understanding of the Dao of Alchemy.

However, what is more important to Mu Xiaofeng now is the understanding of alchemy.

Mu Xiaofeng also gained a lot from Ren Minxian's jade slip.

Comparing Shi Changfeng's understanding of alchemy, Mu Xiaofeng thinks that Ren Minxian is more radical, while Shi Changfeng is much more conservative.

Putting aside personal feelings, Mu Xiaofeng felt that Ren Minxian's understanding of the Dao of Alchemy was much deeper than Shi Changfeng's.

Mu Xiaofeng spent an entire night verifying his understanding with Ren Minxian's.

Early the next morning, Ren Minxian called together the ten people who were going to participate in the Danbi.

Mu Xiaofeng didn't see the other people either.

Ren Minxian did not mention it either, but just said to Mu Xiaofeng and the others: "Today is the day of the Danbi. I have already engraved the rules of this year's Danbi in the jade slip."

After saying this, he gave each person a jade slip.

The Alchemy Competition is held every one thousand years. Although one thousand years is just a blink of an eye for cultivators, a lot of changes occur in one thousand years, so the time of each competition is not fixed, and the rules of the competition are also different.

Several people also read the contents of the jade slip carefully.

This time, the competition was divided into three rounds, and each round was also based on points. However, the points for each round were different, but in the end the ranking was still determined by the total points.

The first round of competition was to identify spiritual herbs, and this stage was somewhat similar to the previous selection of candidates by Qingxiao Sect.

That is to find the spiritual liquid that can be melted into a stable state among a pile of spiritual herbs. However, the elixir judging criteria are more detailed, and points are awarded based on the grade of the spiritual herbs that are melted.

Each ninth-level spiritual herb is worth fifty points, each eighth-level spiritual herb is worth twenty points, each seventh-level spiritual herb is worth five points, each sixth-level spiritual herb is worth two points, and everything below the sixth level is worth one point.

Mu Xiaofeng was not at all surprised by such a scoring standard. If he could fuse ninth-order spiritual herbs, there would be no need to compete at all.

Danbi is more strict, and the selection and fusion process only takes one hour.

The second round of competition surprised Mu Xiaofeng a little. The second round of competition was actually about refining fourth-grade elixirs, but the specific type of elixir has not been announced yet.

All alchemists were refining the same fourth-grade elixir. What was strange to Mu Xiaofeng was not that they were refining the same elixir, but that they were refining fourth-grade elixirs. This standard was really too low.

The judging criteria for the competition is also the purity of the refined fourth-level elixir. The higher the purity, the higher the score.

The point system for this meeting is scored by the judges.

The third round of competition was within Mu Xiaofeng's expectations. He relied on his own ability to refine pills. The higher the level, the more precious the pills, and the higher the points. This meeting also relied on the judges' scores. However, there was a principle that the pills of a higher level must be higher than the pills of a lower level.

After reading Danbi's process, there are some rewards to follow.

The rewards are some relatively precious spiritual materials or treasures.

Even the least valuable spirit stone that was given away made Mu Xiaofeng, who owned 30 billion high-quality spirit stones, jealous.

Of course, these are not the most important things. The most important thing is Danbi’s place in the Small Tianhuang Territory this year, and its preciousness is listed separately.