"Brother, did you go watch the Pharmacist Tournament?"
“拿张药方炼丹，这有什么好看的？在我看来那些一品二品药师参加大赛根本就是浪费时间，他们怎么可能比得过五品药师？”
Hey, buddy, this time you really got it wrong. Do you know how many pharmacists signed up for the competition this time?
"Should be quite a few."
"Over 300,000!"
"Do we have that many pharmacists in our country? That's unbelievable."
"The official version of the Pharmacists Guild has published it, you can go and check it yourself. When the number was announced, I was almost scared to death. Can you guess, how many people passed the first round?"
“I remember that the previous session seemed to have a little over a hundred people, right?”
“Over fifteen thousand people.”
“Haha, don't joke around, buddy. Over fifteen thousand fifth-grade pharmacists! We could definitely dominate the entire continent with that number at Yulan.”
"Who told you that these over 15,000 people are all fifth-grade pharmacists!" "
“？”
The first round exam question is to refine a first-grade promotion pill." "
...Brother, I happen to have a sobering pill here..."
"Who lied to you, the exam is already over, just ask casually, if it's not, it doesn't matter."
"Forget it, they can't even refine a first-grade pill, how did those people pass the scribe guild's assessment back then? Sigh... Why did you run away? Seriously?" This passerby turned around and found a middle-aged man wearing a pharmacist robe standing behind him, with a face as black as the bottom of a pot.
……
Similar dialogue scenes appeared in every corner of Yulan, which directly led to more people becoming interested in the second round of the Pharmacist Competition.
According to the tradition of previous years, the second round of elimination matches were usually held in the Royal Institute of Yulan. However, due to the unexpectedly high number of participants and viewers, Emperor Lan Hao waved his hand and directly opened up the Royal Square, which could accommodate up to three hundred thousand people. Yet, even so, it still couldn't meet the continuous influx of people who came to watch the competition. In the end, they had no choice but to set up eight massive magic screens outside the square for live broadcasts in order to calm down the crowd. Translated:
And many participants in the square have also entered the venue early. Especially the pharmacy team from Lanyun Magic Martial Arts Academy, the neat and uniform school uniforms have become a beautiful scenery.
"It seems like Lanyun has made great progress this time," said the dean of the Royal Academy, Zisu, sourly.
It's really a complete reversal of fortune. After being in the same city for so many years, both sides are familiar with each other's teaching content. Zisu couldn't believe that Lanyun would teach obscure knowledge like minerals. Those things are usually only studied by advanced pharmacists. After thinking about it, it's very likely that the problem lies with the girl named Yuntai. Not only does she consider Lanyun's alchemy branch as her own subsidiary, but even the Royal Academy's alchemy department is now at her beck and call. It is said that it's the alchemy branch that pleads with Yuntai to speak up! If the dean had recruited Yuntai to the Royal Academy in the first place, the situation in the Royal Academy's pharmacy branch would probably be completely different now.
"That is the result of their own efforts." Pan Jiluo naturally couldn't be more pleased to see the record-breaking number of people entering the second round. Look at the crowd of people around here, the uniforms of Lanyun are so eye-catching on the field. It is foreseeable that the number of people applying for the Pharmacists Division of Lanyun Magic Martial Arts Academy will definitely reach a new high next year. If it were a few years ago, Pan Jiluo might still boast about being able to surpass their city rivals. But now, this kind of thing has happened too many times. With their positions reversed, Pan Jiluo can gracefully accept the acid offered by the other side with both hands. According to Yuntai, this stuff is good for stimulating appetite and aiding digestion, and it's really not bad...
Although the Yun Tai Support Group doesn't have to worry about seating, they still arrived at the Royal Square early. And the team has expanded. For example, Lan Yun Mingqing, Feng Yi Jie, and others are all in the imperial city, so it's only natural for everyone to take this opportunity to gather together. Another example is Huo Zhi and Xiao Baozi Weidar, as Huo Nai also participated in the Pharmacist Grand Competition and with her uncle, a sixth-grade pharmacist, there was no doubt that she could pass the first round of elimination. Therefore, Huo Zhi brought Xiao Baozi to cheer her mother on. On the Water family's side, Shui Hong Yan, Shui Hong Xuan, and Shui Hong Ming also rushed to the scene amidst their busy schedules to watch the competition.
“Can Yuntai pass this round?” Shui Hongxuan asked Shui Xueli anxiously.
“哥，你问的这叫什么话！如果你问雪倩姐能不能通过这一轮考核，说不定我还会犹豫那么一秒，云苔通不过，怎么可能！”水鸿铭抢着回答道。他对云苔从来都是信心满满的，什么事要么云苔不干，只要是她点头的，从来就没有不成功的。
“话不是这么说，云苔迄今为止也只成功炼制出了一品丹药。第一场考核的题目是炼制一品晋级丹已经让外面哗然一片了，药师公会怎么肯再授人把柄。这可是事关公会的名誉大事。”水鸿轩理智地分析道。
And as far as Shui Hongxuan is concerned, the first assessment question was deliberately designed by the Pharmacists' Guild to please Your Majesty. Yun Tai, with her spiritual powers sealed, can only refine first-class elixirs. The fact that she stood out among 300,000 people already demonstrates her exceptional talent. Your Majesty has a discerning eye and has given enough face to the Emperor. He believes that the Pharmacists' Guild will not go easy on Yun Tai anymore. To secure one of the twenty spots, Yun Tai will have to rely on her true abilities. If we put ourselves in His Majesty's shoes, he wouldn't let Yun Tai get a spot, otherwise what face would all the pharmacists from the top fifth-grade to the second-grade have? Even the public would question the credibility of the Guild's assessment of ranks.
"So what? I believe Yuntai and her sister can definitely pass this assessment." Shui Hongming retorted defiantly.
Shui Xueli nodded in agreement beside him, then asked with a dissatisfied expression, "Don't you hope for that?"
"Of course, I hope they pass, but..." Seeing the dissatisfied and suspicious expressions of Shui Hongming and Shui Xueli, Shui Hongxuan weakly rubbed his forehead, "I was wrong, just forget that I asked." In Shui Hongxuan's opinion, whenever it comes to anything related to Yuntai, his siblings' intelligence drops dramatically, and their usual shrewdness disappears completely.
水鸿炎在旁边捂嘴轻笑，看到弟弟难得吃瘪，他是一脸的幸灾乐祸。
“虽然有输的心理准备，但云苔总会给我们带来出人意料的惊喜，让我们忍不住心怀期待，你难道没有这样的感觉？”云逸注视着会场说道。
"...... You're right," Shui Hongxuan thought for a moment and had to nod in agreement. If it were in the past, he would never have had the qualification to sit side by side with the young master of the Yun family. In just a few short years, they were now sitting together in a private box, watching the competition. Looking back, Shui Hongxuan found it unbelievable. Reply: It's amazing how things have changed in just a few years.
What does it mean to be mentally prepared to lose? Shui Xueli pouted unhappily, but because the person speaking was the wealthy and influential Yun Yiyun, Shui Xueli had always been very restrained in front of him and dared not make any rebellious actions. She could only glare fiercely at Yun Hao.
跟朋友聊天逗弄小包子，没有注意到大哥他们交谈的云壕在收到水雪丽的瞪视之后一脸地莫名其妙，他又哪里得罪这位姑奶奶了？
The sound of "dong dong dong" rang out as the eight large gates of the square slowly closed.