After about half a stick of incense, standing on the left side of the nine-storied tower of flames, a golden name - Hua Ji - emerged from the bottom of a three-foot-tall, jet-black spar.
The appearance of Huaji's name on the black crystal stone symbolizes that he has reached the seventh floor of the Nine-story Flame Tower.
Not long after Huajie's name appeared on the black crystal, Yue Kuangshi's name also appeared on the seventh floor of the Nine-Layered Flame Tower.
After a while, five names appeared on the black spar one after another, but no one reached the eighth floor of the Nine-story Flame Tower.
When the stick of incense passed, the names of Hua Ji and Yue Kuangshi appeared in the middle of the Nine-Layer Flame Pagoda almost at the same time, symbolizing that they had ascended to the eighth floor of the Nine-Layer Flame Pagoda.
At this time, the names of seventeen of the one hundred pharmacists who challenged the nine-story tower of flames appeared on the spar.
Soon, half an hour passed.
The first preliminary round is over.
In the end, Hua Ji, Yue Kuangshi and other four people climbed to the eighth floor of the Nine-Layer Flame Pagoda, and sixteen pharmacists climbed to the seventh floor of the Nine-Layer Flame Pagoda.
"Crazy Lion, how difficult is it to challenge the Nine-Storied Flame Tower?"
When Yue Kuangshi, who was pale and breathing heavily, walked out of the nine-story tower of flames, Yue Chuanshan immediately greeted him and asked in a low voice.
"This Nine-Storey Flame Tower is quite a challenge. I have tried many methods, but I have not been able to reach the ninth floor of the Nine-Storey Flame Tower!"
Yue Kuangshi exhaled heavily and told Yue Chuanshan about his accumulated experience.
"You can't even climb the ninth floor of the Nine-Storied Flame Tower, so you dare to challenge me? I really don't know where your courage comes from!" Gu Tiange shook his head and said unceremoniously.
"Why, do you think you will definitely be able to step onto the ninth floor of the Nine-Layer Tower of Flames?" Moon Crazy Lion clenched his fists and said unwillingly.
"I will definitely win the first prize in this ancient medicine ceremony. Do you think this small preliminary competition can defeat me?" Gu Tiange said slowly.
"Gu Changqing, are you so arrogant?"
Yue Kuangshi didn't believe that Gu Tiange had such ability and retorted loudly.
"It's just the truth!"
After saying that, Gu Tiange ignored Yue Kuangshi and the other two, closed his eyes, and continued to recuperate. The angry Yue Kuangshi turned pale and furious.
At the end of the first round, another hundred pharmacists' tokens were lit up.
Due to the large number of pharmacists participating in the preliminary round, Gu Tiange and Yue Chuanshan still did not have their turn in the second round of preliminary round.
They stood under the nine-story tower of flames and waited quietly.
Soon, half an hour passed.
The second round of preliminary competition ended, but the results were not as good as the first round. Only one person stepped onto the eighth floor of the Nine-Layer Flame Tower, seven people stepped onto the seventh floor of the Nine-Layer Flame Tower, and all the others were eliminated.
Time passes by minute by minute.
Soon, three hours passed.
After six rounds of preliminary rounds, a total of 132 people passed the preliminary round, and nearly 400 pharmacists were eliminated, which shows the difficulty of the test of the Nine-layer Flame Tower.
"Buzz buzz!"
Suddenly, Gu Tiange, who was concentrating with his eyes closed, felt the identity token in his arms light up.
And Yue Chuanshan's identity token also lit up at this moment.
"Just what I wanted!" Yue Chuanshan found out that he and Gu Tiange were competing in the preliminary round at the same time, and couldn't help but smile: "Gu Changqing, don't let me down."
"Let's go!"
With that said, Gu Tiange and others passed through the ten-sided tower door opened by the Nine-Storied Flame Pagoda and entered the extremely high temperature of the Nine-Storied Flame Pagoda, which is unbearable for ordinary saints of life and death.
"Boom!"
After Gu Tiange and others were ready, the heavy tower door was closed.
Immediately afterwards, the voice of the ancient national master rang out.
"start!"
"Whoosh!"
With a command from the Ancient Divine Kingdom, Gu Tiange ignored the scorching heat in the nine-story tower of flames, summoned the red fairy fire and rushed out, instantly throwing away Yue Chuanshan and others.
"Is this guy crazy?"
Seeing Gu Tiange disappear in an instant, many pharmacists looked surprised, and some even gloated, feeling that Gu Tiange would suffer a big loss.
The temperature in the nine-layered flame tower is extremely high, and the heavy burning flames form many flame restrictions, making it extremely difficult to break through the tower.
But for Gu Tiange, who possesses fairy fire and fairy-level fire control skills, there is no challenge in the nine-layered flame tower.
In less than seven breaths, bathed in fairy fire and using fairy-level fire control skills, he tore through the many flame restrictions and easily appeared on the seventh floor of the Nine-Layer Flame Tower.
His name then appeared on the black crystal, causing a commotion immediately.
"What, am I reading that right? Who is Gu Changqing? He was able to reach the seventh floor of the Nine-Layer Flame Tower in such a short period of time?"
"Then the Fire Tower Crystal can't go wrong!"
The pharmacists were stunned by the scene in front of them and couldn't believe what they saw before them.
Yue Kuangshi, who wanted to defeat Gu Tiange, was stunned by the scene in front of him and remained silent for a long time.
After just one breath, Gu Tiange's name rose to a higher level, which meant that he had ascended to the eighth floor of the Nine-story Flame Tower.
After another breath, his name appeared on the top of the black crystal, shining brightly.
"Oh my god, it's crazy to climb to the ninth floor of the Nine-story Flame Tower in nine breaths of time. Is Gu Changqing a monster?"
"Why have I never heard of him before?"
The pharmacists stared at the black crystal in stunned silence, feeling unreal.
The Moon Crazy Lion was completely shocked, his eyes widened even wider, and he remained silent for a long time.
"sharp!"
Not only the pharmacists were surprised by Gu Tiange's achievements, but also the Imperial Master Huangu, King Fengtian, Yue Mingye and others who were always paying attention to him were also surprised.
It can be said that Gu Tiange's achievement in breaking into the Nine-story Tower of Flames created an unprecedented event in the history of the Ancient Kingdom of Gods.
A moment later, Gu Tiange's figure appeared at the gate of the Nine-layer Flame Pagoda.
Seeing him coming out, all the pharmacists looked at him in awe, and the noisy square instantly became quiet.
"Moon Crazy Lion, will you challenge me again in the future?"
Gu Tiange walked to Yue Kuangshi, looked at Yue Kuangshi who no longer had any arrogance, and asked calmly.
"Gu Changqing, you are cruel!"
Moon Crazy Lion took a deep breath and uttered six words in a strong voice, sincerely convinced.
Time passes by minute by minute.
At nearly half an hour, Yue Chuan Shan's name appeared under Gu Tiange's name, symbolizing that he had ascended to the ninth floor of the Nine-Storied Flame Tower.
Soon, the seventh preliminary round ended, and a total of nineteen people entered the semi-finals.
"Gu Changqing, I didn't expect you to pass the challenge before me. I wonder what level you have climbed to?"
Yue Chuanshan, whose face was slightly pale, saw Gu Tiange waiting outside early. He was stunned for a moment, walked over slowly, and asked arrogantly.
"Ninth floor!"
Gu Tiange said calmly.
"Ninth floor!"
Yue Chuanshan's expression changed slightly, and he turned to look at the black crystal. His pupils instantly dilated, and the proud smile on his face solidified.
"How long did it take you to climb to the ninth floor?" Yue Chuanshan asked.
"Nine breaths!" Gu Tiange said.
"What...this is impossible, you lied to me!"
Yue Chuanshan retorted loudly, not believing that Gu Tiange was capable of this.
But his shouting was met with countless blank looks, and no pharmacists even admired him because of his achievements.
In front of Gu Tiange, his results were completely crushed.
When Yue Chuanshan got the confirmation from Yue Kuangshi, just as Gu Tiange said, his proud heart was severely hit and his face was ashen.