"Hey! Come on, the teacher is optimistic about you~"
"..."
Raymond, who was on the console in the distance, was helpless and waved his hand awkwardly in response.
At this moment, Aldrich's coquettish old man was waving hello at him. With such movement, he was afraid that others would not know that the person on the ring was his disciple.
Raymond originally didn't want the old man Chido to get involved. After all, he didn't want to earn the reputation of a genius potion master, but wanted to use this springboard to enter the palace and rescue Anna.
But this bad old man is not afraid at all. He is a lonely man who has no fear of anything. If he doesn't come out and take a few steps, the arrogant guys in the Potion Master's Guild really think that his "Knox lineage" inheritance has declined.
Already.
He also said that this exchange meeting was, to put it bluntly, an internal gilding meeting of the Potion Masters Guild. If he, the teacher, did not come to help, he was afraid that Raymond, the disciple, would have no reputation.
"I don't need any cards..."
What Raymond didn't know was that this bad old man knew that he was sure to win the first place and wanted to use his hand to show off...
The older you get, the more angry you become.
At this time, the old man on the high platform was afraid that he was not eye-catching enough, so he wore the golden badge of his five-star potion master on his chest. Under the sunlight, it was as dazzling as a reflector, and the shining titanium alloy could blind others.
Dog eyes.
As soon as this coquettish move came out, it really caught everyone's attention.
"Oh, isn't this the old drunk Aldrich... When did this guy become a five-star potion master?"
"Didn't I hear that he has been hanging out in the tavern in the past two years? How come...he became a five-star potion master in the blink of an eye?"
"seriously?"
"Look at him being on equal footing with the president and the others, I'm afraid he won't be able to get any leave. Could it be that... our Potion Masters Guild needs another vice-president?"
"Vice President? Haha... I still don't like it. I'm afraid we haven't received the news yet. This Aldrich five-star master has withdrawn from our Potion Masters Guild. He is now observing the conference as a free Potion Master.
.”
"Oh no?"
"Haha, this kind of person will definitely regret it! After quitting the Potion Master's Guild, what can he do as a lonely five-star potion master? I'm afraid it won't be long before this kind of person will try his best to come back."
"I'm afraid it's not that simple... This Aldrich is also Chairman Boggs' junior brother. Maybe he has also joined the Thunderbird Chamber of Commerce."
"Thunderbird is just a first-class and second-rate chamber of commerce, how can it possibly shake the giant whale? They will definitely regret it..."
"Here... you see, the kid with the bandage on his face is the contestant recommended by the five-star master Aldrich. Tsk tsk... I thought that Daniel, the disciple of President Voss, would definitely come out on top in this competition. Now,
It seems... I’m afraid there’s going to be something good to watch.”
"..."
Because of Aldrich's amazing tricks, Raymond, the disciple, naturally attracted much attention.
He listened to the gossip in his ears, raised his forehead again and again, and said helplessly in his heart: "Why didn't I realize that this old man was so arrogant before? What stimulation has he received in the past two years..."
...
The whole process of the Genius Potions Master Conference is very boring.
There are a total of three assessment subjects in the finals, which are comprehensive evaluation and final ranking, medicine refining, general pharmacology and medicine identification.
Anyway, he didn’t have many acquaintances, and Raymond didn’t intend to save face for others.
He directly used a textbook refining technique to refine a Sequence 7 potion. In the end, with a purity of 90%, he was far ahead and won the first round of the assessment.
Daniel, the genius disciple of President Voss who ranked second, only reached 60%.
It’s not that the 60% purity is low, but that the purity is already the highest level in recent Genius Potion Masters Conferences.
The 90% purity of Raymond is really shocking.
If the bone age test had not determined that Raymond was a young man under the age of twenty, many potion masters would have thought that some old monster was deliberately pretending to be young to cause trouble when they saw this exaggerated purity.
...
The second link tests "Pharmacological General Knowledge".
Raymond didn't have any advantage and his results were mediocre.
This is purely a competition for the accumulation of knowledge of a potion master. Even if he has a photographic memory, he has only been exposed to potions for more than two years. His skills can be reliably increased, but his knowledge can only be accumulated slowly.
What's more, in the past two years, he has either been killing zombies or on his way to kill zombies. There is no world at all, and there are not enough advanced potion books for him to study.
So in this section, Daniel won the first place with an overwhelming advantage.
If there were no dark horse like Raymond, he would definitely be the most dazzling genius in these genius potion master conferences!
According to the original prediction, Daniel should have won all the way and came out on top. But in the first game, Raymond's advantage in refining the medicine was too great, and his evil aura eclipsed his genius aura.
...
The third link is "Defending Medicine", which compares with the potion master's knowledge and knowledge.
Raymond originally didn't care about winning or losing in this stage. As long as he could get into the top three, it didn't matter to him whether he was ranked first or not.
But the rules of this link force him to go all out. If he wins, he will gain a lot, but if he loses, he will suffer a lot.
There is a very interesting rule in this link.
In each round of the medicine defense duel, people take out a material and let everyone identify it. If someone recognizes the origin of the material, this thing will be lost to the opponent immediately.
One point is added for winning, one point is deducted for being recognized, and two points are added for taking out rare materials that are not recognized by anyone.
This compares to the amount of knowledge and vision of a potion master, and it also compares to the foundation.
This also means that if Raymond takes five ordinary materials at random and is recognized by others, regardless of losing the materials, he may end up missing the top three points and may not necessarily be able to go to the palace.
This kind of rule,
It is obviously particularly advantageous for a potion master with a strong talent like Daniel. In terms of background, who among the potion masters in the entire Black Sea can compare with his teacher, Vos Dell, the president of the Potion Masters Guild?
Raymond thought that he still couldn't lose too badly.
He looked at the competitors around him and made a decision in his mind: "It seems... I need to come up with something rare to make these guys in the Novice Village more knowledgeable..."
There are five rounds in total of "Defending Medicine", and the first round starts soon.
There are a total of eight people participating in the final. Each person takes out an object in turn, and the others answer questions. Whoever identifies the object first will own the object.
In this round of "medicine defense", the advantages of a super academic like Daniel were revealed.
The warehouse of the Potion Masters Guild contains almost all the potion materials in the Black Sea. He began to distinguish potions under the guidance of his teacher when he was one or two years old. Smell the smell, change the color, observe the shape...
As soon as the competition started, the gap immediately widened. Often when someone else had just taken out something, or even before the other person had seen the entire material, he would be able to tell the origin of the name of the material in one breath.
"Haihe flower..."
"Deinosuchus viscera powder"
"Twisted Gambara Seaweed..."
"..."
Each round is crucial, and only by scoring enough points in the first few rounds can the victory be secured in advance.
Daniel took the advantage in the first round, and the audience cheered loudly.
Among the eight items in the first round, the only material that no one recognized was the jar of [Hell's Unfrozen Fountain] that Raymond took out. He had a lot of this stuff, and even losing one jar would be useless.
It hurts. It's a pity that no one would recognize such a high-grade and boundless thing.
The first round results are out:
Daniel identified and answered 6 pieces of materials, and 1 piece was recognized, with a total of 5 points;
Raymond answered 0, not recognized 1, a total of 2 points;
Actor A, recognized 1, recognized 1, total 0 points.
The rest of the supporting cast lost 1 point.
...
Who can participate in the advanced finals of this genius potion master competition? Which one is not a genius? Which one is not a little arrogant?
Who can be willing to lose like this?
When other people saw this situation, they couldn't continue like this...
You can’t compete for first place, but you can still earn second place?
Everyone understands that Daniel stands out. After all, he is the president's close disciple. But his other competitors seem to be on the same level. No matter how hard we don't fight, we still have to peck each other with novices?
What's more, a great example like Raymond is here. As long as you can get enough rare materials, you can score points by standing still, so why not?
Everyone thought so, and this second round immediately caused a "bloody storm"!
One by one, the teenagers held their breath and took out materials that were more precious and rare than the last.
This round, even Daniel, who was so confident just now, was shocked. Most of the things that everyone took out were unique items that had never been seen in the warehouse of their Potion Masters Guild!
"Oh... what a coincidence, these babies seem familiar to me..."
Others looked at it in a big way, but Raymond saw those rare and almost unique materials in the Black Sea, but they were very familiar.
In the game, which player has not received any task of "finding XX materials"?
In the game, these people are all well-known NPCs who can issue tasks. Most of the materials they put out are really the "protagonists" in the weird tasks released to the players in the game.
.
Professional power levelers like Raymond have taken on this kind of mission no less than 10,000 times!
Due to the competition among everyone, treasures appeared frequently, which gave Raymond an advantage.
Each material is rarer than the last. In other words, they are all "super-class" things in textbooks. Not to mention their group of junior potion masters, even the intermediate potion masters sitting on the high platform have a headache just looking at them!
Daniel, the "student master", also became silent and did not dare to answer again.
They racked their brains, smelling, changing colors, observing shapes... trying hard to match up with the materials recorded in the classics, and the speed of identification became extremely slow.
But Raymond is different!
He can answer the questions in one glance for things he has seen in the game, but for things he has never seen before, he will not be able to answer them no matter how long he looks at them.
Titan sea rhinoceros horn, top quality phosphor stone, rainbow potion, ten thousand year winged bird bone...
I rushed to answer again and again, and collected treasures one by one.
"I didn't expect that after I left to participate in a potion competition, I actually harvested so many rare materials... The potion master is indeed super rich. These materials are probably worth at least hundreds of millions of quarks, and there is no market for them!"
Raymond became more and more excited as he answered. After these four rounds, his score was even with Daniel's without realizing it, already far behind the third place!
Seeing that the situation was over, no one else planned to make any money in the fifth round.
Obviously, this last round is when the first and second place really decide the winner.
Raymond only cares about whether he can be in the top three, it doesn't matter whether he is first or second.
But Daniel beside him was so nervous that sweat broke out on his forehead.
He is the one who has high hopes from many elders of the Potion Guild and is bound to win the championship. Now he has lost the most important potion refining competition and won the mediocre "Pharmacology General Knowledge". Only he can win in the third game.
Only then could he win the first place in the overall score of the "Black Sea Genius Potion Master Conference".
During the break, Daniel went back and picked up something he hadn't planned to take out.
"This is an ancient strange insect that my ancestor found in a ruins somewhere in the deep sea... As long as you can tell its general characteristics, I will consider myself a loser in this competition!"
"Strange insect?"
Raymond looked at the simple carving style of the stone box. It was obviously not a characteristic of the Knicks period, but probably the product of earlier civilizations. The world of navigation has gone through countless billions of years, and biological extinctions have occurred countless times. This
It’s hard to say whether there is a second type of ancient strange insect in the world. Who can know it?
When Daniel took out this thing, it was obviously invincible to others.
But that’s only for other people!
Although Raymond couldn't recognize it, the system could identify it.
According to the nature of the plot in the game, if someone rebels and takes out something like this, there must be a great reason for it.
Since you want to give me a baby, I have to accept it, right?
He thought for a moment, showed some curiosity, and asked cautiously: "What if I really identify this thing, what if you don't admit it?"
Daniel said confidently: "I will write down the general habits of this strange insect on a piece of paper first, and then you will answer! Whether the answer is correct or not, you will know later."
"Oh, that's fine."
Raymond read the system prompts and already had a chance to win.
In the stone box is a shriveled gray-white worm, a bit like a dehydrated cordyceps.
He pretended to drag his chin and observed for a long time, and then said: "If I guess wrong... this is a dormant 'Heavenly Zombie Ice Silkworm'. Its body is immortal and hard to be hurt by swords. It can be stimulated by cold air."
If so, it will give back weak signs of life..."
After hearing this, Daniel's face turned pale.
...
The much-anticipated 31st Black Sea Genius Potion Master Conference came to an end, and a strange young genius from a remote sea beat Daniel to win the first place.
This breaking news spread throughout Tianlan Capital overnight.
Three days later, as usual, the palace granted him a title.
...
But Raymond didn't expect that the insect he easily won would be really big and scary.
Even Lulu, a "supernatural power", didn't recognize this insect, but Ilya, the high priest, was shocked when he heard the name.
"What? Uncle, you actually got a [Tianzhi Ice Silkworm]?"
When Ilya held the stone box in front of him, his eyes almost popped out of his head in surprise.
Raymond didn't understand why the girl was so surprised and asked, "Do you know this thing? Is there any special use for this thing?"
Ilya rubbed the bugs in the box with his fingers and sighed: "It's so useful! This kind of strange bug has existed in the ancient times of the gods. It is a mythical creature."
"Ah? Is this insect really big?"
"Well. They were once 'parasites' in the bodies of some powerful mythical beasts."
“What’s so surprising about parasites?”
"Mythical beasts are super-level creatures that coexist with gods. How can the parasites in their bodies be simple? It is unlikely that there will be another such strange insect in the entire world now..."
Ilya slowly told the origin of the bugs and said: "After the age of the gods, the ancient elves found these immortal parasites in the corpses of certain mythical beasts... Later they also developed the 'Tianzhibing Ice'
Another use of silkworms is to cultivate them into a source of magic power through secret methods. Back then, I, the 'Witch Ancestor' of Nix, was lucky enough to get one. Later, I used ancient methods to parasitize my body, and then I became the legendary supreme god.
Body 'violent sea'!"
Raymond sounded a little familiar with the name and asked: "You are talking about... the 'Divine Body - Violent Sea' that is as famous as the high priest 'Divine Pattern - Wind Demon Cave' in the legend of Nyx civilization?"
Ilya nodded: "Yes!"
Raymond was delighted, "The legendary...infinite magic power?"