Chapter 551 Finals
Alchemy grand finals competition, quite different from the preliminary rounds.
The earlier rounds were public, seen by everyone. But the finals were relatively closed.
Jing Yan and the other twenty alchemists who had made it to the finals followed an old man in a white robe to a special place in Pill Spirit City.
This place was the Alchemy Hall of Pill Spirit City. At least one-third of the rare elixirs circulated on the Heavenly Origin Continent were refined here.
The Alchemy Hall was also the core of Pill Spirit City and similarly the core of Pill Country. Generally, the Alchemy Hall was closed off, inaccessible to outsiders. However, every grand finals of the Alchemy Competition was held within the Alchemy Hall.
There were not many people entering the Alchemy Hall at this time, aside from the competing alchemists, there were only the Great Pill King Hu Donghe, the Chang Huan Envoy, ten judges of the Alchemy Competition, and the old man in the white robe who hosted the competition.
On the way here, the old man in the white robe had explained the general rules of the finals.
The finals followed a single elimination system. The alchemists would compete in pairs, and each pair was determined by drawing lots. One could say that the final rankings not only required strength but also a certain amount of luck. Of course, if one’s strength could completely crush the other alchemists, then luck was completely unnecessary.
"Pill Masters, do you have any questions about the finals? If everything is clear and there are no doubts, then the finals will start now," the old man in the white robe said, smiling at Jing Yan and the other alchemists.
No one spoke.
"Very well, the finals begin now!"
"Proceed with the drawing of lots! You will each draw a number from one to twenty. The first round of competition will pair number one against number two, number three against number four, and so on! The rankings of the eleventh to twentieth alchemists will not be distinguished," the clear voice of the old man in white robes declared.