Chapter 242: Xiahou Yu Rou
"Young master Yan, this is?" Ye Yu Xi was a bit confused by the scene in front of her.
"This miss doesn't know about the Alchemist Selection Meet, so it isn't strange to be surprised by this scene. We'll go over now and I'll slowly explain this to this miss later."
Ye Yu Xi and Qing'er followed Yan Hao's group down the mountain.
"Young miss, what is happening? Why are there so many people here?" Qing'er saw all the tents in front of here, there were several hundred people here!
Ye Yu Xi coldly looked at the scene in front and she said to Qing'er, "First let's see what this is about, be careful."
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"Big brother Yan Hao, you came late today." A clear female voice rang out.
Ye Yu Xi's group looked over in the direction of the voice. There was a red clothed girl who seemed to be around sixteen-seventeen sitting in a tree, looking at Yan Hao with a smile.
"Our Snow Shadow City can't compare to your general's manor. What, is young miss Xiahou also participating in this year's Alchemist Selection Meet?" Yan Hao saw the girl greeting him and replied with a smile.
"I don't like things like cultivating, but my old dad took a blade and forced me to come. All that cultivating is so annoying, there are times cultivating can't compare to eating." Xiahou Yu Rou said this while taking melon seeds out from an unknown place, leisurely biting into them.
Yan Hao said a few simple words with Xiahou Yu Rou before leading Old Hong and his followers to find an empty place to place his tents.
"Young master, those mercenaries who ambushed you, could they have been prepared by the general's manor?" Old Hong walked beside Yan Hao as he spoke in a low voice.
Yan Hao had a smile when he spoke with Xiahou Yu Rou, but his face turned serious in the blink of an eye. He slowly shook his head, "It can't be…..With Xiahou Yu Rou's innate talent and personality, she disdains doing things like this. It should be someone else's move against me."
Ye Yu Xi and Qing'er stood there, not following Yan Hao and Old Hong.
At this time, Ye Yu Xi was looking over these people at a close range. Ye Yu Xi found that these people seemed to get along on the surface, but there were groups of tents placed together.
These tents were split into large and small forces, all keeping distance from each other and being guard against each other.
"Two young misses, my young master invites you over." A servant came beside Ye Yu Xi and Qing'er.
Ye Yu Xi looked at the person in front, it was one of Yan Hao's two followers. She nodded and followed him to the tent Yan Hao's group had just set up.
They took off their bamboo hats at the entrance of the tent and the two of them entered.
Yan Hao and Old Hong looked at Ye Yu Xi and Qing'er who just came in and they revealed a look of surprise.
They never thought the two people in front of them would be so mysterious. There were actually black masks under the bamboo had, so they couldn't see their faces.
Yan Hao didn't care about this too much. The people who could come here, how many of them didn't have any selfishness?
"What does this miss want to know, you can directly say it. This Yan will tell you everything I know." Yan Hao revealed a faint smile to the two in front of him.
Ye Yu Xi looked at Yan Hao and thought that this person's cultivation wasn't bad. Being able to reach the fifth spiritual level at such a young age, he also didn't have a dandy attitude like the normal rich family's junior.
"Then I'll directly say it. That Alchemist Selection Meet young master Yan mentioned, just what is it it? There are this many forces here and this scene has appeared in the Heaven Mountain Range, it is a bit strange." Ye Yu Xi also looked over Old Hong.
Chapter 243: Alchemist Selection Meet
Yan Hao seemed to have expected this question from Ye Yu Xi as he responded without even thinking, "Ningyuan City has weakened in the past few years and although it is one of the five main cities, its position is not like before. There are some things that Ningyuan City hasn't participated in in several years, this Alchemist Selection Meet is one of them."
Ye Yu Xi's brows jumped up. According to what Yan Hao said, Ningyuan City was several levels weaker than the other main cities!
Ye Yu Xi did not cut Yan Hao off and used her eyes to signal Yan Hao to continue.
"Young miss should know how rare alchemists are, the Alchemist Academy chooses some people who have the hope to become alchemist to give them instruction. It's said that people who learn from the Alchemist Academy have a one fifth chance to become an alchemist!" Yan Hao's eyes revealed a faint yearning.
Alchemist, this temptation to normal cultivators was too big!
A one in five chance, it didn't sound high, but for an occupation like alchemy which only one in a million had a chance to learn, an academy where a fifth of the students could become alchemists was already considered heaven defying.
Although Ye Yu Xi had never left Ningyuan City, she still knew how much respect alchemists had. Hearing Yan Hao's words, she could also understand the attractiveness this Alchemist Selection Meet had for these people. But to Ye Yu Xi…..this is something she could do without. After all, Ye Yu Xi had Long Xiao Pang, this continental treasure by her side.
"All these powers came for….." Ye Yu Xi did not finish her words.
"For the Beast Flame." Yan Hao spoke very directly.
"Beast Flame?" Ye Yu Xi pretended to be shocked as she said in a high voice, "Isn't that a legendary thing?"
Yan Hao nodded as he straightforwardly said, "I won't hide it from this young miss, this Alchemist Selection Meet is held once every three year and each time the Alchemist Academy would announce the location of a Beast Flame. If anyone can refine the Beast Flame, they can directly enter the Alchemist Academy. The others need to be picked by levels and even in terms of pill refining skills. The final winners can also train in the Alchemist Academy."
Ye Yu Xi gave a slight nod. It really was a well known academy of the Purple Cloud Continent, even being an outer disciple was this strict.
"Why are there so many people gathered here?" With how important the Beast Flame was, common sense would state that everyone would be searching for it. With how peaceful it was now, it was very strange!
Yan Hao's lips curled into a bitter smile, "This is the matter I want to talk to the young miss about, this year is different from before. The Beast Flame has appeared in the Serpentine Mountain Range. The young miss should know a bit about how the name Serpentine Mountain Range came to be, right?"
Ye Yu Xi nodded, "The Serpentine Mountain is where the Snow Spine Copper Marked Snakes gather and there are many snake marks on the rocks, so that's how the Serpentine Mountain Range gained its name."
"Although the Snow Spine Copper Marked Snakes are only spirit beasts in the fourth spiritual level, the most terrifying thing about them is their numbers. There would also be a female snake in the fifth spiritual level among each hundred snakes. One or two can be easily dealt with, but there are several dozen mountains in the Serpentine Mountain Range. Once one meets a large amount of Snow Spine Copper Marked Snakes, without strength at the seventh spiritual level or above, it is certain death." Yan Hao said with a nod.
"They're actually this strong?" Ye Yu Xi still had the same look of surprise.
Yao Hao nodded, "It's because of this that everyone came up with an agreement to gather like this and enter the mountains together. This way, we should be able to take care of a large amount of Snow Spine Copper Marked Snakes if we do meet them."