The three-hour competition made many alchemists feel very strenuous. After all, if they were not refining relatively advanced elixirs, they would not purify the materials to such a degree. A elixir usually requires more than ten or even twenty flavors. It takes such a long time to refine the materials blindly, and it is also understandable why it often takes a month to refine a pot of higher-grade elixir.
The second match will be held the day after tomorrow, and there will be a day off tomorrow.
In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, at least to a certain extent, the top 20 alchemists qualified for the second competition will be uniformly arranged to live in Shuanglan Villa in the south of the city. This Shuanglan Villa was also built for the Jiuzhou Danhui. It has been renovated many times since ancient times. Anyway, it will be repaired on a large scale every time before the Jiuzhou Danhui. Therefore, although it has a long history, it is not It doesn't look old, on the contrary, I can see the traces of the past in some places, and I just feel the ancient charm spontaneously, and I like it more.
Before the alchemy meeting was started, the villa was looked after by the abbots of the Dabei Temple in the past, and the current abbot is the Zen master Lio Que. He arranged for many disciples of the Great Compassion Temple to take care of the diet and daily life of the twenty incoming alchemists in the villa. The vegetarian dishes and staple food are prepared in the villa, while the meat dishes are bought ready-made outside. Monks don't eat meat, but it's not easy for these alchemists to follow suit.
The place in the villa is big enough, let alone 20 people, even 200 people can live there. Now only 20 people can live in it, so it is very spacious. There are still plenty of places to relax and enjoy, and there is also a alchemy room for practicing hands. Although there is only one day between the two competitions, there are those who are particularly hard-working and unwilling to rest for a day if they are not guaranteed.
But Rong Qing is obviously not the kind of person who will work hard at such a time, not that he doesn't know how to seize the time, but from a very practical point of view, this day really can't change anything, he doesn't care about cramming. Besides, if everyone else practiced a lot and he didn't practice, and he still won the first place in the end, wouldn't that make him more powerful!
When He Lianhong shows up, you can show off to him and ask for compliments. If the effect is good, you may even have a kiss and a hug! Thinking about it makes me feel very motivated.
For dinner in the evening, there are about twenty people in the main hall of the main courtyard of the villa, a table for five people, a total of four tables. Although there are only five people at a table, there are ten dishes and one soup, and these side dishes are all very delicate, even the carvings used for decoration are all made with great effort. Those who are familiar with it will know it is Qianyulou's meat dishes as soon as they smell it, and the fragrance will go straight to their noses like hands and feet.
These alchemists are used to being sought after on weekdays, so the food they eat and use is naturally the best, and if they don't have such dishes, they might lose their temper.
The top five players in the first competition sat on the same table, with Zhan Chaoyang on the left of Rong Qing and Gao Qinglin on the right. This kind of position made him more appetizing. If he sat directly between Ye Qingxin and Dong Jue, then he would Then you don't have to eat.
In fact, Rong Qing has already made a bigu, and the food of Qianyulou is good in the eyes of others, but it is just so-so for him as a chef. What he is aiming for is the braised duck wings of Qianyulou, which are fragrant, spicy and fresh, He eats more to know how to make it, and he can make it anytime he wants to eat in the future. He brought a lot of chickens, ducks and fish from the secret realm to raise them in the Nine Beads Space, and the ones he made must be more delicious than those outside!
Rong Qing was enjoying his meal, so naturally he didn't care about his image. Ye Qingxin frowned slightly, and finally stopped and sat down to drink tea after eating two bites. He obviously felt that Rong Qing's eating was really rude, so he couldn't tell. I also feel like I'm offended.
Dong Jue hadn't had enough, but saw Qingxin's sister sitting beside her, so she gave Rong Qing a look and followed her to drink tea. Even though he doesn't feel much about this kind of bitter stuff, he still has to pretend he knows how to taste it, and then he sees Rong Qing gnawing on the duck's wings, which is also very embarrassing for him.
Some people nearby saw Rong Qing's eating and smiled disdainfully, thinking that the people who came out of this corner were uneducated, and they paid more and more attention to their posture when eating, wanting to highlight their decency and Rong Qing's vulgar.
Gao Qinglin glanced at the people around him coldly, and then turned to Rong Qing, "You don't have to eat so fast, others are laughing at you."
Rong Qing put down a piece of duck wing and licked his mouth, then said nonchalantly: "It's just a bunch of defeated generals who never expected to catch up with me in this life, so they can only use such insignificant things to find a balance. But in my opinion, it's all ridiculously hypocritical.
Now even the girls and young men in the brothel know that it is useless to just put on a good posture, and stop showing off if you are not capable of conquering others! "
These words are really cruel enough! Zhan Chaoyang frowned when he heard it. Although he thought it was wrong for others to do so, this person's words were too much.
Seeing Zhan Chaoyang frowning, Rong Qing didn't care, he knew that Zhan Chaoyang was also an upright person, and he admired upright people, but in his opinion, he couldn't live with integrity alone. The experience of his previous life told him that if he wants to avoid being bullied by others in this world, he has to be ruthless. It doesn't matter whether he has strength or not.
Gao Qinglin didn't think Rong Qing's words were too much, anyway, he didn't like these people, and he thought he was great after entering the top 20, so he couldn't see the gap between himself and the people in front of him. There is nothing wrong with paying attention to etiquette, but bullying others in this way is the most uneducated manifestation.
"Hahaha! I haven't seen you for many years, but Mr. Mu's temper has grown a lot!"
A burst of hearty female laughter came in from the outside. Although it was not the delicate laughter of Xiaojiabiyu or a lady of the family, this voice was the best that everyone had ever heard. Like a rose with thorns, and like a peony among thorns. Even if I haven't seen the speaker yet, it doesn't prevent me from imagining the woman's celestial appearance.
Everyone looked out, and saw a tall beauty in a bright purple silk dress strolling in. The amethyst steps on the high bun were shaking people's hearts. Added a touch of coquettish beauty to her face. The hanging hair hangs on the back, and two locks on the left and right hang in front of the body. This gorgeous purple long dress has a slim waist, and everyone feels that the small waist that is swaying from side to side is really too tight to hold, and they want to touch it when they look at it.
City Lord Ye, who was walking beside the woman, coughed, and the crowd came to their senses, and some people had unknowingly stretched out their hands towards the woman, and they were embarrassed and didn't know what to look at. The Zen master Lie Que on the other side said: "Amitabha, Miss Zisu, please sit down, Lao Jian will ask someone to prepare another meal."
"No need," Zisu waved her hands with a smile, and walked towards Rong Qing, "I'm here to see an old friend today, and I already used the food when I came, so I don't need to bother you, Master."
Ye Peng smiled, "Miss Zi said she wanted to see her old friend when she came. I was still wondering who it was, but I didn't expect it to be Xiaoyou Mu. This is not a place to talk, why don't we go to the side hall to talk."
Zisu smiled charmingly, and put her hands on Rong Qing's shoulders, "Alright, then I will trouble City Lord Ye."
Everyone's envious eyes fell on Rong Qing, no one thought that Zisu, the number one beauty who was as famous as Ye Qingxin, would have such a good relationship with this country bumpkin! This person is not very handsome! How did he get Zimei's blue eyes
Rong Qing felt that he had once again become the focus of everyone, especially his shoulder with Zisu's hand on it. He felt that if the sight was lethal, this shoulder would have been useless by now! Of course, this is not the point, why Zi Su suddenly appeared here is not the point either! The point is, did no one see that he was still eating duck wings? Why did you just skip to "Go to the side hall for a talk"? Has no one asked him how he is
However, no matter how rich Rong Qing's inner drama was, in the end he followed Zisu and the others to the side hall, and even Ye Qingxin and Dong Jue went there. Forget about Ye Qingxin, she is the daughter of the city lord after all, but Dong Jue and the past are shameless in the eyes of everyone, do you think they didn't see Dong Jue almost drooling at Zisu? Everyone was drooling but he was the only one who could get in. This was even more unfair than when only Dong Jue and Ye Qingxin had the Beast Fire in the first match!
The side hall was very elegant and quiet, but Master Liao and City Lord Ye sat on the main seats. They were also elders after all, and the others sat below. Rong Qing sat in the first seat on the right. Ye Qingxin originally wanted to sit there, but Rong Qing took the lead, so she could only sit next to Rong Qing, but before she could sit down, Zisu stopped her.
I saw Zisu smiled gently and seductively: "Sister Ye should sit with your cousin on the left, and the seat next to Mr. Mu should be reserved for my sister."
In fact, Zisu's words really mean the literal meaning, but people can't help but be very imaginative nowadays, with a lot of inner drama, so they all have another meaning.
Ye Qingxin's face was burning hot, but she finally sat by Dong Jue's side.
Dong Jue felt a little regretful, at first he saw Ye Qingxin being next to Muyue and thought that Zisu would sit by his side. Although Zisu and Ye Qingxin are tied for the number one beauties, Ye Qingxin is still a little bit small, good-looking is good-looking, and she has a temperament, but she doesn't have the charm of Zisu.
Rong Qing lost his patience a little bit, since Zisu is here to visit a friend, then what does it mean that you guys sit here as a matter of course
"However, Master Zen and City Master Ye are busy people. I don't know what's going on with Zisu today? I don't know the two very well, so I don't know if there is anything I need to help with."
Rong Qing's question was rather reserved, at least in his own opinion. He didn't want to give Ye Peng face at first, but in the end, Zen master is here, and the Dan meeting is not over yet, so it's not a good time to do something!