"Yan Xiao, let's stop arguing with them for now. Save our energy so we don't hold Elder Feng back," Ke Ruxia said, still a bit worried.
After all, she had just been promoted to a fifth - level alchemist. Although Feng Yuqin had taught her about the quality of pills, she had never competed in front of so many people before, so she was quite nervous.
Hearing this, Yan Xiao glanced at Ke Ruxia and said, "Just stay calm and do as A Qin said. You won't hold her back."
"Actually, I'm a bit nervous too," Sun Jian said.
Yan Xiao: "..."
"Yan Xiao, I heard that the alchemists from Yue City are quite powerful," Ke Ruxia said, her voice a bit tense as her eyes fell on the area where the Yue City alchemists were sitting.
Unexpectedly, Yan Xiao just said indifferently, "Are they more powerful than A Qin?"
Ke Ruxia: "..."
Inspired by Yan Xiao's words, Sun Jian immediately gained confidence. "That's right. None of them is more powerful than Elder Feng. And since we were taught by Elder Feng, we're not worse than them."
Ke Ruxia looked at Sun Jian and was also encouraged. She nodded and said, "Yes, we were personally taught by Elder Feng. We must be more powerful than them."
Seeing that the two were now full of confidence, Yan Xiao let out a sigh of relief.
After all, in today's competition, the first round was a team - based test.
So the first round was crucial. It was either all of them would advance or all of them would be eliminated.
The participants in today's competition were from Tian City, Yue City, Xing City, and the Central Region.
Previously, the Central Region had always been the weakest. Each time, there were two teams of ten people in total.
However, in the Alchemist Guild of the Central Region, only Elder Lin and a few others could take on the main responsibilities. The remaining five were selected from the guild.
Each time, the other team would be eliminated in the first round.
And Elder Lin and the others couldn't even make it to the third round.
So the current situation of the Central Region was really awkward.
Yan Xiao could tell from everyone's eyes that they looked down on and despised the alchemists from the Central Region.
Of course, that was all in the past.
With A Qin here today, he believed their attitudes would change.
"There are still two quarters of an hour before the competition starts. Elder Feng will come, right?" Ke Ruxia asked nervously as she saw more and more onlookers gathering around.
"She will," Yan Xiao said, but he was still worried inside.
When there was only one quarter of an hour left, seeing that Feng Yuqin still hadn't shown up, Song Jianming's eyes flashed with a hint of anxiety.
As for Elder Lin and the others, Song Jianming thought there was no way they could win.
Otherwise, the Central Region wouldn't be in such an awkward situation.
So now Song Jianming was counting on Feng Yuqin.
But Feng Yuqin still hadn't appeared. His anxiety grew stronger and stronger.
Even Qian Minghui, the president of the Alchemist Guild of Xing City, started to mock, "Lao Song, I heard that the people you sent for this competition are a guest elder who just joined your guild recently and a few alchemists with mediocre strength?"
Yue Hongtu, the president of the Alchemist Guild of Yue City, also said, "I think Lao Song knows that the Central Region is going to lose this competition again, so he's just giving up."
Song Jianming's face turned extremely ugly. But seeing that Feng Yuqin hadn't shown up, he couldn't say much. He could only wait and see.
Although Tian City had the main guild, there was still an alchemist guild under it.
At this moment, He Kai, the president of the alchemist guild of Tian City, was sitting beside them.
Seeing that Feng Yuqin still hadn't arrived, he said to Song Jianming, "I heard that Feng Yuqin from your guild has a spiritual pet. Could something have happened to them?"
Song Jianming looked at He Kai and asked, "Is it allowed to rob privately in Tian City?"
"Of course not," He Kai said.
"Well, there you go," Song Jianming said. Although his status was lower than the others, he wasn't the kind of person who would grovel.
This made He Kai's face look a bit unpleasant.
Seeing this, the people from Yue City and Xing City flashed a hint of schadenfreude in their eyes.
As the competition time drew closer, almost all the major forces, whether they should have come or not, had arrived.
Many people from the hidden families were still in the dark and hadn't shown up yet.
But Mu Weizhu put on a veil hat and quietly appeared in a VIP seat arranged for her by Ou Yuanwu.
She wanted to see Feng Yuqin die in the competition field with her own eyes today.
Soon, Ye Chengkang, the president of the main guild, and Ou Yuanwu, the vice - president, also appeared.
Since people hadn't seen Ye Chengkang for many years, his appearance caused a small stir.
"I didn't expect President Ye to show up this year," someone said.
"Could this year's competition be different from previous ones?" another person guessed.
"What's different? Aren't the rules the same?"
"This year is a bit different in Tian City. Haven't you heard? There's a guest elder named Feng Yuqin from the Central Region who has a talking spiritual pet. And she will appear in the competition field today."
Song Jianming, Ye Xiao and the others started to get anxious.
Because the competition was about to start.
Ye Chengkang walked to the seat reserved for the president and sat down. Ou Yuanwu walked to the seat beside him and sat down. On both sides were the presidents of the alchemist guilds from other cities, including Song Jianming.
Song Jianming and the others immediately stood up to greet Ye Chengkang.
Ye Chengkang waved his hand, signaling them to sit down.
His eyes immediately looked towards the waiting area for the alchemists from the Central Region.
Since his seat was quite high, he could see everything clearly.
But he didn't see Feng Yuqin. A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes.
He immediately sent his confidant to find out what was going on.
Everyone thought that Ye Chengkang would announce the start of the competition after he came. But he just sat there without saying a word.
Ou Yuanwu beside him didn't understand what Ye Chengkang meant either. He wondered why he didn't start the competition.
Finally, he couldn't help but ask, "President, don't we need to start?"
Ye Chengkang gave Ou Yuanwu a cold look and asked, "Isn't there still half a quarter of an hour left?"
Ou Yuanwu: "..."
Although the people present couldn't hear what they were saying, they could tell something from their expressions.
It seemed that Ye Chengkang was quite dissatisfied with Ou Yuanwu.
So everyone was puzzled.
Before Ye Chengkang's confidant came back, there was a commotion outside the competition field.
Then, everyone saw Xiao Ying flying directly into the field.
On its back were Feng Yuqin and Su Bing.
"A Qin..." Yan Xiao immediately stood up and shouted when he saw Feng Yuqin.
Hearing Yan Xiao's voice, Xiao Ying immediately flew towards his position.
No one present expected Feng Yuqin to make such a high - profile entrance.
Mu Weizhu saw this scene and was extremely angry.
She didn't need to guess to know that the flying spiritual pet was the talking one.
Xiao Ying was worried that his phoenix form would be too eye - catching, so he transformed his appearance. So what everyone saw was a black flying beast.
Otherwise, it would probably cause an even greater stir.
"Lao Song, the people from your Central Region are really high - profile," He Kai, the president of Tian City, said sarcastically.
Song Jianming didn't answer because the worry that had been weighing on his mind was finally relieved when Feng Yuqin appeared.
"Bold! Who allowed you to enter the competition field on a flying beast?" Ou Yuanwu guessed Feng Yuqin's identity and immediately stood up and shouted angrily.
Feng Yuqin slowly got off Xiao Ying's back.
"Is this Feng Yuqin from the Central Region? She's so beautiful!"