Chapter 470: Magical Arena
"Tier 5 pills of 93% purity?!"
"Heaven, is this an illusion? Even I can barely make an 80% pure pill. This is truly eye-opening."
"To think there are so many monsters in the younger generations…" The elder who spoke the last line suddenly realized something.
"We failed to perform the age test!"
His sudden exclamation caught the attention of the other old men. They all looked a little embarrassed that they forgot to check Noah's age after hearing that he was a Rank 5 Alchemist.
"It's fine, I can take that test now." Noah also chuckled lightly, seeing their embarrassed expressions, and suggested.
Taking out the palm-sized orb, one of them presented it to Noah, instructing him to place his hands on the orb.
Noah smiled and followed their instructions. At the same time, he used the powers of the mask he was wearing to change his bone age from less than 5 years to…
20 Years Old!
Seeing the numbers, the elders were rendered speechless. They did not doubt the results of the orb as no one has ever been able to fake the results.
"A 20-year-old Rank 5 Alchemist, what a prodigy."
"No wonder the emperor recommended you himself."
The expression of the elders changed, and they became more respectful towards Noah.
They naturally knew with his talents, it wouldn't take Noah long to create a Tier 6 pill.
But they also believed that Noah already had a master. Although the basic level knowledge of Alchemy was public, only with proper guidance could a talent bloom truly.
"This tournament will be even more interesting with you!" The elders commented on Noah's talent for a little more before personally taking him towards the next room.
"Who is that? Why is he with the supervisors?"
"Could it be another participant?"
Seeing Noah entering the room, everyone immediately turned to look at him, curious about his identity.
The whole room was filled with the participants who managed to pass the previous screening.
Noah even managed to locate the group of cloaked women among them; all five of them managed to pass the test.
He ignored a sharp gaze he felt coming from the other side of the room. The elders left Noah among the other participants and moved towards the front.
Seeing this, everyone understood that Noah was merely the last contestant and did not look at him any longer.
"Now that the screening process is completed, you all will follow us to the arena." One of the three supervisors spoke, addressing all the 84 participants.
Although 80 alchemists sounded like an astonishing number of talents, the whole Feng Empire had around 3 billion humans, and among these people, only more than half of them were cultivators.
In this huge number, a mere amount of some 80 alchemists were talented enough to become alchemists under the age of 30.
"Take a good look at each one of them, we should recruit them to our sect later." The woman from the Alchemy Pavilion whispered lightly while glancing around the room. Discover more content at My Virtual Library Empire
The cloaked figures beside her also nodded, accepting her words.
"The rules and the contents of the challenges will be revealed outside." The elders spoke for a while, introducing the participants to some minor things before leading them outside.
Noah stayed at the end of the crowd as they were led toward the grand stage in the middle of the arena.
Noah could hear indistinct cheers from the crowd as the alchemists made their appearance.
The audience shifted in their seats as they moved closer to look at the talents of the Feng Empire.
Captain Black Sword, also glanced at the incoming alchemists, but suddenly his dead fish eyes widened so much that his sleepiness vanished.
He appeared as if he had seen a ghost among the participants. The alchemists looked around in confusion, wondering why the person before them was acting like that.
Noah showed a feral smirk in return for his shock.
"Who is he?"
"Interesting~"
"Maybe this tournament is not as boring as I thought." Others may not have caught it, but the powerful cultivators immediately saw the interaction between the two of them.
They all looked at Noah with a look of interest. The people from the major families sent their people to gather information on Noah.
"Who is that person?" Just like others, Xin Yan was also curious about Noah's relationship with the captain.
"That is the head captain of my army, Captain Black Sword. Noah fought him once and I think he has taken interest in that man ever since–"
Before Wuhan could complete his sentence, he felt a huge amount of killing intent that pierced his heart and soul.
"I mean in terms of character, don't think too much!!!" Wuhan hurriedly corrected his words. Fortunately, Xin Yan calmed down instantly and no one else sensed her killing intent.
'Why did I suddenly feel an insurmountable dread flushing over my body and vanishing instantly.' Captain Black Sword shivered in his spot and looked at Noah, wondering if he had done something.
But thinking about his relations with Wuhan, he shook his head and regained his dead fish eyes.
Taking the signal from the supervisors, Captain Black Sword walked to the side and waved his hands.
The scenes on the stony platform changed, and the stone plates on the stage started to tremble, scaring the participants.
But under the guidance of the supervisors, they all calmed down.
As the captain raised his hands, the stone platforms started to rise in the air, and the stone slabs that moved were replaced by the new ones.
Noah watched with amusement as the stone slabs moved under the guidance of Qi and started to assemble.
*Clank!*
*Bang!*
Three separate small platforms were created instantly on the major one.
Then the slabs started to deform and converge in the middle of the air, they combined to form several tables and holders.
These were the basic things, but what happened next made the magical event even more grand.
Stone pillars started to emerge from the ground and form a beautiful construction around the stage.
This structure was not just for show; it was made in accordance with the contents of the challenges these participants were about to face.
Even the participants with profound backgrounds were surprised at something like this for the first time.
"Welcome everyone, to the Tournament Of Talents!" The elders rose to the air stood above each minor platform and enhanced their voices with their Qi.