Chapter 19: Boiling water in a paper pot, burning gold and breaking chains
In the venue of the Danshi Conference, the assessment of the eighth group officially began. In the first line was He Lingxuan, who directly urged the Dan fire to hit the gong at thirty-six zhang. The gong made a loud noise, driving the tinkerbell next to it.
The assessor naturally knew He Lingxuan, and when he saw her performance so amazing, he said happily: "No. 1 in the eighth group, the first class." ”
On the stage, Zhuang Xinrong looked at He Wenbai and said with some envy: "Brother He gave birth to a good daughter!" ”
He Wenbai stroked his beard and smiled: "Brother Zhuang has a good reputation. As far as I know, Ling Lang has entered the Su Wonderland, right? ”
Zhuang Xinrong sighed and said, "He doesn't have the talent of a Dan master, so he can only practice the Fa." ”
"Wouldn't that be better? You provide the elixir to help Ling Lang practice, it must not be long before Ling Lang will advance to the Spirit Immortal Realm. ”
When Zhuang Xinrong heard this, he was right to think about it, and just as he was about to say something, he saw another first-class person on the field.
Su Xiangdi was arranged on the second place, and he did not directly choose the gong at 36 zhang, but first tested the water at 34 zhang. After that, adjust the intensity of the Danhuo and hit the gong at 35 places. After reaching a conclusion, the gong at the height of 36 zhang was successfully sounded
The examiner appreciated his approach and announced, "Group 8 No. 2, Class A." ”
Gao Zhixun was arranged on the third place, and like He Lingxuan, he directly chose to hit the gong at the thirty-six zhang level. It's a pity that his luck was not very good, and he didn't ring the gong. The second time, he adjusted the strength of the Danhuo and successfully drove Tinker Bell.
The examiner announced: "Eight groups of three, first class." ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone turned their eyes to Xu Jinghuai on the fourth in surprise. Xu Jinghuai felt a little pressure, walked to the nearest gong, and tapped it with his fingers. The assessor was displeased and warned: "Group 8 Four, please return to your place." ”
Xu Jinghuai agreed on the surface, but kicked a stone at the gong at thirty-six zhang under his feet. Embarrassingly, the gong shattered. The assessor was a little annoyed and said, "There will be another time, you don't have to participate." ”
Xu Jinghuai ignored him, and silently calculated the strength of the Danhuo in his heart. First of all, the nearest gong is 20 zhang, the farthest is 36 zhang, and a gong is added every other zhang in the middle. After some calculations, Xu Jinghuai directly hit the gong at a distance of thirty-six zhang, and the result was broken again.
Xu Jinghuai began to reflect, he thought that the strength of his calculations would not be bad. The problem should be with Danhuo, presumably the overall strength of the Snow Lotus Fire has increased, no wonder he felt something wrong when he was refining Dan before. After a sigh, he re-estimated the strength of the Danhuo.
Among the Dan masters who had withdrawn from the field, one of them mocked after seeing Xu Jinghuai's failure: "It's a shame to cheat and break it." ”
After Weng Zhuyue heard this, she said sarcastically: "Some people can't even touch thirty zhang, and they still have the face to talk about others." ”
The Danshi turned his head to look at Weng Zhuyue and scolded: "Where did you come from, stinky girl, you want to talk more?" ”
Weng Zhuyue said angrily: "Who are you scolding? Believe it or not, I pumped you? ”
That Dan Xiu stretched out his head and said forcefully, "You take one and try it." ”
Weng Zhuyue sacrificed a long whip to meet his request. However, that Dan Master was the Yellow Rank Nine Rank after all, and he sacrificed the Dan Fire with his backhand and attacked Weng Zhuyue. Weng Zhuyue was scared and fled in the direction of Xu Jinghuai.
Xu Jinghuai was about to hit the gong, and when he saw that he was about to make a move, seeing that she was in danger, he hurriedly controlled the Danhuo to save people.
The assessor was already dissatisfied with Xu Jinghuai, and immediately announced: "No. 4 in the eighth group, the results are invalid, and there is one more chance." ”
Xu Jinghuai looked at Weng Zhuyue and said with a wry smile: "You are really going to make trouble for me." ”
Weng Zhuyue said aggrievedly: "I only made it for you, and you still blame me." ”
Xu Jinghuai looked at the attacking Dan Xiu, glared at him fiercely, and then said to Weng Zhuyue: "Okay, you retreat first!" ”
Weng Zhuyue retreated and stood next to He Lingxuan. He Lingxuan looked at her and asked, "What do you have to do with him?" ”
Weng Zhuyue also looked at He Lingxuan and replied, "He is my man." ”
"Really? It's unfortunate to have a woman like you. ”
"Unfortunately, that's his business, what does it have to do with me."
He Lingxuan snorted and did not speak again.
Xu Jinghuai sacrificed Danhuo, thinking to himself, if he missed again this time, there would really be no chance. In order to guarantee success, he decided to use a little trick. He disguised two strands of Danhuo into one, the first light and the second heavy. Danhuo flew out, and the first strand successfully sounded the gong. Xu Jinghuai was overjoyed, and hurriedly controlled the two Danhuo to return.
The assessor found out the clue and snorted and announced: "Eight groups of four, the first class." ”
Xu Jinghuai bowed to him and left in style.
On the stage, Zhuang Xinrong naturally saw through his tricks, and said with some displeasure: "This kid has little ability, and he has a lot of means." ”
He Wenbai had a different opinion from him, but praised it: "He can remove the second Dan fire at the moment when the first Dan Fire strikes the gong, which I am afraid even Xuan'er can't do." ”
"In this case, his soul power is not bad, but why do you want to do it more?"
He Wenbai shook his head, he couldn't guess this.
Soon, the second assessment of the first phase of the "paper pot boiling water" was announced. The rule is to boil the water in a paper pot with a fire in a stick of incense, and there will be a six-leaf flower in the paper pot. One of the characteristics of the six-leaf flower is that the leaves fall off after a certain temperature.
Therefore, the scoring condition is to count the number of leaves shed while ensuring that the flowers are intact. If all of them fall off, they will be above the first grade, and so on.
After listening to the rules, Xu Jinghuai asked, "Is there only one Danhuo?" ”
The assessor replied, "There is no limit to the number of Danhuo. ”
At the beginning of the assessment, Xu Jinghuai did not start immediately, but observed other people's methods to learn from them. However, it was embarrassing that the eighteen Dan masters who entered the second round all had this idea.
Xu Jinghuai was helpless, looking at the dozen paper pots, a jar of water and three six-leaf flowers in front of him, and fell into deep thought. It is not difficult to boil water in a paper pot, the difficulty lies in how to make the six-leaf flower shed its leaves. However, if you can't do this by thinking about it alone, you have to experiment first, then gather information, and finally come up with a plan.
Xu Jinghuai took a paper pot and put it on the shelf, but did not add water to it, but directly urged the Dan fire to bake. This is done to make it easier to control the temperature of the Danhuo. Of course, he had to fill up the water and try again.
After that, he took another six-leaf flower and roasted it over a Dan fire to determine how much temperature would cause the leaves to fall.
Others, after seeing what he did, seemed to understand. At the moment, the relevant information is collected according to his method. Su Xiangdi was naturally no exception, he looked at Xu Jinghuai and praised: "Brother Jinghuai is really smart. ”
Xu Jinghuai said proudly in his heart, that is natural, I have been wandering so far, all by my brain and face. However, being too proud can be prone to accidents. No, a slight loss of mind, the six-leaf flower is ruined.
Xu Jinghuai shook his head, breathed a long sigh of relief, and calmed himself down. He took another six-leaf flower, carefully urging the Danhuo, and silently remembered the temperature of each leaf when it fell. Unfortunately, even with his caution, the flower on the top was ruined when the sixth leaf fell off.
Xu Jinghuai fell into deep thought again, thinking, what should be done to ensure the integrity of the flowers? After half a pillar of incense, Xu Jinghuai thought of a way to deal with it. To verify the feasibility of the method, he observes the others.
Some people boil water but can't make the leaves fall off; Some people can't control the temperature, and even the paper pot is burned through. Xu Jinghuai felt that these people were destined to be eliminated, and he had to set his sights on Su Xiangdi and others.
However, Su Xiangdi, like him, had already destroyed two six-leaf flowers, and he didn't dare to act rashly anymore.
Xu Jinghuai looked at He Lingxuan again, admiring in his heart, she was worthy of being the daughter of the president of the Dan Association. She is very precise in her temperature control, and she has already burned four leaves. Not long after, the fifth leaf fell off, and she immediately stopped, looked at the assessor and said, "I'm done." ”
The examiner found that she still had a six-leaf flower and persuaded, "You can try again, maybe you will get better results." ”
"No need, I'm already at my limit."
The assessor nodded and announced, "He Lingxuan is complete, and the grades are in the first class." ”
Xu Jinghuai smiled slightly, and said to He Lingxuan: "You're done anyway, why don't you give me that six-leaf flower!" ”
He Lingxuan pointed to Weng Zhuyue under the field and asked, "Your woman?" ”
Xu Jinghuai's head shook like a rattle, and he denied: "No." ”
"Little man, don't you think you're a little too ruthless?"
"Don't forget it, why do you talk so much nonsense."
He Lingxuan picked up the six-leaf clover flower and threw it to him, and admonished: "Remember, you owe me a favor." After speaking, he walked towards Weng Zhuyue.
Xu Jinghuai saw what the two were chatting about, and nodded from time to time. With his years of survival experience, this is not a good thing. However, after thinking about it, as long as you get the reward, can't you just walk away when the time comes?
Thinking of this, he looked at Gao Zhixun again and found that this guy actually learned He Lingxuan's way. However, his situation does not seem to be rosy. The reason for this was that he wanted to get a first-class grade, but when the sixth leaf fell off, the flowers were also destroyed. No way, the two are too close.
Gao Zhixun gritted his teeth and decided to seek stability. The third time, he stopped in time after the fifth leaf fell off.
The examiner announced: Gao Zhixun has completed and his grades are in the first class.
Gao Zhixun looked at Xu Jinghuai and said proudly: "Time is running out." ”
Xu Jinghuai didn't care, but those Danshi who were boiling water were miserable. After they heard Gao Zhixun's words, they panicked, and it was all over. Gao Zhixun suddenly felt a chill in his back, swept left and right, and found that all the Dan masters were staring at him viciously, including Ding Yang. He snorted and scolded, "You shit, what do you see? ”
Ding Yang didn't dare to be angry or speak, so he had to sigh and prepare to leave. Seeing this, Xu Jinghuai threw him a six-leaf flower and advised: "Accept it when you see it, don't be too greedy." ”
Ding Yang was moved, but he didn't talk nonsense, took a new paper pot, added water and boiled flowers. This time he was aiming for four leaves, although he felt like he could get to five.
After a while, the examiner announced: Ding Yang is finished, and his grades are below the first grade.
Xu Jinghuai glanced at Changxiang first, then looked at Su Xiangdi, and reminded kindly: "Don't wait, you can't learn my method." ”
Su Xiangdi smiled: "I don't lack that reward. ”
Xu Jinghuai was helpless, thinking to himself, this guy is too shameless, and he is clearly plagiarizing his own research results. The most annoying thing is that he really can't consume it.
At the moment, pour water into a pot, then put the six-leaf flowers into the water, and then freeze the flowers with cold ice. Then, the rest is much easier.
After Su Xiangdi saw it, he praised: "Brother Jinghuai is really smart. ”
Xu Jinghuai has suffered a loss, but this time he concentrated on controlling Danhuo and was not affected. Soon, he burned all six leaves and kept the flowers intact.
The examiner announced: Xu Jinghuai has completed and his grades are first-class.
Su Xiangdi is not a Fa cultivator, and he cannot copy Xu Jinghuai's method. However, you can't copy it. In addition to his identity as a Dan Master, he is also a Little Sword Immortal. As long as he used his precise sword qi to isolate the temperature the moment the sixth leaf fell off.
Everything went well, and the examiner announced: Su Xiangdi was completed, and his grades were first-class.
Xu Jinghuai watched him walk away and praised: "Brother Su is still a sword cultivator, I admire him." ”
Su Xiangdi said humbly: "Brother Jinghuai is polite, it is nothing more than alchemy, learning to protect himself." ”
"Self-preservation alone is a little sword immortal, if you study it carefully, you won't be able to get it."
"Brother Jinghuai said that he laughed, you are also the three lines of the Battle Fadan, if you only attack one line, with your brother's intelligence, you will definitely shock one side."
He Lingxuan looked at the two people in front of her, and suddenly felt her stomach tumbling. She guessed that Xu Jinghuai's heart at the moment must be that he scolded Su Xiangdi for being shameless. And Su Xiangdi's mind was gloomy, and he must be jealous of Xu Jinghuai's intelligence. However, these two people are pretending to be themselves, and those who don't know think they are friends of life and death.
At this time, the examiner announced: Dai Yangbo was completed, and his grades were first-class.
As soon as these words came out, Xu Jinghuai and Su Xiangdi were stunned. They were very sure that the sixth leaf could not be separated by a fire, at least not at this stage. So, how did this Dai Yangbo do it?
Gao Zhixun's face was gloomy, and he looked at the assessor and protested: "He wrapped the flowers in a paper pot, which is obviously cheating." You should cancel his grades. ”
The assessor was a little displeased: "There is no such article in the rules, then it is allowed." ”
Xu Jinghuai understood it, he looked at Su Xiangdi, Su Xiangdi also looked at him, and both of them smiled helplessly.
Dai Yangbo walked towards Xu Jinghuai and arched his hand: "Under Dai Yangbo, thank you Brother Jinghuai." ”
Xu Jinghuai sincerely appreciated: "You are much smarter than me. ”
"How dare you, how dare you. In the next is also inspired by Brother Jinghuai. ”
He Lingxuan grabbed Xu Jinghuai's arm and asked, "You have already figured it out, right?" ”
Xu Jinghuai firmly denied it: "When I came up with it, you had already finished it. ”
"And what if I have one more chance?"
"But you're not a Fa cultivator!" Xu Jinghuai muttered.
He Lingxuan looked at Su Xiangdi again. Su Xiangdi had a bitter face, and said helplessly: "You are not a sword cultivator!" ”
Dai Yangbo knew He Lingxuan and said in advance: "It's none of my business, I came up with it last." ”
He Lingxuan said angrily: "I didn't ask you." ”
Zhuang Xinrong looked at the quarrel in the audience and said suspiciously: "With their Dan Skill attainments, I'm afraid they can't accurately separate the sixth leaf, right?" ”
He Wenbai explained: "It's really difficult to rely on Danhuo alone, but my original intention was to test their soul power, but it's a pity that the rules are not complete. ”
The assessor coughed, quieting the crowd. After that, it was announced that the third assessment of the first phase of "burning gold and breaking the chain" officially began. The rule is very simple, that is, in a stick of incense, burn a chain with a Dan fire. Scores are given based on the thickness of the chain they choose.
There are not many Dan masters participating in the third election, only seven. The main reason is Gao Zhixun's sentence "Time is running out", and most of the Dan masters were eliminated at once.
Xu Jinghuai looked at the black chain in front of him, the thinnest one was as thick as an arm. I thought to myself, this is probably not a test of Danshi, but a test of Danhuo.
Gao Zhixun is very confident in this assessment. In terms of Danshu, he may not be better than others, but in terms of Danhuo, he is confident that he can rank in the top three.
Ding Yangke was uncomfortable, his Dan Huo was very average, and he might even be the worst of the seven. Xu Jinghuai seemed to guess his mind and comforted: "Don't worry, this is the first stage." You just choose a moderate one, and then refine a stick of incense, and the results are not bad. ”
Ding Yang nodded, thought of something again, and persuaded: "Your Danhuo is a little special, let's be conservative!" ”
Xu Jinghuai said confidently: "Don't worry, I have my own measure." After that, I chose the thickest one.
Ding Yang: ╮(╯_╰)╭
The examiner lit incense, and the seven of them each urged the Danhuo. Except for Ding Yang, everyone else chose the coarsest one.
Ding Yang: ╮(╯_╰)╭
Time passed quickly, and seeing that half an hour had passed, except for Ding Yang's remarkable effect, the chains of the other six people did not even fall off.
Gao Zhixun was anxious, and directly urged the four Dan fires to calcinate around the chain. Strange to say, after he sacrificed the four strands of Danhuo, the thick chain of the bucket actually took off a thick layer of skin, revealing a bright silver color. Seeing this, the other five people sacrificed four Danhuo one after another.
Ding Yang: ╮(╯_╰)╭
Another quarter of an hour passed, and the bright silver chain that had peeled off could not be burned. Shi Yong gave up decisively and chose a chain that was slightly thicker than Ding Yang.
Ding Yang: ╮(╯_╰)╭
He Lingxuan thought that it was not a way to go on like this, and decided to urge the original form of Danhuo. Suddenly, four fire leopards spun around the chain.
Seeing this, Gao Zhixun was surprised: "You are also a golden-veined leopard fire?" ”
He Lingxuan turned his head and looked at it, and asked rhetorically, "Isn't it okay?" ”
Gao Zhixun smiled awkwardly and said, "What a coincidence, so am I." ”
He Lingxuan felt that this sentence was somewhat familiar, as if she had heard it somewhere.
Gao Zhixun also urged the original form of the golden-veined leopard fire, and then quietly observed the others and found that Dai Yangbo was also the golden-veined leopard fire. I wondered in my heart, is this golden-veined leopard fire so common?
Su Xiangdi looked at Xu Jinghuai and said with a smile: "Brother Jinghuai is really patient. ”
Xu Jinghuai smiled back and said, "Each other." "But my heart is miserable! It's not that he doesn't want to urge the original form of the snow lotus fire, but he doesn't dare!
Su Xiangdi felt that there was no need to spend time with him here, and at the moment, he also urged the original form of Danhuo, which turned out to be a fire ape.
Zhuang Xinrong was surprised after seeing Su Xiangdi's original form: "Golden Silk Ape Fire, that old guy is really willing." ”
"My own son, what is there to be reluctant to." He Wenbai knocked on the chair and said.
Zhuang Xinrong was right when he thought about it, and then looked at Xu Jinghuai, and found that he had not urged the original form of the Danhuo until now, and said curiously: "What kind of Danhuo do you say that kid will be?" ”
He Wenbai went through the common Danhuo in his mind, and thought of Xu Jinghuai's previous performance, and guessed: "It should be between the golden leopard fire and the golden ape fire." ”
"I don't see it, this kid has quite a background."
He Wenbai didn't speak again, but quietly looked at these excellent Danshi seedlings.