From a distance, Xiao Yuan glanced at Xiao Yan, who was surrounded by good luck in love. The corner of his mouth curled up, and he immediately found an open space to sit cross-legged. He did not want to get too close to anyone so as not to expose his identity. Even if Xiao Yan recognized him, he would not recognize him.

However, his gaze was not obscure. At least Xiao Yan, who was always vigilant, sensed his gaze.

Then his pupils shrank.

This... looks like a familiar outfit!

Although the style of this white dress was a little unfamiliar and not something he had seen before, Xiao Yan was extremely familiar with the combination of this white dress and veil!

Seeing Xiao Yan's gaze shift to the woman in the white dress, Cao Ying couldn't help but frown.

No, what do you mean?

Who do you look down on?
"Hey, hey, hey, are you into the pure type? Am I not good enough?"

Cao Ying doesn't think that she can lose to other women in terms of appearance. Although she was indeed a little inferior to Xiao Yuan after meeting him before, he is a man!

Although Xiao Yan had no evidence, he felt that the woman in the white dress was most likely his third brother who sneaked in. Since his third brother did not come over to talk to him, but instead deliberately kept some distance from him, it proved that he would not recognize him. In this case, it would be most appropriate to pretend that they did not know each other.

"You misunderstood. I was just thinking that although this person has the badge of a seventh-grade senior alchemist on his chest, his strength may not be limited to this."

Xiao Yan felt the rising anger of the enchanting beauty beside him, and explained helplessly.

How to say it, he was not interested in Cao Ying. Compared with Xun'er, anyone else would pale in his eyes.

But Cao Ying is the disciple of Senior Xuan Kongzi. Before entering the Dan World, Xuan Kongzi once sent a message to him, asking him to secretly take care of Cao Ying, because Danta had received news before that someone from the Soul Palace had infiltrated the team of contestants.

"What did you see?"

Cao Ying raised her eyebrows when she heard that and asked curiously.

"No, it's precisely because I can't see anything that I have such thoughts."

Xiao Yan shook his head and said.

"But is it really okay for you to stay by my side like this?"

Then, although Xiao Yuan did not look over there, he spoke meaningfully.

"Are you talking about Song Qing?" Cao Ying glanced at the man with a gloomy face not far away, curled her lips, and then slowly said, "With his strength, do you think I would be interested in him?"

"Well, don't use me as a shield then!"

Xiao Yan smiled bitterly.

Not far away, Wang Yuandan looked at his uncle being harassed by the witch and could only sigh that it was good to be young. He then found an open space nearby and sat down.

From beginning to end, his soul power and aura were locked on Xiao Yan. There was no other way. The master had told him to protect his uncle.

"Can I team up with you later? I feel like the mission will be much easier if I follow you."

Cao Ying said with a smile.

Hearing this, Xiao Yan nodded: "It's not impossible, but you have to listen to my command."

"Ah? Doesn't that mean I have to do whatever you tell me to do?"

Cao Ying suddenly bit her red lips, her eyes flickering, like a pure little white rabbit who knew nothing.

"Why don't you just go by yourself?"

Xiao Yan just felt that this woman was truly a witch, a pure beauty that brings disaster. Keeping her around would definitely be a terrible choice.

You know, although this round of tests in the Alchemy Realm, ostensibly only requires entering to find some rare treasures according to the mission requirements, everyone knows that this second round of tests is to screen out most people. The biggest enemy is not some magical beasts in the Alchemy Realm, but the other contestants.

If it weren't for Xuan Kongzi's instructions, and if Cao Ying hadn't gone to Xuan Yi's courtyard time and again to make herself familiar to him, with Xiao Yan's personality, he probably wouldn't bother to care about her. This female enchantress was really annoying!

"Hehe!" Cao Ying let out a crisp laugh upon seeing this, and couldn't help but pat Xiao Yan's arm with her slender hands.

Xiao Yan only felt his temples swelling. The first time he saw this woman, he felt that this woman was really difficult to deal with. Now it seems that his intuition was right.

Xun Er is still the best.
I don’t know how she is doing in her clan.

Xiao Yan was lost in thought.

?

Cao Ying's laughter gradually faded away. Looking at Xiao Yan's affectionate face, she couldn't help but feel curious.

This guy, does he already have someone he likes?

But before he had time to think about it further, an old man in ordinary clothes appeared without warning in front of the passage. Under the old man, there was a giant turtle that was completely black and as hard as black iron crawling on the ground, and the old man was sitting cross-legged on the back of the giant turtle.

Judging from the badge on the old man’s chest, he is obviously a member of Danta. However, few people have heard of the emergence of such a person in Danta.

Xiao Yuan's eyes swept over the lazy old man, but his heart was startled, because he found that he could not see through the strength of this old man riding a turtle at all.

"As expected of Danta, it is indeed a place of hidden dragons and crouching tigers"

When Xiao Yuan withdrew his gaze implicitly, the old man who had been in a dozing state suddenly opened his eyes. The moment he opened his eyes, Xiao Yuan felt that the soul power entrenched in the center of his eyebrows vibrated.

This person is actually a veteran eighth-grade alchemist whose soul has already advanced to the spiritual realm!
The old man opened his eyes and glanced at Xiao Yuan, but didn't find anything unusual. He then glanced at the field and said weakly:
"It's almost time to enter the Alchemy Realm. Everyone who enters here should come to me to get a task medicine list, a map of the Alchemy Realm, and a space stone. The medicine list contains the herbs you must find inside. Only when you have collected all the herbs on it can you be considered to have successfully passed this level."

"I won't say much about the purpose of the map. It shows the exit of the Dan Realm. After you have collected all the herbs, you can rush there."

"As for the space stone, it is used to save your life. If your life is at stake, you can crush the space stone, and then you will be automatically sent out of the Dan Realm. However, crushing the space stone means that you have lost the qualification to continue participating in the competition. Do you understand?" At the end, the old man slowly raised his eyes and said. Hearing this, everyone nodded slightly. No one who can come here at this speed will be a pushover. Naturally, they know that the old man in front of them is not an ordinary old man.

"The Dan Realm is not suitable for staying for a long time due to its dilapidated state, so you only have ten days to search for the herbs needed for the mission. Identifying herbs is a basic skill for alchemists, and you shouldn't be taught by others, right?"

The old man curled his lips and said lazily:
“Also, although the Dan Realm is not suitable for human habitation, it is a paradise for some magical beasts. After years of reproduction, the magical beasts in the Dan Realm are also extremely powerful. If you encounter one, be careful and don’t lose your life, because no one will save you. You should be mentally prepared for this.

The Alchemy Contest is not a game, nor is it an ordinary competition. It is a real bloody battle arena! The one who can stand till the end of the bloody battle is the champion of this Alchemy Contest. The success of a general is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers, and the same is true for the Alchemy Contest.

At the end of his words, the old man's voice became obviously colder and harsher.

"Let's not waste any more time. If you are mentally prepared, come up and claim your stuff. If you want to quit now, it's still not too late."

The old man riding the turtle slowly glanced around, but no one retreated. Everyone present was capable, so how could they be scared away by his words?

Soon after the old man riding the turtle finished speaking, a middle-aged man in an alchemist's robe stood up expressionlessly, walked up to the old man, took the thing, stepped forward, and walked straight into the slowly rotating space channel, and then quickly disappeared.
After the middle-aged man, more people began to come forward one after another. After taking the things, they walked into the space passage swiftly.

Xiao Yuan was not in a hurry at all. After watching Xiao Yan and Cao Ying walk side by side into the space channel, and Wang Yuandan following closely behind them, he stood up slowly and walked to the old man riding the turtle.

"Your Excellency's soul power is so strong, you actually came to participate in the alchemy meeting?"

Although the old man riding the turtle did not recognize Xiao Yuan, he also saw some clues and asked lightly.

"Come and see the world."

The light and pleasant sound rang out like the sound of flowing water in the mountains.

"Take your space stone and the list of medicinal materials."

Hearing this, the old man riding a turtle was somewhat noncommittal and handed the space stone, the list of medicinal materials, and the map to Xiao Yuan.

"Thank you, senior."

He bowed slightly, with great grace, and then walked into the space passage.

"I hope she is not from the Soul Palace. At this age, she has such terrifying soul power! This alchemy meeting is really a fight between dragons and tigers!"

Looking at Xiao Yuan's disappearing back, the old man riding the turtle also let out a faint sigh.

The scene changed and they came to a desolate plain. The ground was all yellowish brown, with occasional patches of green shade, releasing bits of vitality and vigor.

Occasionally, on the plain, some small magical beasts would burst out, raising a wisp of yellow dust, and then disappear in the distance.

The silence of the desolate plain lasted for a while, and then the empty space suddenly squirmed, and then a white shadow flashed out from the space.

The figure that emerged from the space was naturally Xiao Yuan who entered the space channel. When the desolate plain in front of him appeared in his sight, his eyes were slightly startled. With a thought, his body floated in the sky and did not fall to the ground rashly.

"Is this the Dan Realm?"

Xiao Yuan looked around and just happened to see the outlines of some mountains at the end of the plain. He frowned slightly and muttered softly.

"The energy is exceptionally abundant, but there seems to be some violent factors in the energy. Could this be the reason why the Dan Realm is in ruins?"

Xiao Yuan grabbed the void in front of him with his palm, and then he thought about it. Opening up space is a power that only Dou Sheng masters have. Of course, even if the space is successfully opened up, it still needs to be maintained all the time, otherwise the opened space will gradually decline sooner or later.
After pondering for a moment, Xiao Yuan put aside the thoughts in his mind, clenched his palms, and a piece of parchment appeared in his hand. This was the medicine list given by the old man riding a turtle when he entered the passage. He had to collect all the natural treasures recorded on it before he could be considered to have successfully passed this selection.

"This is a good idea. It's just treating these contestants as laborers who are looking for medicinal herbs. The difficulty of the task is a little bit low. In my opinion, the tasks should be divided into levels. Finding one medicinal herb is level one, and so on to level nine. Then, rewards can be distributed according to the level of task completion. Only those above level five can advance to the finals. Isn't that wonderful?"

The big capitalist Xiao Yuan shook his head and muttered to himself.

He has already figured out how to reform the Alchemy Association system in the future!

After some random thoughts, his eyes finally fell on the parchment. After a moment, he couldn't help but frown slightly.

There were not many natural treasures written on the parchment, only three kinds. But among these three kinds, even someone with a rich collection like him could only find one among the many collected medicinal herbs.

This task is quite difficult!
"Nine Flame Ambergris, Spirit Berry, Crane Grass."

Xiao Yuan repeated the names of these three rare treasures and looked thoughtful. Among these three herbs, he had more than one plant of crane grass, which was a kind of herb used to refine seventh-grade low-level and seventh-grade intermediate elixirs.

But as for the other two types, even Xiao Yuan had only heard of them but had never seen them in person.

What else can I do? Just look for it!
If he can’t find it, he will be eliminated. Anyway, he is not going to participate in the final competition.

As soon as the thought came to my mind, I felt the world was so vast!

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuan felt relaxed all over, and he slowly took out the map of Danjie. He spread out the map and saw that three areas on the map were marked with a red circle.

“Is this the place where these three medicinal herbs exist?”

Seeing the three areas marked with red circles, Xiao Yuan seemed to be thinking about something. If that was the case, then it would be much easier to deal with.

However, Xiao Yuan did not actually intend to submit the medicinal herbs to the old man riding a turtle after finding them.

Why should we hand in the medicinal herbs that we found by our own ability?

Uh-huh, it’s all Uh-huh!
Swish!

While Xiao Yuan was pondering, the space on the plain began to distort again. Then, more than a dozen figures approached, rushed out of the space channel almost at the same time, and then landed stupidly on the ground.

Tsk, you can tell at first glance that he is a newbie!
Xiao Yuan had just made his evaluation in his mind when something strange happened below.

"Oh!"

Just as these people landed on the ground, a giant python several dozen feet long suddenly appeared from the seemingly calm sand dunes, biting directly at the head of an alchemist with its ferocious bloody mouth! (End of this chapter)