As soon as the white-robed old man spoke, several figures leaped down the highest staircase.


    These people began to collect the paper answers in front of the alchemists.


    A moment later, a man came to Jing Yan.


    "Number 66 alchemist?" The man looked at Jing Yan and confirmed with an expressionless face.


    "Yes!" Jing Yan nodded in response.


    Then, the man picked up the pen on the table and wrote the number 66 on the paper in front of Jing Yan.


    "No problem, right?" The man added.


    "No!"


    After Jing Yan responded, the man put the paper away and then went to collect other people''s paper.


    After a while, all the papers were collected and sent back to the top staircase, where they were placed in front of the ten judges.


    "The participating alchemists, you can now move on your own. However, you can''t leave Staircase plaza where you are now." Said the white-robed old man with a wave of his hand.


    "Oh my god! It''s too difficult. The defense of this alchemy ceremony is really difficult!"


    "Yes, damn it. I''m afraid I didn''t even get fifty of them right."


    "How many do you recognize?" The alchemists who had just finished the debate started to talk about it, and few of them had good looks on their faces.


    Some of the alchemists were even turning black, their eyes were red, and their bodies were trembling.


    "Jing Yandanshi, how many spiritual herbs can you identify? This year''s alchemy ceremony is really difficult, much harder than the previous one." Qiu Fang quickly came to Jing Yan and asked.


    Several other alchemists representing the Canary chamber of commerce also came to Jing Yan. These people did not know that Jing Yan and Qiu Fang had tried alchemy, but Qiu Fang''s ability was the strongest among them. They saw that Qiu Fang respected Jing Yan very much, so in front of Jing Yan, they were very polite, at least on the surface very respectful.


    On that day, only a few people in the Canary chamber of commerce knew that Jing Yan was competing with Qiu Fang in alchemy. Apart from president Qing Ru and prince Zhou Shangyun of lanqu, the rest were directors of the Canary chamber of commerce. Naturally, there was no problem with their loyalty to the Canary chamber of commerce. They were all shareholders of the Canary chamber of commerce. Therefore, it was impossible to divulge internal information for no reason.


    "It''s really hard," Jing Yan nodded.


    "Well, I''ve only filled out less than 50 answers, and many of them are uncertain. Well, I might not be able to pass the first level." A female alchemist from the Canary chamber of commerce shook her head helplessly.


    "I''m not much better than you. Although I''ve filled out more than 60 answers, some of them are not sure if they''re right." Qiu Fang glanced at the female alchemist.


    "What a heavy blow!" The other man smiled bitterly. "Master qiu fangdan, you may be the only one to rely on this time. Of all of us, you are the only one who can make it to the second round."


    This alchemist was also a level five alchemist, but obviously not as good as Qiu Fang. Qiu Fang had a seventh grade alchemist, Xi Mang, who taught him, so the others didn''t have that kind of luck. Even in The kingdom of dan, it was not easy to find a senior alchemist as a master.


    "You guys are wrong. I can''t compare to Jing Yandanshi." Qiu Fang waved his hand.


    "Oh?" The others were slightly stunned.


    They could sense that Qiu Fang''s attitude was sincere, not modest. Sensing the situation, they all looked at Jing Yan.


    Jing Yan smiled and did not say much.


    On the highest staircase, ten judges were reviewing the answers of the alchemists.


    "Ah, this answer is 37 correct!"


    "That''s not bad. Forty-nine correct answers!"


    "This one is a little bad, only 25 correct answers! There should be no hope of promotion!"


    The judges looked over the answers and shook their heads and sighed.


    "This year''s defense is really difficult. I have reviewed more than ten of them here, not even one that has more than 50 correct answers gets 50 %." A female judge looked at the other judges and said.


    "Me too. The best score only gets 46 points!" One of the judges beside him said with a smile.


    "It seems that this time, you can get 40 points to advance to the next level." An old man squinted his eyes and said in an indifferent tone.


    It was very fast to review and answer the questions. These judges were all eighth grade alchemists and were very capable in Dan Dao. Moreover, they already knew the answer, and when they glanced over, they could see how many of the answers on each paper were correct.


    "Wow, this is not bad. I got 79 correct answers and almost got 80 points!" A man suddenly screamed and his eyes shone.


    "What? Seventy-nine points? Let me see!" The other judges immediately approached and looked at the answers with some surprise.


    With a score of 79 points, it was considered outstanding and exciting.


    To be honest, the more difficult this alchemy canon is, the more it can reflect the abilities and inner workings of a alchemist. If it was too simple, everyone would get more than 80 points, and the difference would not be much. The difference between 80 and 100 points was only 20. Now that it''s difficult, the gap is huge.


    "That''s great!"


    "Well, this number 89 is very good. I''m afraid this person is a young alchemist from a Dan Dao family." Someone tutted.


    Several of the judges from the Dan Dao family looked at each other.


    They did not know which family the answer sheet belonged to. There were only numbers and no names on the answer sheet, so they didn''t know if the owner of the answer sheet was a master from their family.


    Over time, more and more papers were reviewed. From time to time, a higher score would pop up. However, there were too few high score papers, most of which were below 50 %.


    "This is great, eighty three points, it''s really great. This time, the difficulty of the defense, I''m afraid that some senior alchemists can get eighty points!" One person held the answer sheet in his hand, and his face was filled with joy.


    "Haha, I have an eighty-six!" Another person immediately laughed and said.


    "Impossible! This is impossible!"


    Suddenly, a voice sounded!


    The judges looked over.


    "Master sun qidan, what''s wrong with you?"


    "Brother sun, what''s going on? What''s impossible?"


    "..." The other judges looked at the alchemist named Sun Qi and asked doubtfully


    Sun Qi was a disciple of Hu Donghe. In the whole of Tianyuan continent, he was also a famous and powerful alchemist. The other judges also respected Sun Qi.


    At this moment, Sun Qi''s face turned red, looking extremely excited. The other judges were puzzled, so they asked what happened.


    "Unbelievable! This is ridiculous. Where did the sixty-six come from?" Sun Qi did not answer the questions, but said to himself.