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Comparing it, Yang Xiu nodded secretly. This Tong Wenchang was still very reliable. Well deserving of being the first person among the juniors to advance to Quasi-Alchemy King.
"Tong Wenchang, 100 types of spirit medicines, all correct! There are a total of 73 kinds of compositions that the seven of us inferred, and Tong Wenchang answered 56 kinds!" Yang Xiu announced.
"Indeed worthy of being the number one person in the junior generation. He's actually this impressive! In my opinion, even if Xiao Rufeng really broke through to the Sea Transformation Realm, he probably won't be Tong Wenchang's match either!"
"Yeah. This first match is purely on the understanding of medicinal effects, and it has nothing to do with cultivation realm. Tong Wenchang's performance is way better than Xiao Rufeng's!"
"Don't forget, there's still that funny boy!"
"Hahaha!"
Yang Xiu gave Ye Yuan a ruminating look and placed his jade slip into the spirit artifact, saying, "Next, we'll look at Ji Qing's answers. Answering in just 15 minutes, he should have a well thought out plan, right?"
These words sounded sarcastic upon hearing it. Finally, it was time for him to give vent to his anger!
The light display was densely covered in words. What was written was even more than the model answers!
With the mentality of poking fun, Yang Xiu swept a look at the light curtain. But the expression on his face now was exceedingly fascinating.
Chapter 384. Model Answer |
"Hahaha! You guys, look at that Ji Qing's answer! It seems to be much longer than the judges' answer!"
"He's amazing what! He can even point out the error in the seven great elders' answer, so his level is naturally higher than the seven great elders added together. His answer is naturally longer too."
"Pffft! You're so bad! But this boy really did it over the top trying to please the public with hogwash, for fear that others don't know that he's a moron."
Seeing the densely filled answers on the light curtain, everyone was ridiculing Ye Yuan.
A contestant's answer was way more than the model answer. Was this being funny?
Did he really think that he was an Alchemy Sovereign that could overpower seven great Alchemy King experts?
They did not notice that Sovereign Star Abyss's eyes which had been closed all along opened slightly; his eyes emitting two rays of light as he looked at the light curtain!
"What wrong, Elder Yang? Not announcing the results yet?" said an Alchemy King. Seeing Yang Xiu in a daze, the Alchemy King could not help but to urge him.
He was completely disinclined to even look at the contents on the light curtain. Sheer nonsense also had to have a limit.
Yang Xiu took in a deep breath and said slowly to everyone, "Ladies and gentlemen, wait a moment. Allow us to discuss it."
Finished talking, Yang Xiu said to the other six judges in a low voice, "The few of you, take a close look at Ji Qing's answers!"
The six Alchemy Kings were stupefied when they heard this; their gaze involuntarily turned to look at the light curtain.
A single look, and they were all horrifyingly shocked!
Ye Yuan's answers were actually exactly the same as the answers that they deduced together!
No, it could not be said to be exactly the same, because Ye Yuan's answers were even more than their answers!
"This . . . What is going on here? If one says that he is lucky, isn't this too lucky?"
"Then what's with the extra answers?"
"Hiss . . . The 73 kinds of answers that we've listed, Ji Qing's answer have it all up there! The remainder is all answers that we didn't list. How to calculate this?"
The seven people gathered together and started to discuss urgently.
And this scene made everyone feel bewildered.
"What in the world is happening? Why aren't they announcing the results yet?"
"Seems like something is not quite right. Can it be that this Ji Qing's answer really has quite a few correct?"
"He didn't blindly toss out so many answers, and he was lucky to guess correctly in the end, right?"
"Wrong! I checked carefully just now. The medicinal pill combinations that the correct answers have, Ji Qing's answer has all of them! That's also to say that he answered all the questions correctly! But . . . what's with the extra answers?"
"What? All of them? How is this possible?!"
A tossed stone caused a thousand ripples. Everyone checked the answers on the light curtain in succession.
They discovered to their astonishment that the 73 kinds of answers the elders listed, Ye Yuan really answered all of them!
Tong Wenchang was naturally checking them too. Along with the affirmation of each answer, his expression became exceedingly ugly.
What did this count as?
Ji Qing shut his eyes for a long time and wrote the answers right after opening his eyes. The result was that all of the answers were correct, and there were even so many more answers.
Tong Wenchang suddenly had a very absurd thought. It was not to such an extent where these additional answers were also correct answers, right?
Could it be that this boy was clairvoyant and could know the past, present, and future?
This was too nonsensical!
At this time, Yang Xiu and and others still had yet to figure out the result.
To say that Ji Qing lost, he had indeed answered all of the questions. To say that Ji Qing won, his answers were several dozen more than the correct answers.
What the hell was up with these extra answers?
Helpless, Yang Xiu could only stand up and salute Sovereign Star Abyss, saying, "Lord Star Abyss, have a look at the result of this match. How should this be handled?"
Star Abyss closed his eyes again at this time. He just lightly uttered three words, "Ji Qing wins."
The voice was not loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.
Tong Wenchang's entire body quivered, his eyes turning red instantaneously.
Forcefully suppressing the rage in his heart, Tong Wenchang gave Star Abyss a bow and asked, "Lord Star Abyss, Wenchang boldly asks; Ji Qing he answered so many nonsensical answers, so why can he still win? Could it be just because he answered all of the model answers?"
Tong Fangshuo was greatly startled and hurriedly yelled out, "Wenchang, shut your mouth for me! How can you dare to be rude to Lord Star Abyss?!"
Who knew that Star Abyss waved his hands slightly to stop him and said coolly, "Model answer? Whence does the model answer come from? If one had to say that there is a model answer, then Ji Qing's answer is the model answer!"
Buzz!
When Star Abyss's words came out, there was a huge uproar!
Ji Qing's answer was the model answer?
This . . . How was this possible?
Ji Qing's answer was several dozen more than the seven great Alchemy Kings' answer!
His answer was the model answer. Didn't that mean that his individual strength was even stronger than the seven great Alchemy Kings added up together?
This kind of result when heard was simply a fantasy tale!
If these words came out from another person's mouth, they would definitely treat it as bullshit. But these words were uttered out from Sovereign Star Abyss's mouth!
Who was Sovereign Star Abyss?
He was the absolute authority in the Central Capital's alchemy world!
The words that he said, who dared to question them?
"This Ji Qing is simply too heaven-defying! To actually list down so many medicinal pill combinations!"
"Could it be that he already knew beforehand which spirit medicines could appear today? Otherwise, how can he possibly infer so many answers within such a short period of time?"
"Yeah. This boy is too heaven-defying. When he wrote the answers from start to end without pause like he knew the answers long ago. Can it be that he really knew the answers in advance?"
"Knew my *ss! Didn't you see that the answers he ha
s written are several dozen more than the model answers?"
"I counted just now, Ji Qing wrote a total of 120 answers; more than twice of the answers that Tong Wenchang wrote! This . . . is really brutal enough!"
Tong Wenchang looked around vacantly, battered out of his senses. His eyes could not quite find a focal point.
The densely filled answers on Ji Qing's light curtain were actually all correct answers!
Could it be that this brat's basic skills were even that much stronger than the seven great Alchemy Kings added up together?
Comparing him with Ye Yuan was simply like comparing a firefly to the bright moon!
At this time, Ye Yuan who had been sitting quietly the entire time uninterestedly suddenly got up and came beside Tong Wenchang. He said with a smile on his face, "This is only the beginning. It will be even more interesting at the back! You can continue to laugh. If you don't laugh, it's pointless."
Finished talking, Ye Yuan returned to his area and said to that Quasi-Alchemy King, "You can start the second round already."
The Quasi-Alchemy King was stunned, "Ah? Oh . . . Oh!"
As he said, his gaze turned to look at Yang Xiu, waiting for his command.
Yang Xiu nodded and said, "The second match, deconstructing medicinal pills! Begin!"
Overwhelming rage!
Tong Wenchang pointed at Ye Yuan and snarled, "Punk, don't think that you'll win for certain like this! We still don't know who will emerge victorious!"
Chapter 385. I'm Done Again |
Three medicinal pills were presented before Ye Yuan and Tong Wenchang respectively.
That Quasi-Alchemy King was just about to announce the commencement when he was interrupted by Tong Wenchang.
"Wait a minute!"
The Quasi-Alchemy King frowned and asked, "What is it?"
Tong Wenchang clasped his hands at Yang Xiu and said, "Elder Yang, I request to deconstruct ten medicinal pills! Furthermore, include three Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills among them!"
When Yang Xiu heard that, his eyes narrowed. Clearly, he was weighing Tong Wenchang's suggestion.
Undoubtedly, this request of Tong Wenchang greatly increased the difficulty of deconstructing the medicinal pills.
To Alchemy Grandmasters, they were the most familiar with Tier 3 medicinal pills.
Before breaking through to Quasi-Alchemy King, them researching Tier 4 medicinal pills was simply meaningless; it was completely an action reaching for something beyond their grasp.
And Tong Wenchang himself actually just broke through to Quasi-Alchemy King not long ago too. His proficiency level in Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills was not high.
This request undoubtedly increased the difficulty for both sides.
After musing for a moment, Yang Xiu slowly said, "I don't have any objections. But this request of yours still has to get the Xiao Family's approval. After all, this is the competition between your two families."
"I disagree! The tradition of the Grand Pill Assembly has always been competing three Tier 3 medicinal pills. What qualifications does a junior like Tong Wenchang have to alter the rules?" Xiao Changfeng immediately rejected.
Tong Wenchang sneered and said, "Humph! The Xiao Family are all a bunch of cowards! Don't even dare to fight a fair and aboveboard competition and only know how to use some small tricks! Since this punk can write out so many correct answers, I reckon that deconstructing ten medicinal pills can't stump him either, right? Why don't you ask his opinion?"
Finished talking, Tong Wenchang looked at Ye Yuan with a ridiculing face and said, "Boy, you're not the same as the Xiao Family members; all cowards, right?"
Ye Yuan looked at Tong Wenchang with a smile that was not a smile and answered with a question, "Do you really want to compete?"
Not knowing why, when he saw Ye Yuan's smile, Tong Wenchang suddenly had a bad feeling.
But his words were already said. He naturally had no reason to withdraw them and smack his own face.
Moreover, even if this punk was more powerful, it was also not possible to deconstruct Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills, right?
"Of course. Words that I, Tong Wenchang, said, how can there be the logic of taking them back? You just say whether you dare or not!"
"Since that's the case, then let's play a little bigger. Change the ten medicinal pills all to Quasi-Tier 4, how about that?"
Ye Yuan was still very indifferent. The words said were light as a feather, like Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills were the same as candy to him.
Tong Wenchang's face darkened, looking at Ye Yuan somewhat disbelievingly.
"This punk isn't deliberately forcing me, right? Ten Quasi-Tier 4 pills . . ."
Ye Yuan's words threw everyone into an uproar.
A middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster actually wanted to deconstruct Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills. Furthermore, it was ten pills!
Although Ye Yuan's performance previously was very monstrous, everyone just thought that he was already familiar with Tier 3 medicinal pills to a heaven-defying degree.
It could not go so far as to even Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills . . .
One had to know that Ye Yuan was only 16-years-old!
Without repeated tempering, how could one possibly be familiar with medicinal pills to such a degree?
Tong Wenchang gritted his teeth and said viciously, "Ten pills then! How can I, an exalted Quasi-Alchemy King, be afraid of you, a middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster?"
Yang Xiu also showed a slightly excited look. He wanted to see just where Ji Qing this brat's limits lied!
"Fine. Since both of you parties agree, then compete in deconstructing Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills!" Yang Xiu said.
. . . . . .
When the ten Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills were placed in front of Tong Wenchang, his expression became very ugly.
In deconstructing medicinal pills, the core materials were relatively easier to deconstruct. But the supplementary materials were not so easy to deconstruct.
He could not resist taking a look at Ye Yuan, and he could not help being stunned once more.
Ye Yuan closed his eyes to rest again!
Tong Wenchang was virtually about to break down! Where did this punk's confidence come from?
These were Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills!
Could it be that he could also instantly answer these Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills?
"This punk is definitely kicking up a cloud of dust to mess with my mind! Don't look at him anymore. I just have to do my part well, and that will do!" Tong Wenchang forcefully dragged his gaze back.
But when he had just started to deconstruct the first medicinal pill, before even determining a single type of the main ingredient, Ye Yuan's nightmare like voice sounded out.
"I'm done again," Ye Yuan said coolly.
This time, the time that he used was even shorter than the previous time!
Tong Wenchang opened and closed his mouth, feeling like his throat was somewhat dry.
When he watched Ye Yuan hand the jade slip to the Quasi-Alchemy King, Tong Wenchang was practically about to crumble.
But he had to control his impatience to finish deconstructing the ten medicinal pills!
"What if . . . What if Ji Qing is deliberately messing me up? Yes, it's definitely like this!"
Tong Wenchang secretly encouraged himself and forcefully dragged back his perturbed state of mind.
Outside, everyone was exchanging glances. They already did not know what kind of words to use to describe their astoundment.
These medicinal pills were Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills, and they were all medicinal pills owned solely by the Alchemist Association. Not one of them was a mass-produced stuff in the outside world.
Ye Yuan did not even look at them and deconstructed all of the medicinal pills?
"Hey, do you think that Ji Qing's answer will be all correct again?"
"This . . . Maybe? Deconstructing ten Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills so quickly, forget about Quasi-Alchemy King
s, even Alchemy Kings most likely can't do it as well! Unless . . ."
"Unless they know the pill formula beforehand! But . . . these ten medicinal pills are all the Alchemist Association's exclusive pill formulas!"
"This Grand Pill Assembly today is truly too surprising."
. . . . . .
Another long wait.
Tong Wenchang finally finished deconstructing all of the medicinal pills.
But at present, he was already covered in sweat.
Putting aside the mental pressure, deconstructing ten Quasi-Tier 4 medicinal pills in such a short time was also an enormous challenge to him.
When the Quasi-Alchemy King presented the two person's jade slips before Yang Xiu, Yang Xiu practically snatched from him the two jade slips.
But this time, Yang Xiu did not look at Tong Wenchang's jade slips. He plunged his divine sense into Ye Yuan's jade slip at the first moment.
After several breaths, amazement was written all over Yang Xiu's face!
"Elder Yang, can it be that Ji Qing's answer . . ."
Yang Xiu smiled bitterly and said, "You guys take a look yourselves."
As he said, Yang Xiu passed Ye Yuan's jade slip to that Alchemy King elder.
After the Alchemy King elder finished looking at it, he murmured to himself, "This . . . How is this possible?"
After the seven elders finished looking at it, the expression on their faces was practically identical.
Everyone knew that Tong Wenchang's jade slip completely did not need to be looked at anymore.
But out of a responsible attitude, after being shocked for a long time, the seven elders still endured looking over Tong Wenchang's jade slip.
However, their expressions when they were looking at Tong Wenchang's jade slip was with complete nonchalance.
Evidently, after finish reading Ye Yuan's jade slip, they already found it tasteless.
"The second match, deconstructing medicinal pills, Ji Qing fully deconstructed the components of all ten medicinal pills, and he answered all the questions correctly! This match, Xiao Family's Ji Qing, victorious!" Yang Xiu finally announced the results.
Chapter 386. Explosive Rising Dragon Pill |