by Feng Yise
Tong Wenchang was delighted when he heard that. He said, "Heh heh, I already can't wait to get up on stage! I've been annoyed at that punk long ago. This time, I'm going to let him know how medicinal pills are refined!"
Tong Wenshou smiled and said, "I heard that that punk is just a middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster. With your strength, you can completely crush him! But Wenchang, you still have to be careful. The Xiao Family are not fools. Since they sent him out, he definitely has aspects surpassing others."
But Tong Wenchang replied unconcernedly, "What aspects surpassing others can there be? I've long inquired clearly. This punk can only refine the Jade Dragon Heart Calming Pill. He can at most leap ranks to refine medicinal pills; it's no big deal. If our realms were similar, I would really need to be a little careful. But he's just a middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster; he's too weak!"
Tong Wenshou smiled and did not refute. He knew that what Tong Wenchang said was right. He was also well aware of the degree of Tong Wenchang's genius. It was impossible to lose to such a young middle-rank Alchemy Grandmaster.
Tong Wenshou's talent was not poor. It could even be said to be very impressive.
But in the Tong Family, he had always been steadily pressed down a notch by Tong Wenchang who was even younger than him. The disparity between the two could be seen.
If Tong Wenchang could not even take care of a brat like this, then that would really be a joke.
At this time, Tong Fangshuo came over as well and said to Tong Wenchang, "Wenchang, take down that boy in on go, and let the Xiao Family thoroughly scram out of the capital! We've prepared for so many years. Today, the day of harvest has finally arrived!"
Tong Wenchang smiled and said, "Rest assured, Father. I'll be right back!"
As he said, he kicked aside Du Cheng who was beside with one leg and walked into the battle arena.
And this scene similarly landed in Ye Yuan's eyes!
Ye Yuan was very calm right now. But the calmer he was, the more it showed just how great his rage was at this present moment!
Tong Wenchang came before Ye Yuan and said with a wide grin, "Punk, when we were outside, you probably never even dreamt that your opponent would be me, right? Haha, don't be afraid. I won't leave any face for you!"
But Ye Yuan's expression was calm as he said, "Hope that you can still laugh in a while."
"I can't laugh? Hahaha! What a hilarious joke! If you're just amusing me, congratulations to you; you've done it! But I want to see if it's you who can't laugh in a while, or me who can't laugh!" Tong Wenchang said with a proud look.
Chapter 383 - I’m Done
When Yang Xiu saw Ye Yuan, his expression was rather unnatural.
His authority was questioned by an unknown boy. Furthermore, he even questioned it successfully. No matter how one spun it, it was very humiliating.
He reckoned that this matter would spread throughout the capital by tomorrow.
But this was a matter that Sovereign Star Abyss personally took an interest in. He could not fly off the handle either.
Yang Xiu thought to himself, don't let me catch your handle in a while. Otherwise, I'll make you die very horribly.
Restraining his state of mind, Yang Xiu said, "The third match, Xiao Family's Ji Qing versus Tong Family's Tong Wenchang! Begin!"
"The first match, constituting medicinal pills! Bring up the spirit medicines!" The Quasi-Alchemy King's voice sounded out once again.
When his voice fell, Tong Wenchao was like on stimulants, oddly excited.
While Ye Yuan who was opposite him closed his eyes to recuperate as if everything happening here had nothing to do with him.
"Tch! Deliberately mystifying things!" Tong Wenchang said disdainfully.
Soon enough, a hundred types of spirit medicines were brought to the stage and packed to the brim.
Tong Wenchang started immediately, entering information into the jade slip at high speed.
While at this time, Ye Yuan still did not move yet.
Tong Wenchang gave a cold laugh, and his speed of entering the stage did not stop.
Identifying these spirit medicines was nothing hard to him. The real difficulty was constituting the medicinal pills.
Tong Wenchang's speed was exceedingly quick; it was faster than everyone prior to him! One could tell that Tong Wenchang's basic skills were terrifyingly solid.
Even the Xiao Family's number one genius known as Xiao Rufeng was far from him.
"En? Why hasn't Ji Qing started yet? Could it be that he has already given up?"
"I already said, he definitely just happened to know that obscure knowledge, that's how he guessed it correctly. A teenage baby, how deep can his attainments in the Alchemy Path be?"
"Sigh. This Ji Qing's performance prior to this was so eye-catching. Originally, I still wanted to see if there are any surprises. Looking at it now, I was thinking too much."
Ye Yuan's abnormal actions made many people feel very disappointed.
In this sort of time where every second needed to be seized, Ye Yuan was actually resting his mind with closed eyes. What was he playing at?
Posturing was not done like this. No matter how beautifully you postured, what was the use if you lose in an utter mess in the end?
When Xiao Changfeng saw this scene, he wished that he could jump up there and wind Ye Yuan up.
What was he doing?
"What on earth is Ji Qing this punk thinking about? Why hasn't he moved yet?" Xiao Changfeng said anxiously.
"Father, Ji Qing doing so should have some deep meaning," Xiao Ruyan said weakly. Actually, she did not dare to confirm either.
But Ye Yuan this punk was indeed very mysterious. Maybe he really had his own plans.
"What deep meaning can there be? I don't freaking understand. Could it be he can use his nose to sniff out every type of spirit medicines? Or perhaps, he's already deducing the pill formula in his head?" Xiao Changfeng said rather exasperatedly.
"This . . ." Xiao Ruyan did not know how she should refute it as well.
What father said was clearly not possible. Nobody could do something so heaven-defying.
Although Xiao Ruyan had long viewed Ye Yuan in a completely different light, she also did not think that Ye Yuan could do that.
"Haha! Punk, you just slowly posture there. I'll see how you give an account to the Xiao Family in a while!" Tong Wenchang had a pleased look. He had already identified half of the spirit medicines.
But right at this moment, Ye Yuan finally slowly opened his eyes.
"Quickly look, Ji Qing is about to begin!"
"Only starting at this time, doesn't he feel that it's too slow? Tong Wenchang has already identified half of the spirit medicines!"
. . . . . .
Yet, Ye Yuan did not start identifying the spirit medicines as they imagined. He directly pick up the jade slip and started entering the contents!
This scene stunned everyone even more.
"What is he doing here? Started logging in once he opened his eyes?"
"Haha! He's trying to defy the heavens here! He can't have already identified all of the spirit medicines, right?"
"I finally understood it. This boy is purely here to be funny. The matter of questioning the seven great elders earlier might be a blind cat catching a dead rat, bumped into it!"
Ye Yuan's abnormal actions made everyone's glasses drop.
Forget about a teenage youth, even those Alchemy Kings that have lived for several hundred years did not dare to answer questions like that either.
After 15 minutes, Ye Yuan slowly opened his mouth and said, "I'm done."
As he spoke, Ye Yuan handed the jade slip to that Quasi-Alchemy King.
Tong Wenchang was stupefied by Ye Yuan's move and involuntarily stopped.
"No way, right? You're already done? Are you challenging the elders' bottom-line? Forget it, forget it. I can't be bothered with you either." Tong Wenchang was thoroughly speechless.
Outside the stage, there was an even greate
r commotion!
"Oh my god! Where did this boy come from? I've already been wholly defeated."
"Hur hur, does he think he's a god? Swept a glance and all the answers are crystal clear in his heart?"
. . . . . .
All manners of ridicule came over. But there was a sound isolating formation in the stage. Ye Yuan could not hear at all.
After he handed over the jade slip, he went to one side by himself to rest.
Bang!
The cup in Xiao Changfeng's hand was crushed into powder by him.
"Is this punk making fun of my Xiao Family? To actually be so half-hearted like this! Previously, he even said to me to make Tong Wenchang not have the confidence to refine pills in the future. Utter bullshit!" Xiao Changfeng gnashed his teeth angrily.
". . . . . ." Xiao Ruyan was speechless.
Honestly speaking, she also felt that he was too slipshod in doing this.
Could it be that the thing that happened previously was just her own misconception?
. . . . . .
After four hours, Tong Wenchang finally deduced all of the answers and handed it up.
The Quasi-Alchemy King turned in the two people's jade slips together.
Yang Xiu received the two people's jade slips and conveniently placed the model answers jade slip and Tong Wenchang's jade slip into the spirit artifact. The light curtain appeared.
The reason why he did so was that he already firmly believed that Ye Yuan was here to cause trouble.
Answering all of the questions in a short 15 minutes? How was that possible?
Previously, this brat actually guessed correctly. Heaven is really blind!
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, shu
t 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 has 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!