NOVEL NEXT Chapter 100: This Isn't Saving People
Lan Zhi rolled her eyes. However, at this time, she didn't need to say anything. With so many notaries present, naturally someone would refute him. Sure enough, the headmaster of the Pinglan Star Academy asked him, "Are you a medicine cultivator?" The first, second, and seventh elders replied, "Of course." The headmaster of the Pinglan Star Academy asked again, "Then have you examined this pill carefully?" The first, second, and seventh elders were at a loss for words for a moment and then said, "The vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy has already examined it. How could there be a mistake?" The vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy was just about to say something when the city lord of Pingzhou spoke up again, "She's not wrong. There is indeed filthy qi in this pill." As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the scene. The vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy shouted, "Impossible." However, the city lord of Pingzhou didn't respond to him but just said to everyone, "The Qi-Regulating Pill used in the third special assessment was placed by me. There were a total of thirty-five pills in this batch. Because the alchemist was injured during the filth-cleansing task and was invaded by a bit of filthy qi, all the pills refined in this batch were contaminated with filthy qi." Seeing that everyone took a collective sharp breath, he added, "Six pills were used for the assessment, and there are still twenty-nine left. If anyone has doubts about this pill and is confident that they can distinguish the filthy qi in the pill, they can come up and give it a try." Immediately, quite a number of people in the audience volunteered to come up, receive the pills, and identify them. The vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy also hurriedly picked up the pill components he had separated before and rechecked them. The reason he hadn't noticed the filthy qi before was that he hadn't thought about it at all and just casually separated the components and left it at that. Now, with the mindset of looking for the filthy qi to check, he really found a trace of it. The face of the vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy instantly darkened. The first, second, and seventh elders were naturally the same. They endured and endured before they managed to restrain themselves from walking away on the spot. Just when everyone was talking about the pills in an uproar, the bell signaling the end of the assessment rang. The doors of the stone chambers opened, and the last three people came out together to hand in their papers. Jin Yuman identified ten ingredients correctly. Tian Youjin identified three ingredients correctly. Zhang Liuzi identified zero ingredients correctly. The city lord of Pingzhou looked at the answers of the five people one by one, raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then slowly spoke again, "For a medicine cultivator, not only should they know how to examine the ingredients of medicinal materials, but they also need to know whether a pill can be taken or not. Otherwise, this isn't saving people but harming them." The city lord of Pingzhou was a local overlord with a majestic presence and spoke fairly and justly. Everyone couldn't help but nod along. But for the vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy and the first, second, and seventh elders, these words were no different from a resounding slap in the face. They were originally the most superior people present. As a result, not only were they slapped in the face by an examinee, but they also became the medicine cultivators who were regarded by everyone as having poor skills and harming people. The gap was so huge that they almost had a heart attack. The vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy couldn't save face and left in a huff on the spot. The city lord of Pingzhou ignored him, looked at Lan Zhi and Luo Sutong standing in front of him, and said again, "So, although Luo Sutong was indeed the first to come out and there was nothing wrong with his separation of the components, I still think that Lan Zhi is the well-deserved first place." The headmaster of the Pinglan Star Academy said, "I agree." The city lord of Pinglan City also spoke up, "I agree." The first, second, and seventh elders were quite adaptable. Not only could they refrain from leaving, but they could also immediately put on an amiable expression and said, "This examinee... Lan Zhi, right? She's very good, bold yet cautious. She's a good seedling for a medicine cultivator. She's a good seedling for a medicine cultivator indeed."