NOVEL NEXT Chapter 98: Connection Problem
The pill melted in the mouth and took effect immediately upon entering the abdomen. Lan Zhi looked inward into her body to sense the changes in the dantian, star disk, and star qi. Soon she determined that it was a Qi-Regulating Pill. The qi of star qi. The Qi-Regulating Pill was one of the most common pills on the Star Spirit Continent. Low-level cultivators on the Star Spirit Continent couldn't precisely control the star qi due to various internal or external reasons. During cultivation, there would be more or less dissipation or chaos of the star qi. Taking the Qi-Regulating Pill could help sort out the star qi, making it converge into one bundle and flow more smoothly in the star meridians. The medicinal materials for the Qi-Regulating Pill were also common and not expensive. Lan Zhi had just seen several pill formulas for the Qi-Regulating Pill on the way to climb the Heavenly Ladder, and they were all very similar. Lan Zhi used her star power to separate the different components in the pill one by one and placed them neatly on the desk. There were a total of thirteen. Then, she listed out the materials of the five Qi-Regulating Pill formulas in her memory respectively. After that, she circled the seven medicinal materials commonly used in each pill formula and identified them one by one corresponding to the different components. This was equivalent to the simplest connection problem. Although she wasn't very familiar with the medicinal materials yet, by making such a comparison and recalling the descriptions of the relevant medicinal materials, she could quickly find the correct answer. After finding the seven medicinal materials, she found the remaining six materials in the same way and also quickly identified them all. The answering was completed. Lan Zhi didn't rush to hand in the paper but began to check from the beginning according to her usual examination habit. First, she checked whether there were any mistakes or omissions in the separation of the components. "Huh?" Lan Zhi suddenly found that there seemed to be a real omission. It was adhered to all the components, but it was extremely fine and tiny. If one wasn't careful, it would be easily overlooked. Lan Zhi felt it was a bit familiar, but it didn't match all the materials listed in the five pill formulas. She hadn't been back on the Star Spirit Continent for a long time, hadn't been to many places, and hadn't come into contact with many medicinal materials. So Lan Zhi recalled one place after another. As time passed, the audience outside the stone chamber finished their discussion about Si Jichuan and began to focus on the assessment, speculating who would be the first to finish the assessment and come out. Most people thought that the first one to come out would be a family cultivator. After all, the poor families had very little access to pills. Many people couldn't bear to buy a few pills in a year. The headmaster of the Pinglan Star Academy was especially worried. Although Si Jichuan had drawn the Qi-Regulating Pill, which was the most friendly to the poor family cultivators, the two family cultivators participating in the assessment now were both medicine cultivators, while none of the three poor family cultivators were medicine cultivators. Zhang Liuzi, who had the worst background, had even never seen a pill before. Zhang Liuzi came to participate in the special assessment because he had a fellow villager in the Pinglan Star Academy who knew that he had awakened the five major star meridians but his family was extremely poor. Hearing that the Pinglan Star Academy urgently needed examinees, the academy instructor took money to his home and brought him here. Of course, in the eyes of the people in the Pinglan Star Academy, Lan Zhi wasn't much better than Zhang Liuzi. After all, they all knew that half a month ago, she was still a mortal with a shattered spirit and no star meridians. The one who knew the most about pills was actually Tian Youjin, who specialized in helping people with the filth-cleansing tasks in the Jiqing Tower. Tian Youjin usually was willing to spend money on pills and also knew some knowledge about medicinal materials, but that was all. He had never systematically studied this aspect of knowledge. In short, it was too difficult for the poor families to win the first place. Just then, the door of a stone chamber opened. Everyone looked over in unison and saw Luo Sutong walking out from inside. It was a family cultivator!