NOVEL NEXT Chapter 99: She's being smarty-pants.
Luo Sutong walked out under the watchful eyes of everyone, holding the written answers and presenting them in front of the five notaries. Before he came out, at the request of the audience, the notaries had already opened the pill selected by Si Jichuan, and the vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy, who was good at pills and medicine, had separated the different components in the pill on the spot. Now that Luo Sutong had handed in his paper, the vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy couldn't wait to start checking the answers. "The first ingredient, Heart-piling Orchid." "The second ingredient, Red Ant Nine." "The third ingredient, White-flowered Owl-eye Branch." "The fourth ingredient..." All thirteen ingredients were reported, and there was no doubt that they were all correct. The vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy couldn't suppress the joy on his face and said to the headmaster of the Pinglan Star Academy, "Please confirm it. Luo Sutong has written down all thirteen medicinal materials." The headmaster of the Pinglan Star Academy nodded, "Yes." The vice-teacher of the Fengtian Star Academy said impatiently, "Since Luo Sutong has already won the first place in this special assessment, can the Three-flower Fire-tongue Vine be awarded to him now?" The headmaster of the Pinglan Star Academy said indifferently, "The assessment hasn't ended yet. Only after the assessment is over and all the answers have been submitted and graded can a conclusion be drawn." After being rebuked by Si Jichuan, the first, second, and seventh elders had been holding back their anger. Now that they finally had an outlet to vent, they said sarcastically, "He's the first one to come out and his answers are completely correct. No matter how good the answers of those who come out later are, they can't surpass him. Besides him, who else can be the first place? Are you such a prestigious star academy trying to renege on your promise?" The headmaster of the Pinglan Star Academy lifted his eyelids and glanced at him, "The exam hasn't ended yet, and that's that. Or are you trying to interfere with the assessment of our Pinglan Star Academy?" The first, second, and seventh elders said coldly, "Fine, then I'll wait here until the assessment is over!" The outside of the venue became quiet again. The headmaster of the Pinglan Star Academy seemed calm on the surface, but he was actually a bit anxious in his heart. If he gave out the Three-flower Fire-tongue Vine like this, how could he, as the headmaster, have the face to meet the students in the star academy in the future? How could he have the face to meet the dean? But if he didn't... He racked his brains to recall the rules of the Pinglan Star Academy, trying to find a way to deal with it. However, before this, he and several hall masters had already gone through the rules thoroughly and found no other way. Now, he could only hope that the three examinees representing the poor families could perform a bit better, although... The possibility was infinitely close to zero. Lan Zhi knew nothing about the situation outside in the stone chamber. She kept recalling until she thought of the time at the Jiqing Tower when she suddenly realized that the omitted component was not a kind of material but the filthy qi brought by the materials! There was actually a trace of filthy qi in this pill! She had just taken a tiny bit of the pill just now, and the filthy qi was completely negligible, which was why she hadn't noticed it. She included the filthy qi among the materials, continued to check the separated components, and then checked them one by one according to the order of answering the questions. After everything was done, she collected her things, opened the door of the stone chamber and walked out, presenting her answers to the five notaries respectively. Seeing that Luo Sutong was already standing there, she wasn't too surprised. She put down her answers and walked over to stand beside him. The first, second, and seventh elders casually glanced at her answers. Seeing that the medicinal materials she wrote were the same as those written by Luo Sutong, they immediately gave the headmaster of the Pinglan Star Academy a disdainful look and said, "After waiting for so long, isn't the result the same?" The city lord of Pingzhou, who hadn't spoken all along, suddenly said, "It's different. She also wrote down the filthy qi." The first, second, and seventh elders snorted softly and said, "She thinks that by adding the filthy qi redundantly, she can win the first place? How could there be filthy qi in the pill? She's being smarty-pants!"