Chapter 25 - The Iron Fool
The Harmonizing Dao realm great cultivator had obviously noticed the existence of the ‘fool’.
After all, experts of this realm, not to mention a million people, even ten million people, could grasp all the details with a sweep of their divine sense and understand everything clearly.
At this moment, he looked at the ‘fool’: “Why are you not leaving?”
The fool scratched his head: “Ah? Senior, Although I was a bit lucky, I did succeed.”
“Look at this Condensing Yuan Pill. It’s small and round. Although the third halo is a bit dim, it still has three halos. Perhaps after ten days or half a month, it will be downgraded to the second grade, but at this moment, it is indeed the third grade.”
“Please give me a chance…”
The Harmonizing Dao realm great cultivator’s mouth twitched: “…”
“Forget it, I’ll give you a chance.”
With his status, he was too lazy to argue with such a fool.
Besides, you couldn’t say the fool was spouting nonsense. This kind of pill with unstable grade might drop in grade after a few days or even a few hours, but at least now, it was third grade.
It could be considered to meet the promotion conditions.
Xiao Ling’er wanted to laugh when she saw this.
Let you pretend, let you pretend so excessively. Now you’ve attracted attention, haven’t you?
“However…”
“It seems everyone is mocking him and looking down on him even more.”
“Is he doing this on purpose?”
Xiao Ling’er glanced over and saw that literally everyone was mocking him, completely not treating him as an opponent.
“If that’s really the case, then he is too terrifying!”
She asked herself, if it were her, she really wouldn’t be confident that she could definitely refine this kind of two-and-a-half grade Condensing Yuan Pill!
She was confident with second, third, and even fifth, sixth, and seventh grade, but this two-and-a-half grade was really difficult, or rather, who would try to achieve this kind of grade?
Were they crazy?!
There was absolutely no experience in this!
“Perhaps, only this kind of guy would…”
“Eh?!”
Suddenly, Xiao Ling’er knew why she felt so familiar.
At this moment, she couldn’t help but take a few more deep looks at the fool.
“The second round, Profound Yuan Pill.”
The Harmonizing Dao realm great cultivator said lightly: “I will give you an incense stick of time to adjust. At the same time, our people will prepare the corresponding medicinal materials for you.”
“Same requirements, one hour, third grade or above.”
*Boom.*
On the stands, the densely packed audience suddenly became noisy.
“It’s actually the Profound Yuan Pill. Going from the second rank to the third rank pill, the difficulty has increased linearly. I’m afraid nine out of ten will be eliminated again!”
“Fortunately, it’s the Profound Yuan Pill, the most commonly used third-grade pill, bar . Otherwise, I’m afraid ninety-nine out of a hundred would be eliminated!”
The Condensing Yuan Pill was a second-rank pill, which could be taken by cultivators of the first and second realms to assist in cultivation. The Profound Yuan Pill was a third-rank pill, which could be used by cultivators of the third Profound Yuan realm to assist in cultivation.
Above that were the Cave Heaven Pill, the Zhi Xuan Pill, and so on.
And this kind of cultivation assistance pill has always been one of the most common, most frequently used, and most frequently refined pills.
“Profound Yuan Pill?”
Xiao Ling’er entered the second round, which Duan Qingyao was not surprised by, but what she did not understand was why Xiao Ling’er would choose to hide her strength?
“Could it be…”
“She is confident of getting a ranking?!”
Duan Qingyao was startled by her own thought.
But if not, Xiao Ling’er would have no reason to hide her strength, right?
The time of an incense stick quickly passed.
Similarly, this time’s pill formula was also different from what Xiao Ling’er was familiar with, but with the experience of the last time, it was considered a familiar road.
She relied on her eyesight to learn and then refine the pills.
But this time, she clearly felt the pressure.
Although she was still hiding her strength, she could only reveal some of her true skills to qualify.
The result, naturally, was ‘barely qualified’.
And what shocked Xiao Ling’er was that the iron fool actually produced several two-and-a-half grade pills again, and still completed them within the last breath!
This discovery not only shocked Xiao Ling’er, but others were also very surprised.
“That guy, actually advanced again?”
“He really succeeded!”
“This… his luck is too good, right?”
“Twice in a row, from a certain point of view, he can also be considered unparalleled in luck.”
But compared to those who advanced, there were obviously more who were eliminated.
This time, more than ninety-five percent were eliminated!
Out of a million alchemists, only less than five thousand were left after just two hours.
And most of them looked particularly solemn…
They had almost reached their limit.
There were also some who had no confidence at all. They were able to advance with a considerable amount of luck.
But no matter what they did, the competition still had to continue.
“An incense stick of rest time.” The Harmonizing Dao realm great cultivator spoke again, with even fewer words: “The third round, fourth-rank Poison Avoidance Pill, third grade, one hour.”
“Medicinal materials are self-selected.”
It was indeed a fourth-rank pill!
Many alchemists turned pale: “It’s actually the fourth-rank Poison Avoidance Pill?!”
If it was the Cave Heaven Pill, they could still try their luck, but the Poison Avoidance Pill was relatively unpopular, and it was a fourth-rank Poison Avoidance Pill…
The Poison Avoidance Pill was actually a category. There were many pill formulas. As long as it met the requirement of ‘fourth grade, third grade’, there were no other special requirements.
But compared to the Cave Heaven Pill used for cultivation, the Poison Avoidance Pill was undoubtedly much less popular.
Those well-known alchemists could naturally handle it with ease, but they were all of the younger generation and simply didn’t have that much time to study unpopular pills, and they didn’t even have the pill formulas.
Therefore, as soon as the topic came out, nearly a thousand alchemists gave up with bitter smiles.
“Fourth-rank Poison Avoidance Pill.”
Xiao Ling’er took a deep breath: “After this round, I’m afraid there will be less than a hundred people left.”
For the younger generation of alchemists, fourth-rank pills were already very difficult, let alone unpopular pills.
It was okay if it only required forming a pill, but they also added a third-grade restriction.
She shook her head gently.
“I’m afraid I won’t be able to hide my strength after this round.”
“Fortunately, by then, I shouldn’t need to hide my strength anymore.”
She originally thought this competition would take a long time, but she didn’t expect that it would only take four rounds at most, five rounds at most, to end.
Xiao Ling’er immediately focused her mind and prepared for the third round of refining.
After an incense stick of time, the remaining three thousand or so alchemists immediately began to work.
Fourth-rank pills, still with only one hour, this was still too much pressure for them.
Just at the beginning, many people made mistakes one after another, leading to their inability to continue and they could only regretfully withdraw.
The fool was still flustered and even made continuous small mistakes, but he was ‘extremely lucky’ and was never eliminated.
Xiao Ling’er was still hiding her strength, but she had to reveal about five percent of her true skills.
The feather-crowned man’s expression also changed to solemn for the first time…
The Fire Virtue Sect woman gritted her silver teeth. Her control over medicinal herbs was still a bit lacking, but thanks to her excellent fire control technique, there were no problems.
Finally, another round ended.
Those who advanced… only twelve people remained.
“The fourth round.”
The Harmonizing Dao realm great cultivator did not give any time to breathe: “Ranking battle, one chance for each person. The value of the refined pill will be equivalent to the ranking.”
“After an incense stick, it officially begins.”