Seeing a faint smile on the corner of Lu Dong Ce’s mouth, Ning Cheng knew that the other party must know what kind of divine Spirit Grass this was.
No one who could sit here had simple experience, and once they took a look at Ning Cheng’s expression, many of them guessed that Ning Cheng most probably did not recognise this divine Spirit Grass.
Even the purple-robed man presiding over the competition secretly shook his head, he was indeed an arrogant person. From this, it could be seen that Ning Cheng’s previous statement that he had refined the Six Yin Soul Pill should also be something false. The divine Spirit Grass he had brought out was indeed extremely rare and uncommon, but even rarer, this first strain was the easiest one. If he couldn’t even recognise the first one, then there would be no need to compete in the later rounds at all.
“Senior Kong, I wonder if there is a time limit for this identification of the divine spirit grass? Or whoever identifies it first, wins first?” Ning Cheng did not inscribe anything on the jade slip, instead he asked about the rules of the competition.
The purple-robed man was somewhat amused, a divine spirit grass that you couldn’t identify, even if you were given a hundred days you wouldn’t be able to identify it. Unless you deduce all the effects of this divine spirit herb, but what’s the use of deducing it? You still don’t know what kind of divine spirit herb it is.
After Ning Cheng asked this question, there were even more gazes of contempt and disdain in the hall. Jing Han, who was standing behind Si Chuan Qiu Tian, was secretly pleased, Ning Cheng had caused a crack in his Dan Dao, and now that Ning Cheng had been beaten down, how could he not be pleased in his heart?
The purple-robed man smiled slightly, ”Theoretically, there is no time limit for a competition to identify divine spirit herbs, nor is the length of the identification time the basis for winning or losing. However, we can’t identify a divine spirit herb for how many years, right? So we will limit the time for identifying each divine spirit herb to two hours, and as long as it is identified within the two hours, it will be counted as the same score.
The man in purple robes surnamed Kong was still very reasonable, if he could not identify a divine Spirit Grass in two hours, there was no point in delaying it any longer.
“I certainly won’t have a problem with it. What’s the harm in just letting him identify one for a year?” Lu Dong Ce didn’t even sweep his eyelids at Ning Cheng and said coldly.
If it was said that before the bout, he still saw Ning Cheng as a figurehead. Now Ning Cheng was nothing in his eyes.
“I don’t have an opinion either, I only hope that Senior Kong can bring out all the divine Spirit Grasses that we have identified. Two of each, I’ll identify mine and he’ll identify his. When we have identified them all at once, how about engraving the jade slips to Senior Kong?” Ning Cheng offered another opinion.
There was no way out, who let him be less powerful than the other party, so he could only do some fiddling.
The purple-robed man laughed and didn’t even say half a word of nonsense. With a raised hand, he took out ten divine Spirit Grasses and sent them to Ning Cheng and Lu Dong Ce respectively, five in front of each of them. The five divine Spirit Grasses in front of Ning Cheng and the five divine Spirit Grasses in front of Lu Dong Ce were identical, there was no question of difficulty or ease.
Seeing that Lu Dong Ce had already taken out the blank jade slip, Ning Cheng was somewhat helpless. He could slyly argue that he had not lost by deducing the ingredients and effects of the divine spirit herbs. However, these guys in the hall were all sharp-eyed, Lu Dong Ce had even written out the five divine Spirit Grasses while he was still deducing them. Even if he had tied through sophistry, it would have been even more humiliating.
At this point in time, Ning Cheng could only take out a blank jade slip and come out. Randomly, he inscribed a few names on it. When he saw Lu Dong Ce put down the jade slip, he hurriedly grabbed the front and said, “Senior Kong. I have finished identifying them.”
These words of Ning Cheng were like a bomb dropped in the middle of the hall, causing all the people to be astonished. This was because Ning Cheng’s previous performance indicated that Ning Cheng’s insight was poor and that it was almost impossible to identify all five of these divine Spirit Grasses. Otherwise, Ning Cheng would not have proposed asking for a time limit.
What was going on now? How come Lu Dong Ce hadn’t even made a sound and he had finished identifying them all? This was simply too outrageous, right?
Could it be that Ning Cheng had asked about the time limit before because he was afraid that Lu Dong Ce was deliberately making excuses and stalling for time? Rather than him trying to stall for time himself?
Lu Dong Ce also looked at Ning Cheng in astonishment, this was not right. He believed in his own Dan Dao level. Even in the entire Taiyi Realm, he was ranked among the best. Not to mention that Ning Cheng’s level of dan refining was definitely not as good as his, even if Ning Cheng’s level of dan refining could be comparable to his. Even if he could identify divine Spirit Grasses, he could not match him.
And the truth was that Ning Cheng recognized the five divine Spirit Grasses even before him.
The purple-robed man also looked at Ning Cheng in amazement. Could it be that he had just misread his eyes? Ning Cheng was truly a top Dan Dao powerhouse. One should know that the divine Spirit Grasses he had brought out were all extremely rare and lost to the inheritance. He was the one presiding over the Dan Competition, and in terms of his Dan Dao level, he might not be as good as some people here. To say that he knew more than others about these divine spirit grasses that had lost their heritage, he naturally knew more than others.
Because these were the things they studied every day, if Lu Dongze did not have a copy of the Yu Intergrass, he would not know more than him.
“I’ve finished identifying them too.” Lu Dong Ce’s tone was not as dismissive as before, and this time carried a hint of caution.
The purple-robed man suppressed his inner shock and looked at Lu Dong Ce and said, “You have finished identifying it after, now you tell me, what is the name of this divine Spirit Grass?”
After saying that, the purple-robed man had another divine spirit grass in his hand, this one with a downy front half-foot, bearing two narrow leaves and a grey body. The same divine Spirit Grass was found in front of both Ning Cheng and Lu Dong Ce.
He did not ask Ning Cheng and Lu Dong Ce to hand him the jade slip in their hands, which, apart from showing that it was an easy match, also showed that he trusted both of them. But it was such an unconscious gesture that reassured Ning Cheng even more.
Originally, Ning Cheng had felt that if both of them had recognised the Divine Spirit Grass and tied in the first round, there would definitely be a second match to determine the outcome of the competition. It was precisely because of this thought that Ning Cheng took a bold risk, he wanted to drag the match to the second match.
The first match was a fight to identify the divine Spirit Grass, and the second match would definitely not be another fight to identify the divine Spirit Grass. Now that the purple-robed man had not taken away their jade slips, it meant that the second match was inevitable, and it was also related to the five divine spirit grasses from the first match. Otherwise, the man surnamed Kong must have taken away the jade slips.
“This is the Sky Fox Double Leaf Scale.” Lu Dong Ce said in a light voice.
Some of the Dan Saints who also recognised this Divine Spirit Grass secretly nodded their heads, Lu Dong Ce was indeed true to his name, they still knew about the Heavenly Fox Double Leaf Scale by chance, and no matter how odd and rare the Divine Spirit Grass was, it could not hide from Lu Dong Ce’s eyes.
All of them looked towards Ning Cheng, and even if Ning Cheng did not know the Sky Fox Twin Leaf Scales, he did not dare to modify the contents of the jade slip just because Lu Dong Ce had recognised it. With so many experts here, any modification fluctuations would be noticed.
The purple-robed man also looked at Ning Cheng, “What does Fellow Daoist Ning think this Divine Spirit Grass is called?”
“It’s called Dog’s Tail Grass.” Ning Cheng said indifferently.
When the words Dog Tail Grass were said, all the people froze, this was simply too shameless, right? If they couldn’t recognise it, they couldn’t recognise it, was it necessary to be so shameless?
Even Jing Han, who had a grudge against Ning Cheng, felt shameless, who let him and Ning Cheng both come from the Tai Su Realm? Only Si Chuan Qiu Tian was calm on the surface, he knew Ning Cheng, since he had said so, then there was an explanation.
“Hehe, do you still want to be shameless? Brother Kong, the appearance of such a shameless person here is an insult to the entire Dan Dao.” Che Beiji stood up, the anger on her face could almost burn Ning Cheng to the ground. Earlier, when she heard that Ning Cheng had refined the Six Yin Soul Pill, she still had a trace of scorn for Ning Cheng, but now she finally understood that Ning Cheng had deliberately come to cause trouble. To put it bluntly, it was a case of being unable to lose.
To be honest, in all her years of cultivation, she had never seen a shameless dan master like Ning Cheng.
The purple-robed man’s face sank as his murderous aura blasted towards Ning Cheng. Just because he was good at talking did not mean that someone could bullsh*t here. If Ning Cheng were to truly fight with Lu Dong Ce, he would not be biased towards any party, but trying to treat everyone else like a fool, that was the wrong place to choose.
“Dan Master Ning, if you treat everyone else like a fool and dare to fool around here, don’t blame me for not being polite. Even Si Chuan Qiu Tian can’t protect you.” As the purple-robed man spoke, his killing aura followed and coalesced.
“Haha, I’ve finally seen it.” Lu Dong Ce laughed loudly, he thought Ning Cheng was such a remarkable fellow, but it turned out that he was relying on his thick skin.
Ning Cheng was not even shocked and said in an even tone, “When my master taught me, this was called Dog’s Tail Grass. Could it be that a divine spirit grass must be called the same in any place? I had heard of places calling starry sky crystals immortal crystals, could it be that this was also wrong?
When my master taught me, he told me that the great paths under the sky are the same. The divine powers under the heavens, the same different paths lead to the same destination. To move in anger over a mere name, could it be that Senior Kong has not yet realized it?”
It was clear that Ning Cheng was talking nonsense, but after listening to it, the crowd was actually unable to refute it. The cultivation realms of the Tai Su Realm and the Tai Shi Realm were very different from the Tai Chu and Tai Yi Realms alone. But the truth was that they were all the same as what Ning Cheng had said, that the great paths of the world were the same. Just as Immortal Crystals and Starry Sky Crystals were the same thing, they were called differently in the two realms. Who who came here did not understand this?
Ning Cheng was not really full of nonsense, the first thing he said about dog-tailed grass was indeed nonsense, but the latter was his own perception of the Great Dao. The Great Dao under heaven, as he said, no matter how many branches there are, no matter how many means there are, there is only one goal to pursue.
The anger on the purple-robed man’s face slowly disappeared and the entire hall became silent, even Che Beiji, who wanted to stand out again to berate Ning Cheng, stopped himself.
“Your master is an amazing person, and Daoist Ning is not wrong in saying that the great paths under the world are the same, so I was too preoccupied. The Dog’s Tail Grass and the Heavenly Fox Twin Leaf Scales are merely different names, their effects are still the same. Now, please ask Saint Ning Dan to name this second divine Spirit Grass.” As he spoke, the purple-robed man took out another divine Spirit Grass.
This divine Spirit Grass was a green vine with leaves born on the vine that were similar to claws. These clawed leaves were many and formed waves.
“This is the Chicken Claw Vine.” Ning Cheng said in a still calm manner.