Although he knew that he would not be eliminated in the first round, his score would obviously not be too high in the face of so many experts.
Originally, Ye Mo thought that recognising eleven kinds of herbs was already the limit, but he didn’t expect that someone would really recognise the twelfth kind of herbs.
Ye Mo was aware that the scores from the first round would count towards the final, and even one point less could affect his entry into the top ten.
The eyes of Ye Mo and the rest of the crowd were all focused on the person who had named the last herb, even the quiet Qin Muxin had a gleam in her eyes, obviously she hadn’t thought that someone had really recognised the twelfth herb either.
The person who spoke was an old man with a late Jindan cultivation, yet Ye Mo felt a scorching heat on this old man’s body. He immediately understood that this old man should have a strange kind of fire, and this was definitely an expert in alchemy.
Although some people recognized eleven types, and some even recognized twelve types, yet Ye Mo did not regret his decision in the slightest. Take Qin Muxin’s case, even if she had recognised eleven types, Ye Mo believed that Tong Heiyin would not dare to investigate her. Besides, as a genius disciple of the ‘Immortal Medicine Valley’, even if she didn’t recognize eleven kinds of herbs without looking at ‘things’, it wasn’t anything too unusual.
“So it’s senior Cheng, Muxin has been taught.” Qin Muxin, however, clasped her fist and gave a salute to the old man, obviously having genuine admiration for the old man.
Ye Mo noticed that not only Qin Muxin, but even the rest of the people around him were also very respectful of this old man, so obviously this senior Cheng had some prestige.
Mu Yiqing knew that Ye Mo did not know the old man again, so he had to explain again, “His name is Cheng Yixiang. He is the number one in the Alchemy Hall of Fame, and has been number one for three years in a row, the First Grade Dan King, there are really very few people who don’t know him.” Obviously the last sentence was said for Ye Mo’s ears, he even suspected that Ye Mo had just arrived in the Northern Hope Continent.
It dawned on Ye Mo, no wonder so many people had such respect for him, he was actually a First Grade Dan King. However, Ye Mo also understood. Since he was a First Grade Dan King, even if he recognized all the herbs, he obviously would not arouse the suspicion of Tong Black Face.
Thinking of Tong Black Face. Ye Mo subconsciously looked at the stage, but he was surprised to find that the rest of the judges were all there. And the boy black face was gone.
With Tong Black Face gone, Ye Mo felt a burst of relief in his heart, it was best that this guy didn’t come back before the end of the Dan Tournament.
Although Cheng Yixuan was slightly older and was also a First Grade Dan King, his stance was small and he would answer all the questions from the crowd equally.
“Senior Cheng, how many herbs do you anticipate that you will have to recognise at least to not be eliminated this time?” Someone could not wait patiently and asked the question that everyone wanted to ask in their hearts.
Cheng Yemalu pondered for a moment and said, “The topic this time is indeed a bit strange. I say it is strange because there is a ‘God-attracting herb’ in the questions. However, if you can answer all eight questions, and if you don’t use the ‘God-attracting Herb’ to form a dan recipe, there should be no problem in general.”
“Ah, Senior Cheng, why is that? I just used the ‘Divine Drawing Herb’ ……” Just as Sengye Zhou finished his words, he asked. Someone asked out in surprise.
While Cheng Yimou didn’t answer, the red-skirted woman replied, “Isn’t that a simple question? Everyone knows that ‘Divine Inducing Gra*s’ cannot be used in pills, if you use ‘Divine Inducing Gra*s’ to enter a pill, then it will definitely be eliminated, is there any need to say that?”
Cheng Yeh-Chou nodded his head. No words were spoken, clearly agreeing with the red-skirted woman’s words.
“Why? If it can’t go into the dan, why is this kind of herb put into the examination?” Another person spoke up, and from his anxious tone, it was clear that he had also used the ‘Divine Drawing Herb’ for his dan recipe.
Even Ye Mo was dumbfounded, he didn’t understand what Cheng Yixuan and Guang Wei’s words meant, he had also used ‘Divine Drawing Herb’ in his dan, so in that case, wasn’t he also eliminated?
Although Ye Mo did not want to trust the judgment of that old man surnamed Cheng, he vaguely felt that this old man was right. But even though he felt that old man Cheng was right, he still couldn’t figure out why he would be eliminated if he used the ‘Divine Drawing Herb’ to enter the pellet.
Looking at the few contestants who had unwilling faces, Cheng Yeh Huan said, “If I’m not wrong, the reason why the Dan Guild put the ‘Divine Drawing Herb’ into the dan recipe was to speed up the judges’ reading of the papers.”
Before Cheng Yixuan finished his sentence, Ye Mo had already understood, and his face immediately turned ugly. The reason he had not thought of it until now was because he had solved the problem of the ‘Divine Drawing Herb’ not being able to be put into the dan, and that was why he had not thought of it.
Now that Sengye Nuang mentioned it, he knew. As soon as those judges saw the ‘God-attracting Herb’, they immediately clicked it off and didn’t even need to look at the principle of the dan recipe, which saved a lot of time.
Although Ye Mo also hoped that Cheng Yeyuan had guessed wrongly, but he knew in his heart that both Cheng Yeyuan and the red-skirted woman should not be wrong in their guesses, they were both right.
“So that’s how it is ……”
“I knew this as soon as I got the exam questions, wasn’t it obvious?”
“I guessed it too, I shouldn’t be able to use the ‘Divine Drawing Herb’ into the dan.”
The chatter around him made Ye Mo’s mood get lower and lower, he laughed bitterly, he was really being clever. Wouldn’t it be better to just get a random dan recipe, what’s the point of adding ‘God-attracting herbs’? Now, he had lifted a stone and smashed his own feet.
“Senior Brother Ye, are you alright?” Mu Yiqing and Ye Mo were together, and Ye Mo had been in a good mood, but when the crowd discussed about the ‘God-attracting Herb’, he seemed to suddenly turn bad, and immediately spoke out to ask.
Ye Mo waved his hand and said, “It’s fine, hey, my dan recipe also uses the ‘God-attracting Herb’, I think we can leave the stage early.”
Mu Yiqing looked at Ye Mo in a daze, even he knew that he couldn’t use the ‘God-attracting Herb’, Ye Mo, a sixth-grade spirit dan master, had used the ‘God-attracting Herb’, what was going on?
“I’ve been victimized by two old turtles.” Ye Mo cursed in his heart, if it wasn’t for being careful to watch out for Child Blackface, he could have written out twelve herbs and casually found a Dan recipe inside ‘Things’ without even having to think for himself.
But a mere test question for a Dan competition had hidden so many organs. To others, it might only be the same as the ‘divination herb’. But to him it was defensible.
……
Ye Mo was in a low mood, while those alchemists outside waiting for the results, the dozen judges were up in arms over that Dan recipe of his.
“A genius idea, to think of using a vortex of spiritual energy to wrap around the medicinal properties and make full use of the ‘Divine Drawing Herb’ to refine the ‘God Weaving Dan’, if this solution is really feasible. Just this ‘God Weaving Pill’ is enough to blow up the entire Luo Yue Continent.” One of the judges held a jade tablet and stared at the dan recipe in it with a continuous admiration.
“Brother Wang, are you saying that someone has really used the ‘God-attracting Gra*s’ into the pellet? You also went to look carefully at the dan recipe using ‘Divine Drawing Herb’?” An old man next to him stopped looking at the jade tablet in front of him. Instead, he turned to look at the judge who had just spoken in shock.
The conversation between these two people immediately caused the rest of the judges to be amazed, and numerous judges crowded over to take a look at the dan recipe on the jade tablet.
The ‘God-attracting Herb’ was not able to be included in the dan. The main purpose of including ‘divinely inducing herbs’ among others was to speed up the judging process. With 5,000 to 6,000 entrants, there were definitely many rookies, and it would be too time-consuming to go through these rookies’ dan recipes one by one.
This is why the ‘God-attracting herb’ was added to the examination questions. The purpose of this is, of course, to reduce the time spent by the judges in marking the papers, and once someone has used the ‘God-attracting herb’ to enter the pills, there is no need to look at them at all and they will be rejected straight away. The reason for this is that, compared to other medicinal herbs, ‘Divine Inducing Herb’ is a relatively common herb, and many rookies will definitely take ‘Divine Inducing Herb’ if they don’t know about it. Many rookies would definitely take the ‘Divine Inducing Herb’ and add it to the recipe.
But now, not only did someone use ‘Divine Inducing Herb’ in the recipe, but the judges also said it was wonderful. And the one who was loudly praising was the Dan a*sociation’s Vice President Wang Zangjian, a First Grade Dan King.
“Isn’t this nonsense? I’ll eat all this jade piece if the ‘Divine Drawing Gra*s’ can be incorporated into a dan like this. Vice President Wang. How dare you say that this dan recipe is creative?” Immediately after reading the recipe for the ‘God Weaving Pill’, someone said disdainfully, clearly believing that the ‘God Weaving Pill’ was simply nonsense.
“Elder Yu is right, many people think randomly in order to cope with the exam questions. It’s hard enough to control the spirit qi to form a vortex inside the dan furnace, let alone controlling the spirit qi to form a vortex inside the pills. And to surround the medicinal properties of the ‘Divine Drawing Herb’ in the vortex, at least I can’t do that, perhaps that candidate is even better than me.” Another judge jacked in and said.
Elder Yu, who had objected earlier, immediately sneered and said, “Sect Leader Qiao, we are only a First Grade Dan King, maybe that candidate is more than a First Grade Dan King at all? And his cultivation level is not necessarily higher than ours, so perhaps he has done what we could not do.”
The sarcasm in his tone was obvious, clearly directed at that Vice President Wang who praised Ye Mo’s ‘Weaving God Dan’.
At this moment, a beautiful middle-aged woman said in the same cold voice, “Elder Yu, what you can’t do, others don’t necessarily can’t do. You’ve also said that you’re just a First Grade Dan King, perhaps when you reach High Grade, you’ll be able to do it.”
“Sect Leader Ming Xin, I’m just being realistic.” That Elder Yu’s tone was much slower when he saw that the one who spoke was the ‘Immortal Medicine Valley”s Brightheart Sect Leader. He and Wang Zangjian, one being an Elder of the Dan a*sociation and the other being the Vice President of the Dan a*sociation, usually had conflicts, so of course he would not agree with Wang Zangjian’s statement. However, the ‘Immortal Medicine Valley’s’ Ming Xin Sect Leader was already a Second Grade Dan King, and her level of alchemy was more powerful than his, so she simply had no room to refute.
The middle-aged, beautiful woman said in a light voice, “Let’s not worry about whether this ‘God Weaving Pill’ recipe is feasible, but the analysis of the medicinal theory on it is not the slightest bit wrong. Isn’t it too impatient for Elder Yu to reject this dan recipe just after seeing the ‘Divine Drawing Herb’?”
“By the way, where is Tong Wusheng? I heard that he has obtained a remarkable dan book, let him take a look at it.” Seeing that this dan recipe had caused controversy, another judge immediately said.
“Brother Tong just took a look at those few contestants who recognised more than ten medicinal herbs and left, it seems to be some urgent business.” The chief examiner said immediately.
That judge, Master Qiao, who had originally agreed with Elder Yu, however, spoke out, “Since everyone has objections to this dan recipe, I think it would be better to let Senior Kong Ye take a look at it.”
