The Dan masters did not have to wait long before the examiner came to the stage again. The first time I saw the examiner, I held my breath, knowing that the examiner was here to announce the results. The first thing you need to do is to get into the Alchemy Hall of Fame.
The chief examiner looked at the incomparably quiet competition area, then nodded and said: “Everyone is right in thinking that the results of the second round are out, and at the same time the list of the 100th to 21st places in the new Alchemy Hall of Fame is also out. Now I will start the registration sub, please be quiet and pay attention.”
In fact, there was no need for the chief examiner to ask at all, the following was already very quiet.
The chief examiner cleared his throat and then began to read aloud, “Qinghai Sect’s Wang Ezhi scored 6.4 points, with a total score of 13.4 points, ranking the 100th in the Alchemy Hall of Fame. Snow Mountain An Jing Qi 6.4 points, 13.5 overall, ranked ninety-ninth in the Alchemy Hall of Fame …… Scattered cultivator Wu Yonglin scored 6.8 out of 10, with a total score of 14.5, ranked 53rd in the Alchemy Hall of Fame. ‘Immortal Treasure House’ Lu Qian has 7.2 points, with a total score of 14.5, ranked fifty-second in the Alchemy Hall of Fame …… One by one, the names were announced by the chief examiner, and those contestants who heard their names were ecstatic, while those in the viewing area were even more enthusiastic once they heard that someone from their own sect entered the Hall of Fame was even more enthusiastic.
Ye Mo noticed that even though the scores were the same, there were differences in the rankings, possibly because the organisers had scored each person according to their subtleties.
“Hai Hall Zheng Tui 7.8 points, total score 15.5, ranked 23rd in the Alchemy Hall of Fame. Liu Huoliang of the Ghost Immortal School scored 7.8. With a total score of 15.6, he ranks 22nd in the Alchemy Hall of Fame. He Liang of the Heavenly Dan School scored 7.9 out of a total of 15.7, ranking twenty-first in the Alchemy Hall of Fame overall.”
The examiner’s voice paused here before continuing to read, “Guang Wei of Immortal Medicine Valley scored 7.9 points with a total score of 15.8, ranking twentieth for the time being …… Cai Sheng of the Tian Dan School scored 8.1 points with a total score of 16.1. ranking fourteenth for the time being… …”
Ye Mo found that the chief examiner was reading out the twenty behind him, just saying the provisional ranking, it seemed that the final result of these twenty would depend on the third round of the competition.
“Dan Ding Mountain Wan Guo Ping 8.2 points. Total score 16.3, tentatively ranked tenth …… Ghost Immortal School Wen Ren Fu 8.5 points, total score 17 points. Tentatively ranked 6th. Wan Beast Villa Barbarian 8.5 marks, 17.1 overall, ranked 5th for the time being. Immortal Medicine Valley Qin Muxin 8.6 marks, 17.3 in total, ranked 4th for the time being. Divine Sword Sect’s Xi Yi scored 8.5 out of 10, with a total score of 17.4, ranking 3rd for the time being. Scattered cultivator Cheng Yingshuang scored 9 points, with a total of 18 points, and was provisionally ranked second ……”
When the chief examiner read out Cheng Yeyuan’s name, the entire arena including the viewing area was a cacophony of noise. All the people could not believe it. Cheng Yeyuan, the Dan King, who had been the number one in the Alchemy Hall of Fame for three consecutive years, was only second this time.
“Impossible, this is absolutely impossible ……” some cultivators had already shouted out loud.
“This is an insider, it’s definitely an insider. Report out the guy in first place and let’s see who has such a big backstage ……”
“The insider is obvious, King Cheng Dan has been first in the Alchemy Hall of Fame for three consecutive years, and this time he even got a high score of 18 points, how can he be second? I reckon it’s just his status as a casual cultivator, he doesn’t have any backstage.”
“That’s not right. I’ve already calculated that, excluding the cultivators who have already reported their names, it’s impossible for any of the participants who haven’t reported their names to surpa*s 18 points even if they got 10 points in the second round.” The cultivator with a strong memory had already memorised all those who had gotten how many points.
“Do you know who among the dan masters whose names were not reported had the highest score in the first round?”
“It’s a cultivator called Ye Mo, from the ‘Gra*s Dan Sect’, who is also considered a dark horse. But he only scored 8 points in the first round, so even if he scored 10 points in the second round, there’s no way he’ll get first place.”
“10 points? You’re dreaming, the Alchemy Hall of Fame Competition has been held for thousands of years, have you ever seen anyone who scored 10 points in a single match?”
The same astonished expression was on Cheng Yixuan’s face, not for the fact that he didn’t get first place, but he was wondering what kind of person could score higher than him.
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The first place of the second round of the Hall of Fame will now be announced by senior Kong Ye, who I think will give a satisfactory explanation to everyone.”
The chief examiner’s words obviously had a great effect, and those cultivators who were still shouting quieted down. Senior Kong Ye was highly respected, and fair and just, and was the most accomplished Dan King in the Northern Hope Continent, no one dared to doubt his words.
Just like everyone else’s doubts, Ye Mo was just as sceptical in his heart. He wouldn’t think that he would get 10 points in the second round, the preciousness of the ‘God Weaving Dan’ Ye Mo knew, but he didn’t think too much of it. After all, he was different from other cultivators, he had the even more bullish ‘God Restoration Pill’. It was because he had the ‘God Restoration Pill’ that he did not see the appearance of the ‘God Weaving Pill’ as much of a big deal.
The reason he doubted it was because even if he had gotten a perfect score on the alchemy part, his medicinal liquid purification would definitely not be a perfect score, as he believed that he could hardly purify a hundred percent of the medicinal liquid even with the ‘Misty Lotus Heart Flame’. Since he could not purify 100 per cent, it could not be a perfect score, and if it could not be a perfect score, it could not reach 18 points, and if it could not reach 18 points, it could not surpa*s Chengye Zhou.
So when his name was not called among the last twenty people, his heart just sank and he subconsciously looked at Wan Guo Ping. He subconsciously looked at Wan Guoping, because if someone was going to play a trick on him, then only this Wan Guoping would be the most suspicious. But now he still had a glimmer of hope, because after all, there was still one last spot left to be filled. His score in the first round was the highest among the names that were not reported, so perhaps he had really taken a chance on this first place.
Ye Mo knew about Elder Kong Ye from the mouth of Mu Yiqing, but he didn’t pay special attention to it. Now, when he saw that the mere name of the old man stopped the noise of the scene, he immediately paid attention to this old man.
Ye Mo could not tell the age of this old man, but he could tell that this old man’s cultivation was definitely more powerful than Sima Zhun and Tong Wusheng. Old man Kong Ye was not tall and his whole body looked a bit thin and weak. Even his walking was a little unsteady. He tried to check Elder Kong Ye’s cultivation and surprisingly, he found that he could not see it at all, which was the first time this had happened to him.
He had to know that in Ye Mo’s eyes, he had some sense of even a mid Void God like Tong Blackface. However, Elder Kong Ye gave him a feeling as if it was like an ocean, and Ye Mo concluded that Elder Kong Ye was at least at the peak of Void God. He had even surpa*sed the Void God.
Just as Ye Mo was thinking about this, Elder Kong Ye’s gaze seemed to look towards him, although he felt that Elder Kong Ye’s gaze carried good intentions. However, Ye Mo still hurriedly withdrew his divine sense. Facing such an expert, he simply did not even have the room to resist.
Old Man Kong Ye stood in front of the tournament stage, and there seemed to be some excitement in his eyes. He looked at Ye Mo again before he said: ”Everyone is wondering why I must come and announce the first place in this competition in person. But I believe that everyone will understand after hearing my words.”
Elder Kong Ye’s voice was not very loud, but all of them inside and outside the entire arena could hear it clearly, as if he was speaking right next to their ears.
“Ye Mo of the Gra*s Dan Sect scores 10 points, 18 points in total, first place.” Elder Kong Ye’s language was so concise that he didn’t even use the words temporarily ranked first.
“Boom ……”.
Even with Elder Kong Ye on stage, the chatter from below could not be contained. No one expected the dark horse of the ‘Gra*s Dan Sect’ to go dark to the end. Not only did he take first place, but he also took a perfect score in the second round, how on earth did he do that?
This was not the first time the Alchemy Hall of Fame’s Dan Tournament had been held, but getting ten points in a single match had never been done before.
Someone already said with a sudden realization, “I finally understand why Ye Mo ranked first. But his got a 10, so he came first.”
“I guess so, 10 points, I believe Elder Kong Ye wouldn’t tell lies, it seems he really is a genius, to be able to get 10 points in a single round of the competition.”
Cheng Yixuan was full of bitterness. Although he was thinking in his heart that it was nothing even if he didn’t get first place, it was still hard for him to accept this fact when it was really his turn.
Of course there was also a subconscious feeling in his heart that Ye Mo also scored 18 points, and he also scored 18 points, but this first place went to Ye Mo, a character who was not well known, was it because he had been the first place winner of the Alchemy Hall of Fame for three consecutive times?
Ye Mo was also surprised in his heart, he never thought that he could get 10 points for his second round, and it was Elder Kong Ye himself who came to announce it, this was too unexpected.
Elder Kong Ye waited for the noise below to diminish a little before he said, “Everyone be quiet, if everyone thinks that I am ranking Ye Mo first because he got a perfect score in the second round, then everyone has thought wrong.”
Hearing Elder Kong Ye’s words, all the people listened intently once again, surprisingly, it was different from what they had guessed, it wasn’t because Ye Mo had received a perfect score in a single round of the Alchemy Hall of Fame in thousands of years, was it because of something else?
Elder Kong Ye continued, ”Yes, it’s because of something else. Everyone knows that ‘divinely inducing herbs’ can’t be incorporated into pans, and the reason for having ‘divinely inducing herbs’ in the first question this time is to speed up the marking process. But it happened that someone had entered the ‘Divine Drawing Herb’ into the elixir and had combined it into a ‘Divine Weaving Dan’ recipe. To speak from the bottom of my heart, when I saw this dan recipe, I just admired this contestant’s thinking and cleverness, and never dared to imagine that this dan recipe would be successful ……”
Using his hand to squelch the once again noisy voices below, Elder Kong Ye continued, “So I thank the judge, Vice President Wang Zangjian, who did not casually ignore the contestant’s answer sheet and carefully looked over this contestant’s dan recipe and gave a satisfactory opinion.”
“So ……” said Elder Kong Ye slowly as he looked at all the people, “This contestant’s first round score should actually be 9, and if we consider his dan recipe, I think even a 10 would be appropriate, and I only gave 8 points, which in itself is unfair to him ……”
“So that’s how it is, doesn’t that mean Ye Mo got 20 points for two rounds, that seems a bit excessive ……” Even with what Elder Kong Ye said, some people raised questions.
Elder Kong Ye seemed to know what others were thinking while saying once again, “It’s not excessive, in fact even if he got 20 points, that’s not the reason I’m going to let him get first place. The reason why Ye Mo got first place was because he had refined the ‘God Weaving Pill’, a spirit grade pill that repairs and restores divine sense, creating a precedent in my Luo Yue Continent ……”
After these words from Elder Kong Ye were spoken, the noise below could no longer be stilled ……
