Published: December 25, 2024
Xuan Yi, the Medicine King, was at a loss for words. Qin Chen didn’t even know what the Dan Dao Room was and just agreed to participate. Was this guy really reliable?
At this moment, Xuan Yi even had doubts about whether his decision was right or wrong.
But since it had come to this, he couldn’t say anything discouraging. He patiently explained, “The Dan Dao Room mainly assesses some basic knowledge, like the identification of spiritual herbs, etc. The difficulty generally goes from easy to hard, with a total of fourteen stages. By the sixth stage, the knowledge required is basically at the level of a Medicine King. As for the seventh stage mentioned by Kang Youming and the others, the difficulty is even higher. Generally, an ordinary Mid-Stage Seven-Rank Medicine King may not even be able to pass through it. Those who can get in are often peak Mid-Stage Seven-Rank Medicine Kings with unique insights in Dan Dao.”
“As for the ninth stage, it involves knowledge at the level of a Medicine Emperor, and the knowledge assessed inside is very solid. Although it is called an assessment, it also has a guiding nature.”
“I see.” Qin Chen nodded.
So this Dan Dao Room was a place that combined education with assessment, primarily used by the Wu Domain’s Alchemy Pavilion to solidify the basics of alchemists from the Four-Domains.
“I’ve heard people say that this Dan Dao Room was built by powerful figures from the Wu Domain’s Alchemy Pavilion thousands of years ago, and the Dan Dao techniques from thousands of years ago should have significant differences from the current ones, right? Will the assessment questions in the Dan Dao Room change?” Qin Chen asked again.
This was also the question he was most concerned about.
With his cultivation from his previous life, just the knowledge assessment alone would be no problem for him, not to mention the seventh stage; even the fourteenth stage would be easy. The only concern was that he had fallen for three hundred years, and he was unsure if there had been any significant changes in the knowledge of the alchemy world over those three hundred years.
“There will definitely be changes,” Xuan Yi said. “The assessment questions in the Dan Dao Room are updated every ten years to keep pace with the times. Otherwise, if the current alchemists were assessed on ancient alchemy techniques, nine out of ten would fail.”
Indeed, his worries were not unfounded.
Qin Chen forced a bitter smile; it seemed he would have to work hard over the next ten days.
Previously, in the five nations and hundred dynasties, Qin Chen had supplemented his knowledge of the current Dan Dao world, but even in the Hundred Dynasties, it was too remote; many things wouldn’t be updated for hundreds of years. The assessment in the Dan Dao Room changes every ten years, and if he were to fail because of some new theories, it would be quite unjust.
So, he needed to cram some knowledge.
The fastest way was to go to the Alchemy Pavilion's library and take a look at the new alchemy works published in the past three hundred years to understand the changes in the alchemy world during these years.
“Xuan Yi, senior, I have one thing to ask of you.”
“You can say it!” Xuan Yi looked over.
“Where is our Alchemy Pavilion's library? I want to go take a look.”
“Oh? You want to check the books in the high-level library, right?” Xuan Yi nodded slightly, realizing that Qin Chen wasn’t aimlessly asking but had a purpose.
Jiao Jialiang and the others also nodded, inexplicably regaining some confidence.
Thinking of this, just as everyone was about to guide Qin Chen, he said, “Uh, can you first tell me where the primary library is? I want to finish looking at the books there before checking the intermediate and advanced ones!”
Xuan Yi: “…”
Jiao Jialiang: “…”
Zhao Ruhui: “…”
Everyone’s hearts were collapsing at this moment.
They all thought that since Qin Chen agreed to the Dan Dao Room assessment, he should have a firm grasp of various knowledge. The only uncertainty should be with the advanced knowledge assessed in the sixth stage, so they wanted to go to the higher-level library to quickly catch up on their knowledge.