Published: December 25, 2024
Swish!
The pill in front of him quickly disappeared, followed by the appearance of a new pill.
"This pill is a ZhiXian Pill..."
What kind of vision does Qin Chen have? There are hardly any pills in this continent that he hasn't heard of, and his mental strength has already reached the eighth rank. With the aid of his powerful soul power, analyzing the information of a pill is a piece of cake.
In fact, analyzing pills is a fundamental skill that every alchemist must learn, and Qin Chen is particularly skilled in this area. The headquarters of the Wu Domain Alchemy Pavilion once discovered quite a few ancient pills, and a group of elders could not analyze their structure and refining methods no matter how hard they tried. It was only after inviting Qin Chen that they gained a systematic understanding of the refining techniques for ancient pills.
Now, to Qin Chen, the questions of the sixth stage seemed like child’s play.
Qin Chen handled each one, and by the fourth time, the pill that appeared was not merely made using normal methods; it utilized many obscure techniques. Some of the formulas intentionally confused certain spiritual herbs, deviating from the most orthodox formulations, making it easy to fall into traps and make erroneous judgments.
This also made Qin Chen sigh; no wonder many Pill Kings couldn’t pass the sixth stage. Such questions indeed posed some difficulty and were not something an ordinary person could solve. One needed a systematic understanding of various early-stage seventh-rank pills to calculate without leaving any gaps.
These questions also greatly increased the difficulty for Qin Chen, making the time he took to complete them longer and longer.
However, since he spent more time, the given time limit also extended, so he still completed all the questions in only about one-third of the allotted time, appearing quite at ease.
After one hour, Qin Chen finally passed the sixth stage and entered the seventh stage.
When the sixth beam of light lit up on the stone tablet, a violent commotion erupted throughout the venue.
"He really passed the sixth stage."
"How is that possible? Isn’t it said that only Pill Kings above the mid-seventh rank can pass the sixth stage? Could this kid be a mid-seventh rank Pill King?"
"Look at his passing time; it was only one hour. I remember the time limit for the sixth stage was three hours. The three deputy pavilion masters of the Alchemy Pavilion passed it with more than two-thirds of the time gone. But Qin Chen..."
"He was a whole hour ahead of everyone else."
"Simply a monster!"
In an instant, the venue was in an uproar, and everyone was dumbfounded, feeling it was hard to believe.
Kang Youming and the others clenched their fists, their faces pale.
How could it be? Qin Chen actually reached the seventh stage; how did he do it?
But now, what they needed to consider was no longer how Qin Chen achieved it, but rather the upcoming competition between them and Qin Chen.
Qin Chen passed the sixth stage, and now he had the opportunity to compete with them.
Beside them, Wei Jinzhou and the other three Holy Sons turned pale, their expressions ugly.
The seventh stage was an achievement none of them had reached, yet now Qin Chen had achieved it. Did this not imply that they couldn’t even compete with a twenty-year-old boy?
How could this be possible?
Meanwhile, the audience watching the excitement did not think too much but were filled with more speculation.
"Do you think this kid might even pass the seventh stage and enter the eighth stage?"
"Eighth stage?"
"How could that be possible?"
"Absolutely impossible!"
"In the past few decades of our Alchemy City’s history, only Pavilion Master Xuan Cheng reached the eighth stage. None of the three deputy pavilion masters ever passed it. Could Qin Chen be stronger than the three deputy pavilion masters?"
"That’s hard to say. This kid dares to challenge the three deputy pavilion masters, which clearly shows he has confidence in surpassing them. Moreover, the Alchemy Pavilion's assessment is only in a specific environment; it doesn’t mean that passing the seventh stage implies he is necessarily better at alchemy than those who haven't passed."