Published: December 25, 2024
For the contestants on the arena, although there were numerous spiritual herbs in the sky, this choice was not a difficult problem.
After all, no matter how extraordinary a pharmacist's cultivation was, they had a main focus and a secondary focus in alchemy. In such a large-scale assessment, no one would choose a secondary herbal medicine; they would naturally bring out their trump card and select one from their main focus.
Moreover, to win the assessment, they would naturally choose the most reliable and highest-ranked one among the many main-focus pills.
However, now that Master Ouyang Zhengqi had set a new rule, the contestants were all troubled.
Under the influence of the approaching seventh-level spiritual power storm, their strongest pills could no longer be refined, and they could only choose one from the pills they were most proficient in.
Furthermore, this pill must be one that could be successfully refined under the influence of the spiritual power storm.
In an instant, many were scratching their heads, feeling quite distressed.
Some pharmacists even began to search among the sixth-level spiritual herbs due to their lack of confidence.
Ouyang Zhengqi secretly shook his head.
He naturally understood the thoughts of these individuals; contestants who chose like this were not particularly strong and could not possibly secure a top three ranking. Thus, they could only take a step back, hoping to successfully refine a pill to catch the attention of the Alchemy Pavilion members.
But didn't they think, if they did not even have the courage to challenge themselves, even if they successfully refined a sixth-grade pill in the end, how could they expect to be valued by others?
Look at Qin Chen and the others; their expressions hardly changed.
On the arena, Qin Chen stared at the spiritual herbs above, pondering the next round of assessment.
Which pill should he refine?
If he wanted to play it safe, he would definitely refine a seventh-grade late-stage pill. However, he had previously noticed that Ye Mo and the others' alchemical skills were indeed formidable; they likely had seventh-grade late-stage cultivation as well.
Although he did not know how they would perform under the influence of the spiritual storm, if the opponent also refined a seventh-grade late-stage pill, that would be troublesome.
He had to secure a spot in the Ancient Yu Realm; he absolutely could not allow any issues at this stage.
In that case...
Qin Chen's gaze swept over the many spiritual herbs above his head, and an idea suddenly surged within him.
Yan Chidao's eyes were filled with a hint of madness. After the first two rounds of assessment, he was only in fourth place.
However, only the top three could obtain a spot in the Ancient Yu Realm, which meant that if he continued like this, he would surely miss out on his chance.
"No, I absolutely cannot lose here. If I fail to enter the Ancient Yu Realm, even if I go to the Martial Domain, my starting point will already be a step behind the others. Cultivating as a martial artist is like rowing upstream; if you do not advance, you regress. The spot in the Ancient Yu Realm must be mine."
His gaze was frantic; under the suppression of the spiritual storm, he had considered whether to lower the difficulty of his refinement. However, he changed his mind.
If he lowered the difficulty, although the success rate would be one hundred percent, it...
Would definitely not win against Qin Chen and Ye Mo, and perhaps he wouldn't even win against Yu Sihui.
A seventh-grade late-stage pill.
He felt as if there was something within him that needed to break, giving him an unprecedented confidence. As long as he believed in himself, he could definitely refine a seventh-grade late-stage pill.
He had felt this sensation before, but never so strongly as now. Under the threat of many formidable enemies, it felt as though some shackles in his heart had been broken, igniting a strong premonition that he would surely succeed today.
Just wait; he was the number one genius in alchemy.