Martial Master

“What? You want to challenge the Doubtful Stone Wall?”

Hearing Qin Chen's words, Xu Bo, Xiao Ya, and Wang Zhong were all instantly stunned, looking at Qin Chen in shock, their minds dizzy, even their faces turned pale, their bodies trembling.

“What is the Doubtful Stone Wall?”

Xu Zheng looked over in confusion.

Among the crowd, he was the only one unclear about the Doubtful Stone Wall.

“The Doubtful Stone Wall is a place where the Alchemy Pavilion records the difficult problems encountered during the refining process that cannot be solved. Basically, these have been left by successive pavilion masters over the past century, and of course, there are some problems raised by top elders, which even the previous pavilion masters could not solve,” Xiao Ya said solemnly.

“Recorded are the difficult problems that the Alchemy Pavilion has been unable to solve for a hundred years, and even the pavilion master cannot solve them?”

Xu Zheng was taken aback.

Although he was not an alchemist, he knew that Zhuo Qingfeng, the pavilion master of the Great Wei Dynasty Alchemy Pavilion, was a peak sixth-grade alchemist and the strongest alchemist in the entire Great Wei Dynasty.

If the problems on the Doubtful Stone Wall are all unsolvable by the successive pavilion masters, then wouldn't it mean that no alchemist in the entire Great Wei Dynasty can solve them?

“Yes…”

Xiao Ya nodded, “Not only can the current pavilion master not solve them, but over the past century, the alchemists of our Alchemy Pavilion, including the pavilion masters, have also been unable to solve them. That’s why it is called the Doubtful Stone Wall…”

“It's just a place for recording difficult problems, it's not like we need to be so nervous about it!”

Xu Zheng said in surprise.

He thought it was a big deal; isn’t it just a challenge to a place that records difficult problems?

At worst, if he couldn’t solve it, he could just back out; moreover, that Qin Chen had easily removed the Celestial Cicada Bone Dispersal from his elder brother. He might even manage to solve one or two questions. Why were everyone, even his elder brother, this influential elder, so nervous and pale?

“Senior Xu Zheng, you don’t understand the significance of this place…”

Seeing Xu Zheng’s confused expression, Xiao Ya couldn’t help but shake her head.

She hadn’t anticipated that Qin Chen’s mention of coming to the Alchemy Pavilion to solve problems meant to challenge the Doubtful Stone Wall.

“Significance?”

“It is! The Doubtful Stone Wall is not something that just anyone is qualified to challenge. After all, the problems on it are extremely difficult. If someone fails to answer, that's fine, but if they answer even one question correctly, they can directly become the honorary pavilion master of the local Alchemy Pavilion. If they get more than two questions right, they can even directly replace the current pavilion master and inherit their position! Therefore, challenging the Doubtful Stone Wall is akin to challenging the current pavilion master, making it a very serious matter,” Xiao Ya explained with a grave expression.

“Challenge the position of pavilion master?”

Xu Zheng felt his vision darken.

What’s going on?

How does challenging a Doubtful Stone Wall equate to challenging the pavilion master?

“The difficult problems preserved on the Doubtful Stone Wall are those that have accumulated over time, problems that all alchemists in the Alchemy Pavilion cannot solve.”

Seeing Xu Zheng’s confusion, Xiao Ya chuckled bitterly and continued, “To become the pavilion master of the Alchemy Pavilion, one’s alchemical skills naturally need to surpass others; only then can one possess supreme authority!”

Xu Zheng nodded.

An alchemist, like any other profession, must possess solid strength and superior alchemical skills to lead others; otherwise, how could that be possible?

Basically, any pavilion master of an Alchemy Pavilion is the one with the highest alchemical skill and the deepest cultivation in that pavilion.