Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 1248: Chapter 1248 The Title is Difficult

”This kid is truly arrogant. Alright then, give it a try, I want to see if you’ll end up crying!”

An Lian was seething with anger inside.

When he used to scold the disciples on Changle Immortal Island, no one ever dared to talk back to him. All of them were compliant and submissive, but who knew Ling Xiao would be so defiant.

”Fine, I agree, but what if you can’t do it?”

An Lian asked.

”Simple. If I can’t do it, not only will I not participate in the Alchemy competition, but I will also offer the Imperial Jade Seal with both hands!”

Ling Xiao said indifferently.

Imperial Jade Seal!

Ling Xiao’s words left everyone present dumbfounded.

How confident must this guy be to even use the Imperial Jade Seal as a wager?

”Good!”

An Lian quickly shouted, as if he was afraid Ling Xiao would regret it.

But he was really overthinking it; how could Ling Xiao possibly regret it.

Perhaps in terms of Martial Arts, Ling Xiao couldn’t dominate here, but in alchemy, no one here qualifies to claim they are the first if Ling Xiao considers himself second.

Even his master, Yuan Venerate, wouldn’t dare to claim to have his breadth of knowledge.

”Now, everyone go to their respective testing platforms and start the test. The time is already set, pay attention to it.”

An Lian no longer looked at Ling Xiao and announced the start of the test.

The testing platforms were chosen randomly, so Ling Xiao picked the nearest one and walked over.

The others also chose their testing platforms. No one dared to cause any trouble here, especially with Jackson Le Grandmaster watching over the place.

”Brother Ling, you really shouldn’t have offended Elder An earlier, your actions were a bit too much.”

Just after Ling Xiao entered the testing platform, he suddenly heard a voice from next door and turned his head to find it was Dan Qing.

The very person who had scolded him earlier was now preaching to him, which indeed made him slightly displeased.

”Too much? Apparently Brother Dan Qing can ignore ridicule and mockery from others. Sadly, I don’t have a tortoise shell, I don’t play the submissive grandson, nor do I need to!”

Ling Xiao said indifferently.

Having said that, he turned his head back and began focusing on selecting herbs.

He could not rely on inner strength, nor soul power and eyes, but only on tactile sense, so he needed to concentrate.

Dan Qing was somewhat angry; this wasn’t the first time Ling Xiao had ignored him, and it bothered him, the top young pharmacist of the Changle Immortal Island.

It felt like he, a person of high stature, had stepped into cow dung, which was extremely unpleasant.

”What’s wrong, Brother Dan Qing, did that guy offend you?”

Next to Dan Qing was surprisingly Little Medicine King, Ji Luoyu.

Ji Luoyu seemed quite interested in Dan Qing.

It was possible that she harbored a secret love for him.

After all, Dan Qing was handsome, had reached the Second Dongtian Realm, and was a Top-ranked Yellow Grade pharmacist, a standout among the youth!

It was normal for women to be interested in him.

”Luo Yu, don’t you know that Ling Xiao there? He once saved the life of Jackson Le Grandmaster.”

Dan Qing said with a smile.

”I’m not interested in him. He’s just an Advanced Yellow Grade pharmacist. Although it’s said that he saved Jackson Le Grandmaster, that’s just a rumor. Moreover, even the Grandmaster himself suspects that someone guided him. It’s nothing significant, he just read a few more books than others.”

Ji Luoyu really had no interest in Ling Xiao; discussing Ling Xiao was less appealing than getting closer to Dan Qing.

After all, from any perspective, Dan Qing was much stronger than Ling Xiao.

Cultivation Level, Alchemist rank, and background, these were aspects where Ling Xiao couldn’t even catch up if he tried.

”Well said.”

At that moment, Dan Qing’s vanity soared to its peak, and his heart was very pleased.

Fengming Piaoxue praising Ling Xiao in front of him had been irritating to him until now, but Ji Luoyu’s words made him feel much better instantly.

”Brother Dan Qing, the test has already started, let’s get moving too, so we don’t let those who pretend and posture take advantage.”

Ji Luoyu said with a smile.

”Um, wish you all the best!”

Dan Qing nodded and also shifted his gaze to the black box in front of him.

”The questions for this test are very well chosen indeed, testing the Alchemists’ depth of knowledge as well as their practical experience. If one has never concocted pills before, it would be quite hard to write out in detail the process of making a pill.”

Jackson Le Grandmaster walked up beside An Lian, gently patted him on the shoulder, and praised.

”Thank you for the praise, Grandmaster, it’s all part of our duty.”

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”Fortunately, I have touched every type of medicinal herb I handled, and also personally concocted quite a number of pills, otherwise choosing the herbs today would have been very difficult.”

Ling Xiao found that inside the black box were many herbs similar in appearance, so for those who were ambiguous in their understanding of the external form of herbs, it would be hard to discern them.

”Tai Chi Eye!”

Ling Xiao opened his left eye and couldn’t help but smile.

This left eye of his could clearly see through the black box and identify the herbs inside.

The five types of herbs he had chosen through touch earlier matched exactly what he saw, which made him smile knowingly.

He was naturally quite satisfied with his performance.

After all, among those present, none possessed the ability to see through objects like him.

However, the selection of herbs was actually just the simplest step.

If these twenty-one people were all genuinely qualified Alchemists, not ones who had sneaked or cheated their way in, then they should all be able to pass this part.

The problem was the next part about the pill recipes.

A pill recipe involves not only writing the quantity of the herbs needed but also describing the detailed process of concoction.

The trouble lies here, the herbs placed in the black box by An Lian, whatever five types you combine, it’s quite difficult to concoct any existing pills.

Which means, the test participants need to ”create”!

Come up with their pill recipes and those have to withstand scrutiny, this is indeed very challenging.

Many Alchemists just study in a step-by-step fashion, mechanically absorbing knowledge, only knowing how to concoct pills that are recorded in books, and not inventing or creating their own.

Thinking this, Ling Xiao glanced back at An Lian, thinking to himself that this guy was really ruthless.

Among those present, probably twisting their minds to come up with one viable pill recipe would already be quite impressive. An Lian really wanted to put a damper on these outstanding talents’ pride, throwing a bucket of cold water over their heads to keep them from getting too cocky at tomorrow’s Alchemy Conference.

”Damn it, no wonder this guy dared to bet with me, to create more than four types of pill recipes? That’s genuinely tough!”

Ling Xiao gritted his teeth and began to contemplate deeply.

At the same time, the other test takers also encountered the same difficult problem.

However, their difficulty was certainly much less than Ling Xiao’s.

Because they only needed to create one pill recipe.

Even so, still no one could complete this task quickly.