The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 531: Chapter 531: Who is Number 66?【Three Updates】

The other appraisers became increasingly astonished!

They had never seen Pill Master Sun Qi lose his composure like this before.

Among the appraisers, many were well-acquainted with Sun Qi. They had known him for one or two hundred years and had never seen the always steadfast Pill Master Sun Qi so agitated.

”Senior Brother, what on earth is going on?” an appraiser seated next to Sun Qi asked in a raised voice.

This person was also a disciple of City Lord Hu Donghe, and he was Sun Qi’s fellow disciple.

”Stop asking, just come and look, and you will understand,” Sun Qi said with a glance at him.

Hearing Sun Qi’s words, the others couldn’t remain seated any longer and started to get up and walk over. Meanwhile, Sun Qi spread the answer sheet out on the table.

Very quickly, the expressions of the other appraisers changed as well.

”How is this possible?”

”This...this...”

”Who exactly is this number sixty-six? This is too incredible!”

The appraisers were all deeply shocked.

Naturally, they were shocked because they believed that even if they themselves took part in the first round of Medicine Identification at this Alchemy Festival, they likely couldn’t achieve what this number sixty-six Pill Master had. They had known the answers in advance; if they hadn’t known, even they might not have been able to recognize some of the Spirit Grass. After all, they were top-notch Pill Masters on the continent. Upon reflecting, they themselves probably could score only around ninety-something.

”Check how many points this answer sheet received!” someone said urgently.

”There’s no need to look, ninety-nine points! This answer sheet, ninety-nine points, only one Purple Light Glaze Grass was marked wrong,” Sun Qi said, shaking his head and holding his breath.

”Hiss!” The other appraisers all inhaled sharply.

You should know that even when the Medicine Identification was easier in the past festivals, there were very few Pill Masters who could score ninety-nine points, let alone under the difficult circumstances of this round in the Alchemy Festival.

”Who the heck is this number sixty-six?”

”Could it be someone from an Alchemy Dao family?”

”It wouldn’t be a genius Pill Master from Pill Spirit City, right? Even geniuses from the Alchemy Dao families probably aren’t this monstrous!” the crowd buzzed with various comments.

”Sun Qi, what’s going on?” At this point, City Lord Hu Donghe also noticed the unusual behavior of Sun Qi and the other appraisers.

”Master!” Sun Qi bowed to Hu Donghe.

Then, Sun Qi also stood up and walked over to Hu Donghe with the answer sheet.

”Master, look at this answer sheet, ninety-nine points, probably the highest score in this round of Medicine Identification,” Sun Qi said excitedly.

He didn’t know who number sixty-six was, but this number sixty-six was definitely a rare Alchemy Dao genius of the centuries.

”Oh?” Hu Donghe was also slightly stunned.

Next, Hu Donghe and Chang Huan Envoy exchanged glances. Both Hu Donghe and Chang Huan Envoy were very clear about the difficulty of the first round of Medicine Identification, as the planning of each round of this Alchemy Festival was personally done by both of them. Moreover, other than the two of them, nobody else including the appraisers knew the details until the Alchemy Festival was about to begin.

”Ninety-nine points?” A hint of Divine Light flashed in Hu Donghe’s eyes.

”Master, could this number sixty-six be a new disciple you’ve recently taken?” Sun Qi asked with a smile.

He couldn’t think of anyone other than his master who could nurture such an outstanding Alchemy Dao talent. Even those from Alchemy Dao families wouldn’t be capable.

”That’s not possible, I haven’t taken any disciples recently,” Hu Donghe frowned and shook his head, ”Sun Qi, let me see that answer sheet.”

”Yes, Master!” Sun Qi handed the answer sheet over with both hands.

Both Hu Donghe and Chang Huan, intensely focused their gazes on the answer sheet and scrutinized it carefully. Very quickly, a flash of brilliance crossed their eyes, displaying an expression of disbelief.

Meanwhile, Qing Ru and others at the lowest Staircase Square also noticed the unusual activity above at the Highest Staircase Square.

”Is the review over?”

”What’s going on? Why is City Lord Hu Donghe reviewing the answer sheets?”

”I don’t know! Something seems off, could there be something wrong with that answer sheet?” Qing Ru and others all exhibited curiosity.

As is widely known, review is the responsibility of the appraisers, and neither City Lord Hu Donghe nor the Envoy from Holy City, Chang Huan, would typically take part in reviewing answer sheets. Yet now, they saw with their own eyes an appraiser passing an answer sheet to Hu Donghe and Chang Huan.

Clearly, this was somewhat unusual.

On the Second Rank Staircase Square, Jing Yan and others also noticed the commotion on the Highest Staircase Square. Jing Yan thought to himself, he vaguely guessed that the answer sheet Hu Donghe was holding was probably his own.

Other than himself, among the Pill Masters participating in the Alchemy Festival, there was likely no one who could recognize all the Spirit Grass and answer all the questions correctly.

”Sun Qi, you’re wrong!” Hu Donghe said softly after reviewing the answer sheet, taking a deep breath.

”I’m wrong?” Sun Qi was startled.

”Master, is this answer sheet not ninety-nine points? That cannot be right. Did number sixty-six not just get one Spirit Grass wrong?” Sun Qi was very puzzled.

Of course, he was puzzled.

He had already received the correct answers beforehand, and with his ability, it was highly unlikely he misremembered. Moreover, he had reviewed the answer sheet more than once, so there shouldn’t have been any mistakes.

”Pill Master Sun Qi, you indeed were wrong,” Chang Huan also stated.

Seeing Chang Huan Envoy saying the same, a look of embarrassment appeared on Sun Qi’s face. Since the master said so, and so did the envoy, then it must definitely be his mistake. He didn’t dare say more, but he still couldn’t fathom how he could be wrong. There were only one hundred answers, not ten thousand.

”Master! Lord Envoy! I also looked over this answer sheet just now, and I think Brother Sun Qi did not grade it incorrectly!” another appraiser spoke up; he was also a disciple of Hu Donghe.

”Hehe, even if it’s not ninety-nine points, it must be ninety-eight points, right? There’s not much difference!” another appraiser, who hadn’t had the time to review the entire answer sheet, commented.

The other appraisers also nodded in agreement. Ninety-eight and ninety-nine points didn’t truly differ that much; they should both be the first position in this round of the Alchemy Festival.

”Don’t rush!” Hu Donghe waved his hands, ”This answer sheet isn’t ninety-nine points, nor is it ninety-eight points; it is one hundred points!”

”What?”

”How is that possible? One hundred points? Really one hundred points?”

”...”

People all around widened their eyes in disbelief. Sun Qi also had his eyes wide open.

No, something was off. The Purple Light Glaze Grass, the answer sheet was definitely wrong there. It was noted as Purple Light Glas...