But their words only brought more unscrupulous ridicule from the other two continents.
"Come on, no matter what you say, we won't believe it."
"That's ridiculous. You're still lying even when you're about to die."
"I think anyone who pulls this kind of trick should be disqualified from the exam. Now, they've made this place a mess. It's unbearable."
Ning Zhishui saw his people wanting to fight again, so he stopped them and said, "The competition is coming soon, there's no need to get involved. If they don't believe it, they'll find out when they wait."
But her behavior made others think that it was a lie.
"See, she feels guilty!" those people said with a smile.
But there were also some people who found things strange.
"Is it really true? Why doesn't she seem panicked at all?"
"Yes, and she's in the Earth-level team. Could it be that she really knows how to make the Biqiong Pill?"
But a companion quickly explained, "Not panicking? She's just pretending! And standing here doesn't mean anything. They submitted the list themselves, so they can name whoever they want. I think when it comes time to actually refine the elixir, she'll just pretend to have made a mistake and be eliminated."
Everyone in Jiang Baizhou was speechless.
These people are so dramatic, thinking about all sorts of things, guessing this and that... Can't this be true?
Although, they themselves felt that this matter was a bit exaggerated, and they would not believe it if they had not seen it with their own eyes...
But at least they won’t open their mouths like this to hurt others!
"Yes, talk more when you feel like talking." Ning Zhishui looked at them with a smile, not angry at all. "After all, you probably won't be able to laugh in the next few days."
Those people were furious, "You!"
"Alright, alright, be quiet." A Danwang Sect steward stepped forward and stopped their quarrel.
Jiang Baizhou's people were filled with anger, but when they looked at Ning Zhishui, who was chatting and laughing freely, they suddenly calmed down again, and even had a bit of evil interest in watching the show.
Don’t you believe it?
Then open your eyes wide and watch carefully!
Sect Leader Luo of the Danwang Sect came out and spoke to the president of the Sanzhou Dan Association, expressing his encouragement to everyone and his expectations for this Immortal Grass Conference.
"...The alchemists who always take first place at the Immortal Herb Conference will no longer be unknown figures in the future. They will gradually advance to become Xuan-, Di-, and Tian-level alchemists. They will also create their own alchemy formulas to benefit the continent. I hope you can do the same."
"The competition is divided into five days. The first day is a test of pharmacological knowledge, and the next four days are all about alchemy. This is not only a test of your abilities, but also a test of your physical strength and energy."
"From the moment we began, people were eliminated every moment. But don't be afraid. The end here doesn't mean the end of your alchemy career. The fact that you've made it this far already means you've surpassed other alchemists, and the experiences here are even more of a treasure for you!"
"Now, the Immortal Grass Club will officially begin."
The first assessment today is answering questions.
Of course, the four grades have different papers. Each grade is an independent area during the assessment and has nothing to do with each other.
There are so many questions that you have to answer them very quickly when writing. You can't even have too much time to think, otherwise you will not be able to finish answering them.
Compared with others who frowned and looked anxious and resentful, Ning Zhishui always looked relaxed and wrote very quickly, as if he already had the answer in his mind the moment he saw the question.
There are many managers responsible for supervising the assessment, and they are always patrolling the venue. It is not impossible to cheat here, after all, monks have plenty of means.
But before doing these, you must be mentally prepared: once discovered, your alchemy badge will be stripped away, your name will become notorious in the alchemy world, and you will become a disgrace to alchemists!
Besides, there is no need to cheat, because people without real skills will not be able to survive to the end, and people with real skills do not need to cheat.
Therefore, very few people do this, and it has not happened in at least five consecutive Xiancao meetings.
Three hours later, the time came.
Everyone started writing for three hours, hardly stopping at all. This was all thanks to the fact that they were all cultivators with spiritual energy in their bodies, otherwise their wrists would have been broken from writing.
Even so, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they handed in the papers.
Then, the Three Continents Alchemy Association will send some people to count the scores, and the scores will only be counted into two levels, namely qualified and unqualified.
They were given a quarter of an hour's rest, after which the results of the first assessment of the 300 alchemists came out.
"For the first item, 276 people passed, and the remaining 24 failed and were eliminated." Sect Master Luo of the Danwang Sect read out the results. "I won't read out the names. I'll post the papers on the wall so you can see for yourself. That way you can be convinced... Oh, by the way, there's one thing worth mentioning. There were three papers with full marks. Hmm, truly outstanding."
The crowd was shocked.
There are actually three people who got full marks!
There were at least 800 questions on the test paper, if not 1,000. It was difficult to even finish them due to the tight time. If your hands were shaking or your eyes were blurry, you might make mistakes during the process.
But in this situation, there are still people who can get full marks!
"These three are Cang Qingzhou's Xuan-level Alchemist Qin Zhuo, Jiang Baizhou's Di-level Alchemist Ning Zhishui, and Mo Xuanzhou's Di-level Alchemist Xu Hongru. Congratulations to you all. However, there are still many who didn't get full marks not because of mistakes, but because they didn't complete the questions. It's a pity."
It would be fine if it was someone else's name, but once Ning Zhishui's name was mentioned, almost everyone's eyes were on her.
She is a celebrity now, and everyone present knows her.
Those who didn't know him before specially asked who Ning Zhishui was after arriving today, so they now know him.
Now, they couldn't help but frown, feeling a little surprised and confused.
He was probably wondering why Ning Zhishui was able to answer the questions correctly... Could it be that he cheated and was not discovered?
Jiang Baizhou's alchemists were originally regretting that they couldn't finish the questions because their hand speed wasn't fast enough. However, when they heard that Ning Zhishui was among those who got full marks, they couldn't help but get excited.
Look! With Master Ning Dan here, there's no need to panic at all!
But everyone soon lost their joy because 10 of the eliminated people were Jiang Baizhou's!
That’s almost half of the total number of 24!
The ten people had sad faces, and one of them was actually crying. "I was so panicked. I don't know why I just can't write what I used to know... I'm sorry."
Ning Zhishui didn't say anything.
Just as she said, she has helped in all the ways she can, and as for the rest, whether it is due to lack of strength or poor performance, that is her own business.
There is nothing to feel sorry for. For some things, it is enough to feel that you have done your best for yourself. It doesn't matter whether you have done your best for others or not.
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