Chapter 259 Option D: None of the above
The last question: Which of the six theories of alchemy is the same as the one?
Translated it means, among the six theories of alchemy, which one do you agree with? Tell us why you agree.
Chu Ning couldn't think of how to answer this question correctly.
Not to mention the newcomers like them, even the grandmaster alchemists couldn't convince the other five sects, otherwise there wouldn't be six sects in the Alchemy Realm.
I am a disciple of Danshan Sect, which belongs to Fan School. From the perspective of a disciple of Danshan Sect, I naturally have to agree with the theory of Fan School.
Alchemy lies in the word "refining".
Only by practicing more can you make progress.
The disciples of Danshan Sect are very diligent in refining pills. Apart from participating in sect missions, they spend most of their time refining pills in their caves.
The lively scene like that in Hongri Peak of Xiyue Sect, where many disciples came to visit the market from time to time, almost never appeared in Danshan Sect. At least Chu Ning had never encountered it in the hundreds of years he had been in Danshan Sect.
After thinking for a while, Chu Ning put this question aside temporarily and started to check the previous questions.
The first twenty questions are about medicinal materials. (To make it easier for everyone to understand, they are all described in modern Chinese.)
【1. Explain the signs of maturity and medicinal properties of the herb. 】
[2. When the black gold stone is combined with that kind of medicinal material, it will produce a medicinal liquid that is beneficial to the enhancement of the soul.]
[3. Which of the following four patterns is the 500-year-old Xuanling Grass?]
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Chu Ning couldn't use the Secret Mirror to cheat on these twenty questions, but fortunately, when he was in the Xinhuo Palace, he spent most of his time in the library and read many introductions to spiritual medicines.
I read the complete introduction to spiritual medicines because I was afraid that I would miss out if I encountered a rare spiritual medicine in the future and failed to recognize it. I didn't expect to use it in this exam.
After finishing the twenty questions about medicinal materials, the next question turned to questions about elixirs.
However, after reading these medicine questions, Chu Ning just wanted to say that the senior who set the questions was really an old fool and set traps everywhere.
[1. Which of the following herbs is needed to make Rejuvenating Powder?]
① Ebony root ② Ebony branch ③ Ebony leaf ④ Fire dragon stone Chu Ning was still very confident in his memory. Fire dragon stone was the medicinal ingredient needed to refine the rejuvenation powder, while the previous three were not.
But this kind of question gives people a feeling that the correct answer should be one of the first three.
[2. When refining the Wind-Driven Pill, the Wind-Speed Stone is missing. Which of the following herbs can be used as a substitute?]
① Swift Wind Grass ② Hidden Bright Stone ③ Bright Marrow ④ None of the above three
Even Chu Ning didn't know how to choose the answer to this question, because as far as he knew, the medicinal ingredients for Fengxing Dan were not the three types mentioned above.
Of the three medicinal herbs available, except for the first one, he had never heard of the other two. As for whether they could replace the Wind Stone, he had no idea.
Maybe his current realm is not high enough, and these medicinal herbs are of high level or rare, so he doesn't know.
If there were only three options, he would have guessed one from the second and third options, but when the fourth option came out, he was suddenly confused.
Chu Ning felt like he was back to the time when he was taking an exam in high school. Did the person who set the questions read the Huanggang secret scroll? Chu Ning's consciousness left the jade slip and glanced at the other people in the square. He found that many people also had frowns on their faces, which made him feel relieved. It seemed that he was not the only one in a state of confusion.
On the high platform, the strong men from various factions saw the contestants with frowns on their brows and started discussing.
"It seems that the questions prepared by Danta this time are very difficult. All the contestants look solemn."
"From the first round, we can tell that this round of questions is probably the most difficult in the past ten rounds."
In the Danshan Sect's stands, Qi Shiyun and the other four elders were also communicating at this moment.
"If the questions are too difficult, I'm afraid all the contestants' scores won't be very high. This is a good thing for some of the B and C level contestants."
Qin Libang smiled and said that if the questions were extremely difficult, even popular Class A contestants like Tong Shouxian would find it difficult to answer them. However, for questions of medium difficulty, Class B and Class C contestants would also be able to answer them, and everyone's scores would be similar.
In three days, Chu Ning finished fifty questions.
The next question was about practical alchemy. Although Chu Ning knew that the questions would be very tricky given the bad taste of the question setter, he felt sick after reading the first question.
[1. When refining the Shuiyue Pill to the final stage of gathering, I found that the pill furnace had cracks. What should I do now? ]
① Stop refining the elixir and replace the furnace ② Lower the temperature to prevent the furnace from exploding ③ Shout "The destiny is in my hands" and continue refining the elixir. For this question, a normal person would choose the second one, because stopping the elixir is equivalent to ruining it. Although lowering the temperature may lead to the failure of gathering, it is only a possibility.
"Not that simple?"
Chu Ning thought about his experience in answering questions in his previous life. Generally speaking, for a question setter like Lao Liu, the most unreliable answer is often the correct one.
“So the answer is the third one. The first one is equivalent to giving up, the second one is likely to fail, and the third one is likely to succeed.”
"Although the second and third options seem to have the same probability, if you analyze them carefully you will find the difference between them. The second option is betting that the elixir will not fail due to the lowering of the temperature, while the third option is betting that the elixir furnace will not explode."
For some reason, a word suddenly popped up in Chu Ning's mind: subjective initiative! The second subjective one is to prevent failure, and the third one is to succeed in alchemy.
Therefore, this question is not testing the level of alchemy but the attitude when making alchemy.
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Two days passed like this, and Chu Ning looked at the last question left and chose to relax first.
These five days felt longer than anything he had experienced in the past fifty years; it was pure torture.
Looking at the last question again, Chu Ning had different ideas from the beginning.
When he first saw this last question, he thought the question setter was deliberately setting a trap for him, but after finishing the previous questions, Chu Ning suddenly understood something.
The person who sets the questions is not just setting traps for the contestants, but wants to see their attitudes.
"If the six schools represent the different beliefs of alchemists, then my belief should be to adopt what is available."
Chu Ning whispered in his heart that in the past lives, many nations had their own beliefs, but the Chinese people were the least religious. To be precise, the Chinese people only believed in their ancestors.
The main focus of the Chinese people is pragmatism.
In the past, during the Republic of China, many churches from the West came to the country to preach, and those priests thought they had converted many people.
Little did they know that if it weren't for the church distributing steamed buns and food, no one would go to church to attend classes.
For the Chinese people, what is beneficial to them is good folk customs, and what is not beneficial to them is feudal dregs.
If my left eye twitches, it means good fortune, because I have done good deeds for many years; if my right eye twitches, it means disaster. That's just feudal superstition.
This practical approach of borrowing from others can also be used in this last question.
If we follow the style of the question setter's previous questions, we can actually apply it to this last question.
No matter which theory it is, as long as it can help me successfully refine the elixir, it is a useful theory.
Chu Ning quickly gave the answer to the last question.
[Six theories of alchemy: If it is beneficial to me, I will follow it; if it is not beneficial to me, I will do the opposite.]
After finishing these 100 questions, Chu Ning did not choose to check them again. He had thought about everything he needed to think about in the past few days. If he went back to check at this time, it might turn the correct answers into wrong ones.
His previous exam experience told him that the more uncertain the questions were, the less he should check them, because no matter how much you check, you will still not be sure, and the answers given later cannot be guaranteed to be correct, so he should just trust his first judgment.
Chu Ning withdrew his consciousness from the jade slip and looked around. It was already the sixth day and many contestants had finished the questions.
Although these contestants had finished the questions, Chu Ning could not see confidence and joy on their faces, but more confusion and uncertainty.
Several popular contestants, including Tong Shouxian and Lu Sizhong, were all holding their chins in deep thought.
Chu Ning and other contestants have been concentrating on their homework these days, but the alchemists watching around the square have caught a glimpse of something big.
In the first round of assessment, Chu Ning ranked second in Class B. This ranking, which was obviously inconsistent with his performance, caused discussion among the surrounding monks.
Just as these onlookers were discussing, there happened to be a few disciples from Danshan Sect in the crowd, and someone happened to ask these disciples about Chu Ning's situation.
Therefore, after hearing the stories told by the disciples of Danshan Sect, the monks watching knew about Chu Ning's past in Danyu.
To be precise, it started when Chu Ning was assessed in the Lower Domain, and was given a Class D rating in the Xinhuo Hall, and later Chu Ning joined the Danshan Sect.
What the disciples of Danshan Sect have said before are all true events, including why Chu Ning was ranked D-level, the evaluation given by a senior named Chen from Xinhuo Hall, and Chu Ning's request to a senior named Sun for a chance to go to Danshan Sect.
The content was described in great detail, and even the disciples of Danshan Sect repeated what Chu Ning had said to Sun Chengyang, as if they had heard it with their own ears at the scene.
As for why Danshan Sect asked Xinhuo Palace for new recruits, these disciples did not hide the fact that Qihuo Sect poached people, including the fact that it was Li Tao, and they explained clearly how they poached him.
According to the narration of the disciples of Danshan Sect, the Seven Fire Sect is the villain, while Li Tao has become a treacherous villain, and Chu Ning is an inspirational cultivator from the Lower Realm.
A cultivator sighed and said: The conversation between Chu Ning and Senior Sun is a portrayal of the cultivators in the lower realms. We are in the Dan Realm, and I wonder how much unknown suffering these cultivators in the lower realms have endured in order to come to the Dan Realm.
There was also an alchemist from the lower realm who burst into tears after hearing this. He said, "Brother Chu's words fully describe the sufferings of cultivators in the lower realm. The sufferings in the dark are bearable, but the indifference and discrimination in public are the most difficult to bear."
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In this atmosphere, some cultivators whispered, wondering if the score given to Chu Ning by Xinhuo Hall was too low.
However, there were only a few monks who made such remarks, and the other monks around did not dare to respond.
The rating of Xinhuo Hall was given by six predecessors who had attained the state of God Transformation. Questioning Xinhuo Hall is the same as questioning these six powerful gods.
"My fellow Daoist, what you described was what happened before Chu Ning went to Danshan Sect. What about Chu Ning's performance after he arrived at Danshan Sect?"
Some cultivators grasped the key point. The disciples of Danshan Sect only vaguely mentioned Chu Ning's performance after he went to Danshan Sect, but Chu Ning's experience in Danshan Sect was the key point they wanted to know.
It must be very exciting to think about how a D-level newcomer went to Danshan Sect, stood out among the many new disciples of Danshan Sect, and finally got a place in the competition.
"Fellow Daoist, you asked a good question." Tian Wanfeng nodded. "I really didn't say much about Junior Brother Chu's life in the sect. It was mainly because as soon as Junior Brother Chu arrived in our Danshan Sect, the elders saw Junior Brother Chu's talent in alchemy and one of them accepted him as a disciple on the spot."
"Junior Brother Chu was accepted as a disciple by the elders, and he devoted himself to refining pills. There is really nothing much to say. I can't tell you what kind of pill Junior Brother Chu refined in such and such a year."
Tian Wanfeng spread his hands, and the monks around him understood what he meant.
As soon as Chu Ning entered Danshan Sect, he was accepted as a disciple by the elders of Danshan Sect. That was already a counterattack, and there was really nothing much to say.
"Hehe, but since you fellow Taoists asked, I will reveal a piece of news to you. Please don't spread it out."
Tian Wanfeng suddenly lowered his voice, but considering that the cultivators watching were at least at the Jindan stage, his lowered voice was no different from holding a loud speaker.
"After accepting Junior Brother Chu as his disciple, Elder Yan of our sect began to question Xinhuo Hall, thinking that Xinhuo Hall gave Junior Brother Chu a low rating."
Hiss! The faces of many monks at the scene changed instantly. It was nothing for them to question the Xinhuo Hall because they were insignificant and their words were not taken seriously. But if the elders of Danshan Sect questioned the Xinhuo Hall, it would be a big deal.
"Our Elder Yan was originally going to go to Xinhuo Hall to question them, but was persuaded by the other elders."
"If Xinhuo Palace had not only given Junior Brother Chu the D-level, Junior Brother Chu would not have come to our Danshan Sect. This shows that Junior Brother Chu is destined to be a disciple of my Danshan Sect."
"It was after hearing these words that Elder Yan calmed down his anger and did not question Xinhuo Palace."
Hearing Tian Wanfeng's words, all the monks present laughed.
you do not say.
Even if Xinhuo Palace really gave Chu Ning a low rating, Danshan Sect was the one that gained the advantage, so there was no need to make things difficult for Xinhuo Palace. They should even be thankful for Xinhuo Palace for giving Chu Ning a low rating.
"This Elder Yan wants to seek justice for Chu Ning. He is so protective of Chu Ning. It seems that Chu Ning has become his disciple."
Hearing a cultivator say this, Tian Wanfeng rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Our Elder Yan is very caring towards all the disciples of the sect."
This sentence was taught to him by Elder Yan. If someone asks him this kind of question, he should answer in this way.
When he heard Elder Yan's explanation, he was completely shocked.
As expected of Elder Yan, the older you are, the wiser you get.
Although this answer did not acknowledge that Junior Brother Chu was his disciple, it gave people the feeling that Junior Brother Chu was Elder Yan's disciple.
The key point is that even if Elder Qi or other elders from the Sixth Peak heard it, they would be unable to do anything to Elder Yan.
With the spread of Tian Wanfeng and several other disciples of Danshan Sect, the news that Chu Ning suffered unfair treatment in Xinhuo Hall spread quickly.
"The Xinhuo Palace in Danyu actually suppressed Chu Ning so much, could it be related to Zixiao Sect?"
Zhao Qin also heard the rumors and was dissatisfied. Xie Feng beside him smiled and said, "If Zixiao Sect could make Danyu Xinhuo Palace obey its will, then Danyu would not have such an extraordinary status in the Central Region."
“Even if it’s not because of the Zixiao Sect, the guy named Chen in Xinhuo Palace is not a good person either.”
Zhao Qin was not that respectful to the Divine Transformation cultivators, after all, his own senior brother was a Divine Transformation cultivator.
Zhao Qin was a proud person by nature, otherwise he would not have said such arrogant words when he was drunk: "If I can't defeat you in three moves, I, Zhao Qin, will commit suicide here."
"If Chu Ning can finally obtain the A grade, Danta will definitely investigate."
Xie Feng knew quite a bit about Danyu. In Danyu, Danta Club was the absolute authority, and Danta Club had to maintain its absolute authority. Besides the fact that all the elders of Danta Club were alchemy masters, the more important point was that Danta Club was fair enough.
This is why, when Danta gave Chu Ning the second place in the second grade, a ranking that was obviously inconsistent with his performance, the alchemists in Danyu were just shocked, and no one questioned whether Danta was deliberately favoring Chu Ning.
Xinhuo Hall! Wang Dongliang and the other six had serious expressions. Sun Chengyang glanced at Chen An and found that his face was very gloomy.
Some rumors from Dan City have already reached Xinhuo Palace.
The main reason was that the six people present had many good friends in Dan City at the moment, and Chu Ning's affairs had been the most discussed recently, and Chu Ning had walked out of the Xinhuo Palace, so those friends who learned the news sent them a message.
"My fellow Taoists, if Chu Ning really gets the B grade in the end, we will have to think about how to explain it to the elders."
Wang Dongliang smiled bitterly and said that not all contestants in the rookie competition came from the Xinhuo Palace, many of them were geniuses from the Dan Domain itself.
But even if there are geniuses in the Dan Domain and newcomers from the lower domain, in this situation, if Chu Ning, a D-level newcomer, finally gets a B-level evaluation, it will really be a mistake of their Xinhuo Hall.
Normally, for the A-level newcomers given by Xinhuo Hall, it is acceptable to get A-level or B-level in the newcomer competition. If they drop to C-level, it depends on the specific circumstances of other players. If they drop to D-level, then it is a rating error.
Similarly, the new players they gave out in the D-level...
Well……
There seemed to be no D-level newcomers from the Lower Realm participating in the newcomer competition. Danshan Sect would ask Xinhuo Palace for people, but there was no other way but to try their best.
"What does Danshan Sect mean by this? They suspect that the ratings given by the six of us are wrong."
Chen An had a cold face and there was anger in his words. Even if they made a mistake in the rating, wouldn't that be a bargain for your Danshan Sect?
Since you, the Danshan Sect, have gotten this advantage, shouldn’t you thank us, the Xinhuo Palace?
When Chen An said this, the other five people had different expressions, and Sun Chengyang even had a faint smile on his face.
If the elders really want to investigate Chu Ning's rating, it has nothing to do with him, because he was the one who spoke for Chu Ning at the beginning.
And according to the information from his good friends, he was considered by everyone to be Chu Ning's benefactor, and the elders could not punish him.
If Chu Ning got Grade A, in order to appease the public anger, the elders would not only punish Chen An, but would also push themselves forward to restore the reputation of Xinhuo Hall.
It seems that he can still benefit from Chu Ning.
What Sun Chengyang could think of, the others present could also think of. Feeling the envious gazes from Wang Dongliang and others, Sun Chengyang suddenly realized that recommending Chu Ning to go to Danshan Sect would be the most correct thing he had done in the past thousand years.
Chen An stared at the screen intently. The seventh day had arrived and the results of the second round would be announced soon. He only hoped that Chu Ning would get a D grade this round. A C grade would also be acceptable. If it was still a B grade...
(End of this chapter)