Chapter 261: Pill Maniac Wan Jiren

When the results of the second round came out, some from the major sects were satisfied, while others were disappointed.

Although there is still a third round, these newcomers are all in the middle Nascent Soul stage. The gap between them in the first two rounds was not wide enough, and the gap will be even smaller in the third round.

The alchemist's talent is important, but his realm is equally important.

Talent determines whether an alchemist can refine high-quality pills and determines the success rate of the alchemist in refining pills.

However, the upper limit of the quality of elixirs that can be refined is determined by the realm.

At the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, only fifth-grade pills can be refined, and one must be an alchemist with good talent. Generally, alchemists need to reach the late stage of the Nascent Soul to ensure that they can successfully refine fifth-grade pills.

In the third round of the alchemy test, many contestants had already specialized in refining a certain type of elixir within the sect, so it was almost impossible for them to fail.

Yun Anlan was playing with a pair of jade lions in his hands, and there was a depressed look in his beautiful eyes.

If Chu Ning really won the first-class spot in this Danyu rookie competition, it would mean that the company would almost lose all the money from this bet.

In fact, to a certain extent, the business has made Chu Ning famous.

Compared with popular talented players like Lu Sizhong, a dark horse like Chu Ning is the one that attracts the most attention.

Not only in the Dan domain, but also in other domains.

The odds offered by the trading company at the beginning let the cultivators from the outside world know that Chu Ning was originally not favored. Under such circumstances, it would be abnormal if Chu Ning did not attract attention when he suddenly emerged and surpassed several other geniuses.

For example, if Lu Sizhong won the first place in the second round, the cultivators from other domains would only feel that he lived up to the title of genius, and then there would be no more feelings.

But they had more discussions and feelings about Chu Ning.

In the entire circle of cultivators, geniuses are ultimately a minority, and most people rely on practicing step by step to get to where they are. They envy geniuses, but they are also jealous of them in their hearts.

If someone could overthrow these geniuses at this moment, and this person is not a genius, it would resonate with these monks.

At least in the eyes of these cultivators, Chu Ning was not a recognized genius before the competition, and that was enough.

This will give them a sense of sustenance in their hearts. Perhaps they, like Chu Ning, are also undiscovered geniuses.

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Shaoyang Region.

Zhuo Jincheng went to the sect's contribution hall to exchange some things.

"Junior Brother Zhuo is here."

Seeing the senior brother in charge of the Contribution Hall with a tired expression, Zhuo Jincheng asked curiously: "What happened to Senior Brother Li?"

"Nothing." The man smiled bitterly, but another steward beside him said, "Junior Brother Zhuo, Senior Brother Li is in a very depressed mood right now. This time, the newcomer competition in the Dan Domain has a huge gambling game at Sihai Trading Company. Senior Brother Li spent thousands of spirit crystals to buy a newcomer to win the first place, but at the moment, the newcomer's chances of winning the first place are slim."

"The Dan Domain Newcomer Competition has started again this time?"

Zhuo Jincheng naturally knew about the Danyu's newcomer competition, but as a powerful god-transforming expert, he didn't care too much about it.

"For this year's rookie competition, Sihai Trading Company has made a big investment to broadcast it to the entire region. The nine middle regions, including some lower regions, can all watch the live situation of the Dan Region Rookie Competition."

The man called Senior Brother Li smiled bitterly and said, "Senior Brother, I saw the publicity of Sihai Trading Company and was tempted to participate. I didn't expect that I bet on the wrong horse."

"Who did you buy, brother? Where is the list of candidates for the Dan Domain Newcomer Competition?" Zhuo Jincheng asked curiously.

"This jade slip contains the basic information of the contestants given by Sihai Trading Company."

The man gave Zhuo Jincheng a jade slip, which was provided by Sihai Trading Company and contained basic information of contestants such as Chu Ning.

All this information is true, and Sihai Trading Company will not falsify this matter, including the realm of contestants like Chu Ning, their popularity in the Dan Domain, and their original ratings.

Zhuo Jincheng put his spiritual sense into taking a look, and his eyes froze. He saw a name that made him grit his teeth.

Chu Ning!

Calculating the time, Chu Ning should have arrived at the Dan Realm. I didn't expect that he could even participate in the rookie competition.

Being able to participate in Danyu's rookie competition means that Chu Ning is considered a leader among the younger generation in Danyu.

Zhuo Jincheng felt a little unhappy, but when he saw that Chu Ning's rating was D, he felt a little relieved.

Ding grade is the lowest grade, which means Chu Ning is at the bottom of the list in this rookie competition.

"Who is the most outstanding person in this Danyu Newcomer Competition?" After looking at the list, Zhuo Jincheng asked.

"The most eye-catching one is a dark horse, a little fellow named Chu Ning."

Zhuo Jincheng: ...

"Brother, are you talking about Chu Ning who is rated D and is from Danshan Sect?"

In the jade slip, there were only a few sentences introducing Chu Ning.

The man nodded: "There is only one new player in this Dan domain named Chu Ning, so of course it's that one."

"How is it so dazzling?" Zhuo Jincheng suppressed the shock in his heart and asked calmly.

"In the first round, Chu Ning only took second place in Class B, but there were other reasons why he only took second place in Class B in the first round. Otherwise, his ranking would have been higher."

"Isn't he rated at the Caiding level?"

"It was because of this D-level rating that I was cheated. I bought Han Qing's A-level. Who knows what's going on in the Fire Hall of Danyu? Even if Chu Ning is not an A-level genius, he is at least B-level. How could he be a D-level?"

The man complained, and asked curiously, "Junior Brother Zhuo is very interested in Chu Ning. Oh, yes, Chu Ning is from Chengshan Region. Junior Brother Zhuo has been to Chengshan Region, right? Could it be that he knows Chu Ning?"

“I don’t know him!”

Zhuo Jincheng refused directly. In the entire sect, only his master knew about the affairs of Chengshan Region. He naturally would not tell other brothers. When he was in Chengshan Region, he could not even suppress a Jindan ant.

"Brother, I want to exchange for the training time in the Purple and Blue Secret Realm."

Zhuo Jincheng changed the subject. Upon hearing this, the man looked at Zhuo Jincheng carefully and asked, "Junior brother, are you going to have a breakthrough?"

Purple and green secret realm.

It is a major secret realm of the Zixiao Sect. Generally, only a Divine Transformation cultivator would enter when he was about to break through a small realm.

The sect contribution points required to enter the Ziqing Secret Realm are an extremely large number. Even a Jindan cultivator can only accumulate them and wait until he is about to break through to enter. This way, the effect of the secret realm can be maximized.

"Try it, but I can't guarantee it."

Zhuo Jincheng smiled modestly, and the man returned a meaningful smile.

There are only two situations for disciples who enter the Ziqing Secret Realm. One is that they have great confidence, and the other is that they have reached old age and must give it a try.

The lifespan in the early stage of transformation is only three thousand years. Zhuo Jincheng is less than two thousand years old now, far from old age.

Choosing to enter the Purple and Green Secret Realm now means that you are confident of breaking through to the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

"Junior brother's points can be exchanged for thirty years of time in the Purple and Blue Secret Realm. Do you want to exchange them all?"

"Yes, exchange them all."

"Junior brother, just take this token to the secret realm." The man nodded, drew a few strokes on a jade token, and handed it to Zhuo Jincheng.

Looking at Zhuo Jincheng's departing back, the man narrowed his eyes slightly: "It seems that this Junior Brother Zhuo has some ideas about the identity of the sect's Holy Son."

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Dan domain.

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This time, the three masters Huang Ruyuan did not give Chu Ning and other contestants time to rest. Li Youxia said directly: "The third round of assessment is the actual alchemy, but this time the alchemy is a little different from the previous ones."

Swish! Everyone's eyes fell on Li Youxia. The third round, the most important event, was about to begin.

At the same time, the sect elders on the platform had different reactions to Li Youxia's words, some frowned, some looked forward to it.

Those strong men were frowning because their sect's disciples had ranked very well in the first two rounds of this competition. In this case, if the third round was the same as in previous years, then their disciples' rankings would not fluctuate much.

What they are looking forward to are the strong ones among the disciples of the sect who have not performed well. Any change means there is a chance for a comeback.

"The third round of assessment rules will be explained to you by Elder Wan."

Li Youxia did not tell them the rules of the third round. This time the competition would be led by the three of them, with each being responsible for one round.

Li Youxia disappeared and Wan Jiren appeared in the square.

"I didn't expect that Senior Wan would set the questions for the third round."

"Senior Wan is known as a pill maniac. I'm afraid this third round will be unusual."

As a master-level alchemist, Wan Jiren is naturally a household name in the alchemy field. In fact, every master is a household name.

Dan Maniac Wan Jiren! This master is more famous than Huang Ruyuan and Li Youxia, and the reason is because of the word "maniac".

Before he became a master alchemist, he dared to challenge a master alchemist. Although he failed in that attempt, Wan Jiren was not discouraged and shouted out a classic saying that has been passed down in the alchemy field for thousands of years.

"It's not shameful to lose to a Grandmaster. I am the best alchemist under the Grandmaster!"

This sentence established Wan Jiren's fame and also aroused the dissatisfaction of other alchemists. Over the next thousand years, Wan Jiren faced all the alchemists who came to challenge him and defeated them one by one in alchemy, thus solidifying his title of "the best under the Grandmaster".

However, after Wan Jiren entered the Grandmaster realm, such wild talk never appeared again.

Chu Ning didn't know Wan Jiren's background, but he noticed that when this senior appeared, the expressions of many contestants at the scene changed slightly.

Before the rookie competition began, all the contestants did not know which grandmasters would be responsible for the assessment, but no matter which grandmaster it was, they were better than Senior Dan Kuang.

"The rules of this third round are different from the previous ones. In the previous rounds, you each had to refine your own best elixir, but this time you have to refine the remaining elixir."

Wan Jiren raised his hand, and thirty-six pills floated in his mouth.

The surface of these thirty-six pills is wrapped with a thin layer of white paper.

"All the remaining pills are the same. I have used this spirit-condensing paper to wrap the pills so that the medicinal properties of the pills will not be lost. What you have to do is to continue to refine this remaining pill. You can continue to refine it as it is, or add medicinal materials to it."

When Wan Jiren finished explaining the rules, the whole audience was in an uproar.

Make up for the remaining elixir!

These alchemists who were watching had never imagined that the final round would be about refining the remaining pills.

"The probability of failure in refining the residual pill is already high. In this third round of assessment, I'm afraid many contestants will fail in refining the pill."

On the high platform, the strong men from various factions all had solemn expressions.

The tests that Danta will give in this newcomer competition will surprise them more and more.

"The most difficult part of this round is not the training, but how to train."

"Senior Wan didn't even tell us the ingredients of the residual pill. The contestants need to judge the ingredients of the residual pill by themselves. In this case, the difficulty of refining it instantly increases several times."

“Even if it’s my words, refining this incomplete pill is no problem, but if you need to add more herbs, I’m afraid I dare not try it easily. After all, this is a competition, not a private alchemy activity on weekdays.”

The words of an old man resonated with other powerful men.

If you are making elixirs in private, it is okay to add one or two kinds of elixirs to try. Many secret elixir scrolls are created by alchemists who secretly change the medicinal materials.

But the key is that this is a big ratio. In this case, stability is more important than innovation.

Innovation means risk and failure. Once it fails, all the previous two rounds of efforts will be wasted in an instant.

"The difficulty has increased, but from a fairness perspective, this rule is actually the fairest. We are all refining the same kind of elixir, and the competition is about who can refine the highest quality."

Everyone has different resources, and the same is true for the contestants in these competitions.

For Class A newcomers like Lu Sizhong, the sect provides them with far more resources than other contestants. For this newcomer competition, the elixirs they are given must be more advanced among the fifth-grade elixirs.

Naturally, other contestants with lower rankings do not receive this treatment. The requirements of the sect elders are probably only Class C, so they naturally will not give out high-level elixirs that can win Class A.

In order to determine whether a recipe has been successfully refined in a big competition, it must have been refined many times in private. If the failure rate is higher, the amount of medicinal materials lost will not be a small amount.

It’s not that these sects can’t afford it. As super sects, they can still afford the medicinal materials for fifth-grade elixirs. The key is whether it is necessary?

The newcomer competition is held every three hundred years. If they only get a C grade this time, what about the next one? Will they still be trained with all their strength? The sect is not a place of charity. To obtain the resources of the sect, one must either have enough talent or have made enough contributions to the sect.

"As for the medicinal materials needed for this alchemy, just ask for them, and Danta will bear the cost!"

Wan Jiren was very generous and said that Danta would take the responsibility, but in fact he provided this small amount of medicinal materials himself.

There are probably not many contestants who dare to add more medicinal materials. The medicinal materials that can be added to the fifth-grade elixir are not that precious to him.

He actually hoped that more players would come to him for pills.

This incomplete pill was created by him, and according to his deduction, this incomplete pill can be turned into ten different pills depending on the added medicinal materials.

If you want to get first place in the A-class, you must have such vision and courage! (End of this chapter)