Chapter 439: Succubus (9)
There's no need, really no need. It's not just the Medicine Sect that wants her to participate; the Tianji Sect wants her to participate as well. Wen Wan only found out later that although the Tianji Sect has more than a hundred members, the number is actually very small compared to the other elders' disciples. It's only more than the Medicine Sect. Including Wen Wan, there are only three new students. All three of them are almost driven crazy by the training; they're practically sticking together for warmth.
Finally, the time for the competition arrived.
Moreover, it's not just the people of Mingyuan Sect. After all, sword cultivators can only compete with other sword cultivators. They can't possibly compete with medicine cultivators, whose combat power is simply unmatched.
However, if it's only Mingyuan Sect, then there's only one new medicine cultivator, Wen Wan. How can they compete? Even the formation masters only have three new students. Are they going to compete for first, second, and third place? So other sects will send their new disciples to Mingyuan Sect and then compete together.
This is quite a big competition.
The winner becomes a famous prodigy, an honor that everyone strives for.
Except for Wen Wan.
Wen Wan just wants to be a salted fish, a salted fish!
First up was a competition for sword cultivators. There were more than a dozen sects and schools participating, each with a considerable number of disciples.
Soon everyone received their competition badges.
Wen Wan got two tokens by herself, and she was stunned.
The two masters and other elders sat in the high positions, with Senior Sister Qiling and Senior Sister Wen Wan next to her.
"Ah Yuan, don't be nervous, you will definitely get a good ranking."
Wen Wan: "I will try my best."
At this grand event, Wen Wan finally met the legendary male protagonist. In that instant, Wen Wan felt the atmosphere around her change, turning cold, as if she had gone from spring back to winter in an instant.
Looking at Gu Yuan, Wen Wan's eyes widened.
There was no other reason. Although she knew that a stunningly handsome appearance was a standard requirement for the male lead, Wen Wan still didn't expect him to be this good-looking.
Her features were exquisitely sculpted; too much or too little would be undesirable. Wen Wan, despite having a vast vocabulary, could only utter one phrase in the end: "Holy shit!!!"
Then he successfully attracted the attention of the disciples next to him.
Wen Yan: "..."
That's awkward.
Fortunately, this little incident didn't last long. After all, this was Gu Yuan, the number one in the world, the Gu Yuan who was closest to ascension. Who would care about the inappropriate words and actions of a mere disciple?
Wen Wan stared at Gu Yuan, her mind racing with the system.
"Holy crap, this is the kind of master that a real master-master novel should have! This is absolutely amazing, the most handsome person I've ever seen in my life."
System: [If you like it, go watch it!]
Wen Wan: "???" What is this? Is her system mentally deranged, or infected with a virus? What kind of nonsense is this?
"Isn't he the female lead's? Why are you telling me to go after him? Are you crazy?"
System: [Host, you'd better remember what you're saying now, so you don't regret it later.]
Wen Yan: "..."
The man sat in the main seat, neither sad nor happy, like a Bodhisattva, with no one else in his sight.
Soon after, the acting sect leader announced the start of the competition.
First up was the competition between sword cultivators, which was absolutely amazing. At first, it was just a bunch of noobs fighting each other, but then it turned into a battle between the chosen ones. Wen Wan saw the Third Young Master and was surprised to find that he was quite capable. He actually made it to the end and made it into the top ten, which was incredibly impressive.
Then there were Li Sha and Qi Feng, whom I cared about the most. According to the rules of Mingyuan Sect, outer disciples who could enter the top fifty in the freshman trial could enter the inner sect and become inner disciples. Qi Feng ended up with thirty-third place, a decent ranking, but it was enough. As for the female lead, Li Sha, she surprised all the outer disciples by getting forty-fifth place. Although the ranking was not high, it was enough for her to enter the inner sect.
Wen Wan looked at the acting sect leader sitting on the stage. The acting sect leader obviously still remembered Li Sha and nodded, quite satisfied.
Looking at Gu Yuan, they noticed that Gu Yuan hadn't changed his posture or expression at all from beginning to end.
Wen Wan: Isn't this a beautiful sculpture?
Although it was undeniably a bit too good-looking, enough for Wen Wan to forgive any of his actions.
The final sword cultivator competition ended, and the first place went to Chen Xuanyuan from the Mingyuan Sect. He was very powerful and had entered the sect a year earlier than Wen Wan and the others.
Because the freshman competition is not held every year, but once every five years, it means that roughly two or three years of freshmen are competing together.
It has to be said, the Third Young Master is really awesome.
Wen Wan's voice was hoarse from shouting, and the Third Young Master felt a little embarrassed, but his expression was much happier.
The second place went to another sect, the Mingyue Sect, whose disciple, Liu Ziyu, was second only to the Mingyuan Sect. He was extremely talented and wielded a sword beautifully. He was also good-looking, but with a feminine appearance. Wen Wan didn't like him very much. After all, after seeing Gu Yuan's face, Wen Wan now compared everyone she looked at to the male lead and found that she couldn't compare.
It's tasteless to eat, but a pity to throw it away.
The third place goes to Zhao Lei, the Mingyuan Emperor.
Of the top ten, five were from the Mingyuan Sect, while the other sects had the remaining five.
That's normal, after all, it's the Mingyuan Sect, the number one immortal cultivation sect in the world.
Then came the matches between the other factions.
Medicine repair.
The sect leader of the Medicine Spirit Sect smiled and said, "This is finally our home turf. You flatter us."
After all, their sect was a gathering place for medicine cultivators in the cultivation world, and they held a very high position in the cultivation world. Although their strength was average, they were protected by other sects. After all, every sect and every cultivator would need medicine cultivators at some point, and medicine cultivators had a very high status and were highly respected.
Wen Wan is the only heir of the Mingyuan Sect. Before she went on stage, her second senior sister patted her on the shoulder and said, "Junior sister, you are the hope of the entire sect. You must do your best!"
Wen Yan: "..."
Waaaaah, she can't handle such high expectations!
She's still a newbie.
Then, the Medicine Spirit Sect had a total of fifteen medicine cultivators participating in the competition, putting Wen Wan under immense pressure. Although other sects couldn't compare to the Medicine Spirit Sect, they still managed to gather a total of more than twenty medicine cultivators to participate in the competition.
The competition is fierce.
The competition between medicine practitioners is divided into two parts: theory and practice.
The former, as the name suggests, relies on broad knowledge to recognize medicines.
The latter, on the other hand, was to refine elixirs according to the requirements.
Moreover, the former cannot be done with a complete herbal compendium; it relies entirely on seeing, smelling, and touching—any means will do.
Before Wen Wan arrived, she had been forced to cram for a lot of time, and sometimes she would dream that she was being chased and whipped by medicinal herbs.
The former accounts for 30 points, and the latter accounts for 60 points.
Those who win over the latter win the world.
Soon, everyone received the test questions: a pile of medicinal herbs and spiritual plants. Wen Wan looked at the others and they all quickly began to identify them.
Wen Wan also started.
System: [Want to cheat? I can tell you!]
Wen Wan: "No need. It's normal for us to be mediocre. Besides, cheating would be unfair to the other contestants. We're all people who worked hard to get here. I'm not that tasteless."
Then, after recognizing about a third of them, Wen Wan gave up, crying out, "System, help me!"
The system remained silent, which infuriated Wen Wan.
In the end, Wen Wan recognized twenty-three kinds, which, to put it another way, ranked thirtieth, which was rather mediocre.
I recognized almost all of the top ten, and the top few even took an exceptionally short time to identify.
Wen Wan: I'm so envious, I'm really tired of talking about it.
The sect leader of the Medicine Spirit Sect was in a good mood. "Thank you for your kind offer."
Other sects: "..." Versailles, this is Versailles, this is really annoying.
Then came the second challenge, which was alchemy.
According to the requirements, the higher the grade of the elixir refined using the provided herbs and spiritual plants, the higher the score.
Everyone took out their medicine cauldrons to refine medicine.
Wen Wan also took out her small medicine cauldron, which was given to her by her master.
The sect leader of the Medicine Spirit Sect was somewhat surprised. "The Profound Fire Cauldron, Elder Yuan Hui, isn't that what you usually use? How can you just give it to a junior disciple like this? Can she control it?"
Yuan Hui: "Didn't you also give your disciple quite a few good cauldrons? In the end, let's see the results; there might be a surprise."
"It seems that Elder Yuanhui has a lot of confidence in this new disciple."
While Wen Wan was refining pills, she quickly entered a state of complete absorption. Yuan Hui nodded in satisfaction, while the sect leader of the Medicine Spirit Sect looked surprised. "No wonder. There aren't many people who can enter a state of complete absorption so easily. Elder Yuan Hui has found a treasure. If she had more time, she would definitely have won. However, there was too little time. What a pity."
Yuan Hui smiled and said, "Sect Master, you can't say that. As you know, our sect relies on seven parts talent and three parts hard work. Some people are born to become medicine cultivators, while others can't make any further progress no matter how hard they try."
Although Wen Wan felt like she was just a nobody, if she came in last place in a competition with so many big shots, it would be incredibly embarrassing. She would never be able to face her senior brothers, sisters, and master again. As the only protégé of Mingyuan Sect, she had to work hard and at least get into the top twenty.
Therefore, Wen Wan was more focused than ever before.
Not at all careless.
The alchemy process took a long time, and the second senior sister was a little nervous. Qi Ling comforted her, "Don't worry, junior sister is so talented, she can definitely do it."
Second Senior Sister: "Of course I know Junior Sister's talent, but she has only been a beginner for a short time, so her experience is definitely not as good as others."
Two hours have passed.
The disciples of the Medicine Spirit Sect were the first to refine the elixir and received a very high rating.
Some disciples panicked, and several furnaces even exploded. Wen Wan didn't sense anything; she was completely focused on protecting her precious pills and didn't want any mistakes to happen.
In the end, those whose furnaces exploded on stage naturally failed, while those whose furnaces didn't explode also gradually refined their pills, of varying grades. Wen Wan was still practicing, and everyone was watching her.
Wen Wan continued to add spiritual plants and herbs to the alchemy cauldron in an orderly manner.
The sect leader of the Medicine Spirit Sect asked curiously, "What kind of pill is she trying to refine? The things she's holding look a bit like... a Marrow Cleansing Pill? But a Marrow Cleansing Pill doesn't require that many herbs, does it?"
Yuan Hui: "She has her own ideas."
The sect leader of the Medicine Spirit Sect had a bad feeling.
Finally, Wen Wan finished refining the elixir, opened her eyes, breathed a sigh of relief, and then opened the furnace.
The Marrow Cleansing Pill, while not low in grade, wasn't particularly high either, almost incomparable to the top-ranked disciples of the Medicine Spirit Sect. However, what happened next made everyone's eyes widen, because after taking out one, Wen Wan took out a second, a third, a fourth, a fifth, and finally a sixth—a total of six Marrow Cleansing Pills.
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