Tian Ning looked at the spiritual plants on the table. They were all basic alchemy materials, mixed with only a few rare spiritual plants, so it wasn't difficult.
She sat down and began writing down the answers on a piece of paper...
These kinds of exams are usually very boring. On stage, everyone answers the questions quietly and seriously, while the audience below yawns out of boredom.
The real fun is yet to come in the second round of free alchemy.
If a genius were to refine a top-grade pill, other cultivators could offer to buy it on the spot. Even if the pill refiner was unwilling, there would be no harm in getting to know each other.
Before Tianning could write more than a few words, he heard an unexpected exclamation from the audience.
Looking up, she saw Gao Yue, who was sitting a few seats in front of her, had taken out a black cloth and covered his eyes. He sniffed the spiritual plant and then accurately wrote its name and effects on a piece of paper.
This blindfolded identification method stands out from the crowd.
Even the elders of alchemy had a high opinion of Gao Yue. After asking their disciples for Gao Yue's name, one elder couldn't help but exclaim, "This child is a promising talent. To be able to do this much just by relying on his sense of smell, even without looking, he will surely achieve something in the path of alchemy in the future!"
That's really impressive!
Tianning thought that if her second senior brother had that nose, he wouldn't be talking to unknown objects like a person every few days.
After the first round of the competition, the inner disciples spent some time comparing their answers. In the end, only a little over a thousand out of more than five thousand alchemists successfully entered the second round.
Those who were eliminated left the stage, while the rest began preparing for the second round of the competition.
Tianning and Gao Yue were already acquaintances, and she praised Gao Yue generously. Gao Yue was embarrassed by her praise: "Actually, it's nothing. It's just that our sect is too poor. We can't afford to light candles at night. Later, I got used to it and just relied on my nose to smell."
Tianning: "..."
It's obvious they're quite poor.
Splitting a low-grade healing pill into ten pieces to feed someone who's barely clinging to life—that's incredibly poor!
As the two were talking, a loud shout suddenly came from the crowd: "Brother Meng Xian! Look, I've made it to the second round! Aren't I awesome!"
Tianning: "?"
That name sounds so familiar. Isn't Meng Xian the boy she met when she came to the Central Continent?
Many people turned their gaze to the person who had shouted, wondering who was behaving so childishly. A nine-year-old girl in a blue dress was smiling and waving to the boys in the audience.
"So they're just two kids." One cultivator said sourly, "They're such little brats and they already know how to talk about love. They should use that energy on cultivating their spiritual chains!"
The cultivator next to him quickly pulled him back: "Watch your mouth! That's Lan Siran, the granddaughter of the Tai Chu Sect's leader!"
"I heard that she is already proficient in alchemy at such a young age. Didn't you see that she is the youngest cultivator in this competition?"
"That brat in the stands really got lucky!"
...
Tianning immediately recognized the familiar boy; wasn't it Meng Xian?
She knew this kid was unusual; it turned out he was following the harem protagonist route. After listening to the conversation of the cultivators around her, she became even more certain.
However, the male and female leads in this group all seemed to have mental ages that did not match their appearances. After greeting Meng Xian, Lan Siran walked towards the two of them. She directly ignored Tian Ning and looked at Gao Yue with an ambiguous look in her eyes.
"Gao Yue, is it? You do have some skill, but I'll show everyone what a true alchemist is like!"
In front of everyone, she declared with unbridled arrogance: "From now on, I will make sure that Brother Meng Xian's gaze is only on me!"
Gao Yue: "..."
Tianning: "..."
Why don't you just tie Meng Xian around your waist?
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