Chapter 217: Struggling for Plant Mastery (2/2)

Only incredibly extraordinary individuals could remember so many of the hundred thousand plants and oneHao took a deep breath His eyes felt gritty, so he closed the on theto fill out answers

Time passed by in a blur The nurew sht hundred, five hundred, three hundred… By the tihty hours had passed, only eleven people remained!

The eleven people all sat in different locations within the enor Hao was frowning Some of the plants in front of him required a careful search of his memory to recall

This was especially true of the medicinal plants that were easily misidentified These could only be correctly identified by carefully exa various tiny details In fact, in souished by taste; unfortunately only ies were available, which meant that even further examination was required before any information could be recorded

The other ten people all were pale-faced, and their eyes radiated with ferocity Having endured all the way down to this point, they obviously were not willing to give up This test was a trial by fire, and an unforgiving one at that Only ten hts were allowed, and then, instant disqualification

In this test, no one couldthe apprentice alchelance

Suddenly, one of the final eleven suddenly grehite as death His expression changed as the screen in front of hi hed bitterly A fellow apprentice alchemist held him by the ar apprentice alchean to breathe heavily There were now only ten participants left; these ten had already passed into the second round of the exale one stood up!

Despite being assured a pass to the next round, all of these apprentice alche so ambitious and proud, they possessed the spirit of competition; they naturally wanted to see ould be the first a them all!

Each and every one of the thirty thousand apprentice alche on with rapt attention They were all wondering, in the end… ould place first?

wang Fan and the seven other oldto end the examination, and instead watched on quietly

Ti Hao, were all well-known figures ast the apprentice alchemists All of them were clearly qualified to become master alchemists Their eyes were completely bloodshot as they stared at the screens in front of the Hao closed his eyes for a moment and took a deep breath When he opened the at a very rarethe one hundred thousand rass that was one of the one million variations

Even those Cultivators in the Southern Doeable, would only be able to stare in frustration at such a plant

“It’s getting harder and harder,” thought Meng Hao, sighing deeply “But that only ” His face radiated stubborness As of now, the aura of a Cultivator had grown faint around him, to be replaced by the implacability of a scholar This was the stubborness of someone who had repeatedly failed in the imperial examinations, and yet continued to participate

After joining the East Pill Division, Meng Hao realized that he really was innately inclined to practice alchemy!

Perhaps in terms of Cultivation, his latent talent was not extraordinary But when it caenius! Whether it wasthem, he stood head and shoulders above all others

In fact, you could say that this was not innate talent, this was nature talent! Nature talent regarding all plants and vegetation!

Meng Hao suddenly recalled the words of Shui Dongliu [1 Shui Dongliu's words as referenced here are froo, chapter 208 to be specific] Gradually he came to realize that he didn’t always have nature talent This nature talent ca Hao wasn’t sure how much time had passed Soon, one screen after another went dark a the final ten They had clearly made more than ten mistakes, and were out

Soon the hour arrived in which only two people reried edHao His eyes slowly filled with crazed determination

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This chapter was sponsored by Blake Zbikowski