Chapter 653 (1/2)
Chapter 653
That person let out a miserable cry as he was slapped into the stone wall behind him . He fainted, causing a burst of startled cries .
Gou Jiba? He was definitely looking for a beating . Otherwise, why would he state such a name? Long Chen was speechless .
“Senior, brother Jiba wasn’t trying to waste your time . His name really is Gou Jiba . His father is the ill.u.s.trious Gou Ridi,” explained someone hastily .
Hearing that, everyone’s expressions became exceedingly odd . Gou Ridi? Guo Jiba? Were you certain he wasn’t just wasting everyone’s time with nonsense?
“The Jiluo Prefecture’s Gou family?” asked the elder with sudden comprehension .
“Yes . ”
“Cough, ah, sorry . It was a misunderstanding . As expected, the Gou family’s people really are amazing,” said the elder awkwardly .
At this time, others had long since helped Gou Jiba up and given him a healing pill . He gradually recovered .
“Senior, this junior truly is called Gou Jiba . The Ji refers to Jiluo Prefecture’s blue sea, while the Ba refers to pus.h.i.+ng oneself to seek the heavens’ will,” said Gou Jiba extremely sullenly .
“It was my fault . Let’s continue . Name?”
“Gou Jiba . ”
“Origin?”
“Jiluo Prefecture’s alchemist guild . ”
“Alright, take the test . ”
“Age: thirty-one . Excellent . Spiritual Strength: seventh tier Earth cla.s.s . Excellent . The Gou family’s people really are not bad . ”
The elder nodded with praise and wrote down a new rank: Outstanding .
Acceptable . Excellent . Outstanding . Now there was a third rank . This Gou Jiba was truly not bad .
Gou Jiba laughed heartily . But that ended up causing him pain as it pulled on his injury, and tears squeezed out of his eyes as if his extreme joy had turned to sorrow .
The failures all left sadly . The remaining people all had pleased smiles, which contained some ridicule toward those people who were still nervously waiting .
Out of Gou Jiba’s group of eight, four had failed and four had succeeded . The four failures could only leave, but the other four didn’t reveal any mourning . After some fake words of comfort, they said nothing more .
“Name . ”
“Duan Tianqiao . ”
Long Chen turned to see a female alchemist with surprise . She wasn’t tall, but she had a delicate figure . She was extremely unremarkable in the crowd .
Now that she was pointed out, she drew everyone’s attention . Due to the fact that women were on the Yin side but Pill Flame was on the Yang side, female alchemists were rare .
Even the elder was surprised . He examined her and continued, “Origin?”
“Lihua Prefecture’s alchemist guild . ”
“Take the test . ”
“Yes . ”
She smiled and confidently walked up to the stairs . Light enveloped her .
“Age: twenty-six . ”
When this number appeared, everyone was startled . To have reached the Xiantian realm at just twenty-six was truly terrifying .
Gou Jiba’s pleased smile stiffened upon seeing this . He had been thirty-one when he advanced to Xiantian, and that was already extremely impressive amongst alchemists . But this woman was much younger than he was .
“Spiritual Strength: ninth tier Earth cla.s.s . Good, very good! With your soul energy, it won’t be long before you can refine sixth tier medicinal pills!” The elder was extremely moved . This was his first time saying so many words .
“Many thanks for your praise, senior . I simply want to devote myself to cultivating in the Pill Tower . ” Duan Tianqiao bowed toward the elder modestly .
Although she acted modest, her eyes betrayed her excitement, proving that her inner heart wasn’t as calm as she appeared .
<hr>“Haha, good . Young people should not be arrogant to truly make something out of themselves,” praised the elder .
That made Gou Jiba displeased, as he had clearly been a bit arrogant just now . However, he was comforted to see that Duan Tianqiao’s rank was the same as his: Outstanding . In other words, they were still at the same level .
The people after Duan Tianqiao seemed to be influenced by her . Of thirty-plus people, only seven pa.s.sed . Finally, Long Chen was the last one left .
“Name?”
“Long San,” replied Long Chen .
The elder frowned, looking at Long Chen . This name didn’t sound like anything outstanding .
“Origin?”
“Qing Prefecture’s Wild Horse Fat Sheep Pig Butchering Mountain Forest Village,” answered Long Chen .
This location was real . Back when he had encountered the Muxue Mercenary Unit, they had pa.s.sed by this village . Long Chen still remembered it because this name was too memorable .
“You… are you trying to waste my time?!” The elder almost raised his hand and slapped him . But having made his earlier mistake, he held himself back .