Chapter 114 - Identifying Ingredients and Pills (1/2)

At the elder's seating area, the first elder, Cheng Biao began to speak while a flicker could be seen in his eyes, “We’ll begin the first round now. It is very simple; to identify materials and pills. You are required to identify fifty different ingredients, and fifty different pills by writing down the unique characteristics of the ingredients, and the restrictions of the pills. Everyone has a single chance only. The round begins now!”

As he flung his sleeve, countless light beams landed before the crowd of disciples, which appeared to be the fifty different materials and fifty different pills.

However, the disciples were utterly stunned on the spot, as many of them wore unpleasant expressions on their faces, before voicing out.

“Identifying ingredients and pills? Why is this part of the trial?”

“Damn it. Apparently, the first elder is an expert in Pill Alchemy, and Nangong Cheng is one of his disciples; he surely knows how to identify the ingredients and pills. The first round of the trial is specifically designed for Nangong Cheng!”

“What the f**k, such a shameless act. So they are just helping Nangong Cheng to come first in the trial? This isn’t fair!”

“They made the first round to identify ingredients and pills just because they want to make Nangong Cheng come first; I’m f**king speechless right now!”

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Many participants began to curse silently, as their eyes were filled with rage.

Normally, ordinary disciples would focus on improving their cultivation; hence, not many would be familiar with ingredients and pills.

As a result, most of them would lose the chance of acquiring a top five spot in the trial without any doubt.

Upon seeing this, Qin Nan shook his head; he did not expect the first elder Cheng Biao to be so ruthless, specifically designed the first round just for Nangong Cheng.

“Be quiet!” Cheng Biao displayed a hint of imperiousness on his face while facing the crowd, before saying in a cold tone, “If anyone were to talk any nonsense, the person will be disqualified instantly; start identifying the materials and pills at once!”

After receiving the warning, the cursing disciples had their faces changed slightly, and they turned silent.

Even if they were not satisfied with the trial, they could only hold their grudges and focus on the task before them.

They would not dare to offend Cheng Biao, the first elder!

Nangong Cheng was the first participant to identify the ingredients and pills.

With a smile, Nangong Cheng approached the pile of ingredients and pills and began to identify each of them. After a period of around eighty breaths’ time, Nangong Cheng withdrew his gaze and wrote his answers confidently on a piece of paper, before submitting it.

After seeing Nangong Cheng taking the head start, a few of disciples who were relatively familiar with Pill Alchemy ran out of patience and stepped forward to start identifying the ingredients and pills.

The dojo turned lively once again.

After over three hundred disciples finished their turns, it was finally Qin Nan’s turn.

Qin Nan’s entry immediately grabbed the attention of the crowd; even Cheng Biao who sat at the first spot of the elder's seating area glanced toward him, who had now become the limelight.

After seeing Qin Nan, Nangong Cheng’s eyes flickered with coldness as he burst out laughing, “HAHA, Junior Brother Qin Nan, this round of identifying ingredients and pills is incredibly challenging. As your Senior Brother, I’ll give you a piece of advice. The features of the ingredients are concealed using special methods, and the restrictions are placed within the pills with special methods as well. You must observe carefully; if not, it would be too embarrassing if you end up getting a zero score for this round!”

The crowd of disciples wore a weird expression on their faces after hearing this.

They did not expect Nangong Cheng to speak at that instant, mocking Qin Nan.

Qin Nan glanced at him without saying anything, who then secretly executed his Eyes of the Divine Battle Spirit, and scanned the fifty ingredients and pills swiftly.

The Eyes of the Divine Battle Spirit immediately exposed the secrets of the ingredients and the pills. Despite being concealed by first elder Cheng Biao using special methods, it could not stop Qin Nan’s vision.

“The first elder Cheng Biao specifically prepared this round of identifying ingredients and pills for Nangong Cheng, but he would not expect me to have these Eyes of the Divine Battle Spirit, which are able to see through everything…”

Without any hesitation, he recorded his answers on a piece of paper and handed it to the examiner in charge.

The whole process took less than thirty breaths’ time, which was faster than Nangong Cheng’s speed by a large margin.

The crowd of disciples stared with their eyes opened wide; they did not expect Qin Nan to finish identifying and writing the answers down so quickly.