Chapter 122: Things Aren’t Permanent (1/2)

Chapter 122: Things Aren’t Permanent

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”Dang!” A little after Mo Wuji finished his purification, a gong sounded. This gong seemed to sound right into Mo Wuji’s mind, causing Mo Wuji’s brain to hum.

At this moment, Mo Wuji could smell charred odours. Due to this gong, the few pill refiners who had not completed their purification immediately failed. Mo Wuji secretly celebrated; luckily, he managed to finish his purification in time; luckily, he did not try a second round of purification. If not, he would have met his dead end.

This Five Elements Pill Competition really did not care about the feelings and face of the pill refiners, using such a crude manner to stop the remaining pill refiners.

Once again, Ming Ning walked to the round altar and announced in a clear voice, ”Time is up. May all pill refiners cover their pill furnaces and place the jade vase on top of the pill furnace.”

She did not even bother asking the pill refiners to stop. The moment the gong sounded, any pill refiner who had yet to complete their purification would have immediately failed the purification process.

Mo Wuji covered his pill furnace and slowly placed the jade vase on top of the pill furnace. He noticed that Pill Master Ming Ning’s gaze seemed to land on his right hand, but he did not put that to heart.

The pill refiners by Mo Wuji’s side could not help but snicker at him. This was the first time they met a pill refiner whose hand ended up like this due to purifying.

Mo Wuji acted as though he did not notice these derisive gazes as he continued staring at his own jade vase. His jade vase was labelled: 632.

After roughly two minutes, Mo Wuji felt a gentle wind blow, and the jade vase on top of his pill furnace disappeared.

Thereafter, rows of jade vases appeared on the judging table atop the round altar. Behind the judging table, there were four people. Including Pill Master Ming Ning, there would exactly be five people.

Now that it’s finally ended, they can’t stop me from taking a pill right? As he thought of this, Mo Wuji retrieved a healing pill and put it in his mouth. His hand was burnt black by the heat, and the Tier 3 pill he consumed was able to control the injury. In a few minutes, his injuries started to recover at a rapid pace.

After collecting the jade vases, Pill Master Ming Ning also walked to the back of the judging table and sat down. The five judges started their evaluation as they opened the jade vases one by one.

In less than an hour, the five managed to examine more than a thousand bottles. Among which, 300 were selected and placed by the side.

Once again, Pill Master Ming Ning stood up and walked to the centre of the round altar. At this moment, all eyes were concentrated on her. Her next words would determine whether they would be able to qualify for the second round or not.

Pill Master Ming Ning’s eyes swept across the thousand plus pill refiners, before she announced loudly, ”After the first round of the pill competition, 300 people have been selected. Pill refiners whose numbers have been reported, please stay behind. On the other hand, pill refiners whose numbers weren’t announced, please leave the testing grounds immediately.”

”18, 39, 176, 98, 244…” Every single time Pill Master Ming Ning announced a number, the competitors’ hearts skipped a beat. They deeply desired for the next number to be theirs.

Mo Wuji was the same; he also hoped for his own number to be called. As more pill refiners were called out, Mo Wuji’s heart got heavier.

After all, his cultivation was low, and he had to use that ‘stir fry’ method to purify the Iron Core Bodhi Fruit. At that time, he had already overdrafted his energy in the purification, and he was not fully confident on his purification quality.

”34, 711…” Pill Master Ming Ning was still reporting, while Mo Wuji was trembling with his fists clenched tight. There were only a little more than 10 places left.

”491, 56.” Pill Master Ming Ning finally stopped announcing.

Mo Wuji’s fists were clenched so tight, that his skin started to tear. His right hand had yet to recover, and started to bleed profusely. He had not heard the number 632.

As Mo Wuji was about to fall into an abyss of despair, he seemingly felt Pill Master Ming Ning’s eyes landing on him. Before he could react, Pill Master Ming Ning sounded out, ”632, 21, 2, 80…”

Mo Wuji did not manage to catch the numbers at the back; he only heard 632. He had succeeded! He had emerged within the top 300 and got past the first round. He was so ecstatic that he ignored the fact that Pill Master Ming Ning took a long pause before announcing his number.

As Mo Wuji was about to recover his calmness from his excitement, he heard Pill Master Ming Ning saying, ”... The pill refiners whose numbers have been called, please stay behind. The rest are to leave the testing grounds immediately.

The pill refiners whose numbers did not get called could only retreat out of the testing grounds dejectedly with their head sunk low.