Upon hearing Bai Lan’s words, the President of the Winter Sun Trading House beca sowhat curious!
"If Jing Yan is just a naless Pill Master from Lanqu County, then is President Qing Ru an idiot to pay such a high price to hire a Pill Master of negligible capability to represent her comrce?"
Not only did the President of the Winter Sun Trading House look at Bai Lan with doubt, but the President of the Dragon Soaring Comrce also cast his gaze over. Among the presidents of the five major guilds, the President of Dragon Soaring Comrce had an extraordinary status. So, when the few presidents gathered before, he exchanged pleasantries very casually and had little interest in the Pill Masters representing the other guilds.
However, what Bai Lan said still piqued his interest, prompting him to look this way.
Seeing that even the President of Dragon Soaring Comrce was looking at her, Bai Lan pursed her lips and continued to speak.
"This Jing Yan initially approached my Golden Sparrow Comrce, wanting to represent us!" Bai Lan slowly declared.
He briefly recounted the course of events.
While it was essentially the truth, the way Bai Lan described it made it sound as though Jing Yan was ungrateful and youthful arrogance.
Once the others knew the details, they all showed a sudden realization. Since Bai Lan provided a detailed account, the doubts about Jing Yan’s identity naturally dissipated. Jing Yan indeed was a Pill Master from Lanqu County. Those present, who were guild presidents, were all familiar with Lanqu County.
There are ninety-nine commanderies on Heavenly Origin Continent, and their businesses span the entire continent. Even if it’s a small place like Lanqu County, it would be impossible for them not to know about it.
Realizing that Jing Yan was a Pill Master from Lanqu County, they imdiately lost much of their interest. Within Lanqu County, there were no Alchemy Dao families nor had they heard of any powerful Pill Masters.
"President Qing Ru, you might have been deceived," said the President of Black Teeth Comrce in a low voice beside Qing Ru.
Black Teeth Comrce was ranked fourth among the comrce guilds in Pill Country.
Within Pill Country’s five great comrce guilds, the first was Dragon Soaring Comrce, the second was Winter Sun Trading House, the third was Golden Sparrow Comrce, the fourth was Black Teeth Comrce, and the fifth was Youhai Comrce. Among them, the status of Dragon Soaring Comrce was unshakable, while the gap between the second-ranked Winter Sun and the third-ranked Golden Sparrow was not very large.
As for the fourth-ranked Black Teeth and the fifth-ranked Youhai Comrce, they were a grade below Winter Sun and Golden Sparrow.
Hearing the words of the President of Black Teeth Comrce, Qing Ru smiled, unfazed.
If she hadn’t witnessed Jing Yan’s Alchemy skills before, she indeed might have lacked confidence. But now, she fully trusted Jing Yan’s capabilities. Even if Jing Yan really couldn’t make it onto the Pill King List, he definitely wouldn’t be eliminated in the first round.
"I believe in Alchemist Jing Yan’s abilities," Qing Ru said assertively.
"Hehe... President Qing Ru really trusts this Jing Yan a great deal. However, President Qing Ru, the first round only lasts for two hours, and more than an hour has already passed, right? And that Jing Yan, he hasn’t even started writing much. I’ve been watching him, so I can affirm that he hasn’t identified more than thirty types of Spirit Grass," Bai Lan said with certainty.
"The President is right, I’ve also been watching this Jing Yan, and he really hasn’t been writing much," affird a director from Golden Sparrow Comrce.
Qing Ru’s gaze shifted towards Jing Yan, her eyebrows slightly furrowing.
In fact, she had been closely observing Jing Yan’s actions. She needed to pay attention to Jing Yan, as he was Youhai Comrce’s greatest hope. Youhai Comrce couldn’t compare to Dragon Soaring Comrce, which probably had more than one Sixth-level Alchemist to represent them. Even within Dragon Soaring Comrce itself, there were Sixth-level Alchemists under the age of a hundred.
So, she knew that what Bai Lan said was correct.
Qing Ru was uncertain what exactly was happening, so she didn’t bother to respond to Bai Lan.
The other presidents didn’t say much either. After all, Jing Yan was representing Youhai Comrce, and if Youhai Comrce suffered a great loss, it wouldn’t concern them much. Even in their hearts, they wished for Youhai Comrce to sustain a bigger loss.
Ti trickled by steadily.
"These Spirit Grasses that co later are indeed very hard to identify, with so easily confused for others."
"This Yellow Withered Lotus looks extrely similar to Snake Head Grass. I fear many Pill Masters would mistake the Yellow Withered Lotus for Snake Head Grass," Jing Yan mused, squinting his eyes in thought.
Yellow Withered Lotus was a very rare type of Spirit Grass; many Pill Masters had never seen it. On the contrary, Snake Head Grass was quite common, so Pill Masters upon first glance at Yellow Withered Lotus could easily mistake it for Snake Head Grass.
And this was not the case for just one or two types of Spirit Grass, but for about ten types.
"There isn’t much ti left!"
"Ti to write!" Finally, Jing Yan began to write quickly, jotting down the nas of the various Spirit Grasses on paper.
Seeing Jing Yan’s brisk strokes, Qing Ru finally revealed a smile on her face and let out a sigh of relief.
Jing Yan’s movents naturally did not escape Bai Lan and the others’ notice.
"Haha, this Jing Yan is quite amusing; seeing that ti is nearly up, he starts to write randomly. Does he think he can pass this round by blindly guessing, like a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse? How naive!" Bai Lan said disdainfully.
Others shook their heads as well; however, they didn’t say anything, as it didn’t pertain to them. They were concerned with the Pill Masters representing their own guilds.
In their hearts, each was speculating which of the Pill Masters representing their comrce would be able to pass the first round and advance to the second.
Jing Yan’s writing speed was very fast, and as the nas of the various Spirit Grasses erged, the empty spaces on the paper gradually filled up.
When he reached the last type of Spirit Grass, Jing Yan’s brows furrowed.
"If I identify all one hundred types of Spirit Grass, won’t that be too showy?" Jing Yan pondered in doubt.
To be honest, identifying ninety-nine types of Spirit Grass was already defying the heavens, and while Jing Yan was not afraid of drawing attention, if he wrote all one hundred types of Spirit Grass, he did not know what consequences might follow.
"Forget it, let them think whatever they want!" Jing Yan, determined, still filled in the answer in the last empty space.
This ti Jing Yan was determined to make a statent! The Alchemy Ceremony was undoubtedly a great opportunity to spread his fa across the continent. Though the difference between identifying ninety-nine and one hundred types of Spirit Grass was marginal, the impression it left was certainly not the sa. A hundred percent versus ninety-nine percent might only be one point apart, but it’s the hundred percent that remains in mory longer.
"Ti’s up. Please, all Pill Masters put down your pens imdiately!" the white-robed elder presiding over the Alchemy Ceremony on the highest dais announced at this mont.
Two hours, the allotted ti for the first round of dicine Identification, had passed.
With the voice of the white-robed elder ringing out, all Pill Masters put down their pens. Many were reluctant and wanted to continue writing, but they dare not make another stroke; if they broke the rules and were disqualified from the competition, they would suffer a net loss.
User Comments
0 comments from readers