Form the Chaos Qi
Feng Hao mind buzzed as the requirement to advance into the Heaven Soul Realm appeared in his mind.
"I was Right?!" said Feng Hao in a daze.
"Time is up!" said the Middle-aged man. Feng Hao's face changed as he heard his words.
"You have spent an entire day looking at the Formation Plate. Now, leave the room and head to the arena and wait for the results" said the Middle-Aged Man to Feng Hao.
Feng Hao's body trembled and gritted his teeth angrily. He has definitely failed the first round and will be eliminated from the competition because he didn't make any pill. Yet, he couldn't do anything. Feng Hao closed his eyes and took deep breaths to calm himself. He left the room and headed toward the arena with heavy steps.
"How could i make this mistake?!" Feng Hao roared angrily in his heart. His heart was filled with unwillingness but what can he do?!
Feng Hao went to the arena and sat down, His body was trembling non-stop as his eyes were bright red.
"I have to find a way to get a soul-nourishing medicine!" said Feng Hao. Suddenly, his eyes shone with deadly light as he said "Liu Clan!".
Since he has a grudge with the Liu Clan, he will steal what he needs from the Liu Clan.
3 hours later, Elder Ming's voice sounded in the arena.
"The people who advanced to the 2nd round will have their token shine with light. Only 10 participants have passed the 1st round!".
The participants took out their tokens and looked closely at it.
The tokens started to shine with light causing Feng Hao to sigh helplessly but his body stiffened. He saw that his token was shining and became flabbergasted.
"What the fuck?! I passed?!!!" Feng Hao looked at his token that was shining with blue light.
The participants were stunned as they saw Feng Hao and the other person tokens.
"I refuse!" A Young Man shouted angrily.
He pointed at the 4th person who has passed and said" I know this guy ability! He is just a Peak Tier 2 alchemist! How could he pass while I, a Peak Tier 3 Alchemist fail?!".
Elder Ming's eyes turned sharp and said: " Who are you to question the Alchemy Heaven Sect's decision?!".
"I want to know why!" said the Young Man.
Elder Ming snorted and took a step making him appear in front of the Young Man.
"The first round has a secret test! That test is to see your attitude toward Alchemy! The Alchemy Formation in your cauldron is made by a Tier 6 alchemist! It contains a part of his understanding of alchemy methods in it! Any serious and focused alchemist will throw away everything like those 10 and study the Alchemy formation Plate to increase their knowledge!"
"But..".
"Alchemy talent is defined by the unquenchable thirst for knowledge! You and the rest thought only about the round and didn't study the alchemy formation! You ignored a knowledge from a Tier 6 alchemist just to win a small round! With this, we decided that you are untalented in alchemy" said Elder Ming.
The Young Man's face turned pale and his body trembled. Elder Ming snorted and turned around.
"Those who have failed the first round, leave the arena now," said Elder Ming. He then looked at Feng Hao and the 9 people who passed the first round, He said: " Follow me!".
Feng Hao's mouth was twitching because he passed the first round by pure luck! He sighed and said, " As i heard, The Alchemy Heaven Sect is one weird place!".
Following Elder Ming, Feng Hao and the rest reached a majestic hall. When they entered the hall, they saw nine elders and 30 participants beside them, including Liu Rushi.
Feng Hao didn't expect that of the thousands that joined the competition, only 40 people passed the first round. He couldn't imagine what the second round what will be like.
Elder Ming looked at the participants and said " Let me explain what you will do in the second round. You will be teleported to the forest that we prepared for you! The forest contains a large number of medicinal herbs at all Tiers. Your goal is to create a Pill recipe from the herbs".
"What?!" all the participants exclaimed. Create a pill recipe?! What the fuck?!
"We want to test your creativity! An Alchemist need two things! First, a talent which we talked about previously. Second, he must have creativity! The alchemist must be able to think out of the box".
" You don't need to worry about the Tier of the Pill you will create! Any Tier will be enough!" said Elder Ming.
"You will spend three months in the forest! So, spend your time wisely!". Elder Ming Waved his hand causing a teleportation Formation to appear on the ground.
" We expect good results from all of you".
Feng Hao saw the scenery change completely in a second and now he is in a forest with large trees. He found that he was alone and no other participants are beside him. Feng Hao smiled bitterly and said, " How the fuck i will create a pill recipe?!".
"let's look for herbs and test my luck later".
Feng Hao spread his spiritual sense and started searching for medical herbs. If he meets an alchemist then he will not kill them or soul search them! The Elders might be watching them".
" If i can't create a Pill recipe then i will look for a soul-nourishing herb in the forest".
Feng Hao knew that there must be a herb that effects the souls as Elder Ming said that the forest contains a large number of medicinal herbs of all Tiers. This gave Feng Hao the hope he needs to begin his search.