章節 176: Chapter 175: Test Results
Suddenly, on the vast square, over a hundred red lights lit up simultaneously from the stone platforms in front of those alchemists who had not yet successfully refined pills.
Disappointed by the flashing red lights before them, the alchemists could only smile bitterly and shake their heads, stopping their actions, packing up their cauldrons, and with faces full of dejection, walked off the square.
Looking at the square again, the number of people remaining had significantly decreased. In merely the first round of assessment, about a third of the participants had been eliminated.
President Fama stood up and came to the high platform, overlooking the huge square. He glanced around slightly and finally nodded with a light smile. He gently pressed his hands down, and the noisy venue gradually quieted down.
"Congratulations to those of you still standing in the square. You have successfully passed the first rough test. However, this is not yet completely over."
Fama smiled and said, "Everyone likely knows that some sly little ones always like to play tricks."
"They might have successfully refined pills that appear to be perfectly round. However, pills with no healing effect at all have nothing to do with the concept of pills. Perhaps the naive ones who refined them don't even know their true effect themselves..."
"So next, we will test whether the Bone Growing Pills you have refined meet the requirements of the formula."
Fama's slightly hoarse voice rang softly in everyone's ears, "Now, please find a green button on the lower left corner of the bluestone platform in front of you, and press it."
Upon hearing this, the remaining competitors, whether confident or nervous, glanced at the stone platform, searching for the button.
Finally, they found a few small, differently colored buttons scattered in an inconspicuous corner of the platform's lower left.
Following Fama's instructions, they gently pressed the green button with their fingers.
Click~
A series of faint clicking sounds rang out.
The smooth bluestone platform suddenly quivered slightly. A stone slab on the platform slowly protruded, and after rising about half a foot, the stone slab's surface slightly indented, revealing a small hole.
"This is a testing machine. Put your Bone Growing Pills into it. If the pill meets the requirements, the jade mirror in front of the platform will light up green. If not, it will light red, indicating failure, which means elimination."
"Additionally, the stronger the green light, the closer your refined Bone Growing Pill is to the effect recorded in the original formula."
"Conversely, the stronger the red light, the more it indicates that what you refined is not a Bone Growing Pill, but rather a pill lacking any healing effect."
"Ladies and gentlemen, please begin," President Fama gestured.
...
With the competitors putting their pills into the holes for testing, instantly, the square became brilliantly colored. Strands of either strong or weak red and green lights interwove and flickered.
They reflected on faces filled with joy, gloom, disappointment, anger, and other expressions.
Among them, "What the hell kind of testing machine is this!" An angry voice rang out.
A second-tier alchemist, with a dark face, glared at the jade mirror that was shining with dazzling red light, cursing through gritted teeth.
The red light here was almost the most intense and dazzling in the entire square.
As a result, it attracted numerous astonished gazes, all turning in his direction, looking at the young man with a dark face in disbelief.
Wow, how red!
Asked to refine Bone Growing Pills, and you might have refined a Poison Bone Pill instead?
It's not surprising.
Some alchemists haven't learned much about pharmacology but still like to mess around, thinking they're doing something clever.
During pill refinement, they like to add some inexplicable ideas, turning what was supposed to be a healing pill into a poison pill.
After a patient takes it, disaster strikes!
Such incidents have indeed happened before.
Hence, everyone silently remembered this young man.
This is a dangerous person, best to stay away in the future.
Bang!
A fist slammed hard onto the stone platform, and the young alchemist, seeing no face to stay anymore, packed his cauldron into his ring amid countless gazes before cursing and leaving the platform with a face dark as iron, heading out of the square.
...
"Damn, why can't it be a simple competition? Do we really need all this nonsense? Can't we just refine pills properly? A bunch of old bastards, I took all that trouble to mix the ingredients, and now there's a test. Damn, you only give a simple formula without any useful information besides the name, and expect someone to refine anything worthwhile!"
Another alchemist cursed out loud as he left the arena.
People's gazes were full of contempt.
And thus, they learned that not all alchemists are worthy of respect.
Some alchemists are unscrupulous and lack medical ethics.
In a sense, such people are scarier than the Devil.
...
With this round of testing, at least another hundred alchemists, with either green or red faces, left the square.
The remaining ones were only a little more than half of those from before.
At the central bluestone platform, Xian'er, Xiao Yan, Little Princess, and Liu Ling exchanged glances.
They had not yet conducted their tests.
"Miss Xian'er, please." With a confident smile on his face, Liu Ling looked at Xian'er and courteously gestured.
"Mr. Xiao Yan, please." The Little Princess tossed the pill in her hand, smiling at Xiao Yan as well.
In their eyes, there was a touch of competition.
"Why don't we just go together then?" Xiao Yan shrugged indifferently and suggested.
"Agreed!"
Thus, the pills in their hands were almost simultaneously dropped into the black testing machine holes.
As the four moved, immediately countless eyes turned towards them.
This was the most eye-catching spot on the square.
Everyone was eager to know which one of the four, clearly seed-level contestants, would produce the superior pill.
Thud thud thud thud!
After a brief silence, subtle dull sounds echoed.
Four dense green beams shot out fiercely from the stone platforms in front of the four of them. Judging by their concentration, it was evident that these beams were far denser than any previous green lights in the venue.
Of the four green beams, two were a bit lighter, belonging to the Little Princess and Liu Ling.
The other two beams were as rich as jade, with extremely enticing colors.
These two belonged to Xian'er and Xiao Yan.
Among them, Xiao Yan's was slightly lighter, while Xian'er's was slightly superior.
Thus, the ranking was self-explanatory.
"Wow~ Such vibrant colors!" From the audience seats, exclamations of surprise were unceasing as they looked at the two jade-like green beams in the center.
"Hehe, Miss Xian'er truly deserves to be instructed by Master Wei," the Little Princess gazed with amazement at the jade-like beams, saying with admiration, "And Mr. Xiao Yan is indeed composed and confident. Despite taking the longest time, the effect of this pill is far better than mine, and I'm willing to concede defeat."
"Thank you for your praise." Xian'er calmly nodded, "You're not bad yourself, Little Princess."
"Just lucky," Xiao Yan said. He gazed at Xian'er seriously, feeling a sense of pressure.
Xian'er also looked at him, nodding slightly, with a rare trace of expectation in her eyes, she smiled and said, "Xiao Yan, just as Brother Yang said, you are indeed my strongest competitor... I look forward to the upcoming competition."
"I'm looking forward to it," Xiao Yan said seriously, taking a deep breath.
At the side, Liu Ling's mouth twitched slightly. Taking a deep breath, he turned his head, staring intently at the jade mirror flashing with a dense green light in front of the stone platform, suddenly wanting to smash it.
Having received orthodox training from a young age, with a teacher who is the renowned Pill King Gu He, yet he lost.
Among the four, he ranked third, only slightly better than the Little Princess, mainly due to the advantage of age.
Losing to Xian'er he could accept since her backing, Master Wei, was a sixth-tier, on par with his teacher Pill King Gu He.
But losing to Xiao Yan, a wild card, was something he could not accept.
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