Chapter 4046 The Second Round Begins

Looking at the results on the light screen, everyone in Tiansheng City was in an uproar.

There was no doubt that Ten-Crown Pill King Chu Jiuyu could identify a hundred types of medicinal herbs, which was expected by everyone.

This included Hua Qiqi, the number one Genius of the Alchemist Guild, and those core Immortal Pill Masters cultivated by the Five Great Sects; such achievements were also within everyone's expectations.

However, two names that suddenly appeared were extremely eye-catching: one was Mu Ji, and the other was Ye Bufan.

According to the information, one of them was a Tenth-Order Immortal Pill Master, and the other was only an Eighth-Order.

If ranked by Alchemist Rank, they would definitely be outside the top thousand, yet these two individuals were among the top, accurately identifying a hundred types of immortal spirit grass.

Among the crowd, the most frustrated was Yin Tong of the Hundred Herbs Sect; although he had entered the Twelfth-Order Celestial Alchemist Rank, his overall attainment was still a little bit lacking, and his final score was identifying ninety-nine types.

After realizing he had made one mistake, he quickly glanced at Xia Qingying and found that she also had ninety-nine types, which put his mind at ease.

But when he looked up at the list, he was greatly shocked to see that Ye Bufan was ahead of him.

He had only considered Xia Qingying his opponent before and had never taken an Eighth-Order Immortal Pill Master seriously.

Yet, he never expected that such a person could identify a hundred types of immortal spirit grass, which was even better than his own score.

Although he only considered Xia Qingying his opponent, the wager was between two Sects, which meant that if Ye Bufan won, he would also win the wager.

"A coincidence! It must be a coincidence, he just happened to know these hundred types of immortal spirit grass!"

Soon, Yin Tong found an answer for himself. Fortunately, according to the previously announced Dan Wang Competition rules, the first and Second Layers were merely for elimination and would not be counted towards the final score.

"Kid, you got lucky. Let's see what you'll do in the next round!"

He glared fiercely at the other party, waiting for the next round of assessment to redeem himself.

However, Ye Bufan did not even look at Yin Tong; his attention was entirely on the Pill King Tower. He found it to be a good thing, as competitions held here could essentially achieve fairness and impartiality.

As for the judges on the stage, they were mostly symbolic presences; unless specific circumstances arose, there was no need for them to intervene.

And Zhuge Qingyang, as the chief judge, primarily handled organizing the competition and announcing the results.

"Alright, the first round of the competition is over. Everyone has seen the results. Now, let's proceed to the Second Layer.

The hundred Immortal Pill Masters we have remaining are all outstanding talents in the Dao of Alchemy, but everyone must not be arrogant in victory or discouraged in defeat. The scores from this round will not be counted towards the final results…"

After a series of formulaic pronouncements, the Second Layer assessment began. The content was relatively simple: using the hundred types of immortal spirit grass identified in the previous round, participants had to formulate their own Pill Formula and refine a Medicinal Pill.

The final judging method would Rank the Medicinal Pills refined by their Rank, taking the top fifty, with the rest being eliminated.

Furthermore, there was a time limit: it had to be completed within two hours. If a finished Medicinal Pill was not refined within two hours, the participant would also be eliminated.

"Now, everyone enter the Second Layer of the Pill King Tower. The competition begins."

As soon as Zhuge Qingyang finished speaking, everyone stepped into the Second Layer of the Pill King Tower.

At this moment, in the corresponding hundred positions, Pill Furnaces and a hundred types of immortal spirit grass appeared, available for everyone to use.

The arena was quiet, but outside, there was an uproar, with discussions buzzing.

The Second Layer assessment seemed simple, but in reality, it was extremely difficult.

Normally, refining an Immortal Pill requires twenty to thirty types of Materials, but these correspond to an infinite number of immortal spirit grass.

However, the available resources were limited to only a hundred types of immortal spirit grass. To refine a Medicinal Pill, one needed an extremely rich collection of Pill Formulas in their mind; otherwise, it would be impossible.

Of course, some Genius Immortal Pill Masters could, by virtue of their comprehension of the Dao of Alchemy, formulate and refine a completely new Immortal Pill.

But such attempts carried immense risk, and since this was an elimination stage, failure would mean complete expulsion. Few would use such a method.

Ye Bufan chose a spot, but he did not immediately take action.

The Ancient Medical Sect possessed a vast number of Pill Formulas, and it was easy to form Immortal Pills of various Ranks using these hundred types of immortal spirit grass.

But the current problem was that he had only absorbed a small portion of the condensing spirit fruit he had consumed earlier.

Normally, for Mental Energy to reach Immortal Reverent Peak and then Break through to Immortal Emperor, it would require a certain amount of time.

Even though he was now a Chaos body, it would still take several hours, and that was under conditions of complete focus.

However, the Dan Wang Competition had already begun, making it difficult for him to concentrate fully. In most cases, he was multitasking, which further prolonged the time needed for absorption and refinement.

Refining a batch of Medicinal Pills was very simple, but it would ultimately require diverting a portion of his Mental Energy, multitasking, which was something he did not want.

After all, what was happening now was only the elimination phase, and the Mental Energy requirements were not high.

But how difficult it would get later was unknown. He had to seize the time to absorb the condensing spirit fruit and quickly raise his Mental Energy to the Immortal Emperor Rank so that he could refine Twelfth-Order Immortal Pills.

Moreover, Zhuge Qingyang had also stated that the results of the two rounds would not be counted towards the final score, so he did not need to pursue too high a ranking; just getting into the top fifty would suffice.

Therefore, he did not touch the immortal spirit grass or the Pill Furnace; he simply sat cross-legged, seizing the time to absorb the condensing spirit fruit.

Others, however, did not know this much. In their eyes, he was unable to form a suitable Pill Formula from these hundred types of immortal spirit grass and was deep in thought.

Yin Tong pondered for a moment and quickly had a result, beginning to take the immortal spirit grass, one by one, and throwing them into the Cauldron to refine Medicinal Pills.

He stole a glance at Ye Bufan not far away and saw the other party sitting there, doing absolutely nothing, as if petrified. A cold sneer involuntarily appeared at the corner of his mouth.

It seemed his guess was correct; the other party's ability to identify a hundred types of immortal spirit grass earlier was purely based on luck.

Now he was completely dumbfounded, unable to refine Medicinal Pills, and would ultimately be kicked out.

Having confirmed that the other party was not his opponent at all, he no longer paid attention and focused entirely on refining Medicinal Pills.

At the same time, many others had already begun their refining.

For example, Ten-Crown Pill King Chu Jiuyu, with his attainment in the Dao of Alchemy, had already formed a suitable Pill Formula in his mind the moment Zhuge Qingyang announced the rules, without needing to think at all.

Moreover, his Alchemy speed was extremely fast; he appeared unhurried but moved fluidly. Just over a quarter of an hour later, a rich Pill fragrance began to waft out.

He executed a Pill retrieval technique and, with a grab of his hand, nine Medicinal Pills flew out of the Cauldron and directly into the adjacent assessment Formation.

It must be said that the Pill King Tower's assessment speed was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, the results were displayed on the light screen above.

Chu Jiuyu refined a Tenth-Order Immortal Pill, yielding nine Medicinal Pills, all of which were High Grade.

Normally, a Tenth-Order Immortal Pill's Rank is not considered particularly high, but forming a Pill Formula with these limited resources was extremely rare and commendable.

"As expected of the Ten-Crown Pill King, he is truly too amazing…"

"Is there even a need to compete? I think this year's Dan Wang throne undoubtedly belongs to Senior Chu…"

Seeing this result, everyone inside and outside the arena was in an uproar.