Chapter 43
“Xi, after you pass the exam, I have to go back to the Baihu Empire and return the tiger tally to my father.”
Hearing that Xuanyuan Mo would leave, Duanmu Xi felt even sadder. Her face was etched with unhappiness.
Seeing Duanmu Xi appeared so frustrated, Xuanyuan Mo’s heart clenched. He went forward and pinched her fair-skinned face.
“Xi, don’t be sad. I will come back as soon as possible.”
If there were not many people around, he really wanted to hug her.
“Yeah.”
Duanmu Xi looked downward and clenched Xuanyuan Mo’s hand as if he were leaving the next moment…
Seeing Duanmu Xi lowered her head, Xuanyuan Mo felt a bit of heartache.
Then, he held Duanmu Xi’s hand tightly.
If possible, he didn’t want to leave her either, not even for a moment.
When only two people were left before the old man in grey, Duanmu Xi finally went forward slowly.
A young man and a teenager were queuing before her.
The old man in grey said with a poker face to the man in cyan standing in front, “Put your hand on the spiritual stone before you.”
The young man placed his hand as told. Two kinds of light–red and green–appeared on the transparent spiritual stone instantly. The green light was a bit stronger and the red light was faint.
“Out. The next one.”
Hearing the old man in grey’s emotionless conclusion, the young man left the queue with his face as pale as death.
He thought that since he had wood and fire spiritual roots, he might be able to become a respectable refining pharmacist. Unexpectedly…
Oh right, although he couldn’t become a refining pharmacist, he could become a spiritual practitioner.
The eyes of the young man immediately gleamed. Seeing the long queue of the participants waiting to be tested aside, he immediately stood at the end of the queue and awaited a new chance.
It was the teenager’s turn now. The old man in grey still asked him to put his hand on the spiritual stone for testing.
This time, the transparent spiritual stone showed a streak of strong red light and a streak of faint green light.
“Pass. Be ready for the second test. Next.”
Hearing that he passed the preliminary test, the teenager jumped up with elation.
Seeing the teenager jumping in high spirit, Duanmu Xi narrowed her purple eyes.
It seemed that medicine refining didn’t demand much wood spiritual root but required a high level of fire spiritual root.
Duanmu Xi was the one after the teenager. With even raising his head, the old man in grey directly asked Duanmu Xi to put her hand on the spiritual stone.
Duanmu Xi put her hand on the spiritual stone slowly. Instantly, the spiritual stone erupted two streaks of dazzling light. The red light and the green light were quite dazzling, which drew the attention of all the participants and the mentors.
“Who is that? What pure spiritual roots…”
“Both spiritual roots are very pure. This is so rare…”
A glint of surprise flashed across the cold eyes of the woman in black nearby and then vanished quickly as if nothing had happened.
Even the rigid old man in grey gave a thrilled look on his face.
This was the first time he had met such a pure fire spiritual root. Even when he was tested back then, the red light was not as dazzling.
Most importantly, her wood spiritual root was also so pure. Ordinary people had either relatively stronger fire spiritual root or relatively stronger wood spiritual root. Very few people could have both strong spiritual roots.
Medicine refining mainly depended on the fire spiritual root, supplemented by the wood spiritual root, but if the wood spiritual root was purer, the success rate of medicine refining would be higher.
The old man in grey finally raised his head and looked at Duanmu Xi.
The moment he saw Duanmu Xi, the old man in grey was slightly dazed.
He didn’t expect to see such a young girl. She was only 15 or 16 years old, who must be exceedingly promising in the future.
“Pass. Be ready for the second test later.”
The old man in grey’s voice was somewhat appreciative and his face was much softer.
As to the expected result, Duanmu Xi was not very happy. With a calm face, she stood aside and waited for the next test.
In order to avoid trouble, she deliberately concealed the other spiritual roots apart from the wood and fire spiritual roots. Despite that, she had caught quite some attention.
Duanmu Xi, who appeared so calm, just attracted a little more attention from the old man in grey. She could remain undisturbed either by favor or disgrace at such a young age. Such a kind of disposition was really rare.
Duanmu Xi was the last one to participate in the medicine refining test. After the test was over, the old man in grey didn’t leave but waited for the test by the old man in white.
Shortly, all the participants before the old man in white were tested too.
Because the second test for medicine refining and instrument forging were both about mental strength, the two old men brought those who had passed the first test into Shengjin Academy.
In the second test, there were six participants in medicine refining, including Duanmu Xi, while there were a dozen participants in instrument forging.
They followed the two old men into a room, where it was not bright. When they arrived at the innermost of the room, they finally saw the smooth black rock wall.
The old man in white glanced at the participants.
“Here is the second test. You transfer your mental strength into the Heaven Origin Rock Wall. The wall will show the star ranking that indicates your mental strength. The passing score for instrument forging is five stars and the passing score for medicine refining is six stars. Here it goes.”
When the old man in white finished talking, a dozen participants who passed the preliminary test beside him all lined up subconsciously for the second test one by one.
A dozen participants were tested quickly. Only seven people passed the test and the highest score was just seven stars.
After the participants in the instrument forging, it was time for the participants in the medicine refining to take the test. Duanmu Xi was still the last one in the queue.
The five participants ahead of her were quickly tested. Two of five passed the test and the rest three people were eliminated.
It was Duanmu Xi’s turn now. The old man in grey finally got interested and looked at her with expectation.
Duanmu Xi didn’t know whether her mental strength could reach the passing score, so this time, she didn’t conceal her capability.
She put her hand on the black rock wall, focused all her mental strength and transferred it into the black rock wall slowly.
As the mental strength was transferred, the stars on the Heaven Origin Rock Wall illuminated one by one.
One star, two stars… Eight stars, nine stars…
Everyone was stupefied in astonishment to see the increasingly shown stars.
What was going on?
Nine stars had shown on the wall and there was more to be lit up. It seemed that the girl was about to hit ten stars.
Eventually, ten stars were lit up but it didn’t seem to be over.
Gradually, the Heaven Origin Rock Wall also started to respond. The dark rock wall suddenly gave off the dazzling white light, which was blindingly bright.
Duanmu Xi hastened to withdraw her hand.
What happened? Just now, she only focused on transferring her mental strength into the black rock wall, but shortly, she felt that the black rock wall was absorbing her mental strength, which did startle her.
What kind of rock wall was this?
It could absorb one’s mental strength, which was so wicked. But it seemed those who had taken the test before her were fine.
After the white light, the people still didn’t recover from the shock, still immersed in the unacceptable fact.
The old man in grey and the old man in white were also excited. For their life, they had never met anyone with ten stars.
It was said that the No. 1 refining pharmacist on the Hantian Continent, Chief Elder of the Refining Pharmacists’ Guild didn’t light up ten stars back then. The tenth illuminated star was only mostly lit up.
Yet, the young girl in white not only lit up the ten stars but also illuminated the Heaven Origin Rock Wall. This was so…
After a moment of excitement, the old man in white came to his senses and walked to Duanmu Xi with an amiable face.
“Girl, are you interested in instrument forging? I can take you as my inner disciple.”
The old man in grey also came to his senses and immediately darted a fierce look.
“What do you mean, Elder Xie?”
The old man in white didn’t get mad but still said with a grin, “Elder Yuan, don’t be mad. She hasn’t become a disciple of medicine refining, has she? She has the right to choose.”
The old man in white looked at Duanmu Xi gently while the old man in grey also gazed at her nervously and worried that she would choose instrument forging.
All the people were staring at Duanmu Xi with admiration.
No sooner had the exam been over than the two elders of Shengjin Academy got into a fight. This was such a great honor!
Under the passionate gaze, Duanmu Xi slightly furrowed her eyebrows and looked determined.
“I want to become a refining pharmacist.”
She was not interested in instrument forging. Actually, if it were not for Ying, she wouldn’t be interested in medicine refining either.
All the people were shocked to hear Duanmu Xi’s answer.
Everyone thought she would choose Elder Xie. It was well-known that the elder of Shengjin Academy barely recruited any disciples. If she became a disciple of an elder, she could study in the internal department and secure a completely different position from them.
The old man in white was slightly disappointed and then smiled at Duanmu Xi.
“No worries. You can still learn instrument forging after choosing to major in medicine refining. They are not contradictory. Feel free to find me whenever you want to learn instrument forging.”
The old man in grey felt relieved and put on a happy look on his staid face, saying to the three participants that passed the test, “The three of you, follow me.”
The old man in grey arrived at a medicine refining room with the three of them.
Upon entering the medicine refining room, they smelt a rich aroma of medicine. It was not bright in the room, but Duanmu Xi and the others still could see clearly several medicine tripods were placed in the middle.
“You are going to take the third test, aka, the last test. There are three portions of medicinal materials before you. The paper aside writes the basic method of medicine refining. You have four hours to refine the medicine. Start.”
The two men were both anxious to hear about the third test. If they could refine medicine, why would they take the tests?
Duanmu Xi also knitted her brows. She knew nothing about medicine refining.
The old man in grey saw through their scruples and raised his eyebrows.
“Don’t feel too stressed. As long you follow the steps of the instruction, whether you can make it or not, you can pass the third test and become the students of Shengjin Academy anyway.”
After all, it was too demanding to be a refining pharmacist. Too few participants could pass the previous two tests. Therefore, as to the test for the talent in medicine refining, they wouldn’t be eliminated whether they passed it or not.
Yet, those with greater talent in medicine refining could be picked by the elders and taken as the inner disciple.
What the old man in grey said relaxed the three of them. They walked to their own medicinal materials and started to study how to refine the medicine.
Hearing that Xuanyuan Mo would leave, Duanmu Xi felt even sadder. Her face was etched with unhappiness.
Seeing Duanmu Xi appeared so frustrated, Xuanyuan Mo’s heart clenched. He went forward and pinched her fair-skinned face.
“Xi, don’t be sad. I will come back as soon as possible.”
If there were not many people around, he really wanted to hug her.
“Yeah.”
Duanmu Xi looked downward and clenched Xuanyuan Mo’s hand as if he were leaving the next moment…
Seeing Duanmu Xi lowered her head, Xuanyuan Mo felt a bit of heartache.
Then, he held Duanmu Xi’s hand tightly.
If possible, he didn’t want to leave her either, not even for a moment.
When only two people were left before the old man in grey, Duanmu Xi finally went forward slowly.
A young man and a teenager were queuing before her.
The old man in grey said with a poker face to the man in cyan standing in front, “Put your hand on the spiritual stone before you.”
The young man placed his hand as told. Two kinds of light–red and green–appeared on the transparent spiritual stone instantly. The green light was a bit stronger and the red light was faint.
“Out. The next one.”
Hearing the old man in grey’s emotionless conclusion, the young man left the queue with his face as pale as death.
He thought that since he had wood and fire spiritual roots, he might be able to become a respectable refining pharmacist. Unexpectedly…
Oh right, although he couldn’t become a refining pharmacist, he could become a spiritual practitioner.
The eyes of the young man immediately gleamed. Seeing the long queue of the participants waiting to be tested aside, he immediately stood at the end of the queue and awaited a new chance.
It was the teenager’s turn now. The old man in grey still asked him to put his hand on the spiritual stone for testing.
This time, the transparent spiritual stone showed a streak of strong red light and a streak of faint green light.
“Pass. Be ready for the second test. Next.”
Hearing that he passed the preliminary test, the teenager jumped up with elation.
Seeing the teenager jumping in high spirit, Duanmu Xi narrowed her purple eyes.
It seemed that medicine refining didn’t demand much wood spiritual root but required a high level of fire spiritual root.
Duanmu Xi was the one after the teenager. With even raising his head, the old man in grey directly asked Duanmu Xi to put her hand on the spiritual stone.
Duanmu Xi put her hand on the spiritual stone slowly. Instantly, the spiritual stone erupted two streaks of dazzling light. The red light and the green light were quite dazzling, which drew the attention of all the participants and the mentors.
“Who is that? What pure spiritual roots…”
“Both spiritual roots are very pure. This is so rare…”
A glint of surprise flashed across the cold eyes of the woman in black nearby and then vanished quickly as if nothing had happened.
Even the rigid old man in grey gave a thrilled look on his face.
This was the first time he had met such a pure fire spiritual root. Even when he was tested back then, the red light was not as dazzling.
Most importantly, her wood spiritual root was also so pure. Ordinary people had either relatively stronger fire spiritual root or relatively stronger wood spiritual root. Very few people could have both strong spiritual roots.
Medicine refining mainly depended on the fire spiritual root, supplemented by the wood spiritual root, but if the wood spiritual root was purer, the success rate of medicine refining would be higher.
The old man in grey finally raised his head and looked at Duanmu Xi.
The moment he saw Duanmu Xi, the old man in grey was slightly dazed.
He didn’t expect to see such a young girl. She was only 15 or 16 years old, who must be exceedingly promising in the future.
“Pass. Be ready for the second test later.”
The old man in grey’s voice was somewhat appreciative and his face was much softer.
As to the expected result, Duanmu Xi was not very happy. With a calm face, she stood aside and waited for the next test.
In order to avoid trouble, she deliberately concealed the other spiritual roots apart from the wood and fire spiritual roots. Despite that, she had caught quite some attention.
Duanmu Xi, who appeared so calm, just attracted a little more attention from the old man in grey. She could remain undisturbed either by favor or disgrace at such a young age. Such a kind of disposition was really rare.
Duanmu Xi was the last one to participate in the medicine refining test. After the test was over, the old man in grey didn’t leave but waited for the test by the old man in white.
Shortly, all the participants before the old man in white were tested too.
Because the second test for medicine refining and instrument forging were both about mental strength, the two old men brought those who had passed the first test into Shengjin Academy.
In the second test, there were six participants in medicine refining, including Duanmu Xi, while there were a dozen participants in instrument forging.
They followed the two old men into a room, where it was not bright. When they arrived at the innermost of the room, they finally saw the smooth black rock wall.
The old man in white glanced at the participants.
“Here is the second test. You transfer your mental strength into the Heaven Origin Rock Wall. The wall will show the star ranking that indicates your mental strength. The passing score for instrument forging is five stars and the passing score for medicine refining is six stars. Here it goes.”
When the old man in white finished talking, a dozen participants who passed the preliminary test beside him all lined up subconsciously for the second test one by one.
A dozen participants were tested quickly. Only seven people passed the test and the highest score was just seven stars.
After the participants in the instrument forging, it was time for the participants in the medicine refining to take the test. Duanmu Xi was still the last one in the queue.
The five participants ahead of her were quickly tested. Two of five passed the test and the rest three people were eliminated.
It was Duanmu Xi’s turn now. The old man in grey finally got interested and looked at her with expectation.
Duanmu Xi didn’t know whether her mental strength could reach the passing score, so this time, she didn’t conceal her capability.
She put her hand on the black rock wall, focused all her mental strength and transferred it into the black rock wall slowly.
As the mental strength was transferred, the stars on the Heaven Origin Rock Wall illuminated one by one.
One star, two stars… Eight stars, nine stars…
Everyone was stupefied in astonishment to see the increasingly shown stars.
What was going on?
Nine stars had shown on the wall and there was more to be lit up. It seemed that the girl was about to hit ten stars.
Eventually, ten stars were lit up but it didn’t seem to be over.
Gradually, the Heaven Origin Rock Wall also started to respond. The dark rock wall suddenly gave off the dazzling white light, which was blindingly bright.
Duanmu Xi hastened to withdraw her hand.
What happened? Just now, she only focused on transferring her mental strength into the black rock wall, but shortly, she felt that the black rock wall was absorbing her mental strength, which did startle her.
What kind of rock wall was this?
It could absorb one’s mental strength, which was so wicked. But it seemed those who had taken the test before her were fine.
After the white light, the people still didn’t recover from the shock, still immersed in the unacceptable fact.
The old man in grey and the old man in white were also excited. For their life, they had never met anyone with ten stars.
It was said that the No. 1 refining pharmacist on the Hantian Continent, Chief Elder of the Refining Pharmacists’ Guild didn’t light up ten stars back then. The tenth illuminated star was only mostly lit up.
Yet, the young girl in white not only lit up the ten stars but also illuminated the Heaven Origin Rock Wall. This was so…
After a moment of excitement, the old man in white came to his senses and walked to Duanmu Xi with an amiable face.
“Girl, are you interested in instrument forging? I can take you as my inner disciple.”
The old man in grey also came to his senses and immediately darted a fierce look.
“What do you mean, Elder Xie?”
The old man in white didn’t get mad but still said with a grin, “Elder Yuan, don’t be mad. She hasn’t become a disciple of medicine refining, has she? She has the right to choose.”
The old man in white looked at Duanmu Xi gently while the old man in grey also gazed at her nervously and worried that she would choose instrument forging.
All the people were staring at Duanmu Xi with admiration.
No sooner had the exam been over than the two elders of Shengjin Academy got into a fight. This was such a great honor!
Under the passionate gaze, Duanmu Xi slightly furrowed her eyebrows and looked determined.
“I want to become a refining pharmacist.”
She was not interested in instrument forging. Actually, if it were not for Ying, she wouldn’t be interested in medicine refining either.
All the people were shocked to hear Duanmu Xi’s answer.
Everyone thought she would choose Elder Xie. It was well-known that the elder of Shengjin Academy barely recruited any disciples. If she became a disciple of an elder, she could study in the internal department and secure a completely different position from them.
The old man in white was slightly disappointed and then smiled at Duanmu Xi.
“No worries. You can still learn instrument forging after choosing to major in medicine refining. They are not contradictory. Feel free to find me whenever you want to learn instrument forging.”
The old man in grey felt relieved and put on a happy look on his staid face, saying to the three participants that passed the test, “The three of you, follow me.”
The old man in grey arrived at a medicine refining room with the three of them.
Upon entering the medicine refining room, they smelt a rich aroma of medicine. It was not bright in the room, but Duanmu Xi and the others still could see clearly several medicine tripods were placed in the middle.
“You are going to take the third test, aka, the last test. There are three portions of medicinal materials before you. The paper aside writes the basic method of medicine refining. You have four hours to refine the medicine. Start.”
The two men were both anxious to hear about the third test. If they could refine medicine, why would they take the tests?
Duanmu Xi also knitted her brows. She knew nothing about medicine refining.
The old man in grey saw through their scruples and raised his eyebrows.
“Don’t feel too stressed. As long you follow the steps of the instruction, whether you can make it or not, you can pass the third test and become the students of Shengjin Academy anyway.”
After all, it was too demanding to be a refining pharmacist. Too few participants could pass the previous two tests. Therefore, as to the test for the talent in medicine refining, they wouldn’t be eliminated whether they passed it or not.
Yet, those with greater talent in medicine refining could be picked by the elders and taken as the inner disciple.
What the old man in grey said relaxed the three of them. They walked to their own medicinal materials and started to study how to refine the medicine.
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