839: C839 First Round of the Contest

C839 First Round of the Contest

Following Zuo Congfeng's order, thousands of Zuo disciples carried a long table up to the arena and arranged it in an orderly manner. The contestants on the arena also understood what they meant, so each of them chose a table and sat down.

Nie Zhen chose a table very casually and waited for the match to start.

When everyone had settled into their seats, Zuo Congfeng said in a clear voice, "I believe everyone already knows the process of the competition beforehand. Next up is the first round of the competition, I will announce the ten questions related to the pill dao, and everyone will directly inject their answers into the Jade Token that was sent to everyone beforehand with their soul force. The Jade Token will automatically determine whether the answers are accurate or not, and once the correct rate is over forty percent, we can move on to the next round."

The first round was a test of an apothecary's experience. It was sufficient just to look at the answers to the four questions on the ten questions, but in reality, no one knew what the scope of this question was, and there was no way to review it beforehand. Human energy was limited, and no apothecary would be buried in their books all day long.

When everyone was ready and had taken out the Jade Token, Zuo Congyun directly took out a scroll from the Storage Ring. After opening the scroll, he read aloud: "First question, once Feng Jiu Wei is near death, what method should he use to cure him?"

As the first question was asked, there was an uproar. Let alone the participants, even the 100,000 spectators were incomparably surprised.

"This question actually has nothing to do with pills. It has to do with medicinal herbs!"

"Furthermore, it's an extremely unpopular medicinal herb for treatment. It seems that the value of this grand meeting is very high. Not many people would be able to answer this question correctly!"

"I wonder if Miss Zuo Yao can get it right …"

"I don't think so … "Think about it, even if Miss Zuo Yao is a genius of the way of alchemy with Zuo Clan, she still wouldn't be able to read many ancient books, right? Even she might not know about this kind of unorthodox method …"

Apothecaries had different perspectives. Some were good at concocting pills, some were good at treating people, and some were good at creating poison, but many people would ignore the problem of the herbs themselves. As for the herbs that were withering, how to treat them was even more difficult.

However, this isn't a difficult task for Nie Zhen. With the help of the Alchemist Divine King, Nie Zhen directly inherited his legacy. The records of the Medicine King Scripture s are very clear, including all the herbs in the universe, the conditions under which they would flourish and wilt.

Nie Zhen thought for a moment and directly inserted the answer into the Jade Token. Sure enough, a number "1" instantly appeared on the Jade Token, indicating that Nie Zhen had answered the correct question.

As for the other participants, most of them revealed thoughtful expressions. Among those present, only a few had heard of this medicinal plant called Feng Jiu Wei. As for those that knew how to cure him, that was extremely rare.

Half a day later, Zuo Congfeng gathered the thoughts of some people and said in a clear voice, "The first question has already been answered. If you can't answer it, don't force it. There are still nine more chances. The second question …"

With Five Great Divine Kingdom, no matter how tricky the topic was, it would never go beyond the category of Medicine King Scripture. Therefore, when Nie Zhen answered, it was as if he asked a university student to do a kindergarten class for a topic. Not only was it simple, it had already reached a boring stage.

At that moment, Nie Zhen easily answered all ten questions correctly, the number "10" was clearly written on the Jade Token.

Nie Zhen didn't need to keep a low profile. When the time came, the Jade Token would not specially reclaim, and others wouldn't notice that Nie Zhen answered a few questions correctly.

Immediately, Zuo Congyun said in a clear voice: "Now, if the number of Jade Token is less than four, then the Jade Token will light up, which means that it is regrettable that we will not be able to make it through the first round. Although it is a pity, but the rules are as such, I hope that you will not be discouraged."

With that, many dots of light lit up on the stage, each one of them indicating that the person had not answered the four questions correctly.

"What a pity!" One of them was extremely vexed. He had only answered three questions correctly, and was just a little bit away from advancing the next level.

The ten questions that Zuo Congyun had chosen were not easy questions. Some of them had other intentions, and if he had not read the books carefully, it would have been impossible for him to answer them correctly. Even Zuo Yao had to stop at seventy percent, which showed how difficult this question was.

For people like Nie Zhen, who was directly assisted by Divine King level experts, in the entire universe, this was probably the only place.

Immediately, many competitors packed their luggage and left the arena. The platform suddenly became much emptier again. Nie Zhen conservatively estimated that half of the contestants would be eliminated in the first round.

This elimination rate was quite shocking.

Seeing that everyone had left, Zuo Congfeng murmured, "Disciples of the Zuo family, remove the empty tables. As for the remaining people, rest for an hour and then continue the second round of the competition!"

Even though everyone present was an expert of the Pill Dao, they had only answered ten questions, yet they had actually given him an hour to rest.

Actually, to find specific questions or answers in one's mind, or even if one did not know the correct answers, unceasingly using experience to deduce the answers, was a matter that consumed a lot of energy. The pressure on these experts of the Pill Dao was also extremely great.

"Hey, Senior Brother Nie, how many questions did you answer correctly?" Zuo Yao had nothing better to do, so she came to Nie Zhen's side and asked.

Due to the pill formula Nie Zhen gave her previously, Zuo Yao became a lot friendlier towards Nie Zhen. At least, her attitude towards him was much better than towards Zuo Tian'en.

"It's not bad, anyway, as long as I can guarantee a smooth advancement, what about you?" Nie Zhen didn't answer Zuo Yao's question directly, instead, he said so casually.2

"I've only answered seven questions correctly. The questions that I've chosen this time are really too embarrassing. How could my Zuo family have this kind of ancient book? Even I don't know. " Zuo Yao was a bit annoyed. She had initially thought that if she wasn't able to answer all nine questions correctly, she could at least answer the nine questions correctly. Who would have thought that only seventy percent of the questions would be correct?

"Reading a lot of ancient books is just a part of one's alchemy ability after all. It's already enough if you don't want to lose face. Moreover, Miss Zuo, it's already pretty good for you to get 70% of the result." Nie Zhen smiled as he comforted Zuo Yao, and at the same time, he kept his Jade Token into his own.

If Zuo Yao knew that all ten of her questions had been answered correctly, she would probably be dealt a blow.

Fortunately, Zuo Yao didn't go into Nie Zhen's grades in detail. After chatting with Nie Zhen about the previous questions, she was ready to start the second round of the competition.

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