C1428 Wang Kun's Provocation
After such a long period of time, the remaining pill refiners were basically pill refiners who did not have a deep understanding of spiritual herbs. If they had a good understanding of spiritual medicines, they would have already identified all the spiritual medicines. But now that they refused to hand over the jade slips, they could only examine them repeatedly, hoping that there wouldn't be any loopholes in the pills.1
Other than those pill refiners who had not submitted their jade slips for a long time, there were also some pill refiners who left dejectedly after identifying the spiritual ingredients. This was because every Alchemy Conference recognized different spirit medicines. Even though they were different, they still had one thing in common, and that was that these spirit medicines that needed to be identified were definitely not common. It was also because of this that many pill refiners would be able to obtain the Alchemy skill, but most of the time, they would just dejectedly leave after the first round.
A pill refiner didn't need to understand the characteristics of many spiritual herbs. As long as the control of one's soul will was subtle, it wouldn't be a problem for them to refine pills without making any mistakes in their control of the pill fire. However, a pill refiner with a high attainment in the dao of pills would definitely understand the characteristics of all sorts of spiritual herbs. This was because only in this way would he be able to concoct pills of a higher grade.
"First round of the competition is done, the selected pill refiners rest for an hour, after which the Second round will begin, and the other pill refiners will leave the stage." At this point, the rankings of the top three hundred pill refiners of Alchemy Conference had already been announced. At the side of Alchemy Square, there were three gigantic stone pillars standing by the side, and many names could be seen on the first stone pillar using arrays.
After Tang Ao's name, there was a figure of eighty-one, which astonishingly signified that Tang Ao had recognized eighty-one spirit medicines in this round of competition. Following behind Tang Ao was Lin Fan. Lin Fan had recognized a total of seventy-nine spirit medicines, which just happened to be one more than the third ranked Wang Kun. And after Wang Kun was the girl called Ning Huanhuan. She had recognized a total of seventy-one medicinal ingredients.
There were nearly a hundred other pill refiners behind him, and they all identified seventy-one different types of spiritual medicines. However, they were ranked based on how long they had used them. Tang Ao looked around. This time, in order to make it onto the Alchemy Conference, he had to be able to identify at least sixty-eight types of spirit herbs. At the end of the first stone pillar, about thirty pill refiners had recognized sixty-eight types of spirit herbs.
Tang Ao felt that there must have been a lot of other pill refiners who had recognized so many spirit medicines after this round. However, because they had used too much time, they were eliminated in the first round of the examination. After this list was released, everyone began to discuss it. Originally, everyone saw Wang Kun as this year's Alchemy Conference's top three rankings, but now, it was only this year that he was actually ranked third. This made many warriors who supported Wang Kun feel disappointed.
When Tang Ao saw the name list, a few of the pill refiners also came over to congratulate him. It was obvious that they wanted to befriend him. Tang Ao did not reject any of these pill refiners, and spoke a few simple words to them. Some people cheered, and naturally some people belittled him. Just as Tang Ao was about to return to the stage where the competition at Alchemy Conference was held, Wang Kun arrived beside him.
Wang Kun did not look at Tang Ao, but continued, "To a pill refiner, although understanding of spirit medicine is important, what kind of pill can it concoct, is the direct manifestation of a pill refiner's capabilities. "Unfortunately, the next two matches will be for concocting pills, not a small trick to identify elixirs." Wang Kun's voice was not soft, and all the pill refiners around Tang Ao could understand what he meant.
Hearing Wang Kun's words, everyone understood that Wang Kun hated him for stealing his limelight in the First competition. He was prepared to teach Tang Ao a lesson in the second and third rounds. After Wang Kun finished speaking, Tang Ao yawned unconcernedly, and continued to walk up the stage.
Tang Ao's actions completely angered Wang Kun, and behind Tang Ao, a cold killing intent flashed past his eyes. No one could ignore his, Wang Kun's, words. If he couldn't even control a single Tang Ao today, then he, Wang Kun, wouldn't need to stay in the Fulong Crypt. As a result, Wang Kun cast a venomous glance at Tang Ao, and planted a soul imprint on his body. After sensing that Wang Kun had planted a soul imprint on his body, Tang Ao's expression turned cold. If this Wang Kun was seeking death and wanted to offend him, then don't blame him for being impolite.
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