Double Cultivation
alchemy Examination
2 weeks had passed in the blink of an eye, and on the day of the Alchemy Trials, Wang Shuren staggered out of his room towards the living room looking drunk, feeling pain all over his body.
Su Yang walked out afterwards, and he spoke to her, "If you don't want to be in the Meeting Hall, you can stay here and rest."
Wang Shuren quickly shook his head and said, "No, I want to be there because I also want to participate in your alchemy exam."
"You can't push yourself too much. After all, you can barely even walk straight." Su Yang shook his head with a smile on his face.
"Who do you think I'm wrong in this situation?" Wang Shuren looked at him with a face of disbelief. "If you don't do it intensively, I won't be like this…"
Su Yang let out a cold laugh and said, "And who keeps shouting 'get me harder'?"
"…"
Wang Shuren's face reddened in embarrassment after hearing his words, and he muttered, "How hateful."
Some time later, the two of them left the Burning Lotus Sect and headed to the Meeting Hall, where hundreds of people had gathered and were waiting for them.
"Senior!"
"This junior greets Senior!"
"Welcome back, Senior!"
The people there immediately greeted him with respect.
After everyone gathered in the Meeting Hall, Su Yang spoke, "Do you guys have any questions before I start the exam?"
Someone raised their hand and asked, "How much of the total test will be done?"
"There will be 3 simple exams you will have to go through to become my disciple." replied Su Yang.
"What happens if more than 3 people here pass the examination when the senior will only receive 3 disciples?"
"We will hold a match between the winners until only 3 of the most talented are left" Su Yang replied.
"Are we going to be asked to make pills for this exam?"
"No, I don't have the patience for that."
After answering everyone's questions, Su Yang started the Alchemy Examination.
"For the first test, I'll test your rote power." Su Yang suddenly waved his sleeve, causing hundreds of scrolls to fly towards the participants.
"Also there will be 2 parts to the first test. There are 10,000 ingredients listed on each roll with 10 different rolls available, for a total of 100,000 materials. And for the first part of the test, you have 10 hours to memorize as many ingredients as you can. To proceed to the 2nd test, you must memorize at least 10,000 materials" Su Yang said.
"10,000 ingredients in ten hours ?!"
At least half of the room was shocked at being rendered speechless by the difficulty of the first exam. It would be a miracle if they could memorize 1,000 materials in 10 hours, let alone 10,000!
As for the Alchemists in the room, they all displayed confident expressions on their faces, as they had memorized tens of thousands of materials over their years of life as Alchemists. and it was like giving Master Chef a guidebook on how to cook a basic dish.
However, once the test began, these Alchemists soon realized that they were wrong about the test and that they were unaware of most of the ingredients listed on the scroll, and their confidence quickly dwindled until there was nothing left.
'What the hell is going on? I have memorized over 50,000 materials, and I can remember each of them as if they were written on the back of my hand, yet I did not recognize any of these materials ?! How is this possible? Is this potion only in the Sacred Middle Continent? Damnit damnit! I should have known that it wouldn't be this easy! ' Senior Zeng, one of the most famous Alchemists in the Eastern Continent, shouted inwardly as he was shocked to be rendered speechless by so many new herbs that he had never even heard of.
Wang Shuren was no different. Despite having been taught by Su Yang, he had never seen most of the materials on the scroll before.
However, he did not dare to waste too much time thinking about it and just focused on memorizing the names of these materials.
10 Hours later, Su Yang clapped his hands and said, "It's been 10 hours. Stop what you're doing and look at me or I'll kick you out on the spot."
Unless one was cultivating, ten hours usually felt like a long time. But to these participants, these past ten hours felt like ten minutes.
"What do you think of the first test?" Su Yang asked them afterwards.
"Senior ... are these materials from the Sacred Middle Continent?" One of them asked him.
"Something like that." Su Yang nodded.
And he continued, "you might think that I cheated by doing this, but if I didn't do this, it wouldn't be fair to those who didn't have much knowledge or experience in Alchemy, either, and give all the advantages to the Alchemy Master here who has decades of experience."
"And in the end, I don't care about your current knowledge and abilities.I'm just looking for the most potential, because that's the purpose of this test."
Moments later, Su Yang handed out empty scrolls to each individual in the room and explained to them the second part of the test, "For the next part, I'll have you remember as much material as possible from the first part of the test to the scroll I just gave you."
"All you need to do is think about the ingredients in your mind while touching the scroll, and the scroll will automatically count for you. Just in case you think of deceiving by remembering a material that is not in the 100,000 materials I gave you, the scrolls will not count it, but you are free to try."
"And for this part of the test, you have 2 hours to remember as much material as possible." After saying those words, Su Yang started the timer.
The place instantly became silent, and everyone in the room beside Su Yang closed their eyes to help their focus.
Two hours later, Su Yang suddenly clapped again, shocking everyone in the room.
"Open your scrolls and see for yourself the results. If your numbers are less than 10,000, you have failed the test, and I must ask you to leave this place."
The people there started to unroll it with trembling hands.
When they saw the results, more than half of the room showed a smashed expression, while the others showed relief on their faces.
In just 1 exam, more than half of the participants had failed, missing out on the opportunity to become Su Yang's disciple.
Some time later, after those who failed to leave the Meeting Hall, Su Yang said to the remaining participants, "Who here has more than 20,000 ingredients?"
Moments later, 30 people raised their hands.
Su Yang nodded and said, "For every 1,000 more ingredients you remember, you will be awarded 1 point. At the end of the exam, the 3 people with the most points will be my students."
And then he continued, "And for the individual with the best results for each test, you will be given an additional 10 points. So, which one of you has the highest number?"
A moment later, Su Xun, his father, showed the scroll to everyone and spoke, "I have 38,170."
Being one of the few cultivators who had reached the Heavenly Spirit Realm, Su Xun's mental strength would obviously be much stronger than most people, and allowed him to recall things faster.
"Does anyone have better results?" Su Yang asked the crowd.
A second later, Bai Lihua raised her hand and said, "45,548."
"As expected of the Sect Leader of the Elite Sect ..." The people there secretly praised Bai Lihua.
Not only was she a beauty who could destroy an entire country, but she was also one of the most talented individuals of her generation by reaching the Heaven Spirit Realm at a very young age. Even now, he was the youngest among all the cultivators of the Heavenly Spirit Realm in the Eastern Continent, excluding Su Yang and Hong Yu'er.
"You're Bai Lihua, right?" Su Yang suddenly asked her.
"This lowly one is indeed called Bai Lihua," he replied in a slightly surprised voice, as he did not expect this Senior to recognize him.
"Mmm. I've heard good things about you from my little friend, Su Yang. Whether you pass this exam or not, you can stay here until the exam is over so that we can talk more privately" Su Yang said.
Hearing Su Yang's words, Bai Lihua's expression flourished happily, and she quickly bowed to him, "Thank you, Senior, have set aside your precious time for this humble one!"
'Su Yang really helped me meet with the Alchemy Master! I should thank him properly by the time I see him again! ' Bai Lihua thought to herself a moment later.