Translator: Silavin
“Ouch…” His head directly struck the ground. The pain brought the dazed Qin Yichen back to his senses, a little. With the test official’s support, he could finally get up enough to sit down on a chair.
Beside him, Liu Qiong’er’s face reddened even more. She lowered her head, not daring to make eye contact with Qin Yichen, who was looking at her with a blank expression.
She actually understood that in that situation, what Qin Yichen did must have been unintentional. He probably did not even know what he had just done.
However, the intimate contact had secretly made Liu Qiong’er unable to let go for a while, which was all the more embarrassing.
“I should have passed the test, right?” Operating the Spirit God Technique, as his Spiritual Energy slowly recovered, Qin Yichen rubbed his aching head and asked the test official.
“Of course. As long as you’ve successfully refined a Pill, you pass.” After checking the Pill Furnace and the Pill Qin Yichen had refined once again, the test official sighed and marked a perfect score on his test form.
Now, he finally understood why the officials of the first two tests had given Qin Yichen perfect scores.
“Perfect scores in all three tests…” Liu Qiong’er had also recovered from her embarrassment. Looking at the score sheet, her eyes showed nothing but shock and admiration.
A perfect score was extremely difficult to achieve. Even she, who had been by Liu Wen’s side since young, only got a perfect score in the first test when she took the Alchemy Master qualification test. She got an excellent grade of eight points in the second test, but only six points in the third test. Furthermore, that was on her second attempt.
This result had already earned Liu Qiong’er the title of a genius.
What about Qin Yichen then? He was a freak surpassing Grandmaster Gu Ye! If this news were to spread, no one would believe it.
In fact, in the Dao of Alchemy, besides talent, there were many other factors that affect one’s achievements.
First was the Technique for cultivating Spiritual Energy.
The level of the Technique determines the speed of Spiritual Energy growth. No matter how good a person’s talent was, if they did not have a good Technique, how can they possibly compare to those who do?
Secondly, in terms of refining Pills, it requires countless rounds of practice to improve one’s proficiency. Without substantial financial support, even the greatest talent would be meaningless.
Therefore, people with talent in Alchemy usually joined a Major Family, like Xiao Licheng of the Li Family.
[The Li Family has quietly nurtured a monstrosity…] Thinking about how Qin Yichen came with Li Yuanba, a thoughtful look flashed in Liu Qiong’er’s eyes.
After all, with Ran Rui in the Li Family, it was not impossible for him to cultivate a disciple more excellent than himself.
At this time, the group of onlookers in the testing hall were waiting and chatting.
“It seems like Guildmaster Liu Wen also suspects that kid of cheating. Otherwise, why would he send Miss Qiong’er to supervise personally…”
“Even if he cheated through the first two tests, so what? The third test isn’t something a nobody who hasn’t even condensed his Divine Soul Bead can muddle through!”
Except for Li Yuanba and Liu Wen, almost everyone present thought Qin Yichen was cheating. They were all waiting to see the show.
“The Li Family is reaching too far. They even dare to do such things. Don’t they know where this is? Is this a place where the Li Family can meddle with?”
Lin Shiyun stood not far from Liu Wen, glancing at Li Yuanba before loudly announcing his speculation. He was seemingly trying to provoke conflict between the Li Family and the Alchemy Guild.
If the Li Family had really bribed the test officials of the Alchemy Guild, even if Liu Wen was close to the Li Family, he could not ignore it, could he?
Hearing this, Liu Wen just glanced at Lin Shiyun lightly, and the latter involuntarily lowered his head, not daring to make eye contact. [This Lin brat actually dares to try and scheme against me, huh!?]
*Hmph!* Liu Wen snorted coldly but did not say anything.
The Alchemy Guild was not a party to get involved in power struggles.
*Creak.* The moment the door of the third test room opened, the noisy voices in the testing hall immediately quieted down. All eyes unanimously turned towards the doorway.
The first to walk out was the test official for the third test. He was holding the test form in his hand. Behind him, Qin Yichen and Liu Qiong’er were slowly walking out.
However, Qin Yichen’s face seemed to look quite unwell, somewhat pale. His whole person appeared a bit listless.
“This kid must have suffered a huge scolding!”
“Of course! How long was he in there?”
“Look at him, he probably got badly scolded by the test official.”
Some private whispers arose, but most people’s gazes still fell on the test form in the official’s hand.
“How was it?” Liu Wen stepped forward, also asking somewhat expectantly.
If this young man could really pass the test, then Spreading Cloud City would have produced an extraordinary genius. If this news reached the Royal City Alchemy Guild, it would greatly enhance his reputation as the Guildmaster.
“Perfect scores in all three tests!” The test official handed the form to Liu Wen.
“What!?”
Those who were waiting for Qin Yichen and the Li Family to be embarrassed, upon hearing this, immediately froze. Their faces were full of shock and disbelief as they looked at the test form.
“Perfect scores in all three tests?”
Liu Wen was also slightly surprised. After talking with Ran Rui, he thought that even if Qin Yichen did not get perfect scores in the first and second tests, he would get excellent grades. So, he was not too surprised.
However, a perfect score in the third test was something he had not anticipated.
The third test was undoubtedly the focus of the entire examination. As the Guildmaster, he knew very well that unless a Second Grade or above Pill was refined, it was absolutely impossible to get a perfect score.
Pill refining was different from herb identification and refinding liquid. No one could refine High Grade Pills when they first started refining Pills. Even his Granddaughter Liu Qiong’er, with nearly two years of Pill refining experience, struggled to refine Second Grade Pills.
[Could it be that this young man was able to refine Pills several years ago? That would be absolutely impossible. His Spiritual Energy is too weak for that. If he could refine Pills several years ago, it would be too shocking to the world.]
“Let me see that Pill!” Liu Wen immediately focused on the key point, wanting to see the Pill that Qin Yichen had refined.
The box opened, inside was a smooth and lustrous Pill.
Without even needing to pick it up, Liu Wen had already determined that this was a Third Grade Pill!
*Siiiiii…*
Even he, the Guildmaster of the Alchemy Guild, could not help but draw in a cold breath. His eyes widened, full of shock.
He remembered that when he was able to refine Third Grade Pills, he was already nearly thirty years old!
“A Third Grade Pill?!” Lin Shiyun naturally recognized it too. He was stunned at first, then burst out laughing, “Haha, this is definitely cheating! This is too ridiculous!”
His words immediately caused a chorus of agreement among the crowd.
In the testing hall, a wave of whispers suddenly arose, and the scene became out of control.