Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 554: Which Pill to Choose
Gongyang Xue was a top-tier Pill Emperor within the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance. Only a handful of Pill Emperors could surpass him.
Yet, such a Pill Emperor was ranked second. With one ranking still unrevealed, even a fool knew that the first place belonged to that young pill refiner whom many didn't recognize. If it wasn't a problem with the formation display screen, it had to be cheating.
This Pill Dao Grand Competition might not be the largest, but its importance was definitely top-tier. Even the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance wouldn't dare to cheat on it. No matter how strong the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance was, if they dared to cheat on this, they would be digging their own grave.
Even Gongyang Xue and Heng Jun, along with several other Pill Emperors, focused their attention on Mo Wuji. They wanted to see how this matter would be resolved.
Mo Wuji, the person involved, wasn't flustered in the slightest. When he saw that Gongyang Xue only had a score of 97.711, he knew that first place was definitely his. Under normal circumstances, his essence extraction level for Grade 5 and Grade 6 immortal spiritual herbs exceeded 99. Even though the Azure Pomegranate Immortal Herb was difficult, he wouldn't extract less than 99.
The originally noisy scene and arena became quiet at this moment. Everyone was waiting for the first place to be revealed, and then waiting for the person in charge of this competition to give everyone an explanation.
Under everyone's gaze, the first place was finally displayed. As expected, it was an unfamiliar name.
First Place: Participating Immortal City, Lower Immortal City Yingshui Immortal City. Participating Pill Refiner, Mo Xinghe. Score, 99.361, advancing to the second round.
"Boom!" A cacophony erupted almost simultaneously. Everyone was discussing, and everyone's gaze fell upon the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance's Vice Alliance Head, Hu Zhenyu, and the Heavenly Emperor of Yongying Immortal Domain, Kui Fengyun. They were responsible for this Pill Dao Grand Competition, and they should give the most reasonable explanation for this result.
The originally delighted Wen Hou family had pale faces. They would naturally be excited if Mo Wuji achieved a good ranking. But Mo Wuji's ranking was too good, so good that it frightened them, so good that they dared not accept it.
If there was a problem with Mo Wuji's ranking, the first to be killed would naturally be Mo Wuji. After Mo Wuji was killed, the consequences of a re-competition would not be borne by the Vice Alliance Head of the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance, nor would they be borne by the Heavenly Emperor of Yongying Immortal Domain. The only one who would bear the consequences was his Yingshui Immortal City.
In other words, he, Wen Hou, as the City Lord of Yingshui Immortal City, would be the second to be killed. If he was killed, and his Wen family still had even an ant left alive, that would be a strange thing.
Hu Zhenyu walked to the front of the main altar. The scene quieted down, and everyone looked at Hu Zhenyu.
Hu Zhenyu's gaze shifted from Mo Wuji to the many people in the plaza, and then he slowly said, "I know what everyone wants to say. I will now clearly tell everyone that the first round of the competition is authentic and valid, and the scores are accurate. There are no problems with the ranking display formation, and the ranking order is correct. Of course, if any participating pill refiner feels that there is a problem with their score, you can stand up and we will take out your extracted medicinal liquid for public verification..."
Speaking of this, Hu Zhenyu's gaze swept over those eliminated pill refiners, and his tone became heavier, "If the verification reveals that your score indeed has a problem, we will disqualify you from participating in the competition and allow you to enter the Immortal Nurturing Valley. Of course, if the verification reveals that your score is correct, you will be directly killed. Now, please those pill refiners who have doubts about their scores stand up, and we will immediately take out your extracted medicinal liquid for public verification."
Everyone's gaze fell upon the seats where the pill refiners were sitting. A full half of an incense stick's time passed, and not a single pill refiner stood up to say that there was a problem with their score.
A pill refiner knows their own score. They are very clear that the score determined by the grand formation is completely correct, even more correct than they estimated.
After waiting for half an incense stick's time and no one stood up, Hu Zhenyu nodded, "It seems that all the pill refiners are clear that the score judged by the grand formation is accurate, so this score is also authentic and valid. Since this is the case, then we will not waste time. Now we will proceed with the second round of the competition."
The second round of the competition was about to begin, which meant that there was no problem with Mo Wuji or the identification formation. Many people cast envious glances at Mo Wuji. Mo Wuji almost got a perfect score in the first round. As long as he could get a certain score in the second round, the possibility of him entering the top 50 was very high.
Of course, if Mo Wuji couldn't get any score in the second round at all, it would mean that his score in the first round was still likely to be fake.
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"Father, Mo's score is actually real. He really got first place, 99.361 points. Our Yingshui Immortal City will definitely not become an appendage of others now. If Mo's score is better in the second round, we might even be able to advance to a middle-grade immortal city..." Hearing the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance Vice Alliance Head Hu Zhenyu announce that the score was valid, Wen Lianxiu was so excited that she even stood up.
Yan Qianling was just as excited as Wen Hou. Yan Qianling quickly grabbed her daughter, signaling Wen Lianxiu to sit down.
Yingshui Immortal City got first place in the first round, so it was best to be humble and not let people think that Yingshui Immortal City was carried away.
"Amazing, amazing..." Tan Liang muttered to himself. He didn't think Mo Wuji's score was fake. The first time he saw the ten-percent medicinal liquid essence in the medicinal residue, didn't he also think it was unbelievable? Since there was an unbelievable first time, there would be a second time.
City Lords from some surrounding immortal cities came to greet Wen Hou. Regardless of whether Yingshui Immortal City could advance to a middle-grade immortal city, it was worth befriending Yingshui Immortal City for knowing such a powerful pill refiner.
Wen Hou looked at his daughter and said, "Lianxiu, thank you. If it weren't for you, our whole family might have become an appendage of others this time."
"Father, we should thank Brother Mo. Without Brother Mo, how could we sit here so peacefully, and have so many City Lords from upper and middle-grade immortal cities take the initiative to greet us?" The excited red color on Wen Lianxiu's face had not faded away to this moment.
Wen Hou nodded repeatedly, "Yes, we should thank Pill Refiner Mo. Without Pill Refiner Mo, we would already be the target of others' covetous eyes."
Not far away, Geng Ji, a Grade 5 Pill King from the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance, also couldn't believe that Yingshui Immortal City had gotten first place in the first round. His gaze swept over the excited and happy Wen Hou, and he snorted coldly. A mere lower-grade immortal city, even if it found a pill refiner and was lucky enough to get first place in the first round, so what? In the eyes of him, a Grade 5 Pill King from the Pill Dao Immortal Alliance, it was still nothing.
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A little further away from the Wen Hou family, a young man excitedly said to the middle-aged man beside him, "Father, I know that Mo Xinghe..."
"Ah..." Zhong Muqiao, who had been staring at Mo Wuji, exclaimed, and then asked in surprise, "Zhen'er, are you telling the truth?"
This young man was Zhong Zhen, who had helped Mo Wuji once before. He nodded and said, "It's true. Gou Xinghao from Blade Scar Peak was looking for trouble with him, and I helped him out. I really didn't expect that his extraction of medicinal liquid was so powerful, so powerful that I can't believe it."
"Good, good..." Zhong Muqiao repeatedly praised, "Good help, good help... After this Pill Dao Competition is over, you must invite him to sit for a while."
Originally, Zhong Muqiao wanted to ask his son why he didn't let Mo Xinghe participate in the competition, but then he remembered that his son didn't know that Mo Xinghe could extract medicinal liquid, so he changed his words and asked Zhong Zhen to invite Mo Xinghe to sit for a while.
Another man sitting next to Zhong Muqiao said, "After this Pill Dao Grand Competition, Mo Xinghe's reputation will soar, and his status will no longer be ordinary. I'm afraid that there will be countless upper-grade immortal cities inviting him. Our Zhenya Immortal City is just a middle-grade immortal city..."
Zhong Zhen quickly said, "Senior Huai, that Mo Xinghe seems to be a very good person, and he shouldn't forget that we once had a one-sided acquaintance."
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Hu Zhenyu's voice continued on the stage, "The second round of the competition will still use your own pill furnaces and the earth fire provided by the competition area. The topic of the competition is pill refining. As for what kind of pills to refine, it is up to the pill refiners themselves to decide. Even if you want to refine Grade 9 immortal pills, it's up to you. However, all the immortal spiritual herbs must be taken out by yourself. If you can't take out the immortal spiritual herbs, please withdraw from the competition first, because you have been eliminated. Now I announce, the second round of the pill refining competition begins."
It was indeed very simple and concise.
The second round of the competition was pill refining, and the immortal spiritual herbs used for pill refining were all your own. However, everyone knew that this was also impossible to cheat. If anyone dared to take out the original pills from their ring and send them into the formation for identifying results, they would probably be the first to be eliminated.
Mo Wuji scanned with his spiritual will and judged from the immortal spiritual herbs that everyone took out that the pill refiners on the arena basically chose Grade 6 immortal pills. Only a very few pill refiners chose Grade 5 immortal pills. This showed that most of the 300 pill refiners who entered the second round were Grade 6 Pill Kings. And those few Pill Emperors also chose Grade 6 immortal pills.
Don't look down on the Pill Emperors, they can't just casually refine Grade 7 immortal pills. First, the immortal spiritual herbs for a Grade 7 immortal pill are expensive. Second, the pill refinement success rate is very low. For them, as long as they make Grade 6 immortal pills, they are guaranteed to be in the top five. There is no need to take risks.
Although Mo Wuji could also refine Grade 6 immortal pills, he knew that if he really refined Grade 6 immortal pills, it would definitely end in failure.
He was different from other pill refiners. If other pill refiners could refine a bottle of top-grade Grade 5 immortal pills, at least half of their Grade 6 immortal pills would be of the upper-grade. He could refine top-grade Grade 5 immortal pills, but although he could refine Grade 6 immortal pills, he couldn't even refine a medium-grade Grade 6 immortal pill.
What kind of pill should he choose to ensure that he enters the top 50?
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