"Sure enough, the news is different from yesterday."
Hu Chen Wuding looked at the herbal fragments in front of him, which looked like a sky full of stars.
His spiritual sense immediately spread out and swept towards a small piece of something that looked like a rhizome. As his spiritual sense locked onto it, the small piece of rhizome-like thing was instantly dragged in front of him.
“If I don’t use my spiritual sense to quickly scan and control a large area, and rely on my eyes alone, I might not be able to piece together even one herb in half an hour.”
He did not hear what Hu Chen Wandong said next, but before that, he felt that the light shield that appeared in the square might not be the same as the assessment content given by the father of the patriarch yesterday.
However, he did not become suspicious, because the information given by Hu Chen Wandong was the same as that given by Hu Chen Huiqing.
With Hu Chen Wuding's intelligence, he now knows that all this may have been done intentionally by Ancestor Hu Chen. However, it doesn't matter to him, as long as it is fair.
Soon, Hu Chen Wuding calmed down and looked at the sky full of herb fragments like stars. He took a deep breath.
The content of this level of assessment is exactly the most basic things in the first five levels of the Ghost Den Poison Scroll...
In another world, listening to the majestic voice in the void, Hu Chen Wanli's face turned pale. This was not at all the content of the competition that he had inquired about a few days ago.
He had made careful and targeted preparations for the content of the competition.
It turned out that this level was about refining a kind of elixir. He practiced hard in the alchemy room every day, refining several kinds of elixirs that he thought he could pass the test. He never expected that it would be a completely different situation.
"My dear father, you tried so hard to find out the news, but it turned out to be false. Do you think this can stump me?"
Hu Chen Wanli said this through gritting his teeth, feeling more and more dissatisfied.
In this way, his foundation-building stage cultivation level would not have much significance in this level of assessment. Some of his original advantages disappeared instantly.
Alchemy is closely related to cultivation. In addition to being more adept at controlling the fire in the alchemy furnace, those with higher cultivation have more powerful mana, which can sustain the consumption of alchemy for a longer period of time without causing mental confusion.
But this level is purely designed for the basics of the Ghostly Poison Scroll. However, he still has great confidence in the Ghostly Poison Scroll he is practicing.
So after concentrating on observing for a while, he used his spiritual sense to attract several pieces of debris to fly over...
Hu Chen Jianghai looked at the vast amount of herb fragments in front of him, and his face, which was originally full of confidence, suddenly became solemn.
“My good elder brother originally thought that this stage was about refining pills, and that it would be assessed based on the initial foundation-building cultivation. Whether it was the control of mana or the control of pill fire, there were many advantages.
Now it has become like this, which has ruined his wishful thinking. However, considering my level 4 Ghost Den Poison Volume, I will order 300 plants… "
A pair of pretty faces were illuminated by the endless flashing lights in the void, and Hu Chen Wuqing muttered to himself.
"This is too perverted..."
At the same time, from the dozens of other light shields in the square, there were either whispered curses or bursts of wailing, but these sounds could not be heard.
Time is passing by on its own...
Hu Chen Wanli looked at the thirty-two herbs that had been spliced in front of him and couldn't help but smile.
Only half a cup of tea had passed, and he had already completed such a large number. He was very proud and thought that it would be possible to complete 300 plants in half an hour.
At this time, in the independent space where Hu Chen Jianghai was, his spiritual sense quickly scanned the surroundings, constantly pulling the herbal fragments over, and then pushing them away after judgment, and thirty-seven herbs were already floating beside him.
In half a cup of tea, about thirty complete herbs appeared beside Hu Chen Huiqing and Hu Chen Qiukong. They all practiced the basic chapters of the Ghost Cave Poison Volume very well.
In the space where Hu Chen Wuding was, there was not even a complete herb beside him at this moment, and no herb fragments were pulled over by him. He just closed his eyes, spread out his spiritual sense, and scanned all the herb fragments with all his strength.
… …
On the square, everyone's eyes were fixed on the nearly one hundred light shields on the square. With the monks' memory, they certainly remembered clearly who had entered each light shield before.
At this time, the surface colors of many light shields in the square are constantly deepening with the passage of time.
"Look, the colors of more than a dozen light shields have already turned black. This is a sign that we are far ahead of others."
"Among the dozen or so light shields, the five with the darkest colors seem to be Master Wanli, Master Jianghai, and Miss Huiqing, right? They are the bloodline of the patriarch after all..."
The colors of the several light masks mentioned by these people are almost the same.
As long as the number of herbs condensed by the disciples inside is not very different, it is still impossible to clearly distinguish the strong and weak ones from the color of the light shield.
"Well, there are also Hu Chen Qiukong and Hu Chen Gu, who are not much different. The color of the light shield is similar to theirs."
"Hey, did you notice that the color of the light shield of Master Wuding who came back from outside has not changed at all, it is still grayish white.
"Look at the light shields next to him. They are at least light grey. What's going on? Could it be that he couldn't even condense a single herb?"
"That's true. If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed. Master Wu Ding chose a light shield in the corner, but I didn't notice it for a while..."
Everyone in the square was talking in low voices.
Xie Xiaoxiao and Ye Luoyan, who were sitting in the audience above, also slowly smiled. As for the ancestors in front, they all looked calm and seemed to be dozing off, without any reaction.
Chi Dongli frowned, and at this time the voice of the Chi family ancestor, who had his eyes half closed, came into her mind.
"Hui Qing is a really good kid, but with her ability, it's not easy for her to stand out and leave those two families behind. It seems like they are evenly matched, and it's hard to tell who will win or lose.
Also, didn’t you say that the third room guy was full of confidence after he came back? Not only is there no movement at all, it seems like he is basically stagnant.”
The ancestor of the Chi family said slowly.
If he had the cultivation level of Nascent Soul Realm, his consciousness could easily penetrate the light shield on the square, but that would not only cause him to lose his identity, it was also something that Patriarch Hu Chen would not allow.
"It's definitely wrong not to move at all. Even if he doesn't have the family resources to help him outside, he should be able to practice the first two levels of the Ghost Den Poison Scroll. I just don't know what he is planning in there. Is he trying to make a big splash?"
The beautiful woman Chi Dongli also said in a voice transmission. Based on the information she got from her daughter yesterday, Hu Chen Wuding's performance was definitely not so unbearable.
"If he really wants to do this, it is extremely risky. Attacking at the last minute will always lack composure..."
After the Chi family ancestor said one more sentence, he stopped talking.
Although Hu Chen Wandong in front seemed expressionless, he was looking at everything in the square with doubts in his heart.
"Last night, he was so hostile and determined to win this battle. But how come he hasn't made any progress even after half a cup of tea at the first level? Does he really have to count on Hu Chen Qiukong and Hu Chen Gu?"
He felt a little disappointed.
But he was well prepared. Over the years, he has been secretly training Hu Chen Qiukong and Hu Chen Gu. The true level of these two people is not as ordinary as it seems on the surface.
The ancestor Hu Chen, who was sitting next to him, glanced at Hu Chen Wandong at this time, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly silently.
However, he looked at the square with a pair of eyes showing interest. He was the one who arranged this assessment. Others did not know the situation inside the light shield, but he knew what the scene was like inside.
Li Yan listened to the discussions around him, then glanced at Zhuo Lingfeng out of the corner of his eye, and saw Zhuo Lingfeng sitting there, squinting his eyes as if he was asleep, as if he had completely forgotten that his young master was in the competition.
"This is interesting. It seems that he is not worried at all. Is Hu Chen Wuding trying to make a breakthrough? Or is he deliberately attracting attention? It would be great if I could see the scene inside the light shield with my own eyes during this kind of assessment."
Li Yan thought to himself.
When half of the assessment time had passed, except for one light shield that was still grayish white, the rest of the light shields in the square had begun to turn gray or black to varying degrees.
In particular, the colors of eight light shields had turned into deep black. The lone gray-white light shield at this moment seemed so unique and dazzling, attracting many eyes to look there from time to time.
Xie Xiaoxiao and Ye Luoyan looked at each other and saw a hint of disdain in each other's eyes.
There has been no movement after such a long time of blocking. It seems that this kid is really like a stray dog outside and has not learned anything.
And just as they looked at each other with contempt, the only gray-white light shield suddenly began to change color, and in just a few breaths, it turned gray.
Xie Xiaoxiao was stunned at first, then stared at the gray light shield for a while, and finally felt relieved.
"The color doesn't change very fast. Has this bastard finally condensed some herbs? But half of the time has passed. Even if you chase him, how much can you accomplish?"
In the space where Hu Chen Wuding was, ten herbs had condensed beside him, and it took him less than fifty breaths to condense these herbs.
His spiritual sense had already spread out completely, splitting into dozens of beams and shooting towards different herb fragments.
It took him a quarter of an hour to complete a rough memory of the herb fragments in every area here.
This is not a simple memorization, but requires the combination of the unique classification marks for analyzing herbs in the Ghost and Poison Volume.
This is also the most troublesome kind of practice among the first five basic levels of the Ghost Den Poison Scroll, and it is also one of the reasons why no one is willing to practice the Ghost Den Poison Scroll purely.
After roughly memorizing the shapes of these herbal fragments, they are condensed according to specific marks, instead of having the spiritual consciousness repeatedly scan the areas that may have been scanned before when condensing each fragment.
This will greatly reduce the search time!
Just when Hu Chen Wuding began to condense the herbs, changes began to occur in the outside world.
When the time was just halfway up, under the gaze of everyone in the square, some light shields in the square began to flash rapidly.
Then, a figure would stagger out from the light shield, or someone would fall directly out of the light shield and fall unconscious in the square.
Every time this happened, a disciple from the clan would fly quickly from the edge of the square to this person, help him up and sit next to the light shield, then quickly take out the pill and put it into his mouth.
After a while, this person will be conscious and will sit cross-legged with eyes closed in meditation without waiting for the disciples to remind him. They all look exhausted, and they all look very exhausted.
As the disciples in the light shield continued to fall out, the light shield that was originally covered with colors suddenly became transparent, and different numbers of herbs that had been condensed into whole branches were floating inside.
"That's Hu Chenling. She condensed 193 herbs. This... this... Oh my god... The herb fragments inside are so dense. It's really not easy to condense this amount."
Some people in the square quickly scanned the light shield with their spiritual sense. Looking at the still densely packed herbal fragments inside the light shield, many people felt powerless.
These herbal fragments number in the tens of thousands. If they were to try to do it, they probably wouldn't be able to condense many.
"Another person came out, it's Hu Chen Feishan, he condensed... condensed 170 plants, which is much less than Hu Chen Ling."
"You see, Hu Chen Feishan was sitting cross-legged in meditation when he came out. It was obvious that he didn't dare to fight hard in the end. Hu Chen Ling fell unconscious. This level of fighting should consume a lot of spiritual consciousness."
"That should be the case, but it also depends on who has a more solid grasp of the basics of pharmacology. Otherwise, too much spiritual awareness will be wasted, which is useless..."
When everyone in the square saw the result, the mood that had been somewhat gloomy just now was suddenly aroused. Looking at the people who started to fall out of the light shield one after another, they began to comment on it one by one.
In Hu Chen Wanli's space, his eyes were red, his face was pale, and beads of sweat were oozing from his forehead.
At this moment, 312 complete herbs were floating beside him.
However, his condition had deteriorated terribly at this moment. Whenever his spiritual sense swept across an area, or hooked a piece of herb fragment with his spiritual sense, his body would tremble violently and sweat would seep out of his forehead like raindrops.
At this moment, half a piece of medicinal herb was floating in front of him. Hu Chen Wanli gritted his teeth and released his almost dried up spiritual sense again, tremblingly hooking towards the fragment that he had just locked onto.
However, when his spiritual consciousness was released less than ten feet away, this extremely simple action, like drinking water and eating, suddenly caused him to feel a piercing pain in his brain.
The next moment, he felt the world spinning around him, and with a loud scream, he fell to the ground.
The moment he fell to the ground, the half herb that had condensed in front of him also disintegrated in an instant.
And in his empty space, a human face emerged. It was the appearance of Hu Chen Tingchun. Seeing this, he opened his mouth and inhaled, and the diaphragm on the light shield quickly became transparent.