Hearing Hu Chen Wandong's somewhat anxious voice, Patriarch Hu Chen remained expressionless and just nodded softly.
Then, he stood up from his seat, and the next moment, he appeared beside Hu Chen Jianghai.
He stood there and just pointed his finger casually, and a stream of magic power entered Hu Chen Jianghai's body from his fingertips. However, the next moment, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
But then, I don't know where Patriarch Hu took out a pill from, flicked his finger, and the pill went into Hu Chen Jianghai's mouth.
"It's okay. After taking the elixir, the poison in his body has been cleared! As for the injuries in his body, I have used my magic power to sort them out. He will be fine after a period of recuperation.
The reason why he didn't wake up immediately was the consequence of performing the self-sacrifice to feed the tiger technique. His life span was shortened by ten years, so he needed to recover well. "
Having said that, he turned his body and looked at Hu Chen Wuding.
"This kid is good, not bad!"
At this time, Hu Chen Wuding had already been fed the elixir by Zhuo Lingfeng. His injuries were caused by the aftermath of the magic power, and his own magic power and spiritual consciousness were consumed too much. Therefore, although he was still weak after taking the elixir, he had already woken up.
Patriarch Hu Chen's two consecutive "not bad"s made everyone a little confused.
The final result of the battle between these two was that both were injured. However, considering that Hu Chen Wuding was at the ninth level of Qi Condensation and was fighting against someone at the peak of the initial stage of Foundation Establishment, it was indeed a good result.
But how could they know the joy in Old Ancestor Hu Chen’s heart at this moment.
He analyzed the poisoning situation in Hu Chen Jianghai's body and found that after more than a dozen pills exploded, although Hu Chen Jianghai was not poisoned by all of them, he was also poisoned by six kinds of poisons.
Four of them are exactly the unique refining methods recorded in the Ghost Den Poison Scroll. However, the elixir that Hu Chen Wuding took out is more powerful and more toxic than the same elixir refined by the family. This is the result of pure practice of the Ghost Den Poison Scroll.
As for the other two, he had never even seen them before, but based on his attainments in poison techniques, he could tell at a glance that the two kinds of pills were made by combining three to four kinds of pills.
This method sounds simple, but anyone who practices poison will know how difficult it is to reach this level.
Even the recipe for any ordinary elixir on the market, including poison pills, must go through countless experiments, or even decades or hundreds of years of continuous exploration, before a real elixir recipe can be finally formed.
There are strict distribution requirements for the various medicinal ingredients and dosages contained therein. Even a little more or less will cause the pill to either fail in refining, or even if it succeeds, the effect will be minimal, or even completely different from the original effect.
And if it were possible to recombine several already formed pill recipes into another new one, the difficulty involved would be beyond imagination.
In addition to having a solid foundation in pharmacology, one must also have a talent in this area. This talent should be a kind of intuition, an indescribable sensory intuition about herbs.
Such people are rare, one in a million. What the Hu Chen family lacks most now is this kind of genius. Hu Chen Wuding not only has this kind of intuition about elixirs, but is also the only one besides ancestor Hu Chen who practices the Ghostly Poison Scroll purely.
It was for this reason that Patriarch Hu Chen instantly came to a conclusion that Hu Chen Wuding's basic training of the Ghost Poison Scroll had reached a profound level, which enabled him to achieve the achievement of synthesizing elixirs in the Qi Condensation Stage. Hu Chen Wuding was exactly the person that the Hu Chen family needed most.
After hearing Patriarch Hu Chen say "not bad" twice, Ye Luoyan, who was holding Hu Chen Jianghai at the side, couldn't help but get anxious. It was obvious that he was going to choose that boy as the son of inheritance.
"Grandmaster, this time the boy's test didn't use poison or his own cultivation, so how can it be counted?"
"How ridiculous! They just said before that spiritual tools and magic weapons are not allowed. Do elixirs belong to the category of spiritual weapons? In that case, is there a problem with using the evil technique of sacrificing oneself to feed the tiger?"
After hearing this, Zhuo Lingfeng sneered.
Everyone in the square was watching here, so of course the conversation between the two was heard clearly by everyone.
For a moment, under the gaze of everyone, Ye Luoyan felt ashamed and annoyed, but she had no reason to refute, and the hatred towards Zhuo Lingnei in her heart was already overwhelming.
How could she let her son suffer such heavy losses and still end up in failure
But just as she was about to continue speaking, Hu Chen Wandong, who was standing in front of her, did not want his daughter-in-law to act like a shrew and argue with others in public.
Moreover, he wanted Hu Chen Wuding to win even more, so he spoke first.
"Ancestor, now that there is a result, can you announce it?"
Hu Chen Wandong's behavior made Ye Luoyan even more furious, but Hu Chen Wandong was seeking the opinion of Hu Chen ancestor, so she had to shut up. However, in her heart she wanted to step forward and slap Hu Chen Wandong a few times.
After hearing this, Patriarch Hu Chen also smiled slightly.
"According to the final results, Tingchun brought both of them out at the same time, so they should be tied for first place in this round."
As soon as he said this, the whole square was in an uproar, but everyone just stared at each other and no one dared to raise any objections.
Hu Chenwan was stunned for a moment, then asked
"Ancestor, are there going to be two sons of the inheritance? This goes against our ancestral teachings."
At this time, apart from the three invited ancestors, only Hu Chen Wandong, the head of the family, dared to ask about this matter.
Ye Luoyan on the side showed joy on her face, but then changed her mind. In this way, someone would share the family power with Hu Chen Jianghai.
Zhuo Lingfeng frowned. Comparing the results, it was obvious that Hu Chen Wuding was much better, while the other party fell into a coma immediately after being poisoned.
It only took a short while for even the Jindan masters to be helpless and have difficulty waking Hu Chen Jiang Hai up. This is a clear example.
Patriarch Hu Chen looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back. After a long while, he slowly shook his head.
"There is still only one son of the inheritance, but the two of them will have to compete individually next."
After hearing what Patriarch Hu Chen said, everyone present understood and nodded. Hu Chen Wandong couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, as he didn't want the first and fourth houses to win at all.
Moreover, he could not help but become more vigilant against the fact that the Fourth House had been suppressing its will and using various means to seize the position of the Son of Heir.
He was not worried about his position as the patriarch. If the son of the heir wanted to take over as the patriarch, he had to at least abdicate.
However, as the head of the family, he mainly has to consider the future prosperity and decline of the family. If he has to choose among these sons, he will choose Hu Chen Wuding who has no background, so that no one will interfere behind his back.
"Ancestor, with the injuries of the two of them, especially Jiang Hai due to using secret techniques, it will take nearly a month for them to recover and they won't be able to use any magic power. Does that mean we have to wait for another day to test them?" Hu Chen Wandong said, and his words, spoken in public, were also implicitly pointing out that in the result of the duel between Hu Chen and Jiang Hai, he had already lost.
Ye Luoyan also understood the meaning, and the annoyance in her heart surged like a tide.
"We are both sons, but you speak so much for that bastard. Even a poisonous tiger won't eat its own cubs."
She became more and more dissatisfied in her heart, and when she was about to make a sarcastic remark, Patriarch Hu Chen spoke again in a calm tone.
"No, it's today's test! Next, I will arrange a test myself, and the third and fourth houses will each select one person, or Hu Chen Jianghai and Hu Chen Wuding can participate themselves. But it is limited to Foundation Establishment or Qi Condensation cultivators, and the winner will be the son of the inheritance."
After saying that, he glanced at Ye Luoyan and Zhuo Lingfeng, and finally his gaze stayed on Zhuo Lingfeng for a moment, and Zhuo Lingfeng's body shook slightly.
As soon as Patriarch Hu Chen finished speaking, everyone in the square, including the other three family ancestors, had a look of astonishment.
No one could have imagined such a result. In this way, according to the assessment method of poison cultivators in the previous level, the lineage of Ye Luoyan from the fourth house has a great chance of winning, which obviously favors the fourth house.
This sudden change made Ye Luoyan overjoyed.
"Grandmaster, no, Wuding and Jianghai will definitely not be able to take the test today, and the rest of the people on Wuding's side are not poison cultivators, so how can they pass the test you set up..."
Hu Chenwandong couldn't help but speak anxiously.
But before he could finish, Patriarch Hu Chen's face darkened.
"Having someone's support is also a sign of strength. Otherwise, you might as well just admit defeat. Humph!"
After saying that, he snorted heavily.
Patriarch Hu Chen's unexpected action confused not only the disciples in the square, but even the three ancestors above were at a loss.
In fact, they also felt that Hu Chen Wuding should be slightly better. The ancestor of the Ye family was even more doubtful and thought to himself.
"Could it be that this old man really wants to help my Ye family? But why? It's because only my Ye family can pose the least threat to his Hu Chen family, and at the same time, it can support the Hu Chen family with cultivation resources..."
The ancestor of the Ye family couldn't help but have all kinds of thoughts and guesses in his mind.
However, his thoughts were probably the same as those of the ancestors of the Xie and Chi families. They couldn't help but sigh in their hearts.
"The old man was ultimately afraid of a tiger lying beside him, so he found a helper who posed no threat to him but was obedient and could provide him with cultivation resources."
Hu Chen Huiqing stood behind Chi Dongli, her lips pouted as she muttered in dissatisfaction.
"Mother, this old ancestor is clearly partial..."
Before she could finish her words, she was stopped by Chi Dongli with a stern look, but she also sighed in her heart.
"Family interests prevail over everything in the end."
"Then I admit defeat. We won't participate in this game!"
At this moment, a clear but deeply tired voice sounded. Everyone stopped talking and looked towards the source of the voice.
Hu Chen Wuding supported Zhuo Lingfeng's body and slowly stood up. He first looked at Li Yan on the stands with a look of guilt in his eyes, and then looked calmly at Ancestor Hu Chen.
"Oh? Are you just giving up like that?"
There was actually a hint of smile on the face of Patriarch Hu Chen, but there was a hint of coldness in the depths of his eyes.
"Yes, ancestor, we have no one who can go to fight."
Hu Chen Wuding's expression was surprisingly calm, without any anger or dissatisfaction.
At this moment, Zhuo Lingfeng, who had never spoken before, suddenly bowed to Ancestor Hu Chen.
"Senior, the young master has just woken up and his mind is still groggy. Please let him recover for a while. Give me half an incense stick of time."
After saying that, he took Hu Chen Wuding with him, and without paying any attention to anyone else, he flew directly towards the stands.
Patriarch Hu Chen watched the two fly away, then nodded slightly, and walked towards the stands without saying a word.
For a moment, the entire square was silent, and no one knew what to do.
At the same time that Patriarch Hu Chen walked back, Ye Luoyan picked up Hu Chen Jianghai, glared at Hu Chen Wandong fiercely, and quickly flew backwards.
She also has to arrange who will take the assessment next. Although she doesn't know whether Hu Chen Wuding will eventually decide to participate, she has to choose the best cultivator who meets the requirements to win this final round.
As Hu Chen Wuding returned to the stands, many eyes began to gather here, and gradually, the sound of discussions also rose and fell.
As soon as he returned to the stands and put down Hu Chen Wuding who was looking confused, Zhuo Lingfeng waved his hand without caring about anything, and a light shield formed directly around them.
In addition to Hu Chen Wuding, Li Yan was also shrouded in the area. In this way, people around them could no longer see the figures of the three people, let alone hear what they were saying.
Zhuo Lingfeng also knew that his cultivation level was nothing here. If those Jindan and Yuanying wanted to eavesdrop, this light shield that was soundproof and shielded from spiritual consciousness would be completely useless.
But he did this on purpose in front of everyone. With several Nascent Souls present, it is likely that Patriarch Hu Chen would not, nor would he bother to, eavesdrop on the conversation of a junior.
And those Jindan cultivators would never eavesdrop in front of the Yuanying ancestors.
There was a trace of sadness in Zhuo Lingfeng's eyes at this time. He had something to say to Hu Chen Wuding. Only he knew why Old Ancestor Hu Chen did this.