Chapter 563

Beside the stone tablet, Elder Sheng stared blankly at the blood-red numbers for a moment, then also slowly nodded.

Afterwards, he exclaimed in amazement while looking at Lin Feng: "I never thought that the barren Northwest Continent could still produce a genius like you!"

In his eyes, Lin Feng's alchemy talent surpassed Cao Ying's.

After all, Lin Feng is currently a bit younger than Cao Ying in age.

But their soul power is almost the same.

Meanwhile, Cao Ying standing to the side, seeing that the former was just like her, also felt a hint of wariness flash in her beautiful eyes.

Obviously, the problem Elder Sheng thought of, she also thought of.

"The soul power test ends here, with Lin Feng and Cao Ying tied for first, and Danxuan second."

At this moment, Elder Sheng announced the results of this examination.

Hearing Elder Sheng's voice in the arena, the people inside the hall also secretly gave a wry smile.

The Ye family, at this critical juncture, actually managed to find such a terrifying helper.

They wanted to become one of the five great families of Pill Tower, but it seems they have completely lost the chance.

As for Bai Ying standing to the side, upon hearing Elder Sheng's announcement, his gaze likewise sank.

Obviously, his mood at this moment was very bad.

"The next test is called Soul Control. After all, the magnitude of one's soul value only indicates whether an alchemist's soul power is strong or weak. But a true alchemist is not merely judged by who has stronger soul power; to refine high-grade pills, one also needs extraordinary sensitivity to soul power and proficient control of the furnace fire."

At this moment, Elder Sheng smiled narrowly while looking at Lin Feng and his companions, then took out a jet-black iron bead from his spatial ring.

The surface of this iron bead is extremely smooth, yet to the eye it has no luster at all, pitch black and giving a feeling of extreme heaviness.

Seeing such beads, Lin Feng's eyes also flashed with a hint of curiosity.

At this moment, Elder Sheng continued to explain: "These beads are made of soul steel and are called Soul-Testing Beads. If you pick them up with your hand, they are extremely light, but to the soul they feel like a thousand-jin weight."

Once the soul control test begins, many Soul-Testing Beads will shower down from the ceiling. And you five must not use fighting energy, only use soul power to catch these beads.

Of course, your test scores will also be ranked according to the number of beads each of you catches.

Having said that, Elder Sheng first glanced at Cao Ying.

Then he turned his gaze to the somewhat curious Lin Feng beside him and smiled: "The record for this soul control test was also set by Cao Ying; back then she caught 89 beads in one go, and this record remains unbroken to this day."

"How about it? Are you all ready?"

Afterwards, Elder Sheng smiled and looked at the five of Lin Feng, asking.

Upon hearing this, they all slowly nodded.

Soul power slowly surged at the brow, ready to burst forth at any moment.

"Let me give you a heads-up: don't even think about catching all these beads at once. Scattering your soul power in this test is utterly foolish!"

As soon as Elder Sheng's words fell, his figure suddenly flickered and retreated.

And as his figure retreated, the ceiling of the hall crackled open, revealing countless dense black holes.

Immediately after, a sky-filling torrent of jet-black iron beads poured down like a violent rainstorm!

"Swish-swish."

Gazing at the Soul-Testing Beads pouring down like a rainstorm, Lin Feng and the five others simultaneously darted apart, then kept a certain distance from each other.

With a thought, a vast surge of soul power erupted from his brow.

Because of Elder Sheng's earlier reminder, Lin Feng did not scatter his soul power into a net.

Instead, he condensed it into an invisible giant hand, which shot out like lightning to grasp a black Soul-Testing Bead in midair and then firmly caught it.

However, as soon as the Soul-Testing Bead entered his hand, Lin Feng felt the invisible hand formed from his soul power suddenly grow heavy.

That Soul-Testing Bead even sank halfway into the soul-formed fingers.

"These Soul-Testing Beads are indeed somewhat strange."

Lin Feng swept his gaze over the dusky bead and thought in astonishment.

Although he had known about such things from the original work.

But upon actually handling it, he still felt quite amazed.

This Fighting Energy Continent truly has everything.

Next, he glanced around and saw that around Cao Ying's delicate figure, a dozen or so Soul-Testing Beads were already hovering.

So he stopped studying it and continued to control that soul hand, gathering the Soul-Testing Beads falling from the ceiling.

As time passed, the number of black beads within the black bead ring swirling around Lin Feng also increased.

Before long, it exceeded eighty.

As for Bai Ying and Qiu Ji, after catching twenty-five and thirty-seven beads respectively, they reluctantly withdrew from the test.

And Danxuan, whose soul power was somewhat stronger, after catching forty-seven beads, likewise chose to withdraw, panting.

"Thud-thud~"

Not long after the three withdrew, Lin Feng and Cao Ying almost simultaneously dropped the Soul-Testing Beads they had caught.

Both of their counts were one hundred beads.

Seeing that Cao Ying had finished the test just like him, Lin Feng gave her a puzzled look.

The reason he voluntarily gave up the test was because he had already secured a place in the top three.

But Cao Ying clearly still had some strength left, yet she also ended the test together with him.

And Cao Ying, sensing Lin Feng's gaze upon her, lifted the corner of her lips with a subtle arc full of allure.

Amidst the permeating demonic aura, she was like a fairy fallen into the mortal world.

The other young males in the hall, upon seeing this scene, instantly had their eyes turn red.

They had licked (i. e., admired) for so long, yet never received such treatment from their goddess.

Lin Feng and Cao Ying have only just met for the first time—what gives them the right to receive such treatment!

Lin Feng and Cao Ying tied for first.

Seeing this, Elder Sheng had no choice but to announce the results helplessly.

Immediately after, he continued: "Soul power is the foundation of an alchemist, and in this examination we not only need to test the soul, but also need to demonstrate the soul's offensiveness; after all, this is also one of the decent offensive means for an alchemist."

And the final examination is also simple: you five will enter this circle, using soul power to fight each other; whoever remains in the circle at the end will be the final victor!

Elder Sheng pointed to a suddenly appearing red circle ten zhang wide in the field, smiling as he said.

Hehe, we've finally come to the last test, Lin Feng; let this young lady see your true strength.

As the former's words fell, Cao Ying's pretty face suddenly changed, her narrow phoenix eyes staring at Lin Feng as she spoke.