Chapter 376: Tenfold Purity!

377. Chapter 376: Tenfold Purity!

When the competition reached its midpoint, Long Yuyao and Feng Shuang finally emerged from the examination rooms.

The two exited at nearly the same time, but since the Second Floor where Feng Shuang was located was closest to the First Floor, he descended first.

Long Yuyao followed closely behind; seeing that Feng Shuang had come down first, she glared fiercely at him, then placed the ten medicine bottles in her hand onto the table before Long Xiaoyao.

Witnessing this scene, Long Xiaoyao let out a long sigh of relief, secretly lamenting that he had been cautious enough not to gamble with Feng Tiancheng on which clan's descendant would descend fastest, otherwise he would have certainly lost this round.

"Excellent! Ten Water Spirit Ganoderma, all ten successfully purified, a one-hundred percent purification success rate; a fine bonus point."

Hearing Long Xiaoyao's praise, Long Yuyao immediately beamed with joy, revealing a lovely smile.

"Don't get ahead of yourself; our Feng Shuang also purified ten Water Spirit Ganoderma with a one-hundred percent success rate; since the success rates are identical, we can only compare the quality."

Feng Tiancheng glanced sideways, then looked at Feng Shuang before him and said, "The rule of the Alchemy Competition is to score the single best bottle of Spirit Medicine Essence; pick out your best one for me."

Feng Shuang scratched his head; the ten bottles of Water Spirit Essence he had refined were nearly identical in quality, making it difficult to distinguish superior from inferior, so asking him to select the single best bottle from the ten was truly putting him in a difficult spot.

In the end, he randomly picked one from among them and handed it to Feng Tiancheng.

Feng Tiancheng took it, opened the cap, peered inside, and simultaneously sent his Soul Power probing within.

It was not only his Soul Power probing in; at that moment, over a hundred Judges all extended their Soul Power, and after sensing the Spirit Medicine Essence, they nodded imperceptibly, with some revealing smiles of satisfaction.

Wang Hu, the Chief Alchemist of the Huiyue Empire, laughed loudly: "Excellent! Excellent! Ninefold Purity; even at my best, I could only achieve this level."

"Who would have thought that a mere Third Grade Alchemist could purify Water Spirit Ganoderma to Ninefold Purity; even most Fourth Grade Alchemists would find it difficult to reach such a level."

"It seems your Feng Clan has produced a heavenly genius! For Spirit Medicine Essence of this caliber, I am willing to award ninety-six points."

"Where, where; this genius of the Long Clan named Long Yuyao is not in the least inferior to Feng Shuang." Feng Shuang revealed a hint of pride, then turned his gaze toward Long Xiaoyao.

"I must recuse myself to avoid bias, so I will not score; I wonder how many points Brother Long is willing to award our Feng Shuang?"

By now, Long Xiaoyao had already finished inspecting the Spirit Medicine Essence refined by Long Yuyao and revealed a satisfied smile; hearing this, he turned and said, "I too must recuse myself to avoid bias, so I will not score either side's genius."

"I wonder how many points Brother Wang is willing to award our clan's genius?" Long Xiaoyao turned again to look at Wang Hu, asking with a beaming smile.

Wang Hu used his Soul Power to sense the Water Spirit Essence refined by Long Yuyao; after sensing it for a moment, he assumed a contemplative expression.

Both were top geniuses in the Alchemy Realm, and the quality of the Spirit Medicine Essence they had refined was nearly identical.

Since that was the case, he decided simply not to offend either side and would just award the same score to both.

Thus, he looked at Long Yuyao and smiled: "The Emperor of the Long Teng Empire has indeed borne a fine daughter; beautiful in appearance, and her Alchemy Technique is outstanding among her peers."

"Pity that looks are not a bonus item, otherwise I would really want to give you full marks; I shall just award you ninety-six points, the same as Feng Shuang."

"Thank you, Uncle Wang!" Long Yuyao said sweetly.

Next, the remaining Judges one by one began scoring the two geniuses; ultimately, with the quality of both sides' Spirit Medicine Essence being nearly identical, and all Judges minded not to offend either party, they all followed suit and awarded identical scores.

Although each Judge awarded different scores, since the scores given to the two geniuses were the same, the inevitable final result was naturally a tie.

When all Judges discarded the ten highest scores and the ten lowest scores, then took the average, both Long Yuyao and Feng Shuang received the highest score in the arena, ninety-seven points, ending in a draw.

Both Long Xiaoyao and Feng Tiancheng furrowed their brows, deeply dissatisfied with this result.

However, they also understood clearly that the Alchemy Techniques of the two geniuses were indeed evenly matched; unless a genius could create a significant gap, no matter how many rounds were contested, the outcome would likely always be a tie.

"Heh! It seems this round is a draw; neither of us should cling to the other's Pill Formula anymore." Feng Tiancheng looked at Long Xiaoyao, shaking his head helplessly.

"Is that so? That is not necessarily true!"

Long Xiaoyao turned his gaze toward the stairwell, where a handsome young man dressed in black was slowly descending the stairs.

On this young man, he faintly felt a sensation of connected bloodline; although the feeling was very weak, he was certain this youth must bear the surname Long.

Perhaps this Long Clan genius could create a miracle? He could not help but feel a faint surge of anticipation in his heart.

The Long Clan geniuses participating in this Alchemy Competition were far more numerous than just Long Yuyao; indeed, many Long Clan geniuses came from distant lands, unknown even to him.

Moreover, the recent wager was to compare which clan among the Dragon and Phoenix Clans had the genius with the highest score, not to compare whose score was higher between Long Yuyao and Feng Shuang.

If suddenly a wild Long Clan genius possessed Alchemy talent surpassing that of Long Yuyao, he could likewise win this gamble.

Although this possibility was slim, he still held onto hope.

At this moment, every Alchemist in the entire arena turned their gaze toward the young man whom Long Xiaoyao was viewing.

Since Long Xiaoyao spoke thus, this youth was eighty percent likely to bear the surname Long; this was not hard to deduce.

Feng Tiancheng curled the corner of his mouth, looking at him with contempt: "Relying on him?"

"Never seen him! Just a nameless nobody!"

Feng Tiancheng revealed a disdainful smile, but his expression soon froze.

When he saw the ten medicine bottles hidden within the young man's sleeves, his pupils instantly contracted, and he secretly cried out that trouble was brewing.

Very few people refining Spirit Medicine achieve a one-hundred percent success rate, and for a genius capable of such a success rate, how could the quality of the refined Spirit Medicine possibly be poor? He nervously clenched his fists.

Long Xiaoyao naturally also saw the ten medicine bottles hidden in the sleeves and could not help but burst into hearty laughter: "Hahaha... My Long Clan truly produces talent in every generation!"

"Long Xuan, is it? Excellent, excellent, you indeed bear the surname Long! I hope you do not disappoint me!"

After seeing the name written on the token held in the young man's hand, he became even more certain of this person's identity.

"Quick, let me see your work." Speaking thus, before Long Xuan could even approach, he impatiently used his Soul Power to snatch the ten medicine bottles from his hand and simultaneously opened the caps of all ten bottles.

However, he had only glanced once before his expression changed drastically, so shocked that he immediately stood up.

Seeing him lose his composure so, Long Yuyao and Feng Shuang grew curious and immediately extended their Soul Power to probe; after ascertaining the quality, both their faces changed.

"Tenfold Purity! How is this possible? How did he achieve this?" Long Yuyao widened her eyes, her gaze revealing disbelief.

Feng Shuang stared fixedly at one of the medicine bottles, slowly clenching his fists, his eyes revealing unwillingness.

He had originally thought that with his level of Alchemy in this Alchemy Competition, he could sweep away all competitors.

But now, this scene struck him heavily, making him truly understand the saying that within the strong, there is always someone stronger.

Encountering such a formidable opponent right at the start, how many such monsters would he meet by the Finals? At this moment, he began to feel somewhat unconfident.

"What? Tenfold Purity!"

Hearing Long Yuyao's exclamation, the remaining Judges could no longer remain calm and hurriedly extended their Soul Power to probe.

After ascertaining the quality of the Spirit Medicine Essence in the bottle, everyone was greatly shocked, and a sound of sharp inhaling echoed throughout the venue.

"How is this possible? This is truly Spirit Medicine Essence with Tenfold Purity!"

"Hiss... Tenfold Purity; even a Fourth Grade Alchemist cannot achieve Tenfold Purity, so how exactly did he manage it?"

"A heaven-sent genius! Truly a heaven-sent genius! It seems a dark horse will emerge in this Western Region Alchemy League!"

The group of Judges, faces flushed red, excitedly shouted and screamed, behaving extremely improperly, as if Tenfold Purity were some incredible feat in the Alchemy Realm.

Seeing the reaction of the Judges, Long Xuan sighed inwardly; of course, Tenfold Purity was an extremely Heaven-defying matter in the Alchemy Realm.

This required an Alchemist's Soul Power, flame control, and flame intensity to all reach a certain high level to achieve, and few people could simultaneously satisfy these three conditions.

He cultivated the Heaven-defying Soul Refining Technique, the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Divine Art, and with the assistance of the Soul Nourishing Wood, his current Soul Power might be no weaker than the Gu King's, so his Soul Power definitely met the standard.

As for the flame, originally a Top Grade Spirit Fire could not refine Spirit Medicine to Tenfold Purity; previously, when he had purified nine Water Spirit Ganodermas, they had all reached only Ninefold Purity.

In fact, his speed in refining the Water Spirit Ganodermas was far faster than that of Long Yuyao and Feng Shuang.

But he was very cunning; he did not go out immediately, intending to assess the level of his competitors before making his move.

When he used his Soul Power to sense that both Long Yuyao and Feng Shuang below had refined their Water Spirit Ganodermas to Ninefold Purity, he knew that even if he went out now, he would at best tie with these two Heavenly Prides and could not expect to surpass his competitors in score.

So, gritting his teeth, he had no choice but to unleash his trump card, the Heavenly Fire, using the Sunset Divine Flame to refine the last Water Spirit Ganoderma.

As expected, under the power of the Heavenly Fire, the last Water Spirit Ganoderma was refined to Tenfold Purity, causing the current sensation.

"How is this possible?" Feng Tiancheng's face turned iron-green; he stood up abruptly, rushed over to Long Xiaoyao, and snatched the bottle of Spirit Medicine Essence with Tenfold Purity from his hand.

He examined it carefully countless times, and after confirming that the Spirit Medicine Essence in the bottle was indeed of Tenfold Purity, his expression grew even more gloomy.

Feng Tiancheng hurriedly raised his head to look at the young man before him, deep solemnity appearing in his eyes; he had not expected that a dark horse from the Long Clan would suddenly emerge halfway through, which greatly exceeded his expectations.

This dark horse's Alchemy Technique was likely to surpass Feng Shuang's, which was absolutely not good news for the Feng Clan.

"Heh! It seems Heaven favors my Long Clan; I wonder what score you will give to this genius of our tribe?"

Long Xiaoyao asked, looking at Feng Tiancheng with an air of triumph.

He understood that he had definitely won this gamble, and the smile on his face began to grow broader.

Feng Tiancheng looked at him with fierce eyes and said, "This child emerged rather slowly, and the refined Spirit Medicine Essence is somewhat dry; furthermore, the purity of the other nine bottles of Spirit Medicine Essence is only Ninefold."

"I have always been strict with contestants; I can only give him ninety points!"

Although Feng Tiancheng knew he had definitely lost this gamble, he still decided to try his best to suppress this child's score.

The scores of each round were cumulative; the higher this child's score, the more disadvantageous it would be for his Feng Clan, so he could only shamelessly act like a rogue this once.

But he only dared to suppress the score to ninety points within the bounds of the Rule; suppressing it to several dozen points or zero was unrealistic, and the consequences triggered would not be worth the cost.

Long Xiaoyao shook his head and sneered, "The competition Rule states that among the ten bottles of Spirit Medicine Essence, only the one with the best quality is selected for scoring."

"You have actually included the other nine bottles of poor quality in your criteria; you really know how to pick faults."

"In my observation, the Spirit Medicine Essence refined by this genius of our tribe is extremely perfect; the purity has reached the highest limit, with no flaws whatsoever."

"I truly cannot find any fault to pick, so I will give this genius of our tribe one hundred points; I suppose no one will say I am showing favoritism?"

Long Xiaoyao swept his gaze across the faces of all the Judges and spoke confidently. (End of Chapter)