Chapter 148: Who is Lu Nuonuo?

No one blames them for being rude on this occasion. This is because everyone, from the Emperor to the leaders and teachers of the Dan Academy, doesn't dare to believe it.

This is a fourth-grade pill! Moreover, it's a pill no one has ever encountered before, fundamentally unfamiliar! The medicinal properties of this pill are also particularly potent. Refining such a pill, even a third-grade alchemist must exercise caution and concentrate fully to refine just one to ensure the best quality. Refining six pieces directly for the first time? They don't even dare to boast they can steadily produce supreme quality; guaranteeing good quality is decent, but failure and explosion are not impossible.

Yet, a small child, before everyone's eyes, casually refined six portions, all of supreme quality... and she was the first to "submit her paper"!

For a time, people simply suspected they were dreaming.

Only Lu Xingzhou wasn't dreaming. He was very aware of A Nuo's talent in alchemy, her unusually high resonance and control over medicinal properties had always been his personal alchemy cheat. Before, A Nuo only assisted, the main reason being her fear of fire. It's difficult for someone afraid of fire to control flames; being able to help fan the fire was good enough, so she rarely refined pills independently.

But after the Yanmo incident, A Nuo discovered that fire doesn't burn her... so she wasn't as afraid of fire anymore. Although her manipulation of flames is still poor, in this stable earth fire examination environment, refining pills herself is no longer a big problem.

"Chunshan Pavilion's Chen Yu, three pieces, superior quality." Someone else submitted their answer.

Considered very good. If not for A Nuo, this Chen Yu would likely have garnered a wave of exclamation.

"Zhuiyun Guan's Daoist He Hui, five pieces... good quality."

How to calculate the score between three superior quality and five good quality? Lu Xingzhou was too lazy to care. Anyway, there's no way to cheat on this, and the exam paper score still needs to be added for the final result.

He just focused on refining his own.

A Nuo had nothing to do and secretly sat to the side, opening her cheat... no, she never closed it from the beginning, so it wasn't like she was opening it.

But the Emperor is a super-grade here... A Nuo worried about being discovered and opened it a bit small, unsure if it was enough for her master.

Actually, she was overthinking it. How could Gu Zhanting be so bored as to personally spy on the examinees' details? There's a large group of proctors; it's just a pity others don't have the ability to see through it.

"Yanxia Guan's Daoist Xuanqing... six pieces, five of which are good quality, one is superior quality."

Daoist Xuanqing let out a breath and revealed a satisfied smile.

No wonder he's the favorite to win the championship, very strong. If not for the cheat users, it's estimated this Daoist Xuanqing might really be first.

In fact, he is also ranked third on the alchemist newcomer list. The two above him have already entered the Dan Academy; among the external alchemist newcomers, he is indeed first.

"This session's examinees are quite strong." Gu Zhanting commented to Meng Li: "They're all just fifth-grade alchemists, yet they refine fourth-grade pills like child's play, with such a high success rate, and they all refine multiple pieces. Last year there were only two such individuals, but this year there are actually four or five..."

Meng Li chuckled: "This is a result of Your Majesty's vigorous support for alchemists, gradually bearing fruit."

Gu Zhanting nodded. These words were a bit flattering, yet also true. His vigorous support for alchemists, the addition of a sub-list for alchemists, and raising the status of alchemist learning would definitely promote alchemist learning in the world. It could be said that each year is stronger than the last.

Although it was mainly for himself... it was also a contribution to the country.

But among this year's four or five... four had already submitted their answers, leaving one.

Gu Zhanting's gaze fell on Lu Xingzhou, and everyone's gazes also converged on him.

This guy won't fail, will he...

Considering the exam paper score the day before yesterday, Lu Xingzhou and his disciple, the little girl, both got full marks, tied for first. And Lu Xingzhou, because he answered the marrow exchange question, had a slightly higher weighted score in the Emperor's heart. Here, as long as he doesn't differ too much from others, a top three overall score is guaranteed.

Being able to steadily and solidly refine three pieces of superior quality like Chen Yu is pretty good; combined, he could achieve a third place.

"Lands Row Boat's theory is solid, but his alchemy might not be strong." Qin Zhiyu was discussing with Meng Li: "He's only thirty-eighth on the newcomer list, a big gap compared to Xuanqing's third and He Hui's sixth... look at how long he's been refining, it's probably a bit difficult."

Meng Li, on the other hand, was more confident in Lu Xingzhou, mainly because of the National Teacher's words, "you only know one grade," which made him look at Lu Xingzhou several times. "The Institute Director might not make that kind of experienced mistake. The newcomer list is updated every six months, how can a ranking from half a year ago count?"

Qin Zhiyu didn't mind his colleague's retort and just sighed: "Alchemy isn't like cultivation, how can you not know? How much can you improve in just half a year?"

Meng Li laughed: "Then shall I make a bet with the Institute Director?"

Qin Zhiyu chuckled: "How much are you betting?"

"A small bet for fun..." Meng Li took out a copper coin: "How about betting on this?"

While they were joking, Lu Xingzhou's furnace lid finally jumped, and the pill fragrance began to spread.

Qin Zhiyu stopped his action of touching the copper coin, and everyone subconsciously strained their necks.

Six pills rotated and floated out of the pill furnace.

Qin Zhiyu almost stuffed the copper coin into his mouth and quickly went over to check: "One furnace of nine portions, three portions scrapped, six portions successful... all supreme quality!"

The whole place was in an uproar!

Daoist Xuanqing, who originally thought he was secure, had his smile stiffen on his face and blurted out: "Impossible, this master and disciple pair must..."

People's gazes fell on him. Daoist Xuanqing realized this wasn't an occasion for him to speak carelessly and quickly restrained himself, his old face flushing red.

Still, not many people thought to blame him for losing composure. This was truly too unbelievable; who knows how many people in their hearts were thinking, "This must be fake..."

The master and disciple pair were exactly the same, six pieces of supreme quality. Qin Zhiyu dared to say that if you randomly drew two professors from the Dan Academy, they might not necessarily achieve the same result as this master and disciple pair, as if copied. The key is that Lu Xingzhou did nine portions; this guy's original plan was to get nine pieces of supreme quality, wasn't it?

You really dare to think big!

From where did this perverse master and disciple pair pop out? This is newcomer thirty-eight?

The one who originally reported Lu Xingzhou's intelligence was some kid from Xiazhou's Town Demon Division. Wasn't this just setting people up?

Even A Nuo was a little surprised and quietly said to her master: "Master, I didn't open it that much..."

Lu Xingzhou whispered in her ear: "The taste of the Huangji Jing Shi Jing in this pill is too strong. I'm a bit too familiar with it... For others, it's a first-contact pill, for me, it's as familiar as Tangtang's feet..."

A Nuo: "..."

"I originally could have refined all nine pieces." Lu Xingzhou continued: "The result is that others are too weak. I didn't want to exceed them too much, so I scrapped three portions myself. My A Nuo can do the same."

A Nuo didn't know whether to cry or laugh: "You should have refined one more portion than me. Master and disciple got the same amount, don't you want any face, master?"

"What's face worth?" Lu Xingzhou rubbed A Nuo's face: "The truth is, purely in terms of alchemy itself, you are actually more powerful than me. Refining nine pieces is easy for you; without your assistance, I might not necessarily succeed. We respect the facts, my A Nuo is the strongest, and that's that."

A Nuo bit her lower lip and hummed: "Just know how to pretend to be a kind father. If others laugh at you later, I won't help you."

Lu Xingzhou just laughed.

A Nuo was very moved in her heart and also a little shocked. Don't look at how her master attributes it all to the cheat; the actual influence of these cheats is not the decisive factor in success or failure. This is because her master's alchemy itself has made great progress.

Before, he was busy with various things, and he only trained alchemy with focus for the past half month or so.

Even without A Nuo, the master himself is a genius.

The master and disciple pair quietly whispered to each other, while the scene remained completely silent, from top to bottom, as if they had fallen into a dream.

The scores of this master and disciple pair were the same, tied for first. If they had to be ranked, the younger one would definitely get bonus points, meaning the champion of the alchemy category is this seven-year-old child!

This Da Qian is crazy.

The number of people assessed by the Dan Academy is much less than the Huaxia imperial examination; ultimately, it's just a "vocational college." One candidate is recommended per county; large counties might have two or three. The whole of Da Qian has fewer than two hundred counties, so the total number of examinees is only around two hundred. The final admission is only around twenty or thirty, with an elimination rate of nearly ninety percent.

Even with fewer, there are still two hundred people. Two hundred exam papers cannot be graded in just two or three days, so the Dan Academy won't release the total list that quickly.

But the ranking for the alchemy single item comes out on the spot. With so many guards and others watching the pill refining in the large square, too many people knew. Although there was a strict order not to leak it, it was inevitable that someone would secretly leak this result to the casino.

There were also bets on the single item score.

Actually, the alchemy single item itself is the most important. You are an alchemist, how well you can refine pills is the final standard. If you can refine a Nine-Turn Golden Pill, even if you hand in a blank paper for the literature exam, you are still the world's first alchemist.

As soon as the casino got the single item result, the dealer was immediately surrounded three deep, impenetrable.

Sheng Yuan Yao was pacing outside, wanting to go in but not wanting to squeeze with a group of men, so anxious that he was stomping his feet.

Pei Chu Yun hugged his arms and sneered: "What are you anxious about? Even if you don't squeeze in, can't the result be transmitted out? Squeezing in or not makes no difference at all."

"Is that so?" Sheng Yuan Yao gritted his teeth: "Someone has a 'divide sea break waves' move prepared, what are they planning to do?"

Pei Chu Yun's noble demeanor was shattered by a single sentence, and he also started grinding his teeth: "It's a bit more presentable than someone gripping a knife handle wanting to chop people."

The two looked at each other and simultaneously instructed their servants: "Quick, squeeze in! We want the first-hand news!"

A noisy sound came from inside: "Don't hobble through the names from back to front! Say them directly from first!"

The dealer also laughed: "This is a privately leaked list; originally, we only had the names of the top few. For those who just passed, no one cares who they are."

"Then just get to it, who is the single item champion?"

"It must be Daoist Xuanqing! Third on the newcomer list, proud of all the heroes!"

"Don't forget Daoist He Hui! I personally saw him refine a fourth-grade pill, and it was supreme quality! Sixth on the newcomer list isn't necessarily worse than third."

"Didn't anyone mention Chunshan Pavilion's Chen Yu? He doesn't make a big show, but I saw every pill he produced was of superior quality, very stable."

"Lands Row Boat isn't bad either. Although his alchemy reputation isn't prominent, being able to kill Ye Wufeng at least proves his cultivation is powerful, and his control is stable. Also, he destroyed the Incense Burning Building, which is a third-grade alchemy sect and has many classics..."

"What the hell is Lu Nuonuo?!"

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