The Sword God of the Universe

Chapter 549: Chapter 549: Astonishing Score

”Quick, check the grade of the Fire Burning Pills!” urged a judge.

”Let me take a look first!” Sun Qi said.

Following that, he took out all the Fire Burning Pills from the Jade Box and began to carefully assess them.

”First-class!”

”First-class! Still first-class!”

”...”

”Seven Elixir Pills, all of first-class quality!” Sun Qi finished assessing the seven Fire Burning Pills.

The other judges, on hearing the results, were struck dumb!

They stared blankly at Sun Qi and those seven Fire Burning Pills.

Earlier, when Jing Yan was refining elixirs, they had all seen clearly that Jing Yan took about thirty minutes each for the Fire Burning Pills and the Three-Complete Pills. In other words, Jing Yan had spent thirty minutes to refine seven first-class quality Fire Burning Pills!

This sounded somewhat unbelievable!

However, the result of Alchemist Sun Qi’s personal assessment couldn’t possibly be wrong, they were very clear on that point. Alchemist Sun Qi’s prestige on the Heavenly Origin Continent was very high, among the ten judges, his prestige was likely the highest.

”How is this possible?” Wan Li was stunned for a moment before exclaiming in shock.

”Have a look for yourselves!” Sun Qi handed the Fire Burning Pills to the other judges.

Sure enough, just as Alchemist Sun Qi had assessed, the Fire Burning Pills refined by Jing Yan were indeed all first-class quality, no mistake!

”This guy is defying the heavens!”

”Yes! I really don’t know what to say! Ah, why do I have this strange feeling? Is Jing Yan really only twenty-three years old? How exactly did he learn Alchemy?”

”Seven first-class quality Fire Burning Pills, that’s seven hundred points! This... this...”

Just now, everyone had thought that Alchemist Wan Lai’s score of one thousand two hundred points would surely win him the first place in this stage. However, they had not expected that Alchemist Jing Yan would be even more formidable, earning seven hundred points with one batch of elixirs. That meant, if Jing Yan’s Three-Complete Pills scored five hundred points, he could catch up with Alchemist Wan Lai.

”What are we waiting for? Let’s check Alchemist Jing Yan’s Three-Complete Pills!” someone said with an urgent tone.

This time, Alchemist Sun Qi personally opened Jing Yan’s second Jade Box.

Eight round and lustrous elixirs lay quietly within the second Jade Box.

”Eight... eight pieces?” Even Sun Qi was dumbfounded, swallowing a gulp in his throat.

”Brother Sun, look at the grade of these eight Three-Complete Pills!” Wan Li spoke.

”Let’s all look together!” Sun Qi said with a gentle shake of his head.

The judges began to assess together.

”This one is first-class!”

”Right, the one I have here is also first-class quality, no mistake!”

”The same first-class!”

”...”

Before long, all eight elixirs were assessed, all of first-class. Eight Three-Complete Pills, eight hundred points. Combined with the previous seven hundred points, that was a total of one thousand five hundred points!

The full score for two batches of elixirs was one thousand eight hundred points, but that full score only existed in theory. Everyone was clear that even if the Great Alchemist King Hu Donghe himself was at work, it was not possible to get the full score. Maybe only the Pill Gods, who had mastered the highest realm of Alchemy Dao as recorded in ancient classics, could attain full scores.

And the Pill God, on the current Heavenly Origin Continent, didn’t exist. Everyone had only seen such god-like alchemists in classics, said to be capable of refining elixirs of perfect quality that could stir the Heaven and Earth Laws, a heaven-defying elixir.

Scoring one thousand five hundred for two batches of elixirs was already...

The ten judges couldn’t help but turn their thoughts inward, even they themselves, if they were to refine these two batches of elixirs, would likely not reach a score of one thousand five hundred points.

Chang Huan glanced at Hu Donghe!

Hu Donghe also turned his gaze towards Chang Huan!

”Looks like I was wrong as well! At only twenty-three, I thought Jing Yan’s Alchemy Ability couldn’t compare with other Pill Masters. But I didn’t expect...” Hu Donghe’s tone was somewhat wistful.

He truly believed that Jing Yan might not perform spectacularly in the third challenge. Even though Jing Yan might be a disciple of the Great Alchemist King, Jing Yan was, after all, too young. Alchemy required time to enhance and accumulate enough foundation. Even with the Great Alchemist King’s teachings, to possess strong Alchemy Ability within a decade or two seemed unlikely.

But the current results proved his earlier thoughts wrong.

”City Lord Hu Donghe, after the Alchemy competition ends, I would like to talk to Alchemist Jing Yan, if that’s possible?” Chang Huan asked tactfully.

With his status, even if he didn’t consult with Hu Donghe, he could still talk to Jing Yan. But out of respect for Hu Donghe, Chang Huan still sought approval since the Pill Country was the lead in hosting the Alchemy competition, and here, Hu Donghe was the host.

”Of course, that’s possible!” Hu Donghe immediately nodded in agreement.

”Heh heh, I’m really looking forward to it more and more. I had just thought that Jing Yan could not make it to the New Prodigy Pill King List. But now, I think Alchemist Jing Yan has a very good chance of winning first place in the Alchemy competition!” Chang Huan said with a smile.

”Envoy Chang Huan, not only you have this thought, I now have it too! Perhaps, only Alchemist Wan Lai can really contend with this lad Jing Yan,” Hu Donghe squinted, looking towards Jing Yan on the Fourth Tier Square.

The white-robed elder at this time cleared his throat softly.

”Pill Master number sixty-six...”

The white-robed elder deliberately elongated his voice.

At that moment, Jing Yan’s expression subtly changed, and his gaze also shifted to the white-robed elder. Number sixty-six, that was himself—clearly, his score was out.

Qiu Fang, who was beside Jing Yan, also turned noticeably red and looked earnestly towards the Highest Staircase Square. He too was curious about how many points Alchemist Jing Yan would score.

The area at the base of the Square fell silent all at once. When the white-robed elder had announced the scores of most of the Pill Masters earlier, they had not fallen silent to listen. But because of Jing Yan’s dazzling performance in the first two challenges, they subconsciously anticipated knowing how well Jing Yan’s Alchemy Ability was.

”President Qing Ru, the score for your Youhai Commerce’s Jing Yan is about to come out,” Bai Lan said, a sly smile on her lips as she looked towards Qing Ru.

The presidents of Dragon Soaring Commerce, Winter Sun Trading House, and Black Teeth Commerce were all watching the Highest Staircase Square with serious expressions, waiting for the white-robed elder to announce Jing Yan’s score.

”This number sixty-six Pill Master’s score, um...” the white-robed elder seemed to be dangling the audience’s anticipation on purpose.

”What’s going on?”

”It was so quick when announcing other Pill Masters’ scores. Why this dilly-dallying now?” someone beneath the Square muttered under their breath.

”President Qing Ru, your Commerce’s Alchemist Jing Yan, perhaps the score is too low, and it’s embarrassing to announce? Could it be zero points?” Bai Lan said, her eyes gleaming.

She thought there was a great chance of this being the case, as Jing Yan had refined two batches of elixirs within half an hour, and ending the Alchemy so quickly could indeed mean complete failure.