In the distance, two figures could be seen. They were a young man and woman, young and elegant, handsome and unordinary. The young girl was graceful and did not have a speck of dust on her body, making her look like a pair of celestial couple.
"Brother, are you that handsome?" The youth felt embarrassed after being stared at by everyone. Was there something wrong with his face?
"Brother Chen!" At this time, a figure squeezed through the crowd and anxiously arrived in front of the youth. It was clear that the youth was Ye Chen who had rushed back in a hurry, and that figure was Ye Luo who had been waiting for a long time.
"Brother, is the match over?" Ye Chen frowned, he suddenly realized that something was amiss.
"There's no time to say anything. I just called out your name. You only have half the time left to boil a cup of tea. Hurry up and enter, otherwise you'll be eliminated." Ye Luo already did not know how to explain it, since there was not much time left.
Ye Chen finally reacted, he had previously understood the rules of the competition, every person only had the time to drink a cup of tea, so it was likely that half the time was already past, he did not think much, and immediately rushed into the hall. From time to time, he would turn his head and call out: "Big brother, watch her for me."
Entering the main hall, what welcomed Ye Chen was a middle-aged man. He looked at Ye Chen for a moment, and revealed a disdainful smile, then brought Ye Chen to a table.
"You should know the rules of the competition. You are half a cup of tea late. Once this incense is burnt, you will be able to identify 60 or more ingredients. If you are not, then you will be eliminated." The middle-aged examiner continued with his introduction.
However, what made him unhappy was that Ye Chen did not bother with his words, and started to record down a piece of paper.
He looked at Ye Chen with a cold smile in his heart: "These are materials personally picked by Elder Lin. If you want to pass, not to mention you, even the numerous seniors in the Artifact Forging Pavilion cannot do so."
How could Ye Chen know that, because he had offended Lin Lan, he had also offended the Lin Family. As a member of the Lin Family, how could Lin Zhengyuan bear to bear with it? Naturally, he did not wish for Ye Chen to pass the examination.
In the great hall, the gazes of Zi Yinfeng and the other two all landed on Ye Chen's body. When they saw the ingredients on Ye Chen's table, Zi Yinfeng's gaze swept towards Lin Zhengyuan like a sharp sword, and said with a sound transmission: "Lin Zhengyuan, I have known you for so many years, I never thought that you would actually be such a villain! Is there a need for you to make things difficult for a junior? "
"Zi Yinfeng, I think you're crazy. When did you just see me making things difficult for someone?" Seeing Zi Yinfeng criticizing him, Lin Zhengyuan was furious.
"Other than you, who else would it be? "Could it be me, could it be Old Chu?" Zi Yinfeng almost shouted out loud, "Your Lin Family's ancestor has already been humiliated by a junior, if others knew that you were playing tricks here, I think your Lin Family's reputation as one of the eight great families would not exist anymore."
"Are you threatening me?" Lin Zhengyuan slightly narrowed his eyes. Although they were usually kind and friendly, when it came to their own interests, no one would let them go.
"Alright!" At this time, Chu Xuan vainly stood up and lightly said: "The competition materials were originally given by us, and there aren't any restrictions, so what if it's a little difficult? "Gold will always shine."
As he spoke till here, Chu Xuan slowly walked in the direction of Ye Chen. His gaze never left Ye Chen, and what made him astonished was that Ye Chen's hands never stopped moving, unlike how other people skipped the next type without him knowing, as if he knew the names of every type of material.
Approaching closer, Chu Xuan was surprised to find that not only had Ye Chen written out the name of the refining materials, but he also outlined the usage and uses of the materials. This was not something that could be seen with a single glance, it required a vast amount of knowledge and rich experience, both of which were indispensable.
Even Chu Xuan revealed a puzzled expression. It was clear that he had not used some of the materials as well as what Ye Chen had described.
"This fool actually went as far as to add oil to the fire. It would be impossible for him to complete the task in the time it takes to boil a pot of tea. Even if he identified sixty ingredients, it would take more than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea." The middle-aged examiner not far away muttered to himself, and hurriedly retreated to the side in a respectful manner when he saw Chu Xuan's arrival.
How would Chu Xuan pay attention to him? His mind was already completely immersed in Ye Chen's writing, and he was extremely shocked in his heart: "Awesome, to think that the violet stone gall could actually be used to increase the attack speed of magic treasures. Could it be that he personally used these materials before?"
Ye Chen had wrote out the names of over fifty different types of ingredients in great detail, and had even clearly described their functions. Not only that, Chu Xuan was no longer at peace with himself, and had only tested the effects of some of the ingredients previously, he had not expected Ye Chen to be able to write them out with complete certainty.
It was no wonder he was able to obtain the inheritance of the Heavenly Fire Level Forging Grandmaster, Xuan Lin. At this moment, Chu Xuan had already dispelled all thoughts of taking Ye Chen as his disciple. He was certain, even if he looked at the entire Tianlan Prefecture, there was no one who could become Ye Chen's master.
In order to prevent the examinees from cheating, Chu Xuan and the others had prepared a total of several hundred different kinds of refining materials. Even they may not know everything, but the materials that Ye Chen identified were all materials that belonged to the side of the cold door. Ordinary people would not be able to tell, but it would be extremely difficult for them to identify any of the materials, yet Ye Chen did not skip over any of them.
"Time's up." Suddenly, the middle-aged examiner's soft shout interrupted their thoughts.
Ye Chen stopped writing and gave the written answer he got from his hands to the examiner, who nodded slightly. He had never seen the three great clan elders so concerned about a junior's competition.
Lin Zhengyuan glared at the middle-aged examiner. The examinees in this region should be under Chu Xuan's control, so for the middle-aged examiner to pass the answers to him, didn't that mean that he had arranged all of this himself?
"I happened to have answered sixty questions correctly, but I managed to get enough of them." Lin Zhengyuan shook his head. He paused for a moment before continuing, "And some of the functions written are not right. Instead, they are wrong. It can only be counted as not being right …"
"Pass!" Without waiting for Lin Zhengyuan to finish speaking, Chu Xuan suddenly announced, and laughed at Ye Chen: "The future generations are fearsome, these materials even I do not know of their uses, I only know their names, I never thought that you would actually know them all, it truly makes this old one feel ashamed, although it is not considered adding points, but we are not able to confirm your mistakes, sixty points is what you deserve!"
"Not bad, pass! "Hahahaha ~" Zi Yinfeng laughed loudly, he was extremely arrogant and did not care about what kind of occasion this was. He really had the urge to give Ye Chen a full score, but he could not refute Chu Xuan's words.
Lin Zheng Yuan's face turned green, he did not think that Chu Xuan would actually refute his words in front of so many people, was this also the attitude of the Chu Family?
"Thank you, senior." Ye Chen slightly bowed towards Chu Xuan and Zi Yinfeng, simply ignoring Lin Zhengyuan, as he could clearly see that there was something fishy about them. Although he did not know who Lin Zhengyuan was, he could sense that Lin Zhengyuan was looking for trouble with him.
He had thought that only the function of writing out the materials would be considered as qualified, because that was the way of competing in Cultivation Realm. He had not thought that only the name of the materials would be written here.
Following Chu Xuan's announcement of Ye Chen's result, the plaza started to boil.
"60 points?" A dignified Heavenly Fire Level Grandmaster's inheritor only had sixty points? Just passed? Is he an imposter? "
Maybe Ye Chen's talent in cultivation is already average, he just got lucky and got the inheritance of the Heavenly Fire Level Grandmaster. "
"Haha, you're still the disciple of the Heavenly Fire Level Grandmaster? Pui! "Disgraceful!"
Ye Luo looked at the numbers on the big screen and couldn't help but rub his eyes: "Brother Chen only got sixty points? "Just passed?"
This result was obviously unexpected to everyone. Ye Chen was, after all, a legacy disciple of a Master Refiner of Heavenly Fire Level, and he just happened to pass the test. If Xuan Lin knew, he would probably rush back from the Underworld to beat Ye Chen up even if he died.
How could they have known that Ye Chen had gotten the rules of the competition wrong? What kind of expression would they have if they had known that Ye Chen had only distinguished sixty types of ingredients and had explained the names and functions of sixty types of ingredients correctly?
As for Ye Chen, he did not care about his results at all. As long as he could pass into the next round, that would be enough.