HCB Chapter 272 Jumping To Conclusions
Chapter 272 Jumping To Conclusions
Qingyun Shangmen's main building.
Located in the center of Lingfeng.
The Law Manifestation, exuding an imposing aura, sits on a lotus seat.
Their gazes also converge on the curtain above the main building.
The evaluation has been going on for several days.
The Law Manifestation in charge of the evaluation suddenly speaks up:
"But in just a few days, someone has already passed five levels!"
"It should be the Tianji guest cultivators recruited by Wei Hai Tang. Their strength is indeed extraordinary."
"If it weren't for the restrictions set in the sixth level, I'm afraid he could easily break through ten levels."
"Fellow Daoist underestimates him too much. He is a Nascent Soul cultivator with an Innate spiritual treasure."
"What could give him trouble is the thirteenth level."
"Besides him, the other Tianji guest cultivators, even those of the next level, have no outstanding achievements."
"This year, the geniuses we have recruited are truly lacking."
"The cultivators ranked second and third on the Immortal Genius List have only reached the third level."
"No, no, the third place is not bad. He is a cultivator who has not even experienced the promotion assessment."
As soon as these words are spoken, the Law Manifestations on the lotus seats all turn their attention to the third place on the Immortal Genius List.
For those who pass the assessment as Tianji guest cultivators, the Shangmen will give them a jade slip containing the corresponding techniques.
These jade slips are a compilation of the Shangmen's collected jade slips, refined and simplified by many cultivators who have studied the techniques.
Of course, when passing the assessment for the first time, only the first jade slip will be given, and then each time they pass the promotion assessment.
Tianji guest cultivators who pass the assessment will be given the corresponding jade slips.
Those who fail will also receive detailed explanations and teachings from powerful cultivators who have studied the techniques.
This is one of the most important reasons why many Tianji guest cultivators participate in the promotion assessment.
Such systematic cultivation of geniuses has become a tradition of the Qingyun Shangmen.
Those who can emerge from this system are all top figures who dominate the continents.
And this person, who has only passed the assessment as a Tianji guest cultivator and has never undergone a promotion assessment.
It is already quite rare for him to make it to the third level.
Even if all the Tianji guest cultivators are placed at the same level of restriction, there are very few who can reach the third level.
Then, among the Law Manifestations, the one in charge of this evaluation pinches a spiritual seal, and Lu Yu's figure suddenly appears on the curtain.
Lu Yu, in the void space, has just finished adjusting his breath and is preparing for the evaluation of the third level.
Sensing that Lu Yu is ready, the large characters in the sky suddenly change.
"The evaluation of the third level begins."
"This evaluation requires the refining of ten kinds of spirit beast pills, using the withered leaf spirit butterflies to resist different poisonous miasmas..."
Outside the curtain, the Law Manifestation in charge of this evaluation smiles slightly.
"These ten pill formulas are all rare and difficult to find. It took a lot of effort to obtain them."
"And among them, five are extremely difficult to refine."
"If there is any carelessness in the refining process, the materials used are also easily damaged."
"This cultivator who has not passed the promotion assessment and has not fully studied the first jade slip, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to pass."
"Looking at the Tianji guest cultivators we have recruited in the past hundred years, only a few of the Tianji guest cultivators who have passed two promotions have a thirty percent chance of passing."
"Moreover, the more solid the foundation of an alchemist is, the smaller the probability of failure in the early stages of refining."
"And this evaluation requires a successful refinement in one attempt."
"Just this one alone, even the guest cultivators of the Tianjiao Celestial Ranking would find it extremely difficult to achieve."
Upon hearing this, another imposing Law Manifestation couldn't help but say, "This cultivator who can enter the top three of the Tianjiao Celestial Ranking must have extraordinary abilities. Let's wait and see."
"To make hasty conclusions, if we are wrong later, we might end up damaging our own reputation for no reason."
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Inside the void space.
The third trial.
Lu Yu stood in the dimly lit environment, with faint light emanating from the ground. He looked at the large characters in the sky, his eyes filled with surprise.
He thought that the third trial would involve defeating opponents more formidable than beast-shaped puppets.
Unexpectedly, this trial required the use of spirit beasts to avoid the miasma.
Then, he saw a spirit butterfly in the center of the void space, gently flapping its wings.
True to its name, it had a yellowish hue all over its body, with fine brown-black veins resembling withered leaves.
The four butterfly wings were all different in shape, but they all looked like broken withered leaves.
As it fluttered its wings, fluorescent powder scattered from its wings.
Then, a dense gray mist suddenly rose in the void space.
Lu Yu transformed into a streak of light and flew into the fluorescent powder.
Sure enough, when the gray mist spread, it stopped advancing upon encountering the fluorescent powder.
It seemed that the fluorescent powder was the means by which the withered leaf spirit butterfly helped cultivators avoid the miasma.
Sensing a cultivator entering, the wings of the withered leaf spirit butterfly slowed down, gradually reducing the range of scattered fluorescent powder.
And the gray poisonous miasma approached Lu Yu.
After entering the fluorescent powder for a short while, Lu Yu suddenly had ten different pill formulas with various ingredients and effects in his mind.
The materials also appeared in front of him out of thin air.
When he realized that he only had one chance to refine, Lu Yu, who was initially confident, felt the pressure multiply.
But he did not panic.
The more he was evaluated like this, the more he wanted to prove that even if he wasn't fast in studying the method of refining spirit beast pills, he could still have excellent refining skills.
After a brief selection, Lu Yu immediately locked onto a pill formula of moderate difficulty.
He sorted out a small pile of materials from the stack.
Then, Lu Yu patted his storage belt and took out a pill used to gather spiritual energy, which he swallowed.
He raised his palms and slowly pushed them forward, and a burst of pill fire instantly spewed out from his palms.
He had experienced a similar situation before when he rashly attempted to refine a pill formula.
So he thought of refining the materials into attribute spirit liquid first, and then dividing them into a hundred portions to try refining them one by one.
As long as he succeeded in refining one spirit beast pill, it would be considered a success.
The color of the pill fire in his palms kept changing, sometimes yellow earth attribute pill fire, sometimes a pale blue pill fire representing the wood attribute.
In just a few breaths, the attribute spirit liquid refined from the spirit beast pill materials was divided into a hundred portions.
The first attempt ended in failure, as expected.
He still remembered encountering a similar test when he was being evaluated for qualification to participate in the Tianjiao Celestial Ranking as a guest cultivator.
But at that time, failure was allowed.
As long as he was willing, he could keep trying until he succeeded.
Even in that situation, he failed hundreds of times before finally completing the refining of the designated spirit beast pill.
But now he only had a hundred chances to make mistakes.
As the second attempt began, a solemn expression gradually appeared on Lu Yu's face.