Once again, everyone was annihilated.
Even the young genius Alchemist Wang Qi Ren had failed to pass Grandmaster Xiao’s test. This result was completely beyond everyone’s expectations.
After Wang Qi Ren left the high platform, for quite a while, no one dared to go up on stage.
With even these great family talents having failed, no one was confident that they could make it through Grandmaster Xiao’s test, and were afraid that going up would simply be disgracing themselves.
The Medicine King’s Valley disciples from beginning to end were not impatient, all of them simply stood around waiting.
When he glanced over at Dong Qing Yan, Yang Kai found her constantly clenching and releasing her two little hands, clearly very tense, yet her face still showed an eager expression even if it was mixed with a bit of unease.
An Earth Grade Top-Rank Alchemist had just failed, could she, a Common Grade Mid-Rank succeed?
“Sometimes, missing a single opportunity will be someone’s lifelong regret!” Yang Kai faintly whispered.
Hearing this, Dong Qing Yan’s tender body trembled. Turning to look at Yang Kai, her eyes flashed a thoughtful light before immediately became resolute; inhaling a deep breath, she declared, “En!”
Yang Kai smiled and, together with Dong Qing Yan, jumped up onto the platform.
Seeing someone still dare to take the stage, a round of voices suddenly stirred below, shouting a few words of encouragement, which caused Dong Qing Yan to smile shyly.
However in the next instant, these people noticed the ornament which was pinned to her chest.
“She’s just a Common Grade Mid-Rank Alchemist…”
“Her level is so low; she’s probably just another fool.”
“Poor little girl, even if she is a fool, how will she be able to show her face after this?
…
Listening to these words, Dong Qing Yan bit down on her lip and remained silent.
The three young Medicine King’s Valley disciples, however, still smiled at her. It seems that beautiful women were able to win favour no matter where they went.
“Young lady, if you please!”
Dong Qing Yan nodded gently, took a deep breath, and walked over to the pot. Pulling out a poison pill, she glanced back once at Yang Kai, silently consulting him.
Yang Kai nodded lightly and said, “Rest assured, I’ll observe you first.”
If Dong Qing Yan failed to pass the test, he would have to immediately bring her away. There was no way he could really allow her to disgrace herself in front of this crowd.
In addition, to the Medicine King’s Valley disciples, there were only Dong Qing Yan and Yang Kai on stage now, and since Yang Kai was dressed up as her escort, the Medicine King’s Valley disciples did not immediately ask him to leave.
Dong Qing Yan took a deep breath, put the poison pill into her mouth, and nervously swallowed it before immediately sitting cross-legged and running her Secret Art to refine the pill.
Yang Kai crossed his arms and stood nearby, straight as a javelin, vigilantly observing Dong Qing Yan’s every movement.
Half a cup of tea’s time later, she showed no reaction.
A full cup of tea’s time passed, yet she still did not show any symptoms.
Yang Kai couldn’t help but squint and secretly use his Divine Sense to sweep over Dong Qing Yan. He quickly discovered that the Yuan Qi in her body was now rapidly circulating and burning away some kind of debris in her meridians.
These pieces of debris should be the toxins that had been in the poison pill.
“Hey, this girl is pretty good; she’s managed to last for this long!” Someone in the crowd below suddenly called out in surprise.
Of the few hundred or so people who had taken this test already, in addition to a few of those Alchemists cultivated by Great Families, very few people had persisted for this long, and it wasn’t like no Common Grade Alchemists had come up before. It was just that them lasting more than ten breaths was already considered good, but Dong Qing Yan’s performance now had caused everyone to sit up and take notice.
“How did she do it? She’s definitely another Alchemy genius, possibly even greater than Wang Qi Ren.”
“I know her; she’s the Dong Family’s Young Lady Dong Qing Yan!”
“What, the Dong Family’s Young Lady?”
As everyone was chattering, a ray of black gas emerged from Dong Qing Yan’s brow and quickly became thick. Immediately after, this black gas disappeared back into her body and Dong Qing Yan quickly opened her mouth and spat out a visibly black breath.
At the end of this breath, Dong Qing Yan slowly opened her big round eyes.
For the first time, Qin Ze stood up from his chair, his face bursting into a big smile, repeatedly praising, “Good, good! Finally, someone managed to pass Uncle Xiao’s test!”
[Passed?]
Hundreds of people suddenly went silent, almost unable to believe their ears.
From the beginning until now, more than three hundred Alchemists from numerous forces, hailing from all over the world had come up and taken this test. Many of them had exceptional aptitude and were considered geniuses. Even Earth Grade Top-Rank Alchemists had appeared, yet all of them had eventually failed.
But now, a Common Grade Mid-Rank Alchemist had managed to pass? What kind of profound and mysterious ability did she use to do it?
Even Dong Qing Yan was also stunned stupid, blinking her big eyes blankly while staring at Qin Ze.
Yang Kai lightly coughed and said, “Young Lady, this Senior just said you have passed the Grandmaster’s test.”
“Uh… huh?” Dong Qing Yan still seemed like she hadn’t recovered.
Qin Ze’s previously cold and solemn look had now changed to a warm and friendly smile as he once again said, “Little girl, congratulations! You have passed this test! From now on, you are my Uncle, Xiao Fu Sheng’s, disciple! Wait… this Qin should be calling you Junior Sister now!”
After this third explanation, Dong Qing Yan finally reacted.
Suddenly jumping high up into the sky, crying out and weeping with elation, her hands clutched her face as her eyes immediately became red.
This happiness had befallen her all too suddenly, and she was clearly caught unprepared.
Helplessly puttering about for a long time, unable to find any words to say, Dong Qing Yan simply continued to shed tears of joy.
Only after she carried on like this for quite some time did she managed to barely compose herself and reply, “Yan’er greets Senior Brother Qin!”