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By the stone tablet, Elder Sheng stared blankly at that blood-red number. After a long while, he slowly nodded his head. Then, with amazement in his eyes, he looked at Lin Feng and said: "Never thought that barren Northwestern Region could actually produce a genius like you!"
In his eyes, Lin Feng's alchemy talent had already surpassed Cao Ying.
After all, Lin Feng was still younger than Cao Ying. Yet his soul strength was almost the same. And beside him, when Cao Ying saw that he had actually tied with her, a flash of wariness crossed her beautiful eyes.
Clearly, what Elder Sheng had just thought of, she had also realized.
"The soul power test ends here. Lin Feng and Cao Ying are tied for first, Dan Xuan second."
At this moment, Elder Sheng announced the results of this round.
Hearing his voice, many people in the grand hall let out bitter smiles. This Ye Clan, at such a desperate juncture, actually managed to pull out such a terrifying helper. Their chances of becoming one of the Pill Tower's Five Great Clans were probably gone completely.
As for Bai Ying on the side, when he heard Elder Sheng's announcement, his gaze also darkened. Clearly, his mood was extremely bad.
"The next test is called Soul Control. After all, the size of one's soul value can only represent the strength of a pharmacist's soul power. But a true pharmacist is not judged only by whose soul power is stronger. If one wants to refine high-tier pills, one also needs extraordinary sensitivity toward soul power and flawless control."
As he spoke, Elder Sheng smiled at Lin Feng and the others, then retrieved a pitch-black iron bead from his storage ring.
The surface of this bead was very smooth, but when looking at it, there wasn't the slightest bit of luster. The dark appearance gave off an extremely heavy feeling. Seeing that bead, a trace of curiosity flashed in Lin Feng's eyes.
Elder Sheng continued explaining: "This kind of bead is forged from soul steel, called a Soul-Testing Bead. If you hold it with your hand, it feels extremely light, but to the soul, it's as heavy as a thousand catties."
"In this Soul Control test, many Soul-Testing Beads will fall from the ceiling. The five of you are forbidden from using Dou Qi, you can only use soul power to catch them. Of course, your test results will be ranked according to how many beads each of you manages to catch."
At this, Elder Sheng first glanced at Cao Ying.
Then he turned his gaze to the somewhat curious Lin Feng, and said with a smile: "This Soul Control record was also set by Cao Ying. Back then, she caught 89 in one attempt. To this day, no one has broken it."
"Well then, are you all ready?"
Elder Sheng smiled as he looked at the five of them and asked.
Hearing this, everyone slowly nodded. Soul power began surging at the center of their brows, ready to burst out at any moment.
"Let me give you some advice. Don't even think about catching all the beads at once. Spreading out your soul power in this test is the stupidest thing you can do!"
The instant Elder Sheng's words fell, his figure suddenly flashed and retreated.
As his figure moved back, countless black holes suddenly opened up in the ceiling above the grand hall. Immediately after, a torrential downpour of pitch-black iron beads rained down like a storm!
"Shua shua."
Staring at the storm-like cascade of Soul-Testing Beads, Lin Feng and the other four simultaneously flickered and spread out, each maintaining a certain distance from the others.
With a thought, vast soul power erupted from the center of their brows. Because of Elder Sheng's earlier reminder, Lin Feng did not spread his soul power into a web.
Instead, he condensed it into an invisible giant hand, which shot forward like lightning to snatch a pitch-black Soul-Testing Bead in mid-air, firmly catching it.
However, the moment the bead landed in his grasp, Lin Feng felt that invisible soul hand suddenly sink heavily. The bead was so heavy that half of it was sinking into the fingers of his soul hand.
"This Soul-Testing Bead really is strange."
Lin Feng's eyes swept over the dark orb, secretly amazed. Although he had already known of this thing from the original story, feeling it directly still left him astonished.
The Dou Qi Continent truly was full of marvels.
Immediately after, his gaze shifted around him, noticing that around Cao Ying's delicate figure, more than a dozen Soul-Testing Beads were already floating.
So he stopped studying it further, and continued controlling his soul hand, steadily collecting the beads pouring down from the ceiling. As time passed, the number of black beads circling around Lin Feng increased more and more.
Before long, he had already surpassed eighty.
As for Bai Ying and Qiu Ji, after catching twenty-five and thirty-seven respectively, they could only give up and withdraw from the test. Dan Xuan, whose soul power was somewhat stronger, managed to catch forty-seven before also panting heavily and choosing to withdraw.
"Dong dong~"
Not long after the three of them left, Lin Feng and Cao Ying nearly at the same time dropped the Soul-Testing Beads they were holding.
Both of their totals had reached one hundred.
Seeing that Cao Ying had ended the test at the same time as him, Lin Feng glanced at her in puzzlement. He had voluntarily chosen to stop because he was already guaranteed a spot in the top three.
But Cao Ying still clearly had energy to spare, and yet she had also stopped together with him. Sensing Lin Feng's gaze upon her, the corners of Cao Ying's lips curved slightly, lifting into a smile filled with alluring charm.
Her enchanting aura surged, like a demoness who had descended into the mortal world.
The young men in the grand hall who witnessed this scene instantly had their eyes turn red. They had admired her for so long, yet never once had their goddess treated them this way. And Lin Feng, who had just met her for the first time, what right did he have to receive such favor!
"Lin Feng and Cao Ying are tied for first."
Faced with this situation, Elder Sheng could only helplessly announce the results.
Then he continued: "Soul power is the foundation of a pharmacist. In this test, not only must we measure soul strength, but we must also see its offensive potential. After all, soul attacks are also one of a pharmacist's useful means of attack."
"As for the final test, it's very simple. The five of you will enter this circle, and use soul power against each other. Whoever remains in the circle at the end will be the final victor!"
Elder Sheng pointed to the center of the hall, where a massive crimson circle, ten zhang wide, had suddenly appeared. He smiled as he spoke.
"Hehe, so we've finally reached the last test. Lin Feng, let me see your true strength."
As her words fell, Cao Ying's beautiful face shifted, her long phoenix eyes narrowing sharply as she fixed her gaze on Lin Feng.
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