The benefits of Duanmu Cheng's swift and decisive character were fully displayed at this moment.
He picked up the Dead Life Grass and Yin-Yang Grass, ran to the cauldron and started refining.
Four hours later, a brand new medicinal pill was produced.
This medicinal pill was the one that Qin Yi had hypothesized could be used to strengthen the body.
Without a doubt, Duanmu Cheng's refinement was successful. It was enough to prove that Qin Yi's conjecture was correct!
"Alright, the result is obvious. Qin Yi, you've won the first round. "
At this point, even Duanmu Cheng had some respect for Qin Yi.
All this while, he had been refining the medicinal pill according to the recipe that he had obtained. Over the years, his knowledge of alchemy had continued to increase.
However, his realm was still stuck at the level of doing everything he had learned in his life, rigidly doing what he had done.
But Qin Yi's ability to think and innovate was what he had always lacked.
He had also seen his eldest disciple Guo Zhong's answer. Although it conformed to the norm, it was still lacking compared to Qin Yi's.
Since that was the case, the result of this round was obvious.
Duanmu Cheng had also seen Qin Yi's answer. Although it wasn't as shocking as before, it was still perfect and on par with Guo Zhong's.
Therefore, the victory belonged to Qin Yi. There was no doubt about it.
Guo Zhong had also woken up long ago. In fact, he had already woken up from the moment Duanmu Cheng received Qin Yi's answer.
Qin Yi's theory and his master's practice forced Guo Zhong to put away his contempt for Qin Yi.
Obviously, he'd realized that this Junior Brother of his couldn't be judged by common sense. This was an absolutely powerful opponent. His attainments in alchemy were no longer below his. If he continued to underestimate his opponent, it was very likely that he would be utterly defeated!
For the sake of his dignity as a Senior Brother, for the sake that Duanmu Cheng's "Heavenly Treasure Map" could remain by his Master's side, he secretly made up his mind that Junior Brother Qin Yi's victory would end here!
"The second round is still a test of your foundation!"
Duanmu Cheng had already made sufficient preparations. While he was speaking, he had already placed two pill formulas in front of Qin Yi and Mo Wen.
This was an ancient pill recipe, and its name was the Extreme Clarity Pill.
The Extreme Clear Pill was a type of medicinal pill that could strengthen one's soul. Being able to strengthen a martial artist's soul, its benefits and effects were self-evident.
However, the reason why he took out this pill recipe was not to let Qin Yi and Qin Yi refine the pill with one move, nor was it to test their memory so that they could accurately memorize every single ingredient on the pill recipe.
When Qin Yi saw the pill formula, he immediately understood Duanmu Cheng's intention.
This pill formula was not complete. There were many gaps on it.
Clearly, these gaps were not due to Duanmu Cheng's negligence. Instead, it was intentional. The goal was to let Qin Yi and Mo Wen fill in these gaps.
Completing the pill formula, what it tested was their understanding towards Alchemy Dao, as well as just how many pill formulas were stored in their stomachs.
If there were a lot of pill formulas stored, then this sort of matter like completing the pill formula naturally would not have any difficulty.
It was just a pity that even though Qin Yi read many pill formulas during this period of time. However, the time was still too short after all. This ancient Extreme Clarity Pill pill formula, he had never seen it before. Even similar pill formulas, he similarly had not seen it before.
Of course, not having seen the pill formula before did not mean that he would be at a loss for what to do with these gaps.
There was a saying called understanding one thing leads to everything.
Even though various medicinal pills had different uses and it was impossible for the ingredients to be completely the same, there would always be similarities between various medicinal pills.
Moreover, it was impossible for each type of spirit medicine to be used to refine one type of medicinal pill. Hence, there would definitely be similarities between them.
Even though Qin Yi had never seen this pill formula before, with his recent experience, he was able to quickly discover the similarities between the Ancient Extreme Clarity Pill and other medicinal pills.
The most important thing was that the combination of the spirit herbs was not completely random. The combination of the various spirit medicine had to consider the attribute of the spirit medicine, as well as the effects after the combination of the spirit medicine.
Hence, as long as he grasped this pattern, he would naturally be able to find the answer to some of the gaps in the spirit medicine.
After careful consideration, Qin Yi began to write.
The number of gaps on the pill formula was also ten.
Qin Yi had never seen the pill formula of the Ancient Extreme Clarity Pill before. Under the circumstances where he tried his best, he finally filled in nine types of spirit medicine.
When he handed in his answer sheet, as his senior, Guo Zhong, had already handed in his answer sheet.
It was obvious that he had spent many years on Alchemy Dao. Moreover, this pill formula came from Duanmu City. Hence, he had once seen the pill formula of the Ancient Extreme Clarity Pill.
As for the missing spirit medicine, he was able to quickly match it with the numbers.
"Guo Zhong, all ten are correct."
Duanmu Cheng's eyes swiftly swept across Guo Zhong's answer sheet, then he spoke plainly.
Without a doubt, Guo Zhong being able to answer all the questions correctly was a matter of course in his eyes.
However, when his eyes swept across Qin Yi's answer sheet, his expression immediately changed.
"Qin Yi, you haven't seen the pill formula of the Extreme Clarity Pill before, right?"
Duanmu Cheng raised his head and looked at Qin Yi, saying, "The answers on your sheet basically do not match the pill formula."
Evidently, with Duanmu Cheng's understanding of the Extreme Clarity Pill, he could immediately tell that what Qin Yi had written on the sheet did not match the correct spiritual medicine on the pill formula.
"However, all nine answers that you have filled in are actually correct."
As he spoke, a smile also appeared on Duanmu Cheng's face. It was obvious that he was still very pleased.
The spirit medicine in the pill formula was not fixed. Sometimes, when a certain ingredient was lacking, the alchemist would request for other ingredients to be substituted. From there, different spiritual medicines could be used to refine a spirit medicine with the same effect.
It was obvious that through his own analysis and understanding of Alchemy Dao, the answers that Qin Yi had come up with, even if they were different from the correct answers, were still correct answers.
"If you had filled in the blank for the tenth spiritual medicine, then even if Guo Zhong was also correct, I would still have declared you the winner."
In Duanmu Cheng's eyes, the answers that he had come up with through analysis were far more valuable than the answers that he had memorized.
"It's a pity that you are still missing one thing."
At this point, Duanmu Cheng let out a soft sigh. A hint of pity flashed across his eyes as he said, "Therefore, for this round, I can only declare Guo Zhong the winner."
Regarding this, Qin Yi did not feel disappointed. On the contrary, he was overjoyed that his answer had received Duanmu Cheng's approval.
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