Chapter 1317 1276: Material Identification, Purification, and Pill Appraisal!

The Wen Dou has three parts, namely identifying materials, purification, and guessing the pill quality!

Identifying materials, as the name suggests, is about identifying alchemy materials. The contestants will respectively draw the more obscure alchemy materials they know or describe their key features for the opponent to recognize. This is a basic test of an alchemist's range and depth of knowledge in identifying alchemy materials.

Purification, also self-explanatory. Among the alchemy materials is one called 'Bitter Leaf Dragon Horn Root', which is extremely difficult to purify, almost comparable to some ancient Holy Medicine, making it a headache for alchemists. However, this material is plentiful and found everywhere.

So later on, in Wen Dou, 'purification' gradually evolved into using this material as the standard for practical assessment! Whoever can purify the Bitter Leaf Dragon Horn Root the best wins.

The last part, guessing the pill quality, is a bit more complex. Two contestants, one will refine a pill, and the other will guess the grade and effects of the pill. The more detailed and accurate the guess is, the more likely they are to win.

Generally speaking, a draw in Wen Dou is quite common. Because alchemy materials are such a diverse thing, unless one is a true master, who would dare claim to know all of them?

Thus, generally, by presenting rare alchemy materials from obscure ancient texts that no one can guess, a draw is achieved!

In such a situation, whoever wins the third round, the guessing pill quality segment, wins the entire contest!

And this is undoubtedly a huge advantage for Mue Qinghe! It's his forte.

He practically grew up in Pill Saint City, having seen every treasure, every pill there is. Hence, whether it be the breadth of his knowledge or the keenness of his eye, it is undoubtedly far superior to Chen Fei. This already counts as winning two out of three; victory is assured.

Furthermore, as a Three-Star King Level Alchemist, Mue Qinghe's skills are definitely not lacking! To say that his purification ability is worse than Chen Fei's, who would believe that?

Therefore, once the Wen Dou started, he was basically already in an undefeated position! There wouldn't be any surprises; victory was certain.

Seeing this, Li Chongshan shook his head, holding no doubt about Mue Qinghe's victory.

"So, how about it? Wen Dou, do you dare to compete with me?" Mue Qinghe taunted Chen Fei sarcastically.

"Let's start." But what responded to him was Chen Fei's calm voice, as if he didn't care about losing, or perhaps he did not think he would lose, but rather believed he would win?!

"Where does this young fellow's confidence and assurance come from?" Seeing this, Li Chongshan deeply furrowed his brows, finding Chen Fei's attitude and demeanor strange, making him unsure what to say, completely bewildered.

Not just him, others felt the same. But one person was an exception.

King Bear of Fury watched Chen Fei carefully with a focused gaze, analyzing him for a long time before finding himself in turmoil, murmuring to himself, "From start to finish, he has never been nervous, too calm, too composed… Does he really have such great confidence? Or have I made a mistake..."

There's an old saying: One wrong step leads to more wrong steps. If he really made the wrong choice, what should he do, he truly didn't know what to do… Ah!

"Hmph!" Seeing Chen Fei surpass him in style yet again, Mue Qinghe said coldly with a dark expression, "Sixth Martial Uncle has a dedicated Alchemy Room in this residence, let's go."

After he finished speaking, he turned and walked away!

Seeing this, Chen Fei stood up without haste and followed him to a somewhat secluded Alchemy Room courtyard.

Here, it was incredibly quiet, ancient trees were weathered, branches vigorous and strong, with potent fire energy embedded in the ground... No surprise, this should be built atop a Flame Earth Vein! Truly, what a grandeur from the Sage King's Mansion.

And those who attended Sage King Li Chongshan's birthday feast from various places tonight were also gathering, heads bustling together. Such a contest, such a spectacle between alchemists, how could they miss it?

At this point, Li Chongshan's eyes flashed, suddenly stepping forward, saying, "You two, since this is Wen Dou, there should be a witness. If you don't mind, I can act as this witness, how about it?"

"Sixth Martial Uncle, you are indeed completely qualified." Mue Qinghe replied with high spirits and a laugh, casting a glance at Li Xun'er behind Li Chongshan, swallowing hard, eyes showing a glimpse of greed.

"This person is truly annoying." Feeling Mue Qinghe's gaze, Li Xun'er shifted her delicate body, frowning in disgust, murmuring with hate.

Following this, for unknown reasons, a desire sprouted within her to see Chen Fei win.

"Though he is also annoying, arrogant and ignorant, he is still somewhat better than that Mue Qinghe... perhaps, if he could just win..." Li Xun'er murmured to herself, gently curling her lips, but then she shook her head with a self-deprecating smile, dismissing that thought.

Mue Qinghe is so formidable, and the contest is his extremely proficient Wen Dou, it's fair to say he is already in an invincible position; Chen Fei cannot possibly win, there's no chance.

"Alright then, I have no objections." At this moment, Chen Fei also nodded, saying. A witness? Honestly, he felt such a thing was not necessary, because he could easily crush the opponent with a random move, what need is there for a witness?

"In that case, let's begin..."

With a cold glance sweeping over the crowd, Sage King Li Chongshan then calmly said, "Now, let's begin the first round of Wen Dou, identifying materials. Consider what you will and draw the alchemy material you think of, noting the name, effect, and origin, and submit it to me for recognition."

After saying that, he waved his hand, presenting two sets of yellowed scrolls and paper.

Chen Fei and Mue Qinghe each took a set.

"Draw the image on the scroll, write the name, effect, and origin on the paper. All right, let's begin now."

Li Chongshan said coolly.

Whoosh! Mue Qinghe raised his hand, and a layer of brilliant blue light surrounded him, making it impossible for those outside to see what he was doing inside. Of course, this was only against those below the Great Heaven Rank.

Because Mue Qinghe's current cultivation realm was just at the entry level of the Great Heaven Rank.

Soon, the blue light dissipated.

"Sixth Martial Uncle, please keep this." Mue Qinghe said with a cold smile as he handed over his drawing and paper to Li Chongshan.

Then he looked at Chen Fei with disdain and said, "Why haven't you started yet? Scared?"

"If you say a few less words, no one will think you're mute, you know?" Chen Fei glanced at him and said lightly, which made Mue Qinghe grind his teeth in anger. Then, he gritted his teeth and spoke.

"I don't want to waste words with you. Sharp tongue, I can't outtalk you, but don't waste time, hurry up."

Chen Fei glanced at him, raised his hand, and a light purple aura surrounded him. Instantly, both Sage King Li Chongshan and King Bear of Fury Luo Xiong's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" Noticing her grandfather's abnormality, Li Xun'er asked suspiciously.

"Uh, nothing..." Sage King Li Chongshan withdrew his gaze, glancing at the smugly smiling Elder of Hundred Knowledge Palace beside him. His lips moved, saying, "Who exactly is this kid? I actually can't see through that purple aura?"

One should know that Sage King Li Chongshan is an experienced Mystic Heaven Position character, how powerful his strength is?

Easier seen was that protective light Mue Qinghe showed off earlier, he almost saw through it at a glance, but now it came to Chen Fei's turn, he actually could not see through it at all, what does this mean? Does it mean that this kid is a master of the same level as him?!

This, this can't be, right? How is it possible…

"You guess?" The Elder of Hundred Knowledge Palace, too, moved his lips, which made Sage King Li Chongshan grind his teeth. How could he guess when he knows nothing?

At the same time, King Bear of Fury Luo Xiong also had the same feeling as Li Chongshan. He also couldn't see through the purple light Chen Fei produced...

Soon, the light surrounding Chen Fei also dissipated. Chen Fei handed the finished drawing and written paper to the complex-looking Sage King Li Chongshan.

"This is mine."

Sage King Li Chongshan looked deeply at Chen Fei, as if trying to see through him.

Unfortunately, Chen Fei's calmness and composure were somewhat beyond his expectations.

Under his gaze, Chen Fei appeared like a vast sea, calm and undisturbed, facing such a person, such an aura, and instead, he himself couldn't hold out anymore.

Then Sage King Li Chongshan squinted his eyes slightly, turned around, picked up the drawing papers of Chen Fei and Mue Qinghe, and expressionlessly asked, "Who wants to identify the other's drawing first?"

"I'll go first." Mue Qinghe stepped forward without hesitation, proud and confident, mocking Chen Fei with a cold smile: "Watch closely! The moment I recognize the alchemy material you've drawn, you've already lost! Prepare to accept punishment."

"Don't talk too much crap, otherwise you'll just look foolish, you know?" Chen Fei slightly opened his eyelids and said lightly, which immediately froze Mue Qinghe's expression, fuming with rage. In terms of arguing, a hundred of him couldn't match even a single strand of Chen Fei's hair; they're not on the same level.

Clearly, neither is this ridiculous Wen Dou!

Humph!

Mue Qinghe let out a heavy cold snort, gritted his teeth, dark-faced, and stepped forward to take Chen Fei's drawing of alchemy materials from Li Chongshan's hand, roughly unfurling it.

Everyone's eyes squinted slightly, looking towards the drawing. Though it's none of their business, they were quite curious about what Chen Fei had drawn on that paper. Would they recognize it?

On the drawing was a fruit the size of a fist, glowing with a strange light.

This fruit appeared both real and illusory, with the illusory parts like shadows, burning with black flames, and the real parts like uneven rocky soil, emitting a bizarre light, very mysterious.

"What is this?" Even Li Chongshan instinctively furrowed his eyebrows. Had he not seen this before? But it seemed he had heard of it somewhere… After thinking long and hard to no avail, he still couldn't figure out what kind of fruit Chen Fei had drawn.

If even he, a Four-Star King Level Alchemist, didn't know, Mue Qinghe certainly couldn't, as he remained frowning the entire time.

Finally, he simply gave up, looking at Chen Fei with a cold smile and sarcastically said: "It's your lucky day to know some obscure stuff… Let's call this round mine to lose, reveal the answer."

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chongshan unfolded a slip of paper, glanced at it, and then suddenly realized, "It turns out it's the Earth Ghost Glazed Fruit, yes, I remember now, it's from Ghost City, and indeed looks like this. No wonder I couldn't think of it right away. This round, let's say Qinghe lost. Next, would you like to guess?"

Li Chongshan looked at Chen Fei with surprise and suspicion, not expecting Chen Fei to even know about Ghost City and the Holy Fruit of the Ghost Clan... No wonder Mue Qinghe didn't know.

After all, living people like them, besides the legendary Ghost Nurturer, it's extremely difficult to have any contact with the Ghost Clan.

So Mue Qinghe in this round, it's a justified loss.