novelaction Chapter 576 Implicated
Chapter 576 Implicated
The Twin Spirit Swords are high-grade Earth-level magic weapons. Fu Lingchen put a lot of effort into forging them, and he actually prepared them for himself.
However, after meeting Pei Yun and his group, in order to fulfill his "last wish," he gave the sword to Pei Yun.
Sure enough, when Fu Lingchen stepped forward to register and took out his twin spirit swords, the steward of the Array God Hall looked him over a few times and asked with disbelief, "Did you forge these swords yourself?"
Seeing this, Pei Yun looked at Fu Lingchen with great interest. Not only her, but also many onlookers and people queuing behind her also looked over.
Fu Lingchen smiled calmly and said unhurriedly, "This is indeed a spirit sword that I forged myself. I encountered an accident before and was injured, which caused my cultivation to drop. This sword was forged before I was injured."
He knew that with his current cultivation level at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, he was unable to refine a high-grade Earth-level magic weapon, and the steward probably thought he was lying.
The steward, still looking somewhat skeptical, inquired about the materials and forging process required for the Twin Spirit Swords.
Fu Lingchen did not hide anything, explaining in detail all the materials needed for forging, how to forge them, and even the changes in temperature and the techniques used in each stage of the forging process.
This eased the manager's serious expression, and he nodded, writing Fu Lingchen's name on the registration list.
After registering her name, Pei Yun took Fu Lingchen back to her rented villa, chatted with him for a few moments about what had happened in the past two days, and then said:
"The assessment is still half a month away. You should stay in the separate courtyard and cultivate in seclusion for the time being. I just accepted a mission today, and I also have to work on researching the antidote for the Seven-Colored Fiend. I'll be very busy during this period. If you need to find me, I won't be in the separate courtyard; I'll be in the Pill God Hall..."
Fu Lingchen nodded and asked curiously, "What mission did you take on?"
"The registered alchemists will be assessed on-site in two weeks..."
Pei Yun had already used up most of her points, and with the Seven Colors Fiend incident still unresolved, she was temporarily unable to accept dangerous missions that required her to go out. Missions like this, which did not require her to go out and were safe, were perfect.
Fu Lingchen felt a surge of excitement as he listened. He secretly hoped that he could successfully enter the Weapon God Hall and become a disciple of the Weapon God Hall, so that he could earn points by refining weapons.
Pei Yun was about to leave his room, but remembering the elixir Zhen Yao had asked her to give him, she hesitated for a moment and looked at the other person.
She remembered that when she first met Fu Lingchen, he looked about the same age as Luo Rufeng, and because of his personality, Luo Rufeng's temperament was more composed.
But now Fu Lingchen is clearly ten years older than Luo Rufeng. He looks like a middle-aged man in his forties, with wrinkles around his eyes and a few strands of silver hair visible at his temples.
This is all because after being seriously injured back then, my soul was fundamentally damaged and has not yet fully recovered.
Pei Yun took out a jade bottle and handed it to him: "This is Immortal Jade Dew Liquid, which is beneficial to your soul. After you take it, refine it immediately and combine it with cultivation. You will be more confident in the assessment."
Like alchemy, weapon crafting requires a high level of mental strength, and the essence of mental strength is the soul. This is why the elder of the Weapon God Hall questioned Fu Lingchen's claim of lying. Because a Golden Core stage weapon crafter cannot craft a high-grade Earth-level magic weapon with sufficient mental strength.
Fu Lingchen did not recognize the Immortal Jade Dew Liquid, nor did he know its value. Moreover, Pei Yun had cautiously replaced the crystal bottle with a jade bottle, so he did not recognize that Zhen Yao had given it to him before.
He knew that Pei Yun was always generous to his friends. Although they hadn't known each other for long, they were already sworn brothers. After thinking for a moment, he accepted the gift and said with gratitude, "Thank you."
"Take it now, I won't bother you anymore," Pei Yun said as he left his room.
Half a month later, the entrance examinations for each temple officially began. Pei Yun arrived at the square of the Pill God Temple early in the morning. She and two other elders from the outer hall of the Pill God Temple sat on the judging panel at the front, scrutinizing the alchemists who had registered below as they refined pills on the spot.
The assessment they conducted was for sixth-grade alchemists; to enter the Pill God Hall, the minimum requirement was to be a sixth-grade alchemist.
In the order of registration, one hundred people in each batch came to the square to refine the sixth-grade spiritual pills specified by the Pill God Temple. After receiving the materials, they were given the time it takes for three incense sticks to burn to refine the pills. Finally, Pei Yun and the other two reviewed and judged the pills.
Once the incense was lit, the assessment officially began.
Pei Yun observed intently, occasionally exchanging words with the two elders beside him.
These two outer hall elders dared not underestimate Pei Yun; this mission offered a reward of 500 points and was easy and safe.
The higher-ups certainly didn't care about these points, but the middle-level elders and managers of the Pill God Palace were scrambling to get them. Apart from Pei Yun, all the other people who won the spots were elders of the Pill God Palace.
After three batches of people had been assessed in a routine manner, the fourth batch suddenly experienced an unexpected situation where the alchemy furnace exploded.
The three exchanged a glance, then got up and went to the alchemist whose furnace had been blown up.
Normally, a sixth-grade alchemist is already a mid-level alchemist, and the phenomenon of their alchemy furnace exploding is unlikely.
This alchemist not only destroyed his own alchemy furnace, but also implicated another alchemist beside him, causing the medicinal herbs in the other alchemist's furnace to be ruined.
"In a moment of panic, I lost control of the heat..." The alchemist whose furnace had been blown up bowed to Pei Yun and the other two, his face slightly flustered.
Elder Fu, standing beside Pei Yun, looked stern and directed the guards nearby to escort the man out. Since the alchemy furnace had exploded, he was naturally eliminated.
The alchemist who was implicated suddenly stepped forward and grabbed his clothes, his eyes red with anger:
"He Changhu, you despicable man! This must have been ordered by He Changyi. I've already left the family, yet you still won't let me go. I participated in the assessment based on my own abilities, and you resort to such underhanded tactics against me..."
"He Changxuan, blame your own bad luck!" He Changhu couldn't help but reveal a hint of fierceness and smugness in his eyes as he pushed the person in front of him away.
Elder Fu's face darkened with displeasure. Worried that escalating the situation would affect other alchemists, he had no interest in these family feuds and rebuked them:
"Stop! This is the Pill God Palace. Stop this insolence! Guards, drag these two troublemakers out!"
After he finished speaking, two guards stepped forward and were about to take the two away.
"Wait!" a voice interrupted.
Those present looked over at the sound and saw Pei Yun calmly saying, "Elders, the alchemist who blew up the furnace is of very poor skill and there is no dispute that he should be eliminated. However, it is unfair that those who were implicated by him should also be eliminated. How about letting this person retake the exam..."
Upon hearing this, He Changxuan, who had been in despair, suddenly brightened up and looked at Pei Yun with hopeful eyes.
He Changhu, who was standing next to him, felt a sinking feeling in his heart and looked at Pei Yun in disbelief.
The two elders frowned slightly as they looked at Pei Yun. Elder Hu said thoughtfully, "...There has never been a rule for retaking the entrance exam. What will the other elders think if we do this? Besides, it's not just our exam hall; there are also exam halls for fifth-grade alchemists and fourth-grade alchemists. If we do this, but the other exam halls don't, wouldn't that create inconsistencies in the rules? Other alchemists will have objections..."
Elder Fu chimed in, "Elder Hu is right. The Pill God Hall has no shortage of disciples. Why break the rules for someone who hasn't even passed the entrance exam yet..."
This is because Pei Yun is renowned as a prominent figure who created the "pseudo-dan pattern." If anyone else had said that, the two of them wouldn't have been so polite and would have retorted long ago.
Hearing the words of the two elders, He Changhu was secretly delighted, but He Changxuan's eyes dimmed, and just as all hope seemed lost, he heard the woman opposite him say:
"For the Pill God Hall, having one more disciple or one less disciple makes no difference, but for this person, this entrance examination is an opportunity, perhaps a rare turning point in his life. Should he be deprived of it just because he was unlucky enough to be implicated?"
"But what if we open this door and other alchemists are implicated and also have to retake the exam?" Elder Hu asked.
"Then let them retake the exam. Since they were implicated, why not give them a chance to try again?"
Pei Yun said, glancing at He Changhu with a half-smile, "It's not common for a mid-level alchemist to explode their alchemy furnace while refining pills, unless it's someone with ulterior motives..."
Pei Yun's pointed remark made He Changhu break out in a cold sweat, his legs went weak, and he lowered his head guiltily.
"This matter is still inappropriate!" Elder Fu shook his head and refused.
“I will report this proposal to Palace Master Lu.” After Pei Yun said this, neither of them spoke.
They were elders of the outer hall, and normally they weren't qualified to see the hall master, but Pei Yun was. Sigh, it's infuriating to compare people like that. But since the other party had already gone this far, they no longer objected.
"Go to the counter at the Pill God Temple and find Manager Lu to register your information. Once it's confirmed, you'll be notified to retake the assessment," Pei Yun instructed He Changxuan when the two stopped talking.
"Thank you, senior! Thank you, senior!" After experiencing both great sorrow and joy, He Changxuan was somewhat incoherent and excitedly bowed to Pei Yun.
"No noise or fighting is allowed in the Dan Shen Temple. Settle your personal grudges outside. If you do it again, you will lose your eligibility for a make-up exam."
"Yes, yes." He Changxuan nodded, ignoring He Changhu's ugly expression, and left the square with the guards.