Cultivation till the end of time

Originally, the medicine tasting session was to place rare medicinal materials on 20 tables in the venue at the same time, and one contestant would say the names and medicinal properties of all the herbs from beginning to end.

When it is the next contestant's turn, they will replace the herbs on the table that the previous contestant answered correctly with new herbs, and the same will be done for all subsequent contestants.

If the previous contestant has answered a herb incorrectly, the incorrect herb will remain on the table until it is answered correctly by the next contestant, and then it will be replaced with a new one.

But there are too many people participating in the competition this time, so we have to hold an elimination round to eliminate most of them. Otherwise, we don’t know when this test will be completed.

Besides, the medicinal herbs on the field are precious and scarce, and it is impossible to prepare so many for the competition. The organizers will naturally have to find a way to reduce the number of contestants.

The most important point is that as long as the contestant answers a herb correctly, the organizer will give the herb to the contestant unconditionally.

Even the richest organizers cannot afford such a huge number.

In that case, we can only hold a knockout round first to reduce the number of participants to the number that the organizer can bear.

The contestants are divided into several teams and line up to make predictions according to the number plates issued by the registration office.

Duoduo's number is very far back because she registered just in time and arrived at the venue before the last minute, so now she can only line up at the end of the line.

While she was holding Taowu and feeling bored, she kept an eye on the other contestants at the venue and accidentally discovered someone she knew.

That person was Pibor, whom I met when I took the pharmacist qualification certificate assessment last time. He was the apprentice of the old man Bolivi who was pestering Duoduo and wanted to take her as his apprentice.

Duoduo had a feeling that they were meeting an enemy on a narrow road, and hoped that the other party would not recognize her.

If Pibor is here, then that annoying Plavix must be here too.

Duoduo felt a headache at the thought of being entangled with Polivy again.

In fact, Duoduo has a good impression of Pibor, but he has an annoying master behind him, which makes Duoduo avoid him as much as possible.

Duoduo prayed silently in his heart that he would not come into contact with Plavix, but the opposite happened and what he feared came true.

Among the examiners in Duoduo's team happened to be Polivi. He recognized Duoduo at a glance and showed his big white teeth to Duoduo from a distance.

When Duoduo saw his worthless smile, she really wanted to pretend not to know him.

However, her own upbringing prevented her from ignoring the other person. The old man was just annoying, not a bad person, so Duoduo nodded slightly to Bolivi.

Seeing Duoduo responding to him, Bolivi smiled even more foolishly. When one of the judges next to him talked to him, he completely ignored that person.

The man was still wondering why Polivy was always distracted today and couldn't be woken up no matter how much he was called.

He and the other judges looked at each other, and they had to discuss and make the decision among themselves.

There is an examiner and several judges in a line. The examiner is in charge, and the judges are only there to maintain order or assist the examiner.

Now that the examiner Bolivi is unreliable, the judges can only bite the bullet and go on their own.

The content of the preliminary examination is that the examiner randomly selects herbs of various grades and asks the contestants to say the names and functions of the herbs.

The one who answers the most and has the highest accuracy rate will advance.

Just now, a contestant answered two-thirds of the herbs correctly. Under normal circumstances, he would have been eliminated long ago, but the herbs tested by this contestant were relatively difficult, so they were discussing whether to let him pass this round of testing.

Just when they were about to let Bolivi make a decision, he became distracted, staring at one place in a daze, smiling foolishly, leaving the judges with no choice but to make the decision themselves.

Anyway, this is just the initial test, there are two more rounds of tests to come.

When it was Duoduo's turn, Polivi changed his abnormal attitude. He was completely different from being in a daze just now. He enthusiastically helped Duoduo with the test himself without the judges' intervention, which made the judges frown.

No one else can treat others with such double standards.

Fortunately, there were no other contestants behind Duoduo, otherwise if other contestants saw them, they would think they were cheating.

Please answer the questions carefully and try to block Plavix.

Polivy is also wicked. The herbs he takes out are basically all platinum level. Now it is equivalent to Duoduo taking the assessment to become a platinum level pharmacist.

The judges all frowned as they watched Bolivian "targeting" Duoduo. They all thought that Bolivian didn't want Duoduo to advance, so he specially took out all platinum-level herbs for Duoduo to taste.

But as Duoduo answered the questions correctly one by one, they were not only surprised at Duoduo's intelligence, but their eyes became brighter and brighter, just like when Boliwei was looking at Duoduo who had passed the test and become a platinum-level pharmacist.

The final result was that Duoduo answered all the questions correctly, but only a few people in the whole audience could answer all the questions correctly.

What's more, the herbs she tested were platinum-level herbs with the highest difficulty coefficient, so the judges also took them seriously.

Duoduo was the last one in the team to be tested, so no one saw her shining moment. Only Polivi and the judges watched excitedly as Duoduo answered all the questions correctly.

Last time, Bolivian only saw the tip of the iceberg of Duoduo's abilities. This time, he deliberately used platinum-level herbs to test her.

Firstly, I did what I didn’t do last time, and secondly, I wanted more people to know about Duoduo’s excellence.

Duoduo didn't care whether she would attract attention or not. She just wanted to pass the medicine tasting test and win some rare herbs. She came here for this purpose.

After she finished answering about all the herbs, the scene fell into silence. Duoduo looked up in confusion and saw a group of elderly men staring at her with sparkling eyes, which scared Duoduo so much that cold sweat broke out on her back.

She asked cautiously: "Can I advance? Or are there other tests that I haven't completed?"

Before Bolivi could say anything, the other judges had already gathered around Duoduo and were talking in a buzz.

"Contestant Qian Duoduo, may I ask where your master came from?"

"Are you interested in joining our Pharmacist Association? I just happen to be in need of someone as outstanding as you."

"Don't listen to him. Our Ancient Port City Pharmacist Association is the best. Come to me."

"Who would go to that damn place of yours? If you want to come, come to my place, Miss Qian. I'm telling you..."

Duoduo: "..."

Listening to a group of old men talking endlessly about the pharmacist branch in their own city, Duoduo felt very nervous.

Boliwei was even more panicked than her. The good seedling he had finally found was being fought over by a group of old men. He was the most panicked one, fearing that Duoduo would agree to one of them.

He forcibly pulled Duoduo out of the old men's encirclement and protected him behind him like a calf.

But the other old men changed their respect for Polivi and fought with him for the head in order to win over Duoduo.

When the old men were about to fight, Pibor appeared and rescued Duoduo who was surrounded by the old men. She looked at Pibor with gratitude.

Pibor just said: "Master, fellow seniors, time is running out. If you don't let Miss Qian go to the next round of tests, she will be out. Can you bear it?"

In fact, it is not as serious as Pibor said, but several judges and Polivi continue to stop Duoduo from going to the next round of testing, so Duoduo may really lose the qualification for the test.

Pibor also didn't see his master arrive at the second round venue. They agreed to gather at the venue for the second round of tests, but he couldn't see him when it was almost time. He was worried that something had happened, so he came here to look for him. He happened to see this scene, so he spoke up to save Duoduo.

Thanks to Pibor's clearance, Duoduo was finally able to move on to the next round.

She followed Pibor and thanked him again with gratitude: "Mr. Pibor, thank you so much for your help, otherwise I would not be able to get away today."

Pibor was still brooding over the last time he misunderstood Duoduo as cheating, so he unconsciously wanted to help her.

Hearing Duoduo say this, in order to liven up the atmosphere, he deliberately said: "Do I look old? Why are you so polite to call me sir? You and I are not much different in age, you can just call me Pibor. I call you Duoduo, you shouldn't mind, right?"

Duoduo was really afraid that the other party would misunderstand that he thought he was old, so he quickly changed his name to "Pibor, is that okay?"

The two of them chatted back and forth in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere. In the eyes of others, the conversation between the two seemed like the way long-time friends get along.

Long Lin and A Jin, who were far above the teahouse, also saw this scene through the sea of ​​people.

They, the cultivators, all have very good eyesight and can use magic to see distant scenes.

Long Lin doesn't know this spell, but he doesn't know when his eyesight became very good. He can see things one kilometer away, and see them very clearly.

Even without relying on magic, he could see the people and objects in the venue clearly.

Not to mention A Jin, he can use more types of spells than anyone else. Even Ling Yun has not learned as much as he does.

After all, Ling Yun is a casual cultivator, unlike A Jin who has the support of a family and can learn a variety of different spells.

When he was young, he deliberately became a disciple of one of the major sects of cultivation. If he had not met Duoduo and Xiaokui and was not expelled from the sect, he would definitely be a leader in the sect now.

When Ajin and Long Lin saw Duoduo chatting and laughing with a strange man, their faces turned very dark.

Feng Li and Qin Ling, who were sitting opposite them, immediately noticed the low pressure emanating from them.

However, Feng Li and Qin Ling couldn't see the scene on Duoduo's side clearly. They only vaguely saw Duoduo chatting with someone. As for his expression, it was impossible to see it clearly.

Since they knew neither magic nor had the talent of dragon scales, they naturally had no way of seeing Duoduo and Pibor chatting and laughing.